Hey there everyone! Tohka Yatogami here, and happy to say that after a long wait... the rewrite/reboot of Date A Re:Live has finally arrived!

For those who want to see the original, you can find it on Archive of Our Own, under the same pen name I have here. Also, if you're worried that reading the original will spoil everything in this version? Then don't. By this chapter's end, you'll see why it won't matter ;)

Joining me in this making this rewrite is my good friend and fellow author, kingpariah. He's the genius behind Date A New Live, which I highly recommend reading if you haven't already, and that's not just because I help him make it as a co-writer like he's now doing with me for this story. Oh! And speaking of which, with his permission, there are a few shared ideas that will appear in this story, but it won't be enough to spoil either story since there's a lot of things that are exclusive to each.

This rewrite will be including things from all 22 novels, and the primary reason it's finally happening is because the main story has finally come to an end with V22's release. Also, there will be some fixes from the few weaker areas in the original story.

One in particular being how my nerfing of DEM may have come a bit too strong when you consider how few victories they actually had. This time, the DEM will have a more equal ground to the strengthened Ratatoskr, and I've thought of a good reason to justify their balance in powers to make sure of it.

Also, in case anyone asks about if I'll be adapting anything from Date A Bullet into the story, and how if I say yes? The best and most honest answer that I can give is that there's not really anything planned there. Part of this comes from a combination of a future revelation and that one theory about Kurumi and DAB that surfaced from some of the reveals in the final volume, so I couldn't really fit it in. That, and DAB didn't have much presence in the original, so...

Now, let's not keep this story waiting and get the show on the road!

[Chapter 1 - Restart: April 10th]

Dark energy with a purple tone and an occasional white glow inside was seen exploding as it followed a silhouette flying through the night of a nearly full moon, cloaked only by the occasional debris of a destroyed building or smaller structure in a ruined city.

As the silhouette flew, dark streams that were almost a complete black in color quickly darted after it, smashing through everything in their path without care or remorse.

Sensing the incoming attacks aimed their way, the silhouette turned around and swung their hand to unleash more of the dark energy in the form of a large wave. The attack only hit one of the streams that chased after them, and only managed to hamper it momentarily as its form spread and began to reform, which it followed by retaliating with a barrage of dark spheres that were lacking a glow.

The silhouette let out a near silent gasp as they began dodging the spheres. Multiple explosions went off until the chain reaction caused a building to collapse, making the silhouette realize too late they were in its path as it crashed down on them. They were sent tumbling onto the ground, then slowly got to their feet as the streams landed.

"Damn you, you bastards..." The silhouette grunted, revealing it had a deep and feminine voice.

It was then that the stream she had hit finished reforming, causing it and the others to start walking closer, which revealed their forms were some kind of humanoid shapes made of energy. The one she hit soon revealing a brief glow on its so-called face that acted like the kind of expression you would see from a monster in a horror film.

"You just keep trying to kill and kill and kill me whenever you find me... you deserve to die and die and die!" The girl said quietly, until it became loud and clear as a strong rage could be seen in what appeared to be her white pupils.

Energy burst from off her body, catching the unknown creatures off-guard as they sensed her power spiking to dangerous levels.

"Adonai Melek!"

Her form began glowing as some kind of outfit formed around her body, with the only clear detail in the cover of night being what looked to be glowing cloth made of energy, or even some form of solidified light. The shape of it did seem to resemble a dress equipped with armor.

Raising her foot, she then stomped the ground, causing a dark cyclone to form as some kind of throne made of otherworldly stone rose from its center.

The cyclone left as quickly as it came, and the girl jumped towards it before reaching at its top, revealing it to be a scabbard as she drew what was revealed as the handle of a sword which had its features hidden by the darkness of the night.

"Sandalphon!"

Raising the sword behind her head, it began to unleash a powerful glow before she finally swung it down.

A small twinkle could be seen before an explosion of darkness covered the area, swallowing everything inside.

~ Monday, April 10th: Tenguu City

The gentle sounds of chirping birds filled the morning air, giving serenity to the residents of a Japanese city, who felt the rays of the sun slowly waking them. Nothing but the gentle quiet to nudge them from their dreams into the waking world.

"WAKE UP!"

That is... barring one exception, which came from a small two-story house, where an interesting situation was happening in the room belonging to one of its two residents.

"Mana, please stop. Just let me sleep!" A male voice groaned.

"Absolutely... not, Shinji! You told me to... wake you up early because... today's the start of... a new school year!" A female voice grunted.

Said situation was the younger sister among a pair of siblings was trying, and currently failing, to get her sleepy brother out of bed.

"Now, for the last time, wake up!" Mana screamed.

The brother of the two was revealed to be a 16-year old boy with short, straight blue hair and amber brown eyes. He was currently dressed in black pajamas, groaning as his little sister tried and failed to pull his heavy form out of bed.

As for his little sister, she had the same colored hair and eyes, with her hair normally reaching to her bust, which was shown to be quite gifted for someone her age, though it currently only reached to her shoulders due to it being tied in a ponytail, with some of her bangs left out. There was also the black dot of a birthmark under her left eye, often mistaken as a mole or etc., due to its shape and look.

"Fine! If you're gonna be lazy, then you leave me no choice!" Mana declared, ceasing her attempts to pull on him.

Shinji relaxed a little... until he heard a snapping sound.

His eyes shot open as he saw his sister smacking the shinai she used for kendo practice, and had left by the door just for a situation like this, into her hand before she moved it into a swinging position.

"Wait, Mana! I'm awake-" Shinji questioned, feeling himself start to sweat.

"Stomach!"

His eyes went white as the wooden sword struck him in the stomach, making him give out a silent scream as the pain fully woke him.

"So, are you awake now?" Mana asked with a light smirk.

"It did. Just... give me a minute for my body to do the same." Shinji said in a slight mumble, breathing heavily from what he just experienced.

Mana's smirk became a normal smile as she hopped off the bed.

"Be down in five minutes. Otherwise I'll come back up, and this time... I'll use my shinai on your head." Mana warned.

Shinji felt his body twitch as he immediately rolled out of bed, making Mana smile as she left his room.

Around a quarter of an hour later, both Shinji and Mana had taken a shower and gotten dressed in their school uniforms, then met each other downstairs.

For Shinji, his uniform was a blazer-type that consisted of a white long-sleeved shirt, a black blazer with his school emblem on the left, grey trousers, a blue tie with black and gray stripes, and white shoes he'd be picking up from his locker.

Mana's uniform was a sailor fuku that consisted of a white long-sleeved shirt, with a collar that had blue plaid on the rims and wrist cuffs, with a matching skirt, a short black tie, and white stockings that reached slightly lower than thigh-high in length.

"Good, you didn't go back to sleep." Mana smiled.

"How could I when you gave me the threat of your shinai hitting me on the head? That thing hurts like hell!" Shinji replied.

Mana let out a slight snicker.

The moment it ended, the two walked up to a shrine, where they briefly gained a sad look in their eyes before they sat on their knees, making a prayer motion to what was a picture of two people.

One was a woman that had long blue hair and green eyes and wore the white coat of a professor, while the other was a man with brunette hair and brown eyes that wore the white coat of a doctor.

It was their parents, who had both died when Shinji and Mana were too young to remember them.

At least, that's what the supposed story was, as the nature of their deaths had been a mystery to themselves and the criminal justice system, who eventually had to give up on finding any answers.

"Be at peace, mom and dad. Wherever you are." They said in unison.

After they finished their prayers for the day, Mana sniffled for a moment, prompting Shinji to lay a hand on her shoulder as the grief spilled out through her tears. Once she let out all her tears, she took a deep breath and looked at her brother.

"You OK?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Some of my grief just slipped out." She replied, wiping her tears away.

They both stood up, with Shinji walking to the kitchen and Mana sitting on the couch.

"Any requests for breakfast?" Shinji inquired.

"Hmm... how about eggs, bacon, and a small salad with cherry tomatoes?" Mana requested, turning on the TV.

"Sure thing." Shinji confirmed.

Once the TV was on, Mana put on the News channel, where a reporter was talking about a recent disaster in a nearby city that was shown to already be halfway repaired.

"A Spacequake was recorded last night in Kirin City, leaving the city in ruins. However, despite the sudden timing of the quake's arrival, the citizens managed to evacuate fast enough to have avoided any casualties. As usual, all current investigations to determine the cause behind them and their unexpected return have failed." The reporter stated, looking at his script.

"Really? All of Kirin City was totaled?" Shinji remarked, briefly turning to look at the report.

"It was." Mana confirmed, not turning her head.

Shinji let out a sigh as he pulled the two strips of bacon from the frying pan, replacing them two eggs that he began to scramble.

"There have been a lot more as of lately..." He mentioned.

"Yeah, and it's gotten scary..." Mana agreed, curling up slightly.

Splitting up the finished eggs and moving each half onto a plate, he placed some salad leaves into a strainer and turned the water on as he began cutting up some cherry tomatoes.

"I'm scared. We barely manage today with the shelters and the repairs made by Realizer technology, so if they managed to get even worse..." She admitted, starting to shake a little.

Pausing what he was doing, Shinji walked over to his little sister and hugged her from behind.

"We might not know what will happen, but... just like when we moved in here after Haruko allowed us to start living by ourselves, you and I will get through it together." He reassured her.

"But how can we-" Mana questioned.

"Maybe we can do something about the Spacequakes, and maybe we can't. Though no matter what happens next? You and I won't just sit and let the world decide our fates." Shinji promised.

Hearing that, Mana let out a deep breath before smiling, putting her hand on his right arm.

"Thanks Shinji, I needed that." She replied.

"Your welcome. Now, why don't you sit down at the table? I'm almost finished making breakfast." Shinji suggested.

"OK." Mana agreed.

She turned off the TV and sat down at the table, with Shinji joining her shortly after as he brought the plates over.

As both began eating, Shinji looked at his sister.

"So, do you have any set plans for lunch after school?" He asked.

"I do. Kotori invited me and the others to eat at Danny's, so if you need to find me right after school is out, I'll be over there." Mana answered.

"Let me guess, she wants the deluxe kid's plate?" Shinji joked.

"Most likely." Mana smiled, followed by a slight giggle.

Both of them quickly finished their breakfast, right as the toaster finished cooking two pieces of toast for them.

"Well, we better start heading off now." Mana remarked, grabbing her shinai bag and school bag.

"Catch!" Shinji shouted.

She saw toast with grape jelly fly her way, and caught it with her mouth before quickly devouring it within seconds.

"See you later!" Mana exclaimed.

Mana opened the door and left, with Shinji quickly following with his own school bag after he ate his toast with strawberry jelly.

After a long walk, Mana stopped by a crosswalk area, leaning against a wall as she took out her phone.

"I made it to the crosswalk. All of you text me once you see me." Mana said, speaking her text out loud.

"Mana!"

Right as she sent it, Mana turned around and saw one of its recipients running towards her.

She was a girl with hair and eyes that were the same red as fresh strawberries, tied up in twin tails with black ribbons that had white tips and gold flowers designs, with the rest flowing behind her like a waterfall. Also, like Mana, she had a gifted figure for her age.

"Kotori!" Mana smiled.

Mana opened her arms as Kotori ran up and hugged her, making both smile, which they released a few seconds later.

"I just sent everyone a text asking them to text me once they were nearby. I never expected you'd be running into view right after I sent it." Mana stated, finding the irony as playfully funny.

"Guess I was too excited and hurried over the moment I was ready." Kotori answered.

Mana smirked slightly after hearing that, looking at her chest.

"H-Hey! What are you assuming there!?" Kotori questioned, her face turning red in embarrassment.

"Oh, nothing at all. I just felt like giving you a little tease." Mana admitted.

Kotori puffed her cheeks in response.

However, before she could say anything in response, Mana's phone let out a pair of text alerts.

"Wait, did you just get-" Kotori realized.

"If it was two alerts, then it can only be them." Mana replied.

Turning to the side, two of their remaining trio of friends walked into view, one of which was somewhat hiding behind the other. Like them, they were also girls who had gifted figures for their age.

For the girl in front, she had long, curly blue hair that was a lighter shade of blue than Mana or Shinji's blue hair was, and matching eyes. She also wore one of many optional additions to their school uniform in the form of a white beret with a blue plaid ribbon tied around its rim.

For the girl behind her, she had long, messy green hair tied in a side plait over her right shoulder with a black hair band, and matching eyes. She too wore an optional addition to her school uniform in the form of a black buttoned-up cardigan sweater that hid her hands and figure from view.

"Hey there Yoshino, Natsumi!" Mana greeted, waving at the duo.

"Good morning, Mana." The blue-haired girl replied with a smile.

The green-haired girl, now revealed to be Natsumi, didn't say anything and just continued hiding behind Yoshino.

"Probably just fake happiness to hide that something bad is happening today..." She mumbled in a negative tone.

Yoshino turned around and pet her head.

"Don't talk like that, today will be a great day." She reassured her.

Natsumi said nothing as her cheeks became noticeable little rosy.

"Now the only one left is-" Mana stated.

Right on cue, she got her final text alert, right as their final friend began walking into the area. If the text itself hadn't been proof enough, then the sudden sight of their male classmates stopping as they began blushing and making nervous sounds did.

The sight in question was of a girl with long blonde hair that reached to her waist and was partially tied in an odango style, held by black ribbons, with matching eyes.

Unlike the rest of her friends, her figure, while gifted, looked to be something that belonged to a high school student. The only thing that confirmed her status as a student in junior high was that she was around the same height as most of her fellow classmates.

"Hey Mukuro, we're over here!" Mana called out.

The blonde-haired beauty stopped for a moment, turning to see them, and smiling once she did before walking over to them.

"Hello everyone. Are you all excited for the new school year?" Mukuro greeted as she bowed slightly.

"I'm not." Natsumi replied without any hesitation.

Everyone gave an awkward laugh as they heard that, knowing that was going to be her reaction.

"Come on, let's see if that request I made for us to share a class went through." Mana suggested.

"Ooh! Please, let that be true!" Kotori begged.

And with those words, the group of five friends began continuing towards the school building.

In another part of the city, a loud scream of excitement was heard as a busty girl with long orange hair tied in a braid skated the streets on her roller blades, scaring a few people as she raced by.

"Sorry! Coming through!" She apologized through a series of shouts.

Following her at a slower pace was a girl who looked just like her, albeit her eyes were half-lidded as if she was always tired, revealing the former girl was one of two twins.

Both twins wore the Raizen High uniform for girls, which consisted of a white long sleeved shirt, a black blazer with the school emblem on the left side, a blue skirt with two black stripes near the bottom, thigh-high stockings that were black to contrast with the white stockings of Keisei Junior High, and a red ribbon in place of the male uniforms' ties.

However, each twin had a slight difference on their respective uniforms. The energetic twin had a red skirt instead of a blue one, whereas her tired twin had a blue ribbon in place of the usual red one. This seemed to only be for telling them apart more than anything.

"Come on Yuzuru, I'm gonna leave you behind!" The energetic twin warned.

"Kaguya, in front of you." The tired-looking twin warned.

Kaguya blinked, turning around right as she was about to crash into a couch being carried by two people. Her eyes briefly went white, right as she shifted her feet up, and managed to jump over the sofa.

The two people carrying it stopped to look at her in shock, right as Kaguya looked around to look at her sister.

"Ha! Ha! As if that would be enough to stop me in my tracks-" She laughed.

At that moment, due to not seeing where her backside was heading, Kaguya ended up crashing into a nearby light post, making her eyes widen before she whimpered and slid down until her butt hit the ground.

Yuzuru caught up to her a minute later, sighing as she shook her head in embarrassment.

"That was your fault, and only your fault." Yuzuru stated.

"Yeah... gotcha..." Kaguya mumbled, pushing herself up using her twin's bike.

"Get on." Yuzuru sighed.

Kaguya shakily sat on the bike, holding onto her sister's waist as she biked them the rest of the way.

At a particularly expensive looking pair of buildings, a different high school was seen, one that separated its genders between the two buildings. On the building to the right, where the girls attended, many girls looked at the gate in admiration of the student who walked into view.

Wearing the female uniform of Rindouji High on her voluptuous form, which was a sailor fuku of a deep blue color with some white, stood a girl with long, light indigo hair in a hime cut and matching eyes. There was also a hair clip resembling a yellow flower in her hair.

"M-Miss Miku!?"

The girl known as Miku turned around, looking as a student she didn't recognize, who was likely one of the students who had just joined the school as a First Year, as she held out an autograph board. The poor thing was shaking like a chihuahua from standing before her idol, and the request she was about to make.

"Can I... have your autograph?" She asked quietly.

"Why of course you can." Miku smiled.

Grabbing a marker from her school bag, she took the autograph board and wrote her name down, then kissed the one corner to leave a small kiss mark on it.

The girl smiled as she saw it and bowed a few times.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" She exclaimed.

Miku smiled as she saw the student run off, hugging the autograph close like a teddy bear, right before she heard a unique laugh behind her.

"Still as popular as ever, I see."

"Hello to you too Kurumi." Miku greeted, giggling as she turned around.

Behind her was a similarly voluptuous girl with red eyes and black hair in low twin tails, with the one on the left being longer to give her a small, but noticeable form of asymmetry that made her look particularly sexy. The fact her left eye was covered as a result of this, and her uniform's ribbon also followed this asymmetrical theme, had further enhanced its allure.

"Wow, that's all your response to me is?" Kurumi inquired.

"Like you wouldn't add a kiss to an autograph if it had been you doing it?" Miku answered with her own question, putting a hand near her mouth to emphasize the teasing.

"True." Kurumi admitted.

A loud scream was soon heard by most of the nearby students, getting the pair's attention as they recognized it.

"She was up late again, wasn't she?" Kurumi sighed.

"Probably." Miku nodded.

Right on cue, the sight of a tall girl with a more average figure and long gray hair, which was messy yet still cute, was seen rushing towards the gate. She held her school bag with both hands as the light of the sun reflected off her square-framed glasses.

Just as she got past the school gate...

*"THUD!"*

The nearby students winced as she fell over, and screamed as she made contact with the ground. Just as she lifted up her head, her school bag went flying, and then landed on her head.

*"WHACK!"*

*"SHATTER!"*

Everyone winced a second time, but when the girl lifted her head this time, her glasses were shown to now have broken lenses. Shortly after, the frames themselves broke in half as if to mock her even further.

As her now to revealed to be light blue eyes saw their remains through her blurry vision, the girl let out a sigh.

"Not again..." She complained, reaching into her pocket.

She quickly pulled out a spare pair, putting them on and then adjusting them to her face. It around this time that Miku and Kurumi both offered her a hand.

"Nia, you really need to take better care of yourself." Kurumi stated.

"You wouldn't want your beautiful face getting ruined from this and constantly overworking yourself." Miku remarked.

Nia took their hands and got on her feet, soon grabbing her school bag.

"It isn't my fault that my publisher occasionally forgets I'm still in high school for some of my deadlines." She replied with a sigh.

Kurumi and Miku both let out forced laughs in response.

"Let's just get to class now, shall we?" Miku suggested, trying to change the topic.

"That sounds like a good plan." Kurumi agreed.

Shinji soon arrived at Raizen High, and once he did, a trio of girls quickly noticed him.

The first girl in the trio had blonde hair tied in a small ponytail, hazel eyes, and had an above modest figure. The second girl had short brunette hair with a tint of red in it, brown eyes, and had a below modest figure. The last girl had long black hair with a blue tint and dark blue eyes, wearing a pair of circular-framed glasses.

"Hey, is that boy who I think he is?" The blonde, Ai inquired.

"Depends, who do you think he is?" The brunette, Mai asked.

"Of course that's who you think it is, he's clearly Shinji Takamiya." The glasses girl, Mii answered.

Mai blinked a few times.

"I'm sorry, but who? Also, why is he important?" She asked.

Mii and Ai gasped in response.

"How do you not recognize his last name!?" Ai questioned.

"Should I?" Mai asked.

"Yes, because Takamiya is the last name of the couple who created the Realizers!" Mii explained.

As that talk happened, someone appeared behind Shinji.

"Hey there Shinji."

Hearing his name and recognizing that voice, Shinji turned around to see a boy with spiky black hair that was slicked back, and matching eyes on his face, which was that of an obvious playboy.

"Uh... it's been a while, hasn't it, Hiroto..." He replied, looking somewhat uncomfortable.

Said trio was broken out of their discussion as they noticed Hiroto standing next to Shinji.

"That's gonna get old... and creepy." Mai stated.

"Very fast." Mii agreed, nodding her head.

Ai noticed someone with white hair walking by, not recognizing the particular student.

"Is something wrong Ai?" Mii asked.

"No, I'm fine. Though we should probably get to class before we miss the orientation assembly." She replied.

It wasn't long before they went inside, with Shinji managing to excuse himself from Hiroto to do the same.

The current Student Council president gave a speech to the First-Year students who were new, the Second-Year students that had to focus on what they wanted to do, and the Third-Year Students who would soon be graduating.

"Now, with all of that said, please head to your class for today's orientation. You'll be allowed home at lunch, and get a break at the halfway point between now and then." The Council President announced.

With that, everyone stood up and learned where their classes were, with Shinji finding himself as part of Class 2-D... with Hiroto as one of his classmates.

"Aw man..." He whispered to himself, putting a hand on his forehead.

He soon walked into his classroom and found his seat, which was the second leftmost seat in the last row. Soon after, Hiroto walked up to him.

"Well, well. How lucky you are to end up in the same class as me again? Some people would call this fate, and I would be one of those people." He remarked, unaware of how he was bothering Shinji.

"Of course you would..." Shinji sighed, lowering his head slightly.

At that moment, the bell rang, signaling everyone to get in their seats. Hiroto's ended up being the one in front of his, which was the one upside for Shinji about them sharing a classroom again.

'Last year he was sitting next to me, so this is way better.' He thought.

Their teacher walked into the room, making most of the students cheer as they saw her. She was a young-looking woman with a small body build and thin-rimmed glasses, wearing a pink dress with a yellow skirt.

"Oh, heck yeah! It's Tamae!" Hiroto cheered.

She cleared her throat, getting everyone's attention as a second woman and their deputy teacher entered the room.

The deputy teacher was a young-looking woman with light Nordic blonde hair, purple eyes, pale skin, and a slender body.

"Hello everyone. I'm Ms. Okamine, and I'll be your teacher this year." She greeted.

"And I'll be her assistant, Ellen Mira Mathers, while also acting as your Physics teacher. I'd like all of you to know I'm here to help you with anything." The deputy teacher greeted.

Her eyes then glared at a certain trio of girls.

"That is... except you three over there, who I remember from last year." Ellen warned, a glare shadow soon forming on her face.

Ai, Mai, and Mii all gave nervous laughs.

"She won't be letting that go, will she?" Ai realized, sweating a little.

"Nope." Mai and Mii both said.

Tamae had no idea what that was about, so she just let out a slight laugh.

"Well, with that out of the way... let's get-" She suggested.

A text alert rang from her phone at that minute, making her read it as she got a notice from the school's headmaster.

"Oh! It's only the first day, yet we've already gained a new transfer student for our class." Tamae revealed with a smile.

Everyone heard a knock at the door.

"Go ahead, come on in!" She answered.

The door opened, and everyone looked as a girl with long hair as white as the snow came into view, having a figure that easily put Ai's to shame. Turning to face the class, eyes as blue as the sky met their gaze along with her beautiful smile.

"Hello there, it's nice to meet all of you. My name is Origami Tobiichi." She greeted, with a voice that drew in the boys like flies to honey.

Hiroto's cheeks turned red almost instantly.

"Look at that dazzling long white hair, and that pure innocent smile! She's cute enough to give my honey a run for my money!" He said, holding up his phone to show a girl from a dating sim.

'Right, his virtual girlfriend...' Shinji thought.

"The seats on either side of Shinji are open, so feel free to choose either of them." Tamae stated.

"Sure, thanks." Origami replied.

She walked over towards Shinji, but once she was close enough? She let out a slight gasp.

"Your face..." She breathed.

Shinji heard that and looked at her, noticing she was staring at him.

"Do I know you?" Origami asked herself.

Hearing that made Shinji's eyes widen, but not because he recognized her.

It was the fact he seemed familiar to her that caught his attention.

The scene shifted over to Keisei Junior High, right as each school's break period arrived for their first days.

Her class was currently watching the sight of Mana and Kotori holding each other's hands and cheering, as like they had hoped, the two of them, Yoshino, Natsumi, and Mukuro had all ended up in the same class.

"The Goddess of Luck has truly smiled upon on this year!" Kotori praised.

"I told you it would happen, and I'm so glad you believed." Mana agreed.

Natsumi looked to the side.

"Which means something bad is going to happen so things are balanced out." She remarked, laying against the desk.

Mana sighed and was about to retort, only for her phone to start ringing, making her pull it out to see Shinji calling.

"Knew it." Natsumi sighed.

"Cut it out Natsumi, my brother and I promised we'd call each other once the first break came." Mana replied.

She walked into the hall and answered the call.

"Hey big bro, what's up?" She answered cheerfully.

"Mana... we may finally have a lead!" He answered.

Those words made her eyes widen as her smile went flat, knowing exactly what that meant.

"What's the lead?" She asked, holding the phone closer with both of her hands.

"A girl just transferred into my class. When she got close to me, she asked herself if she knew me. I don't know how, but... that has to mean she recognizes me." Shinji revealed.

"Which means she might be aware of what happened to our parents." Mana realized.

"Exactly, so I left her a note, asking her to meet me on the rooftop. If I'm right, then I'll call you again around lunch time and tell you what I've learned." Shinji confirmed, sharing his plan.

"OK, I wish you good luck and hope that this lead turns out to be the real deal." She replied.

"Me too." Shinji hoped.

He hung up the phone, with the scene switching over to Raizen High's rooftop as he stood on it, waiting for his guest to arrive.

It didn't take long for Origami to open the door and make her appearance.

"Um... this was for me, right? Did you want to talk about something?" She asked, holding out a note that had Shinji asking her to meet on the roof.

"Yeah, sorry to bother you Origami, and thank you." Shinji confirmed.

She was a bit surprised by that, making Shinji look a bit confused by her reaction.

"Oh! Sorry, even though I used to live here, I'm still not used to how the people here are more comfortable with using first names." Origami apologized.

"Ah, gotcha." Shinji realized.

"You're... Shinji Takamiya, right?" She asked.

"Yeah." He nodded.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Origami inquired.

"It's more of me being curious about something. Back when you sat down in class... you mentioned that you might recognize me?" Shinji asked.

"Oh, sorry about that! It's just that when I saw your face, it reminded me of someone I met a long time ago. " She apologized, explaining herself.

"Then you're saying that we might have-" Shinji asked.

"No, we couldn't have been friends or been familiar with each other. The person I'm talking about was someone that I saw just the one time around 5 years ago. In fact, he's probably never even seen me before." Origami apologized, waving her hands out.

Upon hearing the first part of his reply, he was about to lose heart... until she said this meeting was 5 years ago, which caused a silent gasp to escape his throat.

"So, now that I've answered that question, it is alright for me to go back to class-" She asked.

Shinji suddenly grabbed her shoulders.

"You said this was 5 years ago, right? Was this during the Nankou Fire!?" Shinji asked, his face shaking as he tried to keep calm.

Origami let out a gasp as she heard that.

"How did you know that?" She questioned.

Another gasp escaped Origami's mouth, followed by her putting her right hand near her mouth.

"Wait... by any chance, did you push a man and woman away from a piece of flaming debris?" She inquired.

"That's exactly what I did." Shinji confirmed.

It took a few seconds, but he realized who that man and woman must have been.

"Hold on, where those your-" He realized.

Origami's voice shook for a moment before tears filled her eyes, realizing the same thing that he did.

"You... you were that boy who saved my parents." She confirmed as a single tear escaped each of her eyes.

She grabbed his hands.

"Thank you, thank you so much! I owe you everything! If you hadn't been there, my parents would have died for sure!" Origami sniffled, showing her gratitude.

"I'm glad to hear that. My mom and dad passed away when my sister and I were both really young, so it makes me happy to hear yours are still OK." He smiled.

Origami soon lowered her head.

"Actually, my parents... are no longer with me either." She admitted.

Shinji's eyes widened as he heard that.

"There were caught in a car accident only a year after that fire. However, I don't want you to feel guilty about that. Because of you, I was able to treasure that year before they died. So, even those I'm sad that I lost them... I at least managed to fully cherish our remaining time together." Origami continued, her smile completely genuine.

"Glad to hear you found a bright side." Shinji replied, looking to his left.

Origami noticed this.

"Are you OK?" She asked, looking worried.

"No, when you mentioned you might know me, I was hoping that... you might be a lead to what killed my parents." Shinji admitted.

That left Origami confused, which he noticed by how she replied by blinking twice.

"Right, guess I should explain that. My parents... were the ones who created the Realizer technology." He explained, closing his eyes.

She let out a loud gasp, covering her mouth with both hands.

"No way, your parents were Professor Fumie Takamiya and Doctor Rintaro Takamiya!?" Origami asked in slight disbelief.

"Yeah." He nodded.

"Then maybe I can help you, somewhat." She revealed.

Shinji's eyes widened when he heard that, seeing Origami smile at him.

"While I don't know anything specific. My Aunt, who adopted me after my parents passed away, used to work for DEM Industries, and heard some rumors. They might not be true, but would you like to hear those rumors?" Origami asked.

"Yes, please. No matter how small the chance might be, if there's any truth to them... I need to know." He begged.

Taking a deep breath, Origami walked to the nearby guard rails, holding them as she looked towards the sky.

[Date A Live - Mayuri Judgment: If We Meet Again]

No words followed at first, confusing Shinji.

"Origami?" He asked in concern.

It was then that she turned around, and he found himself speechless as tears began to cascade down her cheeks. Whatever she was about to say was something he might not like hearing. Despite that... he had to know.

"Shinji, are you aware of what the Eurasian Sky Disaster was considered to be before scientists learned it was actually the Original Spacequake?" Origami inquired.

"I do." He confirmed.

"All people knew about it at the time was that it was some sort of accident. Somehow, we were able to cause an explosion which equaled that of the still hypothetical Nuclear Fusion Bomb and claimed the lives of 150 Million people, while also damaging 49 other locations across the world." She continued.

"Locations like the crater Tenguu City was made in." Shinji stated.

"That's right. When the Spacequakes returned 5 years ago, people were left terrified because what was thought to be a onetime thing became a natural disaster, and yet... it was those very facts that made my Aunt believe that this was no coincidence." Origami stated.

She gripped the railings tightly.

"For the Original Spacequake to be so destructive compared to every other we live through today on a constant basis? For the people who made the technology to help repair the damage faster than it can wipe out civilization and/or Humanity to soon die? For the people who made that technology to do so that quickly as if they knew..." She stated.

"Origami, what are you saying?" Shinji asked, though he had an idea.

Origami took a deep breath before turning around and looking at Shinji.

"The truth could very well be that the Eurasian Sky Disaster... was not an accident. It was planned, and your parents were murdered because of it." She answered.

[Insert Song End]

"W-What?" Shinji replied, his voice shaking.

Because of the shock, he fell to his knees, and felt his throat tighten up as he briefly struggled to breathe for a few seconds. During this time, Origami chose not to say anything.

Once he finally managed to calm down slightly, Shinji looked at Origami again, with clear terror on his face.

"Origami, what do you mean?" He asked.

"Well, you know how I said my aunt was once part of DEM Industries?" She reminded him.

"Yeah." He confirmed.

[Date A Live: Catastrophe]

"The reason she isn't with them anymore has nothing to do with her being fired, or anything along the lines of being replaced because of circumstances that didn't favor her. She outright quit out of disgust from learning these rumors... among other things." Origami continued.

She closed her eyes.

"Asgard Electronics, their main rival, was once the same organization. Even down to some of the buildings they own, like the ones here in Japan, America, China... all because their founders were once among the founders of DEM, but left when their moralities became clear opposites of each other." She revealed.

"Are you serious?" Shinji questioned.

"Yes, because I'm telling you the honest truth, or at least the best I know of it." Origami verified.

She took a deep breath.

"Truth be told... I hate DEM Industries, and I don't know why. There's just this feeling in my heart that seems to scream at them with anger. Due to those feelings, I've had a strong belief these rumors must be true on some level, because a rumor is often tied to some kind of truth in some manner." She admitted.

Shinji sweated as he heard this.

"Then... do you have a theory about what happened to my parents?" Shinji inquired.

"Yes, and that theory is that DEM is linked to the Spacequakes in some way, and the reason your parents are dead? Because the DEM killed them, as their Realizer technology implies some of said founders refused to let them expose this to the world." Origami answered.

Shinji felt his throat go dry at that.

[Insert Song End]

After saying that, Origami blushed a bit as she held out her hands, waving them as she became a little nervous and a sweat drop trickled down her left cheek.

"But, don't take what I said too seriously! After all, I did say these were all rumors, and admitted I do have some bias coloring my perceptions." She mentioned.

That snapped Shinji out of it, making him blush.

"Oh yeah. Guess I was starting to believe everything you said was true." Shinji realized.

"My apologies for that. I guess that I was venting a bit, and got a little carried away." Origami apologized.

At that moment, they both heard the bell that signified the break was over.

"Has it really been that long!? We better get back to class!" Origami realized, walking to the door.

She briefly stopped to look at Shinji.

"I'm glad we got to talk like this, and that I was able to properly thank you for 5 years ago." She smiled.

"You're welcome." He smiled back.

"Well, I'll meet you back in-" Origami replied.

"Oh, wait! Just a moment!" Shinji shouted.

This caught her attention.

"By any chance, could I get your number?" He requested.

Origami gasped as her face went red, confusing Shinji.

"Are you... asking me on a date!?" She asked.

Suddenly, he went red as he realized the implications behind his question, and began swinging his hands out.

"N-No! I meant so that we can talk, outside of school! That's all!" He clarified.

"O-Oh! You meant that as new friends!" Origami realized.

In her mind, Origami's mental self was screaming and holding her head, completely embarrassed that she assumed that in the first place.

"I-I'll leave it on your desk, so... look at it later!" She promised, backing up towards the door.

She hit it, and nearly tripped over.

"S-See you back in class!" She said, louder than she intended to.

Watching the door close behind her, Shinji let out a deep breath.

'I know she said that was all just rumors she heard and theories she made, but... could the things she said really be true? Were our parents taken from us because they were murdered by a whole organization?' He thought, feeling the strangest feeling in his gut.

Shaking those thoughts off, he headed back to class.

Time flew by until it was time for Lunch, and by extension, the end of their first day of school. All that's left was for the bell to ring and make it official.

"I hope you all had a good first day!" Tamae smiled.

Ellen looked at her phone, seeing a silent message being sent to her.

"Excuse me, but I need to step out for a moment." Ellen apologized.

"Oh, no worries! It's about time for everyone to leave anyways. Feel free to leave early if you need to." Tamae reassured her.

"Thank you." Ellen smiled.

She walked out of the room, moving to a secluded spot in the hallway before answering her phone.

"What's the situation?" She answered.

Ellen nodded as the caller replied, making a serious expression form on her face.

"Understood, I'm on my way." Ellen replied.

As everyone packed up, Origami was seen putting her number in Shinji's phone, looking away from him and blushing once she was done.

"Here..." She said quietly.

"Thank you." Shinji replied.

As he got up and prepared to go home, he saw Hiroto walk up to him.

"Hey Shinji, wanna go home together?" He asked.

Origami heard that and felt her face go a little blue, especially when she realized how uncomfortable Shinji looked.

'Does he not realize the way he talks sounds like flirting?' She questioned.

"Sorry, but I've got plans to meet my sister for lunch." Shinji quickly lied.

"Of course it would be your sister. After all, there's not a girl in this school with a sensitive and kind enough spirit to have lunch with you." Hiroto replied.

The students in the class all froze at that.

'That was not a compliment.' They all thought.

Just as Shinji was about to make a retort...

*"BLARE!"*

Everyone's eyes widened in fear as they heard that all too familiar alarm, and to quell any doubts to what it was after it went off?

"WARNING! YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE, THIS IS NOT A DRILL! THERE HAVE BEEN PRECURSORY SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING SPACEQUAKE IN THE CITY! PLEASE EVACUATE TO YOUR NEAREST SHELTER! I REPEAT!"

Shinji immediately called Mana, who picked up instantly.

"Big bro, are you OK!?" She asked.

"Yeah, are you and your friends evacuating? My class should start evacuating any moment now." He answered.

"Same with us. Stay safe." Mana replied, taking deep breathes to calm herself.

Shinji nodded before hanging up. As this was happening, Origami could be seen standing in place, with her eyes going into a trance-like state as she left the room without anyone noticing.

"Everyone! Make sure you don't forget your three D's! Don't push, don't run, and don't wait around as you head to the shelters!" Tamae announced.

The students began heading to the shelter, while everyone outside the did the same as various buildings and structures began using Realizer technology to shift their positions as they either protecting things like cars or transporting people into the other shelters in the city.

"Hey, has anyone see Kaguya or Yuzuru?"

"No, I haven't seen them since the alarm went off, but I'm sure they were in the classroom before it did!"

Hearing that caused Shinji's eyes to widen as he realized something.

'I don't see Origami here either. Where are-' Shinji thought, trying to hopefully spot her in the crowd of students.

Suddenly, he felt his mind blank as his eyes became half-lidded and his body gained a mind of its own, walking away.

"Oh boy, uh... there isn't anyone else missing, is there?" Tamae asked.

It was around then that Ai noticed Shinji's sudden absence, despite seeing him enter the shelter entrance moments ago.

"Ms. Okamine, now Shinji's missing too!" She warned.

"W-What!?" She panicked, feeling her heartbeat speed up.

Ellen walked into a mysterious location that was covered in mostly darkness, with only a few screens monitoring various things that only a seasoned scientist could truly understand lighting up the room.

"I'm here, what's the current status of everything?" Ellen inquired.

Among everyone present, only two silhouettes were shown to not be sitting among the various seats, with a female silhouette and a male silhouette in a different kind of chair standing in an area she too began standing at.

"Usual readings are proceeding as normal, and the Spacequake's location and timing have already been confirmed."

"Evacuation is going smoothly, and all current notices are showing a 98% chance of us having no casualties."

She let out a sigh of relief as she heard that.

"Wait, hold on... oh no!"

"What? What's wrong!?" The silhouetted woman asked, suddenly feeling nervous.

"Look at what the cameras just picked up!"

Bringing live footage into view, the sight of Shinji with his still half-lidded eyes, and Mana who had gained the same since his call to her, were both walking through the city.

"Shinji and Mana!?" The same woman gasped.

"What are they doing!?" Ellen questioned.

"I'm not sure, but it almost looks like their subconscious has taken complete control, and is guiding them somewhere."

"Where exactly?" The silhouetted man asked.

There was silence as everyone tried to get an exact location, only to gasp in horror once they found it.

"They're... heading to where the Spacequake is going to go off!"

Ellen and the two silhouetted figures all gasped once they heard this.

Near the area where the Spacequake would go off at any moment, the still semi-conscious Takamiya siblings were slowly closing in on each other, right as the sky began to warp and signal the incoming disaster.

A big swirl was seen like one might expect from a hurricane or tornado, but unlike them, the sky itself seemed to be stretching towards the ground with the intent to puncture it like a syringe through one's skin. Despite how slow it was moving, the pressure in the area could easily be felt.

"Must..." Shinji mumbled.

"Find her..." Mana mumbled.

They continued walking until finally, they bumped into one another, causing them to gasp as their eyes fully opened, now completely conscious of where they were and what they were doing.

"Huh? W-Where am I?" Mana panicked, looking around.

"Mana? Why are you here!?" Shinji questioned, seeing her.

He then blinked.

"Wait, why am I here!?" He asked, starting to panic himself.

It was only then they noticed the Spacequake right next to them.

"Mana, get down!" He screamed.

He dashed forward and pushed her to the ground, shielding her as the Spacequake went off, causing what was shown to be a giant explosion of energy that looked black due to the various colors mixing together like common paints.

Despite being in its path... the energy that would have hit them suddenly moved away, completely avoiding them. As they were too busy closing their eyes over the possibility that they might die together, neither of them was aware of this.

"Are we dead yet?" Mana asked.

Shinji decided to open one of his eyes, and soon noticed they were still in Tenguu City, rather than a place one might describe as Heaven or Hell.

"No, we're... alive!" He answered.

Mana's eyes opened, and the two got up as they saw the nearby crater, which was fairly small from their perspective.

"Was that it?" She asked.

"I don't know. The damage always seems further than the Spacequake, but maybe... just maybe we were far enough away that we avoided a lethal zone, if we didn't avoid getting hit by it entirely." Shinji answered, unsure of what else to say.

Mana looked at the crater to get a better idea of what happened... and then gasped at what she saw, repeatedly tapping her brother's shoulder like she was doing a button mashing QTE in a video game.

"What?" He asked.

"Big brother... look over there!" Mana begged, pointing a shaky finger at the crater's center.

He blinked in confusion before doing just that. Once he did, his eyes widened as he saw what Mana had.

"What the hell?"

Sitting inside the crater, standing on a throne made of some kind of otherworldly stone with a handle on it, was a girl around Shinji's age!

[Date A Live: Seirei]

She had long, dark purple... no, night-colored hair that reached to her kneecaps, with eyes of a matching color... no, crystalline color. However, it was her outfit, rather than the unique colors that belonged to her hair and eyes, which caught Shinji and Mana's attention.

It was some kind of knight armor, only in the shape of a princess gown, with a black, cream, and pink color scheme to it, and had a set of purple-and-cream plated armor adorned her shoulders and waist. The Dress was open at the back, and made up into a black corset (which exposed a part of her cleavage) and a two-layered, knee-length skirt made of what looked to be solidified light, which had a pink-to-white gradient, as well as a pair of armored boots. She also wore a pair of gauntlets which have petal-like cuffs, which was topped off with a butterfly-shaped hair accessory that tied her hair into a ponytail that only was made with some of her lush waterfall of hair, both of which shared the same color scheme as her attire.

"A girl? But... what's she doing in there?" Shinji questioned, though in a manner that was asking himself more than asking his sister.

The girl in question slowly turned as she saw the two. In mere seconds, her eyes sharpened as she jumped onto the top of her throne, and grabbed the handle embedded into it, revealing said handle belonged to a sword that looked to be nearly as long as she was tall!

Said sword had a golden handle with an orb embedded onto each side of the hilt, with its blade being white and something from the far future, with its edge being crystalline, possibly made of diamond based on its color.

"W-What's she do-" Mana asked, feeling sweat cascade down her cheeks.

Her sentence would never be finished as the unknown girl swung the enigmatic blade towards them, and caused a wave of what looked to be dark energy with a lavender glow in the center to shoot across the area to their right, and completely raze the area while demolishing a building in its path.

Neither could do anything but close their eyes, though when they opened them again? The girl stood before them, her sword pointed at both their faces, and staring them down with an intense glare.

"I see, so you two must be the same as them." She said as if expecting it.

"Huh?" Mana blinked.

"You came here to kill me." The girl answered, her expression as unchanged as before.

Shinji and Mana fell on their butts as they heard her say that as if it was a normal thing.

"Do not try denying you are here to kill me." She warned.

"Hold on, what are you even talking about!? Who are you, or... what are you, exactly? Why were you in the crater that Spacequake made!?" Shinji questioned.

"What?" The girl replied in surprise.

Looking at the two, she noticed how terrified they looked. They weren't even preparing any weapons or long-ranged attack, just looking at her, confused to what she was.

'Is this a trick to make me drop my guard, or... do they really have no idea about me? Are these forms similar to my own what they actually look like?' The girl questioned.

Right as she finished that thought, nine streaks of different colors flew through the air and exploded behind her.

The sound caught the attention of Shinji, Mana, and the girl as they saw each color rise into the air and shape themselves into an oval that held humanoid shapes inside. Shapes they couldn't make out due to some kind of visual interference.

"This power... it doesn't feel like them, it feels more like..." The girl said, staring at them.

Each sphere soon had it color come into view. Those colors were white, gray, black, blue, red, yellow, green, orange, and indigo. It caused a reaction with the mysterious girl, who then emitted an aura that seemed to complete the set with a purple/violet color.

"S-Shinji?" Mana said.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"I'm scared!" She replied, hugging him tightly.

Shinji said nothing, feeling just as terrified.

The being in the white oval unleashed beams of white light, causing the mysterious girl to hold up her hand as a barrier of darkness completely stopped the beams.

"So, you really are the same as me, and yet even you reject my existence." She said.

As he heard those words, Shinji felt pain.

'That girl... for all the power she has, why?'

For a brief moment, the girl turned around to look at him and Mana, though he couldn't tell why she chose to do so.

'Why does she look so sad?'

The being in the white oval flew back, preparing a stronger attack as golden pillars spun around it. The beings in the other eight did the same, either readying some kind of weapon or attack, if not both, as the mysterious girl's sword began to glow.

Before either he or Mana could register what was happening, the powers of the girl and all nine beings collided with one another and created a white flash.

Mana screamed as it came closer, with Shinji holding her tightly as he stared at it.

"Please wait, just a little while longer. I promise you... this time, everything will be OK, and this time I'll never let go. I won't make that mistake again."

That was all he could remember before he lost all consciousness.

And so, it begins again.

Like I said above, any worries about being spoiled by the original wouldn't matter, because the main twist for this version is that all of the main Spirits are already gathered in Tenguu City. Having them all here means they can suddenly throw a curve ball for any arc they weren't in for both canon, and the original story.

We already have a few mysteries lurking around as well. Ellen has taken Reine's place as the aid for Shinji's class, with whose side she's on left unknown. Shinji and Mana's parents have a link to the Spacequakes, and if Origami's right, maybe DEM Industries. Then we have whatever was chasing Tohka.

Now, for Shinji himself taking the place of Shido? I'd like to clear up ahead of time that is not meant to be a surprise or twist of any kind. In the original story, I had him going by his real name, back when people thought his real name was "Shido Takamiya" and not "Shinji Takamiya" as we learned shortly after. As such, the main reason for Shido still being Shinji is that neither his first or last name were changed, and every other reason being hidden among the many mysteries this story will cover.

This remake will also make sure to give Mana a stronger presence than before. While she was definitely a prominent character in the original, it did feel like between her and Shinji, she wasn't as important, and yet I gave that impression at the beginning through how she and her brother were together. This time she could become the deuteragonist if me and kingpariah go that route, so if you like that idea? Let us know.

Until next time everyone, and stay awesome! ^^