Editing BlazBlue:Calamity Trigger Part 2 Chapter 5 (section)

===Part 5===

A rose-scented wind swept through.

With the moon, filled with light to the brim of a silver basin, behind her, Rachel was in the night sky. High, high up. So high she almost reached the moon.

Below her, she could see the vast expanse of land and the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi. The summit of the NOL branch, which had conquered the top of the high mountain, was a lovely miniature far below from Rachel's current position.

Not a single person could be seen even as dots.

Commanding the night wind that raged at such a high altitude, Rachel looked up. There was only a deep, dark night. But what Rachel was looking at was even beyond that, the end of the sky beyond this planet, the universe.

There, something nostalgic for Rachel was floating.

Could it be seen in her wide open eyes? Far enough away to see the land below as a planet, a giant coffin floating in the sea of space was opening its mouth, trying to awaken the giant sleeping inside.

The giant, bound by the coffin and sealed too firmly, once had a form like a human shadow. But now, as it was being awakened and emerging from the coffin, its body was like an assembly of countless magical patterns and alchemical devices.

In its center, several magic circles floated up. They began to rotate one after another, like gears influencing each other, and energy rapidly gathered in the center.

The target was the lower part overlooked by the coffin, a corner of the planet, a certain city. It was a huge Hierarchical City given the number thirteen.

A serious irregularity had occurred there. Therefore, it would be destroyed. That was the role given to this giant.

That was why Rachel was waiting for it in the sky.

A wind that didn't exist in space fluttered Rachel's dress, her hair, and her large ribbon. But the wind never hurt or disturbed Rachel.

Standing serenely on the rough but obedient wind, Rachel waited for it to approach.

"...It's here."

A sound was approaching. A phenomena weapon developed during the Dark War and sealed immediately after the end of the war due to its overwhelming power. Gigant: Take-Mikazuchi.

The irradiation... had begun.

At the same time, lightning-like light was born and began to rage around Rachel. With crackling sounds that seemed to scorch the night sky, in its center, Rachel reached out her hand and commanded.

"Zero-type restriction released, dimensional interference imaginary number form deployed... Connecting to the inherent Boundary... 'Tsukuyomi Unit,' activate."

In response to the girl's whispering call, the light surrounding her increased its intensity and raged wildly. The wind was also drawn in and raged, creating a storm zone around Rachel. It was as if a storm was raging only there.

Rachel remained motionless, staring upwards. The moment she perceived the beam of light that shot straight down to the ground, her vision was fixed on it.

At Rachel's gaze, an extraordinarily large magic circle was created in front of her. Its brilliance was equal to the moon that illuminated the night. In its center, the giant's beam, emitted from far away, struck as if being absorbed.

However, the light could only penetrate that far, up to the magic circle that Rachel deployed. The giant's light was blocked by the magic circle and exploded on the spot.

A roar echoed through the night. Light and heat flared up, burning the dark blue sky orange. But only the light scattered. The magic circle that Rachel created absorbed all the heat, the shock, all the power, on the spot.

Eventually, what had risen into the air lost its heat and melted away, and soon the night regained its tranquility. Waiting for the giant's unrefined light to converge easily, Rachel gracefully flicked her fingers and erased the magic circle into the moonlight.

In the night that was regaining its original colors as if nothing had happened, Rachel looked beyond the stars.

At heights that were too far to see from here, the giant who had failed to destroy the target would probably be losing power and returning to his coffin.

"Good night, Gigant: Take-Mikazuchi. You'll have four years to sleep soundly."

Until the next irradiation, the giant must accumulate power. At the earliest, four years. It would take longer if it's late.

That giant's light was a means to forcibly reset the world when it could not repeat for some reason.

But Rachel had just ruined that, too.

With this, the world had truly escaped from the repetition. It had returned to the flow of time that should have been.

"...Such an important destiny, being decided by only a few people. I'm a little envious." Circling in the sky, Rachel looked down at Kagutsuchi and quietly muttered.

Decisions, actions, fate, or coincidence that would change the world. For someone like herself, who could only watch the world's future from the outside, these things would be forever unrelated to her.

"Well then, I have to go pick up those children."

Even if they were contributors who saved the world, leaving them alone together forever would be somewhat irritating.

Suddenly, Rachel's expression lost its composure.

"This presence is..."

She had a bad feeling. That alone was enough for Rachel to hurry. Only when she sensed this presence at this very moment.

"To think that I would..." What a blunder.

Furrowing her narrow, raised eyebrows, Rachel hurriedly flew away with teleportation magic.