BayoLuka

BayoLuka is the het ship between Bayonetta (Cereza) and Luka Redgrave from the Bayonetta fandom.

Canon
20 years prior to the events of Bayonetta, Luka joined his father, Antonio Redgrave, to a lake in search of a coffin that lay at the bottom of it. Antonio dove into the lake to find the coffin whilst the young Luka waited for him on the surface. Upon finding the coffin, Bayonetta, who had been slumbering within it for 500 years, awakens and is suspended out of the lake by an invisible force, along with Antonio. Luka watched as his father was torn apart and killed, and came to believe Bayonetta was the one that murdered him. For the next 20 years, Luka sought out Bayonetta with the intent of exposing her and solving his father’s murder.

Bayonetta
After a battle with angels at a graveyard, Bayonetta is being driven to The Gates of Hell by her informant, Enzo, when she notices a tracker on his coat. She throws the device out of the car and looks in the side-view mirror to notice the car that was following them; Luka’s car.

After arriving in Vigrid, Bayonetta encounters Luka, who is searching for her. Being in Purgatorio, she is invisible to his eyes, but he is able to detect her by her supposed rosemary perfume; angels proceed to attack, and Bayonetta scares Luka away with her gunshots, denying that there is any rosemary in her perfume, as it is a demon repellent.

Later on, Bayonetta comes across a young girl named Cereza, who mistakes Bayonetta as her mother; Bayonetta reluctantly lets the girl accompany her. At the Vigrid Air Force Base, Luka reappears and takes Cereza, despite the girl claiming Bayonetta as her mother. Due to his own experience 20 years ago, Luka doesn’t believe her, instead thinking that Bayonetta murdered Cereza’s parents.

On Prominence Bridge, Bayonetta fends off angels to defend the vehicle Luka and Cereza are in; she lands on the vehicle as Luka is driving, startling him, and mocks his driving ability. She is eventually flung into Paradiso and later reunites with Luka and Cereza. Again, Luka is unable to see Bayonetta, so Cereza gives him her glasses that allow him to see into Purgatorio. This gives Luka the revelation that angels are monsters and Bayonetta is in fact protecting them, thus casting doubt on what he saw as a child.

At the Vigrid airport, the angel Iustitia is rising from below the ground, causing the earth to break and Bayonetta falls in. Luka immediately swings in to save her, only for her to ditch his grab which sends him crashing into a wall. After her fight with Iustitia, Bayonetta and Luka converse about the history of the Umbra Witches and Lumen Sages, as well as the death of Antonio. Bayonetta insists that the whole situation was a misunderstanding, to which Luka calls her stubborn.

After Cereza is flown off inside a Valkyrie Military Transport, Bayonetta goes to rescue her and the aircraft subsequently crashes at sea; Luka arrives in a helicopter in time to save them. He warns Bayonetta that they are approaching Isla del Sol and probably won’t be wanted there, but is distracted as he gawks at her bosom. Immediately thereafter, the helicopter is blown up by a missile, but Bayonetta and Cereza are able to catch a ride on it, while Luka barely hangs on.

Upon arriving at the city, Jeanne reappears to fight Bayonetta once more. Luka and Cereza escape in a jeep, but the vehicle is destroyed mid-air, making Bayonetta believe the two of them died. Fortunately, Luka was able to save himself and Cereza with his hookshot. The trio is reunited inside the Ithavoll Building, where they eventually find Balder, leader of the Ithavoll Group. During the confrontation, Balder reveals the truth of Antonio’s murder; he was in fact not killed by Bayonetta, but by angels under his command. Balder then attempts to kill Luka in the same manner, but is thwarted by Bayonetta. However, Luka is instead lunged out a window and she is unable to save him.

After defeating Balder, Bayonetta saves Luka by catching him with a missile. After returning Cereza home, the two have a moment alone; however, the Left Eye of Darkness awakens within Bayonetta which sends her into pain. Alarmed, Luka tries to help her, but is shocked by her aura. Balder reawakens as well, and takes Bayonetta away in preparation for the resurrection of Jubileus.

In the epilogue of the game, a funeral is held for Bayonetta, who is thought to have died after her fight with Jubileus. Luka is one of the attendants and brings two bushes of rosemary to her tomb. He says that he never wanted to give up chasing her, but he didn’t think the chase would end like this; he blows a kiss at the coffin before he walks off. Suddenly, a light shines down from the sky, and the nun seeing the funeral reveals herself as Jeanne, who had summoned angels to slay. With this act, Bayonetta awakens from her tomb and joins Jeanne in the fight. Luka watches in awe as Bayonetta slays the angels and comments on the smell of her perfume; Bayonetta says it’s hinted with rosemary, and that their meaning of remembrance can now equate to her.

Bayonetta 2
While in the city of Noatun, Luka notices some shooting going on atop a bridge. He puts on a pair of glasses that allow him to see into Purgatorio and sees Bayonetta slaying angels. The bridge collapses and Bayonetta falls; Luka attempts to save her again, but her form fades through his, and he crashes into a wall, again. Bayonetta properly appears to him and puts on the hat Luka dropped. Luka gives Bayonetta insight on the city and the doorways to Paradiso and Inferno within it. In that moment, the squirrel form of Loki (a boy Bayonetta met earlier) jumps out of her bosom, startling Luka. He jealously comments on the squirrel's "luck", before he hooks off in search of more info to aid Bayonetta.

Later at the Cathedral of Cascades, Luka reappears as Bayonetta and Loki are figuring out a mechanism. He lectures them on the Legend of Aesir, the God of Chaos, and his connection to the Eyes of the World. Bayonetta questions how he finds this information, and Luka goes on to boast about himself, which results in Bayonetta kicking him out of the building.

During Bayonetta's confrontation with Loptr near the end of the game, Luka swings in from nowhere to save Loki, and Bayonetta comments on his "impeccable timing".

Bayonetta 3
During her quest through the β1 Universe, Bayonetta encounters a wolf beast called Strider in the middle of Tokyo. The beast picks a fight with her, but she is able to beat him expeditiously, after which Strider runs off. Later in the same universe, Bayonetta finds Luka being chased by some Homunculi; Luka runs past her, but stops in his tracks upon noticing her. He backs up and flirts with Bayonetta, telling her that fate has brought them together, before the Homunculi interrupt them.

Later in the β3 Universe, it is revealed that Strider is actually a transformed Luka, driven mad due to the destruction of his counterparts across the Multiverse. Upon realizing this, Bayonetta intends to chase him down, but Viola insists she will find him instead.

After arriving in the Alphaverse, Strider reappears atop an Aureole and Bayonetta attempts to pacify him, only to engage in another fight with him. At the end of the fight, Strider dangles off the suspended ground and Bayonetta tries to ease him once more, but he pushes her aside as the consciousness of Dark Adam exits his body and he falls off. After Bayonetta extinguishes Dark Adam, Viola, along with the faerie king Lukaon, appear and recover Strider; with help from Lukaon, Luka regains his original form. With his newfound power, Luka joins Bayonetta and Viola in their fight against Singularity.

Bayonetta fights Singularity on her own for the most part, but Strider joins her near the end. The two succeed in defeating Singularity, however, the removal of his phenomenal affirmation causes the universe to start collapsing and creates a void; Viola begins being pulled into the void and Strider leaps to save her. Simultaneously, Bayonetta’s Umbran Watch breaks completely, causing her to lose control of Gomorrah who proceeds to attack her and knocks her soul out of her body. Strider returns with Viola and slays Gomorrah before reverting to his human form; the forces of Inferno prepare to drag Bayonetta’s soul downward, and Luka attempts to save her from her fate. The two take the moment to confess their feelings for each other and have a final embrace. Bayonetta removes her glasses and she and Luka share a kiss as they are both pulled down to Inferno.

Bayonetta
"I don’t know whether to shoot you, or to take you to Vegas for good luck, Cheshire."

- Bayonetta to Luka in Chapter 14

"I said I'd never give up chasing you. I just never thought the chase would end like this."

- Luka at Bayonetta's funeral in the Epilogue

Bayonetta 3
"Do you believe in fate? Fate has brought us together, and it will never tear us apart."

- Luka to Bayonetta in their first encounter in Chapter 3

"He is a bit of a fool, and a reckless one at that, always getting himself into some kind of trouble. But, he always pops back up with that foolish grin. No worse for the wear. This time will be no different."

- Bayonetta talking about Luka to Viola in Chapter 7

"Always getting in over your head. I’ll take care of you. (...) Are you frightened, Luka? Your hands are shaking. (...) Poor thing, let me help you."

- Bayonetta trying to reach Luka within Strider in Chapter 13

Children
Viola Viola is Bayonetta and Luka's daughter from the β0 Universe. After her universe is destroyed, Viola transports to the Bayonetta 3 universe to find the respective Variants of her parents in order to stop Singularity from destroying the rest of the Multiverse. Viola is a short-tempered, yet clumsy witch-in-training. She uses a katana, Mab Dachi, as her primary weapon and has the demon "Cheshire" as her companion.

Fanon
On AO3, there are currently 35 written works.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * The lyrics to the song “AI Fine" from Bayonetta 3 are meant to reference Bayonetta’s growing feelings for Luka and foreshadow their fate at the end of the game.