Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

Nagisa had quite the first day. He had yet to stay more than a week at school, and yet the teen had already undergone a bit of weird occurrences: getting an odd blade and meeting Aladdin as the prime targets. He kept the blade at home, and lucky for him it didn't end up teleporting to him during school, nor did it crash through a window just to get to him. Nagisa still had his thoughts on why he had a blade like this with his literal name on it. He had never held any sort of weapon before that one came along, and he had NO source for this item to return it to. Basically, the rubber blade was a random present with no gift receipt. Even if he went and got something like it, it wouldn't be made of rubber and useless for combat against any assailant. He may not had much issue with the blade itself, Aladdin was another matter. Aladdin had not left Nagisa's home at all since he first popped up in his kitchen, and it was starting to trouble him. He never had a roommate before, and he never met anyone like Aladdin before. Even with these claims Aladdin kept making about these Magi and whatnot, Nagisa had yet to see him actually do anything that would consider magical, so Nagisa had a lot of doubt on these claims. He honestly thought Aladdin was just some weird kid who stumbled into his life one day, acting like he was some literal genie. Until he could actually find a real clue on this, Nagisa just kept it as that. When it came to the others at school, Nagisa didn't remotely bring it up to anybody at school. Who would believe him? Even his close friends would think he was nuts himself, either for the concept on who this Aladdin was, or the fact Nagisa was keeping this stranger in his house in the first place. Nagisa Shiota would need to find out what family Aladdin belonged to, and soon.

When the school day was done, Nagisa got his homework together, and was soon back at home. Upon arriving at home, Nagisa found Aladdin passed out on the couch, sleeping the day away. Nagisa had his work ready, but he might as well wake Aladdin up.

"K, I'm back," Nagisa said, though Aladdin didn't really wake up yet. Nagisa's main place to do his homework was the living room, but he can't do that with Aladdin laying there.

"Hey, Aladdin?" Nagisa said. Aladdin didn't seem to really wake up. In fact, seeing how Aladdin was stretched out, his ponytail down to the floor, arms and legs sprawled out on the couch, he looked deep in sleep. Aladdin did start to move his hand around lazily, as if reaching for something. Nagisa wasn't standing very far away, and suddenly, Aladdin's hand was suddenly pressed on Nagisa's chest ...

"... huh. Flat," Aladdin said in his sleep, his hand clenching as if trying to squeeze something.

Nagisa felt more awkward here over when he first met Aladdin. Now he knows the kid was a pervert. Nagisa simply poked Aladdin in the head to wake him up, the Magi waking up right away just to see his hand on a boy's chest.

"Can you let go?"

"OH, oops," Aladdin said, quickly removing his hand from his roomie's chest, and he moved aside as Nagisa had a seat.

"Back for the day?" Aladdin asked.

"Yeah, I am. How'd you do?" Nagisa asked. Aladdin sighed, and laid his back on Nagisa's side, as the student was starting to work out some of the problems down on his work sheet. Nagisa had insisted that he'd not follow him to school, to keep out of trouble. However, Aladdin had nothing to really do for the last four days that he did this.

"Why can't I come with you to this Orora High place of yours? It sounds like fun," Aladdin stated. At this point, anything sound better than lazily hanging around here.

"I told you, because you're not a student there. Besides, you wouldn't like it," Nagisa replied, not looking at him and working on the answers.

"Why not? What's wrong with it? Is it a bad place?"

"Depends how you look at it. It's probably better if you just stay around here until I find out where your family is, ok?"

"I've been staying around here for four days straight, and my only family is the fleet up in heaven right now."

"Yeah. Sure," Nagisa sighed. Aladdin had gone on about this "fleet" for a while now, but Nagisa never really believed in what that was about - not much proof of it. Aladdin laid his head back in boredom.

"Can't I just do one day? Just to try it? Maybe I will like it," Aladdin insisted. Nagisa, getting distracted by this, soon got up again. Aladdin fell back on the couch, banging his head on the arm, as Nagisa turned to him.

"Aladdin, look. You shouldn't have to worry about this. Just wait it out, I'll find your "fleet", and you'll go right back home from there, I promise," Nagisa said. Aladdin sat upright, and watched Nagisa take his homework and go off to his room. Guess one of the two blue kids would rather get his own work done. For Aladdin, it was getting rather redundant, and honestly, he was getting tired of it. He could tell from Nagisa's choice of words that he wasn't exactly believing in him on what he was saying - it took this long for him to figure it out - and Aladdin's mind wandered a bit, crossing his arms and laying back down on the couch.

"Why can't I go to Orora High? It doesn't sound like a bad place. Maybe Nagisa just doesn't want me to suffer the trouble ... no, that's not fair on him," Aladdin concluded. The Magi looked over to where Nagisa walked off to, thinking on what kind of place Orora high might be.

"So that's it then. Tomorrow, I'm going right over to Orora High. No matter what."

~~

The next morning was a bit of a odd one for Nagisa. It wasn't exactly the routine, which went on as it had been over the last couple of days. He went on to freshen up, dress up, and prepare for the day with his bento box, but there was one thing that seemed to present itself: Aladdin was missing. He didn't see or hear Aladdin anywhere within his own apartment, but the small blade was still evident, still laying down on the table from yesterday.

"Where'd he go? Aladdin?" Nagisa said, and waited for a response. He waited for a minute or two for any response, but it seemed that Aladdin just wasn't around. Nagisa had no indication for him leaving, but then again he got no indication for him coming over either. Nagisa got his bento, and his homework into his school bag, all ready to go. As he went to the door though, Nagisa turned back one more time and waited for Aladdin to show up somewhere, just to tell the boy that he was around, but no such thing happened. Eventually, Nagisa stepped out, and began going off on his way.

"Looks like Aladdin went back home after all," Nagisa concluded.

~~

Eventually, Nagisa went on over to the school with little trouble. It was still a bit early in the day, so students were still going along their way into the building. Nagisa could guarantee himself that he wasn't gonna be late, at least. Plenty of students were going along their own walk, and Nagisa soon spotted a familiar pair of faces amongst the crowd: Karma and Twilight talking to eachother! Nagisa was not ready for this, and by the look on Twilight's uncomfortable face, Karma had been pulling his hellish charisma on her for a while before he showed up. It didn't take long til Karma noticed Nagisa either, and he raised his hand to flag him down.

"HEY, Nagisa! About time you showed up," Karma said, as Nagisa sheepishly went up to them both.

"Hi Karma, Yugure ... See you met before I showed up," Nagisa noted. He could only wonder what the hell Karma was talking to Twilight about.

"We had plenty of time on our hands before the bell," Karma said.

"So, he's a new friend of yours, Nagisa?" Twilight asked, walking over to Nagisa rather than be over by Karma.

"Eh yeah. We knew eachother since freshmen year, actually," Nagisa said, but Karma suddenly ended up ruffling Nagisa's blue hair, messing it up just a little bit.

"Yep that's right. And Nagisa here told me you two were close several years ago, weren't ya?" Karma then said. Twilight smiled a little awkwardly, but still nodded.

"Eh, yeah," Twilight simply said. Karma smiled in a cheeky manor.

"Oh you two are just cute together aren't you? So, you two planning to do what together?"

"We're not THAT kind of friends," Twilight and Nagisa quickly insisted, just resulting in Karma to laugh at their denial. An awkward moment, yes. Before it could go any further, the time quickly presented itself as more students began to head inside.

"Alright you two, catch you later," Karma said. And with that, he went right on inside. Twilight and Nagisa basically did the same, and soon, the front yard was empty of students ...

well, almost every student.

Appearing just at the front door, one student was a little bit late for his arrival. He had been hiding off, observing, and after the other students had left and entered the building, only then did he go out and started heading on in himself.

Aladdin!

Of course, Aladdin did look a little bit different from before. Rather than his usual Arabian wardrobe, he took the time last night to work out his own outfit for school. Namely, borrowing Nagisa's own spare. The outfit was mainly the same, albeit a little long at the sleeves and legs, but Aladdin tucked in both leg and arm sleeves to get a better fit. His hair was still braided back, but his Turpin wasn't on his head this time, nor was his gold flute around his neck. The only thing that he had to keep on him was the head gemstone, but it was a minuet detail which he can easily get away with if he had to.

"Ok, here it goes," Aladdin told himself, prepared and ready to go. Aladdin's first day of Orora High School just got started.

~~

"Where is everyone?"

It hadn't been an hour, and already Aladdin was having trouble. More or less, he just couldn't find anyone outside the classrooms. He looked down many a hallway in a casual walk, but he just couldn't find anyone anywhere. He didn't understand yet on where kids were supposed to go, but he knew that they had to be somewhere in this place.

"UGH, if I'd known it was gonna be as lonely here as before," Aladdin sighed. Aladdin kept wandering around, not really sure where he was going. He had been just wandering around the school for quite a while now, and the only main clue he had was the occasional signs that pop up above classroom doors. He knew if he'd been by the same class by passing a similarly labeled sign, be it a D class, or C class. At this point, Aladdin was wandering around the halls of the B class students, when the bell finally rang. Aladdin jumped on hearing that bell, apparently coming from nowhere, but he did end up hearing, and eventually seeing, students go out of class and into the halls. FINALLY some students to talk to! These kids though didn't lay him no mind at first, and frankly all of them were taller than him in some way. That fact didn't bug him though as it would to probably Nagisa, so Aladdin went around to see if he'll have any luck.

"Morning everyone," said Aladdin, waving a arm to greet hello. However, not many of the students were really listening to him, and Aladdin brought his arm down. So instead, he decided to walk in and try his luck from there. Again though, many of these students didn't pay him no mind. Well, even if they weren't so talkative to him, least he can say he wasn't sitting alone.

"Doesn't look like anyone wants to talk. Is this what Nagisa deals with every day?" Aladdin thought in wonder. If this was true, then it would explain why Nagisa would be so withdrawn. As he continued going on though, Aladdin did notice that some students were looking his way, but mainly because he seemed slightly outta place. A kid his height with a gem on his forehead, and that long of hair, would stand out amongst this crowd. As he kept on going, trying to spark a conversation, one student did finally end up being in his way, making Aladdin stop.

This class B student, as expected, was a bit taller than him. She wore the usual outfit for the school's dress code, which was a grey school shirt with a grey skirt rather than pants like the boys do, though she had her grey overcoat un-bottoned to show her white undershirt. This girl was, for a lack of a better word, gorgeous! Her hair was pink, curled in several places, and had lovely blue eyes perfect for a fem fatale. For Aladdin though, his eyes were quick to catch the girl's impressive, e-cup boobs, which the white shirt showed off lovingly.

"Oh, hello," Aladdin said. Rather than a hello, she looked him over, hands on her hips.

"You new here?" She questioned.

"Wow, how'd you know?" Aladdin gasped.

"Because you're a shrimp that doesn't know what he's doing. Do you know where you are?" She asked. Aladdin wasn't sure on the question itself, or knew what she meant. He was in the right building, wasn't he?

"Eh ... Orora High?"

The girl groaned.

"Damn, you must be a new E kid," She figured, going right up to him. Aladdin quickly noted the bounce her boobs made with each step, so he wasn't exactly listening to her ...

"This is class B territory. Why don't you go back to the End class where you belong?" The girl mocked. However, Aladdin was set on bigger things. A set of bigger things ...

"AH!"

The other students in the hall stopped for a brief moment, and were left blindsided and flabbergasted by what happened next. Suddenly, and almost outta nowhere, Aladdin had his head and hands getting their feel of the girl's boobs! Aladdin had his face right in her cleavage, both hands freely fondling and squeezing her boobs like it's nobody's business.

"You have nice boobs. I love big boobs," Aladdin said in glee, his voice kinda muffled since it was in her boobs. Everyone around her couldn't believe what Aladdin was doing, and as for the girl in question ...

*SLAP*

next thing he knew, Aladdin was tumbling on the floor, in a daze, with a steaming hot red hand print now on his face. By the time Aladdin did come to his feet, he saw just how ticked off this girl was: fire in her eyes and everything.

"YOU'RE DEAD MEAT, PERVERT!" She bellowed. Since he valued his life, Aladdin took off running as fast as he could.

Not a good showing.

~~

The hours came and went for Orora High, and Nagisa was still unaware on who else had ended up in the school. Since Aladdin's little groping earlier, he had to play a little hiding game, which would explain why Nagisa and his friends hadn't seen Aladdin just yet. While they didn't see him, they did catch rumor of a sexual attack on a Class B student. Kinda hard not to hear about. As lunch time came, things were going on as it would normally do for the students involved, though news of what happened spread like wildfire. Nagisa and Twilight were sitting next to eachother, eating their own food, and overhearing the conversations. Karma and Pinkie hanged around them too, though it was their own convenience.

"Sure has been a lot of talk today," Twilight noted.

"No kidding. Then again, it was involving a higher class student, so it was bound to go around fast," Nagisa figured. Twilight took a bite out of her own bento before continuing.

"What is it exactly about anyway?" Twilight asked.

"Apparently some kid had the guts to feel up VP Emi Isuzu's breasts. Bet he got quite a good groping outta her," Karma informed, with his signature cheeky grin, and his hands clenched as if squeezing boobs himself. That detail was one thing Nagisa and Twilight didn't catch beforehand.

"That's who got groped? I hope that kid's got his story ready for the principal," Nagisa said. Any kid messing with the higher class like that would end up in trouble with the principal, whatever the issue. As they were talking about it, one kid found them, and went right over to them, actually hoping up into the seat next to Nagisa. At first he thought it was Pinkie Pie and her games, but ...

"Hi, Nagisa, how's your day?"

"It's ok, thank - What are you doing here?!"

Aladdin. The happy kid was now sitting right next to Nagisa, the blue kid getting pretty startled on seeing him. Aladdin, who had a apple with him to snack on, took a bite of it before continuing.

"I wanted to see what your school's like," Aladdin said casually.

"OH! Hello buddy! I'm Pinkie Pie! This is Yugure, Nagisa, and Karma! who're you?" Pinkie suddenly asked, leaning over the table with her own big smile. Aladdin's eyes saw Pinkie's boobs too. Though they weren't as big as Emi's were, they still were big and a bit bouncy. Unlike before, he got what Pinkie said easier.

"Aladdin. Funny name, Pinkie. You didn't tell me you had these kind of friends, Nagisa," Aladdin said. And there, Nagisa got caught. Pinkie, Karma, and Twilight looked right to Nagisa for some explanation, the kid feeling embarrassed that his little situation had to be revealed this way.

"You know him, Nagisa?" Twilight asked. Nagisa just sighed.

"Yeah. He just showed up at my home one day, and kinda stuck around since. He Said he just "poofed" up at my place," Nagisa admitted. What else could he exactly say? Meanwhile, Aladdin tried to get his hands on Pinkie's own set of breasts, and his hands were actually getting very close until ...

"Just poofed up at your place? What do you mean?" Twilight asked.

"I don't know, that's what he said. He's hard to figure out," Nagisa stated. Pinkie straightened up fast, her boobs bouncing to Aladdin's delight, but making him fall forward onto the table, missing his grab.

"OH! OH! Can I try guessing? Please, please, please?!" Pinkie asked, excitedly.

"Alright, knock yourself out," Karma allowed. Pinkie cleared her throat, and ...

"Aladdin's-a-member-of-one-of-the-heaven-fleets-and-he-came-down-to-Earth-because-you-found-a-blessed-weapon-so-he-is-sent-down-to-help-you-fight-off-demons-that-are-doing-mean-things-to-the-world-AND-give-you-some-know-how-on-how-demons-work!"

Pinkie finished her little theory with a smile of her face, though Twilight and Nagisa were left wide-eyed and mouths open. Karma was a little confused on it, and as for Aladdin ...

"WOW, I've been telling him that all week! And you said no one would believe me, Nagisa! ... Nagisa?"

Nagisa didn't have a single clue how Pinkie managed to guess THAT kind of story right off the bat like that, but Pinkie seemed to be an odd one anyway. Karma snapped his fingers in front of his and Twilight's face to snap them outta it, and get them back to reality. Nagisa shook his head, but instead of answering Aladdin, he looked right to Pinkie Pie.

"How the hell'd you guess THAT?"

"Just a hunch," Pinkie simply said with a big grin.

"All that was a hunch?!" Nagisa thought. He quickly corrected himself though, and turned to Aladdin as Karma was talking.

"One hell of a hunch, Pinks. So, Aladdin, you got some connection with heaven?" Karma asked casually.

"That's what I've been telling him!"

"Quite a stretch. How about some proof for me and my friends here? I'm sure my pals would like to see some fancy tricks," Karma suggested, ruffling Nagisa's hair again. Nagisa fixed it quick, though a demonstration did sound like a good idea. Aladdin needed proof to give his own ideas something to stand on, and with days of no magic and all talk, Nagisa would need some evidence on that. Aladdin was up to the task.

"Oh sure! But I dunno around here."

"Don't worry. I know just the place."

~~

And that place in question was a bit away too. When school was done for the day, Karma lead Pinkie, Twilight, and Nagisa, off down a nature trail just behind the main building. Being a nature trail meant that some walking had to be done to get there, though it wasn't anything new. Nagisa knew damn well where they were going, though Pinkie and Twilight were a little unsure. Pinkie Pie though was very excited, all the same. The trail itself was well traveled on, and the forest and trees gave the trail a nice scenic view, which included a number of birds singing in the trees, including Pidgy, Starly, and Pidove.

"So where's Aladdin?" Twilight asked.

"He said he'll meet us there. He wanted to get geared up first," Karma replied. He and Aladdin had a quick chat before they left, and Karma agreed to let him get himself ready.

During their walk (which took about a mile along the trail), they soon begin to spot another building coming up. Since it was later on in the day, student and staff weren't around, so they had the place to themselves. As for the place, it was a decent-sized, old school building. It was a lot smaller than Orora High's school building, and not as advanced as well, with a HUGE open yard used for gym exercise. The roof of the building looked boarded up, with several holes here and there, and the building itself was made up of mainly wood. For Nagisa and Karma, this building was a unmistakable one, if not rather rundown. The sign up on the door said it all: Class E. Yes, this is where the End class students go. And judging by the looks of it, it wasn't getting and plans of renovation anytime soon. Nagisa, Twilight, Pinkie, and Karma went around the Class E building, heading over to the main yard. Looking around though, they didn't see any sign anyone else was around the place. Out in the yard, the only thing out was about three stray Starly birds pecking for some insects, but that was about it. They kept looking for him somewhere, but Aladdin didn't seem to be anywhere ...

"Where is he?" Nagisa wondered.

"Hey guys! You made it!"

The group turned and there was Aladdin, sitting on the roof of the E building, looking down at them with a smile on his face. Aladdin had changed out of his school attire, and was back in his old Arabian outfit, which he liked a lot better. Pinkie, Twilight, and Nagisa weren't sure how he got up there, and since he will be demonstrating, weren't sure what he had planned either.

"Aladdin?" Pinkie wondered, very curious.

"Ok, kid, what do ya got?" Karma asked in a smirk, waiting for something to happen. Aladdin got up to his feet, standing right at the edge of the rooftop.

"Watch this," Aladdin said. With confidence on his face, she turned himself around so his back was to the edge. Suddenly, the Magi began to lean back, and he started to fall! Freaked, Pinkie rushed right under Aladdin, where he would land in order to catch him. She brought her arms up to grab ...

Nothing?

"TA DA!"

Aladdin was floating! The reactions from the others said it all. Nagisa was simply wide-eyed and in complete shock, Twilight looked amazed with her hands covering her mouth, Pinkie stared straight up with starry eyes and a loud gasp escaping her open mouth, and even Karma looked very impressed. Aladdin was suspended in mid air, only his hair hanging down like a coil of blue rope. From his position, it looked like he was sleeping on an invisible bed. Aladdin stayed like that, even pushing away from the building with a tap of his feet just to make sure the group weren't mistaking it for some illusion act. After that, the Magi raised his right leg, and swung it down to spin himself upright. Aladdin looked down to the shocked crowd, hands on his hips, and a cocky grin.

"NOW do you believe me?" Aladdin asked, though they didn't need to say anything to give him his answer. There was no possible way he was being suspended there by any usual means at this point. No rope, no jet pack, no nothing! This was pure magic keeping Aladdin up in the air. After a bit, Aladdin floated down to the ground, landing on his own two feet, light as a feather.

"WHOA, HOW'D YOU DO THAT?!" Pinkie gasped.

"Being a Magi, I have some enchanted items to use. My Turban gives me the ability to float around when I want to," Aladdin explained, showing it to Pinkie. Pinkie was simply amazed.

"What else can you do?!" Pinkie asked, excitedly. Aladdin took a moment to think on what to do next, and soon he then showed another item he had with him - one that Nagisa hadn't seen before. It appeared to be some sort of staff, completely wooden and made into a sort of triangular shape at the staff's head, giving the appearance of a small bird opening its wings. Aladdin gripped it in both hands, and focused hard and strong. The others waited for a little bit, waiting to see what Aladdin was going to do for his next act. After some concentration, Aladdin spread his arms out, and suddenly he ended up having a sort of forcefield around himself, a yellow aura left in its wake.

"OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH!" Pinkie beamed, clapping her hands, and jumping in place like a little school girl. Karma walked up to the forcefield in question, leaning against it casually as Twilight felt the force field herself, amazed as ever.

"This is incredible! It - It has to be magic," Twilight gasped.

"So you can make force fields too, Aladdin? Not bad, but how about some strong magic? A hyper beam, or thunderbolt maybe?" Karma asked with a smirk. Aladdin though crossed his arms.

"This is a strong magic: only true Magi can do this," Aladdin insisted. Karma took a little walk around the force field, seeing how it covered Aladdin's entire body, and how perfectly spherical it was. As he was, over nearby, Nagisa was left simply lost on words, sitting over by the door. He really had been very quiet since Aladdin first started to float around in the air. His mind was wrapped up in what was going on, too much to pay attention.

"Oh my god. He really is magical. ... If he's right about that, then ... what else is he right about? ..."

"Hey, Earth to Nagisa, still with us?" Pinkie suddenly asked, right in his face too. Nagisa snapped right back to reality.

"Oh, uh yeah, I'm fine," Nagisa assured, getting up to his feet. Aladdin removed his force field at this point, and it didn't take long before Nagisa decided what to do next, going right up to him. After seeing Aladdin not only fly around, but summon a magical force field, Nagisa now no longer had any doubts about Aladdin's claims.

"Hey, Aladdin?" Nagisa asked. Aladdin stopped what he was doing and looked over to him, seeing that Nagisa now was looking a bit more serious this time.

"You and I had been around for a while, and the whole time you kept saying you were apart of some "fleet", right?" Nagisa began. Pinkie, Twilight, Karma weren't sure where that came from, but they didn't exactly stop him. Even if they did, Aladdin didn't give them the chance to, answering them with casual ease.

"That's right."

"And you also said you're supposed to protect this world from evils, right?"

"Me and the other angels."

"What're you getting at? Not everyone here knows what the hell's going on," Karma asked.

"Aladdin has been telling me this stuff since he showed up," Nagisa simply said, before addressing Aladdin again.

"Can you explain what's going on?"

Aladdin, oddly enough, was a little quiet at first, before answering him.

"Really? I can't just say it to anyone!" Insisted Aladdin.

"Aladdin, you just showed off your magic to three kids you just met today, and you told Nagisa already," Twilight pointed out. Aladdin opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out in response. He had showed off his flying AND his Magi-only force field to three strangers just outta convenience ...

"... Oh yeah. OK, but can you all promise to not tell anybody else please?" Aladdin asked, a bit more serious in tone, hoping they would agree.

"Sure, Aladdin," Twilight started.

"K. I'm good at secrets," Karma added.

As for Pinkie, her promise was a little elaborate: she zipped her lips, locked them, dropped her imaginary key, and did some other odd stuff with her hands before stopping.

"... Sooooo, are you keeping the promise, or no?" Aladdin asked.

"Of course! That why I zipped my lips, locked them with a key, threw the key, buried the key in a hole, and build a house on top of the hole!" Pinkie explained. The others were still confused, but Aladdin took it anyway. The Magi turned to the group now, and started to explain.

"Listen. As a Magi, me and the other Angels of the fleets are supposed to protect the world from whatever evils that appear. It's usually something Angels do hidden away from regular humans so they won't get hurt."

"Evils, you say?" Karma asked.

"Demons, monsters, witches, that sort of thing. They keep showing up, and it's our job to stop them," Aladdin explained. Demons? Devils? THAT'S what Aladdin was talking about?! It was then that clever Karma started to put the pieces together.

"And Nagisa has something to do with this?" Karma asked, pointing to Nagisa in question.

"Right. He actually has a blessed halo blade, before I appeared with him."

Having a weapon like that in his possession was a detail Nagisa didn't want just shot out, but what can he do now? The others didn't seem too bugged by it, and Karma was first to give his two cents about that.

"Damn, you lucky son of a bitch," commented Karma. Nagisa though was a bit more troubled.

"Uh, Aladdin? Does this mean that ... we'll end up coming across these demons?" Nagisa asked, worried. Aladdin thought a tiny bit, but shook his head.

"No, I don't think so. Humans and demons don't bother eachother directly often. Besides, you got me," Aladdin assured Nagisa, the student giving a sigh of relief. Demons and Angels had been at eachother for a while, as far as Aladdin knew, and rarely did any demon dare to directly confront any human, so chances were very slim. As long as that was settled, then it couldn't be too bad ...

Right?

~~

When Aladdin was finished showing off his abilities, the group then parted and went on home from there. While it was nice to have company on the way home, Nagisa eventually was stuck alone at one point during his walk, not too long after they past the main Orora High building. It was something Nagisa was used to though, so it wasn't much of a bother. What was slightly a bother was how late it got. Walking a mile and back from the E building took a bit of time to do, and was late in the afternoon by the time he split off from his friends. He felt a sense of Deja Vu during this: walking alone at the same spot, no one else apparently around either. Nagisa himself was a little to preoccupied to really notice that, thinking about what Aladdin told him earlier. His mind continued to go through various questions: what kind of demons was Aladdin talking about? how dangerous were these demons? How many demons and angels were there in the world, and how long had this been going on? These sorts of things kept going through his head and Nagisa continued his quiet walk down the street, not seeing anyone around.

"It looks like Aladdin wasn't making things up after all. Least I can say I won't have to worry about me or my friends meeting any demons ... at least, I hope not ..."

Soon, Nagisa reached a rather familiar crossroads and traffic light: same spot where the blade found him already days before. Unlike before, the light was already green, so after a quick check of the road, he started to walk across. It seemed alright, and nothing out of the ordinary at first. The second Nagisa stepped onto the next curb, Nagisa was ready to keep going, but he ended up stopping himself. He felt a cold chill on the back of his neck, and it soon begun to overcome him. It wasn't a ordinary chill one would feel on a cold day either. In fact, the day was pretty warm actually, so where was this feeling coming from?

"Wait ... What's this? ... Something's not right ..."

Why was he thinking that, he wasn't sure, but Nagisa started to look around a bit anyway. He didn't continue forward to home, and his eyes kept going around, trying to find the source of this strange unseen trouble. Nagisa began to wander away from the usual path, taking a right, away from the main road back home. It wasn't a route he would normally take, but the more he kept walking, the stronger this feeling was getting. Something was causing this, and for some reason, he needed to figure out what. Nagisa stopped again when he stepped into view of one of the city's many alleys. Looking down the alley, Nagisa saw nothing but concrete and walls, and at the very end, it splits away as apart of another alley. It didn't seem out of place on the surface, with a few garbage cans by the back doors. It's what was at the second alleyway that caught Nagisa's eyes.

Down at the end, as Nagisa went to investigate, something was standing at attention in the late noon light. The thing, which appeared to be a statue, stood about eight to nine feet tall from top to bottom. It looked vaguely humanoid in structure, with a human-like face. The statue had no arms or legs, but it did had a red cloth around the neck in terms of clothing. From the shape of the statue, and blank expression on the face, it had the proper look to a traditional Jizo Statue. The statue didn't look very new, and showed deep signs of wear and tear, the stone used on the statue worn away and even having faint hints of green on the rocky overcoat.

"A Jizo statue? What's this doing here?" Nagisa wondered, looking it over up and down, and all around. There wasn't any indication that it had been brought in, or any sort of branding. It was as if someone just made the statue in its place and left it there. Nagisa still felt that cold sensation, and now he was at this statue it just grew stronger.

"That feeling again. But why? what's going on? It's just a Jizo statue. ... Is it?" Nagisa thought.

Nagisa placed his hand on the statue, trying to think. Yet, his hand was placed on the Jizo statue's chest ...

*thump**thump**thump**thump*

"Beating? ... Wait. Heart beating ... It's alive!"

And proved it's true: seconds after Nagisa figured that out, the statue itself suddenly made a loud rumbling. Nagisa stepped back as the statue came to life on him! On each side of its body, the statue creature began to grow a pair of long, humanoid arms, each ending in a dagger mantis claw. The head also extended on a long, rugged neck. It still had no legs, but it still looked menacing whatever the case may be. Well, Nagisa knew what the feeling was, but now what to do? He was in dead sight of this creature, one that he had no clue what was capable of doing. As for the creature itself, it didn't really move or anything, but instead simply stayed put and stared back at Nagisa. Nagisa didn't do very much either aside from staring.

It's a standoff.

Without a word, Nagisa slowly started to move backwards, step by step, trying not to make any sudden movements. The living Jizo statue stayed rather still itself, the head swaying and turning, as if it was studying the human in front of it, and trying to see what kind of target he was. Nagisa had no weapon, no backup, and no way to defend himself. Each step Nagisa had made was quiet, not a sound being made to be sure. The blue kid had to remain calm until after he was far enough away from it to make a quick getaway. And at first, he thought he might be able to pull it off. just a few more steps ...

*clunk*

"Damnit."

one stray step, which knocked over a small can on the ground, was all it took for the statue to react.

The first strike by the beast was a strong lunge forward, using its arms to grip the ground and shoot forward. Nagisa only had seconds to react, and could only duck, and rush forward. Nagisa felt the scythe-like mantis claws tear at his shirt during the lunge, one clean cut down the back, but he dodged it just enough to get a minor scrape. Nagisa took the moment to make a run for it down the other alley, scrambling to get away. However, the Jizo monster surprised Nagisa with its own method of moving: balancing on its wrists, and chasing after Nagisa like they were legs, and moving just as fast as he was. The creature lunged at Nagisa again, but this time there was no dodging it. Nagisa almost made it out of the alleyway when the Jizo creature struck him, the huge claw slamming Nagisa to the wall. That, combine with the brute force of the hit, made Nagisa go limp. The hit wasn't enough to kill him, but Nagisa surely felt like the hit done some horrid damage to him, one way or another. The hit gave Nagisa a deep bruise to his right side, but the Jizo monster was not done with him yet. After a bellow, the giant claw of the beast swung down at him, the human only able to dodge by a few short seconds. The swing was so hard, it dug into the earth like a pickaxe!

While one dodge avoid that hit, the second claw was quick to catch Nagisa, the blunt end of the creature's wrist making a brutal blow to Nagisa's face. The hit gave Nagisa a black eye, and flung him a good ten feet down the alley. And, before Nagisa could even shake himself off, the Jizo creature rushed him, and rammed him square on the stomach, knocking the breath out of him! This time, Nagisa wasn't so quick to get up off the ground, his injuries to the point that he was bleeding from the mouth, and his clothes started to turn red from the impact wounds seeping blood as well. Nagisa laid at the wall, coughing and wheezing, as he sensed the Jizo monster closing in on him. The monster didn't jump at him right away, and instead it watched him just laying there, both claws placed down on each side of him, basically pinning him down. Nagisa stared up at the monster, feeling blood seep down his face, and dripping down his chin onto the ground.

"Damn. DAMN! ... I can't get out of this alive ..." That was all Nagisa could really think, and by the looks of the situation, that was more than true. After a bit, the creature brought one of its claws around Nagisa's head, and at first Nagisa thought it was going to crush his skull. Rather than do that, the monster lifted him up to his feet, and gave Nagisa a vice-grip on the neck, holding him and crushing. Nagisa struggled against the monster's grip, but the Jizo wasn't going to let him get away. Nagisa's strained eyes locked to those of the creature for a moment, but something flashed through his head then ...

"Dear god, I hope this works," Nagisa thought. Soon, Nagisa's body made a suddenly twitch, and soon after that, he grew limp. The creature held him for a while after seeing this happen, slowly moving its head to see what was going on. After checking, it appeared that this monster had its next meal. The Jizo beast released Nagisa, and placed him down onto the ground ...

And THAT's when Nagisa charged off!

The beast, angry at being tricked, soon began racing after Nagisa again, but this time Nagisa had more time to make distance between him and the beast as he got to the main road. The Jizo beast didn't stop its assault, and went off after him to the street itself. For Nagisa, he really didn't know how to get away from this Jizo monster, looking around and trying to figure something out.

"Ok, ok Nagisa think. Think. What do you got to work with?" Nagisa wondered frantically. However, looking around, he seemed to have nothing to really have on hand, or anything to work with. The Jizo beast moved in on Nagisa step by step. Nagisa moved back a bit more himself. He needed to think of something to do, and fast.

Then he got it.

Nagisa looked down the street, and he began to run again, this time towards the hanging traffic lights where he first was. The Jizo managed to catch up to him, Nagisa stopping at one of the street light posts. The Jizo beast swung its claw at him, just for Nagisa to dodge it. The slice was dangerously deep in the street light, and Nagisa raced out into the road, passing under the lights, and stopping near the otherside of it. The Jizo statue saw him do this, and began to move in on him.

"Come on. That's it. Right. There."

*snap*

Then it happened. The sound of the breaking light post, which was holding the hanging light up, finally got too weak and gave way. The hanging traffic light, no longer having any even support in the air, also fell down hard. Nagisa was safely out of the way, but for the Jizo, both the pole holding the light up, and the hanging traffic light itself fell right down on top of it! Both objects, with the combine weight, collapsed right down onto the creature head and neck, slamming it into the ground! Nagisa could help but cringe upon the impact. Upon impact to the floor, there was a loud, and distinct sound of a crack. Blood pouring out of its head, and onto the street. The arms twitched and stuttered for a few moments, just before they went completely limp, as did the creature.

Stone dead.

As for Nagisa, hurting, but alive, he made a mad dash straight back home. If this thing was somehow still alive, he didn't want to stay around and find out ...