Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

"Lust? What is the meaning of this?"

Back in Tartarus, things were starting to get just a little bit dicey for Lust. After her little escapade back in the surface world on that train ride, she had been sent straight back down to the underworld, and now she was on the ground by Sombra's own feet. As if Envy and his troubling antics weren't bad enough, now he also had her and Gluttony to deal with, although it was only Lust there alone. Things were dicey enough as it is, this fail didn't make anything better for the demon lord. As Sombra stood there and stared her down, Lust remained in her kneel in submission. She wished she had better news other than what happened for Sombra, and what she did tell him didn't help much either on her end.

"I thought it was a good idea at the time," Lust admitted. again, it wasn't exactly helping much.

"Damn Homunculus. I give you three just one job, and I keep finding you running around trying to kill off the quarry without my order. I give you these orders to do and all you have to do is follow them, yet you can't do that correctly."

"But why can't we try and finish this early?" Lust asked. That was one question that was left a bit ambiguous throughout this task, but one Sombra had his answer for.

"Because it's not the right time yet. And apparently you can't even do that anyway. Besides, no one ordered you to split your group apart."

"But it works out: Envy is keeping his eye on Bradley -"

"AND got captured by Amestris Central! It's reasons like these which I try to avoid, you know, I don't pick these tasks just for the hell of it. Now, you standby here until further notice, and if you can't even do that ..." Sombra finished his statement with a clenched fist, a bit of black smoke seeping out of his palm. For the female homunculus, that was more than enough of a indication on the matter at hand. These risks were getting more and more dangerous, Sombra couldn't risk this any further than it already had.

"... Understood."

"You better," Sombra said. With that finished, Lust stood up and started to move off out of the throne room. Sombra gave a rough sigh to this, hand over his face. It was hard to keep creatures like that in line. Sombra was just about to head out of the room himself until. ...

"SOMBRA! Sombra, emergency!"

Gluttony was back. Sure, Gluttony kinda messed up too, but splitting up and going after Team Harmony again wasn't his idea so Sombra allowed him to slide. All the same though, seeing gluttony charge in from the side door in a complete panic did catch Sombra's interest. The large homunculus raced in, almost stumbling over his own feet he was in such a hurry. Gluttony got himself over at Sombra's feet, winded and sweating like mad.

"What is it, Gluttony? Run out of human servants?" Sombra asked, not exactly worried, but interested.

"No, no, no, no, no, something worse than that!" Gluttony insisted. Sombra still wasn't too sure about this, but allowed Gluttony to continue with the motion of his hand.

"Well, I was on my way to the throne room after lunch, when I started to smell something different. You know how I am with scents, so I followed this odd smell. It smelled like a mix of fire, and acid or something. Rather peculiar -"

"Will you get to the point?" Sombra asked. Sure, it was important, but he didn't need the details like that. Gluttony gulped, and went on to his point.

"Ok ok. I followed the smell down to that prisoner cell under the palace, and check in a cell. Sombra, there's someone missing!"

Missing? Missing how? Sombra found that a bit hard to believe with the kind of prison down there. Still, Sombra kept himself calm a bit, and looked down to Gluttony. Any prisoner he knew of had never found a way out of that prisonhold, so which one would manage now? Unless ...

"And which one might I ask?" Sombra questioned. Gluttony needed to get his own word together just to say it, but he was so fidgety it was a lot harder than it looked.

"T-T-Tir .... Tir ..."

"Tear?"

"Tir. Tir. Tir."

"A tear's not a person, Gluttony, spit it out."

And so ...

"Tirek! IT'S TIREK, HE'S ESCAPED!!"

That's when the long silence came. Sombra was dead quiet and not a sound to be heard. Gluttony wasn't sure if the reveal would get him killed or not, but when that Homunculus looked to Sombra face to face, the look was enough to make Gluttony shiver. Sombra was wide eyed, simply speechless, as the demon lord configured what Gluttony just told him. Lord Tirek: the previous ruler of Tartarus and Sombra's prime prisoner, now escaped to who knows where.

"... Gluttony ... You're lying. ... Please say you are. ..." Sombra said, his voice hushed and almost troubled. In his years working with him, Gluttony never saw Sombra like this, ever.

"N-No, I'm not. ..."

No. No, Sombra wouldn't believe it.
Before Gluttony could say anything, Sombra raced off in a flash, straight down to the very cell in question in little to no time at all. That kind of report he will not buy until he sees it for himself. In his rush, Gluttony tried to follow him as best he could, but Sombra obviously moved a lot faster to see what was what. Other smaller devils and demons saw him rush by, wondering what was going on.
It was then that he reached the cell in question, skidding to a stop. He hadn't been here in a while, and if what Tirek said had anything to go on, then Sombra wondered if he actually wanted to see what was in there, but he knew he had to in order to be sure. Sombra was so quick, he practically tore off the cell doors to see inside the cell. No Tirek. The only thing that remained inside there was just a black arena, a pillar torn off away, and the chains snapped off at the very tips, just enough for the cuffs to slip free. Sombra wouldn't believe what he was seeing, and the other little crowd behind him was just as shocked about it as he was, if not more so. At first, Sombra was completely quiet, examining the chains that were left behind. The chains didn't look burnt off, cut, or even snapped, but more rather manually removed from the cuffs. How could Tirek just bust out after so long of imprisonment? ...

"S-Sombra?" Sombra turned back to the crowd after getting himself calmed down from the shock, seeing that the crowd was not feeling any better about the situation.

"What do you know about this?" Sombra hissed, making the others a little worried.

"N-Nothing, we didn't see anything!" one of the devils shivered. Sombra felt that going on would waste even more time about it, so he left it on that.

"Demons, stay right here until I come back."

"But what about Tirek?"

"Don't bother, I know exactly where he's going," Sombra made clear, walking past them. Before Sombra could go, he stopped himself and turned over to Gluttony.

"Gluttony, try and track down who would've released him. Impossible for that demon to break himself out without some help."

"Yes sir," Gluttony said, going into the cell and trying to get the scent down correctly. After that, Sombra then went off on his way, assured that whoever got him out would be apprehended by the time he'll get back. First Envy ended up captured, and now this?

~~

Back in Amestris, the group was actually getting some better progress about the situation. The sun shining bright for that morning, skies clear and perfect for some basic practice, which was a common thing to see around Central base. What wasn't too common, but accepted and promised to be kept as a secret was the alchemy practice Ed and Twilight were going through. As some guards were doing the basic training practice with guns and such, Ed and Twilight had a large arena to themselves provided by King Bradley for their victory two nights prior. Twilight had a decent start, but with Ed now giving her some knowhow, she had a more proper grip on this alchemy magic. Nearby, the others took some time to watch her: Yoroi, Nagisa, Aladdin, Salim, and Alphonse respectively, with the rest off doing their own thing in Central. Salim was there on permission of Bradley (least that was what they were told) to watch the alchemists at work. They had their seats at a rather safe distance, leaving Ed and Twilight plenty of room to do their own business.

"K, Yugure, you ready for this?" Ed called, feeling pretty confident in himself.

"I'm ready," Twilight replied. Both her hands had gloves on them, each one with the alchemic symbol of her choice on them (not the fire alchemy like before).
The first one to make a move was Ed himself, starting off with a power surge towards her, hands digging into the ground and causing the ground to shift and rush to her. Twilight countered this with a jump to her side, and she tried to focus her own energy into a similar move. Unlike Ed and his fullmetal alchemy though, Twilight didn't really summon up much of anything, at least nothing as strong as Ed's attempt. Practice at least got her just a little further in that aspect, even if the attack was hardly any. Next thing she knew ...

"AAHH - ow!"

Whacked down by Ed alchemy. It wasn't the first time that she was whacked from Ed's moves, nor was it the first time not doing so good in this alchemy training. Still, with what she used to be, one could actually call her a alchemist now. A minor one, but an alchemist all the same.

"Win again!" Ed said, as Twilight got up off the ground. When that round was done, Salim and Aladdin were more than happy to share their enthusiasm.

"That was amazing! I never seen so much awesome power before, it's more amazing than everyone said!" Salim beamed.

"I know, that's so cool! So much power and with such ease, you can topple a building in ten seconds flat!" added Aladdin. Ed smiled in confidence by his little admirers, who both had admiration in their eyes. Well, they weren't complaining about anything.

"I'll get you one of these days," Twilight replied, bruised but fine.

"Your sister sure has been working hard on this," Al said, pointing to Twilight as he was speaking to Yoroi.

"That's my sister for you: when she sets her mind on any study, she's stuck to it," Yoroi said, smiling. Admittedly though, he was surprised as anyone else that Twilight was even able to do alchemy, let alone practice with another alchemist.

"Oh, by the way, Yoroi. ... You're not uh, freaked out about this, are you?" Nagisa asked, wanting to be sure a little bit.

"Well actually no, don't worry. My friend's an alchemist, and he practically shows off his alchemy on a daily basis," Yoroi admitted, easing Nagisa's nerves. Guess this attempt to be Twilight's teacher was another attempt to show off on his part, if that was the case. Well, Nagisa went back to looking at the practice, seeing Twilight training her heart out in this session. He knew what Yoroi meant by that, that was for sure. That, and seeing Salim and Aladdin enjoying it too just made the moment a rather enjoyable one. Even if a bit rough on the trainer and trainee's end. Envy was in custody, Twilight was training, and it won't be very long until they actually get to go back home. What other reason was there to stay around anymore now? ...

arrrrooooooooo

Nagisa stopped his thoughts on the strange noise. Funny thing. A very distant, low sort of howl or rumble, or some sort of mix between the two, but Nagisa didn't find any source of it anywhere.

"Must be just me," Nagisa thought.

ARRRROOOOOOOOO

Now it wasn't just him, and his nerves were starting to shiver on him. None of the others really seemed to notice anything, but Nagisa was sure that something was going on, but what? The rumbled howl sounded more severe in his head, feeling goosebumps and a signature chill run through him, signs of his demon sense. One problem: there was no sign of any demon anywhere. Even if there was Blair, or Sebastian coming around, neither of them howled.

"Did you hear something just now?" Nagisa questioned, turning next to him.

"I don't think so," replied Alphonse.

arrrrooooooooo

Now the howling was taking a bigger effect on him, a quick shiver running through his body, like a sense of a strong demon nearby. Nagisa rubbed some cold sweat off of his head, as his body felt goosebumps all over him. With his attention too, Al was the first to see the odd reaction, unsure what to say.

"Uh, you alright? You look like you got a cold," Al asked.

"I-I'm alright. I think I -"

ARRROOOOOOOOO

"GAK!" Nagisa cringed now. This was no ordinary demon he was sensing, but he couldn't figure out where. It was here that Nagisa got up to his feet, hand to his forehead as he did. He wasn't too worried over the demon sense itself, but rather where the source was coming from. He'd grown used to his demon sense since being around Sebastian and Blair a lot, but this was a bit bigger than normal. Where was this coming from? The sound also got Yoroi's attention alongside.

"Nagisa? What's wrong?"

"I-I'm fine, just give me a second," Nagisa insisted, taking a few steps away from the group. Nagisa had to think on what was even going on, but as his demon sense went on some more -

arrrrooooooooo

Then something new happened. Usually this sort of demon sense would be just that, mainly a sense like a radar, but this time the demon sense came with a mental image. It was mainly a silhouette, but the image was still a prominent one, and one Nagisa couldn't help but see as he closed his eyes, trying to get his mind together. The figure, for a start, looked huge, and with some sort of rounded head and it was holding some sort of weapon in one hand. This image stayed there for a little bit more, and then ...

ARRRROOOOOOOOO

"AHHHH!" Nagisa felt the screech pierce his brain, strong enough to finally subdue him. The scream made everyone nearby stop, and suddenly Nagisa was gripping his head, and he fell to his knees! This demon sense made him feel bad before, but this sudden attack was hellish, feeling like someone stabbed his forehead with a sword!

"Nagisa! Nagisa, you alright?!" Aladdin asked, worried.

"AH! I'm, dying!" Nagisa managed to say. That made most of them panic on response.

"WHA?! What do we do, he says he's gonna die!" Alphonse asked, completely panicked.

"No, it's just an expression!" Ed insisted, though he wasn't any calmer than his brother was. Twilight quickly went straight to him, and helped him up to his feet, Nagisa gripping his head still as he tried to calm down. That image. That giant image. There was no doubt in his mind that this was no ordinary demon, not by a long shot! And once more, an extremely powerful one to give off that like of aura to him.

"There, Nagisa, breathe. Breathe," Twilight insisted, but most of his breathing came out in strained panting. Yoroi went over next, and tried to calm Nagisa down himself.

"Nagisa, look. Deep breaths, like this. See? Do it like I'm doing," Yoroi said, as he demonstrated a more relaxed breathing. Nagisa, his head still pounding, tried to copy his breathing. Little by little, Nagisa did eventually calm himself down enough to think and speak a bit better. But that image was still haunting him, and that picture wasn't the only thing that he remembered during that trouble.

"What the hell happened there?" Ed asked.

"It ... It's coming!"

"What is?" Twilight asked. Suddenly, almost out of nowhere, Nagisa gripped Twilight by her shoulders and looked her straight in the eyes.

"A demon! Gigantic one! I just saw it! It's coming straight here, today! Any minute now!" Nagisa revealed. With that vision in head, and what he got before, there was no doubt in his mind that was the case.

"W-What?!" They all gasped.

"How big are we talking here? Sebastian, Alphonse?" Aladdin asked, trembling.

"Towering over THAT," Nagisa answered, pointing right over to the central building. A demon the size of central made them all tremble a little, but Ed, Yoroi, and Al weren't sure what was exactly happening here.

"Can someone tell me what the hell's going on?!" Edward demanded. This was no time to be secretive, so they had to get themselves going and talk it over with. They were in Central, so perhaps this could still be kept quiet outside?

"It's complicated, look. My friend, he has this sort of ability to sense these demons. It's weird, I know, but he hasn't been wrong before, and if this demon is this bad, then we're in big trouble," Twilight explained. Aladdin would say something, but it wasn't the time for that, especially with such a danger apparently coming their way. As for Ed and Al, they only needed to see the rather harshened look in Nagisa's eyes (not to mention the cold sweat and shivers) to know that Twilight wasn't making any of this up.

"Please tell me this is just a joke, you guys? ... Please?" Al asked, but no one complied, just making him a little more troubled than ever. As Nagisa tried to calm himself down, Toroi took the information to heart and turned to the others.

"Ed, Al, go and tell the other soldiers, They need to know this. I'll inform king Bradley," Yoroi said, his leading side starting to show up in him at the situation, no time to really think about what to say or how to react to it. His mind was more dead set this time, and he was not going to waste any time now.

"Right!" said Edward, going off with his brother to get the word going and get them all on alert. Yoroi was soon off on his way as well, ready to get to king Bradley. Nagisa managed to get himself together and then looked over to Aladdin.

"Aladdin. Go and tell the others, will you?" Nagisa asked, still strained in his voice.

"Way ahead of you, Nagisa!" Aladdin said, already running off to tell Team Harmony. It only left him, Twilight, and Salim not too far away. Salim had honestly been quiet for most of the time, overhearing everything that just went on not too far off, and when they were being sent off, Salim quietly slipped away himself to tell Bradley. One Homunculus to another, naturally, especially with this kind of information he just gathered. Twilight and Nagisa were left alone at this stage, both worried sick.

"Twilight. That vision, it - ..."

"I know. But we have to try our best, otherwise who knows what'll happen? come on, let's try and think of a plan," Twilight suggested. Nagisa couldn't agree more, and both of them went off walking.

.......

"Sir! Sir, you in there?" Yoroi called, from the other side of the office door. Yoroi didn't waste any time in getting there, and if Nagisa was telling the truth it was best he had to get in there as soon as possible.

"Yoroi? Yes, come in," said Bradley. Good thing too. Yoroi went right ahead and opened up the doors fast. Inside his office, Yoroi quickly saw Bradley naturally, but he also saw that Salim somehow got there first, looking a little startled by the sudden entrance. How'd Salim get in here so quickly if he was just outside with them? Still, with the situation, questions like that needed to wait for some other time. Salim stood aside quietly, behind Yoroi as Yoroi went right up to king Bradley.

"Sorry for barging in like this, but we got a major situation. There's going to be an attack on central," Yoroi informed, standing at attention. A rather intriguing message for Bradley, looking a little surprised.

"An attack? Who from?" Bradley asked. Yoroi wasn't sure if Bradley was going to believe him or not, but Yoroi had to risk it if it meant to get him on the level. After all, Ed and Al were spreading word to the rest of the soldiers anyway. If he didn't say anything to Bradley, then what was the point?

"Well ... A demon. I know it sounds crazy, but -" Bradley paused Yoroi when he raised his hand to him. At first, Bradley was a bit quiet about this sudden bit of news. Yoroi locked his gaze over to Bradley, but Bradley's eyes were a bit focused on a different person and his reaction to it.

All he did was nod, and presented three fingers to him.

"I see. no need to worry, Yoroi, you're not crazy. The Elric brothers were running around yelling it to the other soldiers. What is the threat level?" Bradley asked. Well, at least he believed Yoroi.

"I don't know, exactly. Enough for a full scale alert," Yoroi answered. Bradley nodded.

"Then treat it as such: alert the forces within, and outside the central walls, and start citizen evacuation," Bradley instructed. Yoroi wasted no time and rushed right out of the office to do so. Once he was gone though, Salim and Bradley looked to each other, now having a moment together again without any outside trouble. Pride gave Bradley a rather serious expression, to which Bradley just sighed.

"It appears the underworld is going to begin their assault early."

~~

"AH. This'll do."

Off away from Central, over in the countryside of Amestris, one figure took his own sweet time to take the location in around him, making sure it was indeed the right spot to do this or not. It was wide open, secluded of any human houses or settlements, with the exception of the city of Central about a way off, the highlands giving a good look to practically the whole city. With skies clear, the figure alone for the moment. It took this figure sometime to even find a proper spot, but this one with a perfect view of his prime target, was just what he wanted and needed for his assault. In his hand, a book wide open and on a unique little page involving a sort of magic, and apparently this figure was already started with a little encryptment into the dirt by his feet, the object looking like a large star, large enough to fit something the size of a car. Looking up into the sky at the rather pleasant day, he skimmed through the pages until his finger stopped on one in particular.

"Sweet. Just the one I wanted."

"TIREK!"

Tirek halted for a brief moment on the familiar voice, and sure enough when he turned around, there stood Sombra. His little successor to the throne, as he would put it. Looking at Sombra, Tirek could tell that he looked severely stressed and ticked off on meeting up with him, something that Tirek took glee in.

"Ah, Sombra. Glad you could join me," tirek said.

"Shut up, Tirek. I don't know how you got out, but you're going straight back there where you belong," Sombra made clear. Tirek didn't take it as any real threat, and just begun to look over his little book.

"You know, I don't get you. You want these humans dead too, right? I do this, and your little goal will be handled in one short year. You should be thanking me," Tirek said, but that didn't make Sombra feel any better.

"Your nothing but a psychotic fool if you think this will end well. I'm warning you, if you dare do this, I swear, I'll kill you myself!" Sombra warned, hoping that will be enough, but unfortunately all that did was make Tirek laugh at him.

"Such big threats from such a little creature. You're nothing but a coward, Sombra, and you know it! Otherwise, why would you let me live and not tear me up like a real demon lord would do?" Tirek mocked, Sombra grinding his teeth in anger. Tirek began to clap his hands together after reading over the book to be sure the circle was drawn out correctly. Sombra tried to remove the circle from the ground, but as he kept trying to wipe the circle away, all it did was reconstruct itself, telling him that Tirek must've tampered with it in some way.

"WAIT! DON'T DO THIS, PLEASE!"

But it was too late. Tirek slammed both hands into the ground, keeping them there for a few seconds before sparks started to fly around, Sombra jumping back on the sudden activation of the symbol. Tirek was especially pleased that this activated for him, Sombra only able to back up on the activation. The symbol Tirek had made sparked and flashed like crazy, eventually creating what appeared to be a bright, light reddish opening from the ground. It was then that something started to rise up from said opening. something downright HUGE! Sombra and Tirek both watched it rise up from the earth, easily towering over them both the minute it revealed itself. It continued rising more, and more, and more, with red sparks still flying around like crazy, threatening to strike both demons until the creature was completely risen.
For one obvious start, the figure stood tall, far taller than any normal humanoid angel, demon, or otherwise would be. Standing at well over a hundred meters tall, a regular size of a kaiju. Its body didn't make up of typical skin and flesh either, or at least it didn't appear so: its body covered in sewed patches that appeared to look like a dress of sorts. Its hands were armed with some gold metal, red gloves on each hand, one of which appeared to be holding a trident. Its upper torso was armed with a ribcage and a set of pig skull heads for shoulder pads. The head also appeared sewed on together in patches, pipes connecting the head to the shoulders. The head itself was very pig-like: a long snout with large nostrils, a set of small red eyes and long sow ears up and erect on the top of its head. The gigantic creature didn't move at first, standing as still as a statue it mostly appeared to be, though both demons knew that it was alive. Tirek was sure pleased, and laughed in triumph, Sombra not believing his eyes.

"YEAH! NOW WE'RE TALKING!" Tirek beamed, the giant creature not really reacting to Tirek's laughing.

"A-A ... Dragon-class? He really is insane," Sombra thought. As if demon class wasn't deadly enough, now they got a dragon class monster showing up, and out of all the types that would be, it had to be this one! Tirek gave a loud whistle, good and long, just enough so the giant beast could hear him. The dragon-class monster looked down to the tiny summoner. Terrifying, sure, but Tirek treated the summoned beast like a pal of his.

"Hey there, Pluton! Nice of you to come out and play! Go on, show those human bastards who's the real leader around here!" Tirek ordered, pointing towards Central. Pluton looked to the city where Tirek was talking about.

"Very well," Pluton replied, his voice low toned, slow, and thundering. Pluton slowly begun to move forward, each step he made shaking the ground around him as he moved on. Sombra snapped out of his shock, and immediately lunged towards Tirek, but the demon ex-king immediately planned for this, and with a rather childish mockery (tongue out and pulling his eyelid down), Tirek opened a tiny portal under his feet, and he dropped straight in before Sombra could catch him, the portal disappearing as well before he could follow. Sombra had nothing to do now.

"PLUTON, YIELD! STOP! DESIST!" Sombra called, but Pluton wasn't listening. Or if he was, he just flat out ignored him. In fact, all Sombra did get was Pluton swinging his trident dangerously close to him, making Sombra rush back before he would get hit. When he was moved out of the way, Pluton continued his march towards Central, leaving the distraught demon lord behind him. Such a beast now released, and not even he could stop him. Or if he could, not in time to avoid anyone else seeing him.

"Shit. ... Tirek, if only you knew. ..." Sombra knew he couldn't do anything now, and the best he could do was move off. Can't risk of showing who he was right now. ...

.......

Pluton's march onward from his summoner's location towards Central city wasn't without attention. Thanks to the efforts of the Amestris army, it didn't take too long until disaster alarms started to ring out from all over the place, the alarm horns echoing out for all within the city to hear. A rare, and rather confusing sort of alarm for the apparently clear day, but as Pluton slowly neared, the tremors of his footsteps and his growing presence coming in from the north of the city was slowly starting to become apparent. Pluton himself paid the alarms and eventual panic of the people little personal mind, almost like a human would to a group of scurrying ants. And from Pluton's perspective, that was what it looked like when he saw the first number of humans, as they all tried to move and get away from him. Pluton was still a mile off when some of the first Amestris military guards began to show up on scene, all lined up with military weaponry for Pluton's approach: tanks and jets included amongst the amounts. At full strength, Team Harmony joined in along the borders of the city, and it didn't take them much long either to see Pluton coming their way.

"Well shit. You really weren't kidding, Nagisa," Karma said, as he observed the approaching giant through some borrowed binoculars.

"WHY would I lie?" Nagisa made clear, still feeling the presence of Pluton taking its toll on him. Unlike Sebastian it was a lot stronger, and as such a lot harder to get used to. Even from a mile away, and it felt like Pluton was on top of him.

"Anyone have any ideas how to deal with that thing? Now would be a good time!" Yoroi asked, needing an answer.

"Keeping that giant away from the city would be a good start," Sebastian suggested. A obvious choice was made there, and one of the Amestris generals brought out a portable radio to inform the others.

"Listen up, men, go in and take him out! We can't have him enter Central!"

"Ariel squad en route," said the pilot. As if on cue, the group looked up and soon saw that the jet planes were up in the sky, and flying right towards Pluton. The giant pig demon paused for a moment as he heard the lets flying towards him, a group of about seven in fact, all aiming for him. As they flew in, each one rained down their missiles directly at the beast, aiming right at him in multiple spots. Pluton wasn't going to make it that easy though, and his trident moved in position.

"Puny swine," Pluton rumbled, his trident raised up slightly, as if it were a sword or spear. The missiles moved in fast, the jets flying right past Pluton's head, as the missiles moved in. Pluton didn't make it easy, and demonstrated his strength in his own weapon with one mighty swing. In just one hit, the trident not even damaged, all of the missiles exploded before they could make a hit, leaving a large cloud of exploded smoke. It wasn't until it cleared up that they all saw how easily he blocked those missiles. Of course, the jets weren't willing to give up so easily, and made their U-turn to shoot him down again, their second set of missiles shooting at him. Pluton turned around, but instead of blocking them this time, Pluton began to inhale from his two giant nostrils, taking them all in ... and not a single explosion. At least, not until Pluton exhaled. The blast of wind from his nose was a powerful one, and one that launched the missiles out right back at them! The ground soldiers could only watch as the fleet was basically shot down, some getting killed on sight, others having to eject before their planes could explode on the ground!
This demon beast will not be denied. After the jets were taken care of, Pluton marched off towards Central again, moving a little faster this time, as Pluton actually stomped one of the fallen jets, turning it into nothing but rubble under his feet, as he approached. The group back at the borders were getting more nervous now, as the tanks started to roll in and trying to stop him as well with their fire.

"Oh god. Those missiles did nothing on him!" Yoroi gasped, not believing his eyes.

"It has to work!" Twilight said, but Pluton didn't appear much effected by the constant fire of the tanks at his feet. In fact, Pluton didn't even flinch at all, and continued his march. He ignored it to the point where he casually stepped onto some tanks just to keep going, whoever within those tanks getting splattered instantly like bugs. Pluton continued his walk forward until he was about fifty feet away, his body only slightly dented if anything.

Then Pluton started to inhale.

"TAKE COVER!" Pinkie cried.

It was then Pluton revealed why he's the dragon-class of demons. Once he got his full breath completely filled up, the giant demon released the strongest wind any creature could ever blow! Aladdin managed to focus his energy and summon a forcefield up around Team Harmony, Yoroi, and the Elric brothers just in time, seconds to spare before the blast. As for the blast, the wind Pluton released was so strong, anything that wasn't apart of earth itself was striped away! Buildings, vehicles, people especially all were blasted away like it was nothing! Team Harmony spun around like crazy in Aladdin's forcefield, the ball of shield energy rolling like mad until they themselves were right in the center of the city. Yes, from the very borders of the north, straight to central in one power blow! They only managed to stop once the shield struck another building, and only then did the shield give way and released them out.

"What just happened?" Blair asked groggily.

"We just got screwed, that's what happened!" Ed replied, also groggily and almost feeling sick. They managed to get themselves up, now miles away from the action going on along the border of the city, but seeing the dustclouds of fallen buildings already told them that Pluton was not a being to be trifled with, nor did anyone who wasn't in the shield got out of that blast unscaved, if not alive at all.

"What do we do now?! That monster will destroy Central at the rate its going," Alphonse asked, scared to death over anyone else in Pluton's way.

"I-I don't know, We'll think of something! ... I hope."

.......

"What the hell happened?"

Back at the scene, as the dust cleared from the destruction, only when it was gone did the true devastation reveal itself. The whole world within the area was stripped down to dirt and dust, buildings left in nothing but rubble, and not much signs of any bodies. Whatever body did remain was already dead on sight, and was weak and limp from Pluton's blast. It was like a scene right after an atomic bomb blast, and just as brutal to many a person. Out of the rubble though, one particular figure not only survived, but almost unharmed: Envy Homunculus. Once in disguise just before the blast, the hit made him change back to normal, but he was just as ill-prepared for Pluton's approach as any human there. Just a minute ago he was in an alleyway and keeping quiet, and now he was in the open of a wrecked building wall. He would've gotten himself out of Pluton didn't blast the place to pieces. Speaking of, Envy didn't even notice Pluton too much until after the blast, giving the Homunculus a good look at the giant monster.

"What the hell? Pluton?! Sombra, what kind of damn plan is this?!" Envy thought. Here he was constantly fighting and getting in trouble by Sombra, and here was the same demon king (far as he knew) who released this giant onto the world! Ironic, and hypocritical to him. Pluton moved in, but paused for a moment as he begun to sense more activity by where he just blowed, Envy being the target. The giant colossus turned his gaze down to him. Not a good time for any creature.

"Tiny creature. Get lost!" Pluton bellowed, his voice enough to make Envy cringe, as the beast raised his trident for a attack.

"WAIT, I'M ONE OF YOU!" Envy yelled, but Pluton didn't care for it, and the trident slammed down into the dirt. Envy had no choice but to run for it, moving as fast as he could away from Pluton. But when you're running away from a being the size of a skyscraper, distance was extremely hard to make, and it didn't take Pluton more than a few steps to catch up to Envy. Rather than just launching him away with his breath, Pluton played golf, and used his trident like a putter, squaring Envy in one hit! The hit launched Envy miles off in one strike, making the Homunculus slam hard into one of the building ruins in a fit of dust. Red sparks flew as Envy tried to heal, Pluton moving on from the hit soon enough. Any human hit with that kind of power would be killed instantly, or any demon for that matter. Envy tried to get himself up on his feet, but ...

"Hello, Envy.~"

Another figure, surviving here?! Envy only needed to look up from where he had landed to see the figure in question. It wasn't any Homunculus he knew, nor any surviving human, but instead a demoness. Chrysalis! For Envy, the demoness creature was more of a savior on him more than anything.

"Who're you? Another demon?"

"In the flesh, yes. And you must be Sombra's little Homunculus? Nice to see you for one time only," Chrysalis cooed.

"Only one time?"

"Envy, Sombra was starting to get a little bit impatient with you. Your constant failures, your embarrassing defeats, and here with your capture by Amestris. Such an embarrassment, don't you agree?"

Well, Envy not doubted his previous thought on a savior. Why would she bring these things up, especially now?

"Look, discuss this another time. Pluton's destroying everything, and he'll kill us too!" Envy said, wanting to get moving. However, Chrysalis, oddly, gripped Envy by the arm to keep him still. In fact, Chrysalis even went ahead and swung him over, landing him onto the floor with her above him, the demoness holding him still.

"He'll kill you you mean? Don't take this personally, you little dunce," Chrysalis said. Envy didn't have a clue what Chrysalis was getting at, but then the demoness went on ahead and opened her mouth. What Envy saw next was something he didn't prepare for at all. Her eyes and mouth started to glow green, an aura of magical use for her, and Envy suddenly started to feel something being pulled out of him. Next thing he knew, he found his own mouth opening up, and red dust shooting out of his mouth, and going into hers! Sparks almost immediately started to fly like crazy as Envy struggled to get himself free, his strength weakening more and more as his power was being sucked away from him, and into her. Chrysalis, all the while, had such a sweet smile of satisfaction on her face, Envy feeling weaker and weaker. Pluton farther away did see the sparks, but he paid it little to no mind, and continued moving. It only took about twenty long seconds of draining, but eventually Envy was finished, and Chrysalis dropped the weakened Envy to the ground.

"W-What? ... What did you do to me? ..." Envy managed to ask, hardly even able to move, let alone fight. Chrysalis leaned in towards his face, smiling devilishly.

"I'll make it simple for you: Everything that made you a Homunculus, are no longer yours. I sucked away all those fancy abilities of yours and made them my own. And now you can just sit there and wait til Pluton crushes you, or for those humans to blast you to bits, whichever comes first."

... Did she mean that? Was Envy really powerless? Envy would test this, but he was far too weak to do so anyway, either way. With that explained, Chrysalis got up and started to walk away, apparently leaving Envy to die.

"... No ... no, you can't," Envy squeaked.

"I can, and I did. Goodbye, fake human," Chrysalis said. Envy could only watch Chrysalis leave him, as his vision begun to fade on him. All that power, and it was now gone? Envy didn't know what to think ... All he could do was lay there, and his conscious faded off until he passed out.

~~

Back in the center of Central, the situation had become horrific. Pluton, now within the boundaries of the city, now had the entire city and all those within it at his mercy. Or rather, lack there of. Team Harmony may have gained some distance between Pluton and themselves to get an idea going, but the longer they leave Pluton alone the more of Central will be destroyed by the gigantic demon, and just as well, more people getting killed. Still, neither of them could honestly figure out what to do. They may have faced their fare share of demons and Homunculi, but none of them even came close to Pluton in sheer size and power. With this gap between them, the group managed to get themselves under cover in a partially destroyed building, still standing but had a large torn hole near the bottom made from some debris blasted by Pluton.

"Come on, you're the experts, what do you mean you can't figure it out?!" Ed snapped.

"We're no experts, and what can we do?! That's a dragon-class running amok out there!" snapped back Blair. As they bickered, Nagisa and Yoroi looked out from their location, just able to see Pluton marching through. He wasn't heading their way for the moment, but devastation was still seen from the distant sounds of destruction and Pluton's grunts and growls, each one making Nagisa shiver. What're they supposed to do? What could they do? Yoroi felt his heart sink each time he saw another part of Central get torn apart.

"God damnit. What miracle we could use right now," Yoroi commented. As they looked, another object presented itself. As they looked on, something else flew along the air, towards Pluton. However, it wasn't exactly another jet plane launching an attack, but instead a helicopter flying in. Ciel and Aladdin peeked out and saw the same thing.

"You think that'll do anything to Pluton?" Aladdin asked, thinking it was another attacking plane or something. A few more helicopters flew by, but they mainly matched military rescue choppers, not the first one, and that one was going straight for the beast as the others tried to rescue as many people as possible.

"That's no attack helicopter, that's a news chopper. Blast it all," Ciel growled.

"What, what's wrong with it?"

"Aladdin, that kind of vehicle is supposed to broadcast events for others to hear. In short, everyone's going to know about Pluton the moment they get to him."

"WHAT?! OH NO!" Aladdin shrieked.

And Ciel wasn't wrong either. The news chopper made its beeline right over to the situation, keeping good and high as cameras from the helicopter capture the entire disaster for the news to see. As Pluton was distracted by the attacking jets, tanks, and whatnot, the helicopter made sure to get the entire thing on film as best they could without catching Pluton's attention. Get caught now and Pluton will blast them off into space with one breath.

This is an international emergency broadcast! A gigantic monster had appeared within Central Amestris, and shows no signs of stopping its assault onto the world.

This was the main message passed around on live broadcast over ... well, everywhere. This was no simple broadcast of any trouble, and words may have altered slightly over one news network to another, but it was clear that this particular broadcast was worldwide live, and whoever saw it laid witness to what a demon could truly do. Any station from all over the world caught on the story, and made sure the world knew of the danger as it unfolded. And it wasn't just in Amestris who got the broadcast either: from Japan and its millions of people to England's high guard, this broadcast was not missed by many a eye.

......

In Japan, much of the students of 3-E also laid witness to the event, wondering how their friend was actually doing, and if he'll be okay.

"Karma. ..."

......

England too. Those amongst the Phantomhive Manor paused their work for the mere moment when the broadcast was brought through. Immediate worry came over their master and his closest butler, whom which hadn't returned home yet because of what the queen tasked them to. Were they going to be alright or not?

......

All this information, and now it was being fully broadcasted, nothing Team Harmony could do about that now. There were far deadlier dangers to worry about now anyway.

"Damn. DAMN! What kind of miracle we could use right now," Ciel sighed, as they begin to hear Pluton turn his path and move closer towards them. Nagisa, in spite of the horrid amount of demon sense going wild on him, tried to figure something out. The longer they wait, the more of the world will be torn to bits by Pluton.

"Miracle ... miracle ..."

Before Nagisa could come up with anything, next thing they knew, the monster was right there! Pluton felt annoyed with these flying insects of jets, so he went all out: he placed his trident down, grabbed the same building Team Harmony were hiding under, and tore it clean off the ground, exposing them! Pluton gave a power swing at the jets, destroying about seven and shattering the building into rubble.

"Shit! Come on," Karma ordered, everyone making a run for the nearest cover, but one person didn't budge. And Pluton surely saw Nagisa down there, the young boy petrified and unable to move. His eyes were wide open, and being so close to Pluton didn't help his demon sense any.

"NAGISA, MOVE! COME ON!" Called Twilight, but Nagisa was too petrified to even hear her, his eyes staring up to the giant beast standing before him. Pluton gave a short snort before he grabbed his trident from the ground, and lifting up his foot with the intent to crush him! ...

"BEEP BEEP!"

Saved! At the very last moment, something else bolted in, grabbed Nagisa, and zoomed out of the way before Pluton could actually kill him. The other figure moved too fast for most of them to even see, and Nagisa found himself in the arms of his savior, only then snapping out of it and thinking a little more clearly. One look was all he needed, though his demon sense gave him identification already.

"Neuhuhuhu, long time to nee, eh kids?"

"Korosensei! Glad you could join us," Karma said, and indeed he was. Sure, the demon teacher was dressed up as an Amestris pilot, but that wasn't really an issue. After all, the demon did just save Nagisa's life right there, and Pluton needed a minute to see what happened.

"You know what, I'm not gonna ask. Thanks," Ed said. He wasn't going to question this guy, especially when Pluton was still destroying everything around them. Now they got demon butler Sebastian and demon teacher Korosensei with them, giving them a better advantage if anything.

"Don't mention it. The underworld's deciding to pack heat, I see," Korosensei said, looking up to Pluton. The giant aimed his trident to smash them again, but this time Korosensei got them all and bolted off to gain distance before he could do so, giving them more time to think on what to do.

"Korosensei, mind giving us some proper entail?"

"Sure. What we got here is a dragon-class demon: one of the strongest demon classes one could get. For this pig man, that's his supersize, and his little trick with that snout to blast away cities in one blow."

"We saw," noted Al, Ed, Twilight and Ciel.

"But what can we do about mr. pig man?! That meanie's wrecking everything!" Pinkie asked.

"Hold on, hold on, give me a minute," Korosensei said, trying to study on the situation himself. Even the demon teacher can't figure something out without anything to work with. As he was doing that, Nagisa quietly thought up what they should do from there, something Ciel and Karma caught on after a little while. The word miracle still hung in his head, and his mind began to work its gears on the situation. Nagisa's eyes wandered from Pluton, to the others in his group, and then ...

"God. Lugia. I hope this works. ..."

~~

Pluton continued his assault on Central as much as he wanted to, many of the machinery around him unable to damage him as much as they should. The armor bones on him were growing brittle, but they still held stiff against each one of their attacks, one way or another. The attacking forces of Amestris begun to slow down a little, trying to save some lives and firepower from Pluton's strikes, though so long as they stay back it was just giving them time away from it all.

"God damn, that thing's not even bruised. What do we do now?" one of the tired, and remaining soldiers asked. The general tried to think of something, but before he could. ...

"General! come in, General! You there!" His portable radio begun to go off, Yoroi's voice ringing out from the other end. The general quickly picked it up fast.

"General here, Yoroi, what's your status?" The general asked.

"Listen, gather what firepower you can, and head to the center of the city. Border Central with as much ground power as you can," Yoroi ordered.

"What?! That monster will head straight to central if we do that!"

"Exactly. Just do it, we got a plan. If it works, it'll finish him for good!" Yoroi assured. Pluton roared and bellowed further away, swinging his trident around and destroying another four buildings. The general had to risk it, or bust.

"Copy that!" the general said.

As Pluton took a short moment to rest, the giant creature took a moment to admire his work on the city, seeing nothing but dust and dirt from his aerial blasting. As he awaited for more strikes from the pathetic humans though, strangely the tanks started to apparently retreat, heading towards Central and away from him. To Pluton, this felt more victorious than confusing.

"Finally give up?" Pluton rumbled, a low throaty laugh escaping him as he began to move off again. The giant beast was about ready to continue his assault, but then ...

"Pi-Pi-Pumpkin cannon!"

Pluton was soon struck by pumpkin projectiles, each one striking at his head and right shoulder. The hit was a strong one, just about the same level as the missiles hitting him, but a lot faster and with more impact. Looking down, Pluton tried to find the source, but the beast wasn't seeing anything. However, when he looked up, he saw that it wasn't someone's jet power that hit him, but instead Blair and Aladdin up in the air! Aladdin was on his flying carpet, and Blair stood tall on the same sheet, giving Pluton her own little bit of mockery by sticking her tongue out at him. Getting shot and mocked didn't suit Pluton and the giant beast tried to get them both, the two narrowly missing the strike. While the jets were a lot faster than Aladdin's little carpet, they were a lot smaller and more maneuverable, making them a lot harder to hit for Pluton.

"DIE, INSECTS!" Pluton roared, aiming his nostril directly at the two. If he couldn't squash them, he could blast them away. However, the tiny magi and witch saw ahead, and suddenly made a nosedive straight down before Pluton blew. The released air removed some clouds, but Blair and Aladdin were still there and still airborne.

"Come on, big boy!" Blair called, only ticking off Pluton even more. As Blair was keeping Pluton's attention, Aladdin glanced off towards the center of the city. After that, Pluton tried another air blast, missing them again and they both flew right off towards central. Blair made sure to do another Pi-Pi-Pimpkin Cannon on Pluton, this time Pluton blocking them with his trident. Only one of them got through though, hitting him right in his nostrils before exploding. Pluton started to move on after them, Blair and Aladdin getting a huge lead on him as they rushed towards center. Both figures flew close to the road as they went through, making sure Pluton was following them. As they went, Edward Elric and Sebastian were hidden off in position.

"You're up!" Aladdin called, as they rushed past them.

"Let's do this," Ed stated.

Pluton continued marching forward after Blair and Aladdin, his focus stuck on them and not where he was going exactly. Ed made the strike first, clapping his hands together for an alchemic pitfall. Sebastian rushed towards Pluton to get in his position, and Edward gave his all and slammed both hands into the ground, cracking up the earth from under him in a line straight to Pluton. Pluton's next step met with a weakened spot, and his foot sunk down a good ten feet into the ground, making Pluton stumble slightly. It didn't knock him over completely, but it did stall him and brought him down to his knees. Pluton growled menacingly, and begun to inhale.

"NOW!" Ed called.

"With pleasure," Sebastian responded, armed and ready to go. With a thickened glove in one hand, he armed himself with a set of throwing knives, one of which was Nagisa's halo blade. All part of their plan to handle this beast. Sebastian raced up one of the smaller buildings, putting him up at the same level as Pluton. He made a huge jump and, like a set of ninja stars, launched the knives right towards him. Pluton's inhale sucked in each and every knife into his nose, and while the other knives did little damage, the halo blade was what made the power blow. Pluton groaned loudly, as his blood seeped out in a river from his snout, the halo blade doing a hell a ton of damage for such a small blade. In the blood, the blade managed to actually get washed out, Sebastian jumping in and grabbing it from the blood river pouring out. A hit that didn't kill, but it got the job done. Pluton tried to inhale correctly, but found himself sucking in his own blood, thus making his powerhouse move unusable. Or at least, not as strong as before.

"That knife had some kick to it. Come on, let's meet with the others," Ed instructed, as Sebastian got out a napkin to clean the blood off the blade. The demon butler nodded, and moved off with him, just before Pluton could crushed them under his fist. Pluton brought one hand to his bleeding nose as he pulled his leg out of the pit.

"Damn humans! I'll kill you all!" Pluton roared, his squeal heard over back at central. The others took position over there along with the rest of the tanks, all aimed and at the ready for the signal. Aladdin and Blair were the first to come back, landing right by the rest of the team. Each tanks was ready for the word.

"Well, how'd they do?" Yoroi asked.

"Let's just say the boar has a major nosebleed," Blair joked, though she was treating it a little differently with her posing, something Karma quickly fixed with a tug on her ear. It was then that Sebastian and Ed came over, Sebastian carrying Edward Elric back to the others.

"Did you get him, Ed?" Alphonse asked.

"Yeah, I got him. He won't be able to blow anyone away anytime soon," Ed replied.

"Good job, not onto stage two: make it rain on dem demon!" Korosensei said, acting a little cocky on the matter.

"Not the usual way to put it, but indeed. Go and make sure the men are in position," ordered Ciel. Korosensei saluted them, and soon the demon took off on them with his own little surprise for Pluton. As the giant moved in, Korosensei moved over to the ammo of each and every tank, and added a little something extra to each and every one. In his tentacles, as it turned out, the demonic entity actually had a lot of water in them, which he happily poured down onto each ammo hold before the soldiers got the word to load up, not a single one missed. Under order, the soldiers loaded up only after the ammo was soaked in the water, them hoping that this would work at all, or better than before. The demon teacher got straight back to the team right after that, the time only about half a minute at most.

"All soaked up, and ready to go, SIR!" Korosensei said, getting into his character as a soldier.

"What did you put onto the ammo? Just water?" asked Yoroi.

"Holy water, my boy! The chemicals in the overworld water is like you dunking your hand in a boiling pot to a demon. It'll fry that pig for supper in no time," Korosensei assured them, confident that it'll do some damage. A rather risky move, but it was their best shot. And with tanks all ready, it was their only shot they had left. Pluton moved forward, nose streaming blood from Nagisa's blade, and he started to sense the humans gathered around the center of the city. The gigantic demon moved forward, unable to launch any of them away with his nose full of blood. Everything was quiet, Pluton moving to the very center. ...

"LET EM FLY!" Karma announced through a portable radio.

Then the fires were made. Pluton heard the ammo being launched, and with trident in hand, readied to block, but this time the shots were from all sides, so not all shots were blocked. And when the first one was struck, the pain felt like a sting by a bee, and with hundreds shooting at him, Pluton felt the pain right away! The holy water did its job and the ammo launches from the tanks actually burned Pluton's body before they exploded, ripping off chunk after small chunk off of his armor and soon his skin. Pluton squealed and wailed, feeling the pain strike him from all over from under his head The explosions left plenty of smoke in the air, and they could see Pluton starting to collapse to the ground, just what they wanted to see! To be sure, the tanks continued firing until no ammo was left for them for the moment.

"Did that do it?" wondered Twilight. None of them could actually see what even happened, one way or another. The cloud of smoke and dust didn't help any of them really see Pluton, but as the clouds cleared, the result revealed itself to everyone there. Pluton was left torn open, and his armor destroyed, but this giant demon was still alive!

"What?! How much will it take to kill this thing?!" Ed asked. That didn't mean that damage was nonexistent on him though, his body having chunks blasted off of him here, there, and everywhere, blood pouring out of him and leaving a ton on the ground under him. The fact Pluton was still alive after all that made them all lost in words, the giant beast keeping himself from falling over by his trident. His breath was strained, his nose blasted open on one side, and his ears blown off of him. At the moment, he was stuck still, but so long as he was still alive, there was still a danger. Nagisa could sense that the demon was severely weakened, but he still felt that he had damage to take them all out if he recovered from this.

"No! If he survives that ..." Nagisa thought, the giant Pluton looked to all of them.

"You ... miserable creatures. ... As long as I live, you'll all fall before me!" Pluton bellowed, strained, but menacing all the same. Nagisa knew more than anyone else what would happen if this stayed this way. Pluton, even with his nose bleeding, tried to exhale and blast them all away. While the wind was powerful, Aladdin's shield covered them all and they rolled off out of sight again, but not as far as earlier and this time blood covering a good football field patch of the city. Pluton didn't pursue them, and instead tried to bring himself up from his position. There was little option, if any left, and Nagisa's plan was so close. He had to do something, anything, to stop Pluton. ...

"Shit. What do I do? Pluton's going to kill everyone if I don't do anything," Nagisa thought, his senses warning him that Pluton was gaining his power back! Soldiers there were trying to reload, but they weren't getting enough time to do so. Korosensei and Nagidsa took a look to eachother, as if reading eachother's minds ...

ARRRROOOOOOOOO!

.......

"Get out of Central."

"No, Nagisa come back!"

Nagisa and Korosensei were suddenly off and moving away from them, rushing towards Pluton. It's now or never. The others tried to catch up, but Korosensei made a quick appearance by Nagisa, and grabbed him, taking flight before they could get them. Whatever they had in mind, they didn't want the others to follow, and none of them had any time to even try to follow. Pluton was raising himself upward, regaining his feet with blood pouring out, Korosensei carrying Nagisa from within his coat to a suitable height. As for Nagisa, the kid had one more idea left, and this one had to work. Korosensei himself couldn't do it, and the weapon he had required him to use.

The miracle sword. Held in Nagisa's grip with both hands. If a halo blade could do that much damage, a miracle sword would be more than enough. Pluton rose up to full height again, his entire body bloody and weakened, but he was clearly not willing to give into these creatures. Pluton turned his gaze up to the sky, and there was Korosensei and Nagisa up there and ready. The miracle sword was drawn out by Nagisa himself, both hands gripping hard onto it, and Korosensei started to dive towards him, holding Nagisa with his arms as Nagisa held the sword straight to him. Nagisa aimed forward in his own dive position, sword piercing through the air like the lets flying through earlier, Korosensei keeping them aerodynamic with his spare tentacles keeping anything in the air out of the way and harming them both. This was their last shot.

"Fly," Nagisa finally said. Korosensei keeping it at high speed, Nagisa threw the sword right at Pluton, both of them flying high and leaving the miracle sword piercing through the air. Pluton kept his gaze up, and the sword and all its holy magic pierced straight through Pluton's head! A single stab, and the sword literally skewered through Pluton's head completely, zooming out the back and landing on the ground. The final blow did him in.
The reaction from the sword did more than just a stab. The defeat made Pluton's entire body, through each chunk of his body, start to glow bright white, glowing brighter and brighter, until the demonic giant finally succumbed to his injuries. The entire body exploded into a mighty blast of light and energy, the impact spreading all around them. Nagisa and Korosensei had to brace for the impact, and both were launched back hard. At least the others down below had cover, but not them. Korosensei tried his best to keep them together, but the disorientating light and explosion itself made the task all the more difficult ...

He lost his grip.

The moment was purely slow-motion. Korosensei saw Nagisa's face of shock, feeling himself removed from Korosensei's safe grip. Nagisa's arm was out and trying to reach him, but it didn't do him any good, and it didn't take much longer until Nagisa disappeared in the light. Korosensei wasn't able to do anything, the forces launching him off the opposite way. Poor Korosensei launched out of the explosion cloud, slamming into one of the buildings as the world begun to quiet down.
As the cloud cleared, it revealed what had occurred from Nagisa's final hit. Everyone around saw the full effect of the blast. All of them looked to where Pluton once was standing, but found that the entire body of Pluton had disappeared completely in the blast, nothing but the pool of blood underneath where he used to be. The holy magic from the miracle sword had completely obliterated Pluton, and all that remained was the blood, and the sword now sticking out of the ground. Pluton was gone for good. Much of the soldiers were cheering in victory, but it was a more bittersweet moment.

Nagisa Shiota was gone.

~~

"Any news?"

When all was said and done, the entire group and whoever was left alive were relocated away from the site. The location they were put over to was off in the outskirts of Central, the area least effected by Pluton's major attack. The survivors were still injured in some way, and for the moment, Twilight, Aladdin, Ed and Ciel were left there as the others were helping in finding any survivors outside. When Twilight asked, it was Karma who returned, but he didn't look like he had any good news.

"All north Central looks like a atomic bomb struck the place. Not a soul anywhere," Karma answered, though he didn't feel good on saying it himself.

"Not a thing, huh?" Ed asked.

"Oh ... Is Nagisa anywhere?" Aladdin asked, quietly. Karma shrugged as he took a seat next to him.

"Beats me. They're still looking, but I dunno if it's going to end well," Karma admitted. The news hit hard on much of the team, namely Karma, Twilight, and Aladdin. Each of them knew Nagisa for a pretty long time, longer than the others, and the idea of Nagisa actually disappearing didn't sit well with them too good. Aladdin was the first to break out into small tears, but it was Korosensei who had a more dramatic reaction, streams of tears rushing down his face.

"WAAHHH! I'm so sorry, I'm a terrible creature! I shouldn't of lost my grip on him! What kind of teacher am I who let's his students die from under his nose?!" Korosensei cried, tentacles wiping away tears from his face. He was responsible for Nagisa's safety, and being a teacher in question that was his top priority to protect students, be it his or not. Having Nagisa lost like that made him feel guilty more than ever. It didn't really help the others out, and Ciel sighed. He felt the least effected by the loss of Nagisa Shiota, if he were to be honest.

"We're not even sure if he's dead or not. Don't go and jump to conclusions, will you?" Ciel made clear. They honestly couldn't help it though, especially with the way he went out making survival a very slim chance.

"How can you act so nonchalantly about this?" Korosensei asked, on the ground and looking up to him with tears down his face.

"My work as the queen's guard dog had me exposed to these events far more than you think. I'm used to it. Anyway, crying your bloody eyes out won't help anything," Ciel made clear. That kind of behavior proved he wasn't lying about it. It was then that Ed got an idea of his own, his own little repayment for them basically saving Central from total destruction.

"Well, hey, we can't stay here. How about you all come with me for a bit?"

"Pardon?" asked Ciel.

"Al and I thought of heading off back home until things work out over here. The least I can do for what you all just did, you know?" Ed explained.

"Thank you, Ed, that will do."

All the same though, the news struck down Twilight and Aladdin into their own tears, both of them unsure of Nagisa was still alive or not. The chances though were extremely unlikely to them. ...

.......

"See anything yet?" Asked Blair.

"No," replied Al, a bit defeated honestly. Still out in the field, Blair and Alphonse took time to continue their little look around for any survivors of the blast, but looking around where Pluton had gone through, it honestly felt like a losing battle. It felt less like walking around Central, and more like walking around a wasteland. Not even roads remained in the ground, Pluton left so little, each step leaving slight dust behind in their steps.

"Damn, look at this place, nothing but dust," Blair commented, kicking up some dust off the ground.

"Uh, hey, you're from the underworld, right? Are demons usually like that?" Al asked, humbled by the fact one demon could do so much damage.

"Nah, Pluton's one of a kind. Demons would need weeks to even get close to him," Blair replied, easing Al's nerves a little bit. If demons were showing up like this, he didn't want another Pluton anytime soon. Either way though, the lack of any life around made Alphonse more humbled than ever. Just to think that a half an hour ago, there was a full city where they were walking, and now they were left with a wasteland with a few remaining ruins of what once was. Alphonse went on ahead up a mound of ruined buildings, but when he reached up top, Blair and Al did indeed find somebody laying off on the ground. However, who did they find? ...

"Envy!" Blair gasped.

Indeed it was, looking a little bit different from before but it was indeed Envy. However, Envy was still unconscious from earlier, and Alphonse and Blair went over to investigate, not sure if he was still alive or not. Their approach didn't wake him up at all, the Homunculus still passed out at their feet. Their feelings were kinda mixed, to be honest, or at least Blair was.

"He does look bad," Al said. Blair kneeled down to him, and her ear was placed on his chest. Natural check to be sure if someone was still alive or not, and sure enough she still felt a heartbeat, or something flowing in him, telling her he was still alive.

"I dunno ... should we leave him, or ..."

"Well, it wouldn't feel right leaving him here. ... Even if he did sneak into Central. ..."

.......