Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

Lunch time back at Orora high. It was still as busy as it could ever be, nothing too out of place (well, aside from some of Team Harmony's members that is), and many of them acted as if nothing had even happened at all. However, with what did happen last night to those involved, it surely showed on Edward Elric's limp metal arm. He'd yet to get it fixed, and with him in Tokyo instead of Central, a quick fix or ANY fix was out of the question. None of them really knew how to mend such a complex piece of machinery, and even if they could who knew how long it'll be? Aside from Edward though, the others seemed alright and once more Aladdin decided to visit the school again for the first time in days, no longer worried about Heine. Blair was there too along with Envy and Ciel, them all deciding to have lunch together.

"You need some help, Ed?" asked Twilight, looking over to him. Working with just one arm was not anything easy for him, being used to his mechanical arm operational more than most.

"Nah, I'm fine. It isn't the first time this damn arm stopped working ..." though he wished he could say it didn't last for more than a day. All morning he had to put up with his mechanical arm dangling to his side like a limp noodle, and it being just as useful as one. He couldn't block with it, work with it, or anything.

"We'll try to get it fixed soon, brother," Alphonse promised.

"Yeah, I know," Ed sighed, taking a bite out of his lunch.

"Cheer up, buddy, it could be worse: Lust could've ripped it off and smashed it into teeny tiny pieces," Pinkie said, though it didn't make Ed feel any better. It was there, but what was it good for if it didn't even work? He just had to wait until someone could mend it, whenever what would be. At least he had his other arm on him to work with.
As they were talking about that, Blair then glanced over to Envy, who was looking a bit dull himself as he pecked at his meal in front of him. He was in a bit of a bind himself because of Lust, even if it wasn't for the same reason: if they were roaming around here, it would only be a matter of time until he would be found out, and if so what then? But even with that, the exact problem currently didn't have anything to do with that.

"What's up with you now?" Blair asked, turning to him. Envy took a look to the witch.

"Oh, nothing much. ..."

Then he brought her attention to Ciel. Not only was Ciel having a VERY fancy meal of freshly cooked Unfezant with some mashed potatoes and a slice of cake (personal request), but he also had Sebastian standing right by him ready to handle whatever Ciel Phantomhive had in mind next.

"But why does he get such a fancy meal?! AND WHY'S SEBASTIAN HERE?!" Envy yelled, pointing a finger at Sebastian. It'd be just a personal issue if no other student was looking towards him, but a number of students felt a similar jealousy over Ciel, and all Envy was doing was saying it. Ciel just ignored him, and allowed Sebastian to answer him.

"I have to be there for my lord. what kind of butler would I be if I can't aid in my lord in whatever he pleases?" Sebastian questioned. Though, it didn't exactly make Envy feel any better. All Envy did was sulk and his head rested on the table. He was fine with his food before, but all of a sudden he didn't fancy it anymore. At least not with a far better meal right next to him that wasn't his own.

"Don't forget, Ciel's the queen's guard dog. As much as we don't want it, he's going to get some better stuff over us," Nagisa admitted, Envy just sighing and taking a bite out of what food he had.

"That aside, how's your hand?" asked Envy. It took little time for Envy to figure out what had happened with them and Lust, and while he was a bit bugged by them fighting her at all, he honestly didn't feel too surprised it happened to begin with due to his encounter with her earlier. Nagisa paused and looked to his hand. Aside from a dull, sideways cut on his palm, it looked in perfect shape.

"It's fine. Still feel a little stiff, but I'm alright."

"You don't know how lucky you are, Nagisa. Lust's claws can cut through your hand like it's nothing."

"We know, she told me after she cut me," Nagisa sighed.

"While it is grateful you're still with us, your broken knife would prove trouble for you if they decide to return again," Ciel brought up, following the conversation. Negative, but true, all Nagisa brought with him that day was a small bit of the blade tip. He couldn't bring himself to bring the whole thing with him, mainly because he couldn't use it anyway.

"Yeah, you're right. I didn't think she could even do that."

"May I remind you that Lust is a Homunculus, not a demon. The rules applied to one thing aren't consistent with another."

"Hey, that reminds me, any way to fix his blade, Aladdin? Nagisa's good at his agility, but we need to be at our best," Twilight asked, the magi pausing his own little feast. He took a good swallow before looking to Twilight and Nagisa.

"Sorry, but I don't know. I never saw one of those break before. Maybe someone from the Overworld can give you another one?" Aladdin shrugged.

"How would we all even get there? ... Besides the obvious option," Ciel questioned. The others felt a cold shiver when Ciel asked that question, but Aladdin was quick to talk.

"First of all, you don't have to die to end up there, and secondly ... I have no idea. Not for you anyway Ciel, for ... well, you know."

"Yes. Indeed," sighed Ciel, looking to Sebastian. A demonic butler in the Overworld was a bit of a problem indeed, at least to Ciel himself. The others could get there probably.

"Don't sweat it, Nagisa, Korosensei's got a ton of those blades with him. I'll just have him give you one when I ask," Ed suggested.

"Don't try; already tried those things on a demon, they work for crap. Those are Korosensei-killable only apparently," Karma brought up, remembering his own experience back with the Mega-Banette just before he got his Miracle Sword.

"Well, thanks anyway guys. Maybe Heine would know what to do," Nagisa figured. Heine was an instructor of the Overworld after all, he would know how to fix his blade if anyone. All the same, it was a slim chance, but it was the best he got.
And speaking of, the teacher in question overheard what they all were talking about. After hearing that, he took the moment to go off and slip away.

.......

"Ah, Heine Wittgenstein. I've been meaning to talk to you."

Didn't take very long until Heine and Gakuho met up back in his office later on. With what he had just figured out, and what the circumstances were off of Lust's encounter, things need to be considered, yet he still promised to go over them with Gakuho and he was still keeping that when he arrived there.

"Is it concerning the new students might I ask?" figured Heine. Gakuho winched slightly, and presented his answer with the profiles of Edward, Alphonse, and Ciel.

"We made an agreement on running everything through me first, and yet here I find these three students arriving after the fact."

"My apologies, Asano. I thought presenting their profiles would be enough to satisfy you."

"It's not entirely you bringing them to my attention, it's more the fact that you believe you can decide where they go. I solely make that choice," Gakuho made clear, his eyes like knives stabbing into Heine's soul. Heine stayed calm and nodded his head.

"Understood."

"I hope you do. Now, class will be starting in just a few minutes, so I shouldn't keep you -"

"If I may, Gakuho? I didn't come here just because of that little issue," Heine cut in. Gakuho stopped and leaned in, slightly interested in what he had in mind.

"... Go on."

"Does this school still resort to field trips, Gakuho?"

"Field trips?" Gakuho questioned. Heine nodded his head again.

"I understand a number of schools do take part in these assorted trips, and I ask if I'm able to plan one in near future, say after seven days? I took the time to look over the schedule and it seems the following week could be the better option," Heine asked. Gakuho paused and thought the situation over. Yes, field trips are a thing at Orora High, though they were few and far between, not to mention it was him who plans these field trips, and not the other staff members. At least then he could say where they were going and figure out how long it would be. When he heard that last part though, it made him feel a bit better and he smiled to Heine.

"And where may I ask are you taking your class?" Gakuho questioned.

"I'll have to consort with my official before I can say. If she says no, I'll remain that in secrecy," Heine made clear.

"Oh yes. Your "Overworld Queen"," Gakuho remarked. Heine felt slightly bugged, but he nodded yes anyway. Clearly Gakuho wasn't buying the Overworld thing, even if the Underworld showed itself already. Eventually, Gakuho stood up and smiled.

"Very well, if you do wish to do so, then I'll allow you. Keep in mind there's still protocol you have to follow in regards to this field trip of yours," Gakuho instructed. Heine bowed slightly.

"I understand perfectly," Heine said. He knew well what to do about the field trip preparations, and he had a lot to do to prepare for it. As Heine walked off, he took a small glance behind him to Gakuho again.

~~

With the decision now given the greenlight, Heine got busy. According to the timespan as it turned out, a week's time was perfect to plan for a field trip, and Heine made sure to work every moment for it into his favor, and his class: permission slips, working out scheduling, where the class can and cannot go, and of course Overworld permission by the queen. With each day moving closer towards the deadline Heine took it upon himself to work out the details to the field trip and figure out who would actually be going on this little trip. The E class and principal after the first three days, ended up probably the only ones who actually knew where they were actually going, as the rest of the school just simply got "we're going on a field trip" and nothing else. A surprise, but without knowing where E class was exactly going they couldn't really feel too jealous of them beyond them avoiding class for a day.
Speaking of the class, once they got the news about going to the Overworld, the main response to it was surprising. However, Pinkie, Twilight, and Nagisa faced a little problem with the field trip, being the three of Team Harmony not in E class as the rest got the greenlight for it. For Nagisa, this was pretty good news to hear. Since his currently wrecked Halo Blade was actually from there, perhaps someone could give him a brand new one. ... Or, they would if he was allowed to go, that is. Though, maybe they could mend up Ed's broken Automail arm.

Before anyone realized it, the day had arrived. Deadline only a short bit away from reaching, and Heine instructed whoever willing to go to meet up at the original 3-E building rather than over out front of the school on a bus (it would be less attention), and for the moment, it was just Heine and Korosensei there and waiting for whoever was allowed to go to, well, arrive. As both teachers waited for them, Heine took a glance over at his pocket watch to check the time.

"Only five minutes until the deadline," he thought.

"OOOO, this is so exciting, it's been WAY too long since I've last seen the Overworld, wonder how much has changed," Korosensei wondered.

"Why would you even be allowed up there?" Heine questioned, unamused.

"I'm not like those hellish demons, they love me up there! Shouldn't you know?"

"They only allowed you there because no one could catch you," Heine sighed. Korosensei sulked slightly.

"So cold," Korosensei said. Heine didn't give him too much of his mind, and took another look off to the main field.

"OI!"

Heine and Korosensei looked up, and soon they saw a familiar Magi flying on in with the rest of Team Harmony who wanted a ride. They started to see the other students begin to arrive, turning out to be quite a few. In the end, those who did arrive to go from E class include: Karma Akabane, Edward and Alphonse Elric, Nabiku Hazukashi, Nakamura Rio, and Hinano Kurahashi. Ciel Phantomhive and Sebastian had also arrived not too long afterward, though if Ciel was actually going or not was a bit up for debate, but Heine was glad most of them were at least willing to go. Heine looked over the number of permission slips that were given to him over the week, and made sure everyone was present and accounted for.

"Nice for many of you to arrive, and with just a minute to spare."

"Thanks, Heine. I can't believe we're actually going to see the Overworld," Hinano said in excitement.

"Yeah. We get to see where you grew up, Aladdin," Karma agreed, glancing over to Aladdin. Aladdin felt a bit flattered, rubbing the back of his head and smiling. However, Heine then realized a detail after looking through the permission slips, and then he began to pull out some pieces of paper before turning to the others amongst the Team.

"Nagisa, Yugure, Ciel, Pinkie, this is for you," Heine said, passing out a paper to each of them. One look at them and it was all it took to figure it out: their own permission slips, all completed and ready to go.

"Wait, why're we getting these? We're just here to see them off," Nagisa said.

"I took the time to excuse you three for the day, you needn't worry about that. That, and the queen has been meaning to speak to all of you for a while now, though she wanted you all to be familiar with the Overworld first before officially meeting you," Heine explained, though not too worried about the other E students not too far away. With just how much they've been doing so far, it was expected eventually. While Pinkie was especially excited to go, Ciel was the polar opposite and actually returned the slip to Heine.

"I don't have the time," Ciel simply said.

"Excuse me?"

"I said I'm not going," Ciel repeated. He wasn't going to go on about Sebastian and what happened with him and the Underworld. Heine stayed quiet and took a look between him and Sebastian. No one said they were forced to come along, so Heine just took the slip back and nodded his head.

"You will need to see her in future, you understand," Heine made clear, but Ciel didn't seem to think so, not even giving him an answer for that. However, this was something he had to handle later, as he looked through the remaining permission slips.

"Well, we're all here now. So we should be off on our trip then," Heine decided.

"Head off how? There's no bus, car, or anything," wondered Nakamura.
Heine didn't give them a straight answer, but instead he went on to show it. He looked up to the cloud-covered sky for a moment. After a good deep breath, he brought his fingers up to his mouth and gave off a huge, single-noted whistle. The whistle echoed all around the forested wilderness, and hung in the air for a good seven seconds. Eventually the sound of flapping wings and a echoing bird call rang in the air before the same gigantic bird flew over just above the tree line. The same magnificent bird who dropped Heine off already, and this time it wasn't just the bird that time. Instead, the powerful bird was actually pulling something behind it. The object appeared to be a Japanese carriage, only this one was WAY bigger than a regular two-to-four carriage one would see. In fact, it looked about as big as a bus would be: lined with some chiming bells up to the front, colored a fine autumn red and orange.

"... And nevermind."

"Wow," gasped Nabiku, staring in absolute amazement, as Heine pulled out some steps for them to enter.

"Talk about showing up in style," commented Karma.

"This is one of the queen's personal carriage. She allowed me to take it for our field trip today, so if you all enter single file we'll be off on our way," Heine instructed.

"FIRST DIBS!" Pinkie beamed, zooming right on inside past Nabiku and Heine. No way was she going to miss out on this sort of thing, no matter who says what.

Nagisa paused and looked back once more before he stepped on inside alongside Aladdin. When they looked in, along with a few others, what they got to see was simply impressive: seats aligned side by side more like a wagon that a carriage, with comfortable wood aligning the seats and floors. Curtains of amber velvet lined the inside walls, and a front window wide open to see the front driver. It wasn't anything too extravagant, but it still beats the average look of any bus. Pinkie Pie already took her seat over by the front of the carriage, eager as ever to be on her way. They took a moment to look around as they took their seats.

"So this is the royal carriage," Nagisa commented.

"Not bad," added Twilight.

"It's like those carriages from our legends. It's so nice of his queen for letting us use it," Nabiku said. Hinano heartedly agreed as both took their seats. Nakamura took a seat next to Nabiku, and looked over to Aladdin.

"Well, we're getting the royal treatment. Hey, Aladdin is it? Mind giving us some low-down on what the Overworld's like?" asked Nakamura, her arm resting behind Aladdin as if he was her little bro. Aladdin needed a bit before answering, remembering a bit.

"It's been a while since I last been there. Well, it's very high up in the clouds, so, maybe you should be careful where you step. Many beings up there fly, so walking paths are ... not many."

"Gotcha," Nakamura replied. Suddenly whoever was in there heard a loud creak, making them startle a bit just to find Alphonse taking his seat. His size was something he couldn't help with his armored body. Nagisa took his seat over by Pinkie, catching the pink girl's attention.

"Isn't this peachy, Nagisa? now we get to check out Overworld and all its angely stuff, and you can get your blade fixed up good as new, isn't that sweet?" Pinkie asked with a big smile on her face. Nagisa sighed.

"I guess it would be ... if I had it with me," Nagisa sighed.

"You called?~" Just his luck, Korosensei peeked through the curtains and suddenly had the remains of his Halo Blade in his tentacle, which Korosensei had covered in rubber so it wouldn't hurt him.

"Thank you, nevermind," Nagisa remarked with a smile. Korosensei: always a step ahead when called to it. After another minute, all of them were now inside the carriage, Heine being the last standing there. He got up onto the driver's seat. When he got there, he took another look towards Ciel, Sebastian, and Korosensei there to see 'em off. Heine took a glance to Ciel specifically.

"If I let my guard down because he's a child, he may very well pull the rug out from under my feet. ... Ciel Phantomhive is not to be taken lightly," Heine thought. Pinkie poked her head out from the carriage to see Heine, throwing open the curtains so the others could see him too.

"So, first time going to Synapse. Want to give us some pointers for the ride up?" Blair asked.

"What's wrong with mine?" Aladdin questioned.

"We're not going to Synapse. Our destination for this field trip is going to be Elysium."

Elysium? Aladdin's eyes opened wide on hearing that, being the only one who knew where that actually was, but the others really didn't have too much of a clue. Heine turned to the giant bird, but rather than pull some reigns or anything, all Heine did was flick one of the bells on the carriage. Hearing the chiming, the bird opened its wings good and wide, and then gave a good running start, much like one would do in an airplane. It took a few flaps of its wings, but eventually the giant bird eventually started to take flight, along with the carriage. Pretty soon, they were off on their way.

Next stop, Elysium.

.......

Not too long after they left, Korosensei got right to his learning job back in the 3-E room. With Heine and much of the students up and leaving, the classroom was left a bit quiet and less exciting: Terasaka's gang, Envy, Sugino, and Ciel, which left only about seven students there for actual class and not the field trip. Aside from the lack of students, it was mainly regular class-time for the 3-E class (as normal as it would get). Ciel stayed calm and collected, though as he was sitting there, Envy was a little bit impatient over something with his finger tapping the desk.

"Can you stop that?" Yoshida asked. Envy did stop, but he still felt a little anxious.

"Sorry but some of us are trying to keep schedule."

"What schedule?" Yoshida asked.

"With that bitch Emi Isuzu. Soon as this school's done, I'm getting my sweet, sweet revenge on that bitch. No one whacks me like that and gets away with it," Envy said, his fingers gripping the sides of his desk. He'd been scheming since it happened, and he'd honestly been waiting for this day to come.

"Wait, that'd happened over a week ago, you're still pissed off about it? Seriously dude, she's probably forgotten about it by now," Yoshida said.

"You mean me pulling her hair off? Bullcrap."

"Yoshida, Envy, pay attention please, we're just about to get to the good stuff," Korosensei said. They did so, but after that, Korosensei then pulled out a set of papers, one for each person in the room. It took less than a second to get them all passed out, but sure enough this turned out to be some form of test. A pretty odd thing to actually get on this day. Ciel examined the paper a bit more closely, and realized that this was no ordinary test, rather than a example of a term test, much like the midterm tests in some aspects.

.......

And in his office, Gakuho saw through the monitors the result of this tests, and how much of the class had actually gone when compared to the other classes. Seeing this was enough to bring a smirk on his face. Seeing the lack of students in 3-E was something he was actually counting on.

"With most of the class now gone, it's only a matter of time until they come back to my school with failing grades on their tests. ... They will remain the End Class."

~~

Meanwhile, the rest of the class on their field trip were still going along fairly fast through the air. Despite the supposed weight of the combined class, the bird had no difficulty in flying along its route, nor did the carriage get weighed down because of it. In fact, the carriage felt like it was without any weight to begin with. As for those inside, they were more than excited to get there, being their first time up in the Overworld. Even some of Team Harmony's calmest members were getting anxious to get there and have a look around, and those who weren't so calm were having a hard time keeping still. And rightfully so, they felt like they were the first humans to ever set foot in such a place, especially if given a carriage from the queen to use, which to them meant some special accommodations. Heine kept the bird steady in the flight, and eventually the whole group from inside the carriage felt themselves descend a little bit, and eventually land on solid ground. None of them moved until after Heine opened the curtains and bringing out the steps for them.

"Welcome everyone, watch your step," Heine instructed, as the students started to exit. It took little time for them all to exit, and soon they all got sight of where they ended up.

"Wow ..."

Wow indeed.
Heine promised they would get to Elysium, and sure enough they found themselves right on one of Elysium's landing platforms, which itself was made of wood and well-crafted stone. If Synapse was considered a countryside town, then Elysium was the urban city, a city up in the clouds! Buildings stood tall on huge areas, many of these looking similar to those found back in London, and it would almost appear that the buildings were floating on their own power, though not in the same way as a helicopter or plane in ways of propellers, but more like the floating islands back in Synapse. For a place home to angels, it had plenty of walking paths to take, a number of bridges connecting many of the floating masses of buildings. There was even a few flag ropes sprawled along in between some flying gaps, colored flags waving in the breeze above their heads. To sum it all up in one sentence up, it all looked impressive at the least. Even Aladdin, a Magi born in the Overworld was ecstatic to be here, almost as excited as Pinkie Pie was.

"O-Oh my goodness," Nabiku managed to say.

"And here I always thought Elysium was a paradise field of hills and green grass," Nakamura wondered.

"Elysium is the Overworlds' most modern kingdom. Though you could probably guess that already," Heine said. Pinkie could no longer hold herself.

"OH MY GOD, WE'RE IN A FLYING CITY! COME ON EVERYONE! WOOOO!" Pinkie beamed, racing off to check out Elysium herself.

"Pinkie, wait a minute!" called Twilight in vain.

"Leave her be. Let's be real; we're up in a city flying above our heads, why wouldn't she be excited?" Nakamura suggested.

"Yes, I agree: I imagine Elysium would be an overwhelming sight for most humans," Heine agreed.

"Considering it defies all logic as we know it, yeah. So, where do we start?" asked Nagisa. Honestly, he was just as excited to be here as anyone else would be. Heine only needed a little bit of thought before he got his answer, going into his briefcase and pulling out some papers.

"Well, considering you and Edwards' specific issues, I suggest we start off towards the plaza. Not only does it give a overview of Elysium, but it also could aid you in your current situation," Heine said. Edward looking to his limp arm, and Nagisa to his Halo Blade, it was clear on what he was talking about. It would also explain why Heine specifically wanted them to be here in the first place.

"Well, what're we waiting for then? Lead the way," said Ed. The sooner they could get this all handled the better.
And so they went off towards the Elysium plaza. Every minute passed as they went on through the city gave them all a bit more and more of what there was to see in a home for angels. Since so many of them had a very different idea of what the Overworld was like, seeing the Overworld as a Victorian-like city up in the clouds was a bit of a change. Not a bad one, mind you, but still a change nonetheless. As would be expected too, the group were soon seeing the local angels going about their day, some angels flying around on wings while others just walked from place to place. Some of these angels were seeing them go by but seeing Heine and Alphonse with them didn't make them question their presence too much, which was probably a good thing for much of them.
It took a few more minutes, but eventually they arrived over in the Elysium plaza: wide open and the central hub of the city with a number of angels around the place. At the very center of the plaza appeared to be a statue of an angel within a fountain pool, wings spread open in glory and the whole statue made up of what seemed to be a mix of silver and sapphire. Normally a plaza like this would be crowded with cars or at least other carriages, but since many locals could fly, most of the activity went on over their heads rather than on the ground. Like any tourist visiting a beautiful place, the group couldn't help but marvel at just how much this place was, appearance and uniqueness of it all.

"Are all Overworld settlements like this?" asked Nagisa.

"Not truly. As you could well imagine, it's difficult enough to keep such structures in the air with all the power," Heine explained.

"Oh, let me tell this!" Aladdin said, moving over and hopping up onto the rim of the center fountain, making it his stage for his turn. Heine stayed quiet and allowed his little student to talk about the Overworld.

"The Overworld settlements all remain afloat by a self-reliant, self-sufficient magical energy. The more of the energy present in an area the most elaborate structures are able to be made. Many other places in the Overworld can mainly do villages and countrysides, but what we're in is the hotspot of magical activity, and Elysium is the biggest settlement in the Overworld kingdom because of that."

"Well done, Aladdin," said Heine, giving him a small applause. He'd go into more detail, but Aladdin's summed-up version worked just as well. Nagisa thought back to his time in Synapse and considered what Aladdin had just said.

"So that would explain Synapse," he thought.

"HAHA!"

*BAM*

The sound of a pounded fist caught their attention, and as Heine probably would've expected, it was what he was counting on. Nearby, some of the angels were doing their own thing, but one of the locals stood out far more than the others did. While the others looked no bigger than they were, one figure towered over them pretty well, about as big as Alphonse, maybe even taller. A sturdy, muscular man in his prime, one helping out a few other angels with some logs they got. One punch from this man literally sliced up one piece into lucky seven log cuts! The man had an outfit similar to that of an Amestris soldier, blue color and everything, though at the moment he had no shirt on and it showed the power this man had just in appearance alone. One word to describe him would be muscular: biceps, arms, chest, all of it were ripped and match a bodybuilder's best example of perfection. Any male would be jealous of such a figure in muscle - a pure mans man. This same mad had a yellow mustache on him, and his head was purely bald with the exception of a tuff of yellow hair up front. With one more log to go, the man gave one more power punch, and it was then they noticed his fist spark blue alchemic light, Aladdin psyched to see that himself. Nearby him were two other lieutenants in similar outfits, standing at attention nearby, and passing wood over to the other man until it was all gone.

"Thanks for the help, major," said one of the angels just before they flew away with the wood. the classmates stared on in awe.

"Whoa, that man's ripped," Ed gasped.

"He's an alchemist!" gasped Aladdin in admiration.

"Just who I'm hoping to find," Heine commented. Soon, he gave a quick whistle towards him, and the man stopped to see who it was. The class simply felt small compared to him, Alphonse included in that statement. The man put back on his shirt, which also matched the Amestris military code, before walking over to them and seeing the group.

"Heine Wittgenstein, how long has it been?" said the man, hearty in his tone, but happy to see him.

"Indeed. You've grown stronger since I've last seen you."

"Stronger?!" the class thought in shocked. The man gave a hearty laugh and playfully fluffed Heine's hair (much to Heine's annoyance). It was then his attention drew to the others standing nearby.

"And who're they? They don't look like angels," he asked.

"They're not: the queen is allowing them to visit from the human world. That and my student Edward Elric could use some assistance."

"I can mend this myself, thank you!" Ed snapped.

"You haven't touched the thing in over a week," Twilight commented. All of a sudden though, the man was towering over Ed. If he didn't feel small before, he surely felt microscopic now, making the normally hot-headed kid feel rather humble. Some of the other students backed up from the intimidating major.

"Now you listen to me, Edward Elric," said the major. Edward gulped as he reached out for him. Nagisa was worried that this angel would try to hurt him, and was just about ready to go in, but instead he picked him up and tested his automail, feeling how limp it was in one hand while easily holding him up with the other like he was a feather.

"Your automail appears to be broken. No, this won't do, not at all," he figured. He then gently placed Ed back down on the ground and then added "There's no time to waste, allow me to escort you for repairs."

"Oh, hey major, what's up?" Ed asked meekly.

"Eh, sorry about that, he's got a kind heart, but sometimes he can be a little overbearing," whispered the female lieutenant to Hinano.

"That's a little?" Hinano questioned. Nagisa then remembered what Heine said earlier, and then walked over to him.

"Uh, excuse me major," Nagisa said, though like Edward, he too got a little humbled when this major turned to him. Nagisa collected himself though, and presented his sliced Halo Blade to him. the major took one look and saw the situation off the bat.

"Where on earth did you manage to get this?" he asked in surprise.

"Eh, it's a long story. Do you think you can fix this?" Nagisa asked. However, rather than answer, the major started to think a little bit about the connection.

"Wait a minute. ... That must mean ..."

.......

"NAGISA SHIOTA! IT WAS YOU WHO STOPPED PLUTON'S ULTIMATE RAMPAGE! The great mind power you put forth to collaborate the great plan of attack, the bravery you all shown in confronting such high odds against the dragon-class monster, the sacrifice you made in the final blow to defeat Pluton, just to be sure your friends survived! COME NAGISA, LET ME WELCOME YOU PROPERLY IN THIS EMBRACE!" Not only did the dramatic manly speech catch them all off guard, but the major threw off his shirt again to show his muscular body as he moved in for the embrace! Freaking out, Nagisa bolted off behind the biggest person there, moving so fast he only left a dust cloud at the feet. He got praise for it already, even if he was convinced he shouldn't deserve as much credit, but this was more than enough for him to make.

"Whoa, how'd you know that, muscle man?" asked Pinkie Pie.

"Pluton's defeat was a world-changing event. It's hard for it not to be notice, notably up here in the Overworld," Heine explained. It was then Heine turned to the major.

"Now, how long will the repairs be, might I ask?"

"This'll take no time at all. Come, Edward, the sooner we get you back into shape, the better," the major decided, practically dragging the humbled boy away along with taking the remains of Nagisa's Halo Blade. He'd go into a fit if he wasn't so humbled already by the major. His two lieutenants felt a little embarrassed, but they knew he meant well.

"K, so that happened. Is he usually like this?" asked Nakamura.

"Eh, yeah. He is," said the male lieutenant.

"I like him," said Pinkie. Then again, she liked many people. Heine cleared his throat to get their attention. Once he did that, he went into his briefcase and pulled out a few papers for them. Rather unexpected.

"Now while that is taking cared of, the rest of you are to take these. Since we have all day to do so, this shouldn't be an issue for many of you -"

"Wait, a test? We're here to avoid work, not get it," Karma commented, just for Heine to give him the paper anyway, passing it along to the other students. Bringing them all here and suddenly dropping this on them was just uncalled for, but Heine knew what he was doing.

"Your president Gakuho insisted it, if I'm to bring any of you here. Once we're done, then you all can explore Elysium to your leisure."

"I'm fine with that," said Twilight.

"Yeah, it'll be great! I can show you the best spots in Elysium when you've finished. You might even run into the queen herself while we're around," Aladdin said with a wink. Heine did say something about that, so they might as well roll with it by this point. It would beat a failing grade at the end of the day too, and none of them wanted that despite being E class, and if it meant seeing the queen eventually then fine. As the others went off on their way, Nagisa stepped over to Heine.

"Thanks for bringing the tests, Heine. I'm glad you believed me," Nagisa said quietly.

"I wouldn't think for a minute to leave any student behind," replied Heine.

Another future vision advantage taken.

~~

Back down in the Human world, the others on E class had been and done with their tests for the day, and soon it was break time between classes. Without much of Team Harmony down on their level, Ciel mainly had to work out the details himself. He got done with the test moreover, but with the spare time he took the chance to see the principal, the only person he would guess be responsible for passing these out anyway.

"Now then, he should be this way," Ciel thought, going through the halls around him. Taller students came and went around him, but Ciel didn't really care what kind of looks they gave him, even with his eyepatch on his face for all to see. Didn't help that Sebastian followed him either, but again, Ciel didn't care too much. Being the queen's guard dog made him above everyone here anyway, so what was the point in throwing a tiff over a few stares?

"Shall I deal with them, my lord?" asked Sebastian.

"Don't bother. Let's focus on the task at hand," Ciel instructed. Sebastian understood, but still kept an eye out just in case.
It took them a little bit more, but eventually Ciel and Sebastian arrived to the main office, and Ciel did the honor and knocked a good knock, to make sure Gakuho heard them loud and clear. Sebastian and Ciel waited a minute until they heard a voice from the other side of the door.

"Can I help you?" asked an assistant.

"I'd like to speak with the principal, if you wouldn't mind," Ciel stated. It took a little bit, but eventually Ciel got the thumbs up, and soon he went on inside. Gakuho was at his desk looking over test papers when he came in, so it wasn't the bets time for any student to enter. Gakuho was going to protest until he saw who it actually was.

"Ah. Ciel Phantomhive," Gakuho said, Ciel wasting no time in walking up to him and presenting his completed test. Gakuho felt rather flattered actually.

"Giving me your test personally? Well, thank you -"

"Why did you give these out?" Ciel suddenly questioned, rather coldly too. The flattered behavior was gone almost right away, the same serious expression back on Gakuho's face.

"Excuse me?"

"You knew the E class wasn't going to be here in order to take these. In fact, if I recall correctly, our teacher never even mentioned any test when he told us about what's to come," Ciel questioned, though he could probably guess as to why if given the time to look. Gakuho stayed quiet at first.

"Would I really be so cruel to leave the 3-E class without notification? I told your teacher about it, but he instead insisted on this trip of his. It's his own fault. Anyway, it's a good thing you happened by, Phantomhive, for I wish to inform you of a transfer," Gakuho explained. Ciel examined his eyes closely, trying to read his mind in a way. Was he telling the truth or was he lying? Ciel would be able to figure it out with some sort of clue, but Gakuho didn't make that any easier with his calm, collected, and serious expression on his face. Not a hint of any lie or misguidance was evident on him by what Ciel could make out. Eventually Gakuho then got out a paper and showed it to Ciel, showing that he had been moved up a few.

"Given your intellect, 3-E doesn't seem to suite someone such as yourself. So, in accordance to the test you gave me, I've decided to move you up a few classes. I imagine it would fit you a lot better, wouldn't you agree?" Gakuho asked. Ciel took one look at the paper, seeing he'd been moved up to 3-B, rather than 3-E. ...
And he suddenly tore it up!

"A fine gesture, but not efficient for me. I seen how they behaved, and admittedly it would prove to be more problematic for myself if I'm to be put in that class. Besides, a student can't be moved up that high after just one test, you understand."

"E ... Efficient?" Gakuho couldn't believe his ears. Did this smart transfer student deny his system? He allowed him a chance to leave the worst class in school, and Ciel actually preferred 3-E over anything else! Apart of him felt enraged, but he easily kept that inside, even if Ciel could see it in his eyes a bit easier than before. for Ciel, it was more about the demonic involvement rather than his grading factor (he couldn't care less about school grades, being the queen's guard dog and all). Ciel stayed quiet, but eventually Ciel turned around and started walking away. However, as he went, a smirked showed on his face and he glanced back to him, his good eye visible just before leaving. ...

"We'll see how well your plot works, won't we?"

Gakuho didn't answer.

~~

It was about just an hour into their trip, and eventually they were all finished up with their own tests given to them, and as Heine had promised, he allowed them all to go around and explore the place so long as they return to him by the end of the day. with the freedom to roam, they basically went off in groups to check out the different places around Elysium, but even if they all could go basically wherever they wanted, they mainly kept together just in case there was some trouble and they needed the others. Heine may be the one bringing them here, but now it was Aladdin's turn to play smart and lead the group along. That, and Heine wasn't around anyway for the moment.

"The angels all helped contribute to building and crafting the city to be the finest Overworld settlement there is. Hundreds of years ago this was barely anything more than just a small little town, until the queen of Elysium decided to work its way up, into what you all see today," Aladdin explained as they went along. The others looked around as he was talking, putting all of that in mind. It was nice to have a good tour of the place by their close friend.

"So did you grow up here, Aladdin? You know a whole ton about this place," asked Nabiku.

"Well, actually no, but Heine had me study on Elysium's history," Aladdin admitted, but he still knew the details like the back of his hand. As they went along, Twilight paused when she noticed one building in particular close by, something Nagisa and Hinano soon noticed as well.

"So they do have a library. Hey, Aladdin, mind if we check that out?" asked Twilight. A bookworm by heart, she wasn't going to miss out on this kind of opportunity. Aladdin gave a nod to them, and soon, Twilight, and Nagisa, went off to check out the library. The others followed, though they chilled outside rather than in the library with them.
The library's interior looked simply magnificent: a double-floored library with tons of books on many of the library's shelves, similar to what the Tokyo library was like in a way. Though, it was the potential of it that got Twilight and Nagisa interested. They were in the Overworld after all, and some knowledge about its history from here would be very useful.

"Look at this place. Just imagine how much work was put into making all these books," Twilight said, almost dreamily. Nagisa took a bit to look around, working off his own memory and trying to think about it. Then something struck him.

"Wait ... yes. Yes, Lugia showed me this place! This has got to be important," Nagisa thought in excitement. The vision he remembered was more outside rather than inside, but he made a good call in deciding to come in here rather than wait outside with the rest. He soon turned to Twilight with a new idea in his head.

"Hey, let's see if we can find something useful against our demon problem while we're here. If there's anywhere that could help, it's here," Nagisa added in. Twilight couldn't agree more about that, and with Sombra giving them a break in the first place, they should take the moment and do the best with it.

"Pardon me."

AND they both stopped cold. Nagisa didn't predict that familiar voice coming out, especially in a place like this. Next thing they knew though, the librarian passed them by with a cart of books, ready to be put back on the shelves. On the surface it didn't sound too odd, but when Twilight, and Nagisa looked, it was who the librarian was that shocked them. The grey hair, toothy grin, and black mourner outfit made him far too distinctive to miss.

"Undertaker?!" both kids gasped. And yes indeed it was, the same old Undertaker they had come across back in England. He didn't look as ominous as he was back in his coffin shop, but seeing someone like him in a place like this was more than surprising enough. Ciel would be surprised too if he were there.

"Been a while, hasn't it?" Undertaker said with a few of his signature giggles.

"Wait, but why're you here? how're you here?" Nagisa asked. Undertaker chuckled again. He got the idea; a reaper involved with death in such a holy place like this.

"Death is not one-sided, my friend. We reapers are allowed in the Overworld as well as the Underworld. Besides that, I have a part-time job as the Elysium librarian. quite a page turner, these books, wouldn't you agree?" Undertaker explained. not only was the Undertaker a reaper apparently, but his disturbing nature had not gone away. Still, the facts there made enough sense for it to be passable for both kids.

"Eh, yeah. Hey, Undertaker, you wouldn't happen to know where anything involving the Underworld up here, is there?" Twilight asked. The Undertaker got a few books on the shelf before turning back to them again.

"I might have.~"

"Oh no. ..." both thought thought, but instead the Undertaker laughed.

"I'm only joking, my laughing toll is only for my Underworld job. There's a section of books concerning the Underworld on the second floor, the fifth row to your left," Undertaker said, pointing them to the second floor. Twilight and Nagisa gave a sigh of relief on that answer (they didn't plan a laughing gag anyway), so the two went straight to where he instructed.
Sure enough, they soon found the section concerning the Underworld, just what they were hoping for. Many of these books were indeed page turners: some talking about rankings while others talking in Underworld history. A bit ironic that the Overworld would have this, but this library was also ran by an Undertaker, so each to its own really.

"So, where do we start? There's a lot here," Twilight asked.

"Hang on, maybe we don't have to go through them all," Nagisa said, looking through the books as best he could do. He was trying to get a particular bit of information out of this section, though while many of these do have plenty of information Nagisa was trying to get a particular idea. Eventually, one book did catch his eye: a book of entities.

"Perfect!" Nagisa was quick to pull the book out of the shelf. The book felt a bit heavy, and was pretty big so there should be plenty of tips and tricks on how one should handle specific demons. They've been doing good so far, but they need to be better prepared for what specific kinds of demons would be coming their way. With Pluton destroying so much, they had to avoid that in case another demon decided to cause more trouble. Twilight and Nagisa sat down and started going through the book on the different demon types: Succubi, hellhounds, and plenty others placed in ranks and what they could do. Eventually while looking, there was one particular demon type that both caught.

An Umbrum.

"An Umbrum: a species of shadow demon. High magical power, demon-class threat level though some had known to exceed to dragon-level threat. Little is known about these demons, as they're a rare species. B class holy items and higher are the only weapons suited against an Umbrum.

"That does sound like it would fit Sombra," Nagisa said. Twilight agreed and continued looking, but that was about as much as they got. If Sombra was indeed an Umbrum, then they're going to have to work out what'll be considered a B class + weapon.

"A shadow demon, huh? ..."

*thump*

Nagisa looked off and peeked past the shelves. It wasn't anything too special, just some accessory that got itself dislodged from the shelf wall. He and Twilight looked over as the Undertaker took the time to go up and place it back on its hanging, back on display. The object looked like a shield, and this shield seemed to have a symbol engraved on it, one of which the colors looked eerily familiar. Nagisa went on over towards Undertaker and looking at the shield.

"Ah, Nagisa. Finding everything you need?" Undertaker asked, but Nagisa was more interested in the shield more than anything.

"Yeah, but ... can you tell me about that symbol there?" Nagisa asked, pointing to the symbol on the shield. Undertaker took a look at the shield.

"Oh, that would be the Lugia dragon," Undertaker simply said. Nagisa knew that name all too well along with Twilight, though he decided to humor the Undertaker a little bit.

"Lugia? What's that?"

"Your friends didn't tell you yet? My goodness, they've been getting a bit behind. Lugia was one of the grand rulers of the Overworld. However, one day he disappeared from the Overworld, and practically all of the angels though him dead. ... Though, I'm not to say much, but tempted to say this: he's never appeared in any of my records.~" with a little giggle, Undertaker went off back to his work, leaving Nagisa to look to the shield with that information. Lugia had came to him time to time, but he had never said anything about him being an Overworld ruler. ...

~~

Meanwhile, off in another part of Elysium, Edward, Alphonse, the Major had finally reached their little business spot to handle Ed's broken automail. With so many of the Victorian-ex buildings, the place they stopped at was pretty mundane, single-floored and with a basic sign hung up above the door. This building actually was its own floating island, connected to it by a small bridge. Not too bad really, but what was he supposed to expect in a flying city like this? The major brought them right to the door.
The Major got the door, showing Ed and Al inside. It actually wasn't too bad, but nothing too crazy inside: looking like a garage more than anything. A number of tools were up on the wall, though many of these didn't look too much like regular human tools. A wall-long seating over by the door, looking like seats in a train station, gave them both somewhere to wait.

"Looks like a regular garage," said Al.

"You two have a seat, and I'll go and get the mechanic. She'll make your automail the best it can be!" The Major stated strongly.

"Oh, uh well thank you, Major," Alphonse said.

"Of course! With how much you've accomplished down on earth, you and your friends DISERVE THE UPMOST RESPECT!" the Major stated, suddenly shirtless and flexing again. That made Ed cringe a little, as the Major went off to the back to fetch their mechanic.

"... Is that gonna be a regular thing with him?" Ed asked.

"Maybe? But hey, if it means getting your automail fixed, then it'll be great," Alphonse said.

"Eh true. ... Wait a minute. did he say she'll make my automail the best?" Ed wondered. Suddenly both brothers had a rather similar, and disturbing thought of the Major with an equally manly 'women' standing next to him. As if one Major wasn't enough man, the idea that two of them would end up in the same room will be more than overwhelming for them, making them shutter and tremble.

"I don't think I'm ready," Al trembled.

"Me too," Ed added in.

"Winry, you in there?! This is the major! You got two new customers wanting to see you!"

"Thanks, dad, I'm going."

"DAD?!" They both thought. That only confirmed in their minds the horror they're gonna meet. Edward gulped, and they both began to hear the footsteps echoing from the other room heading to the main garage. When the door opened up, the Major walked out with the mechanic, both Ed and Al expecting another towering being of muscle to walk out.
Who they actually saw though ... well, they were still as surprised seeing her in real life over the fantasy idea. The girl looked to be in her teens for a start, probably in Nagisa's age range by the looks of it, and she looked damn beautiful! She had blue pure eyes, and long blonde hair that's lighter than Ed's hair. She had on a mechanic's garb, and donning a beige worker's jumpsuit with the top half open, and tied around her waist to reveal her black tube top, and her belly button.
Ed and Al ... needed a minute to process.

"Oh," they both simply said.

"Morning, how can I help you?" she asked.

"Wait. ... Dad. There," Ed said, pointing to the major in utter shock.

"Eh, yeah? Is that a problem?" she asked, feeling a little less cheerful. Al didn't want to get into a fight right away, so he got Ed reminded of his automail arm.

"Eh, nevermind, listen. Your 'dad' told us that you can mend this thing for me?" Ed asked, rolling up his sleeve to present his automail arm to her. The moment she saw that automail arm made her eyes sparkle in amazement, suddenly grabbing his arm and pulling it to her for closer examination.

"Amazing! All those gears, those wires, the mechanical power of it all! This has to be an Amestris brand, it's been so long since I got a chance to study these," she beamed. The Major chuckled at his daughter's enthusiasm, but Ed wasn't enjoying his arm being pulled around like this.

"Yeah, it is fancy, can you fix it?" Ed asked again.

"Oh, yes, of course I can! So what's the problem with it? It doesn't look too damaged," she asked.

"We're not sure. We got in a fight a week ago, and it just popped loose or something," Alphonse admitted, as Winry continued to study the thing carefully.

"Sounds like a few wires just got loose. And the metal looks out of date too, and ... boy, how long has it been since you had this mended?" Winry questioned.

"Hey, I'm a soldier, I hardly had time to check it," Ed snapped.

"Glad you're having fun, Winry, you go at it," the Major said, as he took his leave. Winry nodded, and the Major left her to her leisure. Almost on the spot, Winry got out a screwdriver and immediately started to crack open Ed's arm to see the workings inside, much to his surprise.

"Whoa, slow your role, you!" Ed demanded, but Winry didn't reply and gave his arm a good look over on the inside with deep admiration.

"Not everyday you find Automail like this. But yeah, just leave it up to me and I'll fix it up in no time. There's just so many gears and wires in here," Winry said, fonding over the last part. First good news Ed heard since getting there.

"You sure are a big fan of mechanics, huh?" asked Alphonse.

"IT'S JUST SO LOVELY! The smell of oil, the hum of the ball bearings! The rugged yet amazingly beautiful form created through anatomical engineering! OH how wonderful you are, grand Automail!~"

.......

"Crazy gearhead," commented Ed.

"I see the family resemblance now," added Al.

~~

"What is this creature?" Hinano asked in amazement.

After some exploration, Aladdin got a number of the students over to Elysium's more opened areas, and they soon were taking in sights of the local fauna during their lunch. The area here was wide open with a number of resting spots for the local birds to rest where they need to. It wasn't apart of the tour exactly, but the opened area on the beaten path still showed some of the birds. These birds were the ones Nagisa saw in Synapse, and Hinano and Nabiku couldn't help but admire the beautiful creatures.

"That's an altaria. They're a pretty common bird to be found flying around here," Aladdin explained.

"An altaria? But I never heard of such a thing in any of the books I've read, is it a new species?"

"Well no, they just don't come down to the Human world that's all," Aladdin shrugged. To him, an altaria was a common enough sight as a Pidgy would be down on ground level.

"They're so adorable," Nabiku said, actually cuddling the bird. The altaria, not scared of something like Nabiku, happily cooed and cuddled against her. The others watching nearby smiled, though Nagisa and Twilight had their minds wrapped around their own thing with what books they were given from Undertaker's library, the main one being the demon guide they picked up. A pretty good source of information right at their fingertips, and Nagisa and Twilight were both taking in whatever they could get with this book. Pinkie took a peek over their shoulders and saw the book in question they were reading.

"OOOO, you got a meanie book. What nasty things did you two find out in it?" Pinkie asked.

"It's demons, Pinkie," Twilight corrected.

"That's what I said," Pinkie said. She might as well stop trying at this point, trying to figure her out anyway. Nagisa then brought the book over to the pink girl, letting her look through the pages with lightning speed.

"We thought it'd be a good idea to get ourselves more acquainted with these demons if they're gonna keep coming at us," Nagisa said, letting Pinkie go through many of the documentaries and details of Underworld beings.

"We got a plus! Hey guys, check this out," Pinkie said, bringing it over to the others in their group to check out. Twilight was about to go over to the others too, but with a moment by themselves, Nagisa actually got up and got Twilight's attention with a tap on her shoulder. He didn't say much of anything but a simple gesture for her to follow was just enough to get her to follow him. The two got about twenty feet away, not too far from the group but just out of earshot.

"Ok, this has to be important, so what is it?" Twilight asked. Nagisa took a breath before talking.

"Twilight. Now, I've had this brainstorm ever since we left the library. Something big to do that can not only help us, but the Overworld too, but I can't do it alone," Nagisa began. With what they've done so far, this had to be something big as Twilight figured, so she gave him her full attention.

"Nagisa, you know I'm here for you, me and the rest of us. Now what's the brainstorm?" Twilight asked.

"In a nutshell?" Nagisa asked. Twilight nodded to reassure Nagisa, and Nagisa took to her with determination in his eyes. He worked out his reasoning for his plan, and with everyone together, it was now or never.

"We're going to find Lugia."

"What?" Twilight gasped.

"Twilight, Undertaker told me more than enough of a reason to find him: he was once an Overworld ruler here, and many of the angels think he's dead now. If we can find him, maybe it can work better in the world's favor. Besides, I think he might be having trouble himself," Nagisa said. Twilight thought about it and she knew he was right. Twilight and Nagisa were the only ones who met Lugia directly so far, and they both knew that his future Vision had helped them out a bit already.

"How do you mean?"

"I didn't bother with it much at first, but when I first met him, he mentioned contacting just one of us is the 'safest' way. not the easiest, but safest. With demons now given the greenlight thanks to Pluton, and how much demonic activity had happened beforehand, that means ..."

"Something's keeping him back! Now that you say that, he sounded guilty when he talked to me too before he showed me my future Vision," Twilight concluded.

"Exactly. Look, you and I both had met him so far, no one else knows yet, but before we can tell the rest, we have to figure out where he might be first. At least then we can head right off on our way the moment we find him," Nagisa concluded.

"That and it'll keep Lugia safer until then too. Yeah, let's do it," Twilight said, both shaking hands to make it official.

~~

For the rest of the day, everything seemed to go on pretty smoothly: the tour was done, everyone was enjoying it, and even Ed got his arm mended up after just an hour of work thanks to Winry. It's all good. With the field trip all finished, Heine got back to the others and pretty soon, they were right off back home to Tokyo in no time at all. A simple ride in the carriage was as good as it could be. For some overall benefit, and since everyone already saw the bird, he actually went and landed over by the main building instead of the E building, parking behind the building itself to keep it secure. The students started to head off on their way, and after some thanks, it was soon just Heine by his lonesome. He called the bird away and that was soon gone as well. ...

"You came back, Heine. I see your "field trip" went fairly well."

That was until Gakuho came back out. Something Heine Wittgenstein had come to expect honestly, turning around with his items in hand. Gakuho didn't see the carriage, so he was blind to what really happened.

"With all due respect, Wittgenstein, while you have had some fun on your ride out, I'm afraid your little antics had cost you. You see, students need to stay in working order, and in your trip you neglected to take account of your students' -"

"Here you go," Heine grumbled, pushing the stack of completed papers into his chest. Gakuho paused and looked over the papers, just to find them all being the completed tests! Gakuho looked over each and every single one with a pause for thought, seeing each and every student who went off on the trip not only completing the test, but completing it with fairly decent results. There was only one thought that went through his mind, as the principal gritted his teeth.

"Damnit. Lost again."

~~

"There she is."

In another part of Tokyo, the revenge-hungry Envy, armed with a small camera, had put his own work into action against his target Emi Isuzu. He'd been scheming for some proper revenge against the girl for sometime, and it took him more than long enough to finally relocate Emi Isuzu at the right time. At the point in question, he found Emi Isuzu leaving the shopping district after some shopping, though Emi appeared to be a little on edge lately herself. She may not be as deep into revenge as Envy, but she still didn't take kindly to him pulling out a chunk of her hair - something she was keeping an eye out for. At least that was Envy's presumed conclusion.

"Oh, I'm going to enjoy this. All by her lonesome, distracted, this'll be a synch," Envy thought. Homunculus or Human, some things just don't go away, and Envy's desire to get even was surly one of them, especially if it was as easy as this. Emi started checking out her stuff and heading off into her apartment. As with many of the bigger-class teens, Emi had an basic suburban home a bit a ways from the main city, and Envy had been keeping that in track for a good while. How was he supposed to get proper revenge without knowing a thing or two about his target?
When Emi entered, envy got out and started to sneak around to the side of Emi's house, keeping just out of sight from the house windows just in case Emi was anywhere in sight. Without his usual hiding tricks and transformations, this was a little more difficult to do. Envy peeked inside and just saw Emi going off upstairs to her room. Luckily for him, she didn't see him, making his luck all the better.

"Ok, upstairs. Now, where, where ... aha!"
Emi had a border fence lining her house, and seeing that compared to the second floor window, it made the perfect little platform. Envy climbed up on the top of the fence, balancing as best he could, and focused to the sill of the second window. If he could just get a peek inside, then maybe he could find out something to use. A little thing called "rumor" can wreck anyone, and if this kid could find something juicy, then it'll work out. Like a cat, Envy positioned himself for the jump, and in one leap he actually got a grip on it. Keeping the grip though was not as easy.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit," envy thought, his legs flailing to keep himself there, until he found a foothold on the wall. He just managed to pull himself up just enough to keep from falling, and to take a peek inside. Jackpot for him: this room was none other than Emi's bedroom! Perfect!

"SWEET! Now what do we got in here?" Envy thought in excitement.

... There he saw someone inside. He wanted Emi Isuzu to be in there, but this person couldn't be her. Same hair? Yes. Same skin? Yes. Clothes? Well, in a bath robe by the looks of it. Same body? NOT BY A MILE. Just earlier, Envy saw Emi with a toned body, curves in all the right places and a regular model body over all: big breasts with a slim stomach, and such. While the big boobs still applied on this girl, she was far from anything slim. She looked simply HUGE: easily two hundred pounds plus with such a large, fat body! Apparently the stuff brought home turned out to be food, and this women was already eating up her fair share of snacks, Envy watching it all from the perch, the women not noticing him at all. Envy wasn't sure if this was the same girl, but if it was, she REALLY let herself go. Emi looked pretty content in there, thinking she was all by herself, and enjoying the sweets at her own leisure.

"This is the life," she sighed happily. God, even the voice matched Emi Isuzu! It took this girl a good half an hour until the snacks were all finished up. Envy kept as quiet as a mouse, as the big girl managed to get up to her feet, her huge body bouncing and jiggling about when she did so. she gave a stretch, now full and content from her meal, and took an extra look around. Emi didn't see Envy looking in still, and Envy actually got himself ready with the camera. This was MORE than perfect!

*snap*

"What the?" Emi froze when she heard the noise, and her eyes shot over to the window. Right in front of him again, Emi's body suddenly morphed and changed back into her thin body and she went to the window, only to find Envy with a toothy grin and the camera in hand.

"Gotcha bitch."

"GIVE ME THAT!" Emi demanded, but Envy wasn't gonna give her the chance, dropping off the sill with said camera and bolting for it. Oh, the fun he was going to have with this.