Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

Well, it had been a pretty long cool down for Japan, and for the world for that matter. The last huge demon involvement had been months ago at this point, and be that as it may it would only be a matter of time before that would exactly change. And in the case for one Homunculus, it was time to finally come out and play: Gluttony. Gluttony had been put in deep regeneration for a while, not to mention that he was no longer the mindless beast he once was by Tirek (which was what had to take more time to reverse in the first place), but now he was back in action, and the first order of business on his mind was to find out where Envy was. A major setback thanks to Tirek, but he was still sure his Homunculus friend was out there somewhere. He at least wanted to see if his Homunculus was alright. Anything left in the wake of Pluton was not something that even he could stomach. After getting released, Gluttony got himself up back out into the field over in the more suburban part of Tokyo. It was getting a bit later, but Gluttony didn't really care so long as he finds Envy. He put his great nose to good use, trying his best to figure out any similar scent, and even went in the area he was last spotted in. If Lust could find him, surely he could!

"Yes, he's here somewhere. He has to be," Gluttony told himself, smelling the air around him. Scent tracking over a Homunculus lost for months was no easy task, and without anything to back him up he had only his memory to work off of. He smelled that scent off of Twilight and Aladdin, he knew he was somewhere with them for some reason, so if Envy was anywhere it had to be with Team Harmony ... as crazy as it sounded.

"Thanks for the lift."

Gluttony heard the voice just enough to get his attention. It sounded slightly off, but it was extremely close to who he was looking for. He crept up and peeked around a street corner, and soon he saw that someone was being dropped off at home by Korosensei.

"Anytime kiddo. So, how was it with the queen? Did she give you any goodies?" Korosensei asked, eager to figure it out.

"Eh, it was fine. She gave us some thanks, a mechanic, and left them with some bounties to handle," Envy stated. But in his mind, it was still racing that he actually got to see an Overworld queen without getting killed over it.

"Oh god, oh god, I can't believe that even happened! She looked so beautiful," Envy thought.

"Aww, it was hoping she'd give you a souvenir. Sure is nice for them to bring you along, Envy."

"They said it was to keep me safe for another day, but yeah," Envy admitted, shrugging it off. He hadn't forgotten about his supposed capture by his fellow Homunculus, which was why he decided to go off in the first place, but with how much he heard them defying fate so far he grew less worried over it. Not that he wasn't at all, but he was still a bit calmer about it.

"Good for them and you. Whelp, sorry I can't stop, we must keep time you know," Korosensei said, before jumping up in the air and flying off on his way, leaving Envy all alone just outside the house. Did Gluttony hear him right? Was that Envy standing there? Gluttony could feel his emotions overflow him on seeing him, and ...

"ENVY!!"

"What the - OOFF!" Suddenly, Gluttony charged right out, arms opened wide as he tackled Envy in a hug, which knocked them both to the ground. Envy was still in a state of shock, so he didn't know what to think at first, but Gluttony was more than happy to see him, tears pouring out of his eyes like fountains.

"OH ENVY, YOU'RE ALIVE! MY FRIEND, MY BUDDY, I THOUGHT I LOST YOU FOREVER!" Gluttony cried. Envy struggled to get himself out of Gluttony's grip. His Homunculus body would take it just fine, but his human body just wasn't strong enough, and it strained at the least. However, Envy got himself back to line, and realized what was going on. A known Homunculus had found him, and he didn't have time to alter himself at all.

"G-Gluttony? What the hell are you doing here?" Envy asked, Gluttony setting him down.

"Looking for you! That mean Pluton tore you apart and I couldn't find you anywhere, so I searched and searched and here I am! ... Why're you dressed like that?" Gluttony then asked, only now actually giving Envy a better look. once being a Homunculus of deception, Envy already got a lie at the ready.

"I'm undercover, Gluttony, not so loud," Envy warned. Gluttony covered his mouth, and quickly looked around, but then he took a small sniff. Something smelled different about Envy. Envy started to get uncomfortable when Gluttony took a few more sniffs.

"You smell good. ..."

"Eh ... thank you? Ok, look, just get out of here before anyone sees you, you'll blow my cover," Envy insisted, but Gluttony continued sniffing some more. Envy sure smelled good, almost delicious. ... But, why would Gluttony smell that kind of scent on him? Suddenly, Gluttony grabbed Envy and gave him a hearty lick.

"Gluttony, what the hell?!" Envy snapped, pulling his arm away. The taste just made Gluttony's mouth water, him tasting something exceptionally good off of him. Normally he'd go into a feeding frenzy at this point, but considering this was a Homunculus Envy he was talking to, the revelation and clues were just shocking to him, his eyes wide and staring in horror.

"... Oh no. E-Envy ..."

Envy groaned. A Homunculus didn't taste or smelled like a human being, so these factors stood against him. He'd make up a lie for the smell if Gluttony didn't actually taste him first, so eventually he just looked to his Homunculus friend.

"Alright, alright. Pluton did too much of a number on my stone, so I got stuck in this damn human body. A good disguise, but all my powers are down, okay?" Envy admitted, very annoyed about it and a lie he had to make up on the spot. Gluttony was shocked to hear what had happened to him.

"Does anyone from Tartarus know?"

"Aside from Sombra, no. But god damn it, it's bullshit without my power quick fix," Envy complained. Gluttony really wanted to help Envy out of this little slump of his. A Homunculus like him without his powers was a big problem for any Underworld or Overworld being to deal with, especially a being like Envy. Gluttony scratched his forehead, trying to think but then he got his eureka moment. A big smile then went across his face.

"Too bad I don't have a clue how," Envy groaned, rolling his eyes.

"I do!" Gluttony suddenly said.

"... Y-You do?"

"Sombra! He brought you back to life before, I'll get him to fix you and you'll be a Homunculus again!" Gluttony decided, turning and running off away.

"Gluttony, hold on!" Envy called. But Gluttony didn't stop, and soon Envy was by himself again. He tried lying out of trouble, but instead he just sealed his own goddamn fate.

The Homunculus are going to be coming back, and Envy, I think they're coming for you.

"DAMNIT!"

~~

Nighttime, and off back in their apartment, Nagisa and Aladdin were both off and taking some rest. Honestly it wasn't anything too typical for them both, and along with the rest of the team they had a pretty good day overall. Seitenshi would surely be pleased when Olivier and Alex do end up arriving under Celestia's request. First time they got some true aid from the big angels now, and Nagisa rested more reassured then before. Nagisa still had some thoughts going through his mind, though not as many as before, the main subject being Envy and the Homunculi. Bradly flat out admitted it without too much trouble, Lust, Pride, and Gluttony were still out there, and who knew when it was actually gonna happen. Nagisa did a fair job pre-planning for Gakuho and Karasu, but this one he didn't have much clue on when. It could be any minute, it could be any week, but all the same it stuck around with him as he went to sleep. He had one idea how to find out.

.......

"Good, it happened again. I'm getting better at this."

Yep, back to the dream world, and back to looking for Lugia again. Lugia was the only person who would have anything more about these sorts of visions. The area was the same, with the exception of a star night sky instead of blue. Nothing new really, and at this point he was growing used to it. However that didn't make finding Lugia any easier. He looked and looked, but as before he was all alone again. No Lugia anywhere.

"Lugia!" called Nagisa, but as before he didn't show up. Just him and the lone tower of Synapse. Whatever this bad thing was, it either was going on, or it must've already happened, because Lugia would've shown up by now.

"Oh no. D-did something happen to him?" Nagisa thought. He really didn't want to think that, since he and Twilight were trying to help him, but if something bad had already happened, what was he supposed to do? Did Lugia knew they were looking for him? No, they didn't tell him yet, but then again Lugia knew a lot of things long before they even showed up so who's to say? Nagisa turned his eyes up to the tower this time, and then he began to see that something was actually floating down to the ground. The object was small, a piece of paper, and it gently swaying and turned in the air until it landed right in Nagisa's hand.

"Lugia!" Nagisa eyes shot up back to the tower, hoping Lugia would be there, but no, nothing was there that would've dropped the paper off. This was bad, and he took a look at the paper dropped down to him.

I hope this prepares you ...

Then the flash happened again.

.......

With the morning sun rising up after enough time, Aladdin gave a good stretch and awakened to a new day. At least last night went fairly well for him, as the first thing he did was go over to Nagisa's room to get him up. It'd been that way for a while when they had a school day: if Aladdin woke up earlier than Nagisa, he would wake him up to start the day. So, Aladdin went off to do that, and soon he opened up the door.

"Morning, Nagi - ... Nagisa?"

Gone. Nagisa had not only woke up before him, but apparently gone from the apartment altogether. The Magi didn't see him in there, nor in the main room either. As he looked though, Aladdin did end up seeing something up on the coffee table, something he didn't catch when he woke up. Turned out it was some more instructions Nagisa had left behind for him.

"What's this?" Aladdin wondered, picking it up and reading it over.

Off to get Envy. I know it's school today, but we won't have any time left to save Envy if we do that. Tell the others what's going on and where I'll be at. If they want to see me, then fine, but here's what I plan on doing ...

As Aladdin read down exactly what he had in mind, which was surprisingly detailed in time and place, Aladdin grew more and more worried, his hands shaking, and nerves ranked up. When he was finished, he gripped the note, quickly summoned out his flying carpet, and rushed off right out the window! There was no time to waste!

~~

As Aladdin was flying off on his way, Nagisa was walking off on his own way towards his destination. He wouldn't usually go this way for any reason, honestly, so memory was a little bit more vague than his typical visits, but thanks to Korosensei and some direction, Nagisa got in his way over to where Envy lived, and as such towards Hinano's house. He had his own list to work out in his hand, and Nagisa took the walk some time to look it over. He already crossed off the first thing, which was leaving a note for Aladdin, but he had more to handle than that, and he even had the time limit to handle all these things before the deadline. He also had a wrist watch, and he kept time with that too, and so far he was doing pretty alright.

"Alright, so Aladdin should've gotten that note by now. If they stay away then fine, if they do come I'll just have to explain myself. Hopefully Envy's more open to the plan," Nagisa thought, a yawn escaping himself. He wasn't so thrilled about it either, but he made out all the stops for this, which took him about three extra hours straight after waking from the dream (which was why he was a bit tired), and he had to do his absolute best to get all his chips gathered before handing this kind of bet. Eventually, Nagisa did find the house in question passed the next corner, and he wasted no time in getting there. He checked his time again.

"Only five minutes to eight. They should still be here," Nagisa thought, and indeed they were. In fact, he caught one of the residents just in time, seeing Hinano coming out with all her stuff for school, but Envy wasn't with her. He could probably guess why though, and Hinano saw Nagisa coming straight over.

"Oh, Nagisa? What're you doing here?" Hinano asked, a bit surprised to see him show up. Again, Nagisa wouldn't normally come this way, nevermind so early.

"Don't worry about it, Hinano, I just want to talk with Envy. Is he still here or did he leave already?" Nagisa asked. From the tone of his voice Nagisa sounded like it was important, but Hinano still wasn't too sure about it.

"Eh, well yes he's here, but I don't think it's such a good idea right now."

"Why?"

"Let's just say he's a bit on edge," Hinano admitted, rubbing the back of her head.

"No surprise there," Nagisa thought, before looking at the time again. Nagisa turned to the house before he spoke again.

"Can I go in for a minute, it won't be too long."

"Well, you can try talking to him, but I don't know how well you'll do. He's just upstairs in the first room to your left," Hinano said, pointing to the stairs just inside the door. He gave his thanks and went right on inside, as Hinano started to feel a little concern. With what happened to Envy before, Hinano could only hope that it wasn't too bad.
Checking his time again as he went in, Nagisa wasted little time in going from the front door, and going straight upstairs and right to the first room to his left as Hinano said. So, Nagisa went on ahead and actually opened the door. ...

"YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME!"

"AH, Envy wait, it's me!"
Apparently this edginess came with a bat in Envy's hands, which Envy nearly clocked Nagisa with. Envy was freaked out for basically setting up this fate of his and he really didn't want any chances with it. Nagisa had just a moment to dodge the bat and only then did Envy realize who he just swung at.

"Oh. What's up?" Envy asked, still holding the bat but more casually as Nagisa went into the room.

"Look, it's about that vision I had, you see -"

"Look, don't rub it in, I know it's gonna happen! I already screwed myself, don't hammer it in," Envy admitted, feeling angry at himself for his big mouth.

"What're you talking about?"

"Just yesterday gluttony just so happened to show up, and now he's running around back in Tartarus trying to get Sombra out here to "fix me". Well goddamnit, I'm not going anywhere without a fight," Envy said. He knew what'll happen when he would be caught by them, even if Nagisa didn't say. He knew Sombra way more than Nagisa did, and as far as he knew, mercy was not on Sombra's mind. That only confirmed when this would exactly happen, as Nagisa looked to the list again as Envy was explaining.

"No they won't," Nagisa firmly stated.

"How're you so sure?" Envy spat.

"I already got a plan worked out for them, and if it works, we'll all be okay. I need your help though in order for this to work, and NO, you're not going to be captured for it," Nagisa said, making that clear before Envy could bring it up, Nagisa even showed Envy the written plan out on the paper, which Envy looked up and down and reading the details. Once done, he looked to Nagisa with a rather perplexed look.

"Seriously?"

"Yes, I am. ... Now, you still have them somewhere, don't you?"

.......

Back at Orora high, things were getting a bit more casual since the whole Gakuho affair, and at this point it was as normal as it could get to. Much of Team Harmony too were going through the motions, though none of them really had noticed Nagisa just yet, or Aladdin for that matter, and with one more future vision still up for grabs, anything could happen for them now. It was still fairly early for much of them, only about an hour into school, and at this point it was just in between classes. Twilight and Pinkie both met up near the 3-E class.

"So you still didn't see Nagisa anywhere?"

"Nope, and our Magi's been and gone too. I bet they're gonna be doing something big and heroic," said Pinkie, slightly annoyed that they were left out of the fun.

"Big and heroic?"

"We've been doing that for months, why wouldn't they be? Why did he have to do it without us though?" Pinkie added in. Twilight felt more worried than anything, but they were on their way to the 3-E class, so maybe they could figure out what was going on. It took just a minute for them to get there, but they got another little surprise while there. Turned out they weren't the only ones who decided to stop by the 3-E classroom today, and actually it was Gakuho Asano of all people!

"Oh. Morning Kagayaki, Pie," Gakuho said.

"Gakuho?" Twilight asked.

"I'm just stopping by as all ..." Gakuho admitted. Hard thing to swallow, but the principal felt that, in his heart, an apology needed to be said to the man who he drew a gun on. That would be enough at least. Before either one of them could open the door, there stood Heine.

"Ah, morning sir, Yugure, Pinkie."

"Morning. ... Heine, I -" Heine knew exactly why he was there, and he actually raised his hand for Gakuho to be quiet.

"If this is in regards to your "episode", I've already forgiven you for that. You at least were aware enough to recognize when to stop," Heine said. Gakuho turned away.

"... Understood. ..." Gakuho could feel some slight sense of relief for that. It had been going on in his head over the last number of days, and at least Heine was understandable enough, even if it was on something as extreme as this.

"Now, let's try and start over, wouldn't you agree?" Gakuho suggested, a hand extended. However, Heine merely grabbed his finger by his index and thumb.

"I would want to point out how unnecessary that actually was. A teacher worries over the future of his students day in and day out, and in the end, Gakuho, that was all I was trying to do. I'm aware you care about your ant system, but you have to understand any and all students need to have a proper future, and they shouldn't be held back from doing so. You do understand, do you?" Gakuho was quiet and looked to 3-E, and to the other two girls nearby. The images of his desperation echoed in his head, and he sighed gravely.

"... Yes. I understand."

"If it makes you feel any better, sir, moving the students to the main building was, and will, be the biggest move I'll do. So as long as you treat the E students as every other class rank, don't expect any major changes apart from that anytime soon."

"I ... I promise, Heine," Gakuho finally said. After such a long time of his discriminative nature in his ant system, the flaws in the design were finally starting to show up for him. Of course, and Heine knew this all too well, you can't give a man a seed and expect a farm overnight. Time will tell how well it'll go. ...

"HEY! GUYS!"

The somber moment was cut short when a freaked out voice cut the silence, all four of them turning down the hall to see Aladdin standing there, the note still in his hand from earlier that morning. He was scared, breathing heavily, and really needed to find the others.

"A-Aladdin? What's going on, you okay?" asked Pinkie.

"Where is everyone? Ed, Al, Ciel, Karma, they're here right?!" Aladdin asked, sounding almost panicked. Now, it was rare for anyone to look like this, so it was clear that something wasn't right now. Twilight then started to realize. ...

"What's wrong? Where's Nagisa?"

~~

Back in Hinano's home, Envy awaited just outside, waiting right by the door for Nagisa to be finished. Thanks to him he knew the entire plan, and he seemed a bit unsure about it for Nagisa's sake. Eventually though, Nagisa Shiota was outside and met up with him, though it wasn't exactly the same Nagisa Shiota Envy met with that morning. It took some effort on Envy's part to help, but eventually Nagisa looked like ... well, him. Wearing Envy's old clothes, and even styling his hair to the darker black, Nagisa looked almost exactly like Envy, the only exception being the hair being a bit smaller, but it could easily be overlooked for everything else. They even got some lenses in his eyes so they appeared purple instead of blue. Nagisa felt a little embarrassed for the outfit choice, but kept that bottled up inside him, as he gave himself one more spot check.

"Ok, how do I look? Think I can pull you off?" Nagisa asked, looking over his shoulder to see the back of him.

"It fits you surprisingly well, I can't lie," Envy admitted, surprised himself as to how well Nagisa actually looked to mirroring him. Though he wasn't wearing it for the hell of it, there was a plan to work with, and Nagisa checked the time once again just to be sure.

"There's still half an hour left, so it'll leave me enough time to get there. You just wait inside," Nagisa concluded. And with this look, he felt confident he could get it pulled off. Nagisa himself took a look at the list, which he had marked off a few more times down to the wire, and soon not much of it was left. Only a basic instruction and the deadline time. Envy did as he said, and went back inside the house, giving Nagisa one more look before closing the door. Nagisa sighed, and just got ready to go when -

"NAGISA!"

Even if it was still school, the others just had to catch him. Aladdin managed to get Ed, Al, Twilight, and Pinkie Pie on the level, unable to find the rest of the group in time, nor did he have enough time to even look. Nagisa sighed, and at least had the option at the ready for if they were to show up before he left.

"Hey guys. So, what do you think? Look good?"

"Yes, but I think you're crazy, you can't do this!" Pinkie straight up said, summing up the whole situation pretty good. Nagisa sighed. Leave it to Aladdin to get the word out quickly enough like this. Nagisa showed them the plan next.

"Everything will be okay," Nagisa insisted.

"How do you know? And why this of all things, cosplaying won't stop them!" Edward said.

"Yeah, you look exactly like him, but why?! You don't even know what'll happen! ... Do you?" Pinkie added, her tone shifting very quickly on the last question.

"As a matter of fact, I do. Look, last night I got an extremely detailed vision, down to even the time. If this plan works, it'll help everyone out, I -"

"Nagisa!" Twilight suddenly shouted, "Don't do this, please, we all thought you died already, we can't bare to lose you again!" Nagisa paused and remembered that trouble, and how long he was actually gone for with that kind of thought in their heads.

"If this works, you won't have to. Besides, I don't want any of you caught up in it either. Read it," Nagisa insisted, and so they did. The plan was detailed very well, whatever vision Nagisa had making it so up to a point, and they did notice one sort of detail that did come across as at least a reason.

He'll want no witnesses to anything. Be sure to go alone, otherwise they'll be killed.

"... Rather blunt, huh?" Pinkie said, though for once she wasn't trying to make it funny.

"You mean we'll die if we show up with you?"

"Why do you think I had Aladdin tell you instead of me? At least then I might've been and gone before you got to me."

"Come on, we can handle it, really! Don't treat us like we can't!" Edward snapped. Nagisa sighed again, and saw his point but he really didn't want to take the chance with any of them, not even Alphonse.

"Listen, I know it sounds selfish to keep you all back, especially after how much you all did, but ..."

"But ...?" Twilight asked.

"... But, I don't want to watch my friends be killed. If it does all work out and one of you dies, I'll never forgive myself for it. So, the best thing any of you could do is wait until it's over. Ok?"
There was a silence that hung in the air after that as they all considered the plan given to them, and the one that Nagisa worked enough time into to make it fool-proof. However, with this being a future vision they were talking about, just how big of a risk was it? Ed and Al were Very unsure about it, but Twilight and Pinkie both were slowly starting to see just how sure Nagisa was. Similar to his decision to fight Tirek and Gluttony before, similar to when he ran off to finish off Pluton even. ... All Twilight did was nod her head.

"Ok. ... I trust you."

"I promise I'll come back." Nagisa's final statement came with him turning around and starting to go off on his way. As he went, a thought then struck him again concerning what Twilight said. He thought she was gone too at one point, and she spent enough time looking for him.

"Wait. ... One more thing. You know, just in case if something happens," Nagisa said, turning around and starting to walk up to them. ...

"Nagisa, I trust you enough, don't say -"

Then he did it. After too long in his mind, he finally did it. He was right in front of Twilight Kagayaki. ...

A kiss.

Right on her lips, and Nagisa kept it there for three full seconds. The shock from Ed, Al, and Pinkie were more than enough to see just how big this was. Twilight grew flustered, eyes wide and in shock at the kiss being given to her, and she didn't know what to say. Nagisa looked Twilight in the eyes for once more before he turned away, and raced off out of sight.

"Nagisa ..."

.......

Pretty soon, and it took a good while, but eventually Nagisa managed to find his destination for this deadline to take place. It was secluded as expected, over off in the outskirts of Tokyo, just by a streetlight. No one seemed to be around anywhere except for himself, and with the disguise all set and just him there, Nagisa had everything figured out. He looked to his list one more time, before crumbling it in his hand and tossed it aside. The list was practically done anyway, and with silence, his mind went back to what he just did, namely kissing Twilight.

"I didn't miss that chance. ... No regrets now," Nagisa thought, as he took a look once more at his time. It was just down to seconds now.

"Five ... four ... three ... two ... cue Pride Homunculus."

"Hello Envy. I found you."

And right on time. Nagisa made sure to keep quiet just in case they would hear him. If either one did that, then the cover would be pointless. After all, he can't change his voice no matter what they did to him. As for the Homunculus, as he thought, it turned out to be Selim Bradley Pride, and he wasn't hiding his Homunculus side this time, with the physical body there and the huge Homunculus form slowly seeping out towards him. Pride grinned.

"Quiet today? Very well. It was nice for Gluttony to tell us about you. And here I was thinking you've actually perished in the Pluton incident. Yet, here you are," Pride explained, as Nagisa felt his shadows creep up his body, a tiny hand actually giving a slight cut on his face, showing that they were more than just shadows. Any move now and he could be sliced to pieces. Still, he didn't say a word to him, Pride clearly buying into the disguise good enough. He could even feel himself being lifted off the ground by these same shadows.

"Don't take this personal, Envy, Sombra's orders. come on then," Pride said. As Pride crept into the alleyway where he came in, Nagisa realized that there was another symbol written out on the wall, but not a demonic star or any Homunculi Ouroboros, but instead an eye inside a triangle, within a circle. All Envy needed to do was press his hand onto it for it to activate, glowing a orange color before an outlime of a door appeared, one to fit inside easily.

"So that's how they're coming here," Nagisa thought. And the alchemic symbol didn't look too complicated either, so he kept that in mind. Pride first moved Nagisa through the portal, his Homunculus body flowing inside as the physical body walked in. ...

"NO YOU DON'T!"

"Oh great, more trouble," Pride realized, looking back behind him and seeing that Edward and Alphonse actually caught up with him. Not something Nagisa wanted to see, but lucky for him, Pride wanted to get through more than kill them right now. He got his catch, and it was time to head home, but Edward and Alphonse weren't going to give up so quickly, and they actually managed to grab hold of one part of Pride's shadow form, pulling back as hard as they could!

"Let go!" Pride demanded.

"No way, give him up!" Edward demanded back. Pride was a lot stronger though and charged his entire body through the portal, and Ed and Al felt themselves actually bring dragged into it! Pride was honestly having enough with them both and, using the shadow part holding Nagisa, he swung him right at them.

Then it's lights out for Ed and Nagisa.

~~

.......

"Brother? Brother, you okay?"

Ed needed a minute to get himself waking up again, but when he opened his eyes, his body was actually inside Al's armor. Though he couldn't entirely grasp what actually happened at first, but he wasted no time in getting himself out, pushing open the chest plate to see where they actually were. He and Al could guess that they weren't back in their world anymore, but where'd they end up was the real question. To start, they weren't back in any street, but instead appearing to have crash-landed inside some sort of castle, and Ed could see he hadn't been out for very long, since they were still in the presence of a smashed window from where they fell in. The sky outside surely looked different from the typical bright blue winter sky back home. Guess Pride dragged them down here rather than killed them. Either that or their souls ended up here.

"What happened, Al? Where are we?"

"I think we're in the Underworld."

"WHAT?! YOU MEAN WE'RE DEAD?!"

"Brother, hush. No, I think that Homunculus dragged us down here. I tried to get him, but he was too strong for me. I'm sorry," Alphonse said. Edward sighed and got himself out of Al's armor, standing up along with him.

"Look, let's just fine him. He's gotta be here somewhere."

*grrrr*

Well, they had company. Ed and Al turned and sure enough, the local Houndoom pack had found them, all of them growling and baring their deadly teeth at them. Not even a minute here and they're already found out by the security. Ed would normally fight, but he saw what demons could do, and when he saw one of them snort out smoke, both brothers got to the same conclusion. One of them immediately jumped at them, and almost bit Ed, who jumped up onto Alphonse as he raced off for it.

"Run, Al!"

"I don't know where we're going!"

"Better than getting killed!"

.......

"Rise and shine, Envy, welcome back."

Off isolated from much of the other parts of the palace, Nagisa woke himself up on the surprisingly soothing voice and he found himself in a rather rough spot. Getting knocked out wasn't part of the plan unfortunately, but it didn't feel like it was too far off from the vision itself. His body wasn't just bounded and gagged, but instead he found himself chained up and stuck on a suspended stone pillar, held up by other chains from the ceiling. The room was dimly lit up, the floor seemingly covered in some sort of metal tubes, like roots. He wasn't alone either though as he looked around: Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Chrysalis, Gaara, and even King Bradley were present, all looking up to him. A pretty decent crowd for this little execution, but he felt his heart sink when he saw Gaara sitting there of all people. Honestly he was beside himself on that one. Nagisa tested the chains, but he could barely even budge with how tight they were around his frame.

"Everyone's here," Nagisa thought.

"Still not a word? Did someone rip out your tongue too?" Chrysalis cooed.

"I wouldn't be too surprised, but then again he would've grown it back by now. Why not just kill him and be done with it?" Gaara suggested, though he could care less about what happened to Envy, so long as it was out of the way so his own problem could be done.

"We can't do that! Don't worry Envy, soon as that human body is taken care of, you'll be a Homunculus again in no time!" Gluttony promised. It did sound like good intentions, but that made Nagisa more trembling. He found the reason that they captured "Envy" anyway, and it seemed to be on Gluttony's head as the real Envy had said.

"Indeed, Envy. It'll only hurt for a moment," said Lust. Apparently Envy did lose his tongue because Nagisa refused to say anything again.

"Stubborn, isn't he?" Bradley commented.

"He's usually like that in revenge. Guess your little game of capturing him gave him a new grudge," Lust stated. It would be something Envy would get pissed off about, but Bradley and Pride both knew that they let him out as well not long after Pride showed himself, so it wasn't too big of a deal. Chrysalis then decided to tease him a little bit, and went right up to him.

"What's the matter Envy? Don't feel up for talking to anyone today? Maybe you'll be more talkative after we're done here," Chrysalis said, Nagisa still not answering. All of a sudden they heard more footsteps off further away, as one more figure moved up to the light. Nagisa's first true encounter with Sombra.

"Hello Homunculus. Gaara, Chrysalis. Seemed you did get him from what I hear," said Sombra.

"He practically gave himself up when I found him. Must be glad to see us," Pride said. Sombra went over and looked up to Nagisa for a moment or two, seeing what everyone thought was Envy being up there and suspended. Though he doubt that he would be happy since he put him in such a spot in the first place.

"Right. ... And no one else saw you, right Pride?"

"Some pathetic kids found me, but I took care of them."

"Hope you did. ... don't worry Envy, this'll only be for a moment," Sombra confirmed. That was what Nagisa was afraid of, but when he heard what Pride had said, his heart sank. What else could 'took care of them' meant in terms to his friends? Just the thing he didn't want to happen. Anyway, with a signal from a snap of his fingers, something then started to show up from the floor under him. An intense heat began to bellow out from under his feet, and when he looked down, a lava floor was suddenly shown right under him, all in a huge stone bowl, big enough to put the entire pillar inside. The light from the lava shaded Nagisa's body a bit, everyone else looking on from below and waiting for "Envy" to be boiled up for the Homunculus process to start, as the pillar started to descend.

"This is it. Just like it was said. Goodbye everyone ..."

...

"Hold on!"

Suddenly everything stopped. The pillar stopped moving, but the lava pit remained where it was underneath him. What made Sombra stop?

"Hold on? Hold on what, don't you want Envy to return to normal?" Gluttony asked.

"Just a minute," Sombra said. Then he ordered the pit to close shut, and the pillar dropped all the way down to the ground, at their level. Sombra went right up to him, and his eyes skewered through him during his examination. Nagisa kept his eyes onto Sombra, but he didn't feel too worried, if not a bit unsure.

"Hurry up, will you?" Gaara demanded. Sombra just ignored him, his hand starting to look him over. He moved some of his hair for a bit, and looked right into his eyes.

"... wait a minute ... you're not - ..."

Suddenly, Sombra brought his hands right up to Nagisa's eyes, and in a quick move, the lenses were actually tossed out of his eyes and thrown back over to the others. Now Nagisa looked to Sombra with his true eyes. Exposed! Sombra actually took a step back, but quickly corrected himself as he allowed everyone else to see what was really going on.

"Nagisa Shiota. Pride, I thought you said you had him," Sombra said sternly, more disappointed than upset. Pride felt himself grow upset himself, but Chrysalis found this especially interesting, and she was right next to him, her breasts right by his face.

"Well look at the hero. How adorable,~" Chrysalis cooed, though Nagisa tried to ignore her, but at least he could talk now.

"Well, so you're Sombra," Nagisa said.

"You were to find out eventually. And you decided to play a deception game too? I have to say though, you did go all out on this one. You did fool even Gluttony here, and he would usually use his smell to figure people out," Sombra noted, glancing back at the now shocked Gluttony. Nagisa realized he was right: amongst other things, scent was something he couldn't hide either, and somehow Gluttony didn't figure him out from that.

"The hell?! What're you doing here?"

"I was about to ask you that, Gaara! Why're you working for him now?" Nagisa questioned. Gaara rolled his eyes.

"We made a deal, that's why, and Sombra here's been a bit distracted in you know what," Gaara made clear. Nagisa felt betrayed. The more times it was brought up, the more under pressure Sombra felt about it, but that wasn't the bigger issue for the moment.

"W-Where's Envy?! Please, I miss him so much, why did you have to take his place, I want my Envy back!" Gluttony pleaded.

"You really going to start pleading the enemy, Gluttony?" Gaara questioned.

"YES! Envy lost his body for the longest time and I want my Envy back!" Gluttony added. That's when Nagisa got an idea.

"Lost his body?" Nagisa asked, sounding confused. He had to keep his courage up.

"If you have to know, Envy lost his body and powers because Pluton destroyed his Homunculus body. There's barely any power in that stone left," blabbered on Chrysalis. Sombra felt a cringe come up for her open-mouthed nature, but it seemed to be fair enough. Nagisa didn't exactly see what had happened to Envy himself anyway, and whoever did wasn't even there so he didn't feel too worried about it. As far as he knew ...

"Time to turn the tables," Nagisa thought. If there was a time to do something, it had to be now that everyone was there, looking up to Sombra.

"We both know none of that is true," Nagisa stated firmly, but Sombra's gaze was starting to humble him a little bit.

"Not true? Envy lost his body after Pluton's attack, there's no denying that," Sombra repeated.

"Says the demon who tore out his Philosopher's stone and the witch who drained his power in the first place!" Nagisa yelled, making sure he was heard by those nearby.

"YOU WHAT?!" Gluttony gasped. Now it was out, and Sombra felt a stab go through him when Nagisa said that. He and Chrysalis now had Lust and Gluttony angry with them, but with a simple motion of his head, Pride grew active and suddenly had them both bounded.

"Ok, fine. I did remove the stone, and yes plans of removing the original power from him had been done. In fact, Chrysalis has it right here. But do understand you two, that pure Homunculi such as yourselves can easily be replaced at anytime. Envy's number simply came up, that's all. ... That, and Nagisa simply brought it up so he could get himself out of this with your help, and I know you won't do that while I'm standing here. Isn't that right, Nagisa?"

"He's good," Nagisa thought, though his face basically said that as well. He didn't expect Sombra to be so calm and open about it after all.

"I must admit though, I am confused. A plan like this isn't without an escape plan, or a reason. Would you care to tell us why you did this?"

"What's the point on telling you?" Nagisa asked, not looking at him, just for Sombra to gently move his head so he was eye to eye with him.

"Don't tell me you came into this plan without a backup," Sombra said, actually sounding a bit disappointed in him for not thinking it through.

"... I didn't expect to be found out, for one thing. But when they find out I'm gone, they'll never stop until they take you down. ... My friends will make sure of that. ..."

"What would the point be? To bring you back to life? Revenge has always been meaningless, and yet you humans always think that should always be something to toss your own lives away for. If any of them were smart they won't even bother," Bradley said coldly.

"You think they won't?" Nagisa growled.

"We can't expect everything, Nagisa, you should know that by now. All the same though, while appearing noble of you to toss yourself in like this, you put yourself in a situation where you don't have a single advantage: several powerful creatures are here, myself included, you have no weapon on you to escape, and even if you could you don't know how to get back to your world, so in a way, you're trapped anyhow. And one more thing: your friends don't know how to get here either. ... Easier on myself, of course, but I was hoping our game would last a while longer."

Then the floor opened up once more. His talk was done, and he had nothing more to say to him, and Nagisa was raised up once again. Far as he knew, this was it, and for sure this time regardless if he was

"B-But wait, but Envy -"

"Gluttony, Lust, you'll get a new Envy in due time. It's no carbon copy, but you'll get one soon enough," Sombra said, just to try and calm them down. Chrysalis found that a bug, but Gluttony started to feel relieved. Lust was still indifferent about it though.

"... No regrets ..."

"SOMBRA! SOMBRA! WHERE'RE YOU!"

Again, cut short. This time, it was one of Sombra's guards rushing in from the gloom. Now wasn't the time for another messenger to rush on in and halt everything. The demon skidded to a halt.

"What is it now?" Sombra asked.

"Sombra, my lord, we got a situation here!"

"Already taking care of it."

"Not that, we got invaders! They're running amok -"

"Coming through!"

Suddenly, blue sparks flashed up like crazy, a gate suddenly being made on the wall before one fullmetal alchemist shoved them right open, knocking the guard back and Edward and Alphonse rushed in!

"You just said you took care of them, Pride."

"We'll handle them right now," Pride said, his Homunculus form rushing for them both. However, being hyped up, Edward wasn't having any of it and focused his strongest Alchemic power and the entire room was effected by an alchemic ground wave! A wall of metal launched forward, and everyone was forced to move back from that. Nagisa was glad they were still alive, if not shocked they still were. Alphonse quickly saw what was happening, and he rushed right in, using his strength to ram the bowl over and pouring out the lava into the room, forcing much of them back again.

"Al, give me a boost up!" Edward said. Getting in position, Edward landed in his hands, and Al launched him up high enough to get him onto the pillar and right next to Nagisa.

"You two are alive? I thought Pride had finished you off," Nagisa said.

"He was in a hurry, now time to get out of here," Edward said, using his alchemy again on his arm to turn it into a knife, and cutting through the chains keeping Nagisa there. Pretty soon, Nagisa was free, and both he and Ed dropped down to their level, avoiding the lava on the floor as they did so. It wasn't what Nagisa had in mind, but they didn't have much time to think about it, especially with the big guys standing right there. Bradley saw them first, and actually got himself around the lava and rushing right at them. Ed had to duck so Bradley wouldn't immediately skewer his head with the sword. If he didn't believe that he wasn't a Homunculus before, seeing his eye made all that more obvious.

"B-Bradley, what're you doing?!"

"Not Bradley. I am Wrath the furious, and now you two are getting to be a bother," said Bradley, or Wrath as he put it, before he rushed at them again. Ed and Al didn't come here for a fight, but Wrath charged in fast with the sword out to try and get them. Wanting to get them safe, Alphonse jumped in the way and took the brutal stab, getting him in the arm.

"Al, come on!" Nagisa called.

"Why're you doing this? So many people respect you back at home, why're you throwing all that away?" Alphonse asked, making sure the sword stayed and that he couldn't pull it out again for the moment.

"You think it would matter too much if the leader of Amestris would end up gone? I didn't rule Amestris when it was founded, and I'm sure as hell am not going to continuing ruling forever. It's time you humans start working for yourselves," Wrath said, forcefully pulling out his sword form Alphonse's arm, ripping out a good chunk of metal from it as well, actually enough to tear his arm off! Alphonse had to grab it and rush off before Wrath could finish him off, and soon the trio raced out.

"Don't just stand there, come on!" Sombra ordered, giving chase after them. Wrath, Chrysalis, Gluttony, and Pride ended up going off after them, leaving just Gaara and Lust there, left to ponder what just happened.

.......

Meanwhile, Edward, Alphonse and Nagisa were racing through the halls of the castle, each one of them knowing that danger was just behind them. Slowing down now, and they'll be in more than enough trouble. Since none of them actually knew about the castle, they really weren't sure where they were going, but so long as they were out of reach from the demons chasing them they should be fine. As they went, Alphonse and Edward both saw a the window where they crashed in.

"This way!" Ed said, ready to rush out. Before they could reach it though, Pride's Homunculus body managed to block off their exit.

"Not so fast, you trespassers," Pride hissed, the three bolting on aside before the body could grab them. So much for the easy route. They needed to gain some distance between themselves and the crowd behind them, so Edward took the initiative, clapped his hands together, spun around, and his alchemy created a thick wall right behind them, cutting off their path. The demonic group skidded to a stop, the wall not even Pride's body could break through.

"Thanks, Ed," Nagisa said.

"Thank me when we get back," Edward said, the three running off. As long as they were blocked off, this gave them a head start to wherever their next exit would be. As they kept going though, the hellhounds from before could be heard ahead of them.

"In here!" Nagisa quickly said. Little option, the three found another room to go into, and they quickly got right inside before the horde of hounds could see them. They also made sure to lock the door so they couldn't get in there.

"There, we should be safe right now," Alphonse said. It was then the three took a look around where they actually were. The room turned out to be Sombra's study, a number of books in his personalized library with a large window at the back of the room. A rather odd place to end up, but it didn't matter much for Ed and Al in the end of it, as Ed immediately went to the window, opening it up.

"Great, an exit, let's get outta here - WHOA!"

... Just to find out they were stories high. Nope, they weren't going to get out of this place anytime soon, at least not through any window. None of them could fly, nor had any method to get down safely so that was out of the question. Nagisa looked around the study room for just a moment or two, actyually rushing around the room for a bit, but couldn't find a way out. When he stopped after a short bit, he started to remember something, which included how Ed and Al got into the room to save him.

"Ed, Al, I got an idea."

"Well, on with it, the king's onto us!" Alphonse said.

"Before I got pulled here I saw Pride making a symbol to open a portal from there to here. You're an alchemist, Ed, maybe we can do the same to get back home!"

"I'm up for anything, what do we do?" Ed asked.

"Ed, you need to make a blood symbol on the wall there, make a eye within a triangle and in a circle," Nagisa instructed, working off memory. There was little time to actually figure anything out, but before they could even start, a huge yell and a bang struck the door, freaking them out.

"OPEN UP, ALCHEMISTS! GLUTTONY'S HUNGRY!" roared Gluttony, making them freaked out. Ed rushed off to get the symbol started, as Nagisa and Al tried to keep the door shut. Ed was already a bit cut up from Pride, so he used his own blood to do the job, working out what he had as best he could do. The longer it took though, the more forceful the door was being hit so they could get in. Alphonse and Nagisa were having more and more trouble keeping that door shut, even if the door was locked. One hit even knocked them back, and forced the lock off of the door, but both quickly pushed the door shut before any could get in. As for Ed, he had to work fast, and soon he got the symbol made up on the wall. Hearing them fall made him even more desperate to get out, and he clasped his hands together, and forced it onto the symbol.

The symbol started to glow again, this time the same colors as his sparks, and the portal was starting to open up.

"IT WORKED, MOVE IT!" Edward called, the others seeing the portal being made. Al shoved the door one more time and both he and Nagisa made a bolt for it. The trio just made it through the portal as the door was broken open, Gluttony charging in with mouth wide open ready to bite. The portal closed up behind them on the Tartarus end, and all Gluttony got to eat was the wall.

~~

Opening up on the other end, Edward, Alphonse, and Nagisa got themselves back to where it started, and the trio stumbled out back in the outskirts of Tokyo. Bruised up, slightly battered, but they all were alive at the end of it all. With everything that just happened, they needed a minute to recollect themselves, Ed and Nagisa breathing heavily.

"Told you we could handle it," Edward finally said.

"Yeah. You're right there. ..."

"NAGISA! EDWARD!"

Soon, the rest of their group had finally come back around, Envy included, just to find Ed, Al, and Nagisa alright. Tired, but triumphant.

"Nagisa, you're alive!" Aladdin beamed.

"And still pulling off Envy too," Karma added.

"NAGISA!" Pinkie cried, suddenly tackling Nagisa in her signature hugs. Ed and Al were alright too, and were helped up to their feet.

"Yeah. That should be the last one too, so you're safe Envy," Nagisa said, slightly strained by Pinkie's hug. Eventually Pinkie let go of him. It was then that Nagisa spotted Twilight standing there. Considering what just happened between him and her before this all happened, and he wasn't sure what to really say, but before he could think of what, Twilight was right in front of him, and hugged him tightly.

"Don't scare me like that!" Twilight said, tears of joy flowing from her eyes. Nagisa returned the hug himself, but eventually the others started thinking about what he actually did.

"Nagisa? I'm sure we're all thinking it at this point so I'll just ask: why did you feel you had to do it by yourself?" Ciel questioned. That was indeed a question on everyone's mind, or at least those who didn't get shown the plan. Nagisa sighed, and faced his friends.

"I didn't want any of you to get killed, that's all. I was sure that any of you would be if you came with me ... though, guess that was proven wrong, right Ed?" Nagisa admitted, Edward nodding his head.

"Thanks so much for saving him, Ed, you and Al are lifesavers!" said Aladdin, hugging Ed actually he was so happy.

"Don't sweat it," Ed said with a grin.

"All the same, Nagisa, I could understand if there was some sort of advantage to it, but from what I get, you ended up with nothing," Ciel stated, thinking it over. That was when Nagisa smirked, and his hand actually went into his shirt, and he pulled something out of it. They could say it was leading to nothing, but turned out Nagisa proved them wrong on that himself: it showed what looked like a thin book, a slip of paper sticking out of it along with a small stone.

"What's this?" Ciel questioned, Nagisa giving him the objects. Ed and Al didn't see that stuff with them since they showed up, so finding them with him was a bit of an odd thing to find.

"Oh, just an Underworld Atlas, a portal spell from one of Sombra's books, and a small Philosopher stone. Got those things while we were stuck in Sombra's personal study."

"WHAT?! Let me see!" Blair said, quickly grabbing the atlas book from Ciel and looking it over. Turned out he was right: many pages of different parts of the Underworld, Tartarus included, and the portal spell was what Ed had just used for them to escape, now more detailed on how it works and how to use it. As for the small stone, it wasn't very big and sat in the palm of Nagisa's hand, which he gave to the one who knew best how to use it, putting it in Envy's hands.

"Here you go, Envy. Maybe you can make some good use of it," Nagisa said, Envy quietly looking to the stone Nagisa managed to grab.

"These maps are pretty detailed. could be very useful," Ciel noted.

"That's sugarcoating it: you know how hard it is to get one of these? We got several kingdoms all mapped out in our hands now!" Blair said, excited.

"That's why I got them. It won't be too long until we'll probably end up in the Underworld, so if we got something like this to get us prepared before we do, then it'll make it easier," Nagisa explained.

"So let me get this right: your plan was to disguise yourself as Envy, get taken by Pride, and penetrate Sombra's castle in order to get us some big info on the Underworld?"

"Well ... Yeah. Sorry for not -"

"Sorry? You crazy son of a bitch, you got more balls than any of us. And look what we got, we're leagues ahead of Sombra with this stuff now. Any other stuff you've figured out while there or what?" Karma asked, sounded interested actually.

"Well, he was right about Bradley; he nearly killed us while we tried getting out!" Edward said.

"Not just him. Gaara's now working for him too. He looked ready to see Envy die much like the others were," Nagisa added. The same kid who helped him get strong was working for the demon he was fighting against. Then he turned to Envy.

"Oh, and one thing, Envy? They know how you really turned into a human now."

"What?! Why'd you have to tell them that?!"

"Envy, They were planning on killing you by dumping you in a lava pit," Nagisa protested.

"... Nevermind."

"Yeah. Gluttony and Lust looked more than shocked after it was found out too. I don't know what that'll lead to for them, but we'll see," Nagisa admitted. The future vision didn't get that far, so it was anyone's guess. Sombra and Chrysalis kept Envy's lie so they could stay in line, so now that they know what actually happened, it could mean a number of things. But, everything was explained, and in the end, while a bit of a stumble, they all were still alive and still together. They stopped Gakuho, Karasu had been stopped, and now Nagisa saved Envy from death too. Twilight went to his side, and both of them smiled to eachother. As they started to head off back, Nagisa had one thought in mind.

"There. ... Lugia. I did it."