Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

Blair, as a cat, was taking a snooze over on Karma's couch when Karma said the news out loud. It had been a bit quiet though for her tastes, as she hadn't heard a thing out of Karma in about an hour.

"Nyaa, Karma, what's keeping you?" Blair yawned, before she got up and hopped off the couch. She really wanted to do something, and Karma was the closest person in the house. So, she went right from the couch and right up to Karma's room. Maybe Karma could spice up her day.

"Karma.~ I'm bored, can we - ... what the?"

Well, Blair didn't expect this. Looking in just outside Karma's door, the redhead bad boy was ... looking over dresses. He had two supposed dresses on hangers, and he was actually comparing them both in a mirror, one a lighter red and the other a darker red. A bit of a favor by Pinkie Pie, who actually left him the present earlier that day, so he might as well at least try something here. His behavior here was so ... foreign to Blair, as Karma turned to her.

"Oh, Blair, hey. Say, which one you think fits me more? I'm leaning towards the blood red one myself," Karma said, holding up the dresses. Blair just stared wide-eyed.

"... You cross-dress?" Karma got two and two together pretty quickly.

"Oh right, you never heard of the New Years festival have ya? Here, Pinkie got you one of these too," Karma said, pulling out a similar dress for Blair to wear, this one deep dark purple. Blair got covered in the thing, but as funny as it would be for Karma to be in a dress, it was still confusing.

"New Years Festival? What's that about, and what does it got to do with these dresses?" Blair asked, pulling herself out from under the dress.

"First off, they're kimono garments not dresses, and second, you'll figure it out this weekend. Besides, everyone in our group's gonna have one, so why fight it?" Karma explained, comparing the kimonos again until he decided on the blood red and left the lighter red one on the bed. Blair started to think about it a little bit, and then realized something.

"So that means Nagisa's going to embrace his inner girl again?" Blair giggled, envisioning Nagisa in one of those Kimonos, and acting cute and pretty. Karma realized what she meant, and a cheeky smirk got on his face.

"Ciel's gonna relive the glory days too," Karma stated, imagining him alongside Nagisa in a similar way, as mischievous about the thought as Blair was.

"Remind me to bring my camera."

.......
It had been a while since the group had actually chilled out since Lugia's Future Sight gave Nagisa the visions. It had kept them on edge for quite sometime, but now that they all were handled, it finally gave them all some time to chill out and let things calm down for now. For Nagisa, he took the time to rest up back at home, taking a nap on his couch after going through everything that had happened. His crazy run in with the Homunculus and demons during his disguise affair gave him more than enough of a reason to try and calm down. As Nagisa was doing that, Aladdin was quietly playing the vessel like the instrument it was shaped off. It didn't bother Nagisa much, and in fact helped him rest a bit, left with his inner monologues.

"Nice for Aladdin to be playing that thing. Seriously it would be too quiet after everything that happened, I wouldn't be able to even relax right now. It's almost been an entire year, and so much had happened to me and my friends. Homunculus, Phantomhive, the Elric Brothers, these Tartarus Demons, the Angels of Elysium. And to think we're still not over yet. Those bounties Celestia tasked us to, Winry Armstrong joining us, Bradley and Selim being Homunculus, Lugia still being out there somewhere, not to mention Sombra would probably be pissed off when he figures out what I took. ... Wow. Is this really what being a main character feels like? So much accomplished, and yet so much left to do. ..."

*beep**beep**beep*

And then off went his phone. Luckily, Aladdin went off to answer it and allowed Nagisa to stay quiet and resting.

"Hello? ... Yeah he's here, he's trying to chill out. ... Huh? Really? This weekend? Uh I dunno, I've never heard how that works, plus it's two days away, so - ... Oh. Well, I guess I'll ask him, are you going? ... Yeah, Pinkie would do that. she's just trying to make you happy. ... With a history like yours why wouldn't anyone?"

"Who're you talking to, Aladdin?" Nagisa finally asked, turning over to see him talking on the phone.

"It's Ciel. He's asking if you're going to be doing anything for the New Years Festival this weekend," Aladdin explained. Nagisa looked a little surprised, but it only reminded him just how much had been done in one year.

"It's the end of the year already? Wow. Well, sure, no way I'm going to miss it. Tell him I'll be there," Nagisa said.

"He says he's going to be there. ... Ok then. Alright, see you then," after chatting with Ciel, he went on and ended the call. Sometimes it was hard to really figure out someone like Ciel Phantomhive, and at least with someone like Pinkie it was less suspicious and more cute. Aladdin sat down over by Nagisa.

"Sounds like a lot of fun," Aladdin said.

"It's okay to do, especially when nighttime comes. You see, a New Years -"

"I know what it is."

"Oh, you do?"

"Yeah, Heine told me about it one time when we were hearing explosions under Synapse. It sure kept us up for the night."

"He's talking about the fireworks, I bet. With how much light and noise they make on New Years, I'm not surprised," Nagisa thought, just thinking about the yearly fireworks set off for the New Years celebration each year.

"Anyway," Aladdin then added in, "Since this is my first new years in the human world, I can actually take part. ... Uh, is the any rules I should know about?" Aladdin's question was met with some humbleness on his part, him playing with his fingers as he was asking. Nagisa had been to the celebration more than enough times, he knew the ins and outs on how the New Years Festival works. So, he sat up and smiled to his magi friend.

"I'll get you ready. We could use some fun."

~~

For the next two days up to the weekend event, things had been a bit busy for them as things would have it. Even after what had been going on with the world, something like this was something no one in Japan would even dare to pass up in anyway, and in Tokyo it was no different, as with each passing hour of the combined twenty eight hours, the New Years Festival was now up and running. The first ones to begin the New Years tradition was Aladdin and Nagisa, though they both were sure that the others weren't going to be too far behind them, considering the festival wasn't too far away from the urban Tokyo district. Both Nagisa and Aladdin got their own respected Kimono, both blue and fitting them nicely. As they flew along, one would think that the festival itself would be the first spot, but that morning Nagisa had a different idea, and they both instead landed in a more natural area of Tokyo. Eventually they both landed gently over nearby the destination. The place had little people there, despite it being the early morning of this year's last day, and the area in question appeared to be some sort of Japanese shrine.

"So is this the place?"

"Yeah, you got it. Come on," Nagisa said, getting up and starting to walk over towards the shrine. Aladdin followed behind, but he was a bit tired still.

"I know this is a Japanese custom and all, but why do we have to do it so early?" Aladdin yawned.

"I just want to show you how this works before the big crowds come, that's all," Nagisa said. A reasonable answer. It didn't take either of them very long until they reached the shrine itself. They were met by a large arch, and over nearby looked like a sort of display for ... well, something, Aladdin wasn't sure. Looking like wooden blocks to him with some words on them. It was there where they arrived to first, both he and Aladdin holing some of those with them.

"Guess they got a few started already. Ok, Aladdin, did you bring your Votive Tablet?" Nagisa asked. Aladdin nodded, and showed Nagisa his tablet in hand, which he wrote down himself. Nagisa also got his own, and they both looked for a spot to hang theirs up.

"Uh ... there," Nagisa said, hanging his up over at the very center. Hanging there in kanji writing:
I hope the future for me, my friends, and everyone of the three worlds will be great and wonderful.
A future he would surely hope to keep with what's been happening and what had been done so far.

"You know, even with all that has happened, it's nice to get back to some good ol' tradition. I do hope this does come true though. Sure, the demons may be causing problems, but they're not all bad," Nagisa thought, looking at the votive tablet he just hung up. A simple message on the future, yet still one that felt like should be something to hope for. A bright, happy future for everyone. After that, he turned over to see Aladdin trying to find a spot to hang his tablet, until eventually hanging his up just underneath Nagisa's. When Nagisa read it though, he felt his face fluster a little bit.
I wish for Twilight and Nagisa to live a happy life together.

"You like it? You told me you kissed Twilight before, I thought this will help," Aladdin said with a smile. Nagisa couldn't get mad at someone like Aladdin, yet that statement and his Votive Tablet reminded Nagisa of that particular moment, the moment flashing through his mind.

"That kiss. ... I hadn't heard much from Twilight since that happened. Did I go too far?" That thought made Nagisa shiver. He didn't want to make Twilight wary of him because of that, not at all, but without much word about her since he did that. Then again, the tablet was promising a happy future for them both, so, Nagisa just got it under wraps. He didn't want to ruin the whole day because of it, especially so early. He'll figure it out eventually, but for now, it was time for the shrine itself.

"Thoughtful, thanks. Now for the shrine," Nagisa said, he and Aladdin heading over to the shrine itself. How disrespectful would it be to not lend prayers while they're visiting here.

"So now what? do we put another tablet?"

"No, we give our prayers and wishes. Here, watch me," Nagisa said. He turned over to the shrine, and brought his hands together, and started his prayers in silence. Little Aladdin waited to hear anything to do, but Nagisa stayed oddly silent.

"He's got his hands together. Wait, is this an Alchemy trick?!" Aladdin thought, his eyes sparkling on the idea. However, there wasn't really a clue that this was actually Alchemy being used, or any sort of magic for that matter. After a little bit more, Nagisa had finished with his wish, but it left Aladdin confused still.

"There, that's it."

"... What's it? The Alchemy?" Aladdin asked. Nagisa glanced to his hands, and then started to chuckle.

"No, no, it's not alchemy. It's just making a wish to the spirits to receive. Here, you try it," Nagisa offered.

"But you didn't say anything."

"You're not supposed to say your wish during the prayers, otherwise they won't hear you," Nagisa said, remembering the ritual. Aladdin seemed to get it from there.

"OOOHHH, Telepathy. Ok, give me a second," Aladdin said. It wasn't telepathy exactly, but so long as Aladdin did it right, guess it didn't matter. Aladdin brought his hands together and started his own number of wishes to the shrine, and to the supposed telepathic spirits who would be listening. If Nagisa could do it, surely he could. Eagerly he went through them and thought over what wishes to do until he eventually got through one of them.

...

"Hey, Aladdin, Nagisa," said Blair.

Looked like they weren't the only ones who decided to come here. It wasn't everyone, but a fairly good amount: Karma, Blair, Sebastian, Ciel, and ... Twilight. They all were in their respected Kimonos, all in their respected colors as well. Nagisa smiled when he saw them, but Aladdin looked completely shocked.

"Hey guys, coming before the crowds too?" Nagisa asked, rubbing the back of his head as the wide-eyed Magi glanced between the group and the shrine in absolute amazement.

"Correct. A pleasure to see you as well, Nagisa," Sebastian said.

"Blair, you got to try this! You pray your wish and it grants it!" Aladdin suddenly said, super psyched about it with stars in his eyes, grabbing and pulling Blair by the arm to try it out.

"Whoa, whoa, really?" Blair asked, trying to not get dragged on the ground.

"I just did it and it worked! I wished for you guys to come here just moments ago, and look who's here! Come on, you should try it!" Aladdin insisted. Guess those two would be busy with the shrine for a little bit, as Nagisa dealt with the rest of the group.

"So is this one of the required customs, Nagisa?"

"Well yeah, praying to the spirits should give us a good year, you might as well."

"Not what I meant. ..." It was then Ciel looked to the kimono he was wearing, Nagisa quickly getting the idea. It was Karma though that started to get cheeky.

"Come on, those dresses fit you and Nagisa like a glove. No surprise," Karma teased. Ciel got flustered, but tried to keep his pride.

"You should thank your lucky stars that this is customary for this New Years Festival of yours," Ciel griped.

"Now, let's not get irritated straight away, my lord. Come, let's give our respects at the shrine for the moment, shall we?" Sebastian suggested. So he, Ciel, and Karma slipped by Nagisa, and soon it was him and Twilight alone for the moment. Oh boy, he knew he was going to have to get this handled eventually, but at least it was in the morning and not too late. Twilight and Nagisa didn't know what to really say at first, considering their last main encounter involved ... well, a kiss.

"... Morning. Nagisa. ... Nice kimono."

"Oh, uh this old thing? ... Well, thanks. You too. ..."

BOY this was awkward for them, and they both knew why as well. Nagisa tried to get it out of his mind.

"So, where's the others? Ed, Al, Pinkie?"

"Oh them? They're all working with the staff for the festival. Pinkie couldn't help herself," Twilight admitted. That was Pinkie for ya, and when there was a celebration to be had, she was surely going to get involved in making it work.

"Yeah that's her. ... So, uh ... How're things going?" Nagisa asked. Twilight knew why he would ask, she hadn't spoke a word to him in a while since the event with the capture, and she just felt pretty shy about it.

"Eh, alright. S-Sorry I've kinda stopped ... well you know."

"No, no, no, I-it's fine really! ... So ... after here, you want to check on the festival?"

"Oh, sure. Might as well."

Since Nagisa was done with his wishes already, Twilight went by him and went on to do her own ritual with the shrine, which also included adding her own tablet to the display nearby. Guess Nagisa just had to wait, though he was sure Twilight would at least see Aladdin's tablet. Indeed, Twilight did, and her reaction was pretty much the exact same thing as Nagisa was towards it. And all the while, the two unknowingly had a little audience nearby.

"Seriously? The two just kissed and they're still freaking out about the whole thing," Karma quietly noted.

"With the circumstances, it's not too surprising," Ciel sympathized.

"Sure, but look at them, they're an item together!" insisted Blair, and thinking it over they were indeed correct about that. So much time together, and Nagisa even admitted out that he loved Twilight, that kiss only confirming it for the eyes to see. Karma smirked a Korosensei smirk, and got an idea flowing in his head ...

"It's settled then: Let's hook them up."

~~

"And BA-BAM! Look at that!"

Back at the actual festival, things were already getting underway. Plenty of the locals were already up and about as morning turned to midday, and as Twilight said, Pinkie was indeed helping out and taking part in it more deeply than many others aside from the staff. In fact, she even got her own time to set up her own little stand to get some yen off her sweets she spent all night baking. Nearby, Ed and Al were lending their own hand in the event, Edward using some of his alchemy to get some stands set up, having set up about six so far, and finishing up the seventh. You have alchemy that fixes things, might as well use it to get some aid. Alphonse was lending some hand too in the interior set up of the final stand, his strength making preparations pretty easy. While Ed and Pinkie were in their kimonos, all provided by Pinkie Pie, the only exception was Alphonse. Too big.

"That's the last of them," Alphonse said happily, getting out from behind the stand. A good job well done for the games all set up for the whole place.

"Hey, Ed, Al, want a free sample? They're fresh," Pinkie offered, showing them some of her work. At first, they weren't too sure, Edward especially for his brothers sake, but Alphonse didn't want him to feel left out.

"It's okay, brother, go ahead."

"You sure, Al?" Ed asked.

"It's fine, you enjoy yourself," Alphonse insisted. Ed still felt a little reluctant, but in the end he took the free sample of Pinkie Pie's cupcake. Ed took one bite and his eyes shot open.

"H-How could a sweet taste this good?!" he thought. The reaction on his face all Pinkie Pie and Alphonse really needed to see to figure out how he took the sweet. Too bad Alphonse couldn't try it himself thanks to his armor body - armor body equals no mouth, and therefore no need to eat even if he wanted to.

"It's my secret recipe," Pinkie whispered, Ed honestly taking in each bite, the flavors exploding in his mouth with each bite. No cooking back in Amestris even came close to this.
As he was eating his own, the crowds continued going along their way, though some did stop and glance Alphonse's way. As this was going on, another group of friends were heading up and on their way past them: Envy, Nabiku, Nakamura, and Hinano. Why wouldn't they at least try to come in and check things out, and after some convincing, Envy got himself a Kimono, his a bamboo green. Ed, Al, and Pinkie didn't take long to see them.

"Hi, Pinkie. Nice to see you're all set up this year," Hinano noted. However, Pinkie's eyes were focused somewhere else, leaving her almost frazzled. Her eyes were focused over with Envy and Nabiku.

"You okay?" Al asked, the others a little confused.

"Y-You're just the cutest stinking thing," Pinkie squeaked.

"This again?" Envy thought.

"So, you're checking out the festival too Envy?" Al figured.

"Well, I have nothing better to do," said Envy, hands behind his head. Though admittedly he did find it interesting, even by a little bit. Suddenly his face met up with one of Pinkie's cupcakes, which she had another sample at the ready for them, one for each one of them.

"Care for a free sample? Free sample for customer," Pinkie offered, the surprise making Nabiku jump. However, it was a pretty nice gesture from her.

"Why, thank you Pinkie," said Nabiku, who took the cupcake with a grin on her face. Pinkie was sure pleased, as she gave the sample to Envy and Hinano as well. Nabiku and Hinano took their bite, reaction similar to that of Edward, but Envy felt a little reluctant.

"Seriously dude, try it," Nakamura insisted. Envy might as well humor them, and he took a bite out of the treat. ...

"W-What the hell? What flavors, I-is this some sort of magic?!" Envy thought, his taste buds never having a chance to taste such a thing before. It was enough to even give him shivers on his body, it was such a surprise for him. What kind of method was Pinkie using in her goods?! Eventually, they had one other guest soon show up from not too far away, cutting off from the earlier group so he could get the others involved with the situation.

"There you are, been trying to find you guys. See you're out to play too, aren't you Envy?"

"It's Hinano's idea, Karma," Envy insisted, though before Karma could tease any further, Pinkie was suddenly in front of him with a cupcake in hand.

"Hey, Karma, wanna cupcake? Free for first customer?" Pinkie said. Karma then smirked.

"Oh, sure. In fact, make it two, and some designer's choice by your truly can help too," Karma suggested.

"Huh? It's just one," Pinkie said. Karma then gestured her to lean in closer, and he whispered the situation to the pink girl. About five seconds was all she needed to pop back in her stand, and come right back out with an extra cupcake for him, though this one having a blue heart on it. While it was a bit out of nowhere for many of them, but Nakamura found this interesting.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here? So who's the lucky gal getting these, you little heartbreaker?" Nakamura teased.

"Nice try, but not for me. Nagisa Shiota's got his heart out for that Yugure Kagayaki, and since he's still chicken about it, I'm giving him a little boost," Karma said. Ed, Envy, and Al already knew that, bring there when it happened, but the others did find it interesting to figure out.

"So you were right, Envy," Hinano said.

"Damn straight, I wouldn't lie about it," Envy said.

"Hey, how's Nagisa and Yugure doing anyway? We didn't hear too much out from them," Ed asked.

"Aside from being too shy to even look at eachother right, pretty okay," Karma simply stated, finishing up his own cupcake before getting himself ready to head off after Twilight and Nagisa. Nakamura still found it pretty neat herself with this little love game.

"So Nagisa and Yugure are becoming an item now?"

"It was a kiss: since Nagisa planted one on her mouth-to-mouth, she's been nothing but a hot mess," Karma blabbered on, surprising them even further. However, Nakamura sensed Karma's actual motive here, and a similarly cheeky grin grew on her own face.

"I get it. If we could get those two together ..."

"We can tease two lovebirds with one stone," confirmed Karma. Both devilish grins shown on both girl and boy.

"We'll have a shiny new plaything," they both concluded. So it sounded like Karma had an ally to join him in this personal little game of his, though the others weren't entirely enthused by the reason behind it.

"Should we stop them?" Hinano quietly asked.

"We'll see what happens," Envy replied.

~~

Meanwhile, the festival continued going underway. Nagisa, Ciel, Aladdin, Twilight, Sebastian and Blair took time after their visit to the shrine to check out the rest of the festival, seeing what they could do during the celebration. Nagisa and Twilight were still a bit distant with eachother as they went along, which was actually starting to bug Aladdin a little bit.

"Come on, what's the problem? I mean, they were doing so well before, why can't they get along now?" Aladdin wondered.

"Well how would you feel if your friend suddenly gave you a kiss before trying to give himself up?" Ciel asked.

"I'd be overjoyed seeing her again, that's what," Aladdin answered, though Ciel wasn't being too serious about getting a legitimate answer from him.

"You don't get it at all do you? In case you haven't noticed, love is a rather complicated turn of events for anyone in their lives. You really think it can just happen after one little event like that?"

Aladdin was speechless. Was Ciel being true about this? Aladdin tried to think, but so many clues fit in with how they treated each other before, there couldn't be a problem.

"I'm so confused," Aladdin replied in a huff, arms crossed. Ciel groaned, hand to forehead.

"You can be such a child sometimes."

"Wait, but you and I share the same age, don't we?" Aladdin pointed out.

"No, don't be silly! ... I turned thirteen two weeks ago," Ciel corrected. Still not too much on him, but Ciel didn't like being called a child in that kind of insulting way. Aladdin still wasn't all convinced about it, and looked back to Nagisa and Twilight again. Both of them were over by one of the stands to get some snacks for their walk around, but they both could hear their conversation more than enough. Both could only slump about it, as they both knew it wasn't going to be dropped anytime soon. Nagisa felt even more troubled about it, since he was the one who gave Twilight the kiss in the first place.

"God, what have I done? Come on, you can think of something else," Nagisa thought, feeling flustered again. He can't enjoy the festival if they keep bringing this up, especially with what the subject was about. Twilight could see just how flustered Nagisa was actually being about it too, and while she was a bit uncomfortable with all the gossip, she didn't like seeing Nagisa so bothered.

"Pleasant day."

"Ok, thank god," Nagisa thought. They looked over, and there walking over to them was Heine, also taking some time to observe and interact with the festival, though unlike many of them he wasn't in a kimono.

"Ah, Heine Wittgenstein. Been a while since we last spoke with one another," Sebastian said.

"Likewise. I see you're all in the traditional kimonos as well, including you Ciel. Rather interesting tie-in to the tradition, wouldn't you say?" Heine said.

"It's not like I'd wanted to, Heine, let's make that clear," Ciel corrected, which was true on his part at least. He couldn't help it though that it was a "required" thing, even if it made him feel a little silly.

"Are things going better for you at school, Heine? We haven't heard much since you-know-what happened," asked Nagisa.

"It has been a bit fairer; Gakuho gave me an apology after a few days of mental recovery. And I can see your mission went well too, Nagisa?"

"It has gone fairly well: he's still alive, and he's even managed to get a hold of one of Sombra's personal atlases during the visit among other things," Sebastian said, giving Nagisa a breath of fresh air from coming up with anything in that regard.

"A Underworld Atlas. Those are indeed difficult to come by nowadays," Heine noted.

"Told you," Blair commented.

"How're you enjoying the festival, sir?" Aladdin then asked, showing Heine the kimono he was wearing for the event.

"It's rather interesting. I see you've been given your own kimono?"

"Yes I did! guess what, there's this shrine you can visit and it grants wishes for you! I already tried it and look, all my friends are here," Aladdin said with a smile, super psyched about it.

"I see." Heine nodded his head, and then began to walk past them.

"By the by, I saw Karma and Nakamura earlier today looking for you. I do want to warn you: I believe they're scheming something against you and your friend, Nagisa."

"Why wouldn't he?" he and Twilight thought. Why wouldn't Karma try anything malicious after that little venture? Well at least they got a warning about it, and whatever Karma had in mind couldn't be worse than what they've gone through already. After that was shared, Heine went off on his way to check out the shrine. The others were about to go, but Aladdin did find something just inside his collar of the kimono, which looked like a simple letter of sorts.

Aladdin. Concerning the Djinn, meet me by the old Orora High School building. Heine.

"You forgot to look for your Djinn again, didn't you?" Ciel assumed.

"No I didn't, I looked around. I just got distracted by everything that's all," Aladdin insisted. Ciel just sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Well, you can go and see him. We'll meet up later by the docks, ok?" Twilight said. Aladdin figured it was something important if it involved the Djinn in some way, so he at least had to see Heine about that one. He gave a smile.

"Okay, see you guys then. Let me know how it all works out, okay?" and with that, Aladdin ran off to catch up with Heine. They all knew exactly what he was talking about. Again.

~~

Meanwhile, off in another corner of the New Years Festival, Karma, and Nakamura were going around the docks and , to pass the time, checked out some of the extra games to do. After their encounter, they were joined up by Envy, Ed and Al, along with Nabiku and Hinano. The only one who didn't tag along was Pinkie, mainly because she had to deal with her stand. Speaking of stands, there were quite a bit of them lined up along the coast, one of which Envy and Nabiku were actually trying out, which involved some lottery tickets and a few prizes.

"Geesh, where could a couple of lovebirds hide?" wondered Karma, looking around the docks. He even had the cupcake in his hands still, ready to find him and have him give it to his other half.

"Look, I know you two want to get them hitched, but can you find another reason besides making them your own play thing?" Edward asked.

"Yeah, it's nice to get a couple together, but just so you can tease them is a bit selfish," Hinano agreed.

"Good enough for us," Nakamura and Karma said. No that didn't help them much out at all, but before they could go any further about it -

"Oh MY GOD!"

Sounded like Envy was having some trouble nearby. He tried over and over again on the games this stand had to offer, using whatever yen he had on hand to do it, but he just ran dry and he ended up with basically nothing. Without a piece left in his pockets to try again, it seemed this man in charge of it still wasn't doing him any favors, Nabiku trying her best to calm him down.

"Get mad all you want kid, no refunds," the owner said dryly.

"What's going on now?" Ed wondered, walking over to them.

"Envy wanted to try this stand out, but ..." Nabiku didn't really need to finish up her sentence for them all to actually get the idea. Envy tried, failed, and he wouldn't get his money back for any of it. Soon, Nakamura and Karma did a 'rock, paper, scissors' match, and Nakamura ended up winning.

"Ok Envy, three questions: how much did you pay for this, how many times you tried, and what place did you end up in?" Nakamura asked. Envy knew them too well.

"... eight times? fifty yen a piece? and fifth at best?"

"You are hopeless," Nakamura thought, but then the cheeky blonde slipped by them and confronted the owner of the stand. The others stayed back and watched what Nakamura was about to do.

"Sounds like a ripoff to me, maybe even a scam. I suggest you smarten up and give my friend his money back."

"Scam?! Your friend's just got bad luck that's all, no refunds," the owner repeated. Envy looked ticked off to high heaven, but Nakamura actually got a little notebook and pencil in hand, smirking a more cheeky grin.

"Let me see here: my friend didn't score higher than fifth in any of your games. Now, given he's tried eight times in a row, the chances of anyone being fourth of higher, hold on let me give you a concrete figure." Eventually, Nakamura did her fancy math work on the subject until ...

"Oh, look at that, 0.05! I don't think the prices are worth what he spent. If you don't believe my math, we can always ask a cop."

"O-Ok, ok, you can have your money back, just keep quiet," the owner said, caving in to Nakamura's argument. It was shady enough these prize tickets, but if this were to go around then it'll be the end of him! So, acting quickly, Envy got his money back and they went on their way, leaving the owner in a mix of relief and disappointment. Karma and Nakamura shared a high-five moment.

"Nice little trick, Nakamura. Always speak up."

Been a while since they've last seen Korosensei, and the sudden appearance still caught them off guard. They could never get used to that, but at least it was someone who was glad to see em. Like many of the others, Korosensei too had a kimono on him of his own design, not to mention a number of sweets in his tentacles. No way was he going to go to the New Years festival without some sort of sweet on him.

"Korosensei, where'd you come from?!" Alphonse asked.

"Well I was doing a little somethin somethin when I spotted you all under me," Korosensei said. It was then he noticed the cupcake still in his hands. His head turned green-striped when he saw that.

"OOOO, got a little lover K? I always saw you and Rio hooking up," Korosensei giggled.

"It's not for us," Nakamura and Karma stated. BOY did that sound familiar.

"Eh?"

"Just thought of getting a little congratulations gift for Nagisa and Yugure on their little date together," Karma revealed. Korosensei saw exactly what he was talking about, but suddenly his face turned into the purple X, and he snatched the cupcake away.

"Come now, me boy, you gotta do better than that to get those two together," Korosensei said.

"Any tips then?" Karma asked. Korosensei disappeared for a brief moment, and about ten seconds later, the speedy demon returned with a little something for them: it looked like a time schedule, one of which he highlighted for the fireworks later on tonight. The demon also had himself a set of firework rockets, about five per tentacle, and in his mouth looked like plans for some sort of seaside wooden float.

"I'll give you more than that, gang, I got a full plan for the perfect date night for this New Years!" Korosensei announced. And when looking at the plans, the poster, and the fireworks, they all began to figure out what Korosensei was actually getting to.

.......

As plans were continuing over there, Aladdin and Heine made their randezvous at the old 3-E building. It was just Aladdin and Heine there, no one else around to get involved in this little meeting of theirs, and the mission with Aladdin's Djinn. In fact, as if class was still going on, they were inside the classroom, Aladdin sitting in one of the seats as Heine stood at the front of the room.

"Well, Aladdin, I'm glad you could make it. For a start, have you been keeping in mind of your Djinn?" Heine asked, just to be sure if he indeed was or not. Aladdin answered him with a nod of his head.

"I was doing my best, sir," said Aladdin.

"And how well did that end up?" Heine then asked. Aladdin felt a little embarrassed, shifting in his seat.

"Uh, nothing. I-I've been trying, but other things came up ..."

"No need to apologize. In fact ..." Heine then took a piece of chalk, and began to draw something out on the chalkboard. It wasn't exactly writing, but instead some sort of map, and pretty detailed as well. Aladdin watched with some anticipation on what Heine was actually drawing out for them, and once Heine had finished, it turned into a locational map. Not just any spot though, but instead a spot down on earth, which Heine got his attention to with a hit of his pointer to the picture.

"After some time of study, I've took the time to find a probable location for our Djinn," Heine concluded. Aladdin perked up on this sudden news, a smile on his face.

"You found where it is?!"

"The best known spot, according to the human reports I've managed to find," Heine stated, even placing a printed out Japanese paper in regards to the subject, this one talking about some odd sighting just outside a town. This surely made things easier for Aladdin in this little mission of his. As he read it over, Heine walked over to the door, and appeared ready to go.

"The sooner we go, the better," Heine simply stated.

"Wait. Now? Right now?"

"You do want to retrieve your Djinn, don't you?"

"Yes, of course but ... oh, it's my friends, they're waiting for me back at the festival. I can't just ditch them, so ..." Heine knew where he was going with this, and while retrieving the Djinn was important, it would be cruel to just take off on Nagisa and company.

"Go on, we'll meet up after the Festival."

"Yes! Thank you so much, sir!"

And with a quick hug goodbye, Aladdin went right off on his way to rejoin the festival. All Heine did was watch him go with a smile on his face.

~~

Well, throughout the rest of the day from there, things had been pretty busy for a number of them. Nagisa's group just continued going along and enjoying the festival for what it's worth as Karma's group did that along with getting a stage set up for two lovebirds to get comfortable. Nagisa and Twilight both just weren't all in it still, both of them trying to ignore the main problem that everyone else could easily see. They've made the kiss, and now they're acting like odd acquaintances with eachother, which was starting to bug a number of people who support the pairing. Still, they were having a pretty good time, and no demonic attacks or dangers showed up on any of them from here, and throughout the rest of the afternoon and through sunset. With each hour ticking by was an hour closer to the big firework event everyone was looking forward to. The teens of Orora high gave those not in the know their own interpretation of the event, and if even half of it was true, it was something many of them were wanting to see.
It wasn't too long now, half an hour away from the big firework show, and the skies were plenty clear for the big event to start whenever it was ready, and the groups were still going about and doing a number of the activities. Twilight and Nagisa found a moment to themselves as the others were trying out some of the games again. They were off by the docks as they said earlier, and Aladdin was already back with them, not to mention the rest of the group too.

"So how much time do we have left before the fireworks show?" asked Blair.

"Not too long now. Believe me, you'll know when it starts," Karma said.

"To be exact, about twenty or so minutes. And if we remain around here, we'll have a rather excellent view," Sebastian stated, glancing to his pocket-watch.

"Not as excellent as what those two are gonna get," Nakamura said, referring to Twilight and Nagisa nearby.

"What do you mean?" Aladdin inquired.

"Korosensei gave us an offer earlier today, and we thought it would be a nice surprise for those two. Wonder if he's finished yet," Hinano explained.

"Look, that demon fixed up Central in just weeks, I think he'll be done with this by now," Ed said, remembering the reveal back at the time about how quick Korosensei was in repairing the entire city. If anyone could get this done in record time, it would be him.

"But what is "it"?"

"He said he'll show up by now, you'll find out yourself," said Envy.

And Envy wasn't wrong about that either. Twilight and Nagisa could just make out what they were saying from where they were, as much as they'd rather not, but the idea that even Korosensei had something for them due to their little moment did get them a little bit curious. What exactly did a demon like him had in mind for them? It could be anything, though it couldn't be too malicious.

"Three. Two. One."

"Hey, kiddies, how're you doing?"

AND the two couldn't have called it better if they tried. On the one, without milliseconds to spare, Korosensei was back with them, still in his kimono, and happy to see them.

"Hey, Korosensei, what's up with you?" Nagisa asked.

"Not as good as you two," Korosensei giggled. Geesh, there it goes again. Before they could remark about it (if they had anything to say that is), Korosensei was right between the two with his signature grin.

"So, not too long now for the fireworks, eh? Yours truly lend a helping tentacle in the preparations, so I hope you all enjoy."

Twilight looked a bit bemused.

"You didn't put our kiss in the sky for all the world to see did you?" she asked dryly.

"What?! No, no, no, I may be a demon, but really that'll just be cruel!" Korosensei insisted. Well, this demon was no good liar, so they could be sure he was telling the truth anyway, both giving a sigh of relief. It was awkward enough, they didn't need the entire city to know about it right now. However, Korosensei then got the two into his kimono, ready to fly.

"But I did get a little something ready for you two," he giggled, before suddenly flying away with them! The flight was short and quick, and they found themselves off shore and out in the Tokyo bay. Rather than just dropping them in the water, Korosensei actually set up a raft out in the middle of the bay. Fairly big, smoothed out, and set up a but like a picnic, even including a soft blanket for Twilight and Nagisa to relax on. A nice little gesture by the demon.

"So, our own little platform huh?"

"A perfect view for the fireworks. you can have some me-time out here now, so no more awkward moments between you and your company back on shore. Now you two sit back and relax, and I'll pick you up later. See ya!" and with that, Korosensei hopped off their platform and flew back to shore to join the others. Well, neither Nagisa, nor Twilight felt up for swimming back to shore, so they might as well try to relax. At least the others were away from them for the moment so they can at least try to figure things out.
So, minutes ticked by, and eventually Nagisa and Twilight were laying down side by side, and looking up to the sky. For being in a city of lights, the stars above the did shine pretty nicely, as if they were wanting to see the event unfold under them too. With this time alone, they had two options: keep quiet until after the fireworks, or actually touch on what was the main issue. In the end , Twilight chose the latter.

"Uh, Nagisa ... look, I'm sorry for ... well, being quiet these last few days," Twilight said, knowing that it was what Nagisa was thinking about. While it was a part of it, Nagisa shook his head.

"No, don't be. ... I uh, I should be sorry. I was the one who ... well, you know ..."

Twilight looked to him next. This awkwardness had gone on long enough, and she knew that it won't help if it kept up any longer.

"Okay, look. Nagisa, I want to ask you something. ... After you kissed me. Did you think you'll ... come back?" Twilight finally asked. It was an enigma that had been on her mind for a while and only Nagisa would truly know that answer. Nagisa, being alone with just her, decided to just go on with it. He closed his eyes for the moment and remembered that event play out in his mind.

"No. ... At least not right away. At best, I'd get away, but still be trapped in the Underworld. So in a way, I guess I wouldn't be able to escape. ..." Nagisa could feel Twilight's shock on that sort of answer, and he turned to his child friend.

"Nagisa. ..."

"I-I'm very sorry to scare you like that, Twilight. ... I know we've been doing good on these Future Visions, but, Karma barely got out of his alive, so ... I just didn't want any of you getting hurt, you know? My vision stopped when I got captured so who know what would really happen after that?" Nagisa felt beside himself: he wanted them safe, but at what cost to him? And to them for that matter? Lucky for him, Twilight understood why he would do that, and could see he felt sorry for it.

"Nagisa, I understand. You were scared, and so was I ... Why else did you think I had Ed and Al come to help you?" Twilight said. Normally Nagisa would be surprised, but the situation didn't need any reason to be surprised over.

"It was you who asked them to come after me?"

"Yeah, but let's be honest, I'm sure they would've gone after you anyway," Twilight admitted. Nagisa could see that actually, and nodded his head in agreement as they both looked back up at the sky.

"By the way ... I know this is kinda jumping off subject, but, did you see Lugia again when you saw that Future Vision?" Twilight asked. Nagisa nodded.

"No. But ..."

"But what?"

"Well ... Lugia doesn't think any of these Future Visions could be altered in anyway, and he really thinks they're just for show. Well, I have two theories on that: either he doesn't want us to get involved in his problems, or ..."

"If something bad is going to happen, he doesn't want us to trigger it," Twilight concluded. To Nagisa, she was right on the ball on that one. Guess that would explain why Lugia would at least try to keep the idea out of their mind for now, at least it was prolonging the supposed inevitable. Then their thoughts returned to the kiss, and Twilight sat up. ...

"Nagisa Shiota?"

Nagisa sat up himself and turned to face her.

"... That kiss ... well ... how long did you feel that way about me?" Twilight then asked. Nagisa sighed, and thought long back.

"Well, I'll say this. You were the only one who was ever nice to me back at that girls-only academy. ... And it kinda just grew from there. ... Look, I-I'm sorry for jumping at you with that, I-if I could I would stop myself for doing that if I -" suddenly Twilight stopped him talking with a kiss of her own. It was on his cheek rather than his lips, but the effect was still strong enough to make Nagisa stop on the spot.

"Nagisa, why should anyone be sorry for loving someone? I shouldn't have stayed away from you straight afterwards. I guess I gave you the wrong idea huh?"

"I thought I went too far with that," Nagisa admitted.

"You just didn't want to miss your chance. ... To be honest, I would've done the same thing."

"Y-you would?" Nagisa asked, flustered again. Twilight, who was slightly blushing herself just smiled to him and confirmed what she said was true. So, Aladdin was right after all.
And not a moment too soon, they both began to hear something go off high in the sky above them. With flashing colors and epic display, the New Years fireworks started to go off right above them. Oh, Korosensei was right: the fireworks looked amazing from where they were. Now that closure was put on what they were going to do, Twilight and Nagisa laid back down with smiles, and watched the great show above them play out. Then Twilight got an idea herself.

"How does this sound to you: No one said everything has to change after one kiss. We'll take it one step at a time, day by day. No rushing it, no pressure. What do you say?"

"Sounds perfect," Nagisa simply said.