Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

If daytime wasn't harsh inside Abaddon, then nighttime was simply horrible. Many a prisoner still stuck inside, Team Harmony included, had to deal with the constant and distant screams and moans echoing throughout the Underworld Purgatory. The prisoners can wail and moan as much as they wanted, but none of the Imps were going to let them go until their sentence was up. Team Harmony wasn't enjoying any of this, now split up again and dealing with their own brand of Underworld punishment. For Ciel though, being trapped in such a place was hell enough for him. He had gone through all of this before, and this time though, Sebastian was not going to appear around to help him. A bit ironic really. Ciel remained high up in his lone cage, the only company being the sounds of the purgatory itself, none of his team anywhere near him, nor was he even aware that they were in here at all. As he laid there, one of the Imps hopped up onto the cage, turning out to be a trio of green Imps, having his last meal for the night in the form of a bit of bread.

"Last meal for the night, Ciel," one of them said, tossing in the bread to him. However, Ciel was feeling a bit too sick to eat anything.

"He's still not eating?" asked one of the Imps, the other shaking his head.

"Eat up, Ciel!"

"... What's the point? ..."

"Aren't you hungry?"

"Naturally. ... Though I'd rather die than continue living in a horrid place like this," Ciel said. And with how little he ate, that was what he was trying to do. One of the green Imps went over to the front side of the cage, seeing that Ciel looked rather malnourished. The green Imp got this word to the other two, and then one of them began to play a little tune to Ciel. The boy tried to ignore it, but he looked to himself and began to see that his body was regaining muscle and basically turning to normal. If Ciel wasn't gonna eat, then this was gonna have to be the case. Ciel looked to himself with some shock.

"If you want to kill yourself, at least wait until after your sentence," one of the Imps said.

"... Why did you do that?" Ciel asked, turning and looking to them for the first time since his capture.

"It's one of our rules, that's why."

"Bloody bastards," Ciel said. The Imps weren't sure what he was angry about, and with a shrug just left him in there to continue on their patrol through the night. Ciel looked off upwards from his cage, seeing that his cage actually had a view of outside, though way too far away for him to even get to, and just dropping down to the bottom was out of the question, he couldn't see the bottom of it.

"Nowhere to go. ... Damn you, Sebastian. Why'd I ever agree to your hellish term?" Ciel thought through gritted teeth. He should've known a demon would backstab him after a while, he knew he should've. So many years of his power over him, the sense of authority and control were all gone the second Sebastian tasted his soul, and now he had paid the price. Years of dedication, wasted. However, as he tried to think, he began to feel the cage begin to move, but this time no Imps were on it. The chain holding him up began to move his cage downward slightly, and then moving it along through the purgatory on what he assumed would be an assembly belt.

"What now?" Ciel wondered. Eventually, the cage stopped over somewhere a little closer to the ground, or some sort of ground. Ciel wasn't sure what was going on, but suddenly the bottom of the cage opened up and dropped Ciel off, Ciel landing onto the ground with a rough thud. The cage moved off out of sight into the gloom, Ciel left exposed to whatever was down there with him. The ground was cold, and little light at all helped him figure out where he was, or what could be down there with him.

*thud*

Ciel turned around on the noise, though while he couldn't see him, the voice made him realize that Edward had been dropped down with him. And with that thud, it wasn't anymore graceful than Ciel's fall, as he went on over towards him. Seeing his arm and leg missing surely didn't make him feel much better, as Edward spun himself around as best he could do, but he looked ... a little more out of it than usual.

"Elric?"

"A flea. ... A little flea. ... They called me a flea. ..." Ed murmured. not really the worst thing that could happen to somebody, but Edward's little bit of "torture" (quote on quote) still got to him. It didn't help that Edward couldn't even do a thing without his arm and leg on him.

"That's their torture method. Why does that not surprise me?" Ciel sighed.

"Ed? Is that you?"

And not the only one. Ciel and Ed looked on towards the voices. Coming out of the darkened gloom, Ciel could make out a human-like figure, but lucky for him the figure turned out to be a familiar, more friendlier face of Winry Rockbell. Ed would respond, but he was still a bit traumatized in his own way. It took a bit, but Ciel was starting to see the rest of the team now in there with him, each one a bit beaten in their own way, for better or worse.

"So he's got you all trapped in here too? How on earth did he manage that?" asked Ciel, though he was more cynical with that question, as Karma walked over to Edward.

"Let's call it a shitty trick. Hey, Ed, you with us?" Karma asked, looking to Ed.

"A little flea. ... Little flea. ..."

"Permission?"

"Oh, sure," said Twilight, and Karma went on to slap some sense into Ed. It did make him come back around, but still was not any better with his situation. Karma placed him down, and looked around.

"Thanks," Ed simply said.

"Well, anyone wanna take a guess as to what they're gonna do next?" Karma asked, arms crossed. He was about up for anything at this point, and so were everyone else.

"My guess would be interrogation," Winry said after a little bit.

"You sure that's it?" Twilight asked.

"Either that or they grew tired of us," Gaara stated. It really was anyone's guess at this point.

"Correction: I grew tired of you."

All of a sudden, the group found themselves surrounded by conjured flames. none of them reached the group, but walls of fire stood tall and kept them all back. now with the light, they all found the best of the group with them, including Hoopa and Olivier, the only one missing being Alphonse much to Ed's worry. The minute Ciel Phantomhive saw the fire though, the already horrifying place became his trauma incarnated. Flashes of all that torture and horror flashed through his mind, his heart racing and his muscles becoming weak.

"Ciel! Ciel, stay with us!" Twilight quickly said, trying to calm Ciel down. But with the light as well, they found themselves off in a pit of red flesh and teeth, as if they were inside of some monster's mouth. And looking up to the top wall, their visitors looked them down as if they were a bunch of zoo animals.

Chrysalis, the Slicer brothers, and Sombra had come by now. While they did recognize the three from prior events in some way, Chrysalis did look a little bit different: a bit taller, thicker, and looking a bit stronger than before as well.

"Well, would you look at that. All of Team Harmony in one little place. Doesn't that calm you down, a little bit, sweetie?~" Chrysalis cooed. Sombra took a minute to look down at the group down there.

"Well, if it isn't King Sombra. No surprise there," Karma commented.

"A rather convenient way to see you all, I know. and it seemed the rumors about Ciel's pyrophobia hold more than I figured," Sombra noted, looking over to Ciel, who was still freaking out like crazy, eyes wide and terrified of the fire around him. Then Pinkie and Olivier started to talk.

"Keep talking, Sombra, your days are numbered!" Olivier warned.

"Turn down the fire so Ciel can calm down! AND YOUR STYLE SUCKS!" Pinkie yelled.

"Seriously?" Twilight thought. Sombra paused and took a look over to Ciel Phantomhive. ... and actually complied. He kept the fire on, but with some magic focused, the fire dulled down to a more decent flame, giving Ciel some time to gather himself. At this point though, Sombra took a second to count out exactly who was actually there.

"... Slicer? ... Why is she here? And where are the others?" Sombra questioned, giving the slicer brothers a death stare to make a reaper cringe.

"They've disappeared. I went to find them, but they're gone -" and before he could continue, Sombra gave him a good whack in the head, enough to make the head spin for a bit.

"My instructions in detail were to get every single member of Team Harmony and have them in Abaddon, and you've screwed up! What made you think leaving any behind and replacing them with these canaries was a good idea?!" Sombra yelled.

"Canaries?" Winry wondered. Sombra was so close to getting them all, and one slip ruined all of it. Chrysalis went over to him and tried to calm him down.

"It's still a very good score, Sombra, look. We even got a elite angel captured. Would it really make much -"

"YES. YES IT WILL," Sombra hissed.

"We're still here!" called Pinkie. Sombra avoided beating up the hunk of armor for this mess up, and looked back down to who remained, and quickly counted out on who exactly was missing.

"Hmm ... Nagisa. Aladdin. Blair. ... Of course it's him who doesn't get caught." Sombra calmed down enough to make a proper backup plan for this, his future vision starting to come to activate. After a short bit, he calmed down fully with a sigh of relief, much to the trouble of the prisoners.

"Well. We know where he'll try to go. We'll improvise."

"Sombra, if you think you're going to win in the end, you got another thing coming to you! We'll not stop until you're taken down!" Twilight yelled.

"Don't give me that. It'll probably be better for him when he sees you're all still alive in here anyway. ... Besides. Our little game is almost over. Soon as we see what your friends will do once they get here."

"You mean "if" they get here?" Pinkie asked.

"No, when. I know he'll be coming here sometime soon, he won't rest a night until he knows you're all out and safe. He'll sneak in, go around for a little bit, and the minute he sees you all down here, he'll jump in and try to get you out, only to be captured himself. It's pretty straightforward at this point. You all just stand there and look good, then we can go when they're here," Sombra explained, before he began to turn and go off into one of the other halls.

"What makes you say that?" asked Slicer, a little curious.

"I'm a people's person," Sombra simply replied.

.......

Unfortunately, Sombra was correct about one thing: Nagisa and company were indeed on their way towards the prison by the next morning light, and they've made a bit of ground when leaving the tribe off behind them. A good night's sleep to be sure, but unfortunately for Nagisa, it turned out to be just them by the looks of things.

"Didn't you get that turban fixed yet, Aladdin?" Envy asked.

"I'll get it fixed when we get back. If we are close, we won't need to fly," Aladdin answered, though it was a weak one for him not knowing how to sow. As they kept going, Nagisa took a moment to look back to where they walked from, barely seeing too much of the tribe camp, if at all.

"Well, it was worth a shot. We just got to be more alert when we get there," Nagisa thought. If Sombra was waiting for them it would have to be the case (if only he truly knew though).

"Deal with the chief didn't work, eh Nagisa?" Blair suddenly commented, making Nagisa suddenly stop.

"Wait, how'd you know?" Nagisa asked.

"Dude, we heard you yelp last night right next to the door, how could we not hear you?" Takuya pointed out.

"Yeah, kinda hard to miss, especially with that big dog standing there. Besides, Morgiana woke us up anyway the minute you stepped out," Kirara added.

"Oh. Well, sorry, I didn't want to wake you up. I was hoping we could get some extra help from the Fanalis against Sombra," Nagisa answered.

"I'm still here," Morgiana said. Nagisa sighed.

"I know, and thanks for coming. I thought you'd stay with the others, actually," Nagisa admitted. However, Morgiana than grabbed Aladdin by the arm.

"I would, but you need me right now. I'm gonna fight with you," Morgiana firmly stated.

"Good answer there," Nakamura congratulated, before looking off ahead to the terrain of the Great Rift. They could see plenty of grassland still to cross from the hill, but looking further away, Nakamura started to notice a little something out of the ordinary. It looked like a distant rock outcrop, or plateau of sorts.

"Hey Envy, Blair, that the place?" Nakamura asked, as Envy and Blair went up and had a look. They took a moment, but eventually they both smiled.

"That's Abaddon alright!" said Blair.

"Damn it's closer than I thought. At this rate, we'll get there by this afternoon," Envy added.

"Well, what're we waiting for then? Last one there's Hollow bait!" Blair said, before getting a head start on them.

"Hey, wait up!" Aladdin called, running after her. The rest of the group began their run off down after Blair themselves. It won't be too long until they get to Abaddon now. Much to Sombra's delight.

~~

A rather nice run along, one can say, and as afternoon started to approach the Underworld, the Team had actually managed to get to the outskirts of Abaddon in record time. The interior may be horrific, but the exterior of said purgatory made it look much like a start of a cave. A cave with a multitude of demonic activity emanating from it, something that made Nagisa Shiota shiver once they got close to it. With a whole land lacking in demonic activity, this shiver got him more on edge now. Even from the outside, they can see patrols of Imps going around the front, lined up on guard. None of them got caught, thank goodness, and for the moment, they got themselves positioned just behind some foliage, Nagisa Shiota looking over the situation with shivers running through his body. They may be weaker demons, but there was a lot of them in there, not to mention the demon prisoners stuck inside just to add it up.

"Abaddon purgatory. Well, got a point of entry? I'm guessing the front door's not the safest option," Nakamura said, looking over with Nagisa to the guards outside. The Imps looked pretty bored actually, some yawning and even snoozing, but setting off any alarm was NOT going to happen if they can help it. Nagisa turned back to the others, and sat down with Nakamura.

"They got the guards lined up all over the place."

"So let's just shoot them to bits. We can kill a good thirty of those devils in no time," Terasaka said, loading his gun for some action.

"You idiot, don't you shoot, they'll be all over us!" Envy warned in a hiss.

"You have a better idea?" Terasaka asked.

"Yeah, anything but that!"

"Will you two quit complaining? We just gotta find another way in, that's all," Kirara said.

"Ok, like what?"

"There's a tunnel."

The group got quiet and turned to Morgiana, who had her hands on the ground in concentration as they were talking.

"A tunnel that can lead right into Abaddon. The western side, and will lead straight inside," Morgiana informed. Well, convenient, but it'll work out just fine. The others even looked on from their position to where Morgiana described, and low and behold, there was a small opening just in the line of sight. They all stayed quiet and just looked to Morgiana for a bit.

"... What?"

"How the hell did you know that?" Envy asked.

"A Fanalis can sense the world around them. Didn't they tell you?" Morgiana asked.

"Oh yeah, forgot they can do that," Envy said.

"Oh god, again?" Terasaka groaned.

"Gripe later, and come on. Who knows how long it'll be before they change position," Nagisa said, starting to go off to said position as best they could without being seen. The Imps though just weren't too organized up out front, so they kept themselves a bit more busy with their naps and itches than actually noticing them go by. Good thing for them, and they got to position over by the tunnel. It was very small like Morgiana had said, and about the size of a vent, and probably used for the same thing. Nagisa could feel the demonic energy blow at him from that vent, and if his friends were inside, then they had no other main option.

"Alright. You keep guard here, I'll try to be fast," Nagisa said, already beginning to go down on his hands and knees, ready to go through. However, before he could, he suddenly felt his legs being pulled back, pulling him back out.

"Slow down there, buddy. I know you're eager, but how about you sit this one out?" Nakamura said.

"You kidding me, my friends are in there -"

"And they'll get you when you jump in there. They caught the rest of Team Harmony, why wouldn't they go for the whole set?" Nagisa paused on that thought.

"Wait. She's right: they'll capture me for sure if I go in there. And if that happens ..." As bad as it sounded, and as much as he didn't want to, that just wasn't gonna work. The whole team would be found out if that was to happen, then where would they be?

"I see the point. But who's going in then?" Nagisa asked. The group stayed quiet for a minute, but eventually, their eyes began to shift off to two other people amongst the crowd: Envy and Kirara.

"You two suit up."

"Wait, what?" Envy asked, caught off guard.

"Of course: Envy, you're more familiar with this demonic stuff than any of us, so you got the know-how. And as for you Kirara, you're infamous for being the black widow of E class, you can sneak around just fine," Nakamura explained.

"It really takes that one time to get infamous, huh?" Kirara shrugged.

"What's she talking about?" Aladdin asked Envy.

"It happened during one of our 3-E training sessions: someone found Kirara crawling around like a spider and take out five students without any of them noticing her. It stuck with her since," Yoshida explained, though it didn't matter if Kirara heard him or not. Kirara started to stretch a bit, ready to head on in.

"Whatever. I might as well anyway: the others might get lost in those tunnels anyway," Kirara noted.

"Watch it, I got better scores in navigation than you do!" Yoshida reminded, but Kirara ignored him even though being reminded of Yoshida's score of 3.5 compared to her score of 2.

"Well, alright. But before you two go in, there's something I should give you," Nagisa said, going through the supplies they've brought with them. For one item, he gave one of them his Halo Blade just in case things go bad. Suddenly, and out of nowhere admittedly, Nagisa brought out something else: what looked like earpieces, and a communicator. ...

"Korosensei?" Nakamura asked.

"Korosensei. He stopped by during lunch and dropped it off as a "good luck" gift," Nagisa answered.

"Just in case we ended up split," added Aladdin. Eh, fare enough. And even if they didn't say it, the notable mark of Korosensei's face on said ear pieces was proof enough. Anyway, Nagisa gave the two their ear pieces, as he went to try and turn on the communicator. Both Kirara and Envy could hear them activate loud and clear. Both of them looked to the tunnel for a moment, then to eachother, and both of them nodded. They were entering the belly of the beast.

"Good luck."

~~

It took Envy and Kirara long enough thanks to some Morgiana skill navigation, but finally, and with some strain, they managed to slip into the prison hold of Abaddon. And just where they wanted to be too; there was already a cell right next to them where they landed! A cell like this one, farther away from the other cells in this underworld hellhole must mean that a high up prisoner would be in there. Envy got himself shaken off a bit, and went on over to that first cell.

"Psst. Ciel? Karma? Anyone in there?"

.......

"OH those names. What a rough nametag to wear ... Whah?!" That surely didn't sound like either one of those characters, and taking a few steps back, another, much larger being slipped out into the limelight. And it wasn't just any demon stuck inside there, nor any of the humans captured. The Great Tengu himself!

"Envy. You got some hard balls to come around here."

"Tengu? Short time, no punch, see you're still in jail," Kirara said. They may have not seen it first hand, but chit-chats through the Underworld did share that information with them.

"I thought you were dead," Envy added in, again going off the stories.

"And I thought you weren't a pair of mini-bitches," spat Tengu. Envy kept his anger down pact for the sake of the situation. The Tengu's unmistakable voice could be heard over Kirara's earpiece, and the group knew exactly who it was the moment the words started flying out. As annoying as some were, Nagisa got an idea.

"Kirara, he came in here since the others did right? Maybe he might know something," Nagisa said. Kirara got the idea.

"Let's get past the name-calling and get to business: a little birdie told me you know where our friends ended up. That true?" Envy asked. Tengu wasn't at all impressed.

"Looking for Luck-tag-Team Harmony, eh? Sorry, but I'd rather see you get busted big time! GUARDS! HOLLOWS!!" Envy, in a desperate move, quickly slammed the Tengu's mouth shut before he could scream any more. Get caught now, and they won't be getting out of here, alive or dead. The group gave a sigh of relief when the Tengu did stay quiet.

"You trying to get us all killed? And where's that generous cheeky nature you're so famous for? Back in Tokyo, you surely looked like the bigger man from what the others said," noted Kirara.

"I am a big man. Big with the payback, and the appeal. Got that, ant? On this track, I'm in control of the beat. you're just a dancer."

Now Kirara was starting to get a little angry with this trash-mouth of a demon.

"Look, if you rat me out to those Imps, then I'm gonna get thrown in there with you. And it'll be hell of a cage-match," Envy warned.

"Worth it to see your smug face behind the bars!" growled Tengu.

"Listen "pal", we already know who'll win in a fight between us. We're not looking to start something, but you know we'll finish it," Envy warned. With so much stripped off of him, the Tengu wasn't as cocky as he was before, thinking over what situation he was stuck in.

"True that, human. In the one-on-one duel between you and me in here, you'll win. ... But look around, you soft sock. It's a super-sized satanic blowout! You start a fight with me, and execution for you and your posse will be yours. You want that, jack?" Tengu warned. The earpiece went off again, this time being Terasaka in her ear talking.

"Will you be careful, you two? Tengu's right: you can't start a fight in there, you won't get out of there alive, no matter how strong you are!" he warned. Both of them paused and glanced off past the cage, and down the small hall to the rest of Abaddon. Demons everywhere, and Hollows on patrol ... yeah, not gonna happen. Then again, how're they gonna find the group in here?

"Damnit." she thought. Kirara thought for a moment or two, but then one ... rather nutty idea went through her head.

"If those Imps kill us, who's gonna break you out of here?"

Both the group on her end, and the Tengu perked up on Nakamura's offer, but the Tengu was more surprised than the group, who was very skeptical on that idea. Tengu took a bit of a long, unsure look to the two, Envy surprised that Kirara was going there.

"... Can you really crack this nut?" Tengu questioned. Envy looked to the locks on the cage, and found it was actually double locked: one for a key, one a wheel. Well, if it'll get things easier, Envy might as well not try to question it at this point.

"Sure: we got locks like these back at school. I can crack it, no problem," Kirara said, smugly grinning, and finding it funny that the Imps would do a lock system this mundane. As promising as it sounded though, the Great Tengu start to scoff a bit.

"You might get this cell door open, but those guards will find me out, and tear me up. and then I'll get the double sentence for not only busting out, but blabbering to you. GRIEF!" Tengu fell onto his back on a more sorrowful note, and Kirara was seeing the situation on that remark when Envy spoke to her.

"You mad, Nakamura? We can't bring him with us! Did you forget what he did back home?" Envy pointed out, not believing his own ears.

"Do you have a better idea? If so, I'd love to hear it right now," Kirara simply replied, and right on the dime too. Envy didn't have much of an idea, but then Nagisa, reluctantly, took to the speaker and both earpieces went off.

"Keep trying to get the info out of him first, at least. Try keeping it quiet if he talks, maybe that'll help."

"Oh, yeah, of course, I'm not that gullible like Terasaka," Kirara said.

"HEY!"

After that chat, they turned back to the Great Tengu.

"Here: you talk, and the secret stays between us. You know my reputation - keeping things quiet is what I do best," Envy said.

"Trust a band of humans? Do I look chumpy to you?! You're so-called promises, will be cold comfort when I'm pushing up thorns while nailed to a cross!" Tengu moaned.

"Try promising protection," suggested Nagisa. A good answer in their eyes.

"Look, me and the others, we'll protect you. You know Team Harmony's reputation, and 3-E. you got a good amount of guards."

"Sombra's a big wheel - he'll roll all over us. That demon's got a giant army, so many demons to command, too many to count. To talk is like sitting on one of your electric chairs. Sombra has eyes - eyes and ears - ears and claws! The Great Tengu will be discovered, and the class is cut!"

"What the hell did Sombra do to him?" Envy wondered. He had to have done something especially harsh for the Great Tengu to think of him like this, considering how cocky he was before. Looks like it won't be that easy. Kirara then got a little idea of her own, and looked to the Tengu with a more softer expression. A knowing one, if you will.

"Come on, Tengu. A demon like you can deal with what Sombra has in here. You've trained more years than anyone I know," Nakamura stated. Tengu started to perk up again.

"Training? ... Y-You're right. If I can out-train him I can surely out-smart him. All is told through results, heh. ... One thing: how're we getting out of this mousetrap?" Tengu asked, not sounding as sad or scared anymore. Nakamura thought it over a little bit, and then saw the vent again.

"Look, see that tunnel there? We managed to get in here that way, we both can use it to escape."

"I can't fit in a vent. Look at me! I'm packing too much flesh and muscle to fit in a vent like you twigs," Tengu stated, showing his larger body to them both. Clearly that was more than correct, so vents were out of the question. She then placed took a step away, and activated her own earpiece.

"Any ideas, guys?" Kirara asked.

The group on the other end tried to figure something out, but Blair got a similar answer.

"Try on some disguises," Blair suggested. Simple enough, but will Tengu go with it?

"Look, how about I steal some uniforms for us, suit up, and then just stroll out of here?" Kirara asked.

"Smart idea. Imps aren't too clever to tell who's who when they're wearing a mask," Envy agreed.

"What do you think this is, some 90's comedy? They got hellhounds roaming here, they need one sniff to sniff out a soul, and alarms will ring for days, then it's back to square one again! And you're worried about me dumping us into the same garbage can."

Another strike. However, that voice was overheard by Nagisa this time.

"Envy, can you hear me?"

"What's up?"

.......

"Well, you just gonna stand there?" Tengu asked. After the plan was given to him, Envy confronted the Tengu again.

"How about this: we'll get the Imps' attention, then run for it. Once they're all busy trying to get me, you can slip out no problem."

The Tengu paused, and then a devil grin edged his face.

"NOW that's a plan I can get behind! OK, I'll talk of the Harmony line-up, if you agree to owe the Great Tengu ... a favor. Which I'll collect in a few months of time."

"A favor?" Kirara questioned.

"This here's no small-time favor like: "Will you water my fish, or feed my plant?" NO WAY. This is old-school, samurai, blood-pact favor. Like gods, big time." Now the Tengu's got the table again, much to their annoyance.

"Don't fall for it, Kirara!" Envy warned. He wasn't sure about her, but Envy wasn't willing to just take in any demon so easily, not to mention owing them a debt.

"Isn't your freedom enough, Tengu?" Kirara questioned, arms crossed. Now feeling in control, the Great Tengu leaning against the walls of his cell, arms behind his head.

"Tell you what, you give me a deal I raise you four: you agree to my deal, and on Demon's pact, I'll get your friends out of here myself," The Great Tengu declared. NOW it really was up to them. she could just get the information out of him, but then again, just how much did they really know of this place, and even if weakened, Tengu was still a lot stronger than they were.

"He's saying something about a ... Demon's pact? Guys, care to elaborate?" Kirara quietly asked through the earpiece.

"He really is serious: it's a sure fire promise that a demon will indeed give you said offer after you've completed your part of the task. ... Kirara, Envy, we don't have a choice: you have to accept it," Blair said. As reluctant as Envy was feeling about the idea, he gave a deep breath, and then turned back to him.

"Ok, Tengu. Get our friends out of here, and we'll owe you one."

"DONE! Hah, the bargain she is struck! OK, to find the key, you're going to have to find it inside the warden's main office. It's just past the main lobby down the hall, can't miss it," Tengu explained. They looked down the hall.

"Ok, great."

"Get me out of here, and I'll find your gang, no sweat. Just keep on the down-low, and out of sight near them Imps. They're a bad bunch of bunnies," Tengu warned. Something that can go unsaid honestly.

So, after their little deal with the Great Tengu, Kirara and Envy went on down the hall as silently as they could, and soon enough, they found themselves off into the main lobby in question. And boy it didn't look anything good: each floor and wall red and dried up in blood. There was a large skylight in the main lobby, but it was lined with teeth curved inward. Envy and Kirara could see many a Imp going around and on patrol, some flying around while some simply walked along on different levels. No Imp was close enough to see them both, so for the moment they were still shadowed and safe.

"I can't believe we've even agreed to his terms," Envy groaned.

"It's probably better anyway," Kirara noted.

"How? We're not here to break out a demon, remember?" Envy reminded. Kirara then leaned in.

"Even if he doesn't he can make a damn good distraction while we gather everyone up. how about that?" Kirara whispered.

"... And suddenly this sounds a lot better. Now where's that warden's office?" Envy wondered. Within such a place, that was a pretty hard thing to work out, not to mention the Imps still roaming around that could catch them at any moment. The hellhounds though were still a bit iffy, but they'll have to try and cross that bridge when they get to it -

"Eh, not that I don't agree with your logic, Sombra, but you sure you know what you're doing?"

Envy and Kirara ducked out of sight on the noise, and looking down from their level, they saw Sombra going on through the lobby with one of the Imps in charge of Abaddon.

"He will not leave his team behind. Once he figures out where they are, it will be a matter of when, not if, he'll show up. The second one of your Imps sees them, report to me at once."

"Yes sir," the Imp replied. Now this was getting a bit testy.

"I think we got a situation guys: Sombra's in here with us, and by the sound of it, he's expecting you to show up, Nagisa," Envy quietly informed through his earpiece.

"Drat! How far are you in there?" Nagisa asked, freaked out on such news.

"We're in the main lobby, and so is he," Envy answered. Nagisa felt a horrid shiver run through him. Just the person he didn't want to be there, but what was he supposed to do? Kirara and Envy were already in there, and they had a deal to make with the Great Tengu to do now among other things.

"Y-You'll just have to give him a wide berth." Nagisa reluctantly decided.

"You got to be joking," Envy groaned.

"If he catches you now, there's no way you'll get out of there. At least try to fulfill the Tengu's deal, then you can get out of there while he rounds everyone up. I know you're mad at him Envy, I get it, but now's not the time for it," Nagisa explained. As great as it would be to get his revenge on Sombra for everything, Envy couldn't help but agree with what Nagisa said.

"Gotcha. Applying "Wide Berth"," Envy sighed. Even he had to agree that revenge will have to be put on hold at least until everyone's out of this place. The others outside didn't hear the exact deal though for them to distract the guards anyway, so if Sombra was here, he was going to find them either way. Looking closer into the warden's office, they began to actually see a lot of other things hidden off inside: a box of confiscated weaponry, and all of which were from Team Harmony.

"Kill two birds with one stone," Kirara thought.
Envy and Kirara stayed quiet for a moment still, watching the Imp and Sombra converse some more until Sombra started to stroll away to check out the rest of the place, as the Imp went on to the room itself. Now it was an issue all over again: how're they gonna get the key to the Tengu's cell with a Imp chilling out inside the same room? How were they going to do this? Well, Kirara only needed one look to Envy, and can already tell that he was a bit peeved on not being able to go after Sombra, even seeing his hand grip the Halo Blade a little tighter.

"... Envy, how about you go on?"

"Huh?"

"You've been talking about revenge on Sombra ever since we met. And clearly, I know you want to go and do just that. This is your perfect chance to do this, and you got the weapon for it. I'll deal with the key and the Great Tengu," Kirara explained. Envy looked off to Sombra, who just moved off out of sight, and turned back to Kirara, who was actually smiling to him.

"You've waited long enough," Kirara simply said. Envy took a moment, and gave a long sigh. He wanted this. He SO wanted this. ... And he did wait long enough for his chance.

"Be careful, Kirara," Envy finally said, and with that note, the two went on to split, and Kirara watched Envy go off after Sombra himself. And what timing too, as Kirara's earpiece started to go off again as she quietly started to go to her own positon.

"Did you two go off yet? No pressure, but I think the Imps are getting antsy," Yoshida asked.

"We're handling it right now."

~~

As Kirara was handling the Tengu, Envy was keeping as silent and as close of a visual as he could ever do to roaming king Sombra. With the mixture or not only king Sombra but the Imp guards as well, Envy had to be especially vigilant of both parties. Any slip up at any point could end up killing him, but at least he can say that the others weren't following him here. As Envy kept to the shadows, Sombra continued on his stroll around the purgatory, finding content that many of the cells were locked up, and prisoners still locked inside each and every single one as he passed. some ignored him, some found it as a surprise, and some even growled at him, but regardless of which one, Sombra stayed quiet and continued going, seemingly unaware that someone was indeed following him. Envy could feel his pulse race a bit, the closer he got to Sombra. His hand itched to stab at Sombra's heart with that blade in hand. It only began to race even more so with where Sombra was actually going, finding him heading to a more isolated area of the purgatory. The more isolated Sombra seemingly made himself, the more antsy Envy started to feel about it.

"Envy, calm down! ... Just one hit," Envy thought, now right above him, as Sombra stopped himself for a moment to figure out what was going on, looking around the purgatory for just a brief moment as if looking for someone.

"... I know you're there, Envy."

Envy froze, but having worked with Sombra, it was something he was expecting honestly. So, without hesitation, Envy jumped right down at him, just for Sombra to lean back, and his arm grabbing Envy by the throat before swinging him over his head and onto the floor! When Sombra took a look at him, he could already tell just how deeply he was with being human, as Envy tried to get himself out.

"Envy, stop struggling. I'll make the situation easier for you," Sombra promised.

"Damn it!" Envy growled. Trying to get away, Envy swiped the halo blade forward, dangerously close to the demon's face, but it was poorly planned, and Sombra whacked it out of his hand.

"... Envy. You are upset over losing your status as a Homunculus. But killing me will not make up for what is done here. You brought it all on yourself."

"You think I'm gonna let you live after you ruined the old me?"

"I'd hardly call it ruined, Envy." And as if to show how little of a threat Sombra saw of him, he actually released him. Envy rushed for the blade, and tried again, only for his arms to be grabbed by the king.

"Envy, stop that. It's embarrassing at best."

"Like you'd care anyway! You've planned to get rid of me, remember?"

"You've been making mistakes left and right for the desperation of a little pathetic thing called revenge. you kept rebelling against me. you kept causing far more trouble than any demon would like, and to top it all off, it was you who single-handedly exposed your kind to the world with your attempt back in England. YOU made the protection agreement happen, and nothing you say will change that." At the end of his statement, Sombra threw Envy up above his head, and slammed him against the wall a few more time, hitting some cage bars until he was good and bloody.

"... I know I screwed you over. But you know what? I wasn't born to be a Homunculus. I like being human, and even before that I was jealous of them. Jealous of how better they were compared to me."

"You can say that?" Sombra questioned.

"Yeah. ..." Envy then gave Sombra a smirk. "And I'm not going to wait and have you ruin my new life by bringing hell up to us."

"Big talk considering you're pinned down right now," Sombra noted. Envy managed to find his feet, but Sombra still had him held onto, both of them staring eye to eye for a minute before Envy tried to get himself free, hitting Sombra with his hands and feet over and over, but yielding nothing.

"Will you cut it out? Envy, I got enough on my mind without you in it. Yes, I ruined your Homunculus self, but I still allowed you to live, didn't I? Is this how you thank me for letting you survive?" Sombra asked. Envy paused for a brief moment, but this only left Envy open for another throw by Sombra, sending him flying to the back wall. Envy was stunned, but still came to as Sombra walked over to him.

"Don't bother using your innocence, Sombra! We both know you've wanted to kill me, but you can't do that while I was a Homunculus. But now that I'm a human, there's no rule you've made to keep yourself from doing that. I bet you wanted me to show up."

"... Well, and here I thought you were too wrapped up in your revenge to work it out."

"Why else would you let me go?!" Envy snapped, having his hand on the halo blade again. Sombra though shook his head.

"Envy, Envy, Envy. Look. I'm a demon king: I got an entire kingdom to look after, along with trying to get my plans for those humans into fruition. I've seen my demons getting killed left and right by them, and that's not including the amount of kills you've been forced into. Yes, I did make you a human, and in a way, that meant that the rules I've established during my reign no longer imply to you, but you've jumped the gun: I've tried to get you back to normal for Gluttony and Lust's sake, yet I instead find your friend Nagisa in your place."

"Oh yeah, sure, making me better by dumping me into a pot of lava, and making me as you wanted! If you think I'm letting you control my life, then you're the dumbass here, not me!" Envy made clear. Sombra just gave a sigh, and even turned his back to him to walk away.

"Look, regardless if I kill you or not, you still going to have to face your fellow demons once I release them in the real world. Thanks to your stunts and this protection agreement nonsense, I've had to push my schedule to end our little game quicker than anticipated. If I don't do anything now, then we're all going to be going into Limbo for it."

"You're not going to do anything!" Envy roared, rushing off at him again. Sombra sensed Envy coming, and actually turned into shadows, making Envy rush right through him and tumbling off into the open, in view of the other Imps just outside of the isolated area.

"HEY! Intruder! Intruder!" one of the Imps called, raising an alarm. So much for a quiet approach, as Sombra walked out into the limelight with him after solidifying. Envy felt a stab at his confidence when that happened.

"Well, that didn't take long, did it?"

"You made it happen!"

"You can blame me all you want to, Envy Homunculus. But in the end, you can't do anything about it. You've had little power over me even with your abilities as a Homunculus, what makes you think you have any authority over me now?" Envy jumped at Sombra once more before Sombra turned into shadows, and actually flew off out of sight to another part of the purgatory.

"Get back here!" Envy called in anger, chasing after the shadowy demon. Suddenly Envy found himself in a mixture of pursuit and chase, as some of the Imps began to close in on him not too long after the alarms had gone off. Envy had to skid to a stop in order to confront the Imps, actually slicing one after another as he tried to keep up with Sombra, the demon king looking back and seeing Envy doing surprisingly well against the other Imps on his tail.

"For a human, Envy's holding up fairly well," Sombra thought, even seeing Envy slice a Imp in half with the Halo Blade! As foolish as he thought Envy's revenge was, he could see just how determined revenge was to him. He was so distracted with Envy though ...

"OUTTA ME BLOODY WAY!"

"What the -" suddenly Sombra was slammed by a seemingly unknown force hitting his side. Sombra landed on his feet, but a little stunned on not only the hit, but who actually ran into him. The Great Tengu was out of his cage, and he had his shield back!

"T-Tengu?!"

"That's my name, don't waste it all in one day, dig?"

"But how'd you even -" before Sombra could answer, he took a look behind him, only finding Kirara with what looked like a Imp mask on her face, and a key in her hand.

"... Nevermind. Get back in your cell, Tengu."

"That's Great Tengu to you, Mr. Shadow. You threw me a good bone for a while, but guess who's back at full power?" The Great Tengu asked, before sending a stream of acid right at the demon king. This was not something he had foreseen, and as he had to deal with the Tengu breakout, Kirara went on over to Envy next.

"Sir! Give us a hand with this, will you? We got a runner!"

"They're really falling for that?" Envy thought, finding it downright ridiculous. Kirara had the simplest of disguises, and the Imps fell for it easy. No wonder Imps were so low on the threat level. Kirara acted like she was going for Envy, only to kick the Imp off of the path, and bringing out her own weapon to shoot at the others.

"Looks like you're having trouble with Sombra. Need a hand?" Kirara asked, helping Envy up.

"I feel great, thanks. See you got the Tengu out too, but where're the others?"

"Oh, he lied. In fact, he whacked me away the second he got out of that cage," Kirara said. Well, they figured he would do that, but as she said, this was a great distraction for the Imps and Sombra to tango with.

"Envy, Kirara, what's going on in there?! We can hear the fight from outside!" Aladdin asked over the earpieces, as Envy and Kirara went off to try and find the others.

"Yeah, the Great Tengu's got us covered right now. How's it looking out there?" Envy asked. Those still waiting outside of the prison looked off away, and the fight was actually sending Demons away from the front, and rushing in to get the Great Tengu before he could kill Sombra.

"The guards are going inside. come back, the Tengu should -"

"The Tengu's fighting Sombra, don't bother."

"What?!"

"What'd you expect? In fact, come on in, he's got Sombra busy and everyone and their mother's trying to deal with the Tengu right now. If you want your friends, now would be a good time to get em," Kirara informed, as Envy cut another Imp down the middle as they ran off.

"In that case, try to keep alive, we're coming in," Terasaka decided.

"Over and out."

And Envy and Kirara sure had their own luck in accordance to this. With the Great Tengu keeping much of the guards busy, much of the paths they took were pretty well open, and clear for them to rush on through. sure, a Imp or two did come at them, but they made short work with whatever came close with either the blade or a gunshot. As they went, their first stop was straight to the warden's office, skidding to a stop once they got to the place. All of Team Harmony's weapons were inside: Karma's Miracle Sword, much of Olivier's weapons, and over tied up in the corner was Alphonse himself!

"Told you I'd be back, Al," Kirara said, as she went over to him along with Envy. Alphonse however was only a head, his body tied up not too far away.

"Kirara, Envy! So you got them busy right now?"

"Oh yeah, they're running like mad out there. So, you remember where the others are?" Envy asked, picking Envy up, and placing it back on his body.

"I think I do. One of the Imps mentioned they're over at the front lobby as bait!"

"Bait?"

~~

Meanwhile, with the guards now gone up front, Nagisa and his group went on inside through the front. Thanks to the Tengu's crazy antics, the guards were hardly any, but that didn't mean they didn't had any problems, as a few stray Imps still tried to get at them as they invaded inside. It didn't take long until they took action, Takuya, Terasaka and Yoshida lighting up and shooting off some demons to keep them back. As for close range, Nagisa, Blair, and Aladdin had them covered, Aladdin working out his Gyro Ball attack on a number of demons as Blair and Nagisa handled close-range combat. Without his Halo Blade, Nagisa had to work out his agility and martial arts, though was a bit harder to work with. The group of Imps though were just a warmup for much of them, them pushing forward passed the frontal hall, and went right over to the front gate, which was shut tight.

"Damnit, open up!" Terasaka yelled, trying to open the door himself, but to no luck.

"Pi-Pi-Pumpkin Cannon!" shouted Blair, and with a combined hit with Aladdin's Gyro Ball as well, both witch and magi gave their projectiles a target in the gate, and both collided to the bars with a mighty explosion!

"A warning next time?" Terasaka groaned.

"Sorry about that," Aladdin replied, as the group started to go on inside and over to the front lobby. They thought it was going to be a harder time, but when they saw everyone else down on the bottom floor, they quickly were taken aback by this.

"Right there? Damn, they're just asking for us to break in. Come on!" Terasaka ordered.

"Nagisa?!" gasped Twilight.

"Twilight! Come on, everyone, it's time for a rescue!" Nagisa called, rushing out to them.

"Nagisa, no, stay back!" she called.

But Nagisa was too determined to get to her to hear her, and by the time she finished, it was already too late. What happened next was almost slow-motion: in a split second, Nagisa started to sense a higher demon not too far away, and closing in fast right above him. A quick shiver warned him, and he quickly bolted back as a demon slammed into the ground right where he would be standing. His demon sense told him that this wasn't Sombra, but indeed someone just as dangerous: Chrysalis.

"Hello there, Nagisa.~" she cooed. Seeing Chrysalis much bigger and voluptuous than before didn't help him any, Chrysalis here about as tall as Korosensei would be. Despite the thickness, Nagisa could tell she was a lot stronger in terms of muscle, her arms slender yet toned, not to mention the ground cracking under her feet.

"C-Chrysalis!" gasped Aladdin.

"I got her!" Blair called, ready to shoot her, but Chrysalis anticipated her attack and jumped at her instead, moving surprisingly fast, and very strong to grab Blair and pin her down right away. Of course the others tried to send Chrysalis back, shooting her, but to their shock, all the bullets did was bounce off her skin. As Blair was pinned, Chrysalis decided to waste no time with her, and her mouth began to open up. Blair struggled to get her off, but her strength outmatched most of the group, as she began to suck out the lifeforce and magic from Blair right there!

"NO YOU DON'T!" Nagisa shouted, jumping on top of her, and stomping right down onto Chrysalis's head. This stunned Chrysalis, but it didn't stop her assault, and soon she finished up her draining, and only then releasing Blair, feeling content and almost an arousal sense as she felt it flow down through her. Chrysalis actually grew a little bit, adding another half a foot inches in height, and a extra few inches in her curves too (much to the boys' mixed feelings).

"I've been waiting to have a taste of your kind of power.~"

"The hell'd you do to me?" Blair asked, feeling very dizzy, as Chrysalis got up fully, as if showing off herself to everyone.

"Try me, and you'll find out."

"Alright. PI-PI-PUMPKIN CANNON!"

... nothing. Blair tried a few more times, but she didn't feel much of anything. Chrysalis smiled and then brought her hand forward, as a too familiar ability began to show itself.

"Pi-Pi-Pumpkin Cannon," she said, using Blair's own attack against her! Everyone scrambled to get out of the way, just avoiding getting exploded by the demon bitch, but the evidence was clear on what happened to Blair, and how come Chrysalis looked more powerful.

"I bet you all thought you'd come in here and just rush on out, right?" Chrysalis asked in a cheeky tone.

"Get out of the way, Chrysalis, just let us have our friends back and we don't have to fight," Nagisa made clear. That just made Chrysalis laugh more than anything.

"Feisty,~" Chrysalis said, starting to strut over towards him. The others weren't going to give her a chance though, and Takuya took a closer aim, shooting at her face, but she just brought her hand up and blocked the bullets.

"Nagisa, it will be easier on all of us if you could just hand yourself over. They all did.~"

"Bullshit! Come on, let's clobber this bitch!" Terasaka said, turning to everyone else. However, they didn't come forward, as much as they wanted to. Karma felt frustrated the most, but even he didn't take a step forward.

"Guys?" Nagisa asked.

"... If we try to attack her, she can use all our powers against us, and everyone else," Twilight answered.

"And?" Chrysalis asked, wanting them to finish up what they said. Twilight cringed a little bit.

"You don't mean ..." Twilight only confirmed Nagisa's suspicions with a nod of her head. And with what just happened to Blair, the pieces fell into place. Chrysalis had sucked all their power away from them: Twilight's magic, Ed's Alchemy, Gaara and Pinkie's agility, Olivier and Karma's strength. Chrysalis now had each bit of that, and left the team with nothing. That explained why they didn't attack her on the spot, they couldn't. As pissed off as they were at her for doing so. And even if she didn't, they still were unarmed with their weapons gone, so basically, they had nothing to work with.

"How dare you," Nagisa hissed, turning to Chrysalis. Chrysalis laughed again, looking down on the meek little human, the demonic energy and power gained being sensed by him. Nagisa felt his body shiver, his pulse at an all time high, and his demon sense acting up like crazy! Chrysalis decided to show off her skills by blasting a magic beam of Twilight's over towards the group he was trying to save! Aladdin saw this and brought out his Magi shield to block it, though the hit was still a lot stronger than normal. Nagisa though did whack Chrysalis in her legs, just enough to make her stumble back a bit.

"She has all of their powers?" wondered Takuya.

"How the hell are we supposed to fight that?" Yoshida wondered.

"You can't. Though it's always adorable to see such men try their luck. But then again, so many do love to try me,~" Chrysalis cooed, giving the boys a sexual wink.

"Pervert! Major pervert!" the group thought. Chrysalis turned to her other target, Nagisa trying to fight her, only to have to block a quick kick by the queen. Nagisa landed on his feet, though Chrysalis then changed her target again, and this time went over for Aladdin! she already had Blair, now it was the magi's turn. Chrysalis reached to get him, just for Aladdin to rush passed her legs, feeling very stunned already from the sexualized show he was given. He had to keep his focus. Aladdin turned around, just to find Chrysalis already on top of him, pinning him down to the floor.

"Get off him!" Terasaka demanded.

"You just wait there and look as adorable as ever. You're next~"

"HOLD IT!"

Everything suddenly stopped. Nagisa had just about enough of this, and while he had no idea on how to get their abilities back, he didn't want to see anymore of his friends get completely drained of their power if he could help it.

"Oh? And what's the matter with you?"

"Just let them go, Chrysalis. It's me you're after, not him," Nagisa said. Chrysalis smirked towards him, but all the same, Nagisa was correct.

"Nagisa, what're you doing?" Pinkie asked.

"Challenging her, that's what," Nagisa answered. That surely got a surprise out of most of them, but this did intrigue Chrysalis, especially considering Nagisa had no weapon on him here to use.

"With no weapon?!"

"I don't need one."

"Ok, Nagisa, normally I'd be impressed, but this is some grim odds here," Karma said, and if Karma didn't think it was a good idea, then it truly wasn't. Nagisa though knew what he was doing, and went out to fully confront her.

"Confident, are we? You do realize who you're going up against, don't you?~"

"And do you know how many bastards we had to deal with before meeting you? I've already fought against Hellgar, your Homunculus, Pluton, and even won against Tirek and Gluttony in a two-on-one fight. If I can go through all that, I'm sure I can handle you," Nagisa explained, walking up to her. Chrysalis was willing, but as she began to advance towards him, Nagisa oddly remained still. He even closed his eyes and opened out his arms.

"The hell?! Nagisa, move!" called Takuya.

"She's gonna kill you if you do that!" added in Terasaka. Chrysalis didn't really stop though, and Nagisa prepared for what was coming up next, as Chrysalis's mouth opened up, and began to suck away at his lifeforce, and his powers!

"Nagisa!" shouted Aladdin. He tried to go up to her, but someone then grabbed him by the ponytail, only for him to turn around and see that it was Gaara grabbing hold. That block off was just what Chrysalis needed to fully suck away all of Nagisa's abilities. All of his martial arts strength and Demon sense were now hers to control, and Chrysalis grew stronger on that.

"Oh you silly man.~ You're willing to die for me? How generous of you.~"

It was then that Nagisa smirked.

"Feeling a little antsy, Chrysalis?"

Nagisa simply stood there, arms crossed, and waited for what he knew would happen to her. Chrysalis had no idea what he was talking about, but eventually a sensation suddenly started to form in her, a shiver running through her body. Chrysalis froze up, feeling the effects of the demon sense hit her. The shivering continued to go through her, Chrysalis feeling a sharp pain hit her head from so much demonic energy housed inside her.

"ARGH! WHAT THE HELL?!" she screamed, hands grabbing her head, as she doubled over and collapsed. Oh, Nagisa knew how that felt, the demon queen down on the ground. The pain stuck from the demon sense was more than she could handle. Everyone else had no idea what was going on, but Nagisa simply walked up to her, and raised his foot to press down onto her head. Chrysalis looked up to him, the kid now smiling.

"Looks like I win."

"W-what? ... But you didn't do anything."

"I didn't had to, Chrysalis. You're the one that absorbed my Demon Sense, and we all know that the Demon Sense will go off whenever demonic activity is close by. Considering you're a demon queen, that means that the Demon sense is at an all time high right now. And I'm no expert, but I'm willing to bet it won't calm down anytime soon," Nagisa explained.

"To Limbo with that, how do you stop it?!" Chrysalis asked through gritted teeth, the migraine she developed making it extremely painful. Nagisa wasn't letting her off the hook that easily: the demons of hers captured his friends, so he wasn't giving her any sympathy here.

"No idea. Now, all you have to do is give it back, and then it'll stop."

"SCREW THAT - ACK!" Chrysalis felt a sting through her body again on another migraine headache. Nagisa knew she was hurting because of this, and knew her pain all too well, but this was an advantage that he was exploiting out of her, and he wanted to get every ounce of it.

"You mean you'd rather have a horrid headache like that the rest of your life? The only other way to calm it down is to go to the Overworld and stay there."

"No way, if I give you back your powers, I'll have to do it to the rest of you!" Chrysalis shouted.

"Exactly," Nagisa simply said. So that was his plan to defeat her. Admittedly, they were a bit surprised, yet impressed quite a bit, but Chrysalis could feel her own problems now stack against her. However, she did give Nagisa a sly grin.

"What a clever boy,~" she cooed. Nagisa stepped off of her, and allowed her to lift up off the ground. Sure, all this power was all fun and good, but it seemed she bit off more than she could chew. no amount of power in the world could end up fixing this problem, and in the end she had to comply. Unfortunately. Slowly, she got herself fully standing in spite of the headache, and her mouth opened again. Instead of draining though, it began to release the abilities she had stolen from everyone, starting with Nagisa himself. Nagisa could feel the energy coming back to him, and the similar Demon Sense starting to give him a similar shiver, albeit not as strong. One after the others, the prisoners of Team Harmony, and including Blair, all began to regain their abilities and strength, feeling better than they had in a while. By the time it had ended, Chrysalis had actually shrunk down to her normal size, and felt relief run through her as the ability stopped making her brain hurt.

"How're you all feeling now?" Nagisa asked.

"Like a champ," Karma replied, doing a few strong kicks and punches to prove he was all better. Twilight tested some of her magic, and found she could do that too. But for Chrysalis, she had another trump card, although rather weak from all that release she could barely stay up.

"Ok, so you're all strong again, you're still powerless without your weapons!"

"You mean these?!" called a voice. And at this point, Kirara and Envy caught up with them, all the weapons now with them, and Alphonse Elric arriving good as new. Well, so much for that card.

"Heads up, you guys!" Kirara called, throwing all of their weapons down to them. Gaara was the first to grab his weapons, rushing in and leaping at them in a blur. Karma grabbed his next, which he grabbed the handle of right away. Hoopa even got his rings back after that, and he couldn't be anymore pleased with such a big smile on his face.

"Oh, rings, how I missed you!" Hoopa said, even hugging them. Envy and Kirara went over to the others after this, being greeted by the rest of Terasaka's gang.

"So, wanna finish her off?" Karma asked, ready for his sword to dig into some flesh. However, Nagisa shook his head.

"She's too weak to bother anyone. Let's get out of here and get home."

"But how're we doing that? My rings are good, but not big enough for this crowd," Hoopa noted.

"Envy?" Nagisa said.

"With pleasure," Envy said, as he began to work out the carving into the wall. Chrysalis tried to get up, but she was just too exhausted to do much to stop them, and soon enough, Envy made out the circle. With a toss of his Philosophor's stone onto the circle, the portal was quick to activate, and sure enough, it was opening right back to a familiar area of home, right where the first one was back at the 3-E building.

"Ta-Da!" Envy said with a grin.

"Shall we?" Nagisa said with a smile, hand extended towards Twilight. Twilight smiled.

"Thanks for the rescue," Twilight replied. Well, that was that, and both groups went on through the portal. Nagisa was the last to go, and he took a look back into Abaddon purgatory. Just to see Sombra standing in the shadows, seeing the whole thing happen himself. He may be disappointed, but all the same, Nagisa could hear a slow, audible clap come from him. Nagisa smirked and even gave Sombra a bow, before he took his leave.

"That Shiota. Heh. ... Maybe he's ready for my army after all."

.......

~~

.......

For one person, Ciel Phantomhive, the return to the Surface World was the biggest relief of all to him. He was finally away from that hellhole of a purgatory, but all the same, there was still one other thing he had to go off and do. While some would find this a bit ironic of him, Ciel knew down, in his heart and non-existent soul, that it at least was something that should be considered. ...
The ringing of the church bells was the calling card. And after some silent, and sorrow-filled work of the Undertakers from back in London, Ciel found himself fully healed, yet quiet, as both his eyes gazed upon the Tombstone in front of him.

To the memory of Sebastian Michaelis
Died March 2018
May you be in heaven for an hour until the devil knows you're dead

A somber moment indeed, and holding a bit of irony. Here was a demon who had double-crossed him, and here he was at his own butler's funeral to the same man. And Ciel felt ... quiet. Calm, yet knowing deep down that he was ... gone. Truly gone. He wasn't alone at this funeral: aside from the Undertaker came out Mey-Rin, Grell Sutcliff, Bardroy, and Tanaka. Some of Team Harmony had also came apart of it, Nagisa, Twilight, Pinkie, and Karma respectively. And while each one of them had their own levels of sorrow for such news to be brought to the graveyard, though the feeling of sadness went through many of them. The silence was broken though when May-Rin finally spoke.

"Oh, master! He promised he would never leave you're side, how dare he go on and lie like that!" Mey-Rin cried, tears running down her face. Grell was even more heartbroken by the news, trying his best not to simply cry his eyes out, Bardroy keeping his gaze turned away, Twilight placing a hand on his back, tears coming down her eyes. Pinkie joined Mey-Rin in the crying, hugging Ciel.

"Oh, Ciel, we promise we'll always be with you, we swear! I swear on all my heart, you'll never have to deal with this again!" Pinkie promised, tears running down her face. Ciel stayed calm in spite of it all, and he simply smiled.

"... He and I are lucky indeed. To be so well loved by people such as you." Ciel stated. Even with what happened back on the Campania, Ciel still had to give his own credit to Sebastian. After everything he had done for him, Ciel owed him that much at least. Nagisa came up next, and as he was standing there, Nagisa knew well Sebastian was truly gone. And for this moment, his Demon Sense was quiet, as much as he was, as he gently placed down a parting gift for him: a small blue rose. A memoir to his life as a Phantomhive butler. And perhaps, would not displease him.

"Come on everyone, he wouldn't want us to linger any longer," Ciel simply said. And slowly but surely, without another word, the group took their time to leave Sebastian's grave behind them. As they began to go, Ciel paused for one final time, and looked over back to the grave. He still found it a bit to take in, that his butler was indeed truly gone. But for him, when all was said and done, it was probably a way he would've expected Sebastian to go.

"... Goodbye, old friend."