Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

Well that could've been worse, couldn't it? Sure, Ed and Winry REALLY needed to wash up after their visit to the Shinigami Realm, but other than that, the items they've gotten a hold of were VERY interesting to put it lightly. It may not be anything big compared to the info dump Kyoya had given them, or anything really involving Sombra for that matter, but when it came to their more personal issues, they hit quite a ball on it.
Well, with that taken care of, and back home, they went on through school the next day with a bit more on their minds than just some simple work. As his classes went on, Nagisa continued on with everyone else, but today he was going just a little bit slower, his eyes glancing down to the odd book given to him by Undertaker, which he kept in his school bag next to him. It was mostly out of sight, but he could still see a little bit of it, and he was actually a bit antsy in when the class would end. He got his work done and from there it was a waiting game, his finger nervously tapping his desk as he was waiting for the next bell.

"Come on, bell, ring already," Nagisa thought. Why is it whenever someone's wanting something to end time ticked slower? This sort of anticipation of course didn't go unnoticed by everyone in class, as the keen-eyed Gakushu Asano started to take mental notes. He already saw the odd book since he stepped into class, though since it was said classtime he didn't try any advances on him just yet about it. Same thing could be said for the rest of the big five, though they didn't notice it as quickly as their leader did. Nagisa could feel their gazes at him again, but he tried to ignore them this time. After all, getting this information to the others was a bit more important than worrying about other students. His eyes finally took a glance back, and he only saw Koyama looking to him.

"Oh god, why him of all people?!" Nagisa thought, feeling more uncomfortable. Of all the people he could've seen and it happened to be the one with the most bothersome face. Hard enough to concentrate as it is.

*ring!**ring!*

"About time. Now to get to the others," Nagisa thought. Lunch time was a short time span, but just enough to get this extra info in to the rest of his friends.
Nagisa moved a bit quickly, being the first to exit the classroom with all his items together, though admittedly he wasn't aware of exactly how much mental notes that the Big Five had done with him.

.......

"Can't say I'm surprised. He is a reaper, after all," Ciel shrugged.

It didn't take much time until Nagisa got back together with the others, them already pretty deep into conversation. Their trip in the Shinigami Realm surely got them all in attention after the mere mention of the place, Ed and Nagisa lucky to be back at all apparently. They've gone over quite a bit already with Winry and Ed's read through of their family's history, thanks to Undertaker's work and detail. And while Winry wasn't there with them, Ed sure had a lot to talk about, already going over how he even got the book at all.

"Wow, look at all this! Undertaker's been a busy bee," Pinkie noted, skimming through all of the pages in said book. Ed had gone through the whole thing already with Alphonse before coming here so he didn't need to look it over twice.

"Yeah. A part of me is glad I can figure out what my family was like ... but another part of me is disturbed."

"What would one expect from Undertaker? That man's probably giggling his head off right now," Ciel noted, which was probably not far from the truth.

"Speaking of, why'd he give these to you? Maybe there's something useful in here?" Aladdin wondered, skimming through the pages to see if there was something interesting worth while, though Ed himself wasn't too sure of it.

"I've read that book up and down all day, I didn't see anything that could help us with Sombra if that's what you're trying to get," Ed answered, Aladdin looking the book every which way, even upside-down at a point, but not seeing too many clues within its pages. Guess Undertaker really did want to just give him some family know-how apparently. As they were dealing with that bit, Nagisa took his own time to check out the book in hand he was given, the others seeing this as a spell book with a twist. Many of the spells and tricks in here weren't exactly alchemy or basic magical enhancements like what Magi use.

"What about your book? Is that giving us anything?" asked Karma.

"Well, it might. Maybe you can learn some new spells," Nagisa said, showing the spells to Twilight specifically. He wasn't exactly the magic user here, so if anyone would make better use of this it would be Twilight.

"But what kind of magic is this? I never heard of half of these, and they don't look like any Alchemy or whatever I've read already," Twilight wondered. Looking through one spell after another, many of these surely didn't look familiar to either of them. The spells showed various tricks that looked less like spells and more like natural traits or abilities (flying on aura, hypnosis, that sort of thing). Nagisa didn't go through too much of the book, so he wasn't sure how much was in this exactly.

"We'll see if Korosensei can work it out," Nagisa concluded. A good answer, and an easy source of information on something like this. With them all looking in these books though, there was still one small folded up paper they didn't get to just yet, and Blair was willing to comply and pick it up.

"What about this?"

"Oh that. Uh, Ciel, that's for you," Nagisa answered. Ciel was a little intrigued on that response, considering where this piece came from. So, he went on to pick it up and opened it up fairly quickly to see what they got. Ed and Winry may have gotten their own specific book with their own brand of history to work with, but when Ciel saw this slip of paper, he was left stunned somewhat.
The paper wasn't focusing on one individual, but the exact details on this sheet were of that for some sort of Occult group. It showed about several members being held in custody, an extra picture lower on the page showing one of them in what seemed to be an electric chair. A rather old method of execution but it got the point across all the same. These men all looked ... eerily familiar to him. Ciel looked to the date of said paper, and that was what seemingly confirmed what he was looking at here.

"So. Someone else did the job for me. Perhaps it's just as well," Ciel groaned, tossing the paper over to Twilight nearby.

"... Wait. W-We're these men the ones who -"

"Tortured me? About right. And according to the date, it was shortly after I even bothered with Sebastian. Looks like that demon wanted to milk his role for all it's worth," Ciel sighed. He admittedly had some mixed emotions on this: on one hand he did technically get his revenge on this occult with what he was reading here, but on the other he didn't even know about it until now.

"But I thought he was with you to get revenge on them."

"So did I. I'll talk to Kyoya after school, he's sure to have an answer," Ciel sighed, as they went back to their lunch. Ciel didn't know anymore: he got Sebastian in order to get his revenge on everything, but apparently fate had the job done for him. Was there even a point in getting Sebastian now? Either way, they all had their own answers to take care of in some way, and after school would be a better time for it. They just needed to get through the rest of the day first, only a number of them actually eating their food.
As they were doing that, Nagisa went on and looked through the book some more, more interested in that than the food. Eventually though, one particular trait caught his eye: Chrysalis's spell. The spell to drain one's magic to use as one's own. This one was about similarly detailed as the others, but there was actually a small note located off inside it. None of the others noticed the note really except for him, so he kept it with him for later ...

~~

So for the rest of the day, much of the group went on through the motions one way or another, and continued on wrapping up school before heading off to the E building. Ciel would have to go there anyway for the sake of his training course, so, honestly it worked out that way if he wanted to talk with Kyoya. However, that had to wait. He, along with Nagisa, Karma, Twilight, and Blair, went on over as well, seeing him practice with some of the E students. Or at least, he tried to, as he felt a bit more off than usual. Terasaka's Gang was also present for the training today, and most of them with the exception of Takuya, were joining in on the session.

"Come on, keep your focus everyone! One two, one two, you got this!" Korosensei cheered.

"Can't you shut up, you octopus?" Ciel thought. Compared to the gang working with him, he was pretty behind.

"Oh, don't mind him, just focus on me," Kirara said, her own practice blade at the ready for him. It was mainly a tag-team effort today, and Ciel was partnered up with Kirara for this session. Ciel went at her again, but Kirara had a bit more practice than the young earl, and he found himself being beaten a good six times in under two minutes, stabbed in the chest or leg mainly.

"Damn, Ciel's a bit off today. Out of practice, much?" Blair noted.

"I wouldn't say so: he's rich. Being rich made him weaker than all of us in the physical aspect," Karma assumed, though this was mainly a tease.

"That is a bloody lie!" Ciel shouted, leaving him open for another stab, that time aimed at his shoulder, close to the neck.

"Come on, Ciel, you got it!" Twilight encouraged. Kirara backed up let Ciel recover a bit. Tired, Ciel staggered upright again, but they could tell that something was a little bit off with him. Something Nagisa started to notice first as he looked a bit more closely.

"Hold on. Ciel, you feeling okay?" Nagisa asked, getting up and starting to head over. Ciel though didn't answer at first, wiping some sweat from his forehead.

"Don't give me that, Nagisa, I'm alright," Ciel insisted.

"Ciel, you look exhausted already. Come on, you sure?"

Ciel was ready to respond, but something just felt ... wrong. A groan escaped him, as he felt his stomach.

"... You know what, yeah. A small break will work," Ciel decided. Ciel started to go back with Nagisa, albeit a bit weakly, but before any of them knew it, Ciel suddenly stopped altogether. Whatever was going on with him, it took toll off him and he couldn't even balance right. Suddenly, he was on the ground, collapsed, on his knees as the others went over to him. Nagisa caught him before he could fall to the ground completely, but clearly something was wrong now.

"C-Ciel!" gasped Nagisa.

"Ciel, what's wrong?" Twilight added. Ciel suddenly began to look rather sickly, looking up to the others with a sort of dazed stare, more focused on the pain rather than the questions. His face was turning red, as if he suddenly got a cold, and he looked ready to pass out. Karma got to his level and tried to keep him awake with a few pats to the cheek, but that wasn't doing good either.

"The hell happened? I didn't hit him that hard," Kirara said, going over to him.

"Ciel, talk to me, what's the matter?"

"I don't know, get it? ... I-It just started ... hurting," Ciel groaned, helped up to his feet by Nagisa and Twilight. This was completely out of left field for most of them, but Korosensei got his IQ to work. As he thought on it, a hypothesis began to come up in his mind.

"Ciel. You didn't happen to eat the school's lunch, did you?"

Admittedly a rather odd question.

"Do I need to say it?" Ciel groaned, his stomach churning up a storm again, making him keel over in pain. Korosensei was beginning to see the picture, but as with any hypothesis, he needed to study up and know for sure.

"Hold on, I'll be right back," Korosensei said, before jumping up high into the air and bolting off out of sight.

.......

"Hinano! HINANO!"

While Ciel may be having his own issues, Envy was having his own bit of problems too. He himself may have not ended up eating the poisoned food, but poor Hinano was stuck in bed, sickly from her own intake. At the point Envy was trying to give her a hand with this problem, whatever it was, but he was a bit freaked when he found her sleeping in bed. Lucky for him, Hinano did wake up, albeit a bit groggily, on Envy's words.

"Envy? not to loud."

"Don't fall asleep on me, Hinano please. What even happened to you?" Envy asked. Hinano thought it over.

"I ... I don't know. I was just fine this morning," Hinano said, her voice quieter than usual. Envy had gotten her a cool towel for her head, as she had what felt like a fever for some reason. Envy couldn't really figure it out really, he didn't notice anything different from any other day that happened to any of them. As Envy tried to work out an answer, some form of shadow started to appear by the bedroom window. Upon looking, there was Korosensei, hovering just outside of the window and letting himself in.

"Hinano!" gasped Korosensei. Hinano didn't react too much, too tired and with enough of a headache already. Korosensei though was getting more worried on seeing her like this.

"What do you want?" Envy asked. Korosensei was in some doctor's get-up, and checking up on Hinano, a tentacle feeling her burning forehead. It was sad to see such a happy-go-lucky person so troubled like this.

"You too? No, no, no, no, this is awful."

"Too? Don't tell me other people are like this," Envy said. Suddenly Korosensei had a clipboard with a list of names shown to Envy. And it was quite a list, a good ten to twenty kids in similar circumstances.

"All of these kids are suffering from the same ailments: weakness, fevers, nausea, there's no doubt about it: someone had poisoned the supply of food at Orora High," Korosensei concluded. Envy paused on the idea, letting the possibility sink in. He didn't have any of their food today, but Hinano he knew had, and yet he was all fine.
Out of anger, his own hands snapped the spine of the clipboard in two, making Korosensei a little nervous.

"Who the hell did this to Hinano?!" Envy demanded, going right to Korosensei.

"I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please forgive me -" Envy suddenly had Korosensei by the tie, and pulled him down to his level so they were eye-to-eye, the fury in Envy's gaze impossible to ignore.

"I'm not asking your apology, I'm asking who the hell did this!" Envy yelled. He would go further, but then Envy felt a gentle yet firm hand grab his other arm.

"Don't be mad at him, Envy, please. ... It's not his fault," Hinano said meekly. Envy was still furious at whoever did this, but he did comply and released Korosensei of his tie. Pulled any harder and it would've became Korosensei's noose, the demon quickly getting it loose so he could breathe.

"Sorry, Hinano. You've helped me so much already, I just don't want you to die on me," Envy said.

"I know. I know," Hinano simply replied. Envy calmed down and looked over to the demon again.

"I'll get the culprit figured out, Envy, I promise you that. Now, excuse me." Korosensei then opened the window and was off and on his way again.

.......

It took the speed demon about half a minute before he eventually came back around, in that time zooming around not only the main school, but in numerous parts of Tokyo as well. He bolted here, there, and everywhere in a mad blur, before popping up back to the E building. His yellow head turned blue with worry after landing, almost shivering.

"We got a situation," he stuttered.

"We can see that," Ciel groaned.

"No, not just you: I got it tested and the food from Orora High had been poisoned! Everyone who ate lunch at the school's stuck in bed sick, or worse!" Korosensei revealed. Well THAT was scary.

"Poisoned? But how'd it happen?" gasped Yoshida. Korosensei then whipped out what looked like a note from his sleeve as his answered, which Karma caught.

"I looked up and down the school, and I found this within the kitchen," Korosensei informed. The note itself wasn't too complicated, nor was it really hard to figure out the motivations behind it.

All your kids are gonna die by tomorrow night. Unless you send over that blue-haired bastard, then you'll have a gravesite at your doorstep. Send her to the warehouse outside of the city, and come alone.

"Ransom. Well Nagisa, you're on the block again," Karma noted. Nagisa took a look at the letter, but while "blue-haired bastard" might match him for a demons' eyes, the fact it wanted "her" to come made it questionable. If not a bit of a callback.

"Wait a minute, it's not me."

"What other blue-haired bastard do you know of?" Blair retorted. Nagisa looked back to the letter once again, thinking a bit hard on what it could really be. Funny thing though, the more he looked at the letter, the more his head started to hurt.

*FLASH*

Nagisa brought his hand to his head after the vision flashed in his mind. Future Sight must've got triggered again.

"Now what's wrong? You didn't eat any of the food too, did you?" Korosensei asked, troubled.

"No, no. My Future Sight started up again," Nagisa replied.

"future sight? Well out with it, what'd you see?" asked Blair. Nagisa needed a minute to get himself together.

"I got two: one at the warehouse, and another ... somewhere else. A fight's going to happen at the warehouse, but I couldn't tell who it was, or who's going to be there. The second one ... well, it showed a reflection off a knife, and someone's going to get killed. I saw the killer clearly, but ..."

"And who's going to die?" asked Terasaka. Nagisa needed a minute.

"M-My mother, actually."

"It's a murder attempt." the group around looked over to Ciel, who while still looking ready to pass out, still had enough of a mind to know what this meant.

"Haven't you figured it out yet? Whoever's after you is going to send you all off to this damn warehouse, and the killer's leaving you to that while he kills madam Shiota," Ciel concluded. The group looked around to eachother, and after a bit seemingly got the same idea. Well, all except for Nagisa, who they all ended up looking to.

"What?"

"We need to be in two places at once. We got that cure at the warehouse, and the killer wandering Tokyo, so all we have to do is split up. Nagisa, you go and protect your mom, we'll get the cure for the rest," Twilight decided. It was a rather quick move, but the plan was straightforward enough. Nagisa was feeling a bit torn again, either the life of his mother or the lives of countless kids at his school. His mind scrambled for the right answer.

"Ok, let's see. Sure, there's a lot of lives at stake, b-but Hiromi she - ... no. No, she's still my mother. Even if she didn't do much for me. ... It wouldn't be right to leave her. ..." his thoughts came to the final conclusion.

"Alright. Be careful you guys," Nagisa finally decided.

"It's settled then: you get off home and arm up, we're heading off to the warehouse. Let's go kick some ass," Karma said.

.......

As good as things were, Hiromi was still on the edge of things. Off back at home, unaware of the problems going on with everyone just yet, she had ... well, she honestly wasn't sure anymore on anything. Very stressed she was, as she tried to handle some dishes. In such a state of mind, she was at a point when any sound or negative comment could, and would set her off again. Her face may be red, but she didn't look as scary as she would normally be.

I am not you. I'm me. I'm Nagisa. I'm very sorry but, I can take care of myself, mom.

"... Then what am I supposed to do?" the question escaped her mouth without her realizing it, but it didn't matter. She had it all figured out, and she wanted it to go the way she intended the minute she would find her son. But, it almost felt like her world was turned upside-down. All of this, and she still wanted to believe that she had control. She had a reason to have Nagisa go her way - to fulfill the dreams she couldn't get herself. But now ... could she ever do that?

"... Nagisa ..."

*BAM*

Hiromi almost jumped out of her skin on the sudden noise, and Nagisa was standing there. He was breathing a bit heavily when arriving

"Is that you sweetie?"

"Yes. Is Aladdin home yet?" Nagisa asked, sounding urgent himself. Hiromi didn't turn to him, and she simply pointed to the bedroom. She really didn't want anything else to think about right now. Nagisa nodded, and went on back to see the magi. All Hiromi did was stand there, keeping her gaze to the sink in front of her. She hadn't heard much out of Aladdin since he got home.

"Aladdin, how're you feeling?" Nagisa asked through the door.

"Nagisa?" a voice groaned. Nagisa opened the door, and there was Aladdin on the bed, laying on the bed, more tired than sick really, but the red on his head did suggest that the poison got to him too.

"Oh no. Well, at least he made it home, I can watch him and mom until this whole thing's over," Nagisa thought, as he walked over to him. Aladdin looked to him, his face weak and red. Nagisa placed a hand on his head, feeling a fever good and hot.

"You doing okay, buddy?"

"... What happened?" Aladdin groaned.

"Look, I'll tell you later. Just hold tight, ok?" Nagisa said, trying to comfort him. The others should be able to get the antidote, hopefully. And all the while, this was being overheard by Hiromi. She couldn't stand it.

~~

Just before dusk, and both sides of this coin were off and ready to go. Nagisa Shiota was in his position to take care of Hiromi and Aladdin, and everyone else was heading off from the E building to this Warehouse, as pre-mentioned by the ransom. The warehouse was very far from the E building, practically across Tokyo, which explained why they had to take so long to get there at all. The group was not at full strength, and only those from the E building training (except for Ciel of course), were there and ready to get this game started. If even half of what Nagisa said was true, then they couldn't leave anything to chance. The group were just one block away from reaching this warehouse, and it took them pretty far off to the outskirts of Tokyo.

"Ok, this should be the place," Twilight noted.

"You really think they'll have it?" Blair asked.

"I don't know, maybe? We'll have to get in there, it's the best shot we have," Twilight answered. They began to hear a few sniffs next, and they came from Korosensei.

"They're there alright: the notable chemicals emitting from that antidote is right inside. This nose can sniff it out anywhere," Korosensei said smugly.

"K good. ... One question: Why the hell do you look like that?" Yoshida asked, looking down to Korosensei. Korosensei didn't look the same as before, but rather than some weak disguise or some human get-up, he instead looked like a small ball, the size of a basketball, with a see-through spear surrounding his smiling head.

"Hold on, no one said any rules against basic self-defense! This coat of armor is impenetrable by any substance known to man - I'm invincible!" Korosensei retorted.

"But you can't do anything like that," pointed out Twilight. Korosensei clammed up.

"... I can be supportive." A groan escaped much of Terasaka's gang, but Karma found this fairly interesting.

"Come on guys, it'll be fine. Worst comes to worst, we can use Korosensei as a distraction while we grab the goods," Karma noted, picking Korosensei up, tossing him up and down as if he was a baseball.

"Hold on, I didn't take this form to be abused!"

""Well too bad, Korosensei."

"Will you all quit bickering and come on? There's people who's lives are on the line remember?" Twilight reminded. Now was not the time to go into critique.

Pretty soon, they all were lined up at front. The warehouse building itself was a gigantic one, even if it looked rather old. Wherever this cure was, then they had a bit to look through. They kept their distance at first, keeping themselves lined along the walls just by the warehouse door. Takuya, Blair, and Kirara were on the left, and Twilight, Kirara, and Terasaka were on the right, Karma aiming his sword at the door. Clearly they knew who was leading this charge. With a grin on his face, Karma swung his sword in an uppercut right between the doors, them all hearing a notable slice from the lock. Good call. Karma had the honors of opening the door, and the dim light gave them what look they could manage. With the dim light and no lights on in the warehouse, vision was pretty limited to say the least. They expected a full onslaught to meet them at the door, but after making themselves known, there was no response.

"Well damn it. I was hoping for a fight on our hands the second we arrived at this place. Oh well," Karma sighed. As questionable as that was, the others moved on in, looking around.

"Well, let's get started. Fan out, and try to figure out where this antidote is," Twilight instructed.

"What're we even supposed to be looking for?"

"I don't know, some case, or canister, something that can hold this antidote in it."

"Leave it to me, children," Korosensei said smugly, "this nose of mine can sniff out that antidote in no time. Just leave it to me."
Well, Korosensei had a use for them after all, as he sniffed around. The smell of cardboard, steel, and dust was the main scent he was picking up, but eventually the demon got the scent locked. "Aha! I got the scent! It's in a metal case within this warehouse, over on the third floor."

"You got all of that just from smell?!" Blair gasped. Korosensei giggled.

"Oh, you have no idea."

"Can we get moving before we're all caught. Come on," Terasaka said, going on ahead with pistol in hand.
And so they began to look around. Considering it was up on the third floor according to the demon in a bubble, their first task was to find the stairs to go up with. Twilight got some light with her magic with a flick of the wrist, the task far easier than to her training, and the purple hue illuminated plenty of the place a good ten feet around them as they went through, many of them armed to the teeth for this brawl that will supposedly happen. Much of the warehouse was stocked up, but no sign of any guards or demons anywhere yet. The purple hue flickered like a candle, giving a more haunting feel to the entire warehouse, at least from what they could see.

"Hey, Koro, think you can sniff out any guards with that nose?" asked Yoshida. However, Korosensei didn't have to: the main door slammed close behind them. Immediately Terasaka and Kirara shot right at the source, and they all began to hear hissing, good and loud. None of the shots sounded like it made any hits, or if it did, the creature wasn't fazed.

"Slaughter them!" shouted a voice. It didn't take very long until the onslaught started. These demons were smaller, more like shadowy animals if anything, and in the dim light they were moving very fast. The group began to rain bullets practically everywhere. Twilight and Blair got a few magical spells to work and was as efficient with them as the group was with their pistols. If anyone was outside the building, flashes and gunshots could easily be heard outside. ...
And just after a minute, the attack stopped. Just like that. Ringing of gunshots and magical blasts were still echoing in their heads by the time they were done, and many of the demons were down on the ground, dead.

"Well, that didn't take long," Karma noted, cleaning his sword of the demonic blood.

"If that's all they got then this shouldn't be long at all," Blair added.

"Oh, do you think so?~"

Spoke too soon. Sure much of these demons were handled, but when they heard that voice, they all got armed up again. For some, the voice was eerily familiar in tone. It didn't come in a form of a figure, but something was then tossed down to them from the darkness of the warehouse.

*BOOM* In a sudden blast, the already dim room suddenly filled up with smoke. Whatever light Twilight could use was almost useless here. Ironically though, the lights in the warehouse suddenly turned on, but with so much fog and smoke from the blast it was almost blinding at first.

"Damn it! Who's there?!" Terasaka demanded. It took a little bit, but eventually they began to hear something start to come out of the fog. It looked like a human at first, but when they saw the full figure it was anything but: dark skin, arms and legs having holes in them to reveal flesh, with eyes much like insects. Karma quickly went at him with his sword, only barely able to get a cut into him. The fog cleared up after a bit, and ...

"Oh, screw this."

Well, what was shown next was jarring to put it lightly. They saw many other figures everywhere, but they didn't match the first one at all. Terasakas, Kiraras, Yoshidas, Takuyas, Blairs, Twilights, Karmas, so many copies were all over the place! The first one they saw smirked, and suddenly it was another copy of Twilight after a quick body alteration. A perfect match, and same thing could be said for everyone else.

"What the hell?!" Takuya said.

"Changelings. Everyone, stay as close to eachother as you can! Don't get lost in the crowd!" Korosensei instructed.

The Changelings weren't going to give them that time however, and the group of twenty were already rushing at them in a frenzy! With the light blinding them with the fading fog, keeping together was a lot harder than it sounded, and Kirara, Blair and Twilight were quickly yanked out of the crowd!

"So much for that," Karma sighed. This wasn't any good.

...

It took only a minute before the warehouse became a warzone of humans and Changelings. Sure, fighting off demons was no big deal, but the problem here was who was actually who. At least the warm-up fight was straightforward, much of the group now had to worry about who the hell was who, and try not to kill their friends in the process of it all. Copies of them were scattered everywhere, and it was impossible to tell on who was actually where, or who to actually attack. During the fight, Yoshida took focus on three moving in on him. Kirara seemingly had a similar issue and both backed up into eachother. Yoshida wasn't too bothered ... until Kirara turned around and hissed in his face!

"Ok, this is getting weird!" Yoshida said, seeing the Changeling lash out its lizard tongue at him and attempt to bite his throat. Yoshida got pinned down as the others closed in, but this Kirara Changeling got blasted right in the face by Twilight's magic beam, along with the others closing in on him, slamming them into the metal shelves. Yoshida felt grateful but Twilight levitated him, bringing him over and ready to blast him.

"You're mine!" Twilight shouted.

"Hold it, wait! Real me! Real me!" Yoshida shouted, just in time before she could hit him. Twilight placed him down on the ground. Good save.

Meanwhile, Blair and Takuya were having their own problems. They got to handling a few other changelings in this mix, hopefully none of them really their own. Takuya looked a bit scratched up already but still going as strong as he could manage. Blair and Takuya kept close to make sure they didn't confuse eachother.

"This is balls, we keep this up the others will be dead before we even get back," Blair groaned, before kicking a Changeling in the face.

"Well got any ideas to make this faster? I'm all ears," Takuya replied. During the scuffle, four other Changelings moved in on them, two Takuyas and two Blairs.

"Damnit, we can't keep wasting time. ... Takuya, go with me," Blair instructed. Before Takuya could ask what, Blair was suddenly on top of him, trying to beat him to a pulp! Takuya, taken aback, tried to fight back himself, and the other changelings moved away. With such a scuffle, who could really say on who was who? Soon as they left, Blair stopped.

"Warning next time, I would've killed you," Takuya said, as he got off the ground.

"Don't you get it, that's what they want us to do," Blair answered. And soon as she said that, four Terasakas were suddenly there, all angry, and ready to tear them to shreds. Takuya and Blair readied to attack them, but suddenly one of them smirked, and clobbered the other three, sending them flying with a wall aimed whack of the arm in a single swing. Clear one of them was real if they were gonna do that. Terasaka got them both up and kept them with him as they went back to the onslaught.

With all this going on, one of them took the opportunity to save them some time and actually tried to focus more on finding the stairs than actually fighting: Karma and Korosensei. Ironic, really, but he knew what they were up to the moment he saw them form. With him keeping himself out in isolation, he won't hurt any of his friends, and they can't hurt him either. He kept Korosensei with him, who was a bit more troubled about what Karma was about to do.

"Eh, Karma, shouldn't you tell them about this? I-It's kinda risky, and you might kill everyone," Korosensei shuttered, but Karma didn't hesitate.

"Quite wining. Those demons will have us running in circles by the time everyone keels over. Besides, I've always wanted to try a domino effect," Karma said with his signature smile. With the position of many of the Changelings and the shelves of materials, Karma already got his plan in action. And all he had to do was get his sword lined up with the first shelf's legs just right enough. He placed Korosensei down to give him a front row seat to the results. Not that he could do much anyway given his situation. With Korosensei placed, Karma got his sword and got to work. The plan itself was simple enough, and considering many of these items looked easily over a ton, this shouldn't take too long.
Korosensei could only watch as Karma went to the first line-up, and his sword sliced the legs right at the bottom. He raced along the front as fast as he could, his sword making a clean cut all the way through. In the fight, none of them really took notice of it (Good thing for him).

*creeeeek*

The sound of straining metal was what got their attention.

"HIT THE DECK!" shouted Terasaka. Much of the group just managed to get out of their in time, but the Changelings were just a little too slow. In screeches of shock, the Changeling horde was crushed under tons of metal and crates, and with the first part falling, it slammed into the other, and as Karma said, did a sort of domino effect. The crash rang in their ears as the dust cleared, revealing a row of about four to five metal shelves now on the ground, blood splattered on the ground under the debris. When it all cleared up, much of the group was alright ... at least Korosensei hoped it was them and not some look-alikes.

"The hell man?! You could've killed all of us!" Terasaka shouted. Karma went back to Korosensei and picked him up.

"Ok, Teach, think you can pick out who's who in this crowd?"

"You wait until AFTER to ask that?!" Korosensei yelled.

"Can't believe you didn't work it out yet. Nagisa said that only one person was going to die, if anyone, and that would be his mom. His future sight didn't say a thing about any of us except the fact we'll be in a fight, and hey look, we just finished," Karma said, finishing his statement with his other hand extended out to present the carnage left behind. Korosensei did see only one of each person left standing and out of the heap as Karma finished with "So, who do you think they are?"

"... And here I thought I'm teaching you." Korosensei simply replied. Karma couldn't help but laugh it up as the others went over to him.

"If you're going to nearly kill all of us, how about a warning next time?" Twilight advised.

"Why? It's more fun being spontaneous. Besides, it got rid of that horde, didn't it?"

"True. Come on, that cure's gotta be up there somewhere."

~~

As things were looking up for Twilight's group, Nagisa's side of the coin was a bit too meh. Not a thing happened yet, but Nagisa needed to keep himself a bit alert here. While his future sight didn't tell him any exact time this would happen, if Ciel's words were anything to go by, then it would be happening soon.
A bit too soon for him though. The city streets were a bit quiet that night, and while most would be off asleep at this point, one particular person was ... looming. Waiting. Keeping just off and out of the way dangerously close to the apartment where Nagisa was living. He kept his gaze locked off to said building, though he was a bit trigger-happy on just going in and causing mayhem. Or at least try and get whatever he had to done before it could get away from him. He placed his post over on instruction, hidden off in an alleyway about a block down. His fingers gripped the wall, as if trying to dig into them and crumble it up, before he began to see sight of someone further down, just exiting the apartment in question. But it wasn't Nagisa leaving, but instead Hiromi, and she just ... well, she didn't know what to think anymore. She simply kept quiet as she left, and possibly Nagisa might've not known she had left at all considering she came out alone. Her mind was fogged up, confused, and unsure how to take any of this really. And with confusion came stress, and at this point she was pretty high up there.

"Is that her? ... No. She didn't look like that. ... You better be damn right about this ..." the figure slipped off out of sight as Hiromi slowly started to move on closer and closer to his position. Step by step she went, her gaze down to her feet. And soon, she was in striking distance.

And then he got her: in a grab, Hiromi was caught in his strong grip, grabbed immediately and yanked out of the street! Hiromi, in such a state of mind, didn't realize until too late what just happened, and did what any sensible person would do: scream.
Especially when she took a look at this man's face. A look of a man who lost his mind, his eyes staring passed her with a sadistic-looking grin edging his face. It didn't help that what looked like claw marks edged his cheeks, almost like downward stripes. He looked simply terrifying, a horror of a man. Hiromi tried to get away from him, but this man was not letting her get away so easily.

"That's it, keep screaming, she'll come to me." he thought, but Hiromi was ready to snap at this point. So much trouble and now some mugger was taking her hostage! Lucky for her, her screams did not go unheard.

"Mom! Where're you?!"

Nagisa! Hearing his mother, Nagisa didn't hesitate to come out and see what was going on. But oddly, the man didn't feel too worried, and in fact moved out into view. He made his presence known by throwing Hiromi aside, tossing her into the street. She did her purpose, and when this man saw Nagisa, he was sure pleased. Nagisa was slightly taken aback by this opposing human, the man towering over him and in his prime, far more than what he used to be. One look told Nagisa that this was the moment he was waiting for.

"There you are," the man hissed.

"So. You're the one who poisoned everyone?" Nagisa asked, trying to keep his nerves together.

"Yeah, so what? It got you here, just like I wanted you to, bitch," he said, cracking his knuckles and ready for a fight. Nagisa was ready for a fight himself, his Halo Blade at the ready. This amused the man.

"Say what you want, your plan isn't going to work."

"It already worked! I poisoned your friends and look who's here. You're all mine Niji."

... huh?

"Wait ... Niji? Who?" That got the man more upset, him moving forward fast and almost killing Nagisa on the spot! Of course Nagisa jumped back, stopping ten feet away after a few hops.

"DON'T SCREW WITH ME! You clobbered me - you ruined me! I was at the top of the military defense force, and they all mocked me, humiliated me, BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID! YOU E-CLASS BASTARD!" He bellowed. Nagisa knew he wasn't the target, but this man should know the difference ... right?

"E class? What's he talking about ... they did keep talking about this Tataoka instructor. Is this him?" Nagisa thought. Though even if he said it aloud, it didn't matter much since he looked simply crazed as it is. Tataoka in the flesh, and he was in no mood to screw around anymore.

"I'm not letting you get away from me, and this time I'm making sure you're dead."
And with that statement, Tataoka charged forward and attacked with all his strength. For such a large imposing man, he sure moved fast, and the first kick almost got to Nagisa. Nagisa jumped to the side and with no option but to fight, he whacked Tataoka in the chest. It was enough to knock him back, but only a little bit. He didn't want to fight a fellow human, but Tataoka begged to differ and rushed at him with blind rage filling his gaze. Hiromi got herself picked up, her own face red, but she felt more torn than ever when she saw Nagisa fighting. And Nagisa was holding his own surprisingly well, hitting Tataoka more than he was hitting him thanks to his agility. Hiromi managed to find her feet, and seeing Nagisa hold his own this way just hammered in the fact further. This fight was heard throughout the place, and then Hiromi began to hear someone else come out not too far away.

Aladdin! Despite being sick, he can't stand by and watch this happen.

"I'm coming!" Aladdin called, trying to focus as best he could do for a Gyro Ball. It was a bit harder, and he only got a attack the size of a tennis ball, and the explosion barely did much, more like a smoke bomb than anything. Nagisa looked over to Aladdin, but Tataoka saw his chance, and slammed him into the dirt. The Gyro Ball left a bit of a mark on him, but Tataoka brushed it off.

"Nagisa!" Aladdin gasped. He tried getting over to him, and Tataoka grabbed Nagisa by the leg and swung him as the Magi like a mace, sending Aladdin flying off to the ground nearby Hiromi. Tataoka didn't care for him, and seeing Hiromi gave him an idea.

"You! Finish him off and I'll let you live!" Tataoka demanded. Hiromi froze up in place for a minute, her breath heavy and her eyes glued down to Aladdin. She could feel her rage build inside her, and Aladdin was worried that she was going to unleash it on him, but her mind was focused on somewhere else. Nagisa Shiota, her own son and only child, pinned down and unable to move underneath Tataoka, who looked more than ready to slaughter him. Regardless if he was Niji or not. Hiromi strained in her breath, her own look ready to kill, before she turned to Tataoka.

She had broke.

"GET YOUR DAMN HANDS OFF MY KID!!!" And with that roar, she jumped right at Tataoka, her hands clamped down hard on his head, and forcing him off of her child. Hiromi had finally broke, and the break from that got Nagisa up to his own feet, just to see Hiromi pummel Tataoka in the face, one punch after the other and going all out on him. Tataoka whacked Hiromi off of him with ease, a bit stunned but now ticked off.

"THE HELL'S WRONG WITH YOU?!" shouted Hiromi.

"I'LL DO WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT, BITCH, NOW MOVE!" Tataoka roared, before clocking her in the side of her head, sending her head over heels before slamming into the concrete. Nagisa felt stunned himself on seeing her do this, but he had bigger problems to worry about, as Tataoka began to run right to Aladdin! Nagisa got in the way, knife at the ready, but that didn't slow him down.

"You! You're mine, Niji!" Tataoka shrieked. Before he could reach him, Hiromi was up again, and actually caught up, knocking him off balance.

"Damn you, bitch," growled Tataoka.

"I'M NOT WATCHING YOU KILL MY KID, BASTARD!" Hiromi shrieked, landing a fist right into Tataoka's face. The hit was so hard, and so forcefully that they heard a notable crack, Tataoka's nose getting broken, and blood coming out shortly after. Tataoka no longer cared, and kicked Hiromi off. Now he was as pissed off as Hiromi was.

"I don't give a shit about your opinion, I'M IN CHARGE HERE, YOU DO AS I SAY, AND YOU'LL SEE THINGS MY WAY!!" Hiromi got grabbed in the head, and with a mighty swing, sent Hiromi flying into the air a good five feet up before slamming to the ground, stunned and bleeding from her head. The madman looked to Nagisa and Aladdin, his nose blood red and almost looking dented. but with his mad smile, he didn't care at all.

"Goodnight, Niji," Tataoka hissed. He was ready to charge, just for Hiromi to jump onto his back, and grab him by the neck, gripping tight. Tataoka choked in pain, her nails digging into his skin like claws. Hiromi was bloody in the head herself, but she was not giving up, not by a longshot.

"YOU BITCH, LET GO OF ME!" Tataoka choked. Tataoka tried to make her let go of him, but her legs were wrapped around him so just yanking her off wasn't going to happen. He had enough: Tataoka jumped backwards, and slammed Hiromi into the wall. It was just enough to get her off, and the hit was enough to make her cough up blood. Her grip left Tataoka gasping a little, bit he recovered first.

"Mom! Aladdin, get to her, I'll handle Tataoka," Nagisa ordered. Tataoka readied to fight, but Nagisa met him first and whacked him aside with both his feet hitting his head in a single thrust, sending him to the ground. Aladdin skidded to a stop over by Hiromi, stunned and hurting.

"NO! I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU WIN AGAIN!" Tataoka roared.

"My name is Nagisa Shiota, and I don't care who you think I am. No one attacks my family," Nagisa said, his foot on his throat. That seemed to be the weakpoint, and only weakpoint, and Tataoka was tired of choking. His arms gripped Nagisa by the leg, and swung him off good and hard. Nagisa though landed on his feet, in time to see the enraged man run at him again. Tataoka was fast with his own punches and swings, but Nagisa just kept himself out of his reach. Hiromi came to, and Aladdin stayed close.

N-Nagisa," Hiromi managed to say.

"No, stay down, it'll be fine," Aladdin said, trying not to let her go. However, when she saw Nagisa fighting Tataoka again, she spurred back to life, but not before shoving Aladdin aside. The magi jumped to get her, but Hiromi was already running at Tataoka. Nagisa noticed her first, but Tataoka suddenly found two fingers jabbed into his eyes! This was worse than getting his nose broken, and Tataoka keeled backwards. Now with no nose, and with two black eyes, Tataoka had enough of both of these humans making a fool out of him. Hiromi got grabbed in her sides, and with only one grip on his face, Tataoka pried her off of him before throwing her at Nagisa, sending them both to the ground. Tataoka, with both eyes red and bleeding, stared down to both targets. It was bad enough being shown up by Niji, and then get fired by Gakuho, but he will NOT get shown up three times. In a battle cry, Tataoka got his arm for the finishing blow.

And Hiromi threw Nagisa aside.

"NO!"

Tataoka got his fist right into Hiromi, slamming her down into the road so hard the concrete cracked like glass! Hiromi was not going to get back up after that hit, and Hiromi simply laid there in the road, a small pool of blood now under her head. Nagisa froze on seeing his mother collapse in such a heap, and Tataoka turned to Nagisa, his fist cracking as he readied for another go. His fist was bloody from both Hiromi and his own, and this powerhouse moved right over to Nagisa.

"Your turn, you bastard. I WILL NOT BE SHOWN UP."

What happened next ... well, it was such a quick blur. Tataoka was above Nagisa, his arm ready to finish Nagisa off the same as his mother, and Nagisa ducked to avoid it. but after that, Tataoka saw his reflection in a silver blade that suddenly sliced in an uppercut. It was inches from his face, and any close would've got his neck cut open, so he had to step back. He felt something grab his shirt and weighed him down, making him collapse to the ground. Tataoka would react again, but something wasn't right: he didn't find his target in front of him, but the target was suddenly behind him, and he froze up. A hand got over his eyes, and another held a knife at his throat.

The viper had struck. And not a moment too soon. Nagisa turned over to Aladdin.

"Aladdin? I know you don't feel well, but please tell the others what happened. They're at the warehouse in the northern outskirts of Tokyo, think you can do that?" Nagisa asked. Aladdin needed a minute to get himself together, worn out already, but that objective was straightforward enough. Getting his turban into a flying carpet, he went off on his way, leaving Nagisa with Tataoka.

Help will come.

Hopefully in time.