Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

"Hmm ... well, what a turn of events. Slicer, Lust, Gluttony had left me, Wrath's probably dead by now. Oh, my Future sight's not helping me anymore. Odds are they've been given a heads up. How else did they plan against me that well? ... Well, they should be waiting for me when I get up there. ... Here we go, Lugia. I know you're there."

The group had to work fast to get the Surface World team all prepared. There may be a war going on in the Underworld, but now with the Surface World at risk, they needed to get themselves in gear for their plan B. The Team had gotten themselves out of the Underworld and to the Surface world, and with just a headstart and pre-planning on their side, they got the ups on Sombra and where he would come out. Speaking of, off in what seemingly appeared to be the isolated corner of the Japanese forests.
With the portal opening up above his head into the shade of the forest floor, King Sombra had reached up back to the Human's surface world. ... And in such places, he was not alone, the assassins hidden off out of sight either within the trees or in the foliage.

"Damn, look who it is. Look like I owe you, huh?" Kirara said.

"Don't count your blessings yet, we still have to get him. Now get your team in position," Nagisa ordered. Terasaka nodded and gave the signal for his group to follow as Nagisa got to his communicator.

"This is Blue fang contacting Team Crimson helm. Target has appeared, is your team ready?" Nagisa asked. It was Karma who answered.

"We're getting there, blue fang. Hurry up guys," Karma instructed, looking over to his troops. They were almost ready, but given their position, they still didn't give him the signal for their preparation. He stayed in his position over by the rocks, glancing off to the nearby Cliffside. Eventually though, someone did look out from her spot and gave him the signal.

"Scratch that, blue fang, we're ready to go. Just say the word."

Just what Nagisa wanted to hear.

"Noted." Nagisa turned over to Sombra after that, peering through the tree branches like a spying predator. He kept his position hidden alongside Gaara and Blair, keeping themselves up high in the trees, just outside Sombra's radar. As Nagisa did was nod to the three and they all moved off silently through the branches. They needed to cut off his routes of escape here, and to an extent Sombra knew this too, his own eyes examining the forest.

"Clever, they're not charging at me all at once. What else would I expect though? They're getting in position around me, I know they are." And Sombra's thoughts were on point, as the very faintest sound of branches were caught by his gaze. They were circling him from above his head, and Nagisa got his position over to the right. Nagisa felt his heart racing at the anticipation, making him feel very antsy.

"No, I gotta calm down. One false move, and who knows when I'll get another chance? Everyone else is ready. He's expecting everything, and so am I," Nagisa thought, his hand gripping tightly on his halo blade. "Fate. I know you've been good to me and my friends. But please, hold out for a while longer."

Sombra stayed completely still, his eyes taking in everything around him. He saw bushes, trees, grass of greenery everywhere, but all the same, he saw little to no one. But if his Future sight told him anything, it's that they were there. And they all wanted to take him down. This was it. This was to decide where it'll all go from here. With the world in force off elsewhere, who's to say where it'll go now? Even if he looked calm as ever, his own heart was racing. Ready to spring at the slightest sound.

"Why isn't he doing anything?" Blair thought. The anticipation was enough trouble, and where he will go would defy the plan from there. Every team in every spot. Sombra's eyes looked over around him until they ended up locked upward into the trees. He gave a little bit of focus but he could just narrowly make out the blue tint of Nagisa's hair and eyes. Both eyes locked in place. THAT's when he began to get nervous, and got in a more battle-ready stance.

"I see you," Sombra hissed. Nagisa though didn't budge, as if he was still out of sight. This was a bit confusing.

"Come down from there, I know you're up there Shiota." Still nothing. Well, Sombra wasn't going to prolong this, and moved over to the figure. Gaara and Blair nearby started to feel more on edge, now that one of their own was caught. But the thing was, where Sombra was going wasn't where Nagisa placed himself. ...

"Nagisa, I'm giving you until three to come out. You've thrown me for a loop as it was back in the Underworld I have to admit. Sending the Fanalis to my magic traps and leaving your magic users out of sight was the opposite of what I expected of you. ... Of course, you did get your help from Lugia himself with his own Future Sight. Still, we all know that there's only so much you can do. Now I'm going to count to three, and if you don't come out, I'm coming after you. ..." Still no response from Nagisa Shiota. Gaara and Blair readied to head in on the countdown.

"... One. ... Two. ... Three. ..."

And only then did Nagisa start to come down from the tree. He jumped down, landing down just in front of Sombra. Sombra smiled, but he kept his gaze down at first. Eventually though, he began to raise his gaze to meet with his own. One look at his eyes was all Sombra needed to see.

This wasn't Nagisa, it was Niji!

What happened next was almost slow motion: as if appearing from thin air, Sombra sensed a back attack, and he turned in time to see Nagisa coming in! His eyes were locked onto his target, and his blade at the ready.
Sombra had seconds to react, and Nagisa's blade met its mark, scraping at Sombra's arm before he took off in a mad dash away from him. The cut stung him, but it didn't slow him down at all. Nagisa made sure Sombra kept running with several other close slices of his blade, two of which almost got Sombra's eye cut out! This wasn't a kill, but more of a trigger, something to get Sombra moving.

"Blair, Gaara, after him!" Nagisa ordered. They didn't need to be told twice, and rushed off after Sombra to keep him on course. Niji went on over to Nagisa.

"Thanks Niji, you saved us a lot of trouble there."

"Hey, you're the one with a future call," Niji reminded, playfully punching him in the shoulder. They both looked on ahead of them, and saw Sombra keep his pace as Niji got to her communicator.

"Flora, he's heading your way. Don't fire until he reaches the path. If you don't get him tell us where he's heading to," Nagisa instructed.

"I see him, and he's coming fast," Nabiku instructed. Her group was placed over closer to the pool. Looking in from their end, their group could see Sombra just coming in from the foliage, Gaara and Blair following him from up in the trees. Gaara made sure to throw some knives at him to be sure he kept going the right way. Sombra had his focus in one direction, and it wasn't until he was just a few yards away did Hinano jump out with duel pistols ready to shoot! A few shots were fired at him, but they all missed, as Sombra cut corners and bolted out of firing range.

"He pulled a fast one!" Hinano gasped, as Sombra kept moving. He went up through the mountainside forest and went off north instead. Just what another group was ready for. As Sombra raced through the next part of the forest, a few other students (Yoshida, Takuya, and Kirara) went on out of the forest and began their chase. Sombra looked back.

"Now this is more what I expected out of you!" Sombra said, suddenly turning around. Now he had targets he can better focus on here. Or at least he thought he did.

"That's it, keep those eyes on the ground."

BAM! A gunshot right to the back! Sombra jumped on feeling that, and he almost got shot in the head and chest by the others. He had to keep moving, and made a quick side step out of sight, taking to the trees. In the jump, he actually saw Terasaka up there himself. Such a large sturdy human in such a small space.

"Nicely done." Sombra took off in the trees next, and with that he quickly got out of sight. Terasaka felt pretty good, smirking as he got to the communicator.

"This is Bronze cut calling Bird of Pray, he's heading off to the clearing. I got him wounded in the shoulder, but it's not slowing him down," Terasaka reported, as he got down the tree and moved with the others off after him. That sure was good news to hear from Aladdin's side. Aladdin's side was off in a clearing near where crimson helm was located, and hearing this news got them ready. Sombra kept his eyes behind him, seeing them following him and try to take their shot, but when Sombra looked ahead -

"Oh no you don't!" Sombra suddenly jumped aside, and began to go off up hill. This was off course. And worst still, he was heading up to the Birds of Prey's position. Lucky Morgiana heard him.

"Get down!" Morgiana said, quickly moving Aladdin down before Sombra jumped out of the trees and into the clearing. They planned for him to be on the lower cliff coming in, not on the upper level by them, and Sombra knew they wouldn't shoot their own team. Karma, Nakamura, and Bardroy got their weapons lighting up as Sombra, just fast enough to get him tumbling to the ground. The umbra recovered fast and had to bolt off back and forth as he ran directly towards them, rushing by them in a blur.

"Nice job, you let your target slip. Don't assume your prey will follow your plan!" Sombra advised as he ran.

"Damn it!" Karma groaned, as Bardroy went for the communicator as it went off.

"Crimson helm, what's going on?"

"Sombra juked us: he came in from the top instead of the path. He's heading to the E building. Meet us there," Bardroy instructed.

This was all getting crazy: with Sombra now heading where he wanted to go, things were beginning to escalate. The troops were in on him, and he needed to make up for lost time if he was to finish this off. With the troops off behind him for the moment, he could finally make out the E building off ahead of him. No troops outside, no traps set, completely unguarded and not expected by the rest. He found his way. ... Or did he?

"HIYAAAA!"

"What the - ACK!" Out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie leaped out and suddenly her foot clocked him right to the face, sending the Umbra off balance. This didn't last too long though, and Sombra found there was indeed another troop here, one that his spying eye didn't catch on his own oversight of this plan. Sure he knew they'll be here, but he didn't expect her group to show. Pinkie's group was joined up by Yoroi and Hoopa, who quickly surrounded him. Sombra needed a breather here.

"So what? You all going to charge at me?" Sombra asked, waiting for one of them to come forward.

"We just want you to stay put," Yoroi stated.

"Well tough luck for you. Can't you humans just let this happen already?" Sombra groaned.

"But why do you have to make this happen?" Pinkie then asked. Sombra couldn't believe the question.

"Why should I say? Kyoya surely told you everything as is, I don't need to tell you any further than what I've had," Sombra made clear. Looking back into the forest though, someone was starting to catch up to him. He had the building there, and the troops closing in.

"Good job: He's stuck in the open. No matter how strong he is, Umbras can't do well in sunlight with fully exposed," Nagisa figured. Sombra was more than his magic though, and when he saw them come out of the forest, he rushed off right passed Hoopa. It was just enough time for the troops to arrive on scene, but with everyone out in the open, Sombra had a visual on everyone. Bad news was that he had no cover either, so he had to jump and dodge every which way to avoid the shots. Looking back, Nagisa, Gaara, and Morgiana were right on his tail.

"Okay, it's about time I admit it: you humans are beyond a shadow of a doubt, clever. Think you can keep it up?" Sombra asked as they ran.

"Gonna ask you the same question," Gaara replied, making a quick turn and jumping at him. Sombra ducked just enough to avoid the lunge. He was getting close to the E building now, few yards away, but then a thought struck him.

And he jumped on the roof and over.

"Wait, where's he going?" Gaara thought, the group skidding to a stop. Sombra made it over the building and glanced back, seeing that none of them were following him now. It would seem he gave them all the slip. Not a good move, and the trio rushed around the building to catch up to him.

"Anymore tricks?" Sombra thought.

"UP HERE, UMBRA!"

Sombra looked up, and saw that indeed they did: Aladdin and Niji had managed to catch up, and this time with Mey-Rin and Nakamura on the flying carpet, armed and ready. He was not out of the woods yet.

"Flight isn't working. Time to fight." Sombra stated, as his demonic energy started to build. He may have it weakened with the halt in sunlight, but he still had plenty to work with. Mey-Rin and Nakamura began their firing from there. Sombra jumped to one side, then to another, and by the third jump, he launched his own energy right at them all. Aladdin had to veer the carpet off out of range, the orb missing them just by inches. Aladdin responded with his own Gyro Ball, aimed over in front of Sombra to stop his path. The explosion was strong, and Sombra actually got struck, but he didn't slow down at all in his attempt.

"Even with all of my tricks, all of these humans and angels are over-powering me. It won't be long until they do me in at this rate. Just got to reach Lugia."

.......

Meanwhile, back at the main building, much of the others were keeping themselves up on lookout, just in case if Sombra were to get this far. Twilight, Kyoya, and Korosensei kept in watch the best they can, them hearing the distant gun fire and explosions going on. It won't be for much longer at this rate until they would catch up. Korosensei was the most nervous, his teeth gnawing on his tentacles like someone would chew their nails, and as rapid as ever.

"He's getting close," Twilight said, feeling very nervous on noticing this.

"Oh, please tell me you know what you're doing," Korosensei shuttered.

"We have everything worked out. He won't win, I know he won't," Twilight reassured them all, but the more she heard those shots, the more troubled she was becoming.
And not a moment too soon, as out of the foliage, Sombra rushed out with the others behind him. He looked worn out, but still determined as ever. It wasn't until he got to the building did he finally slow down a little bit, looking up to the others up on top, though he didn't completely stop until something forced him back: Twilight's force field. Her practice surely paid off, and Sombra couldn't get himself in. This final one got everyone to surround him now, guns drawn and weapons at the ready. He was tired, and now surrounded.

"It's over, Sombra. We planned for everything you could've done, and will do," Nagisa made clear. Sombra didn't reply at first, catching his breath before confronting the huge crowd. He felt the force field off behind him, like a wall.

"So it would seem. But I'm not giving up anymore than you are," Sombra made clear.

"Sombra, look around you: All of us, we don't want our world to be destroyed anymore than you want yours to be. We're trying our hardest to keep our home alive and well, and why we're fighting down in the Underworld right now, why we're doing all of this. This has to stop, you have the power to do that."

"You all tried to kill me, and you try a compromise again? Nagisa, may I remind you we know how this all will go. So I'll give you one final chance to get this correct. Will you surrender. Or no?"

"... As long as I'm breathing. It's never over."

"So be it." With his strength regained somewhat, he used the full potential of it all and slammed them into Twilight's shield! One hit was all it took to crack it to pieces, and immediately the group took aim and fired at him, guns blazing. Several shots struck him, but Sombra just managed to get himself inside the building before any fatal blow could be done to him. Bloody, and weak, but he finally made it. The others wasted no time in getting through the door. ...

He was gone.

"W-What the, where'd he go?!" Aladdin gasped. No sign of the umbra anywhere in here, but there was one particular clue that sealed their fate.

A portal mark engraved into the wall. ...

"No. NO! Damn it, he played us!"

~~

Lugia stayed quiet inside the E building. All that noise he had heard, all those tremors he felt from the war going on outside the room, and in the Underworld. He felt it all, every bit of it. And every time he heard a gun go off or an explosion ripple the ground, it left him with a bit of a shiver. The only one with him here was Ciel.

"Sounds like it calmed down a bit, don't you think so?" Ciel asked.

"Yes. ... though, to tell you the truth, I don't know if it will do much good."

"Not this again, Lugia. You haven't truly met humanity, have you? We won't ever stop until we reached our goal, no matter what the cost. ... I should know."

"So I've noticed. But by now, Sombra would be showing up after misleading your friends. In just a moment, he'll be here."

"You do realize he just ran over the roof," Ciel pointed out.

"AND do you realize he's come back?"

Lugia and Ciel looked for the voice, though it didn't take too long until they did see the next oncoming problem. So much trouble as it was with demons fighting on both ends, and now the one that started it all got through a portal to his target at last. Ciel tried getting up, but his sore body just wouldn't let him, and Lugia knew what would be coming next at this point. Sombra looked beaten a bit, bloody too, but otherwise alright unfortunately. Sombra took a moment to look around, getting his breath together, and just to make sure he didn't lose his quarry, a shadow barrier blocked off every wall, ceiling, and exit they could take. No one was going anywhere.

"Lugia. I believe this has been long enough, don't you?"

"Yes. Though, it looks like they've been giving you the runaround."

"Yes, thanks for noticing," Sombra sighed. Before Sombra could get to him, Ciel ended up getting up and standing in the way.

"You're kidding."

"Sombra. Before you go in and turn this world into your version of hell, an explanation would be nice."

"This again? Ciel, this is ending today, and unless you want to get killed, then I suggest you step out of the way."

"Aren't you going to kill us all anyway?" Ciel pointed out. Sombra was getting bothered again. Normally he'd stay calm and throw Ciel for a loop, but with all the pressure, he didn't need any of this. One step forward though, and Ciel suddenly drew out a pistol, and without hesitation shot him square in the chest! Sombra flinched at the lack of hesitation, feeling the stinging bullet in him.

"Now you know better than that Ciel, demons can't be killed that easy. You of all people should know that," Sombra stated, using his magic to pull the bullet out of him. It was really a matter of when, not if, Sombra will jump at them. His prize was right there, and the more time ticked by the closer the rest of the team was coming back to him.

"Have some decency, and answer already. We know there's more to it aside from some damn angel."

"Excuse me? That angel did nothing to deserve getting her wing clipped, and with all the damage you've already done to your own world, you think I'm going to let you all go to our worlds and do the same thing? You humans already laid waste to hundreds of demons as is."

"So all of this for one half-winged angel? How pathetic." Sombra had it with Ciel's talk: suddenly he had the child by the throat, one hand holding him up and gripping tight.

"You're one to talk Ciel. You may have some authority over your own friends, but you do NOT have any over me. YOU have no power here, stop thinking you do just because of that Phantomhive name of yours." And with that statement, Ciel was tossed aside. It was then that he walked right up to Lugia, Who believed this to be the final time now. He was here, Lugia had nowhere to go, and Sombra wasn't going to let him get away this time.

"Sombra ... please. You know not all human beings are the same thing. Not all of them deserve to die ..."

"Don't you give me that: they all have their variants, but in the end they're all only looking out for themselves and no one else. They could give less about any angel or demon if they could help it. You saw what they've done to the Underworld already, and even to some of the angels as well. They're looking to take it all, and damn-it, I'm not having it!"

... laughing. It started out small, but then grew into joyous laughter, and all of which came from Ciel Phantomhive.

"What's so funny?"

"You are!" Ciel said in his laughter. "A-and here I thought you were just some clever twat of a king, but no, you actually figured us humans out!"

"And you treat it as a joke?!" Sombra yelled, but Ciel didn't care. Lugia probably would've foreseen what was going to happen next, so all he did was step back and let him speak.

"We humans are a breed apart, trampling eachother like insects," Ciel stated, beginning to step by Sombra and Lugia as he continued to monologue.

"We're cowardly, and we're fierce! Petty and small and nasty, we're more demonic than demons are!"
Sombra had no words. He KNEW what was wrong with their species. He KNEW that they were horrid. And this whole time he still was trying to save them from all this? Sombra wasn't sure if should expect this from Ciel or not. Ciel continued laughing until he eventually stopped himself, almost as if reading Sombra's mind.

"... And yet ... I'm just like them, don't you see? ... I'm full of it. That same ugliness courses through my veins as well," Ciel then stated, still smiling as he looked to his hand. Soon, the smile disappeared and his hand turned into a fist.

"It's just how we humans are ... SOMBRA DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME, IT'S WHO WE ARE!!"

Everything went still, and Sombra looked shocked. for the first time in a very long time, he was legitimately shocked by pure word alone. Who we are? What did that mean, exactly? Sombra was quiet, and Lugia and Ciel waited for some sort of response from him.
... and then his arm shot out. In a blinding second, his arm turned into shadow, and struck Lugia right in the chest, going through him and into him.

"... Let's see it then."

...

*BOOOM*

That was it. What happened next almost went in a blur: the group outside were just about to reach the E building when they began to see a sort of light begin to come out from the windows. That light quickly turned into what they all thought was an explosion, as much of the E building turned into nothing but pieces of wood. But what shocked them even more what was came out from the building, and now in the air.
With Sombra controlling him, Lugia no longer had the same control over himself, and no longer was in a human-like form. This form Lugia had now was that of a draconic-like creature: a mix between a dragon, bird, and plesiosaur. his head ended in a beak, ridged to resemble a set of sharp teeth. His arms had strengthened and lengthened into hand-like wings, and ridges ran along his back and two on the end of his lizard-like tail. his eyes had spikes jutting out of them as well. Thanks to Sombra though, he looked far more horrifying, his skin a shadowy dark violet, the spikes and ridges a dullish silver, and his eyes were glowing red, steaming a purple hue like Sombra's eyes would do. This creature had laid waste to the E building, and as for Ciel, he was thrown out right to the team, still alive, but hurting all the same from the explosion. Sombra took a moment to observe himself in both new body and soul, finding flying an ease, and the sun not as effected on him as it should be. He then gave a mighty roar down to them, and he saw that even that alone made them all step back.

"Damn it, he got to him," Karma groaned, already running at him.

"Karma, stop!" Nagisa yelled, but Karma wasn't going to let him get away. In a swing, Karma aimed his sword directly at the creature's face, but while this would normally be death to any demon, Sombra used his new beak to clamp down onto the sword, and in one quick bite, the sword snapped in two. All that was left was the handle, which dropped down to the kid before Sombra swung around, slamming his tail right down onto him. Karma was only saved by Pinkie's quick thinking and reflexes, and the slam cracked the ground with little effort on the creature's part.

"... Well. ... You've tried your best, I'll give you that. ... Farewell."

"SOMBRA!" before any of them could reach him, the creature took one flap of his wings and launched up into the air, the blowback sending many of them flying, and a number of trees falling to the ground. One flap got him up fifty feet skyward, again impressing Sombra, and soon the creature flew off on his way. Sombra had gotten his prize.

"Oh god, no. Lugia ..."

...

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!"

Too little too late: the group remaining at the site began to hear the remaining soldiers returning to the Surface World. Ed, Al, Olivier and Alex had handled their portion of the fight off down in the Underworld, and it did show with them beaten up a bit. However, it was too late for them to even do much, seeing the destruction of the E building, or rather what was left of it.

"Sombra's gone, and Lugia's with him," Gaara reported.

"WHAT?! Where'd they go?" Olivier demanded. A distant howl from Lugia made that answer painfully clear.

"We' figure it out, now come on!" Karma ordered, starting to head off. The others wasted no time in going off towards Tokyo. It was down to the wire now, and they weren't done yet.

~~

The alarms were ringing out.

Team Harmony wasted no time in rushing from the E building and to Tokyo, but whether anyone would want it or not, with Sombra finally reaching the power he needed, hell was ready to fall onto the humans. Sombra himself wasted no time in getting into Tokyo city, the large creature flying through the city with little effort, everyone everywhere seeing the monster ready to come down. Of course, possessed Lugia wasted no time in starting his rampage through Tokyo. He got his prize and he wasn't wasting another second in his assault any longer.
Residents were left screaming and running from the draconic creature, each attack and move Sombra had in arsenal laying waste to the city in some way, be it the wind gusts from his wings or the strength in his own body. His roars shattered every window, and every hit of his tail or wing crumbled buildings into rubble. All of these attacks were like nothing to him now, and he used it for all its worth. By the time the group got to him, the place looked like a mess.

"Welcome back, Pluton," Ciel sighed.

"He's going to destroy everything at this rate. We got to find him!" Alphonse said, something they all knew of at that point. not long after he said that, a building off a block down suddenly exploded as Sombra rampaged through.

"That shouldn't be too hard," Karma replied. And it didn't take much for him to see them either. Rather than engage in some conversation though, a glare of his eyes was enough to get the point to them. He had all the power, and they weren't going to stop him so easily.

"SCATTER!" called Twilight, just before Lugia launched forward. Everyone rushed to the sides, ducking as his wings sliced through the buildings like butter, making short work of the place. The buildings by their heads crumbled quick, and they had to dodge the falling debris as much as Lugia. He went upward and spun around to see the effect of that one attack taking down a full street.

"Well, Lugia, I can see why you wanted to keep your power down," Sombra said, though seemingly it was to himself which was not far from the truth.

"Anyone have any ideas?" Ed asked urgently.

"You tell me, the plan didn't go this far," yelled Niji, just before he came down again. This time he used his wings to lift up a building like the hands they resembled, actually getting it tossed ten feet away from the group, and leaving a good amount exposed again.

"Screw it then. CHARGE!" Ed shouted, rushing in towards Lugia, hands clapping together and his own alchemy started up. Sombra saw this coming a mile away and quickly got airborne just before the ground cracked open with alchemic energy. Some did strike Lugia, but it barely did much, if anything at all. Sombra moved in at Ed, him ready to attack him again, just for Nagisa to suddenly tackle him to the ground.

"The hell are you doing?!"

"That's Lugia you're attacking! Sombra only has his body, you kill him and you kill Lugia," Nagisa made clear.

"THE HELL DO WE DO THEN, LET HIM TURN THE WORLD INTO A GRAVEYARD?!" Ed yelled. Their conversation was cut short when Sombra roared again, suddenly behind them, wing ready to whack them. Nagisa acted like a shield for Ed just before they got hit, both of them sent off flying, much to the horror of the others. Both of them though suddenly were caught by a yellow blur, turning out to be Korosensei.

"Gotcha," Korosensei grunted upon grabbing them. And unlike with Nagisa and Pluton, he wasn't slipping up this time and quickly made like mad to get them, and everyone else out of Sombra's line of fire. The possessed Lugia roared loud and then began to charge something up, which at first looked like a Gyro Ball. However, this was no Gyro Ball, and developed into a cyclonic blue beam, narrowing missing Korosensei by inches as he flew around like mad to get them out. Considering Korosensei was at Mach-20, that was deadly, but where the beam did hit the buildings, twenty were torn from the ground and left as pebbles in a matter of seconds.
Korosensei just managed to get them off at a better distance in another part of the town already wrecked, similar in appearance to the wreckage back in Amestris. The roars and attacks from the possessed Lugia rang around everywhere.

"It doesn't matter if Lugia's in there or not, if we let him go it'll be the end for all of us!" Ed made clear.

"Precisely why we have to work together to take him down. Sombra can't hold onto that body forever," Ciel added in.
There was little time to actually work out an exact approach though, as Sombra wasn't going to let them get away so quickly. Taking flight off into the air, the possessed Lugia soon found them on the ground, and they had to rush away from another oncoming blast of power, an Aeroblast tearing the ground. There's no doubt about it anymore.

"Well, no time like the present," Kirara decided, aiming her gun right to the beast. Shots started to ring out, but each bullet literally bounced off of his wing in a block. Sombra turned to face the shooting creatures, but this distraction left him open to another hit by a sudden Blair pi-pi-pumpkin blast, hitting him square in the face. The explosion stung, but didn't do much on him other than halt him briefly.

"Brave. You all willing to kill Lugia?" Sombra questioned through Lugia's voice.

"Lugia would not want to kill the humans! Let him go and this can end!" shouted Alphonse.

"It already ended the second I possessed Lugia. And you lost."

The fight began to ring out again, Sombra charging forward and sending up gusts of wind right at them. Edward tried to block it with some quick alchemy, making the ground jut upward for the blast, but the winds proved too strong and both were knocked back quick. Korosensei got them in his grip before they could crash. Sombra readied to jump again, but then something grabbed him by the tail, turning out to be Morgiana.

"You will NOT hurt them," she stated, before the Fanalis began to rush up his back and right for the throat. She jumped at his neck, and gripping it tight, and it did strain his breath, Sombra wasn't having it and flew up skyward. Aladdin and Niji were quick to follow and flew up after him, the possessed Lugia flying and shaking like a madman to get Mor to let go. Morgiana may have all the strength of a Fanalis, but even she had a limit, and this creature finally dislodged her in a corkscrew spin. Niji managed to catch her, and Aladdin got up a magi shield just in time before Sombra released another array of energy at them with roars and wing beats. The shield did its job to protect them, as the wind gusts forced them to the ground!
the possessed Lugia was caught under more gunfire again, combined with the E students and the servants of the Phantomhive manor, all shots hitting his chest and stomach, but one well aimed shot from Mey-Rin got him right in the eye! THAT shot made Sombra groan in pain, like someone getting dust blown in their eyes. angry, Sombra made a dive down at them, wings and ridges folded back in a falcon dive.

"NO YOU DON'T!" Korosensei came alive and tackled Sombra in the side, the Mach-20 speed just enough to send the creature off twenty feet. This actually made him grounded, not able to recover quick enough to avoid landing, and now grounded, this left Sombra open to the others. That didn't mean he was disarmed though, and another beam began to charge up and launched forward. This one was slower and more like a tidal wave, but this still was enough to make them bolt for it.

"Stand aside, I'll halt him!"

"He's all yours, Major!" Ed yelled as they ran passed him. The oncoming flow moved in closer to him, and Alex's metal gloves started to spark. Gathering all his strength together, Alex Armstrong slammed his fists right into the beam, making it halt for a brief moment, but this beam was not stopping, and instead was redirected to aim just high enough to avoid them, just for another building to get struck down.

"Major, watch what you're doing! We don't want to destroy the city, do we?!" shouted Niji.

"What do you mean?! DESTRUCTION AND CREATION ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN! YOU MUST DESTROY TO CREATE - THAT IS THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE!" Alex bellowed, suddenly shirtless.

"Did he have to strip?" groaned Olivier. Alex released another alchemic attack right onto him. Sombra flew up, but the alchemy was just fast enough to whack him off-balance in the air. His roar echoed out on the hit, He felt sore from the strike, and the group weren't done just yet with him, as a Gyro Ball and a pi-pi-pumpkin cannon were shot off at him at the same time. Even with a wing blocking the explosion, he fell to the ground again, but this time it was on his feet. Edward and Alex worked together next and their alchemy began to crack the ground around him, trying to enclose him inside. This beast was not having it, but rather than a wing beat, all he had to do was slam a foot on one of the earth sides to slam it to the ground again. He roared loud at them, and actually grabbed one of the alchemic earth pieces with his beak, and threw it at them in a powerful swing.

"INCOMING!" shouted Terasaka, several members ducking down fast as the chunk of earth flew above their heads. Then his attention turned to the magic-users off nearby, and gave his thanks with his beam aimed directly to them. Aladdin and Blair had to bolt off out of the way as fest as they could, just avoiding getting killed on the spot. Sombra gave a primal word of warning for all of them to back off, wings spread wide like an angry bird of prey. He heard guns being loaded, magic being charged, and all eyes were on him. ... And suddenly, he shook his head.

"The hell am I doing? I've gone too far to waste time with any of you."

And before any bullet could shoot, or any beam could fire, the possessed Lugia launched up into the air, the gust sending them all off their feet. He didn't need to waste time with one group of humans when there's billions of others to deal with.

"Our force isn't working. We need a new strategy and fast!" Aladdin said.

"There's one final shot we have," Nagisa stated. He really was hoping that it wouldn't get this far, but if this plan would work, it'll be good for everyone.

"Well lay out what you want us to do because we're working random at this point," Karma said. Nagisa looked off to the direction of the noise, walking passed the others.

"All of you find cover. I'll be right back."

And off he ran.

"Damn it not again - NAGISA COME BACK!"

.......

With the possessed Lugia continuing his rampage off through the city, Nagisa made his own run after him. With sombra controlling Lugia, tracking him wasn't too complicated, his demon sense guiding him to where Lugia was at. In such a short amount of time, Lugia got a far distance into the heart of Tokyo, continuing his rampage with Nagisa following him off behind. It was hard enough just keeping up with him, rushing along what roofs remained as Sombra flew off just out of reach. Sombra did notice Nagisa trailing him, but he didn't slow down, simply flapping his wings to send a gust back at Nagisa. It got him knocked back a bit, but Nagisa kept behind him. Eventually, Sombra turned around after gaining some distance, and suddenly rushed at him. Nagisa had to skid to a halt and jump up as high as he could, narrowly missing the possessed Lugia by inches, only his by the weak ridges on Lugia's back.

"Gaara taught you well, Nagisa," the creature said, Nagisa landing on the rooftop again. Sombra stopped a moment, flying in mid air, out of reach from him.

"Why are you still fighting? I've given you all the time in the world to be ready, and even then I STILL got Lugia. All predictions aimed to this conclusion, and you humans don't stand a chance any further."

"What makes you so sure?! We've proved the future's never set in stone. You may got Lugia, but you ever planned on what'll happen after you did?" Nagisa called. Sombra briefly felt surprised, but he no longer needed to hear this.

"I know where this'll go: the human race will fall and this world will be open once more. As I said, you humans had torn this world apart long enough, and I will not stand by longer to let you do the same to everyone else."

"What makes you think we can't change?! I've changed, they've changed, everyone changed! We never knew we even were affecting you because none of us knew you even existed until now! Sombra, believe me when I say we can change the world for the better. I'm not denying that we humans haven't done anything bad to you or anyone else, but at the same time we're just as willing to fix as much as we destroy. Just give us a chance to do that, and I swear we will!"

"Don't pretend you will! Human beings are a breed apart, you trample eachother like insects: petty, small, nasty, you're worse than us! And you know what's ironic about that statement: CIEL PHANTOMHIVE made that clear to me, and he laughed at me for it. You know you're rotten, and you won't do anything about it."

"I'm not denying there are worse humans out there, Sombra, believe me. But Demons and Angels are just as varied as everyone else here: look at you! A Umbra demon who somehow managed to become a Elysium commander! According to that logic that would be impossible, but it happened! You really going to stay there and think that no human being can change when you already proved no one can ever truly be the same?"

Sombra roared, the sheer force almost making Nagisa knocked off the roof. The words were getting to him far too much, and it was ticking him off more than any weapon could hurt him.

"I've had enough of this I'll see you in true paradise, Nagisa Shiota."

Then came the blow to defy everything. Sombra started to charge up his attack, the blast gaining power every second. Nagisa knew what was coming next, but he wasn't moving. He had to focus, and calm down from the fight.

"Lugia ... I'm ready. God. Please. Please make this work ..." Nagisa felt a tear come down his face, hoping and praying that this final resort would finally work. He had such little time to actually get this, such pressure was on him. And if this didn't work, nothing will. Sombra continued charging, but he saw that Nagisa was not moving. He was just ... standing there. Waiting. Anticipating the blast coming at him. And to him, this was surrender. With full confidence now, and with no holding back, Sombra released the mighty power of the Aeroblast, aiming directly at Nagisa. All the power Lugia and sombra had mixed together into a force of pure magic of the world.
Nagisa opened his eyes just in time to see the blast. ...

And it struck him dead center.

"NAGISA!!!" screeched Twilight. The whole team couldn't do anything to stop the blast from hitting, and none of them could look away as all they saw was light and magic. Everything felt like slow motion when this happened, the building under Nagisa decimating in seconds, them just out of the blasting range, and everyone feared this was the final breath of Nagisa Shiota. So much, all leading to this. Sombra felt triumphant in defeating Nagisa, and tried to stop the Aeroblast ... he tried to.

"Huh? Wait, stop! I can't stop?! Why won't it -"

The final resort had been activated: it took a bit of time after the blast, but the impact of the hit began to alter, much of the beam suddenly being moved back to just in front of Nagisa, and what everyone thought was the final move now worked against Sombra. there was Nagisa, still alive, and sucking all that power into him! Sombra tried to get the move to stop, but the blast was nothing more than a power-filled drain, and Sombra couldn't break out of it.
Panicked, Sombra had no choice but to get out of Lugia, but not even that did him much good, the move still in affect on not just him, but on Lugia too! None of them knew what was happening, staring with baited breath at this shocking turn of events. Lugia stayed still and allowed this to happen as Sombra struggled to keep what power he had, and what power he was born with, but both weren't going to stay on him. Pretty soon, the drainage stopped, and Sombra and Lugia landed on the ground below. Lugia was still in his true form, but now the colors were that of blue and white, but while weaker, he knew what had occurred.

"H-He ... He drained them? ... B-But then -" Twilight stopped cold when she saw what happened to Nagisa. The blasts of magical energy didn't go down, and a powerful aura now surrounded him. his eyes were wide open, irises shrunk as he felt the power he now had in him. A mixture of the mightiest holy and unholy energy, now fighting within his body for dominance with eachother within his being. The aura around him burned like a fierce fire, blasts of pure energy emitting from him like force of a rocket ship, and just as dangerous. However, Nagisa's own body proved too weak to even handle it, every muscle tense and stiff, twitching, and cracking under how much energy begged to come out. His body was not ready for this, no matter how much training he could've done. To everyone's shock, it was to the point when his body started bleeding out of his mouth, eyes, and even finger tips started to get cut open.

"Oh god. I can't hold this any longer. L-Lugia!" Nagisa thought. He couldn't speak to anyone with how much force he had to keep it together. His eyes looked to the only creature that knew of this plan, and Lugia simply nodded slow. He knew he was hurting, and seeing him in such pain, he knew too this can't last much longer.

"Go."

That was all Nagisa needed to hear. He started to ready himself, each step alone enough to crack the ground underneath him, and with all the energy he had, he jumped skyward. One jump now got him a mile high, and away from everyone below him. He couldn't hold it together any further, and his gaze aimed directly to the sky.
His energy holding it altogether had completely broke, and all of it was released in a mighty blast to the heavens! This wasn't an attack though, but this was a release, and he wasn't aiming for Sombra and Lugia down below. No, his sights were far higher than any of them. The magical energy spread off all over the sky as if the Aurora borealis had come to life, and every inch of it launched in all directions, aiming at the ground, the sky, and everything in between. This attack harmed no one, and in fact the magical energy was actually mending everything that possessed Lugia had destroyed, everyone below the blast was still standing in the light and magical energy. This spread off miles on time in all directions, and it was enough of a blast to break apart the barrier and disbelief for good. Slowly, the power from the release began to calm down, the light diminishing, and after a while, all the energy was released from Nagisa. All that pressure, energy, and strength, all now exiting his body in one major move.

Everything fell silent. And Nagisa, far up in the sky, began to succumb to gravity and fall down to the world below. Nagisa's fall would've been his final one if Aladdin didn't fly up and catch him first. Nagisa's body landed in his turban flying carpet. Everyone rushed out to them as they landed, wanting to see if Nagisa was alright. However, he didn't look very alive laying there, completely quiet and not even breathing at a first glance. Twilight went up to him first, down on her knees right by him. He was not budging at all.

"How is he?" asked Karma. Twilight tried to test some vital sign, but it wasn't looking too good. His blood left on his fingers, mouth and eyes still stained him, but no longer was any flowing out of him. She placed her head on Nagisa's chest.

.......... *ba-bump* ........... *ba-bump* .......... *ba-bump* ..........

Very faint. but still a sign that he's holding on.

"His heart's still beating."

"Well don't just stand there, find what hospital's standing and take him there," Ciel instructed. Korosensei was more than quick to oblige, and scooped him up gently. He held him in his tentacles like a mother to her child. No way was Korosensei going to harm him any further from here. In a jump, Korosensei was off and on his way to the nearest hospital. This left them with one other little problem though, and he was just getting himself scooped up off the ground. Weal, tired, and shocked beyond belief.
Sombra could barely grasp what occurred right there, but ... he saw them all go over to him. Beings from all three realms had done him in. And he knew when he's defeated.

"... Well ... you have me ... what're you gonna do now?" Sombra asked, and admittedly he had no clue what will happen now.

"You need us to tell you?" Ciel stated. Sombra willingly brought his hands forward in defeat, as if ready to be cuffed.

"In that case do what you will. I've tried everything, but clearly you've won our game. You've proven that human beings can, and ready to, face the challenges brought forward by our kind and theirs. I'll willing take whatever punishment you have for me."

...

"Wait a minute. ..."

Everyone turned to Twilight, as she stepped forward.

"Yours and theirs, Sombra?" Twilight questioned. Sombra wasn't going to repeat himself so all he did was nod and waited for what he was sure to be the killing blow. Twilight though began to ponder a little bit about this, and including the fact Sombra was apart of Elysium before all of this ...

"... OOOHHH. So that's it."

"What's it?" Olivier asked.

"Guys, at the very beginning, Sombra told us that he wanted to play a game with us. That's all this is: a game. He never planned on killing all of us at all, in fact ... you were preparing us, weren't you?" Twilight concluded, turning to Sombra. This realization began to come through to the other members, Ciel snapping his finger in said realization.

"I see. I did wonder why you didn't kill us the last dozen times we kept seeing you if you really wanted us dead. You had us when we were in Abaddon, but you just wanted us locked away, not killed. That, and you were once a commander of Elysium, and any normal demon wouldn't ever dare to venture up there with a typical persona and hatred for humanity. And your future sight as well. ..."

Sombra stayed quiet on what they were saying. But this wasn't a look of disbelief, nor a look of defeat. Sombra slowly got up to his feet.

"We're right, aren't we?" Ciel said. No one attacked him right away after hearing all of that, waiting for what Sombra had to say about all of that. He turned his back to them and walked a few feet, feeling the sun on him, which didn't feel as warm as it was before. He closed his eyes and cleared his throat, as if readying himself for some speech, and bringing his hand up, one finger aimed upward.

"... Kyoya told you all why I left with his own lecture about my past. I knew the day would come that this world will meet with all of ours eventually ... I know not all humans are the same. Just as not all Angels can be holy, and not all Demons sinful. ... Though, I didn't expect myself to be alive this long."

"You know you've put a lot of trouble on yourself, why didn't you tell us anything?" Korosensei asked.

"Funny you would ask. Look at you: a rare breed of slime from the Underworld, and a human couldn't even touch you. And you're not even classed. How could any of them even prepare for a full on merge for demons like Pluton?"

"It all makes sense now. So all of this truly was a teaching method on a global scale for the human race to better adapt to the arrival of the Overworld and Underworld. You only said it would be your doing just so no one would go easy on your attempts and give it their all. The global protection program, the assassination classroom, Team Harmony itself. ... You were actually hoping they'd do that. It'll prove that the human race can adapt to this fate," Korosensei explained. Sombra just sighed.

"Nothing gets by you, does it? ... Well, anyway, I'm done here. You can have my head, or whatever you wanted to do."

There was some silence from the whole group, taking this all in as Sombra fell to his knees, his gaze to the ground. However, the group did go away for a brief moment to discuss amongst themselves, yet Sombra didn't go away just yet. The only one who didn't leave him was Lugia, who kneeled down to him, a hand on his shoulder.
Eventually though, the group did go back to him.

"Sombra? ..." eventually, Sombra felt a hand touch his chin, and lifted his gaze up to a ... comforting smile of Twilight Kagayaki. "... You still have a kingdom to look after. It wouldn't be right to take Tartarus away of their king."

"... You're letting me go? ..."

"That'd be the idea, Sombra."
Sombra got up, but wasn't sure how to take this exactly. Were they really letting him go like this? After everything he tried to do to them?

"After all that I did, you're ... you're not going to kill me?"

"Well Sombra, you may be a demon, but let's face it, you got more morals than most other demons down there. Most of them would've slaughtered us on the spot, unlike you. Instead, you wanted to test us, see if we can adapt to the changing world. And you know what ... thanks."

Thanks? did he hear them right? For someone who was always so prepared, that was the last thing he expected to hear. ...

"... I've underestimated you all. ... I'll be going then. If any of you need me, I'll be cleaning up after our uh ... scuffle. No doubt there's plenty of bodies to clean up," Sombra sighed. He didn't open up any portal or anything here, not that the sunlight would let him. He just walked away. Sombra only paused once to look back to the party. He also looked around at Tokyo, how mended it all gotten from Nagisa's move. He only let out a sigh.

"And to think I thought humans weren't ready. ... The only one that wasn't ready was me," he thought. His last thought before he went off out of sight. To the victor ...

.......

~~

.......

"... Nagisa? Guys! I-I think he's finally waking up!"

"You think so?"

"Guys quiet, he's coming to."

All grew quiet again when Nagisa Shiota, after everything, finally came back to after his ordeal. His vision, blurry and a bit dazed, opened up to what he could only see as just a blur of white. Everything was so quiet. So peaceful. So ... bright. Nagisa needed to figure out where he was, and needed a minute, but he did eventually start to see someone's face come into view, tears down her face, and happy to see him finally awake. Nagisa knew this face anywhere.

"T-Twilight. You're alive ... or we're both dead ... Are we in Synapse again?"

"No, no, we're fine. Everything's fine," Twilight reassured him. Nagisa blinked a few times and soon started to look around and see what actually happened to him, or rather where they were. He wasn't in Synapse, but instead his eyes found that he was indeed in a hospital room, his body laying down on a hospital bed, soft and comfy for him. He looked in pretty bad shape: needles working good blood into him from what he had lost, a life supporter working it's own magic next to him to keep him alive. Compared to how tense and ridged he felt during the explosion of magical energy, he never felt so relaxed in his life, ever. He would get himself up, but he felt so comfy he didn't want to move. Not like he could if he wanted to, him connected and all. Naturally he was joined by his closest friends: Twilight, Aladdin, Pinkie, and Karma. The four that stuck with him since the very beginning of this crazy adventure. They also had Hiromi with them, who while still bandaged, was good enough to walk.

"... Where's everyone else?"

"They're just outside the door. Can't crowd you when you'd come back, right?" Karma said, thumb aiming to the door. They knew how Nagisa felt about being center of attention anyway, so that was good for him.

"How're you feeling, honey?" Hiromi asked gently. Her hand gently stroked his head, and it felt ... good. No way can Hiromi ever be mad at him for doing what he did. He went through enough, anyway.

"... Tired ... what even happened to me? I can take it, whatever it is."

"I'll say this: kept that power in you any longer and you'd blown up like a balloon! Literally!" Pinkie said.

"Probably. ... Sorry for scaring you like that. ... Again."

"Don't sweat it, Nagisa, at least you're safe. Damn, just wait til you see Tokyo. Korosensei sure got it all spruced up."

"Wait, how long was I out?" Nagisa asked, mildly surprised.

"Two weeks. The doctors said you'll be stuck in here for a few more months at best," Twilight explained. Small price to pay for stopping the end of the world. But thinking on that just reminded him of something else.

"... Speaking of which. Where's Lugia? Is he still around here?"

"I'm right here, Nagisa."

The others moved off aside to allow Lugia to walk forward, now in his human form, and looking down to Nagisa. Although weak, Nagisa simply smiled.

"... See? ... It worked ..."

"That it did, Nagisa, that it did. Everything's going to be alright." Music to his ears. There was still one other question though ...

"... And Sombra? Where's he?"

"Sombra surrendered not long after what you did. He straight up admitted that we humans deserved this world if they can hold their own against both him and Lugia. Too true," Karma explained.

"He disappeared after that. And since then our efforts were to rebuild Tokyo from the damage he - ... we've caused. ... And ..."

"And ...?"

"Eh, wait, Lugia, you sure you wanna tell him? He just woke up, you know," Aladdin brought up. Whatever he had to say it must be important, so Nagisa raised his hand, only then finding that all his fingers were bandaged up.

"It's fine, Aladdin. ... I can take it, whatever it is," Nagisa said. And so Lugia began talking again.

"... You've changed the world, Nagisa. And that isn't a simple statement: when you released our combined magic, it spread far and wide all over the world. Even the Overworld and Underworld felt the effect from the spread, and now ... and now. All the worlds are connected. The barriers that kept the Underworld, Overworld, and your world apart had been broken. And all three realms are now apart of each other."
And they were right when they saw Nagisa's reaction to it. The shock was more that it was him who did that and not just the idea itself. Far as he knew, the worlds had been connected the second he got his Halo Blade from the sky.

"By the way, how'd it feel to have all that power anyway?" Karma then asked.

"... Exhilarating ... but terrifying. Then again, I didn't keep it for long. My body couldn't handle it," Nagisa joked. but all that aside, what Lugia had said was enough to confirm what had changed.

"Right. Well, we got all the time in the world to finally relax a bit. No more crazy demon attacks from Tartarus from here on out, if that umbra keeps to his word," Karma stated.

"Oh, I think we will. We did let him live after all, and he's not the type to lie as you've noticed," Lugia pointed out.

"Eh, true that," Pinkie shrugged. As they talked a bit more, Nagisa laid back down and smiled.

"... You know. It would be time for our three worlds to get to know eachother a bit more. We've spent so much time apart from eachother, we barely know anything. So much of what we already know has been thrown out the window. The Angels are surely much stronger and more willing to fight than I could imagine. And the demons can actually be pretty friendly. ..." Nagisa took a moment to look outside. seeing the clear, blue sky. "... let's see where this goes now."

~~~~~~~

(Several months later ...)

The word of the Lugia attack may have gone around a bit since, but if one were to look around now, little to no evidence of the carnage remained. All of Tokyo sure looked good that afternoon: the streets as busy and lively as ever. As if nothing even happened at all. Any evidence of Sombra's attack on the city was only left in memory to those who witnessed it, and ever since then, nothing as major as such had even occurred. no major attacks, no new demonic involvement, everything was as normal as it was when it all began. Fore so it appeared, anyway.
Today was a special day for Orora high School, as it neared the end of the day. A typical day wouldn't offer anything special, but today was different: the yearly graduation. Many kids had come and gone over the last graduation, and this year it was going to be no different. With their heads held high, many of the students of Orora high School stood there proud in their graduation uniforms. This was the students who went above and beyond the call of duty this year. Team Harmony never looked better here: Karma Akabane, Pinkemina Diana Pie, Yugure "Twilight" Kagayaki, and Nagisa Shiota. Many of the other members were grateful for seeing them from the crowds seeing them off, Aladdin and Blair the most so. Gakuho Asano himself did the honors of giving each student their diplomas for a job well done, Nagisa looking on.

We've come a long way, haven't we? To think that when I first arrived at Orora high ... well, I can't even remember what I used to be. Such a long time.

Nagisa began to then see his own friends starting to come over to get their diplomas as he was thinking, and next thing he knew, it was his turn. Nagisa moved over from his position, and right over to Gakuho Asano, who smiled to him as he gave him his diploma. He took a moment to look to the crowd.

We sure made a lot of new friends over this adventure. Angels and demons, royals and commoners, Japan to England. I'd never would've guessed when I first arrived to this school I would be meeting such important people ...

Then his eyes began to see someone else in the crowd. Or rather, two people. Nagisa saw Hiromi amongst the crowd, sure, but she herself was with another person, another man precisely.

Nagisa's father.

The tears on his face proved this was a great day.
Soon, the ceremony itself had reached it's closing, and soon the doors to the school opened up for the graduates to head off to their own stories of life to begin. Nagisa Shiota of course was amongst them in his walk out, and he felt pretty good with everything. His memory began to go through everything that brought him to this moment. The very start of it all, when he got his Halo Blade, he was such a different person back then. He could still remember how it clocked him in the head when it came to him, him placing a hand on his head. That was now nothing but a cakewalk compared to how much he had gone through since.

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A particular noise. Nagisa stopped himself in his walk for a short moment and followed the noise until he found himself looking up to the school's tree. The same cherry blossom tree he had been seeing day by day. And despite everything that happened, it still was standing tall as it had been since planted. And up in the tree, a family of Pidoves. A mother and father with baby chicks in a nest. It was a callback to a simpler time, and Nagisa could only smile.

"Nice home for those Pidoves," Nagisa simply said, as he began to walk on his way. Walking up to him, Twilight had caught up with him, along with his friends that he started this all out with. Karma, Aladdin, Blair, and Pinkie were all with him, and they were just as happy.

Even after all of this, I still wonder what else might be coming our way. But I think we got this. It's a whole new world now.

And we'll crossover together.