Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~
S01Ep7: Senses ~感覚~
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Rather than her typical alarm clock, Twilight woke up to the sound of someone practically yelling her name just outside. Not her typical wake up call, and according to her clock and the lack of normal light outside, about an hour earlier than normal. It didn't really help that it was the weekend, and therefore, no alarm exactly needed for the day. Twilight tried to ignore it, but soon, the yells turned into stones hitting her window. A rather old-school trick, but it did it's job.
"What the heck? So early?" Twilight yawned. It took her a bit to get herself out of bed, and towards the noise at her window. The stones kept being thrown at the window until Twilight finally got it open. She rubbed her eyes to get a better view of the situation, and looking down to the street, she saw who it was. Standing there, fully clothed, bright-eyed, and bushy-tailed, was Pinkie Pie. She had quite a number of stones on hand, some rather large, and the one she was about to throw might've broke her window.
"Pinkie? What're you doing? You know what time it is?" Twilight asked, followed by another yawn.
"It's three fifty. You coming out?" Pinkie called. Twilight did NOT feel up for it in the slightest. She was no early bird, and especially not as hyper as the pink-haired pal standing down there.
"Pinkie, it's too early. Wait for later," Twilight groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Come on: there's big sales going on at the Tokyo shopping center today! THEY'RE SELLING PIPLUP PLUSHIES!"
"LATER. Me sleep now," Twilight said, too tired to care. She closed her window, and went straight back to bed, leaving Pinkie standing outside.
"OK, I'LL WAIT!" Pinkie called, though Twilight didn't respond, and went straight to sleep.
.......
*beep**beep**beep**bee-*click*
"Much better," Twilight yawned. It was much later now, sun now high enough for it to be considered morning. The day was bright, slightly cloudy, but still pretty good for the day as a few Pidoves flew over passed her window. She yawned, stretched her arms, and got herself out of bed. Sure, the earlier wake up call was a bit annoying, and made her a little more tired, but she was alright overall, in spite of bed head deeply evident in her hair. She got up, and began to sort through her clothes for a bit to get a more casual outfit over the school uniform, when her mother soon knocked on her door.
"Morning, sweetie," her mother said, smiling.
"Oh, morning mom," Twilight replied, getting her outfit together. However, Twilight's mother didn't just come up to say hello.
"Say, dear, did you have any plans with one of your friends today?"
"Uh, yeah why?"
"Because I think one of them is waiting for you outside."
....... Wait, what? Twilight froze, and turned to her mother, her face in complete disbelief.
"... She's still there?" Twilight asked meekly
"Still there?" questioned her mother. Was her mother really referring to the same friend she spoke to earlier? Rather than answer straight away, Twilight quickly looked out her window, only to find ...
"YUGI! YOU READY NOW?!"
"She's still there."
~~
It took them a while to get going, but Pinkie and Twilight were on their way from Twilight's house, and off right away to the Tokyo shopping district. Twilight was still a bit tired and not up straight, but Pinkie Pie practically dragged Twilight behind her as they were soon at the stores. The Tokyo shopping district was THE PLACE for any sales to go crazy for, and the amount of people showed how strong it was getting. All sorts of people, many of which having either boxes or handbags, were the results of the many sales at the moment. Pinkie Pie, with purse thick with money, was ready for a good shopping spree as she skipped along the sidewalk, Twilight on the other hand wasn't all up for it, and she was just trying to keep up with her friend.
"YES, they're still here!" Pinkie beamed, rushing down the street until she stopped at one of the many clothes stores, seeing that there was some pretty good sales going on there. Twilight wanted to shop same as any girl, but she just needed some time to get her act together. Her eyes sparkled when she saw a giant penguin plush in the window.
"I must have that," Pinkie said, just before going straight into the store, leaving Twilight alone just outside.
"I'll wait out here then," Twilight got out. As Pinkie was busy getting her 'must have' product, Twilight just waited casually outside for a bit. As she did so, Pinkie was happily going about inside, checking out the stuffed animals like a true child would. Outside, the winds were starting to pick up, blowing around the sign just above the door. Many of the people going around didn't remotely consider the sign, including Twilight who was standing nearby. ...
Pinkie began to feel her hair twitch a little.
"Yugure, in!"
"Wait, what?"
Suddenly, Pinkie shot out of the store, grabbed Twilight, and pulled her inside the store, quick as a flash. Twilight didn't even have time to react, but just seconds after Twilight was pulled away, the sign above the door suddenly snapped off, and fell to the ground, right where a Twilight was standing! It would've whacked Twilight good if Pinkie didn't do anything ...
"Uh ... thank you, Pinkie," Twilight said.
Pinkie nodded, and smiled to her friend. Her mind quickly changed gears though, and she was suddenly admiring a larger teddy bear being sold in the store. Twilight was now a bit more awake, and alert. She didn't think it was anything odd though, and considered it more of a coincidence.
"You were quick on the draw, Pinkie," Twilight commented, as Pinkie hugged one of the stuffed Piplup toys.
"Oh, it's just my Pinkie sense! Sure comes in handy," Pinkie replied.
Now Twilight was a little confused.
"Your what?"
"My Pinkie sense. My body makes these tiny little hints, when things are gonna happen," Pinkie summed up. Twilight didn't know if this had anything similar to Nagisa's demon sense, or what, but Twilight found this intriguing. Pinkie went off to buy the Piplup, and Twilight was left to ask another question.
"AND did one of these just happen?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah: my hair felt a twitch. That means stuff's gonna start falling," Pinkie said, as she bought the Piplup plush. Pinkie happily went along with her toy, and left Twilight to wonder on this Pinkie sense.
"... Yeah, a coincidence ..."
.......
Minutes ticked by, and eventually Pinkie was walking around with a very happy smile on her face, and a Piplup plushie hanging out on her shoulder. That didn't mean it was the only thing she got however, and Twilight was kinda stuck carrying it around, namely a fair stack of boxes ... eight, fairly sized boxes. It wasn't too much of a bother, but Twilight felt like her role in this situation was being used. ...
"Uh, hey, Pinkie? Don't you think this is enough -"
"AAHHH!" Pinkie suddenly screamed. Twilight thought Pinkie saw something shocking, but Pinkie was just fangirling over something else, and the pink girl was quick to race off. Twilight had trouble catching up, but she found her pink haired friend standing over by a pet store. The thing she was particularly staring at, and fond over, looked like a sort of cat toy inside the window.
"Be right back!" Pinkie said, going straight into the store to buy it. Twilight felt worried, barely able to see above the boxes in the first place. Add a cat toy on top of it, and she would be walking blind. Lucky for her, just nearby, she caught sight of a bench, which would be good for her to chill out a minute. So, as Pinkie was in there, Twilight moved over, and sat right on down, FINALLY getting a break from the carrying. Or at least, until Pinkie comes back outside. Twilight could guess whatever Pinkie was getting would be for Blair in some way, her being a cat and all. As she was sitting there, Twilight looked over at some of the boxes that Pinkie had bought throughout the day. On the boxes in question, Pinkie had oddly suggested them wrapped and labeled for different people, the one Twilight looking at being labeled being for Karma Akabane.
"Well, I hope the others are happy with this stuff," Twilight thought. As Twilight was sitting there, her bordom was starting to catch up with her, as she began to daydream a little bit, not paying much attention to what was going on around her. ...
And then ...
"INCOMING!"
"AH!"
What happened next went a little too fast to comprehend at first. Next thing she knew, Twilight was hunkered down, Pinkie right beside her on one foot, arm stretched out right above her, seemingly catching something that would, otherwise, slam on her head. When Twilight regained herself, she saw that the object that would've whacked her looked like a book. The book looked fairly decent in size, brown hard cover as well. Pinkie gently dropped the book on Twilight's lap instead of her head, a lot less painful than it would've been. When Twilight looked at the cover, the book's front cover had golden outlines, looking very regal in pattern, design, and shape of the golden colorations. At the center showed a golden unicorn from the neck up, the eye almost shining a light sky blue, at the center of a number of colored gemstone attachments: yellow, blue, pink, purple, and red. Twilight saw some words written above the unicorn, but they were in a language she could not make out exactly. The book also came with a ribbon bookmark, colored a deep violet much like Twilight's own hair. Pinkie peeked over her shoulder, as they both looked over the book for another minute. Twilight worked her memory, and remembered what Nagisa told her before how his blade just appeared out of nowhere, and struck him, so ...
"Is this ... another blessed object?" Twilight thought, astonished that she would end up with something like this. Twilight gently held the ribbon attached to it, feeling the velvet on it for a bit, until she then opened the cover, only to find her name right the attacked ribbon!
"Yugure. ... YAY, you got your own book named after you!" Pinkie Pie beamed. Twilight simply froze up on seeing her own name written off for her. Suddenly, it was Twilight who got up and took off with the book, needing to get her answers from the only friends who would know. As for Pinkie, well ...
"WAIT! WAIT FOR ME!" Pinkie yelled, rushing after her.
But not before carrying all the gifts she bought during the shopping spree.
~~
Meanwhile, the good day gave Nagisa some time outside the apartment, alongside Karma and Aladdin (who was dressed as a student). With the bright sun, and a nice breeze, temperature was in a perfect, comfy zone for a casual walk around Tokyo. No plans, no troubles, and a good time to catch up with eachother. It was probably good, since Aladdin wasn't really in the know about what happened recently.
"You're in E now, Karma?" Aladdin asked.
"Yep. Starts in two days, and I'm gonna be on my own in Korosensei's class of killers," Karma replied, rather casually.
"But I thought you don't like taking big risks," Aladdin pointed out, remembering his denial to help Blair when she was asking for it.
"With my life, not my grades," Karma simply said. During their walk, the three stopped over at a street light, when Nagisa spoke next.
"Well, it is a nice day. You guys wanna do anything?" Nagisa offered.
"Actually, I was thinking on going fishing," Karma suggested.
"Fishing? Sounds great, what's in season?" Nagisa asked.
It was there that Karma got his devilish smile on him again. ...
"During this time of year, delinquents are out in drones. Just use Nagisa as a lure, and who knows how many of the bastards we can pull!" Karma simply loved the idea, personally. Nagisa and Aladdin were a little bit disturbed by the suggestion, though Nagisa was more used to it.
"I didn't realize delinquents had a season," Nagisa commented.
Pretty soon, the trio was walking again, just across the street, when Aladdin looked on ahead of them to see two familiar faces. These faces were Twilight and Pinkie, and Nagisa and Karma saw them too, as they were going right up to them.
"Hey, guys!" Twilight called, as she was running up to them, book in hand.
"Hey Yugure, Pinkie. See you two were in the shopping district," noted Karma. Pinkie peeked out from behind the stack of gifts.
"Yes indeede! And here's a little something for you, you, and you!" Pinkie said, giving Nagisa, Karma, and Aladdin, their respected gifts. This was indeed a nice surprise, and Aladdin was quickly opening his up right then and there. Upon opening it, Aladdin found a fancy little piece of sapphire jewelry, attached to a necklace. The sapphire sparkled in the midday sun, and Aladdin eagerly put it on.
"Wow, thanks," Aladdin said smiling. As this happened, observant Nagisa saw the book Twilight was holding, the velvet violet ribbon catching his eye.
"What's that, Yugure?" Nagisa asked, referring to the book. Twilight presented the book for the others to see.
"That's what I want to ask you about. It's some sort of book, but I don't know what language it is, or where it came from," Twilight explained. That last bit was a little odd to hear.
"Came from?"
"It ... almost fell on my head," Twilight admitted.
"It's a magic book from the sky!" Pinkie revealed. That got Aladdin interested.
"Magic book from the sky? Wait, let me see that," Aladdin suddenly said. Twilight gave Aladdin the book, and the Magi began to check the pages. Each page showed a number of different spells, techniques, tricks, and plenty of other things that REALLY got Aladdin hyped. The symbol on front of the book told him right away where this came from, and the genuineness of it. The others were seeing just how surprised Aladdin was being when he was looking through it.
"Well, is it another blessed object?" Twilight asked.
"Blessed? This is beyond blessed. Yugure, this is a book of pure alchemy!" Aladdin revealed.
"Alchemy?"
"Yeah! All these spells, these techniques, there's no mistaking this book. Look, it's even written by the magic master Celestia, look!" Aladdin said in glee, seeing the author under the title of the book. Twilight wasn't sure who this Celestia is, but by the sound of it, she must be a very good spell caster at least.
"So we got a halo blade, and a book of alchemy. A assassin and a Magi in the making. We're just going all out on the powers," Karma commented.
"Alchemist," Aladdin corrected.
"Huh?"
"A Magi and a Alchemist are two different classes. She has a book of Alchemy," Aladdin said. Twilight took a bit to check out her book, seeing how special it actually was.
"THAT'S SUPER!" Pinkie cheered.
"Yeah, congratulations," added Nagisa. Things were starting to look up for her a bit -
"HERE!"
"Wait, what?"
Suddenly, Twilight and Nagisa were pulled away from where they were standing, just as a random flowerpot fell down onto the sidewalk, right where they were just standing. First the sign, then the book, and now a flowerpot! Damn, Pinkie was on a roll!
"What the hell happened?" Nagisa asked.
"Pinkie sense, Nagisa. Pinkie sense," Pinkie said.
"Pinkie sense? And that would be ...?" Karma asked.
"Apparently, Pinkie gets these ... feelings, which tells her that things are going to happen," Twilight said, as Pinkie released them both. A rather interesting ability for a human to have.
It was then that something crossed Karma's mind. Nagisa had his blade, Twilight had her alchemy book, and Pinkie had her "sense".
"Nagisa, Yugure, Pinkie? I got an idea."
~~
"... And we're here."
It took a while, but Karma got the gang altogether, and over in the forests by the E building. With clear weather, and nobody at the area, it was a perfect spot to try Karma's little plan. Here, he got Pinkie and Nagisa out in the woods, both their eyes covered by some blindfolds. Pinkie was ready to go, but Nagisa wasn't getting exactly what was going on.
"So what's the point of this again?" Nagisa asked.
"We're just gonna test a little thing here. All you two gotta do is get to the E building, and you'll be safe," Karma explained. It sounded basic enough up to 'you'll be safe'. Since this was Karma, Nagisa could only wonder what sort of thing he actually had in mind ...
"I don't like where this is going," Nagisa commented.
"Now you two just stand here," Karma said, moving both Pinkie and Nagisa into position. Their target was straight ahead of them, but it was across through the forest, and then through the E building field, so it would be a mad dash to try and get there without trouble, at best. Karma though had his own little scheme to make things a bit harder for them, much to Nagisa's dismay.
"Ready, set, go!" Karma announced. On go, Pinkie and Nagisa started going off.
It was hard enough for Nagisa, because he was literally running blind, having no idea where he was exactly going, or where he was gonna end up. Both were going at a decent speed, but Pinkie was having an easier time of it, while Nagisa was just hoping to not trip over something, hands out in front of him most of the time. What Karma DIDN'T tell them though was that he had a little buddy to help him out, who was hidden up in the trees
"Ok, at least tell me how far away the E building is! ... Karma? ..."
Too late - he was gone.
"God damnit."
.......
Not too far away, Karma easily got himself back to the E building, no sweat. Back at the building, Twilight, and Aladdin, were sitting right by the steps, Twilight taking some time to look at the book of alchemy. Karma got their attention just by showing up, the two slightly unsure what Karma was exactly up to either. Karma casually sat down over by Twilight.
"Ok, there they go."
"What exactly is this supposed to do? You didn't give us much to go on," Twilight asked, which was true. Karma took a moment to stretch, smirking, before answering them.
"Well, Nagisa's got his demon sense, and Pinkie has her pinkie sense. About time we actually try to figure these tricks out in case more of those bastard demons show up. Could come in handy in a pinch," Karma explained. Karma's mind was in the right place here, and with what they faced before, these extra abilities could make a big difference in the long run.
"But, to leave them in the woods? That's not the safest way to start things off," Aladdin questioned.
Before either one of them could continue, they all suddenly heard a loud meow, and Nagisa screaming.
"AH! GET OFF! GET OFF, BLAIR!" Nagisa's voice yelped.
"Safe enough," Karma simply commented.
.......
"Pinkie? Pinkie? Where'd you go?" Nagisa called.
After Blair's sneak attack, Nagisa was just lost wandering the woods. He made sure to keep his hands right in front, and this saved him from otherwise bumping into some things, namely the trees. Nagisa stopped for a moment at one of these trees, another hand touching the tight blindfold. He tried to take the thing off, but Karma made it especially tight around his head, and especially tight knot to keep it together. Probably his guarantee that Nagisa won't cheat in this little game.
"Damn, Karma made this tight," Nagisa thought, not able to get the thing off of him. His only hope for doing that is to get Karma to do it, and his only way to do that is to get to the E building without killing himself. Oh, what a joy. Nagisa began to walk again, steadily getting his feet working on his way, one in front of the other. He didn't know where Pinkie, Karma, Blair, or anybody else was. He was worried about Blair jumping him again, and his guard was up high this time. He only hoped Pinkie was doing this fairly easier than he was, and comparing the two, Pinkie probably had made it back by now. Around him, the forest was calm and collective at first glance, though he had no idea what was going on around him. ...
Then he felt the familiar chill come back to him.
"Blair?! ... No, wait. This feels a lot stronger. ..." Nagisa thought.
Neuhuhuhuhuhuhu~
That confirmed it. Nagisa stopped himself completely, and rather than running away, or after him, he waited a moment to try and pinpoint where he was. His demon sense began to go to work, and while he was standing there and waiting, it began to work it out for him. He felt the being moving around somewhere, but rather fast for him to accurately get his barring. Without his eyes to catch what was happening, his demon sense was his only way here.
"Come on. ... There!" Nagisa thought, finally getting a better pinpoint when the demon stopped moving as fast. Suddenly, seconds after getting the idea, the figure rushed by in a gust of wind, the blindfold suddenly removed from his face. It took Nagisa a bit to get his eyes adjusted to the light, but after that, he found that he was in another part of the forest, over by a clearing. This clearing in particular had a lounge chair, a picnic blanket, and a little snack of ice cream. Suddenly, he found that someone was right behind him, and upon turning around, low and behold, Korosensei was standing there.
"Well done, Nagisa. You used your Demon Sense to find me, congratulations!" Korosensei said.
Nagisa couldn't help but jump back when he saw Korosensei. The demon octopus was in a completely different get up. Instead of teacher, he looked casual, with a basic, long red T shirt with an octopus on it (Go figure). The octopus, looking at the place, was simply relaxing when he heard Nagisa roaming around.
"Ol Akabane up to his usual antics, I see. Though I must say, you were very close to reaching the E field," Korosensei complimented, patting Nagisa on the head.
"So you saw that, huh?"
"It's hard to resist, I must admit," Korosensei chuckled. Nagisa just sighed, and looked to the blindfold. However, then something crossed his mind.
"Say, Korosensei? You're a demon king, right? You wouldn't happen to know what's going on, do you?" Nagisa asked.
"On with what, may I ask?"
"This demon sense. It's always just showing up when you demons are around, but I don't know what's triggering it exactly. Is it with any demon? Does it only show when I'm in danger? I'm trying to understand it. ..."
Suddenly, Korosensei had disappeared again. There wasn't much of anything left after the octopus rushed off, but just seconds later, Korosensei popped up back in front of him. It was enough to make Nagisa step back. In his tentacles, Korosensei was holding a little buttercup, and took a sniff of it.
"So, Nagisa, did this feeling come up now?"
"... I don't think it did."
"Ok, then it's rather simple. What you have, my lad, is a unique case of a little something called 'psychic sensory'."
"Psychic sensory?"
"A little instinct some folks have. Demon entities have their own auras, you see, and those with this particular Psychic Sensory are able to pick up and pinpoint these signals to the source, no matter where they are. It's this sense that's helped you find those other demons you and your friends had been bumping into, and this same sense that helped you just now in locating me. Think of it as your personal demon radar."
Well that was an eye opener. Nagisa took a moment to consider this, this new information giving a better vision about his Demon sense. However, as if on cue, this Psychic Sensory began to act up again. ...
"NYAA!!"
BAM, Blair was on him again! Jumping out from the tree, Nagisa was tackled to the ground, Blair gripping him, and biting him cutely as her boobs pushed against his back.
"Again? Really?"
"Come on, you're enjoying it," Blair teased. Korosensei, his face pink and flustered, picked up Blair off of Nagisa, getting a good view at her rack before letting her go. Nagisa shook himself off, and got to his feet. Not a good showing.
"So, this Psychic Sensory is to sense danger apparently. If I do have this, then Pinkie must have a different, far higher version of this sense than I do," Nagisa thought, putting the pieces together. It seemed to fit in with what both he and Pinkie Pie share. Pinkie may not be able to sense demons, but she still sensed a LOT of things that Nagisa couldn't.
"Well, thank you, Korosensei," Nagisa finally said. On the bright side, it finally gave him an excuse to stop wandering around the forest like a dumbass. ...
Until Korosensei tied his blindfold back on him again.
"Hey!"
"Why cheat in your game? Now go on, give it your all!" Korosensei encouraged, pushing him towards the direction of the school. Nagisa almost lost his balance there, and now he was stuck at square one. ...
What a joy.
~~
"What's taking him?"
Back at the E building, Twilight, Aladdin, and Karma were still waiting it out for Nagisa to return. Pinkie had finished up Karma's game already, and she was chilling out by Twilight and Aladdin, Twilight still reading her book of alchemy to pass the time.
"There's a lot of alchemy spells in here," Twilight noted.
"Sure - alchemy may be a rather old magic, but they had tons of different types to use," Aladdin replied.
Finally, after what felt like forever, the others looked on ahead, and soon found Nagisa walking out of the forest, Blair as her cat self, nomming his head. By the looks on him, he had a rather rough time, but at least he had more info to boot thanks to Korosensei. The others went right up to him, and removed the blindfold.
"So, How'd it go?" Karma asked, though Nagisa didn't even need to answer that with any particular words. Blair got her mouth off his head before speaking.
"Nagisa's easy to jump at. But he did find Korosensei pretty good."
"Korosensei? You mean that demon octopus you guys met before?" Twilight asked.
"Right, and he went on telling us about this Demon Sense thing. He calls it "Psychic Sensory"," Blair said, before hopping down.
"OOOOOOO! So psyche! Can you read people's thoughts, or minds, or make things float with your mind? It would be awesome to move things with your mind - don't need to hurt your fingers," Pinkie commented. Nagisa was quiet at first until he went on again.
"Uh ... no. He said it's like my own demon radar."
"Eh, makes sense. Was it working with bitch kitty?" said Karma.
"For a while, but not fast enough to dodge her ... I gotta work on that," Nagisa said, glancing to Blair nearby. Getting attacked, and smothered, every time she jumped him was, for a lack of a better word, aggravating. As they were standing there, suddenly.
*GAAAAAAHHHH!*
"Uh, OK Pinkie, what's up?"
"I FORGOT, I HAVE TO GET HOME AND FIX UP MY CAKES, CUPCAKES, AND PANCAKES FOR SCHOOL, BYE-BYE!"
Suddenly, Pinkie was off like a rocket.
"... Did she say pancakes?" Blair asked. The others simply shrugged. But, even with this random moment, Nagisa began to figure out that it was getting late for this. It'll take a while to get back home from here, and school was just as important as this.
"Pinkie's right. School's tomorrow, and it'll be a while from here, so we better get going back."
"Wait, but what about your alchemy? You didn't try any one of those yet!" Aladdin said, sounding slightly disappointed.
"Hold on, maybe we'll try it when I'm actually ready for it. One step at a time," Twilight cleared up, before getting to her own feet. Aladdin pouted, but he got up anyway. There's always next week.
.......
Unbeknownst to them, they weren't alone here. Hidden off casually in a nearby tree, laying on one of the branches, someone was keeping an eye on the objects of interest. the human laid down on his stomach, legs swaying casually behind him, and a hand above his eyes to get a better look.
"So the girly boy's friend is getting into alchemy now, eh? These humans don't even know what they're getting into," the human thought, a smirk across his face. His gaze shifted to Aladdin and Blair next.
"What're they doing here? A magi and a witch? Talk about an odd couple," he commented. Despite it, it would still explain the dead Houndour he found, at least. Then he saw Karma.
"Karma Akabane. Cocky son of a bitch. Funny human, but he's the first to go. One demon on him alone, and he'll be good. ..."
The group was an odd one, to be sure, but he still remembered what he was told to do, and he was pretty much stuck on it, and stuck in this place under order.
"Let's see where this goes. ..."
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