Crossover Together ~クロスオーバ 一緒に~

"Incoming, Karma!"

Karma got in his stance, and Aladdin ran at him with his staff, which Karma blocked with his new sword. With a little spell check, Aladdin turned his wooden stick into a metal staff, good for basic physical combat. Even if he basically just got the thing, Karma was doing fairly decent with his new weapon. Of course, the usual company (Nagisa, Twilight, Blair, and Pinkie) was sitting nearby and watching the little session. The gang was at the E building after class, plenty of room at the field to do this with. While Karma and Aladdin were duking it out, Nagisa had some time to reflect on things.

"It's been just a few months since We've learned that angels and demons actually exist in our world. Things had been going so fast for us, I just wonder what's gonna come up next. We've faced demons four times now - twice together, and twice on our own. And now three of us had our blessed items already. It's anyone's guess what'll come up next now."

"Booby attack!"

Nagisa snapped back to reality when Blair smothered him in her chest again. Nagisa quickly jumped back and moved to Twilight's side instead.

"You gotta be more observant, Nagisa, next thing you'll know you're gonna suffocate in these," Blair teased, bouncing her boobs. Nagisa turned grey, and didn't even respond to that. When that was done, Aladdin and Karma stopped after a while, Aladdin wiping sweat off of his forehead. Karma was feeling pretty good with this sword, as he played around with the sword for a bit, swinging it around like it's nobody's business.

"WOO, good job, Aladdin, Karma! You both rocked!" Pinkie said, clapping when they were done. Aladdin's eyes locked on Pinkie's boobs, and as she was busy, he tried his luck again.

"Come on ... so close ..."

"Eh, thanks. So, Yugure, why don't you try out some of those magic skills of yours?"

AND Pinkie bolted to Twilight's side, making Aladdin fall over. Foiled again.

"YEAH! Show us some magic sparkly tricks! OOOO, see if you can make cotton candy clouds, or maybe summon a dragon lord! OH, OH, try and see if you can make boobies grow!!"

That last one made Aladdin, Twilight, and Nagisa fluster up on Pinkie's last suggestion.

"Let's just start with the basics," Twilight insisted.

"AWW. Ok."

Soon, Twilight was out on the field with the Alchemy book in hand, and studying the simpler types of alchemy to use. She read over the book up and down, but hadn't thought to try any of it yet. It was probably best for her to just start small, in case something would go wrong with it. On the ground in front of her, she drew out a very small picture of a circle and star. A simple symbol to make out.

"Okay, first step: draw the Alchemy symbol within one foot of the user," Twilight read off. Clearly she got that right.

"Step two: focus, and place hands onto symbol for activation. ... Straightforward," Twilight figured.

"Which one is this supposed to be anyway?" Nagisa wondered.

"We're about to find out," Karma commented. Twilight began to work her focus on the alchemy symbol in front of her, her hand was raised up, and she slammed it down on the symbol. Some of the group braced themselves for the possible outcome. ...

Not even a spark.

"Maybe I didn't place my hand on right," Twilight thought. Twilight tried over and over again at different angles, but nothing seemed to happen. No spark, no glow, nothing.

"I don't get it, it should've done something. What am I doing wrong here?" Twilight wondered, looking through the book again. According to instruction, it seemed to be right.

"Which one are you trying to do?" Aladdin asked.

"Just a fire spell, but I think something's missing." Twilight pondered a bit more, looking it over up and down.

"... Anyone have any gloves?" Twilight asked. It didn't seem likely, but Pinkie Pie was more than willing. She reached between her cleavage, and soon she pulled out a pair of silk gloves, ones that reach just up to the elbow.

"Here you go," Pinkie said, giving the gloves to Twilight.

"I'm not even gonna ask this time," Nagisa thought. Twilight didn't ask either, and slipped the gloves on this time for the second go. Once done, she clapped her hands together.

"Alright, here it goes."

After that, Twilight raised both hands up high, and slammed both onto the symbol again. Unlike before, something seemed to happen this time, and the symbol began to glow! Twilight and Aladdin were especially excited, the others waiting for the actual alchemy to activate. The symbol started to glow red like fire, but rather than setting the symbol on fire ... the gloves ended up on fire.

"AAHH!" Twilight shrieked, quickly removing the gloves and throwing them aside. Both gloves soon ended up completely burned up and in a heap of ash.

.......

"Well ... it kinda worked," Nagisa said, trying to be supportive as they were walking home, Aladdin and Blair now in school attire over their usual. Twilight was lucky not to burn her arms off in her attempt. Bad enough the spell didn't work, but she also wrecked someone else's gloves.

"Sorry Pinkie. Were those gloves important?" Twilight asked.

"I can get some more shopping tomorrow. They got the cutest gloves out on sale right now! And then you can go and burn them up again when you practice," Pinkie figured, her usual big grin on her face. That last part didn't help her out, and just slumped a bit.

"Don't beat yourself up, Yugure, it's only the first try. It took me at least a week before I got my first spell right," Aladdin said.

"Oh really? And what's the first spell you learned?" Karma casually asked.

"Very first? ... hmmmmm ..." Aladdin brought his finger to his chin as he was thinking, eyes to the sky. When they began to pass over by a stop light, Aladdin then remembered, the lightbulb going off in his head.

"Oh yeah! It was that levitation trick with my turban. You can't imagine how many times I kept crashing before I could stay afloat," Aladdin said, though he wasn't wearing his turban at the moment. A rather impressive spell to learn for a first timer. Aladdin could still remember the many crashes he kept getting each time he tried getting off the ground, more often landing on his head or something.

"See? So you screwed up on your first try? That's why people say 'try, try again'," Blair said. Twilight wondered a bit, and soon gave them a smile of her own.

"Yeah you're right. I'll get it eventually."

"That's the spirit! Now who wants to join me in a shopping hunt tomorrow?!" Pinkie beamed in excitement.

"I'll pass. I got homework to do ... plus, my wallet's empty from last time," Twilight said.

"It wasn't that much."

Twilight answered her with a demonstration of her own: pulling her wallet out, and showing that it was simply empty by opening it and shaking it. not a coin left thanks to Pinkie's little shopping spree last time they went. Pinkie couldn't lie out of this one.

"Those teddy bears were worth it! Mock me now, but they'll be useful one day!" Retorted Pinkie Pie. Twilight obviously didn't really think so, considering they were large teddy bears of all things, but Blair went up to the pink gal soon after she said that.

"Hell, I'll go with ya," Blair decided. Pinkie's eyes sparkled, and her smile lit up, but the others weren't sure about that.

"Why you? You don't have a any yen at all," Nagisa questioned. It was then Blair got a little smirk of her own.

"Oh, any boy in that place will give me whatever I wish - nothing some seduction and boob playing can't solve, right?~" Blair explained deviously, similar to a particular red kid in their group.

"She's been around Karma too much," the others thought (aside from Karma and Pinkie, of course). Still, Pinkie was happy to have a pal to join her shopping tomorrow, hugging the witch. Well, least she was happy about it anyway, and Blair had something to do tomorrow over staying around the house all day.

"YAY! Shopping buddy!" Pinkie beamed.

Whelp, the two had it planned out.

~~

Sunset started to come around, and everyone was off at their respected home. While the day was fair weather, that night proved a dramatic shift due to rain, which poured down hard. It just showed that the rainy season was starting for Japan, and this year it started off strong. Over at home, Twilight found the rain quite nice to listen to, as she was looking over her book of alchemy inside her living room. Her lamp lit up the room just enough for her to see what she was reading, which the exact page appeared to be a type of lightning alchemy. She wasn't willing to try any yet, for one: she didn't want her parents to see, and two: shooting lightning inside her house was a disaster waiting to happen. On her TV, which was left on for some background noise, the weather called for days of rain. Harsh enough, but it was just only one of many in this corner of the world. Still, the weather wasn't too much trouble, as Twilight had more things on her mind with these possibilities of alchemy. She looked on through some more of the Lightning alchemy when her mother's voice called her.

"Sweetie, dinner's ready," she said. Just at the table, her mother had set up two meals of sushi and rice for dinner. Twilight stopped reading for a moment, placing the alchemy book aside so she could eat.

"Looks delicious, mom. Itadakimasu!" Twilight said, as she began eating her meal. Her mother joined in after a bit.

"So how's school today?"

"It went alright. I just got my homework finished."

"That's good. Hey, did you see that package yet?"

That news got Twilight's attention.

"Package? What package?"

"It just came in while you were at school. Remember that letter you sent out sometime ago?"

And that part got Twilight to jump up to her feet.

"It's here?! Where is it?"

"I left it right up in your room."

Excited, Twilight rushed off from the table and right upstairs. Thanks to both homework and reading the alchemy book, she didn't step into her room yet. Her mother waited a minute or two until Twilight came back downstairs, managing to find the package as she said. It was rather small, but still something Twilight had been looking forward to. The signature on the package was pretty good for her to see, and it came with a letter taped to the box.

Dear Twilight:

Things are going well over here. Wish I could stop by again, see how you and mom and dad are doing, but you know how the military is - always have a lot to do. Hope this can hold you over until I'm able to come home.

With love: Yoroi Kagayaki

Twilight smiled big as she opened up the package, her mother happily watching. As for what Twilight got, the object inside looked like a small ribbon, like one worn by a Sargent. It was gold, and had the signature wings on them too. Not much, but Twilight was happy to receive it. This "Yoroi Kagayaki" did make her day. Her mom saw what Twilight had received after a bit, her daughter having a seat.

"I hope Yoroi's doing alright over there," Twilight said, as she looked at the badge.

"I do miss him. I'm glad your brother still remembers his family," her mother agreed.

"Yeah. Maybe I should give him a call sometime," Twilight figured.

Twilight and miss. Kagayaki went back to eating, Twilight now thinking about her brother rather than the alchemy. Her brother had been gone for quite a while now since he joined the military. Still, this reminder of her brother mixed in with her current predicament with her friends and these demons showing up. How is she gonna tell him, or her parents for that matter, that she's getting herself involved in a angel demon war of her own? There's no way her family could handle another person leaving them this long if that were to happen. ... Then again, she couldn't ignore the matter either. ...

Still, as Twilight was eating her dinner, one particular demon, Envy as it turns out, was keeping his sharp eye out and peering into the home from the window. With the rain pouring down outside, while getting him soaked, it was good cover for the demonic spy with his post up on the roof right next door. He didn't mind this spying game, but he still was annoyed how that's ALL he was doing.

"What a worm - emotional over some long distance brat. I could just kill her right now, no problem - that mom too." Envy thought. But as true as that was, it still didn't excuse the exact orders given to him from last night.

Our existence can't be known until the time is right.

Orders are orders, and what orders they are. He enjoyed killing humans as much as the next demon, and having to hold himself back was NOT something he wanted to keep up forever. It was a nice way to learn a thing or two, but this instigator still had his enjoyment to satisfy. Envy turned himself around, laying on the roof as he tried to think. As the rain pitter-pattered against his skin, Envy remembered something they said earlier. In particular, what Pinkie said earlier.

And that's when it hit him. He snapped his finger in realization, the idea flowing through his head like the rain.

"Of course, that can work. Time to have some fun," Envy decided, before he slipped away along the rooftops towards the urban Tokyo city. ...

~~

Next morning, and the weather was still not too good. It wasn't pouring like last night, but still a slight drizzle once Pinkie and Blair arrived to the shopping district. Pinkie happily provided them both with a large umbrella much like the other shoppers going around the district. A little rain was NOT going to stop this shopping day for Pinkie Pie, nor Blair. This also meant most of the shoppers spent their time in the stores rather than outside, and both gals were doing the same, staring off their shopping day with Pinkie leading Blair to the nearest pet store - the same one she got Blair's gift from last time she came here with Twilight.

"You're going to love this super duper place, Blair! It's got cat toys, cat food, cat houses, all things cats! Gee, there's a lot of things for cats. Why not for mice, or birdies? They would like a cute jingle toy," Pinkie commented as they walked.

"They won't know what to do with a jingle toy, trust me," Blair replied. Even if she was a cat, that stuff didn't seem to fancy her too much. Despite that, Pinkie brought Blair straight there first. It had everything like Pinkie Pie said, but Blair just didn't feel for it. She didn't have any yen to buy anything anyway, so she just walked around with Pinkie inside the store.

"Doesn't this place make you wanna have a field day?"

"Eh ... maybe? I'm not a person just to fiddle with kitty -"

Blair stopped herself, her nose picking up a rather interesting scent. Her being a cat, the pet store had plenty of aromas, but this one in particular was something especially catching. Blair took a few sniffs, and then she found herself staring right at another product up for sale. Blair's eyes sparkled on seeing the product, mouth opened wide in a grin.

Catnip, up for sale!

"Humans sell this stuff?!" Blair thought, taking one of the catnip bags, the scent unmistakable to the witch. It was quick for Pinkie Pie to catch her friend admiring the catnip bag, Blair even cuddling it on her face, a curious look of her own.

"What is it with cats and catnip?" Pinkie wondered.

"You wouldn't understand," Blair replied, still holding the catnip close. Well, it was clear what Pinkie was buying for her here, as she took the catnip bag to pay. Blair tried to get it back, but Pinkie was very quick on the draw, and got it to the counter while she held Blair back with a foot to her stomach. Yeah, Blair liked it THAT much. The cashier didn't even bother to ask about it, and it didn't take much longer until Pinkie and Blair were outside with their purchases, Pinkie opening up her umbrella as Blair held the catnip bag. OH, she's gonna have a field day when she gets home. The weather began to pick up again, the drizzle turning into a basic shower of rain, though that didn't bother Pinkie too much, even skipping around in the puddles along the sidewalk. Blair strolled along, though kept herself under the umbrella. She didn't mind the rain (ironic for her technically being a cat), but that didn't mean she wanted to get completely soaked.

While Pinkie and Blair were fine, they did have a shadow. ...

Hidden up on one of the shopping district-s rooftops, Envy had positioned himself at the ready for his assault. He had considered the warning, and he figured it out: he can easily kill them both, so long as his true identity isn't figured out, and therefore, his existence is safe. The rain outside helped him out too, since not many people are going to be outside for too long to notice anything up right away. What's even better is that Nagisa, Twilight, and Karma weren't there. Meaning that, while there IS a witch, no blessed weaponry was present. PERFECT. While up there, the building he was on had a very large advertising sign, and Envy put himself right at the supports.

"Bye-bye.~" Envy cooed quietly, as he began to weaken the support bars. Using his own hands, he began to crush, and weaken the bars that held the sign up. After a bit, the weakening creeks and groans from above caught Blair's attention, and Pinkie began to freak out a bit. The large sign groaned, and finally it started to give, falling over! Envy stepped back to not fall with it, a devilish grin stretching across his face as he heard the metal sign crash below. The crash caught plenty of people off guard, making them jump and look in shock at the freak accident. The only one happy was Envy, who slightly peeked over the edge of the building, expecting a couple of bodies in a bloody mess. Such enjoyment at the thought. ...

AND it hit no one.

"God damnit," Envy thought. Some people were just inches away from being crushed, and the two he intentionally tried to kill were too far away. To add more insult to injury, Pinkie looked like she was distracted by something in a nearby clothes shop, pulling Blair behind her. Pinkie didn't realize it, Blair seemed slightly fazed more by Pinkie's pulling, and Envy was just left ticked off in his roost. That didn't mean Blair and Pinkie didn't come back over to the sign, Envy trying to keep out of sight.

"Everyone okay?" Pinkie called.

"I think so. Thank god no one was in the way of that thing," one of the bystanders said, still shaken up. Still, it looked rather odd to see this suddenly collapse like this.

"This ominous situation calls for ... DETECTIVE PIE!"

All of a sudden, like a sort of transformation sequence, Pinkie had a Sherlock homes hat, a magnifying glass in hand, and a pipe in her mouth that blew bubbles instead of smoke.

"Where'd she get that?" Blair commented, as Pinkie quickly got to her work, looking intently at one of the broken beams, inches away with her magnifying glass, and her hair

"AHA, just as I suspected!" Pinkie announced.

"What exactly?"

"These support beams got squished. Smashed. Crumbled together like paper tossed to a trash bag! A deliberate attempt for a multi-kill," Pinkie hypothesized, sounding oddly more British, as she "smoked" her bubble pipe. As random and stupid as it is, Pinkie was right when others looked to the beams, which did looked like they were scrunched up and weakened somehow. Envy couldn't believe his ears at this random human, so ...

"We all can see that. Good eye, Pinkie," Blair said.

"Yes. But can you all see ... THE CULPRIT ON THE ROOF?!"

......

*tweet* *tweet*

AND there's a bird. After a few little tweets, the Pidove fluttered away, Pinkie left in a dramatic pose, finger aimed directly where Envy would've been.

"The bird?"

"No way, hose-a. A bird can't bend metal. Duh!"

"OK, ok. We'll keep this in mind," Blair decided. Pinkie quickly agreed, and went on ahead.

"That was close," thought the bird.

~~

"A freak accident or a attempted mass murder? Earlier today, dozens of shoppers laid witness to the collapse of the shopping district's advertising sign. Evidence at the scene showed the beams being forced, yet no culprit has been identified."

"Damn, news flies by fast," Blair commented.

"They didn't include detective pie!" Pinkie complained.

After their time at the shopping district, Blair and Pinkie were going off downtown with their possessions. Their day of shopping got them plenty of shopping bags, which hanged off of their arms. It was during their walk that they caught sight of a TV store, which was broadcasting a news bulletin about the incident at said shopping district. A large metal sign nearly killing shoppers on the district is going to attract some authority attention, not to mention attention from the local news crew. Details didn't go beyond what was seen by eyewitnesses, and the TV screens showed the architect being questioned by police. It was surprising how quickly they got this broadcasted, even if it was just over an hour ago. Pinkie and Blair continued walking, although the stuff Pinkie had in particular was starting to strain her.

"You having trouble, pinks?" Blair asked.

"A little bit," Pinkie admitted. Blair seemingly had the same amount, but she was strolling along like it was nothing. Pinkie's statement was all Blair needed to hear. Blair waved her finger near the bags of clothes. After some little words, Pinkie suddenly felt her arms grow lighter. Pinkie didn't know if her arms grew stronger, but she went to check one of the bags, and soon found the magic trick done to her stuff. Each article of clothing in each bag, had shrunk down to doll toy size. Normally someone would complain, but Pinkie was awestruck, seeing her silk gloves now slipping onto her fingers.

"AAWWW, so kawaii!" Pinkie beamed, stars in her eyes as she saw the tiny glove.

"Glad to help a girl out," Blair said, playfully fluffing Pinkie's hair. It's efficient, lightweight, and Blair can grow them back later on when they get home. Suddenly Pinkie had questions flow through her head.

"Know any other magic tricks?" Pinkie asked. Blair saw how excited the pink girl is, but before they could continue, they began to see a commotion going on further away. Not entirely a danger, but instead a crowd admiring a Class B student beauty as she went by. Being in Orora high for a little longer than the witch, Pinkie got who was walking through right away. Blair wasn't too familiar though she still got her attention.

"Who's the copycat?" Blair asked, crossing her arms.

"That's Emi Isuzu - big booby and big booty boss lady at Orora High," Pinkie explained.

"I can think of another B for her," commented Blair. While unprompted, Pinkie was suddenly up to Emi, her usual happy grin on her face. Emi herself did not looked very amused seeing the sudden pink girl pop up in front of her.

"You again?" Emi questioned. It wasn't the first time Emi came across Pinkie Pie since the gal came to Orora High.

"Yep, it's me again! How're ya doin?" Pinkie asked.

"Don't know why you should care."

"Because I like my friends, and friends do things with friends, and wonder how their friends are doing. And one of my friends is my twin from another tree. Huh, twin from another tree ... I just made a new thing!"

"You and I are not twins, you're just a copycat from Canterlot. There's only one sexy pink in Tokyo," Emi cleared up. As they were standing side by side, Blair began to do a little comparison between Pinkie and Emi. They both had pink hair, blue eyes, and curves that caught the attention of any pervert around.

"Damn, you look like her lil sis, Pinkie," Blair commented. Pinkie gasped in happiness, but Emi was NOT willing to have her as a sister.

"OMG, we do!"

"Can it, you freak. I'm hotter AND smarter than you two will ever be. So leave who looks like who someone who knows how," Emi suggested. Smarter maybe, but Blair drew the line at "hotter".

"AND who's hotter?" Blair asked, pushing out her chest so her boobs were more prominent. Emi caught her, and moved Pinkie right out of the way to compare her boobs to Blair. Pinkie's were smaller, but Blair's were a close match to Emi.

"You really think you're better than me in the boob game?" Emi mocked.

"The school boys were fonding over these babies a lot more than yours, so yeah," Blair replied back, saying from her own experience. Maybe it was from her natural flirty behavior over Emi's stern one. Emi Isuzu pushed her boobs into Blair's boobs, both fighting eachother for space.

"Remember who's at top, you cocky bitch," Emi stated, before actually whacking Blair's boobs in one swing. Blair cringed from the pain, and Emi casually strutted off on her way. Pinkie looked worried over Blair, as the witch rubbed her boobs where Emi hit her. Her boobs weren't damaged too bad, though still got hurt slightly.

"Takes one to know one," Blair thought, looking back at Emi. Blair wanted to get even, but using magic in such a public place was kinda against the rules, so she decided against it for now.

"Is your boobies ok?" Pinkie asked.

"Yeah, whatever. Let's go home," Blair decided.

~~

Time ticked on, and there was plenty of time left in the day once Blair and Pinkie got to their respected homes. Well, one true home, one borrowed one. Either way, Blair was dried up, back in her kitty form, and now more free to be herself. Since it was Sunday, both she and Karma had the day to themselves. Karma was still checking out his own miracle sword over downstairs, checking his reflection in the sword itself. In the same room, Blair had a heyday with her catnip. She opened it up, and just went all out: rolling in it, pawing it, rubbing it, meowing and drooling like a drunk. The catnip and its affects were kicked into overdrive for the monster cat.

"How're you enjoying that catnip?" Karma asked.

"Nyaaaaaaaa.~" Blair meowed, brushing her head into the plants. That was all the answer Karma needed to hear, as he checked out his sword, doing some small yet quick swings with it. Just looked at it reminded him of when he one-hit killed a mega-Banette at E class. Funny how he ended up a mega-demon slayer after day one of E class. A sense of fate, perhaps? He raised the sword up a bit, letting the reflection show in the light. He kept it up for a bit, gently tilting it, and seeing how it shined in the light. It was a rather fancy sword. Then, something showed up in the reflection. ...

The reflection of the window behind him, showed the rain outside, and a demon figure spying into his house! Karma was quick to jump into action, and swung himself around to face whatever was looking in on them, sword aimed and at the ready. If he could take out a mega-demon, he can face the demon at the window. However, when he looked with his own eyes, the figure was no longer there. The only thing he saw was just the rain coming down from the rainy season. Strange...

*knock**knock**knock*

"KARMA.~ Door's knocking," Blair meowed, almost drunk in tone. Karma quickly put two and two together in this scenario: a odd figure in the window, and then a sudden knock at the door. How lame. Karma went up to the door, but not before placing the miracle sword just at the wall, keeping it behind the door so it wouldn't be seen. Can't have his sword just stolen from him so soon.

"Sup?"

"Karma? It's me, Nagisa."

Nagisa?

Karma took a moment to open the door, and sure enough it actually IS Nagisa standing there, the blue trap with an umbrella to keep the rain off him. Blair was too caught up in her own catnip to care about the encounter in any way.

"Oh, Nagisa. What brings you by?"

"It's about that Miracle Sword. Aladdin has some more information that I think you should hear," Nagisa informed.

"More info? Korosensei gave me the jist already: it's a sword that heals its owner."

"Aladdin thought so too, but he just found something out new with it. Come on, I'll take ya to him," Nagisa said, already starting to walk ahead a little bit. Karma could use some tid bit info on his weapon if it's worth his time. He got his own umbrella by the door, along with the Miracle Sword.

"K, Blair, I'll be gone for a bit. You have fun getting high off catnip," Karma joked, Blair nodding a little bit before rolling about in the catnip again. With that word, Karma opened his umbrella, and went on his way with Nagisa.

~~

With a relaxing stride, Karma and Nagisa continued on their way down the sidewalk, as they went through the urban area of Tokyo. The rain came down pretty good, and it was just the two for the most part. Karma knew where they were going for sure, but the walk on their way was oddly quiet, even for Nagisa. The least, they have a simple conversation on the way to the spot, but Nagisa kept his mouth shut as they went. Well, even so, Karma kept his mind sharp, keeping his eyes peeled for that demon figure again. His sword stayed firm in his grip, ready to swing it whenever, and wherever. Nagisa kept himself in front of Karma, something Karma also caught, and eventually they reached the similar light. It was here that Nagisa stopped suddenly.

"What's up?" Karma asked, only getting shushed by Nagisa. Karma knew the demon sense when he saw it, and Nagisa quietly pointed off down the corner, towards an alleyway.

"Down there," Nagisa said.

"Geez. Talk about cheesy," Karma commented. Nagisa and Karma began to move in on the alleyway, trying to close in on this demon Nagisa sensed. The figure, perhaps? Still, Karma was at the ready, confidence very high thank you. Nagisa stayed hidden away, and Karma took a peek down the alleyway, to find ...

Nothing?

"Where is it? Sense on the fritz, Nagisa?" Karma questioned.

"No, I swear. I think it went down that way," Nagisa said, pointing down the curve in the alley. Karma looked to Nagisa for a second, just trying to be sure. They did test the demon sense sometime ago, that was for sure, and Karma wasn't too sure on the exact sense mechanics aside from what Nagisa told them. Aside from some cans of garbage, and a few puddles, Karma saw no evidence that a demon even stepped foot on the alley. Be that as it may, Karma went out to full view, but didn't step a foot into the alleyway just yet. Here they are, trying to go after a demon, alone, with Karma only having the weapon in hand. ...

"Go on then."

"So forward? What happened to that humble kid I know?" Karma asked.

Time to test this kid.

"But, I can't go after it - I left my blade at home coming to get you."

"Oh yes?"

"Yes, I did."

"Can I ask you something first? Before I go after this thing, Nagisa?"

Nagisa looked a little troubled, but nodded anyway. Karma stayed silent at first, before turning to his "friend".

.......

"Since when do we chase after the demon?"

Nagisa hesitated. ...

Now it was out. Karma suddenly charged forward, slamming his "friend" in the head, and sending him off down the alleyway! Nagisa tried to regain himself, but Karma already skewered him right in the stomach! While blood did come out a bit, something else was also shooting out: red lightning! Not the same as natural lightning, but more like loose electrical shocks. Nagisa, shocked as shocked can be, knocked Karma back just enough to remove the sword from his abdomen. Surprisingly, the wound began to heal itself, and in no time at all, the cut and the damage was gone! Karma knew damn well Nagisa can't do that, not ever.

"Gotcha," Karma said, finally. Rather than getting angry, he gave Karma a smug grin, before his whole body started to alter. It was a short change, but everything from skin to clothes transformed in a manor almost like being burned, only to reveal the true identity of the attacker.

Envy!

"Very good, you found me out," Envy stated, giving him a toothy grin.

"You're the one that screwed up. Besides, since when does Nagisa encourage me to do anything?" Karma stated. Envy was a little upset, but masked it under his grin.

"No matter. I still got you alone, and no one else knows where you are," Envy said, cracking his knuckles.

"Yeah, I gotta admit, that was pretty clever," Karma complimented, his sword at the ready. Looks like there's gonna be another tussle with a hell spawn, and both sides were ready to fight.

First one to charge was Envy, racing at Karma with a crazed killer look in his eyes. The swordsman was quick to retaliate in Envy's assault, and rushed past the side. Karma tried a slice as he did, but Envy dodged it just enough to avoid another cut. Karma could tell this was not just some regular brute of a demon. Envy quickly turned around, and this time the charge head butted Karma in the stomach, the same spot where Karma struck Envy in ironically. The hit was strong, but Karma stayed on his feet to avoid a kick from Envy, and actually getting a slice at Envy's calf. Small, but still enough to heal Karma of the hit. Karma tried to get some distance, but the wet ground made the pavement a little unsteady, and Karma ended up stumbling. Envy took the chance, and got Karma under his feet.

"Now who screwed up?" Envy mocked, before going right for the throat. The strength in Envy's hands was beyond what Karma expected, losing breath immediately as Envy strangled him. A quick slice of the sword managed to get Envy's arm sliced off, getting Karma free. However, Envy did manage to skewer Karma's throat during the choking, reminding him just how close Envy got to killing him. As Envy paused to regenerate his arm, the slice activated the healing effects of the sword, and started to close the cuts on Karma's neck. Only then did Envy really see what was going on with Karma.

"Told you this sword can heal me," Karma said.

"So I noticed," replied Envy, as he rushed in again. Karma took the strike first, but Envy dodging only gave Karma a slice off of Envy's hair. Envy did manage to trip Karma up, whacking him in the leg, but instead of falling to the floor, Karma rolled around with the momentum. And just in time: Envy charged at him again, just for Karma to skewer Envy right between the eyes! The same blood and sparks flew again, Envy forcing the sword out of his head, before throwing it out of sight! Now Karma had no blessed weapon to use against Envy here, and Envy knew it. Once that was handled, the demonic shapeshifter stared daggers at his target with an evil grin.

"There, takes care of that. Your turn," Envy hissed. Karma suddenly had Envy on top of him. Karma punched, kicked, and whatever he could. While they did do damage to Envy, no doubt, it was nothing compared to what the sword had done. The demon had him. Envy went all out on Karma, and managed to grab the kid from behind, his knee right into Karma's tailbone.

"Damn it! Damn it! This hurts!" Karma thought, teeth grinding. Envy kept slamming into his spine, his fingers digging into Karma's arms like claws. Envy was doing tons of damage, but he still wanted to finish the job. And after a quick look around, Envy found his answer in the form of a large broken glass amongst the garbage. A good cut in Karma's skull could make for a painful death.

"Let's get this wrapped up," Envy decided, a hand grabbing the broken glass off the ground. Karma barely saw what Envy snatched up, and in the position he was in, dodging it wasn't going to happen. Envy aimed the glass shard right for the back of the neck, ready to -

"HAULT!"

Salvation! A loud, and almost screeching whistle rang through the air, surprising both Karma and Envy. Envy thought that his attempted murder had caught a crowd, but when they looked ... well, half right. The figure standing there was Korosensei, now in a police blue uniform get up, including a police cap, black shades, and a police stun stick. Envy was relieved that it wasn't a real human cop, but all the same it was out of nowhere.

"Sup, teach?" Karma asked, surprisingly nonchalantly.

"Hello, citizen. Has anyone told you not to play with sharp objects, lad?" Korosensei asked, referring to Envy. Envy suddenly lost his weapon, and replaced by a violet flower.

"Who the hell are you?" Envy asked, biting off the bud.

"Name's Korosensei, and I believe you're trying to make ribbons out of one of my students?" The demon king presumed. Couldn't hurt to add another to his murder list, so he grabbed the glass again, and tried for a slice. Korosensei was quick to dodge it, and replacing it with a pre wrapped toy knife instead.

"Allow me to demonstrate the proper method of expert gift wrapping," Korosensei said, already rolling out a roll of plastic wrap. Before Envy could do anything, the octopus began to zip around Envy, wrapping him in the plastic wrap.

"Step one: make sure to wrap your present completely, and accordingly to avoid tear," Korosensei advised, as Envy was getting himself wrapped up in plastic, from the neck down to his toes. Envy squirmed about, stretching the plastic wrap, but it was hard to move at all.

"There is no step two," stated Korosensei. The octopus fazed out again, popping up back with Karma's sword.

"I believe this is yours, Karma."

"Thanks for the save. I owe you one," Karma said.

"I already told you. I'm a caregiver, I take care of things," Korosensei reminded.

"Get me out of this thing!" Envy yelled, struggling more and more. All Karma did was take the sword, walk right up to him, and stab him right in the back. Lightning shot out a ton, but rather than a simple stab, Karma sliced him right through, stopping at Envy's head before Envy finally gave in. Plastic torn, and Envy was basically inches away from being split in two.

"There. Done and done," Karma concluded.

"And we're off!" Korosensei added. Not that he needed to ask, but Korosensei got Karma, and both flew right off and away, leaving only Envy laying there on the ground, the rain mixed with Envy's blood ... which was surprisingly low. ...

"About time they left," Envy groaned. When that was done, Envy's own healing sealed him up completely, and the cut in the plastic got him to slip out no problem. He'll get his own back, but for now, it's off and away from there, as fast as he could.

~~

When it was all clear, Envy took off running completely, and rather than heading back to his targets, went off towards the outskirts of Tokyo. He was simply ticked off with himself, more than anything. Not only did he not kill anyone of his targets today - or anyone altogether - but he also ended up embarrassed thanks to some octopus police officer that popped up outta nowhere. The only bright side was that no one else from his Demonic world even saw that happen, so he got that going for him. Envy got himself out far enough to reach the forest by the mountainside, only then catching his breath.

"Damnit Korosensei. He just had to jump in! Oh well. Just add another one to my little list," Envy concluded. No one said there was any time limit to this sort of hunt. Besides, as they always say: first you don't succeed, try again. Envy looked back to the city after his run, just getting his act together when. ...

"What did I tell you?"

The ominous voice caught Envy off his guard, the demon spinning around fast to face the source of the voice. So much for being alone.

"I could've killed them," Envy said, in his defense.

"But you didn't. and once more, you've shown your true form to them," the figure hissed. Envy knew that too well, and the figure moved closer to him.

"Okay, I did. It was just one human, and I can easily shut him up," Envy decided, his head morphing so it matched Karma's before doing a fake slice on his throat. While Envy liked the idea, the other figure gave a low, long hiss.

"... You better."

The figure simply turned around, and disappeared in the shadows. ...