RE: Mario's High School Days

~Wish Shop~
Blanc simply blinked as she turned towards the door where the little black creature spoke up. "Huh? I see the place." This got Neptune, Vert, and Noire into looking at the spot Blanc was looking at also seeing the building. Meanwhile Ram and Rom were running towards the door with cheers on their faces as Nepgear and Uni weren't far behind. "Ram! Rom! Get back here!" Blanc shouted as she ran after the white sisters with Noire and Vert not too far behind. Neptune on the other hand looked at the building with a fixed sense of curiosity and wonder...until Nepgear's voice went through her head. "Come on sis! Don't just stand there!" Neptune shook her head as she ran towards the door and into the building. Pururut on the other hand walked over to Sasori and looked him in the eyes with a sly smile on her face. "Such an adorable face. It's a shame that it will get worked up once I am through with it" Cupping his chin into the palm of her hand with her face close to his. "I want to see you cry <3~"

~Shinjuku Central Park~
Shepard nodded before she looked at Shion and KOS-MOS. "Okay, you two can go now. We're done here" Shion nodded quickly and started to guide KOS-MOS away from the park. Shepard looked back at the others just as Garrus spoke up with interest in his face. "Well, things are getting interesting around here. Tokyo must be a magnet for strange things to happen all in a day." Shepard nodded with a smile. "I'm sure we'll figure this all out, for now however I'm going to head back home. We'll come back and regroup once we get an idea on exactly what we're dealing with." Garrus nodded in agreement. "Agreed, we do have a lot on our hands to sort out." Shepard laughed jokingly. "No, I have the job of figuring everything out, Wrex beats everything down, and you simply calibrate things. Anyways see you later." Shepard started to walk off as Garrus and Wrex said their goodbyes. Just as she got into her car she looked back at everyone and shouted. "Hey Nihlus! You want to come stay at my place?"

~Channel 5 HQ: Director's Office~
"Now then, let's get some business out of the way. Have you ever heard of the case of the White Rose?" Fuse asked as he placed his hands together. Ulala tilted her head curiously. "No, I don't think I have. What is it about?" "Well Ulala, there has been some rumors going about in the vampire community about a White Rose. Unfortunately there wasn't much information about it, they were being vauge on what it is. However I believe we might be able to gain some information about it by performing an interview. Rumor has it that one of the politicians has some more information on it." Ulala nodded as she listened in. "So you want us to go in, interview the guy, and then find the information." "Yes Ulala, it might hold the key to answering a cold case." With that last piece of information Fuse pressed a button on his desk before his seat fell through the tube again. "See you all at the Astrobeat!"

~Crystal Order HQ: ASIC~
Arfoire blinked, not a single word coming out of her mouth as the recollection of her recent defeat rang fresh in her mind. The rest of ASIC looking at their goddess with quiet and curiousity as to how she would respond to it. After what seemed like a couple of minutes thw witch spoke up. "Normally I wouldn't even work alongside people like you. But in this case I will make an exception. We will join your cause." Arfoire then took Al Mualim's hand before she spoke up one more with sterness in her voice. "However I ask for two things. One is to allow me to keep my control of Gamindustri. Two is to leave anything relating to those CPUs directly to us."​

~Abandoned Apartment~
Rock and Shirobon crashed into the floor facefirst and watched as Saren made his move before their eyes. Rush had been forced onto the floor with a slam as his eyes went black and blipped off from the high amount of damage. Rock had managed to get back onto his feet before his blue eyes opened to meet with Rush's mangled frame laying nearby with concern showing on his face. "Rush!" The blue robot quickly moved as fast as he could towards the dog before stopping and knealt down close. "This isn't good at all." Looking over at Satomi with worry and concern Rock calmly spoke up. "Would you happen to have a phone I could borrow?" just as Shirobon slowly rose to his feet.​

 

Wish Shop:

Within the building, following Maru and Moro as well as Mokona, the Goddesses and Sei found themselves inside a smoke filled room. Coughing and waving her hand to clear the smoke, Shiro grumbled, "Man someone needs a nicotine patch." A feminine chuckle came from within the smoke, drawing the Goddess' attention to the slowly appearing form of a bench-like sofa and a woman lying on it, pipe in hand. "That's cute, but I have no desire to quit." Sei took a step forwards, "Ah...Yuuko-san?" The woman smiled, "In the flesh. You must be Sei and your new Goddess sisters. It's adorable how some of them are older than you. Being the new little brother to some and the new big brother to the rest must be entirely thrilling." Shiro coughed again, "Sure, but I know of someone who could use an air freshener." Yuuko sat up, long black hair spilling over her shoulders as she moved and snapped her fingers. The smoke cleared instantly from the room, leaving Shiro feeling embarrassed. "Maru, Moro...thank you for showing our guests inside. Would you two please go help Watanuki with dinner." Maru and Moro clapped their hands together and skipped happily off towards the kitchen. Kuro sniffed and her stomach grumbled, "Smells good...but, who's Watanuki?" Yuuko tilted her head, "Hm? Oh that's right, you've never met him before. This will be a really fun evening. We should have a party. Watanuki~ could you bring me some sake~?" A ladle came flying out from the kitchen, only to be caught skillfully by Mokona's black paws. "Do you want dinner or not?!" Yuuko's ruby colored lips pursed into a pout and she chewed on the end of her pipe, "Meanie, Watanuki!" Belle's steely gaze fastened on Yuuko, "I see you're as flippant as ever, Yuuko-san." Reddish-brown eyes lifted to Belle's and Yuuko's playful pout was lost in an expression of complete seriousness, "And you're finally ready to voice the wish that's been festering in your heart. You all are. I've been waiting for quite some time, but I knew it was soon when I heard of the battle in Toshima." She stood, her long kimono dragging on the ground as she walked past them, "Come...shall we discuss your wishes before dinner? You all have...very interesting things in your hearts, but you'll have to voice them for me to grant them. I'll tell you now, every wish comes with a price. I cannot grant your wish if you are unwilling to make the sacrifice that is equal to your wish. I'll ask for no more and no less than its worth." Sei's fragile body trembled, "I need to know! Where is my brother?"

Sasori stared back at Pururut for a while. His fingers twitched and thin, blue chakra threads attached themselves to her limbs. Spreading his fingers wide, her limbs followed until she looked like a marionette puppet, "No one has seen me cry since the day I was born." Moving his fingers little by little, he made Pururut dance around, though his face remained unamused, "Hmph, you don't even have any redeeming qualities. Useless... I don't even want you for my collection. Turning you into a puppet wouldn't be much fun. Maybe I should just poison you until you can't move anymore and let it kill you. I have just the thing."

Shinjuku:

Tali, Thane and Mordin exchanged looks of surprise as Shepard called out to Nihlus. He gave them a stern look, "Go on. We'll contact you when we have a decent plan." Watching Nihlus follow after Shepard, Tali snorted, "Shepard with a decent plan? There's something I have to see." Thane nodded, "The usual plan of rushing in, guns blazing doesn't seem to be something the Spectre Nihlus is used to." Mordin folded his arms, a minor look of confusion settling on his features, "Odd. Used to being confined in small lab on ship. Shepard's chats were enlightening. But now, with bigger world. Shepard chooses to take only Nihlus with. Could be minor attachment to old ally. Or perhaps, more to story than we know." Tali touched a hand to her mask, "You're suggesting Shepard and...Nihlus? No way. Though..." "They would make a good combination," Thane finished for her.
Nihlus glanced back at the group as he caught up with Shepard and climbed in her car beside her, "Your teammates seem to have developed some sort of misconception about us. Being with a team again...is difficult to get used to."

Channel 5:

Fushimi sighed, "Sounds more like a waste of time. Interviewing those bunch of zombies." Ai watched him turn on his heels and head off to, hopefully, work. Turning back to Ulala, Ai scribbled an address down and handed it to her, "The politician Fuse spoke of, Karl Heinz, lives at this address. At least, it was the only one listed back in the old days. Currently, he has no address. You'd be lucky to find him at all."

Astrobeat:

Within the Astrobeat sat already a blonde haired woman wearing a blue uniform and a black haired, regal man also wearing a blue uniform similar to Fushimi's. They wore sabers at their sides and emitted an air of professionalism and lethal power. Standing the pair saluted Fuse as he arrived, "Sir!" The man lowered his hand and almost smiled, "I had a feeling you would be going somewhere dangerous. As members of Scepter 4 we are employed not only by the country of Japan but by you to protect you in times of need."

Crystal Order HQ:

The roots retracted and the same member spoke again after Discord thanked them. "Our pleasure. After all, it's nice when family get along. It would be better if this woman didn't speak to us as if we were lesser than her. What a nuisance." Linda flinched away from the glowing brander, "Oh man...this is getting seriously real. I don't wanna be branded!" Magic snatched her up by the hood and held her aloft as Linda's legs worked to try to run away. "Shut it! We are loyal members of ASIC. We will endure any and all pain for our Goddess!" Magic turned a hateful glare towards the branding poker being handed to Astral-S, "But to mar our beautiful Arfoire-sama like this! It's unbelievable!"

Abandoned Apartment:

Satomi peered over Rock's head at Rush. His question was answered with Satomi holding out a rather fancy, white cell phone. "You should've been less concerned about taking a piece of the door to be analyzed and more aware of the situation," he started to lecture, "This wasn't just being careless, it was complete disregard. A demon was released into the world and something I can't even classify as an ayakashi is running loose looking for a person named Shepard and you thought only of the door? Where did you even come from? Did your parents teach you no common sense? Honestly, the Church would forgive me if I held you three in confinement until you repented this idiotic idea of isolated ideology, if that's even what this could be called." He droned on and on about how Rock and Shirobon shouldn't have tried to leave the battle.

Tokyo Streets:

Minako happily skipped along until she came across an odd site. Peering over the property wall, she hauled herself up to the top and dangled over it. Watching a long haired young man wearing white and a...standing wolf(?) fight in the middle of an open area. "Wow...I guess this is what Aki does during boxing club. I wonder, though, who are these guys?" The pair slowed their speedy clashes and separated. "Alright, that's enough for today," the young man's pale eyes lifted and met Minako's gaze, "And you, what are you doing spying into my home?" Minako smiled sheepishly, "Whoops...caught me. Hi." The wolf she'd seen became surrounded in white strips of code and transformed into a young boy wearing a bandanna. "You're interrupting my training," he complained. Climbing over the wall, Minako dropped down on the other side and dusted off her skirt, "Sorry about that, though it didn't look like you were winning. It looks like fun. Fighting a friend like that. Mind if I..." She let her sentence trail off as the bandanna wearing boy's cell phone began to ring. He walked away to speak in private and Minako turned her cheerful smile to the other man. "My name is Minako Arisato. And you are?" "Neji Hyuuga...aren't you the girl that the school issued an amber alert for? You don't look like a little girl that's kidnapped." Minako set her hands on her hips, "Very funny. I was kidnapped by a weirdo but my brother saved me." Neji shook his head. Fortunately he was spared from responding to the oddly sunny girl as Koji returned. "Neji, would you mind if I went to pick up my brother?" Minako bounced, "Can I come?" They both frowned at her, "Who is this girl and why is she even here?" Neji pushed the pair of them towards the gate, "Her name is Minako Arisato, take her with you. She appears to be a very bored girl." "N-no, I was supposed to find Aki. He went to get me some food," she whined as she and Koji were pushed out the gate.

Kirijo Enterprises:

Minato quietly left Mitsuru to finish her work when he bumped into another person. Falling backwards, Minato winced, "Ouch... Ah, sorry about that." He opened his eyes and found a brown haired boy laying on his back on the ground. 'I didn't run into him that hard...did I?' Standing, Minato flicked blue hair out of his eyes and stared down at the boy, "You alright?" His eyes opened and he lurched to his feet, "Oh, yeah, sorry about that. I took the bullet train and ran as fast as I could to get here. That woman from the...tournament called me...and said Yu was here." Gasping, the boy leaned his hands on his knees, "Crap...I'm too late, aren't I?" Minato shrugged, "Yeah. You're talking about Narukami-kun, right? Do you know him?" He winked at Minato, "Sure do. Yu and I are best buds. Man, it's been a long time since I've come back to the big city. Things sure have changed." Minato tuned out the rest of the boy's words, "Friends, huh? Oh, I'm Minato Arisato. If you're friends with Narukami-kun then that means you're also a Persona-User." The boy stiffened and slowly looked Minato up and down, "How do you...?" Taking the hint, Minato pulled his Evoker from its holster at his belt, "I'm like your friend, Narukami-kun. I hold multiple Persona's also. Sound familiar?" His jaw dropped, "HOLY...! Y-You're...?! Ah, um, my name is Yosuke Hanamura. This is so cool! I didn't know there were others with Yu's power." Minato glowered at him, "It's not 'Narukami-kun's power'. I had this power when you were still in middle school." Yosuke grabbed his shoulders and shook him, "What are you talking about? You look the same age as me." Minato sighed, holstering his Evoker and pulled on Yosuke's cheeks, "Idiot. I was a Seal on something you couldn't even begin to fathom. My body might not have aged but I'm older than you are." "Owwwww~"

Japan:

As a night society prepared for just another night, their esteemed Kuran family were busy sending multiples of letter and email invites to anyone they could locate an email address or home address to. This invite was none other than an invitation to a Vampire Ball the next Tuesday night. Lined with gold trim, the invitation held a map to a mansion as well as a very cryptic message about the future of Vampire-Human relations.

 

~Wish Shop~

The eight girls looked at each other for a minute before they all turned towards Neptune with a "go on ahead" kind of expression. "Me? You want me to make the wish?" "Yes, we all do. It makes more sense if you did it" Noire crossed her arms looking away with a sort of cross expression. "Agreed even though it's Neptune we're talking about here." Blanc then turned her head towards the taller raven-haired female with anger on her face as she jabbed Noire's shoulder with a small fist. "Dammit Noire! This isn't about Neptune doing it. We all had the same thought!" with a sigh Blanc spoke quietly. "Go on ahead Neptune." Neptune quietly nodded and spoke up with a smile on her face. "We wish that everyone who was hurt in Toshima would get better and be alright." "Eh...close enough Neptune."

Pururut just smirked as she danced around uncontrollibly. "Kill me? You have to be joking!" She then went into a hearty laugh. "Do you really think mere poison could take the life of a goddess? You're out of your mind." Her lips went into a small sexual smile. "You're rather bold if you think you could even dominate over the queen, little boy. You could use some discipline." Pururut struggled to move her arm to grab her weapon.

~Shinjuku Central Park~

"You'll get used to it after a while Nihlus. Let's just say quite a lot has happened while you were gone to the point some things I've done would sound impossible to accomplish." Shepard explained before she started her car and drove off away from the park. Garrus crossed his arms before leaning back against a tree looking into the sky. "This is Shepard we're talking about here. I doubt it's what we're all thinking considering what happened to Nihlus to start with." Wrex looked at everyone with a grin on his face. "Yeah yeah, we already know Saren shot the guy in the back and killed him in cold blood. You don't have to repeat it again Vakarian." Garrus turned to face the krogan with simple logistics running through his mind. "What? I'm saying that considering what has happened to him I figured Shepard would try to help him out in a situation like his."

~Astrobeat~
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"Yeah thanks." Fuse said aloud looking surprised as he wondered how they got on-board just as Ulala and Noize arrived stepping within the confines of the white and light-blue ship. Clasping his hands together Fuse proceeded to start the thrusters and prepared for launch. "Well, this looks like just as any good of a time to try out the funkilicious modifications Noize and I made to her." Ulala raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "Modifications?" "You'll see" The Astrobeat proceeded to blast out of the hangar and into the starry night skies of Tokyo. "Okay, activating the new lighting system...now" Noize exclaimed as he pressed a button near the controls. On the outside blue lights proceeded to turn on showing a glowing blue Channel 5 logo on the sides of the ship along with other blue lights placed on the ship itself as it flew off towards its destination.

~Crystal Order HQ: ASIC~

Astral-S nodded as it took the branding iron in its hands. "Certainly, although I have never done this personally before." It first sent the white hot branding Iron directly onto the stomach of CFW Trick sending the large pedophilic...thing into a scream as the rest of ASIC saw an identifing mark of the Crystal Order's logo on the stomach. The proceedure went pretty much the same way as Judge and Brave were branded on the torso followed by Pirachu getting the brand on his stomach making all three scream in pain. Turning around Astral-S proceeded to brand the back of Linda and Magic's hands before finally ending the initiation by branding the back of Arfoire's hand making the Deity of Sin cringe in pain but didn't scream. "Welcome to the Crystal Order my friends." Astral-S quietly handed the branding iron back to Al Mualim.

~Abandoned Apartment~

Bomberman stood up and looked at Satomi as he was lecturing the still and motionless Rock who was in disbelief. Shirobon stepped in front of Megaman and gently pushed him back as the blue robot took the phone with an expression of frustration on his face. "I don't know where you're getting the idea from but how were either of us supposed to know there were demons behind the door. All we heard was an explosion and came running down here to check it out. Also I nor the rest of my species worship a higher being on account of the fact that we'd probably get run out of chruch because we can make bombs, not sure about Megaman though on account of being a robot made by Dr. Light." Rock meanwhile proceeded to make a call before it was picked up. "Oh? Hello there Mr. Satomi." "No Dr. Light, it's me" "Oh, sorry about that Rock. It just came up like that." "Listen, I'm down here in one of the abandoned apartments. I'm not entirely sure how to explain what happened here but a turian managed to damage and knock Rush out of the sky." "Just try to explain as clearly as you can." Rock then proceeded to explain the events prior to what happened. Dr. Light sighed. "So there's a turian after Commander Shepard and you and Shirobon unknowingly released demons from a sealed door just to get said turian out." "Yes, that's all true." "Hmm, try to get out of that area. I'll send someone to help you out." "Alright." Dr. Light then ended the call as Rock handed the phone back.​

 

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~Tsukasa~

Tsukasa was unceremoniously dragged by Natsumi without so much as a protest, it wasn't much of a surprise since he's been around the Hikari's for quite a while, besides, what right did Natsumikan have for worrying about him? Was it because of what Tokyo experienced and she was concerned for his wellbeing or something else? He didn't wish to ponder on such things, but what Tommy said did ring true. "Meh, if the grandparents come to attack again, I'll just beat them again, I honestly don't understand how we could have such trouble with them." He thought to himself, then again they lived somewhere where they couldn't attack their base of operations directly, so maybe that's why they lasted this long.

~Haruto~

Haruto tried to recall about this ginger haired youth with a thoughtful expression. "I don't honestly recall that." He said rather admittedly, looking at the box. "Well, what did he make?" he asked, changing the subject ever so slightly.

~Syaoran, Sakura and cake lover-

Syaoran looked at Sakura who asked him this question, it was true, Sakura did mange to capture all the cards after passing Yue's Judgement Test whereas, he did not, how should he answer this? "Our family came to support the tragedy of lost lives during the attack, but my mother said something was about to go down and that I should remain here until it's passed." he explained to her and continued. "Still, that man, Roger Bacon, he seemed to know of Clow Reed and the Cards along with you Keroberos, why is that, have you ever met him before?" Syaoran asked the Guardian Beast.

~Yu Narukami~

Yu was heading back to the Dojima Redidence with Teddie, he liked seeing Nanako but somewhere in his mind, he felt he just missed a hilarious scene with Yosuke, then again, it was just a feeling until he phone started ringing, he found it odd, he wasn't expecting a call at this hour, well not unless it was after Midnight for nearly a whole year, he got it out and flipped it open, and he had a bit of a smile, it seemed an old friend was calling and answered the phone, putting it to his ear. "It's been a while, Rise." He said with a smile, he did wonder why she'd bother calling him at this time.

 

-Rise's call-

"Hello, senpai~" Rise said to her senpai happily through her cellphone. Teddie smiled and listened in on the call. "It certainly has been a while. I heard about what happened in Tokyo and wanted to make sure you were okay. If you're with your uncle and Nanako-chan, tell Nanako-chan that I say hi. I'll be coming to see you soon with Chie-senpai and Yukiko-senpai. They can't wait to see you and neither can I." Teddie smiled, starry eyed at being able to Rise, Chie, and Yukiko again.



-Sakura, Syaoran, and Kero-

Kero looked at Syaoran, his cheeks full of food and his face messy. Swallowing, he patted his full tummy in satisfaction before trying to remember when he met Roger Bacon with his master. "I can kinda recall Clow meeting a magician named that in the past, but last I remember, he didn't look like that. He was shorter and a bit older. Not to mention, he didn't dress fancy like that." Sakura quietly listened to the Guardian Beast try to recall his memories.



-Natsumi & Tsukasa-

Natsumi remained mad at Tsukasa and dragged all the way to the photo studio. She wished that he wasn't so cryptic and would be more honest with her on the things that happen when he suddenly disappears. She thought at one point she was going crazy when she saw him disappear in a beam of magenta and still pondered about that.



-Wajima Shop-

Koyomi didn't answer because she thought that Haruto knew what it was about and didn't open it for that reason as well, but sighed and opened the box, noticing a ring similar to his other rings, and the symbol on it was decipting a new power it seem. Koyomi was surprised at how well it was made, it was almost on par with Wajima's work and wondered why he made this.



-Emma's home-

Kira laid on the floor and wondered where Gia, Megaforce Yellow and her second-in-command, was though if she had to guess, she was probably training. While Emma was arranging flowers in a vase, Kira thought to herself, 'At least today was peaceful, no attack from the spoiled prince. But I wonder, what is he planning for his next attack?'



-Arendelle Docks-

Elsa stood on the docks, looking out at the ocean beyond the fjord. Anna held her hand in assurance that everything would be okay while Marina came to see them off and tell them to have a safe journey. Elsa looked at her and said, "Thank you for doing this while we're gone, Marina." "We'll make sure to get you something special as a gift." Anna said, smiling at her. Smiling back, Marina said, "Thank you, it will not be a problem. I hope your journey will be safe and you will be able to return here with great memories from Japan."

 

Wish Shop:

Yuuko took a seat at a table and listened to the girls' wish as well as Sei's. Her face was grave as she looked at the girls, "Are you sure that's your wish?" Shiro narrowed her eyes, "Of course we're sure. It's our fault they were hurt." Lifting her pipe to her lips, Yuuko replied, "For every wish there must be a price. I do not ask for money. Your price must be equal to that of your wish. Nothing less and nothing more. Understand?" Exhaling a breath of smoke, Yuuko crossed her legs and glanced briefly towards the kitchen where it had grown silent, "For me to grant your wish, you must accept the price. You must take on the wounds of those that were hurt in the battle. Their scars will be yours...their blood loss will be yours...their pain...all of it. Will you still wish for this?" Shiro hesitated. Taking on all that pain would triple or more their own pain.
Sei, Belle and Kuro looked at their sisters with fear. "You can't...that's too much. Neptune, Noire, Blanc, everyone..." Belle reached out to her sisters. "We'll do it," Shiro stated bluntly. Shocked, Belle and Kuro stared at her. "It's our fault they were hurt. If we hadn't been careless and fallen into their trap, we could've ended the battle quickly without getting all of them invovled." Yuuko set down her pipe, "That's a lot of guilt you have." Shiro huffed, "What's the point in being a Goddess without a bit of guilt over your mistakes. If we divide the price up, we should get by alright." Kuro looked to Neptune, "Neptune?"

Sasori yanked on a thread and Pururut's arm ceased to move, "Did you really think I'd let you draw a weapon? How stupid do you think I am?" Swishing his arm out and bending a few fingers, he manipulated her into pulling her arms behind her back and twisting painfully. "I remember you from that night. Yuuko has never ordered me to save someone with such explicit orders before. I thought it was strange how she insisted I grant her wish. Me...along with the others who owe her favors." He drew her chin up and showed her the kunai covered in purple poison, "Who's the one who needs to be disciplined here? Tell me, who's winning here? The tied up Goddess or the Puppet Master with a blade to your throat?"
"You've been talking a lot to that woman, Sasori."
Sasori's hazel eyes widened and he halted his movements. Turning his head a bit to see who had interrupted him, Sasori found the one and only Senri Shiki staring at him with those lax eyes. Shifting his gaze slightly, he noticed the boy and fat cat behind him. Sasori glared at the boy while Senri munched on a Pocky stick. "You're in the way," Senri bluntly reminded him. Irritated, Sasori released Pururut and stepped aside. Quietly, Senri and his guests entered Yuuko's shop, leaving Sasori to glare at Pururut.

Shepard's Car:

Nihlus laughed, "Yes, I've read your file. I only remember a few things after I woke up, but I remember being handed a bunch of files on you and your crew. Reading them all...and about your exploits, I'd say it was more like a fairy tale than a history lesson." The more he tried to remember, the more a blinding pain seared through his head. Every time, the woman's voice he heard telling him things would split into two. Obviously, he pinned that on his partially alive status at the moment.

Shinjuku Central Park:

Tali sighed, "You boys lack a serious amount of imagination." Liara's voice came through the radio channel they used quickly, "Sorry to interrupt. I managed to get a lock on a Soul Reaper close by. At least...I think it's a Soul Reaper. The readings are a little different, but there can't be a mistake that it could be one of them. Are you going to go after it?"

Astrobeat:

Having been dragged along, Ai and Fushimi glowered at the flashy system. Sensing their disapproval, the man who'd spoken to Fuse chuckled, "What did you expect from a TV station? Just keep your eyes sharp, Fushimi-kun. We're here as security in case things go bad." Sighing out a 'yes', Fushimi stared out the windows. Ai spoke up, "The chances of Karl Heinz welcoming a television station into his home are less than thirty percent. I have calculated several back up plans, if you have need of them."

Crystal Order HQ:

Linda blew on her brand shakily trying to blink through the tears in the corners of her eyes. Looking around as the members dispersed, Magic tried to make out any of their faces but without much luck. Some wore hats and a collection wore masks, despite the masks being unique in their own right and the rest were simply too quick to get away. "Is everyone in this order as eager to flee and hide their identities?" she growled. Chuckling, Izaya stepped closer to them. He was still highly amused by Al Mualim's speech. "They'll show their faces when the time comes for those hands to be played. Showing all of your aces doesn't make for a very exciting game, now does it?" Magic glared at him, "You! You're the one that told us Arfoire-sama was coming...and about the Goddesses." Sweeping a flourished bow, Izaya grinned, "Nice to meet you. I am Izaya Orihara. What the Crystal Order does with blind faith and brutish strength, I guide what's needed to where it's needed with information. Since they've all convinced themselves they can magically transform this country into America, I work just a little bit harder than they do to keep them believing what they want to." Magic lifted her scythe, "Shut up and die!" Rolling reddish-brown eyes, Izaya hopped out of the way as she sliced at him. "So violent. It's not very becoming of a lady like you." Linda sniffed, "You guide them? I thought the leader did all that." Refocusing on the previous topic, Izaya's smile faded, "In a sense, yes. You see, Japan has a parliamentary system of government...like Britain and Canada." Linda sighed, "Oh boy, here comes the lecture." Ignoring her, he continued, it was, after all, important to understand; "Unlike the Americans or the French, the Japanese do not elect a president directly. Diet members elect a prime minister from among themselves. Get it? Citizens vote in the Diet and the Diet chooses the Prime Minister. Having a bunch of angry citizens gets you no where." CFW Magic looked towards Arfoire as if asking if he was right before speaking, "And you claim to guide them where they're wrong." His smile returning, Izaya calmly attempted to walk a straight line on the floor, "Correct. I've taken their riots and their sermons and put them to use in making sure their canidate is chosen among the Diet members." Linda folded her arms across her chest, "Hmph, blabber mouth. And how are you to do all this stuff you say?" she said haughtily. Wobbling, Izaya jerked his chin towards the members that had left already, "Since you don't know...we have a few Diet members already in this organization. Manipulating the remaining ones is my job." Linda pursed her lips and mumbled, "For some reason, I really hate this guy."

Abandoned Apartment:

Satomi glared down at Bomberman and Megaman as he received his phone back. "I don't care if you 'think' you're not welcome. Since neither of you have any knowledge in the spiritual world, you'll attend Church starting tomorrow." His chilly glare along with Yatsufusa's constant gaze on them intensified, "And you will come. I can make your lives very unpleasant."

After leaving the Hospital:

Crow dragged Pino and the quiet Mito through Minato's residence district to a more run down section. Hauling the pair to a house, he reached up and turned the handle, letting himself in and taking them with him. "Yo, Clear-san. I'm back!" A white haired, gas-mask wearing head poked out from around a corner, "Oh, welco--" The person choked and began fluttering their white gloved hands around nervously, "Ah! Crow-kun, you're all dirty! And your friend looks like he was hurt!" Crow glanced back at Mito, "Yeah...he hit his head pretty bad. We already went to the hospital so you don't have to worry. Only he was looked at." The gas-mask wearing person slumped onto the floor before straightening, their tone of voice brightening considerably, "I'm glad you're back. You brought Pino-chan with you. Does Vincent-san know? Re-l-san is going to get angry at me again." Pino saluted the gas-mask wearing person, "Pino will explain!" Crow took over holding onto Mito's hand as Pino ran off to call Vincent and Re-l. "Hey, Mito...this is Clear-san. I live with him, so he's not as crazy as he looks...well, he's a little crazy, but it shouldn't bug you that much. Clear-san is a pretty good cook, do you want anything to eat?"

 

OOC: In regards to the post I made a while back containing the opening of Kill la Kill's Honnouji Academy, that post is officially retconned. It never happened. Honnouji Academy is not located in the United States. I will delete that post momentarily to solidify the retcon. The following post will be the real opening of Honnouji Academy. This post is very important, so please read at least to the end of the fourth paragraph, as it introduces a new location and characters. And yes, before you ask, it was approved by NutheadBros.​

~ Early Morning That Day: Tokyo Outskirts~​

Tokyo's quiet outskirts. An empty and lifeless place where nothing especially noteworthy takes place. Businesses and buildings have been built and destroyed here over the years, but for the longest time this area has been a blank slate, completely unused. However, as the sun rose on this day, that truth would no longer be correct. Today, a new facility of education would rise, one that Nintendo High once knew as a bitter rival.

Spoiler: BGM

The ground of the outskirts began lightly rumbling. That rumbling quickly grew stronger and stronger, to the point that people within the city of Tokyo could feel the vibrations. The ground of the outskirts began to split apart, revealing some kind of underground holding area. The area was massive, implying that whatever was held inside was equally massive. Onlookers would begin to notice something emerging from the now fully opened hole in the ground, something that resembled the top of a building. It continued to rise, eventually revealing the entirety of the large building that contained a large round courtyard. Already this building out-sized Nintendo High, but it wasn't done rising yet. The structure continued to rise, revealing that it sat upon an upward-spiraling city. Initially, the homes looked very well built and polished, but as the structure continued to rise, the quality of the homes decreased, eventually leading to what could easily be described as a slums area. Finally, the massive structure stopped rising, showing it's incredible size to anyone in Tokyo who looked in it's direction. It towered over Tokyo like a giant, completely dwarfing any building or structure in Tokyo, or even Japan. Due to it's size, the very bottom of the structure just barely touched the city of Tokyo. This structure was Honnou City, and at the top of it all was the prestigious Honnouji Academy. Students that already were enrolled stood in the courtyard of the school in a perfect horizontal line facing away from the school itself and looking toward the exit, each one wearing a light-grey uniform with a single black star on it. Before them stood one of the school's higher-ups, a large man named Ira Gamagori.

Spoiler: ENTER

Ira silently watched the students for the slightest sign of misbehavior. His silence was broken, however, when he heard echoing sound of the highest power in the school stepping up to her pedestal. He looked up to her, the light of the sun reflecting off of her in a glorious radiance. Ira's life was dedicated to serving this woman. He placed his hand over his heart and uttered her name quietly to himself. "Lady Satsuki..." His gaze then turned back to the students. "Attention!!!" He yelled, his powerful voice echoing through the school. "Lady Satsuki Kiryuuin, the Student Council President, stands before you!! SALUTE!!!" Ira ordered. Every last student turned 180 degrees and placed their right arms out before them, their forearms angled perfectly in front of their chests, saluting their one true leader: Satsuki Kiryuuin.

Spoiler: SALUTE!!!

Satsuki Kiryuuin, Student Council President and overall leader of Honnouji Academy, stood at the edge of her podium, which was high up above the school's courtyard. She held her sheathed sword, Bakuzan, out in front of her like a can of sorts. The grip was pointed upward with Satsuki's two hands covering the bottom, while the covered blade pointed downward, the tip touching the podium floor that she stood on. Her dark-blue hair flowed in the wind as she began to speak. "Fear is Freedom! Control is Liberty! Contradiction is Truth! That is the reality of this world!" She called out, her dictatorial voice echoing across the entirety of the school and the cities below. "Listen well, you pigs in human clothing, and submit to that reality!!" The light that radiated from her intensified, lighting up the city of Tokyo below.

-Insert Lordgenome and Nia Tepellin Banners Here-
~ Early Morning That Day: Tokyo; Tepellin Residence~
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Nia was quietly sitting in the living area of her home reading her favorite book, titled "Harry Potter and the Cursed Toilet Seat", when some rumbling followed by a bright light from one of the windows in the room shined in her eyes, blocking her view. She squinted as the light hit her eyes before placing the book down on the table next to her, making sure to keep the book open on the page she was on by laying the open pages face-down. Blocking the light with her hand, Nia attempted to get a look at what was causing such a bright light, but her eyes couldn't see through the blinding light. A few moments passed and the light began to fade, slowly revealing the source. It was the massive Honnouji Academy, which had just risen from the ground mere moments before. Nia looked over to the other side of the room, where her father, Lordgenome, was hard at work on some school-related paperwork.
"Father? What is that?" Nia asked. Putting his pen down, Lordgenome stood up and walked over to the window that Nia was standing by. He looked out the window and immediately saw what Nia was referring to. His reaction was a mixture of confusion and terror. "N-No...How can this be?" Lordgenome said, his voice trembling. Nia was understandably confused by this. "What's wrong, Father? Is it the government coming to try and take away your driver's licence again?" Nia asked. "It's nothing, sweetheart. Just...A place I thought I would never see again." Lordgenome stepped away from the window before walking over to the front door next to said window. He grabbed his large brown jacket from the hook on the wall next to the door and put it on before turning to Nia once more. "Nia, I have to...Run an errand. You stay here, I won't be gone long." Lordgenome said, sounding slightly worried. "O-Okay, Father. Enjoy your errand." Nia said, also somewhat worried. The only time she'd ever been told to stay home and not go with her father was when he was doing something dangerous. This must have been one of those times. "R-Right...I love you, Nia." Lordgenome said. "I love you too, Father." Nia replied before her father exited their home. Nia watched from the window as Lordgenome entered his car, started it up and drove off in the direction of Honnouji Academy. Her worry growing, Nia quickly reached for the nearest telephone and entered in a phone number. She waited as the sound of the call going through played in her ear.

~ Early Morning That Day: Tokyo Dump~
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"C'mon, Simon! You'll never master yer dad's gift if all you do is whine!" Yelled Kamina to his younger soul-brother Simon, who was sitting inside Lagann. "I'm fine with practicing, Bro...But do we really have to do it at the dump?" Simon asked, looking around at the piled of garbage. "Hell yeah we do! Your old man used Lagann to dig through dirt on a daily basis. Diggin' through junk is in your blood, Simon!" Kamina said, attempting to get Simon to see it his way. "I think there's a difference between dirt and garbage, bro-" Simon was cut off as he heard the sound of his phone's ringtone play in his pocket. Taking the phone out, he saw that it was Nia's number calling. Simon quickly answered the call before speaking. "Hello? Nia?" Simon said into the phone. "H-Hello, Simon, I hope this is not a bad time..." Nia said, a tone of worry in her voice. "Not at all, Nia. What's up?" "Did you feel the rumbling and see the bright light that came from that large building that appeared just outside of Tokyo?" Nia asked. Simon thought for a moment. He didn't remember anything like that, but he had been buried in a pile of garbage not long ago, so he assumed he had missed the things Nia spoke of. However, to save time, Simon said the opposite. "Y-Yeah, I did." "W-Well, when I showed my father what I saw, he looked worried and scared...Then he left, saying he had to run an errand." Nia explained. "Hmm...Well, I suppose he could just be actually running a simple errand." Simon said. "I do not think so. Father always takes me with him when he leaves home. The only time he doesn't is when he's doing something dangerous..." Nia continued, sounding more and more scared after each passing moment. Simon thought for a moment. "Hang on, Nia. I'll be at your place as soon as I can!" Simon said confidently. Nia felt relieved to hear Simon say this. "Okay, Simon. I'll be waiting for you." She said before hanging up. "So what'd Nia want?" Kamina asked, having apparently moved himself right next to Simon to eavesdrop on their conversation, much to Simon's dismay. "Something's wrong, Bro...Apparently some big building showed up and her dad got worried by it, and she thinks he left to go investigate. He could be in danger!" Simon explained. "So? Why's it our problem if that bald-headed jerk wants to-" Kamina stopped when he saw the determination in Simon's eyes. A smile grew on Kamina's face. "Y'know what, screw it, let's go meet up with yer girl Nia!" Kamina said, hopping into Lagann. The spiraling energy meter on Lagann's display filled and Lagann's hatch closed, protecting Simon and Kamina from the outside. The thrusters on Lagann's back sprung to life and shot the small mecha out of the dump and into the city streets, where it made it's way to the Tepellin residence.

 

OOC: I've slightly edited my previous post to better signify that it took place during the early morning hours of the current day. The following post takes place not long after, so it is still considered a "flashback" of sorts. Also, I would just like to clarify that while yes, the school emerged earlier in the current day, I don't expect anyone to go back and edit their posts or change things to accommodate that. While it is completely optional at the moment, If you wish for your character(s) to become aware of it, hearing about it on the news or just seeing it from somewhere in Tokyo would be good ways to go about it in my opinion. But like I said: Completely optional.



~Earlier That Day: Approaching the Tepellin Residence~
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As Kamina and Simon got closer to Nia's home, Kamina caught sight of something that Simon was oblivious to while paying attention to Lagann's movement. He nudged Simon with his elbow. "Hey, Simon, am I seein' things or is that a mountain covered in buildings?" Kamina asked, pointing to Honnouji Academy, which had just become visible from their perspective. Simon took his eyes off of what was in front of him for a moment to see what Kamina was referring to, instantly taking note of the near-massive structure. "Is that what Nia was talking about...?" Simon said to himself. Kamina leaned over to Simon, who was still distracted by the Academy. "What'd Nia say?" Kamina said rather loudly into Simon's ear, startling him and causing Lagann to violently swerve for a few moments before Simon put it back on track. Breathing heavily, Simon answered Kamina. "She said her dad saw that place and started to act weird, like he was worried, and then he left the house saying he had to run an errand." Simon explained. Kamina was silent. "...And she needs us to come to her place...Why?" Kamina asked, confused and somewhat annoyed. "Mr. Tepellin never leaves Nia alone at home...Unless he's going to do something dangerous." Simon added to his explanation. The usually thick-skulled Kamina quickly realized what this meant. "Alright, so baldy's probably throwin' himself into harm's way, huh? And Nia wants us to go knock some sense into him?" Kamina asked, assuming he'd guessed correctly. "Well...The first part's right, but Nia never said what she wanted us to do. That's why we're going to her place first. Speaking of which..." Lagann then turned and stopped in a driveway, that driveway being the one outside Nia's home. Lagann's hatch opened up, but before Simon could even exit the mecha, he was glomped by Nia, who had been waiting outside her house for him. "Simon!"

Spoiler: Nia

As Simon's airways were being blocked by Nia's hug, he attempted to speak. "Good to see you too, Nia." Simon managed to choke the sentence out before Nia let him go. She stepped back and acted as if everything was normal, while Simon and Kamina stared at her. "...What is it? Is there something on my face?" She asked. "W-Well...I kinda thought you'd be a bit more surprised that I'm sitting in a big metal face." Simon explained. Nia looked down, finally noticing Lagann. Her eyes widened at the sight for a moment. "Oh...I suppose that is rather unusual. But maybe I didn't notice because you look so...Hmm..." Nia seemed to be struggling to find the right word. "I suppose it's because you look so natural sitting inside of that machine." Nia said with a smile. "Natural?" Simon asked, his face turning red. Kamina then bro-hugged Simon, a large grin on his face. "See, what'd I tell ya! Even Nia can tell that you're meant to use Lagann!" Kamina said. "Lagann? That's a great name for it! It fits perfectly!" Nia said happily. Simon's face grew more red. "T-Thanks...Anyway, what about your dad? Should we go after him?" Simon asked. "I don't know...I saw him drive toward the large mountain structure...A place that makes even my father fearful can't be safe." Speaking about her father potentially being in danger scared Nia, that much was obvious from her tone of voice. "...D-Don't worry, Nia. Bro and I will go and make sure your dad stays safe!" Simon said slightly hesitantly. He was about to activate Lagann's thrusters again, but Nia stopped him by grabbing on to his arm. Simon looked to Nia, confused. "Simon, please...Take me with you." Nia said. Simon was surprised to hear this, and was immediately going to tell her no, but he saw the determination in Nia's eyes. It told Simon that Nia was going to go with him and Kamina whether they liked it or not. "I need to show my father that I'm not a little child anymore. I can handle myself." Simon sighed. "Okay, Nia. You can come with us." Simon said. Nia smiled, happy that Simon agreed. Kamina held out his hand. "Hop in, little lady." He said with a friendly wink before Nia took his hand, allowing Kamina to lift her into Lagann. Nia settled herself into Lagann before the hatch closed, limiting the amount of space that Kamina and Nia had behind Simon. The two of them were uncomfortably squished together arm-to-arm. "My apologies, Simon's Brother, there is not much room to move in here..." Nia said, somewhat embarrassed. "Don't worry about it...Simon, get goin'!" Kamina said, wanting to get there as fast as possible. "You got it! Brace yourself, Nia!" Simon said as Lagann's thrusters re-engaged, causing the head-mecha to go forward at high speeds toward Honnouji Academy.

-Insert Lordgenome Banner Here-
~Earlier That Day: Tokyo Streets; Lordgenome's Car~
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Lordgenome continued to drive toward Honnouji Academy. Images of apparent past experiences flashed in his mind. None of them were pleasant. "Ragyo...You were told to close that school permanently...What are you doing back here?" Lordgenome thought. Lordgenome turned the radio to the news station, to hear that they were covering the appearance of the school. "bzzt-at the once-barren outskirts of Tokyo, where the long-gone and forgotten school known as Honnouji Academy, as well as it's surrounding living quarters, have literally emerged from the ground. When we asked one of her representatives about what Student Council President Ragyo Kiryuuin had to say about the re-opening of the school, we were told that Ragyo Kiryuuin is not the Student Council President and that, in a shocking turn of events, the title belongs to her daughter, Satsuki Kiryuuin." Said the voice of the news anchor woman. Hearing this horrified Lordgenome. It was unknown why, however. "S-Satsuki...No...Ragyo, you have gone too far this time!" Lordgenome said aloud, his grip on the car's steering wheel tightening. "This has been Jernet Jerkson, reporting for Radio 1.1037. Thank you, and have a good day." The news anchor's voice stopped, and a commercial for stain remover began playing on the radio, prompting Lordgenome to turn it off. "Got those pesky neon pink stains splattered on your bathroom wall? Knock 'em out of the park with the new "Home Run Stain Remover Spray"! It's cleansing power is so strong, you could cover up a murder with it-bzzt" Lordgenome sighed. He knew now that he had to get to the school fast. Lordgenome's foot pressed slightly harder on the gas pedal. "I will put a stop to this myself if I have to."

 

~Wish Shop~

Neptune had calmly closed her eyes, an unsettled quietness overtaking her as the information went through. Her voice deepened as her eyes opened with purple staring directly at the dimensional witch. "We'll do it, we will take on the pain of everyone in Toshima. After all we should pay the price for falling into a trap and letting ourselves get captured." Nepgear blinked with a rather surprised expression on her face. "Wow, that's the first time I've ever seen you act mature about something as serious as this." The other girls were equally as surprised about Neptune's change of tone. "Like Shiro said...divide the price among us and we will be alright." It was then that the others slowly nodded in agreement with Noire giving a small smile. "I'm sure we can handle this."

Pururut simply laughed in Sasori's face with a mocking tone "Who's the one that needs to be disciplined here? HA!" She calmly and casually walked over to where she was close to him with a sexy smile. "I will answer that question for you..." shortly before grabbing his face and planting her lips hard onto his, her arms gently wrapped around to where his back was before she dug her fingernails deep into his skin. "...you're the one who needs discipline."

~Shinjuku Central Park~

Garrus started to speak quickly into the radio. "We're going to wait until school resumes before going after that Soul Reaper. This way we will have a better idea on what we're dealing with." He then turned to face Tali and responded. "Just because there's a possible logical explanation for something doesn't mean that I don't have an imagination. After all we have probably tried to imagine what you look like behind that mask. Personally I think you have pointy ears." Wrex turned towards the turian with a deadpan expression. "Next thing you'll say that she's an elf and that she's secretly british." "No I'm not, infact neither of us have seen a quarian's face."

~Heinz Mansion~

The Astrobeat sped along before landing on the grounds right in front of the mansion with a gentle *plop*. Ulala and Noize started out of the Astrobeat before Fuse spoke up. "The broadcast will start when you can get a hold of him, we'll be cutting into the evening news feed so watch it out there. Don't forget, we're broadcasting across the whole galaxy." "Okay, we know that Fuse." With that noted Fuse proceeded to press some buttons on the controls as Ulala and Noize slowly approached the doors. The pink-haired reporter was rather calm as she grabbed the bronze door knocker and gently tapped it against the door.

~Abandoned Apartment~

With a calm and somewhat embaressed expression Rock waved his hands in front of his face. "Easy there, it doesn't have to turn violent. We'll start going to church." "Yeah, we'll go to chruch. Nothing's wrong with that" Bomberman explained as he he calmly spoke back to Satomi while trying to lift Rush's mangled body on his back.

~Crow's House~

Now the red-headed young boy looked at the strange gas-masked wearing individual who had presented himself before him with an expression of confusion within his blue eyes as they stared at him. A single word didn't even leave his lips as the thoughts of what had happened earlier. His gaze then went from Clear to Pino and to Crow. With a gulp of hesitation Mito spoke up quietly. "U-um, I just want a glass of water...that is if you have any."

~Earlier that Day: Mario Bros.' House/Tokyo Streets: 武装スクールゾーンを襲撃！男が行くジャンプ行く!~

Standing on the roof of his home/business a lone man watched the spectacle of shaking and lights that were noticable. His blue eyes focusing on the situation as the light shined on his yellow shirt and blue overalls. Papa had a stern look on his face with a feeling of dread as he jumped off of the top of the building and proceeded to land on the pavement of the road before speeding with a dangerous look on his face. "Not them again...anything but them." He quickly sped up, jumped, and ran as fast as he possibly could before his eyes were meeting face to face with the oncoming Honnouiji Academy on the horizon. Papa went to a screeching halt as he stood before the large gates leading directly to the courtyard. Staring up at the large gate he simply smirked and started bending his legs. "Well, this will be the first time I've jumped this gate..let's see if old Jumpman's still got it." Papa walked backwards a few feet and looked at the gate before running at it. With a small jump Papa started to run up the wall before making a long jump up the wall and spin-jumped into the air landing on top of the wall with his hands. Quickly getting onto his feet Papa jumped off the roof and landed onto the courtyard looking directly headon at Satsuki before starting to walk over with his arms crossed smirking. "Well, it's been awhile since I heard of the name Kiryuuin. I could hear your mouth from all the way home."​

 

~Earlier That Day: Honnouji Academy~
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Finally, Lordgenome was close to the Academy. The drive through Honnou City (ooc: the upward-spiraling town leading up to the academy at the top) would have been long and tedious had Lordgenome not disregarded all safety regulations and drove straight through everything in sight, causing thousands of dollars of property damage as a result. "If the government wasn't trying to take away my licence before, they sure as hell are gonna try now." Lordgenome joked to himself as he finally made it to the top, his car now parked just outside the gate. Shutting his car off, Lordgenome exited the vehicle, prepared to walk in and confront Satsuki by any means necessary. "There's no turning back now. I have to stop this before-" His heroic speech to nobody in particular was cut short when a man with amazing jumping ability leaped past Lordgenome and up to the top of the gate. "Amazing...He jumped over the gate." Lordgenome thought. He shook the thought off, there was no time for that now. He walked toward the gate and was about to enter, but stopped when he heard the man that jumped the gate already inside, bad-mouthing Satsuki. Lordgenome decided to stay hidden and watch what was unfolding inside.

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As the man bluntly called Satsuki out, he was approached by Ira Gamagori, who's total size was measured at "bigger than you". Ira towered over the jump-happy person. "SILENCE!! Nobody addresses Lady Satsuki in such a coarse manner! In fact, NOBODY ADDRESSES LADY SATSUKI PERIOD!!!" Ira screamed at the man, asserting his authority. "Those who would belittle the name of our beloved Student Council President deserve nothing less than the maximum punishment! PREPARE YOURSELF!" Ira yelled as he lifted his spiked boot from the ground, ready to stomp the man into the ground. "Enough, Gamagori!" called Satsuki from her podium high above the courtyard. Ira immediately froze. "B-But Lady Satsuki, he-" "I wish to speak to him." Satsuki ordered. Ira reluctantly placed his foot back on the ground and stepped to the side. "As you wish, Lady Satsuki..." Ira said, quietly grumbling. "I also wish to speak to you as well, Lordgenome." Satsuki said, having noticed Lordgenome's presence the moment he drove up to the school gates. Lordgenome was surprised...But then remembered who he was dealing with. He stepped through the gate and entered the courtyard. "Satsuki...You're just like your mother. Smart, perceptive...Corrupt." Lordgenome said as he continued walking toward the center of the courtyard. Ignoring Lordgenome's taunting, Satsuki spoke to them. "The both of you have trespassed in my academy. By all rights, I should have the two of you executed." She stated. "So why haven't you? Did you inherit everything but your mother's undying cruelty?" Lordgenome asked, arms crossed. "No. I want you alive. You'll be useful." Satsuki vaguely explained. "Useful?" "You've no need to know yet." Satsuki looked to the other man, the one who had entered the courtyard first. "As for you, you should count yourself lucky I didn't let Gamagori crush you. Now explain yourself. Who are you, and how do you know of the Kiryuuin name?"

 

~Honnouiji Academy: The Past collides with the Present Revolution!~ [Earlier]

Spoiler: BGM

Papa casually crossed his arms and looked up at Gamagori looking unphased before turning towards Satsuki with a joking grin. "Not sure who's louder, him or my son Mario. As for you Madame President your mother is one of my best customers at my pizza shop." It was then that his expression changed to a rather serious one. "No, your mother would be too nuts to even order from my place considering the way she acted." With that out of the way Papa made a leap forward landing directly in front of the podium pointing at Satsuki with a grin. "My name is Pa....no...my name is Jumpman! Nice idea for her to let her daughter run and bring back what essentially amounts to a torturous boot-camp of death just to stop the S-Types." Jumpman turned to face Lordgenome with a casual smile. "Hey there Genome! It's been awhile since I saw you...must have decided to follow me here."


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~Earlier That Day: Honnouji Academy~
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As this "Jumpman" addressed Lordgenome as "Genome", a sense of familiarity overcame him. Due to Lordgenome's immortality, his mind was filled with thousands of years worth of memories, making it hard to sift through them all. However, this man's voice, his tone, his body language, it all rang huge bells. "Jumpman...Jumpman! I remember you. Nintendo High, 1981. Not long before this damned school opened the first time. It seems your legendary jumping ability hasn't left you after all this time." Lordgenome said, happy to see someone from his past that was on his side. Meanwhile, Satsuki had grown annoyed at Jumpman, more so when he jumped up to her podium. "Gamagori." Satsuki said. Ira instantly moved on command, extending one of his spiked whips at Jumpman, catching him faster than he could react. He then swung Jumpman to the opposite end of the courtyard, attempting to slam him into the ground. Wasting no time, Lordgenome jumped higher than someone with a body his age should be able to (but not higher than Jumpman could, of course) and grabbed the whip as it came down, pulling it and snapping it. Lordgenome then pulled Jumpman toward him and caught him, saving the high-jumping father from a painful splat. "But you should work on your reaction time." Lordgenome said as he unwrapped Jumpman and set him down. Ira growled at Lordgenome's hasty save. The Nintendo High vets stared down their Honnouji rivals. Meanwhile...

~Earlier That Day: Outside Honnouji's Gate~
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Lagann finally reached Honnouji Academy, still toting Simon, Kamina and Nia. "There! That is my father's car!" Nia said, pointing to the car that sat not far from Lagann. "So he's really here, huh? I gotta say, your old man's pretty nuts to come to a place like this...I like that." Kamina said, smiling. "Then I guess there's no time to waste. Let's go!" Simon said as he made Lagann charge forward through the gates. The thrusters kept the small mecha slightly above the ground. As they charged forward, Simon spotted Lordgenome, and immediately went to see if he was alright. "Mr. Tepellin!" Simon called. Lordgenome turned around. "Simon!?" Lordgenome said as Lagann came to a halt next to him. The hatch opened, revealing the three people inside Lagann. "Father! You're okay!" Nia called as she exited Lagann and hugged Lordgenome. "N-Nia!? I thought I told you to stay home!" "I apologize, Father, but I could not stay there knowing you were in danger...So I called Simon and he used his face robot called Lagann to bring me here." Nia explained. "Face robot?" Lordgenome asked, looking past Nia. He finally noticed Lagann, which caused his eyes to widen in surprise. "A-A Gunman!? Where did you-" Lordgenome was cut of by Ira, who was swinging another whip at Lordgenome, Nia and Jumpman. "ENOOOUUUGH!!!!" He screamed. Lordgenome quickly held Nia and Jumpman close to him, his back to Ira's whip. The whip finally hit, smacking Lordgenome in the back hard enough to cause blood to spurt from his mouth before sending the three of them flying across the courtyard, Lordgenome holding on tightly. They rolled on the ground for a few moments, Nia screaming, before they slid to a halt. Nia and Jumpman were left with just a few little scratches, but Lordgenome was much worse off. Blood ran from his mouth, and the back of the clothing on his torso had been torn open by Ira's whip, revealing a large bloody gash that was also left by the whip that went from one end of his upper back to the other. Nia struggled from Lordgenome's grip, noticing that he had passed out from the intense beating. "Father! Father, please wake up!" Nia said, shaking Lordgenome's limp body. Kamina looked at Ira, now pissed at the whip-using creep. "Hey! That guy might be a jerk, but that don't make it right to beat the shit out of him like that! 'specially in front of his daughter!" Kamina yelled. Ira eyed Kamina. "Don't test my patience, brat." Kamina smirked. "And what're you gonna do about it, tough guy?" Kamina asked sarcastically. New red whips emerged from the spiked plates on Gamagori's arms. "THIS!" He yelled as he swung the whips at Lagann. Simon quickly closed the hatch just before the whips hit, dodging them. Lagann's thrusters then engaged, as well as a large drill emerging from Lagann's forehead. The drill spun as it charged forward. "TAKE THIIIIIS!" Kamina yelled just before the drill hit. However...Instead of the sensation of drilling through some big jerk-face, Lagann stopped as if it had hit a steel wall. "Wh-What!?" Simon said, trying to get Lagann to drill through. Gamagori stood perfectly still, smiling. "Your machine's drill is acceptably powerful. My uniform, however..."

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"Is a hundred times that!" Gamagori said, the stars on his uniform glimmering for a moment. "An attack from a measly drill like that won't even leave a scratch on my Three-Star Goku Uniform!" Simon looked up at Gamagori from inside Lagann, terrified, while Kamina simply remained pissed. Ira then caught Simon off guard by swinging his whips at near light speed, beating the mecha to a pulp and knocking the pilots around violently. He stopped his barrage for a moment, allowing Lagann to float in midair, it's face looking as if it were a human's after being beat up, Swollen cheeks, missing teeth, etc.. However, before Lagann could recover, Ira slammed the mecha into the ground with both whips, simultaneously wrapping it in one of them. Ira continued his brutal beating by flinging Lagann into one of the far walls of the courtyard, leaving a crater. "What were you hoping to accomplish by attacking me with that pathetic drill!?" He said as he pulled Lagann out of the wall, then slamming it into the opposite side of the courtyard, again leaving a crater. "You must be a spy from Nintendo High or the likes!" Ira again pulled Lagann from the wall, but instead of stopping his massacre, Ira slammed Lagann into the courtyard walls at incomprehensible speeds, knocking the pilots around in a near-fatal manner. "However, a machine like that is wasted on your kind!" Ira then slowed down, once more slamming Lagann into the courtyard wall, this time just above the courtyard entrance, Simon and Kamina yelling in fear before impact. "You aren't worthy to breathe the same air as Lady Satsuki!!" Ira seemed to have stopped, as Lagann simply sat in the latest crater, horribly beaten and it's pilots most likely unconscious. "NOW FALL!" Ira called out as he pulled the whip toward him causing Lagann to fly toward him as well. Ira unraveled the whip from Lagann as it flew, causing it to spin as it careened toward Ira. Finally, when the small mecha reached Ira, he swung an incredibly powerful punch, sending it flying across the courtyard, out of the gate and out of sight. Still with her father, Nia's eyes teared up as she watched the horrific beating that Kamina and Simon had just taken. Nia looked to Jumpman, who seemed to be the only conscious person who didn't want to murder everyone in sight. "S-Sir, please, you have to help me! I need to get my father out of here! He needs a doctor! And we need to find my friends! I don't know if they could survive a terrible beating like that!" Nia said, her voice trembling. As Nia cried for her father and friends, Ira was about to charge at them. However, he was stopped. "Gamagori! That's enough!" Satsuki called from her podium. "We're done here. Head inside." Satsuki said before walking off of her podium and into the door behind her. Ira complied, having gotten his fill of discipline for the day. The courtyard was now nearly empty, save for Nia, Jumpman and the severely beaten Lordgenome.

 

~Honnouiji Academy: Jumpman's determination!~ [Still earlier]

Jumpman looked over at the little girl who had kindly asked for his help before smiling with cheer. "Sure I'll help you, your father and I go back. But that's not the point right now." He walked over to the beaten Lordgenome before he tried lifting the much larger man onto his back with both of his hands...however he could barely lift him. Gritting his teeth Papa started to lift with all of his might and willpower, his eyes showing deep concentration as sweat started to form in his brown hair. "Grrrrraaaaaah!" It was then that his clothes changed color and his eyes reverted into a glowing shade of yellow as he threw Lordgenome on his back and walked slowly out of the courtyard. After a few moments Jumpman arrived at Genome's car and slowly opened one of the back doors throwing the large guy in and sighed as he rose up cracking his back with the light shining on his white shirt and golden-yellow overalls. Jumpman got into the car and started it up with a smirk. "You might want to hang on for your life!" He slammed his foot onto the gas and sped off like an insane blue hedgehog down the same path of destruction Lordgenome had taken earlier.

After a few minutes Papa had arrived at the border between Tokyo and Honno City only for his golden eyes to notice the wreckage of Lagann sitting right in the middle of the road. Slamming on the brakes hard Jumpman looked over at Nia and a stern look. "Stay here, I don't want you to get hurt out here while I'm trying to get your friends." Papa proceeded to step out of the car before walking over and pulled Kamina and Simon out of the wreck with a single though in mind. "Such fools, they almost got themselves killed out there trying to fight a person stronger than them...but...something was off." Carrying the two over Jumpman placed the two unconscious boys into the back of the car before opening the trunk and pulled out a rope tying it to the back of the car and onto Lagann. Jumpman quietly got into the car and sped off into Tyoko dragging Lagann behind him as he caused quite a bit of property damage along the way. "I have an old friend who is a doctor. Normally I'd do it but I'm not sure if my methods are legal."

With crazy speed Jumpman drove directly past Yoshi's house before turning into the driveway of the house next door as he drove through the front yard and crashed into the wall. Jumping out quickly Papa ran to the door and kicked it down hard with his foot yelling in a panic. "Compile! Compile I need your help it's an emergency!" with Jumpman yelling a young blonde-haired woman with yellow rabbit ears looking dazed as her eyes slowly noticed the fact that her door was kicked down. With a shocked stern look Compile shouted "Oh what the hell! What did you do now Jumpman!?" Papa panted with embaressment. "Sorry, I needed your help since you're a doctor." "Huh? What happened?" Jumpman proceeded to quickly explain the events as he brought Simon, Kamina, and Lordgenome into the house. "..and then we got out of there and came to you." Compile looked at all three of them with concern before jokingly stating. "Looks like they got their asses kicked all right. But in all seriousness I will take a look at them and see what's wrong." "Thanks old friend." "Of course..anything for you, especially since it's a teacher you brought. Tell your wife I said hello. Now gimme a few minutes."

~A few minutes later~

Compile came out to face Jumpman and Nia with a sigh and gloom on her face. "Well, it looks like this Gamagori guy did a number on them. Genome has broken bones and quite a bit of blood lost trying to protect you two, as for the other two boys they also have broken bones and concussions. Seriously they were reckless and nearly lost their lives out there." Papa nodded with a frown. "That's what I thought when I found those two and their robot trashed at the boarder between Tokyo and that dreaded place of death." Compile looked out the window with concern showing in her face. "If what you are saying is true then I will have to make sure my Compa doesn't talk with those people."​

 

-Arendelle-

Seeing Hans offer his arm, Anna smiled, taking it, and said, "Yes, we shall." "Well, Marina, until we return, Arendelle is under your rule." Elsa said, Marina bowed, "I promise to do my best until you return." Elsa smiled and boarded the ship, with Anna following her. Marina waved at them.



-Emma's home-

Seeing her team leader sleeping, Emma smiled and pulled a blanket over her. Leaning over her ear, Emma whispered, "Don't worry, everything will be alright, Kira. We will protect Tokyo and Japan with everything we have and maybe.... we'll discover the meaning of our powers." Kira just slept, and Emma just smiled at her, looking at her yellow gem bracelet. Emma pulled out her Gosei morpher and her Ranger Key, wondering where their powers came from.



-Granger Home-

Hermione sat on her bed, looking at the remaining necklaces, which were the GaiaMemories of Metal, Heat, and Trigger. She wondered who to give them, sighing. Touching the Luna memory necklace around her neck, Hermione took it off and laid on her bed, slowly falling asleep after pondering how Shotaro and Philip were doing back at the agency.



-Kadaj, Loz, & Yazoo-

At the home that was shared between the three silver haired brothers, Kadaj looked at his special garden that was made with the help of his brothers. Yazoo sat in his office, reading one of the books he got from the bookstore he worked at. Meanwhile, Loz was working out in his room, each of the brother's rooms there was a single flower, Kadaj wondered if he would be able to talk to Aerith one day.



-Kuchiki manor-

Within the room of the Kuchiki family head, Byakuya sat at the memorial shrine of his wife, praying to her spirit. During the day, he had stayed at the manor, merely hearing about the riots and the chaos that happened in the city. Byakuya kept silent and looked at his wife's picture, hoping that Rukia was okay.