RE: Mario's High School Days

jackdaniel0 · Aug 16, 2013

He simply listened, then he was was quite suprised that he was being handed a dagger, a rather short one. Although not the best weapon for him to use, atleast he didn't have to waste time summoning one, no matter how small amount of time it ook.

"Follow my lead."

He nodded to show he understood. I get it. I had the wrong idea about Il Re...Heh, looks like we'll be friends after all. He smiled to himself at the thought, then he turned to see something heading towards him. He was saved by Il Re, although unnecessary and then what happened next was the strangest thing he's seen so far in this new world.

He simply watched as the events transpired, from the sudden appearance of the boy, to the bolt of lightning striking Albedo, to Albedo ordering Il Re to kill them.

He listened to Il Re's words, then smiled. "Really? You know, last time I was given an order by an enemy..." He took a few steps toward Albedo, hiding the weapon, "...I disobeyed, of course. I didn't need a guy to tell me how to run my life. So we battled." He took another few steps towards Albedo, so that they were a few meters apart. "This time, I think a few things will be different..." He turned his head to face Il Re and the others so that Albedo wouldn't see what his secret message. He mouthed the words,

'Shut your eyes if you don't want to get flash banged.'

He turned back to Albedo. Unfortunately, he couldn't pass the message to the kids, meaning they might get blinded too. It seemed to be the only way, though. After all, it was temporary

He charged magic in to the dagger, a focus point, a place to gather it all up until he was ready. His dagger started to shine quite noticably, even with his efforts of hiding it. C'mon, hurry up...Even in normal form it takes this long to char--Oh there we go.

He drew the knife and stabbed the air above him. "INCOMING!" All the magic pent up in the dagger released all at once, creating a giant, blinding light that would definitely distract those unfortunate to even get a small glimpse of it. Fortunately, it didn't affect the user. Once the flash was gone, but the effect would stay, he quickly said to the others,
"What are you waiting for? C'mon, get the kids!"

Meilin Lee · Aug 16, 2013

~Hospital~

"Of course, the more the merrier," Doctor Hu replied, "I'm sure Tommy will be able to wake up after listening to you two. Now then, follow me." The doctor then started to lead Thomas and Kimberly to the room where Tommy was.

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~Outside Hospital~

"Kairi, wait!" Thor yelled as he ran right towards Kairi, facing her. "Xion's my friend, I want to know who did this to her as well," Thor said.

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~Tokyo Streets~

Phil Coulson found a bar where he and Peppy can have a drink, and parked his car, Lola, nearby. "Ok then, shall we?" Phil said as he got out of his car. Meanwhile...

Vanitas parked his motorcycle a couple of yards away, monitoring Phil and Peppy.

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~Minako Arisato's Dorm~

Saïx led a group of police officers to the scene of the crime, and said, "This is where it happened. Make sure I know any new details before anyone else." The security guard then left the dorms, going back to monitoring the security cameras like he did before.

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~Shinjiku District: Building Close to Crash Site~

While Discord was spying on Allice Elliot, he decided to take a look at what else was happening around the area. He noticed security down was tight. He noticed that there were WANTED posters all around, some were for Metal Sonic 3.0, and others were for him! However, that wasn't what bothered Discord the most. What did bother him was that the picture they were using of Discord was old, back when he had a mullet. 'Really?' Discord thought to himself as he rolled his eyes. However, he started to notice other WANTED posters being added. They were for two unnamed individuals (who were actually Shiki and Enerjak) who had apparently kidnapped a girl. However, their faces were clearly shown, as recorded from the Nintendo High HD security cameras. Discord simply shrugged and decided to see who else was attending. That's when he saw Celestia. Just seeing her there gave Discord an adrenaline rush. He dropped his binoculars on the ground, remembering the day he hurt Celestia, and ran away from his school and home. He was never able to get over what had happened that day. And now, the very friend he hurt all those years ago was down there, waiting for the memorial to start. Discord didn't feel like continuing his mission any longer, but didn't know what he excuse he could give Rassilon. It was a huge predicament for Discord. Meanwhile...

In a building neighboring the one Discord was in, Javert noticed Discord acting strange. "What are you doing?" Javert thought aloud.

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~Nintendo High: Principal's Office~

Al Mualim and Xehanort entered the principal's office. Al Mualim locked the door, and made sure no one was around. "What's going on?" Xehanort asked. "It's time you learned... the truth," Al Mualim said. Xehanort gave a confused look, not entirely sure what Al Mualim was going to say. "Have you heard of the Crystal Order, Xehanort?" Al Mualim asked. "Yes... the group that kills many people all around the world... yet, for what reason?" Xehanort replied. "The answer to that question, Xehanort, lies with me," Al Mualim said. "You?!" a confused Xehanort said. Smiling, Al Mualim said, "I am the leader of the Crystal Order." Xehanort was shocked by what Al Mualim said, and rushed towards the door, and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge. "Don't be afraid Xehanort. I only wish to speak to you as a brother," Al Mualim said. "What's going on?!" Xehanort demanded. "Perhaps it's best if I explain everything to you," Al Mualim said, "Fifty years ago, beings called S-types arrived to our world from another dimension, along with an artifact called 'The Relic'. 'The Relic' was found by Peppy's father, who realized the impending threat from the S-types. So he established Nintendo High School to train students in the art of battle. Every year, the S-types would attack, and the graduates and staff members of Nintendo High would fight and defeat them. However, 26 years ago, during the annual battle with the S-types, I befriended one of them. I was taught about true freedom and what this world really needed. So, I made a deal with the S-type that in exchange for helping the S-types, the annual attacks from them would stop. And so it was then the Crystal Order was established. As time went by, Nintendo High School then transformed into a more civilian school, like what it is today. You see Xehanort, the Crystal Order's true goal is to help locate S-types trapped in their crystalline forms, and to eventually, conquer the world alongside them. Together, we plan to free this world from all the evil and corruption that has existed here for millenniums! However, in order to this, we need 'The Relic', as well as an item that can free and enslave all S-types in their crystal form, which is currently hidden by the prime minister. And I can tell you that you've already come in contact with the Relic last night, when you touched the vault it was hidden in." As Al Mualim went on with his story, Xehanort became calmer, and followed along. "So, that's why your stepson's running in the election," Xehanort commented. Al Mualim nodded. "And the Relic?" Xehanort asked. "That will be dealt with as well once Harold is prime minister. For now, it's best to keep it in this building," Al Mualim said. "But what do you want from me?" Xehanort asked. "I'm offering you a chance to be part of something bigger. Join us, and help save this world. Only through the use of force will our goal be achieved," Al Mualim said, "Become part of our family Xehanort. A family that you've always dreamed of. Don't think of me as your principal or your leader. Think of me as the father you never had." Al Mualim reached his hand out, hoping Xehanort will shake it, signaling his willingness to join the Crystal Order. After a minute of silence, in which Xehanort thought deeply about this, he finally decided. He reached out his hand and shook Al Mualim;s hand. Al Mualim smiled, and brought Xehanort closer to him for a hug. "I am proud of you, my son," Al Mualim said. The principal then took out his phone and sent a text message. "Today at 6 pm, I will be waiting in a car for you outside the entrance. Make sure you're there on time," Al Mualim told Xehanort, who nodded. Al Mualim then snapped his fingers, and the door opened. "You're free to go," Al Mualim said. Xehanort was a bit confused at what just happened. Was that one of those automated doors that lock and unlock with the snap of fingers? Or was it something else. Nevertheless, Xehanort left, and started walking to his dorm, with so many questions in his head. Did this Relic give him the powers he currently has? Who else is part of the Crystal Order?

NutheadBros · Aug 17, 2013

~Kabukicho District~

Neptune blinked as she looked at Kuro's bruises before she said "I'm sure we have something at home that could fix those bruises, although that was one strange and funky experience, c'mon" as she grabbed Kuro's arm and dragged her back down the street towards their home.

~CPUs' Residence~

A few minutes later Neptune came running through the front door still dragging Kuro by the arm as she entered the living room where Histoire was reading, the blonde-haired mother looked up at Neptune and Kuro as she said "Welcome back you two, Nepgear wanted me to tell you if you were looking for her then she would be in Vert's room" with Neptune saying aloud "Okay thanks!" as she sped off into the hallway causing Histoire to sigh, she proceeded to get up out of the chair and walked into the hallway entering her own bedroom.

Histoire then went over to her phone and proceeded to dial up a number before she said into the receiver "Hello? This is Histoire....I was calling to ask you if you were willing to do me a favor...what is it you might ask, well I need you to come up to my place...because I need your help in taking our daughters to the memorial service for those victims....okay then, see you later" afterwards hanging up the phone.

~Vert and Belle's room~

Vert sat on the edge of her bed with stern sapphire eyes focused on her TV screen with her teeth shown in frustration, Vert was quickly pressing buttons on her 360 controller as she said to herself "I'm going to beat you game, your little friend tried to beat my fingers and my gaming mind but failed...I will not be beaten!" just before Blanc looked at the scrren as she sat beside Vert commenting "Well, for a game titled Dark Souls it sure is living up to it's name in diffuculty"

"Indeed, it's been hard for Vert since she's died seven times already" Noire said sitting on the other side of Vert only for the blonde to grip her controller tightly as she died ingame again with her face slowly growing angry, Neptune came speeding in dragging Kuro as she said aloud "YO!" with Pururut responding loudly "YO!" and Nepgear smiling as she said kindly "Welcome back you two, poor Vert's getting frustrated over a game" "It's kinda funny to see her get frustrated over a game like that" "Shiro, please calm down" "Woah, Kuro what happened to your legs and arms?"

It was then that Vert slammed her controller onto the carpet in sheer anger as she died again ingame before she said in a passive agressive tone "You all might want to cover your ears" shortly before yelling at the top of her lungs "DAMMIT YOU ****ING ******* PIECES OF ASS **** I'M GOING TO BEAT THE PISS OUT OF YOU LIKE THE GAME YOU ARE!!" as she fell back into her chair panting, the room had become quiet after Vert had let out her rage before Blanc said aloud "Geez, you just sounded like the Angry Video Game Nerd there" with Vert sheepishly responding "Yeah...I kinda got carried away there" rubbing the back of her head in embaressment.

~Tokyo Streets: Bar~

Peppy calmly started to step out of the car and proceed in following Phil as he said "I actually rarely drink myself, but alright let's go"

~Outside Hospital~

Kairi blinked before she nodded and said calmly "Alright let's go figure it out together, first though I want to get Peach to help us out as well"

StardustXtreme · Aug 17, 2013

-Shibuya: 109 Building-

Tsukasa merely shrugged. "You better hope you got enough money to cater around." he said to Sakura, her wallet will probably suffer quite a bit of a dent from this offer of food.

"We should probably decline, me and Phillip have a memorial and a Chief to watch over, so we'll see you guys later." he said, giving and one fingered salute before heading off.

"Then I should do the same, I have someone who needs me at her side, I'll be around." Haruto said and walked off as Marvelous grinned. "Free food is always welcome, let's get eating!" he said without any hesitation.

~Memorial~

Syaoran nodded to Sakura and watched.

~Yu~

Yu had to chuckle lightly, it seems the lady with the blue oversized coat had a slightly bad experience, maybe from a Mystery Food X? He didn't elt it ponder his thoughts and headed around the corner and as he kept walking, he flipped his phone out, checking the time. "Should get to Naoto, she's probably waiting at the Library." he mumbled and headed for that particular direction.

Princess Rapunzel · Aug 17, 2013

-Shibuya: 109 Building-

Eiji said, "I should go, too. There are some people waiting for me at the memorial." Philip waved at everyone as he followed Shotaro, Eiji followed them as well. Sakura looked at Tsukasa and said, smiling as she started to walk, "You might be surprised, Tsukasa. After all, I may have about the same amount of mysteries as you." Kengo sighed and followed her and the others, Ahim held Luka's hand as they followed, Don smiled as he and Basco followed. Dante didn't complain and followed with U-Ryotaro.

-Hospital-

Kimberly and Thomas followed him to the room where Tommy was resting. Thomas just tried to think about how to say his brother that work to help him wake up while Kimberly just hoped he would wake up when they spoke to them.

Lite · Aug 17, 2013

~Central Park~

Mikey's level of excitement was raised tenfold as soon as he heard Tai say the words "Mikey" and "DigiDestined" with the words "you're" and "a" in between.
It was then that Izzy explained his theory on how one becomes a Digidestined. It all made perfect sense, too.
"So...If we wanted to, we could show everyone in Japan our Digimon and they all could become DigiDestined?" Mikey asked.
"Hey, that sounds pretty cool! An army of DigiDestined and their Digimon! With us at the head of it all, I could become Digimon King in no time!"
"I don't think we need a group THAT big, Shoutmon...Seems a little...Extreme."
"Buddy, you don't know the half of "extreme"."
"Hey, guys!" Called a voice from the distance.

Approaching the group was Henry Wong, and with him, sitting atop his head, was his Digimon partner Terriermon.
"Sorry I'm late...Suzie didn't wanna let Terriermon go." Henry explained.
"She sure loves playing with me!" Terriermon added.
Terriermon then noticed Shoutmon and smiled.
"Hey, look! A new Digimon friend!"
Henry looked to Shoutmon as well before looking up to Mikey.
"You two must be partners. Am I right?"
"You bet! Name's Mikey. And this is Shoutmon."
"Yo." Shoutmon said, somewhat annoyed that he's been unable to properly introduce himself since Mikey came along.
"It looks like you all were about to get a bite to eat. Mind if I join you guys?"
While the DigiDestined spoke, Terriermon hopped down from Henry's head and approached Shoutmon.
"My name's Terriermon! Nice to meet you, Yellmon!"
"It's Shoutmon!"
Terriermon giggled.
"Sorry, Shoutmon. And is Taiki your DigiDestined partner?"
Shoutmon facepalmed.
"His name is Mikey. Seriously, what kind of stupid name is Taiki? Anyway, I like to think of him more as a General, but if DigiDestined is the right word, I ain't gonna argue."
Matt sighed.
"Sometimes I regret having so many friends..." Matt said to himself sarcastically.
"Aww, you don't mean that, do you?" Gabumon asked.
"I guess not...But that might change if we don't hurry up and get some food already."

Hiro ✩ · Aug 17, 2013

~~Central Park~~

Rika looked at Takato. "Fine. But don't think I need any of you losers to pay for me. I can look after myself." She said with a scoff.
Renamon merely stood silently beside Rika, looking at Tai and the rest.
"Oh can we just go please!? I'm soooooo hungry!" Mimi suddenly cried out.
"Mimi..." Palmon said, looking a bit annoyed at Mimi.
"I think we should go, Mimi's getting cranky again... We keep standing here as if we lack the ability to go!" TK inquired.
"Come on Tai!" Kari said, running off.
"Wait for me Kari!"
"TK! Kari!" Patamon called, flying after them as fast as his ears allowed him to.
"Let's go Biyomon!"
Mimi grabbed Joe's wrist. "Come on Joe! Wait for us everyone!"

Once everyone was gone, Rika stood there, an annoyed look on her face. "Losers." She said, slowly walking after them.

Twilight_Nobody13 · Aug 18, 2013

Abandoned Building:
Several things happened in the instant Enerjak released the burst of light. Kakashi pulled up his headband, revealing his Sharingan and hurried towards the children. Jushiro flash stepped in front of Albedo, "Stop, Albedo, you've lost." Albedo's smile widened, even as light blinded him. Covering his eyes from the light, Shiki felt a rough shoulder ram into him and steal his katana from his hands. "Albedo!" he snarled. The sound of scuffling feet, ropes being snapped and pieces of metal from the floor being scraped across the original cement flooring was all that could be heard until... The sound of fabric ripping...flesh being pierced...filled the room, leaving behind an empty silence. Something that sounded like water dripped onto the floor. When the light died away, Shiki opened his eyes and the sight before him reminded him far too much of something he wanted to repress. Minato, the blue haired boy, stood in front of the girl he'd kidnapped, arms spread wide and his katana through his chest. Blood ran down his chin and dripped on the floor. It wasn't water that he heard...it was the boys blood. His blue eyes were clear and still defiant as he stood solid in front of the girl. Though after a few seconds, his pursed lips opened and a flood of blood poured down his chin. The gun in his hand dropped to the floor and the color in his face vanished, leaving him white as a sheet. Albedo was the one holding the katana's other end, grinning like a mad fool, as sightless eyes stared fixed on Minato's face. Minako's crimson eyes widened and tears started to overflow down her cheeks, "MINATO!" She screamed with all her heart. Shiki almost felt bad for the girl...almost. His attention turned to the arrival of a silver haired young man wearing a similar uniform to the boy. This young man's attention never deviated from the pair in front of him. He looked like he'd just seen a ghost...or two. The girl scrambled to the ground, grabbing up the gun Minato had dropped and held it to her temple. Her hands shook as she held it there, "Thanatos....!" Minato clearly flinched in his half-conscious state and the man behind the girl grabbed her around the waist, "No, stop, Minako! You shouldn't summon that when you're like this...!" Her sweaty hand clutched the gun tighter and squeezed the trigger. A massive surge of blue energy formed around her and above her appeared a humanoid monster wearing black and white with a string of coffins linked by chains draped around its shoulders and a katana at its hip. The creature took one look at its Master and turned its hollow gaze on Albedo. Thanatos drew the katana from its hip and with one easy swing, sliced Albedo's head clean from his shoulders before vanishing. Albedo's head started to laugh hysterically and his body released the sword, taking a few steps backwards. "Albedo, wait!" Jushiro attempted to grab hold of Albedo's cape but missed as Albedo jumped up and smashed through the ceiling of the room. Albedo's head ceased laughing and melted away. Picking up the children, Kakashi scowled, "Dammit! Jushiro call for an ambulance right away. You two," he pointed at Minako and the young man holding her, "Keep him awake, I'm not letting anyone die here." He gave Shiki and Enerjak a firm glare, "I don't know who you are...but you've caused enough trouble." Folding his arms, Shiki stepped over to Minato, who'd slumped to the ground, feebly gripping the kanata. "All I need is to retrieve this and I'll be on my way. You'll live boy...and if you don't...I'll come find you in Hell." Minato's vision swam and he gurgled what Shiki took a an answer before Shiki yanked the kanata out of his chest, flinging blood all over the ground even more. "Nice knowing you. Dog...let's go." He turned and headed for the door to leave the same way they'd gotten in. Minako pressed her hands over Minato's wound, tears falling on his face, "Stay with me, brother. You have to stay with me. I need you... Pharos needs you. Mitsuru-senpai needs you. Please don't die without me."

Library:

Belle waved goodbye to the blue haired girl and the Osaki fox. She stopped on the stairs as Watanuki bowed to Naoto, "I'll see you around, miss. You're very helpful." Belle watched Naoto's look of surprise and Watanuki's knowing smile. "How did you...?" "How'd I know you're a girl? That's a secret." Sasori rolled his eyes and mumbled to himself, "Owner of a wish shop and he's psychic...perfect....he's exactly like Yuuko. It's like I live in the movie Inception. Next thing you know...Deidara's wearing a loli dress." Belle didn't know who Deidara was...but it sounded like it would be comical by the way Sasori said it. "Is this Deidara your girlfriend?" Sasori's hazel gaze burned into Belle, "He's a man..." She continued to look at him expectantly. "That's a no, Belle. I don't even want him for my puppet collection. His looks are average and his chakra isn't even that special. There are a dozen others in the Explosion Corp that I could use as a puppet," he glowered at the space before him, "And he takes too long to do things." Belle let the subject go. It obviously was personal for Sasori and he was touchy about it. Getting back into the car, Belle considered her mission complete. Though it wouldn't earn her any Shares, she still met some interesting people.

Naoto stroked O-chan's fur lightly before turning her gaze back to the news article. Nintendo High wasn't as old as Yasogami High...and no one seemed to know of anything called an S-Type. But all the teachers that taught there were exceptional people. Minato Namikaze...Kakashi Hatake...Sasori....they were Child Prodigies. Yami Moto...King of Games...whatever that meant. Peppy Hare...grandson of the founder of the school. There were several others that were known for many different things but it was all very odd. These people came from far and wide...and with their talents could do so much more..but they chose to teach here and stay. Narrowing her eyes at the screen, Naoto spoke aloud, "For what reason...?" There wasn't any information about the school that told her anything about the recent events. The police knew nothing...as usual. None of the teachers she'd questioned let on that they knew anything more.
Shibuya 109 Building:

Fuuka saved their contacts and turned around. Frowning, Fuuka wrapped her arms around herself. She could've sworn Lucia had picked up another Persona-user. It felt like the same power that Minato, Minako and Aigis had. For what reason did someone with that power come here for? And where did they go? Fuuka's mind traveled in circles. Did those with the same power have a connection? Aigis said she received her power after Minato and Minako died...she said she thought about them. Did this person also know those two...?

Shepard's apartment:

Nihlus uneasily stood near the door. His memories were fuzzy...but he remembered Shepard. Though her furnishings told him she was made Spectre... No human commander could make this kind of money on that kind of salary. Tali nudged Shepard and pointed at Nihlus, "Are you sure it's alright to have him here? The guy wasn't exactly sane when I met him." Thane leaned forwards on the counter, swallowing a cough, "It's fine, Tali. I'm sure Shepard knows what she's doing. But I've never met this being before. What sort of history do you have with him, Shepard?"

Meilin Lee · Aug 18, 2013

~Hospital: Room 1993~

"Go ahead, talk to him as though he were awake," Doctor Hu suggested to both Kimberly and Thomas, "Now if you'll excuse me, I ned to check on other patients. I'll be back later to check up on Tommy." The doctor then left the room to check up on the other patients in the hospital.

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~Outside Hospital~

"Alright then," Thor replied after Kairi agreed to work with him to find out who attacked Xion, "We can use my car."

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~Tokyo Streets~

"I'm not much of a drinker myself either," Phil Coulson replied, "But a drink today can't hurt I suppose." Phil entered the bar, which wasn't very crowded at this time. The only two customers other than Phil and Peppy were Logan and Yukio...

Meanwhile, Vanitas sneaked towards an alley to the back of the bar. He noticed the janitor taking out the trash. Vanitas crept up behind the janitor, and knocked him out. Vanitas made sure no one was looking, stole the janitor's clothes (including his cap), and wore them himself. Entering the bar from the back entrance, Vanitas noticed the janitor was supposed to be cleaning glasses. Which was perfect for his plan. He pulled out a vial hidden in his glove, filled with a certain liquid. He added a small drop to two clean glasses, and placed them close to the bartender for him to use next, while heavily concealing his identity, thus avoiding being noticed by anyone in the bar. Now, to wait for those two to sleep, Vanitas thought to himself, as he went back to the alley and change back to his old clothes.

NutheadBros · Aug 18, 2013

~Tokyo Streets: Bar~

Peppy quietly followed Phil into the bar and jumped up onto a barstool as he looked around the place before he said aloud "Seems like things are quiet today, not much of a crowd either"

~Outside Hospital~

"Okay then, first stop we need to go to is Peach's house" Kairi explained as her mind started to plan ahead on how to handle this investigation.

~Minato District: Shepard's Apartment~

"Well, it's a long story but the summary is that he was the guy who went with us to Eden Prime, he was also there guiding our group before I became a Spectre...however I could have sworn that he was shot by Saren" Shepard said loudly from behind her bedroom door, she eventually came out having replaced her bulky armor with a black shirt with a yellow-orange sweatshirt that had a blue line on the sleeve and black jeans, she came out and plopped down on the couch beside Garrus as she said "After he got shot I reported it to the council and became the female spectre that you see right now" with Garrus commenting "You always manage to send us through hell time and time again but somehow we manage to get through it" just as Shepard playfully jabbed him in the shoulder saying jokingly "Well atleast nobody's a zombie...oh wait I died so now I crave brains" causing Garrus to add in reponse "A zombie spectre, I'd like to see the Reapers try to kill that" as he crossed his arms.

~Shibuya 109 Building~

"Thank you...come on Iffy, let's get you home" Compa said before she started to help the sick Iffy out of the building, "Hey Compa...what do you suppose that thing was that invaded our minds, I mean I got the picture of the wierdo but I'm not sure" Iffy asked as she looked up to Compa shortly before Compa looked over and responded "Don't worry about it, let's just get back to our place and we can watch some television together" "Alright Compa"

Princess Rapunzel · Aug 20, 2013

-Hospital-

Kimberly and Thomas walked up by Tommy's bedside, with Kimberly taking Tommy's hand while Thomas stood by his bedside. Holding her boyfriend's hand, Kimberly spoke, "Tommy, I'm proud and surprised at how you protected Thomas during that fight with the S-Types. I guess your parents and David are proud about how brave and strong their youngest sons are." "Bro, thanks for that protection against that S-Type. But don't do that again, I have a reputation to keep up." Thomas said, smiling but looking embarrassed at the same time. Kimberly smiled.

-Dream World-

Tommy began to hear Kimberly and Thomas' voices and Serenity smiled, saying, "Seems like they're worried about you. You should go." "Yeah, sounds like my brother and my girlfriend are worried about me." Tommy said, looking up at the sky. Looking at Serenity, he bowed, saying, "Thank you for the talk. I will be back with others." Serenity nodded and suddenly faded away. Tommy slowly woke up and smiled at Kimberly and Thomas, who smiled back, but thought what happened to him.

-Central Park-

"Ah, wait for us!" Joe shouted, running to catch his fellow Digi-destined to get some food. Gomamon just smiled and gave a small laugh, thinking about Joe was when they had first met and how much he changed when they went on their adventures with the others. Gomamon also thought about how much their bond helped him as well and just hid in Joe's bag until they got food.

-Near the Library-

Walking to the library was a sort of bear-like creature, its basic appearance was similar to a bear as its ears and tail gave a little witch every once in a while. It gave a sigh, "I forgot how hot it gets in this suit. But I am glad to have worn it to cheer up these little ones. Man, I miss Sensei and the others. Seems like forever since we were together last time." Suddenly the bear's nose caught a whiff of a familiar scent, it whispered, "This scent? It's Nao-chan!"

-Aoi and Clair's house-

Sitting in the office of the home that belonged to her and her brother, Clair sighed and did a facedesk out of boredom. "Why did Oniichan suddenly have to go on vacation? Doesn't he know his responsibilities as CPU Blue Heart?" Clair sighed and whispered to herself, "I wish we had a Oracle to take care of the paperwork and I could have gone with Oniichan..... At least we would be away from that Violette." Sitting up, Clair stretched and looked at the clock, wondering when Aoi would be back.

Meilin Lee · Aug 21, 2013

~Tokyo Streets: Bar~

Phil sat in the barstool next to Peppy, and said to the bartender, "Two of your best drinks please." The bartender grabbed the two glasses that Vanitas left behind, and poured a drink onto both of them. He then handed both glasses to Phil and Peppy. Phil Coulson held his glass high, and made a toast, "To peace."

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~Outside Hospital~

Thor nodded in agreement, then went to get his car. A minute later, he drove close to Kairi, and unlocked the doors in his car. "Get in," Thor told Kairi.

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~Akiza'a and Sunset Shimmer's Dorm~

Sunset Shimmer spent a few minutes going through what classes were available, and what suited her best. Once she picked the classes she wanted, she said, "No then, if you'll excuse me, I have to give this to Al Mualim. I suggest you do the same Akiza." Sunset Shimmer then left the dorm with her schedule sheet to go to Al Mualim's office. She noticed police investigating Minako Arisato's dorm. Sunset Shimmer simply shrugged it off and started to look for Al Mualim's office...

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Nintendo High: Hallway

Sunset Shimmer kept look at her schedule sheet while she walked down the hallway. Suddenly, she bumped into another person, and fell to the ground while dropping her schedule sheet. "Hey! Watch where you're going you-" Sunset Shimmer yelled. However, before completing her sentence, she had a good look at the boy who bumped into her...

It was Xehanort, who was on his way back to his dorm, on the ground as well. "Oh, I'm terribly sorry about that," Xehanort said as he got up and helped Sunset Shimmer get up. Sunset Shimmer didn't say a word as Xehanort helped her up, only fixated on his face. "And you dropped this," Xehanort added, picking up Sunset's schedule sheet and handing it to her. "Oh, uh, thank you," Sunset Shimmer said. "You must be new here," Xehanort commented when he noticed the sheet of paper he picked up was a schedule sheet, "I hope you enjoy this place more than I do." Xehanort then left, continuing on his way towards his dorm. Sunset Shimmer, meanwhile, watched as Xehanort left, wondering whether she was having a crush...

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~Flynn's Arcade~

While Katniss was watching the news on the television, her Pikachu, Haymitch, decided to have a bit of fun, and jumped on top of some of the arcades. "Haymitch, get back here!" Katniss commanded as Haymitch kept yelling "Pika! Pika!" Haymitch then jumped on top of Connor's head, who was playing Space Invaders with Dick. "Huh?" said a confused Connor as he tried to see who or what landed on top of his head. "Ugh, Haymitch!" Katniss said with a loud voice as she walked over to Connor and Dick Grayson, "I'm really sorry about that. Haymitch really likes to get acquainted with strangers." Haymitch then crawled down to Connor's shoulder, where Connor could see him clearly. "Heh, wish I had a Pokemon of my own," Dick commented. Seeing how friendly the Pikachu was, Connor smiled and petted Haymitch. "Don't worry about it," Connor replied to Katniss, "He's a really cool Pokemon." Blushing, Katniss smiled, and said, "Thanks, umm... Connor was it?" "Yeah. I think we had a few classes together last year," Connor answered. "I see," Katniss said as she signaled Haymitch to get back on her shoulder, which he did, "Well, see you guys later." Connor and Dick both waved as Katniss left the arcade, with Haymitch waving back at them and yelling, "PikaPika!" Dick then turned to look at Connor, and said, "Admit it Connor, you're in looove!" "Am not!" Connor replied. "Yeah yeah, you can't fool me dude," Dick said as he went to look for another game to play.

StardustXtreme · Aug 21, 2013

~Aoi and Clair's Home~

Aoi stepped through the door and placed his blue suitcase down, he was sure Clair was somewhere around here, either rbored out of her mind or annoyed she had been saddled with paperwork while he went on vacation, she was a bit of the everyday tsundere-type fo character, he'd have to make up for it, either that or she reserved a special back log of work for him to do.

"I'm home~!" he called out throughout the house.

~Library~

Yu was steadily approaching the Library in question and entered it's doors as they automatically opened without any time wasted and turned his phone to vibration mode before then and used his eyes to scan the desks before coming to rest upon the familiar cap he recognized and gave a small smile at the corner of his mouth and approached the table, weaving through the gaps and his watch started a small beep, he had to chuckle lightly in his head, it was the distance between himself and Naoto as they wore the same watch she custom build herself, to show how close they were, of course it only worked for a set amount of distance then it is rendered useless and took a seat as she was into reading her news article, not bothering to ask about who she had with her.

"it's good to see you again, Naoto." he finally spoken to his female friend, or rather, his girlfriend, letting a smile emerge from his expression.

~Where was Marvy?~

Marvy was lost... again. she left eh airport and had no clue where she was, she was in a central park, how she got there, well, she didn't know. "I knew I should of gotten a taxi..." She mumbled to herself, she was a ninja sure, but she didn't feel the need to cheaply ride transportation, then again, she could always hitch a ride on a top of a lorry or something.

~Kazu tokura~

Kazu Tokura heaved his red backpack as he approached Nintendo High, while in his other hand was handheld phone to tell him where to go, funnily enough, the phone was in red casing with a DA logo on it. "So, this is the new school huh...?" he asked himself, he surveyed the grounds, there didn't seem to be much relating to Duel Academy thus far, then again, they had facilitates like P.E or such, so it wasn't purely based on Duels, then again, after the incidents at Duel Academy involving a Superintendent wanting to rule the world with three dangerous cards, a alien organism bent on the world worshipping him, a psychopathic Duel Monster who wanted to merge all twelve dimensions and finally, a beign who wanted to have human bond's disappear so eh could take over the world had it not been himself and other young Duelists like Jaden stopping Nightshroud's scheme, graduation came and he and his fellow Slifer Red left the island without much farewells, course, that didn't stop him from keeping in contacts with his friends.

And now, he gets a invitation from the headmaster, possibly due to his inherent abilities of hearing Duel Spirits or wanted to spread the game of Duel Monsters among the students seeing it was a good recreational activity, of course, he didn't need to know he had a ability to summon the actual monsters themselves.

Twilight_Nobody13 · Aug 21, 2013

Library:

Naoto was pulled from her thoughts by the beep of her watch and suddenly all thoughts about the questions that arose from Nintendo High vanished from her mind. She'd handmade her watch and another to tell where a certain someone was. Yu Narukami...her boyfriend...if he still felt the same way about her as when they'd parted at Inaba. He spoke right next to her and a scarlet blush spread across her cheeks. Turning in her chair to face him, all the things he'd ever said to her came rushing back to mind. He liked her voice higher... Lifting her chin, she spoke in a higher voice than normal, "H-Hello, Senpai. It's nice to see you, too. I'm glad you could make it." Remembering why she'd asked him here, Naoto waved to the screen and sighed, "I'm afraid I couldn't get much information. Everyone's even more tight-lipped than in Inaba and Tokyo is a much bigger place." Without noticing, Naoto had slipped into a business-like manner and her voice fell back into the register she was used to, "Those I managed to interview were evasive or claimed they didn't know anything. Though when I specifically mentioned the word "S-Type" their denials became much more feverish. I'll continue looking but..." she adjusted her hat, "Stay safe, Senpai. I don't know what I'd do if you were hurt because I couldn't find enough information fast enough." O-chan rubbed her head against Naoto's arm and stared up at Yu as if to say "reassure her".

CPU's House:

Belle arrived home after dropping off Watanuki and Doumeki at a street where they said they'd walk to Yuuko's shop. Oddly, Sasori escorted her to the front door. "Do you feel alright, Sasori-kun?" He stared blankly at her, "I'm fine. Listen, when school resumes, you cannot call me that. I'm not your friend, I'm not your buddy...I am your teacher." Belle frowned, "We won't be friends? But you seem like you need a friend." Sasori turned his head away from her and sighed, "I don't need friends. I have puppets... Just do your homework and pay attention in class and I won't be back here again." Walking back to his car, Belle weakly waved after him, "Poor Sasori-kun...he seems so lonely. I wonder what happened to him to make him so isolated." Opening the door, Belle padded up to her twin's room and smiled at the familiar gathering of her sisters, "Hello, ladies."

Shepard's Apartment:

Thane stared at Nihlus as the "dead" Spectre wandered around Shepard's apartment, examining several things. "Obviously he didn't die. Someone must have come after you and obtained his body. Perhaps Cerberus invested in more than just you, Shepard." Tali folded her arms and looked to Mordin, "Anything?" "Yes, of course. There's always something. Within Commander Shepard, a bar code of sorts. Strictly Cerberus. Clearly states bio-engineering was Cerberus made. Turian tissue much different from human. Amount of time spent without oxygen to brain remains same throughout species. Lack of memories not product of oxygen deprivation. Simply was not there. Couldn't have known." Tali sighed, "I meant anything on why he's still alive." Mordin shook his head and paced over to Nihlus, halting his progress of examining Shepard's things, "Subject doesn't appear to have bio-tech implants. A simple patch...no, no, no...not enough to halt excessive bleeding. Hmmm..." Mordin prodded Nihlus until the Spectre pushed his hands away, "I'm fine. I remember Saren. Though my back was turned, I remember encountering him on Eden Prime. Obviously, he shot me, because we discovered him working with the Geth. I was foolish to believe Saren was being mistakenly accused. He was my friend...I trusted him," Clasping his hands behind his back, Nihlus stood at perfect attention, "I've come to understand that Saren was apart of something dangerous and I'm glad the Council saw the potential I saw in you as well, Shepard. But you mentioned Reapers...? I thought the Geth were the problem." Mordin's omni-tool scanned Nihlus as he spoke. He chose to keep quiet when Nihlus asked about the Reapers and came to sit beside Shepard, bringing up a small screen showing a detailed picture of Nihlus' chest. There was clear indication he was shot but also marks from surgery. "Dual patch applied after surgery. Cauterization evident on blood vessels. Tissue organically grown... Very impressive. Ah, female..." Mordin stopped talking and his eyes traced the lines of scars that were inside Nihlus. With the pause, everyone became irritated, "What about a female?" "What? Oh.. Style of sutures clearly performed by female. Smaller gap, less likely for mistake or bleed-out." Tali waved towards Nihlus, "So he was fixed up by a woman...what does that matter? Shepard said he was clearly dead when they found him. How did he come back alive?" Mordin rubbed his head, "Not sure yet. More tests required."
Abandoned Building:

Minako's tears dripped onto her brother's face until he lifted a hand and wiped them away, "I'm...not leaving you, sis. You need to calm down...look...Sanada-senpai is here." Minako pried her gaze from her bleeding brother to the silver haired man holding her shoulders. "Aki..." He gave her a wry smile and covered her hands with one of his, "I've got a lot of questions for you both...but for now, I'm here for you. Minato...this is no time to wimp out and pass out." Rolling his eyes, Minato lifted a hand out to the empty space in front of him, "Not happening... Sorry..." He wasn't even looking at them. Minato's words weren't for his sister and Akihiko. Jushiro crouched beside them and grabbed Minato's hand, "The ambulance will be here soon. Kakashi, we should find a way out of this place." Nodding, Kakashi set the children up on their feet, "Can you three walk?" A black haired boy nodded, his yellow eyes bright, "I'm outta here. Pino...let's go. Um..." he stared at the other boy for a moment before grabbing his hand too, "Later." Pulling the boy along, the boy and Pino headed for the exit. The trio climbed over the blockade of rubble that blocked the stairs. Jushiro picked up Minato, "From that drop I'm guessing we'll have to climb up the stairs. Over all that rubble..." Kakashi nodded but before they could move, Minato's light blue eyes landed on Shiki, "Why...did you kidnap my sister...?" They paused, glaring daggers at Shiki. "Wasn't my idea. Albedo pays me for a number of odd jobs. I don't ask questions." "Minako's..." "Special," he finished, "I noticed. You and she possess a power that interests me. I look forward to when you're healed." Minako grit her teeth and lifted the gun to her head again, "You...! I'll...!!" She gasped, dropping the gun and clutching at her chest. "Minako?! Hey...!" Akihiko caught her as she collapsed, "Minako! What the hell is going on...?!" Jushiro uneasily followed the trio of children up the rubble filled stairs and found the ambulance waiting. Handing over Minato to them, he helped Akihiko up the last few steps and gave them Minako as well. "I'm going with them. Minako is..." Patting his shoulder, Jushiro smiled, "You don't need to explain. She's important to you." Climbing into the back of the ambulance, Akihiko, Minato and Minako were driven away to the hospital. Climbing up, Kakashi hung the upper half of his body as he stood with Jushiro on the sidewalk, "Whew...I thought those stairs would never end. I guess I'm a bit out of shape." Straightening, Kakashi pulled out his phone, "I should give Mitsuru a call..." He hesitated before dialing the number.

Tokyo Streets:

Fuuka walked quietly beside Tekken. "I wonder who that was...that feeling...I know I sensed it." Tekken frowned at her friend's ponderings. "I wonder why Lucia reverted back too." Tekken paused at a crossroads and pointed down the street, "I'll be going this way, Fuuka-chan. Um...thank you for helping out today! I don't think I could've found my friends without your help. Your power is really amazing." Fuuka blushed, "Oh..no...I didn't really do that much. I'm grateful you asked me for my help... I just wish I could've done more to help." Hugging her, Tekken said goodbye and ran down the street, leaving Fuuka alone. But not for long. "Hm? Fuuka...? Are you out here by yourself?" Turning, Fuuka's eyes landed on five boys she knew quite well since coming to Tokyo. "Oh...Shikamaru-san!" Shikamaru rubbed the back of his head and waved to her. Hurrying behind Shikamaru came a boy with long brown hair, a boy riding a white dog, a boy wearing a hood and goggles and another boy with long, dark brown hair tied back. "Choji-kun, Kiba-kun, Shino-kun and Neji-kun. What are you all doing out here?" Choji's eyes widened as he spotted Fuuka, "AH...Fuuka-chan! Long time no see!" Kiba grinned as Akamaru barked, "Yo, Fuuka." "Fuuka-san...it's nice to see you." "Hello, Fuuka-san. I'm glad to see you doing well because--" "What're you doing out here alone, Fuuka?" Kiba cut Shino off and Fuuka smiled at them, "I was helping a friend. I'm happy to see you all. You look like you're going out." Shikamaru shrugged, "Later is a memorial so we decided to get some food and Neji said he needed to do some shopping." Neji shot Shikamaru a harsh glare and exhaled, "When you say it that way, Shikamaru, it sounds like a bad thing." "It's a girly thing..." Neji elbowed him in the stomach. "Fuuka-san...you should come with us because--" "Dammit, Neji! That hurt! Are you trying to kill me?!" Kiba recovered quickly, launching into a shriek, cutting off Shino again. "I'd love to come, Shino-kun. Thank you."

Princess Rapunzel · Aug 21, 2013

-Library-

Hiding behind a shelf of books, the bear's ears gave a twitch and it calmly walked over to Naoto, smiling. "Nao-chan, nice to see you again! It's been so long! How have you....." The bear suddenly stopped when it saw who was sitting next to her, tears began to fills its eyes as it remembered helping Yu and Naoto. Suddenly the bear ran to Yu and hugged him, smiling with tears in its eyes. "Sensei, I missed you so much!!!!! I'm so happy that you're here!!! And to see you and Nao-chan again!!! I hope you haven't forgotten little old Teddie!!! He cried onto Yu, happy to see hin again despite it just being Yu and Naoto.

-Aoi and Clair's home-

Clair was almost asleep when she heard her brother's voice. Immediately sitting up, she ran out of the office and ran to her brother. She smiled, "Oniichan, you're back!!!!" Clair almost hugged him before stopping and looking at her brother darkly, she said, "Oniichan......." Her whole body glowed as she closed her eyes before curling into a ball and began to change. Suddenly, a pair of neon blue wings appeared on her back as her body straightened and a blue space-styled suit appeared on her body. Her hair became less curly and light blue as boots appeared on her foots, star blue sleeves on her arms and when she opened her eyes, a power-up icon appeared in them.

"How dare you suddenly go on vacation while leaving me with all the paperwork! Have you forgotten your responsibilities as CPU Blue Heart?!" The newly transformed CPU Blue Sister shouted at her older brother, glaring with a angry look. "And this doesn't make you a good brother, leaving me here to do all the work!"

-Nintendo High-

Sunset Shimmer left so quickly, that Akiza didn't have time to tell her that Ishizu was working on her class schedule. Placing her deck in her Deck Holder, Akiza ran out to follow her but stopped outside the school, realizing if she told her, Sunset Shimmer would probably tease her about still being babysat by her age. Akiza shook her head and began to head back for her dorm to wait for her roommate.

-Memorial Site-

"Sirius! Harry! I'm here!" Eiji shouted, running to them. He noticed that the memorial hadn't started yet but the absence of a certain blond haired Greeed was on his mind. "Where's Ankh?" "Don't know. Haven't seen him around." Sirius said, as Eiji took his seat beside Sirius. Philip walked with Shotaro to Hermione, Hermione smiled, "Philip, Shotaro! You two are alright!" "We'll tell you about what happened later, Mione-chan." Philip said, sitting next to her, Hermione nodded, smiling at him and Shotaro.

-Riders and Sentai-

Sakura led everyone who had joined her to a restaurant that had a buffet, she said, "It's a buffet, so take as much food as you would like." "Thank you so much for treating us like this." Don said as she paid for everyone. Sakura just smiled and found a table to sit at while Seki and Hinako went to get drinks for themselves. Ahim went to the salad bar with Don.

NutheadBros · Aug 21, 2013

~Vert and Belle's room~

"Oh hello there sister...Damn it to hell!" Vert said aloud as she died once again in her game, Blanc quickly took the controller out of Vert's hands and pressed the Xbox button followed by Y as she said "This game is making you rage, you need to calm down" "Oh fine, let's play a different game then, Belle-chan why don't you come and sit with me" Vert explained as she made space on her couch for one more. "Hey sis, should we tell them about what happened" Nepgear asked as her purple gaze met Neptune's gaze head on.

"I dunno, it might not be a good story to tell" Neptune said as she crossed her arms before Shiro asked "What story, what is she talking about?" in confusion before Blanc clarified "Well, our father...he kinda....well" "Well? SPIT IT OUT ALREADY DAMMIT!" before Vert said kindly "Calm down Shiro, we'll tell you....it was a long time ago, if I recall it was a rainy night and mom was working late..Neptune, Noire, Blanc, Uni, Nepgear, and myself were sitting in the living room watching anime together and then the little twins came running in here crying, we tried to comfort them and I called mom....thirty minutes or so later mom came back and she got really angry after we found out that dad had cheated on mom with our aunt Croire and that Ram and Rom were scarred for life"

~Bar~

Peppy picked up his glass and joined in the toast adding "To Peace and all those who've sacrificed themselves to give it to us" shortly before he started to drink it.

~Outside Hospital~

Kairi calmly got into the passenger's side of Thor's car and buckled up as she said "Um, thank you...I guess after we get Peach to help out we should either hire some detectives or find the spot where Xion was found and look around" with her sapphire eyes facing the road ahead.

~Minato District: Shepard's Apartment~

Shepard placed a hand on her forehead and said calmly "...It's kind of more complex than that, you see there are true Geth and then you got all of the Heretic Geth who side themselves with the Reapers, I actually met a Geth who explained that to me, as for the Reapers...that's a long story in itself which involves Prothean relics, a reaper named Sovereign, Collectors, another reaper named Harbinger..and well...alot of crazy visions and misunderstandings" shortly before Garrus added in "Don't forget about the crazy people, they're apart of it too what with them trying to kill us for no reason" "Hey, they attacked first and thus knew what was coming, especially with the Vorcha and Batarians...damn Batarians" Shepard responded before she heard a familiar voice shout from outside her door "Shepard, let me in...your door wouldn't stand up to me last time" shortly before Shepard bolted up off her couch and ran over to the door.

Shepard opened the door to stand face to face with a familiar large Krogan with red eyes, dark-red armor, brown scales and tan skin as he said "Shepard" "Wrex" "Garrus" "Wrex" "Tali" shortly before he walked into Shepard's apartment and began to look around commenting "Nice place you have here, let's hope your easy living hasn't made you into a softie" shortly before Shepard closed the door and said with her arms crossed "Let me remind you why I am Commander Shepard" shortly before she walked over to Wrex, placed her hands on his shoulders...and then smashed her head directly Wrex's skull knocking the large Krogan onto the floor, Shepard placed a hand on her forehead grinning as she said "And that...is why I am Commander Shepard" feeling some pain in her forehead from headbutting a Krogan, Wrex managed to get back onto his feet and cracked his neck commenting "Seems like you're still tough as a Krogan" just before going into a laugh only for his gaze to spot Nihlus and stopped in his tracks.

~Tokyo Streets~

Shion was speeding down the street listening to the radio with KOS-MOS calmly sitting in the passenger's seat looking out the tinted window as the cityscape around her, the two were unaware however that something had been thrown out the window of a nearby building and onto the road shortly before Shion's car bumped into it causing the two of feel a bump and for Shion's eyes to open as she quickly stopped the car and got out muttering "Nonono, I accidently ran over someone" shortly before she found the thing that she hit.

The thing laying in the middle of the road looked to be a deactivated humanoid robot that was sandy-brown with various other shades of brown or orange thrown about, on it's chest were three circles while it's head had no mouth, two black powerless eyes, and a single large horn on it, KOS-MOS got out of the car and joined Shion as the two looked at the robot closely. "Shion, my suggestion would be to take the robot to your place of residence and find out what it is" KOS-MOS suggested before Shion said aloud "Alright, but people need to watch where they're throwing their junk at" as the two carried the robot body and placed it in the back of Shion's car before they sped off again.

~Nintendo High~

Palutena was walking down the street at a brisk pace before she arrived at the front gates of Nintendo High and quickly walked into the building heading towards Al Mualim's office, she noticed two girls sitting outside the office, one with short pink hair, red eyes, a dark-red leather jacket with white tanktop shirt, a dark-red short leather skirt with long striped socks and dark-red shoes. The other girl had long green hair with matching green eyes, a long-sleeved white button shirt which was only buttoned near the belly while showing alot of skin, red jeans, and dark-brown shoes.

Palutena calmly sat down beside the pink-haired girl and twiddled her thumbs before the girl beside her asked "Excuse me, are you trying to apply for this school too?" in a rather light scottish tone before Palutena looked over blinking as she said "Oh, no I'm actually here to get my....son enrolled here" while quickly making up the last part on the fly before she added "You see we flew in from Greece" only for the other girl to turn her head and said bluntly "You look an awlful lot like Pallas Athena from what I'm looking at" shortly before Palutena waved her hands awkwardly as she said in embaressment "Nonono, this is just a costume, people have been making mistakes like that all day, one guy even thought I was an alien."

Meilin Lee · Aug 22, 2013

~Tokyo Streets: Bar~

Phil nodded in agreement and drank. However, he felt his drink taste funny. "Hmm, weird," Coulson commented as he finished his drink. "Does it usually taste this sour?" Phil asked the bartender, who shook his head. Phil Coulson then started to feel a bit woozy, and said, "Peppy, I don't know what's happening to me..." Phil then fell asleep, while Wolverine and Yukio were curious as to what was going on.

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~Outside Hospital: Thor's Car~

"I suggest we investigate on our own, Vanellope knows where Xion was. As for investigators, I don't think that could work, because I'm broke, and I don't think I could afford hiring private investigators. Unless you have enough money..." Thor said to Kairi.

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~Hospital: Room 358~

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It was quiet. Not a word was spoken. Vanellope, Loki, and Luna remained sitting down, and just staring at their friend, unconscious in her bed. Doctor Hu then entered the room to check up on Xion...

After checking her for more than a minute, Luna asked, "Any changes doctor?" Doctor Hu shook his head. "How long do you think she'll stay like this?" Loki asked. "It depends," Doctor Hu answered, "I've seen cases like this last anywhere from a few hours to an entire year. The best we can do for Xion is to wait for her body to heal her wounds and then wake up." The doctor's words shocked Xion's friends. They were now starting to accept the reality that Xion may not awaken for a very long time. Vanellope was trying really hard not to cry. "I'll come back to check up on her later," the doctor said as he left the room.

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~Hospital: Room 1993~

Doctor Hu decided to check on Tommy, only to find that he has awoken. "Tommy! Great to see that you're awake!" the doctor said as he walked towards Tommy's bed. "I have excellent news for you. You are completely healthy, and you've woken up from that nasty bump on your head. Meaning, that you'll be able to go home and not sleep here tonight," Doctor Hu said.

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~Nintendo High: Hallway~

As Xehanort was walking away, Sunset Shimmer noticed a boy, with a schedule sheet as well, walking the opposite direction and waving at Xehanort. Once he was close to Sunset Shimmer, she grabbed him by his shirt tight, and asked, "Tell me, who was that boy with the silver hair?"

Hiccup wasn't sure what to think of this situation. Sunset Shimmer was grabbing him by his shirt, making him feel a bit threatened. Still, he felt he needed to answer her, before she decided to do something else to him. "Umm, that guy over there? His name's Xehanort. He's my roommate," Hiccup replied. "Xehanort..." Sunset Shimmer commented as she watched Xehanort disappear from the distance, while still clutching Hiccup's shirt. "Uh, can I go now?" Hiccup nervously asked. Sunset noticed that Hiccup had a similar schedule sheet, guessing that he was on his way to Al Mualim as well. "Sure, but make sure you give this to Al Mualim," Sunset Shimmer said as she let go of Hiccup while giving him her schedule sheet, "But if I find out that you didn't, I will hunt you down. Don't even think that you, or anyone else in this school, can hide from me, because wherever you go, wherever you try to hide, I will always be one step, three steps, seven steps ahead of you. Got it?" Hiccup simply nodded, while trying to back away from Sunset Shimmer, who actually scared him with those words. "Good... now get out!" Sunset Shimmer ordered Hiccup. "Uh, yes ma'am," Hiccup said as he rushed towards Al Mualim's office.

StardustXtreme · Aug 22, 2013

~Library~

Yu gave a smile at Naoto pitching her voice higher, just as he liked it before she reverted to her usual tone, explaining the situation and he looked at the strange creatur,e it felt familiar to the Fox back at the Shrine in a way then Teddie somehow found them and crying out in happiness, drawing quite a bit of attention from the onlookers and he put a finger to his own lips. "Keep it down Teddie, this is a library, silence is the rule here, so long as we don't disturb everyone else." he said to the bear, then again, they'd attract attention with that bear suit still on him, then again, it was nothing unusual.

"I'm not surprised, Tokyo's a wider scale than the rural town of Inaba, thought, it seems S-Type is a word that people want to forget especially since the havoc they've caused for today to be a memorial for everyone." Yu finished, closing his eyes as he sighed in perhaps frustration, he was just glad that Nanako and Uncle Dojima wasn't one of the dead before taking his time to gather his thoughts.

"Although, I've encountered them." he noted Naoto's eyebrows raise at that answer. "At the 109 building in Shibuya, I can't explain it clearly but it felt like it was another world, much like the TV, there were the city's protectors fighting against them which strangely enough, looked similar to Neo Featherman R show, but that's not all." He took a breather.

"I was able to summon my Persona in that realm, but surprised me more is I found another persona user, quite possibly similar to Rise-chan, her name from I heard is Fuuka Yamagishi" He said to her.

"Is it highly possible there were other Persona Users before our Investigation Team?" he asked, letting this question hang in the air.

~AOia nd Clair's Home~

Aoi was facing the wrath of his adoptive sister literally being ticked off and berating him as he raised his hands in defence. "I haven't! I only went for a short break due to the stress of work, and I firmly believed in your abilities to handle the situation!" he answered. "But I got you a souvenir!" he said and dug his hand into a hammer space where somehow only the CPU's knew how to create to carry the endless amount of materials or money without much hassle, bringing out a nice blue dress with sapphires embedded into it's edges.

~Nintendo High~

Kazu was approaching the entrance to the school, bag on back before spotting a red haired female, no, more like burgundy-coloured hair as she was re-entering the compound, he might be able to get some help on where to go and called out to her. "Excuse me, Ma'am!" he broke into a little run to catch up with her.

~Memorial~

Ankh appeared behind Eiji. "Here you idiot, unfortunately, all the ice cream stores are shut for this annoying memorial." he said irritated.

~Marvelous and others~

Marvelous grinned and started to eat with his fellow mates.

NutheadBros · Aug 22, 2013

~Bar~

Peppy's head started to waver about as his vision blurred from drinking, his eyes closed quickly as he blacked out and fell off of the stool and onto the floor face-first.

~Outside Hospital~

"Eh, I think I'll just follow your idea, sounds easier when considering someone knows where she was" Kairi explained calmly as she started to sit back against the car seat

~Tokyo Streets: Alley~

In the alley where Xion's comatose body was found, E. Tempura Wizard was standing alone in the middle tapping his foot as he was waiting on someone, Inferno Obitus rose out from the ground a minute later before getting a good look at his fellow S-Type before he said "If you're the one we have to report to, then we would like to report that we didn't find anyone that was the Harbinger, however there was something of interest that may be useful" just before E. Tempura Wizard pointed his staff at Inferno Obitus and said boldly "So, what did you find out" "Well, while we were scanning the minds of the humans that were fighting our creation, we found some humans that seem to be affiliated with a giant floating head" "Giant floating head?" "Yes, giant floating head" "The floating head isn't of our concern, he might be leading the forces but we have a much higher priority" "Of course, the Harbinger"

~Nintendo High: Outside Princpial's Office~

After a couple of minutes of sitting outside Al Mualim's office Palutena watched as both girls stood up and walked over to Al Mualim's door, the taller, more busty female proceeded to knock on the door as she said aloud "Excuse me, but may we come into your office Mr. Mualim?"

~Tokyo Streets: Pizza Hut/Chaotix Detective Agency~

A few blocks down the road from Nintendo High sat an odd building that resembled a Pizza Hut with a small apartment on top of it, inside the somewhat quiet Pizza Hut were three individuals sitting at a table together, one was a small male bee who was flying out of the seat, beside him was a purple chameleons with purple shoes and metal gloves, and in front of them was a large green crocodile wearing headphones, gold bling around his neck, and white gloves

"Alright boys, something's clearly going down in Tokyo Town" Vector explained as he slammed his fist on the table before Charmy started to wave his hand yelling "Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh! Did we finally get a million yen!?" "Charmy that's not it...even though that would be a good thing" shortly before Espio made a handsign explaining calmly "He's refering to the strange events that have been going on the past few days, especially since I found this at Nintendo High today" before he pulled out a large bag and dumped the contents onto the table making Charmy's face gross out.

"Geez, it's a pair of human legs!!" Charmy commented as the three Chaotix members were staring at a pair of male legs that seemingly had the entire top eaten off and were bleeding on the table as Vector yelled aloud "Get those things off the table, my customers eat off that table!" shortly before his golden gaze spotted something off. he looked closer at the top of the legs spotting a small golden breaded part of something, he picked it off and looked at it closely before throwing it into his mouth and took a feel of it with his tounge, Vector then stood up as he yelled aloud "Fried Shrimp!" "Fried Shrimp? He's not a fish" "It's not a joke Charmy, that was a small piece of Fried Shrimp on that leg" "So wait, our victim is a fish?" "Yes...wait, no he isn't! He's a human!" shortly before Espio interrupted as he said "I could sense evil on the premises, I couldn't see it...but it was there"

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CPU Residence:

Belle frowned, sitting beside her sister, "My...that sounds horrific. But they seem alright now. Makes me wonder how much of their early childhood is repressed. Oh, those poor children." Kuro stood, her hands balled into fists, "Does that mean...you all know who our father is?! Ram and Rom know what he looks like?! Why weren't we told of this?!" Belle lowered her blue gaze, "Kuro-chan..." "Don't give me that! If they knew....if we'd known who he was, we could've found him by now! Painful or not, we should know who he is! That jerk has a lot to own up for." Belle fell silent. How else was she to respond to her sisters' pain. Obviously having a father meant more to Kuro than she wanted to admit.

Library:

Naoto was initially surprised by the appearance of Teddie, especially since he was in his bear suit...but Yu's information about another Persona-User was more surprising. Putting a finger to her chin, Naoto reflected back on the news reports of a specific syndrome. "It's possible... A few years before the murders in Inaba drew me there, the news was filled with reports about something called "Apathy Syndrome". Supposedly, ordinary people disappear and be found a few days later unconscious and unresponsive. These people continued to be on the rise until the full moon passed. But they always started from Port Island. The following year, it stopped altogether so I wrote it off as a government secret. There were even several deaths...all of them written off as accidents or gang murders, but the bodies showed different signs of trauma. One casualty was the CEO of the Kirijo Group, Takeharu Kirijo. The news explained it as illness..." Naoto scowled at the computer screen, "Yamagishi...that name is most commonly found under a list of respected doctors. What's even more disturbing is that you were able to summon your Persona, Senpai. I haven't...though I've tried a number of times. Perhaps...the proximity to the other Persona-User brought about a change in the circumstances needed to summon it." Trailing off into speculation, Naoto lifted the small fox to her shoulder and met Yu's gaze, "It would be useful to find this girl and ask her directly about her Persona abilities. If she's like Rise-chan...and she can summon in the real world...then maybe my deductions about what happened outside of Inaba before the murders wasn't wrong. Adachi may have gotten his information from outside of Inaba. He could've witnessed the summoning of a Persona before he started throwing people into the TV." A chill ran down Naoto's spine at the thought of others having gone through the pain they went through. 'If that's true...we would've only been in middle school...during that time...'
Hospital:

Doctors flooded the unloading area for the ambulances. Pulling Minato and Minako off the truck and wheeling them inside the hospital, they pushed Minato immediately into an emergency room for surgery and Minako into another. Akihiko stood between the two rooms feeling torn. Minako's condition was a mystery...but Minato needed someone to reassure him. He was the one with the wound in his chest. How could he choose between the love of his life and his friend that he'd shared the most painful times of his high school life with? Turning towards Minako's room, he passed by a man wearing a black suit. He patted him on the shoulder and moved in the opposite direction. Shocked, Akihiko turned, his gaze following the man as he headed towards Minato's operation room. "Keep her safe." he said as he entered the room, vanishing from Akihiko's sight. An illusion? Shaking off the thought, Akihiko hurried to Mianko's side.

Operating Room: Minato Arisato:

Scrubbing, Yashamaru internally worried. What was happening in the world that a high school boy would get stabbed all the way through his body...piercing through bones and anything in the way? The operation would be long and strenuous. For both him and the boy. Finished, he let the nurse slip gloves on him and tied back his mask. Stopping the bleeding came first...then repairing the damage....closing without trouble would be a blessing but it was unlikely. Yashamaru's eyes landed on a silver haired man wearing a black suit underneath the scrubs they'd made him wear. Who was this? The father...or a friend? Judging from his balled up fists, he must be close to the boy. Pushing it to the back of his mind, Yashamaru began the surgery. He glanced once at the boy's sleeping face and silently vowed he'd save him. "Stem the bleeding first. He's lost too much already, we can't allow him to bleed out what's left before we even get to repairing the damage done."

Within Minato's Dream:

The black and white tiled floor sped past and the blue door opened, blinding him with light for a moment. When the light cleared...it wasn't the Velvet Room he arrived at....but the "End". The "heart" of Nyx stood before him, pulsating like it had the day he'd sealed it away. Fear ran cold in his veins, paralyzing his legs until a small, warm hand slipped into his. Alice...one of her Persona's stood staring blankly at Nyx. Other hands clapped onto his shoulders and back, but he didn't need to turn around to know the Persona's that dwell in the sea of his soul stood behind him.

"I remember... One borrowed month... To keep my promise. So why am I alive today?" "Because your friends created another barrier. Erebus will never vanish completely...but they made a lot of people in the world realize that the End isn't something to wish for. Even I don't wish for it anymore." Minato's light blue eyes landed on a familiar face he thought he wouldn't see ever again after the battle against Nyx. "You shouldn't let yourself into other people's dreams, Pharos." A pale faced boy with curly black hair and luminous blue eyes wearing black and white striped clothes smiled before him. "How mean, Minato. We're friends, aren't we? But...I didn't think I'd see you again either. Spending all that time inside you...and Minako...I think something changed. After you defeated Nyx, I didn't want to leave you two. I became the person you see before you...Pharos." Skeptical, Minato looked around, "And where's Ryoji?" "I'm not sure..." He looked down at the ground, sadness in his blue eyes. "What do you mean, you don't know." "I only know that I separated a piece of my memories and consciousness from the whole before it vanished. I...don't remember what happened to the part of me called Ryoji. I only know that I'm here...and I have a piece of my overall power." Now Minato really wanted to know if Ryoji was alive as well. "This is just a dream...it's not like you're really here anymore." Pharos chuckled, "Just a dream for now. I wanted to see Minako in my real body first. She is...very dear to me now. But I thought I should tell you that your friends are very surprised you two are alive. They had no clue the seal would kill you...they didn't even know you sealed Nyx until..." Pharos briefly re-capped the events after Minato and Minako went to sleep to act as the seal against Nyx. "......" How could he say anything to that...? Aigis shouldn't have bothered... But as long as everyone was alright, it was fine. This time...no one needed to die. "Not going to say anything? Was it really too much to take in? Hmmm...I wonder how anyone else would've handle the situation." "Thanks for the information but dwelling on the past isn't going to change what happened. I signed your contract...and I stand by what path I chose." His words seemed to make Pharos happier. "I'm glad to hear you say that. I was wondering if you still remembered. I wonder if Minako still remembers too..." "She does." "Then...I'll talk to you both when you wake up." He turned around, but hesitated in his step, "I remember....everything until I said goodbye and then it comes back again. Those memories belong to him. The time you spent with my other self remains with him. Remember...the trials of the heart can happen in an instant but have a grand effect on the reality around you." Before Minato could ask what he meant, he vanished into the darkness.

Minako's Room:

Several doctors and nurses held down the violently thrashing Minako, tying her legs and wrists to the bed to restrain her. Her eyes were blank when they were open as if she wasn't seeing the world around her but another reality. Akihiko assisted in restraining her. He clutched at one of her hands and held down her shoulders. For the boxing champ it was easy to hold Minako's slight figure down but she had the endurance of even the strongest Shadow. "Minako!" Her focus returned for a moment as she stared up at his face, "Aki..." Hope and joy swelled in his heart and just as quickly were shattered as she flatlined. Looking up at the monitor in disbelief, Akihiko's hands trembled as he held her hand. He was shoved aside as the doctors tore her uniform. A defibrillator was rolled up beside her. Minako's hand slipped from his grip and fell listlessly over the edge of the bed. The rest seemed to move by in a blur. Akihiko's entire world centered around this one girl and that world had been destroyed when she died a year ago along with her brother. He, Mitsuru, Fuuka and several others had wrecked their chance at getting anywhere after that. Instead they'd moved to Tokyo, to escape the memories, and to enroll in a private universal High School. Though their high school student life was just... "She's back! Wh-what the...?!" "What's wrong?" Pushing his way back to Minako, Akihiko's gray eyes found black markings twining their way around her hands, under the sleeves of her uniform and sinking into the very clear black eye on her abdomen. "What is that...? Minako...?" She gasped in a deep breath as if coming up for air from the sea and the marks vanished. Her crimson eyes landed on him and she smiled, "Aki...I'm so sorry I left you. Did we...keep our promise...?" Staring, wide-eyed at her, Akihiko couldn't form the words necessary to say and she fell unconscious. Doctors and nurse filed out of the room, sighing with exhaustion.

Shibuya City, Tokyo:

Fuuka smiled and laughed as Kiba, Choji, Neji and Shino kept up a rather comical argument about Neji's list of items to purchase. Shikamaru, however, seemed to be lost in thought. "Um...is something wrong with Shikamaru-san? He's been rather quiet," she whispered to the four boys, halting their laughter. "Hmm... Oi, Shikamaru! Snap out of it!" Neji plugged one ear as Kiba shouted at Shikamaru, ultimately being ignored by the slacker shinobi. "I'm deaf...are you happy?" Fixing Kiba with a death glare, Neji reached out to Shikamaru. He caught his shoulder when Shikamaru suddenly stopped. "Shikamaru..?" Lifting his pale gaze, Neji found the last person he ever wanted to meet standing a few meters in front of them. "Long time no see." That mocking smile, those calculating red eyes and a voice that grated on his nerves. Izaya Orihara...everyone's worst nightmare....stood smiling at them, hands in pockets. "Izaya...you never showed up for our Shoji match yesterday." Kiba's eyes flicked to his friend. Was Shoji the only thing he thought about when around this guy? "Oh...was that yesterday? I had something funner to do." Shino lifted one finger to point out that funner wasn't a word when Shikamaru spoke, cutting him off, "Yeah? Well...it's a drag keeping appointments with someone who doesn't show up." Izaya lifted his hands and shrugged, "Sorry, sorry.. Are you really that mad, Kumo-ko?" Shikamaru's fingers twitched, "I told you not to call me that." Neji, Choji, Kiba and Shino's eyes flicked back and forth between Shikamaru and Izaya as they exchanged heavy, silent threats with light and casual conversation. Leaning a bit to the left, Izaya's red gaze fixed on Fuuka. "And whom are you? I haven't see you around Kumo-ko before..." Pursing her lips, Fuuka wouldn't back away from this man's chilling gaze. "O-Oh... My name is Fuuka Yamagishi. Shikamaru-san is my friend. And you are?" Izaya's smile grew as he bounced in place and bowed dramatically, "Izaya Orihara, at your service. Fu-chan."