You know what? I feel uploading all but the most recent chapter'll be the best idea. So it's all out there and so anyone reading this can lemme know if they need a list of who is who, without them having to wait till I update again.

But anyway! Intros for charters from Nocturne to Apocalypse! Slight AU for Nocturne where Dante and Raidou are both around bc why not?

Anyway, enjoy!

When Naoki defeated the Naga, he was ready to really tackle Kabukicho Prison. Things in the Vortex World always seemed easier when he fully threw himself into it, after all… And the easier things were, the higher his chance of coming out of all of this alive.

"Alright…" He cracked his neck and stepped into the portal in front of him…

Only to find himself standing in the middle of a normal road, Chiaki and Isamu in front of him. Before he could think of something to say to them, flashes of red and black crossed his vision and he seized up. Was that…?

Shit, if those Dante and Raidou guys were around he wasn't sure what to do. They'd fought once and he'd faired alright, sure… But if they ended up fighting again, especially with this new scenery…

"Naoki…" Chiaki pulled him out of his thoughts. "What are you staring at, hmmm?"

"Ah, nothing…" He shook his head. "Just thinking about how long it's been since all three of us have been together… Crazy, huh?"

Chiaki hummed. "It has been a while, hasn't it?"

Isamu looked away from the two, causing a knot to form in Naoki's stomach. "...Yeah."

Whatever this was, Naoki had a feeling he wasn't going to enjoy it.

Tadano wasn't sure what to do at this point. First Jimenez had asked him to fuse the other man and Bugaboo, now Zelenin was an angel… Was someone else in the crew going to go through a change like this too? He didn't think he'd be able to handle that.

But now wasn't the time to think about that. Zelenin was going to try her hand at pacifying Jack's Squad with her hymn, so he needed to focus on that. They'd lost too many to think about anything but dealing with the issue at hand.

They began to phase shift and… Before Tadano knew it, he was alone with Jimenez and Zelenin in what looked like an alleyway. He thought for a moment that they'd somehow been shoved into a random sector, but he was breathing fine without his Demonica… He needed to try and figure out where they were.

He took a step forward, only for Zelenin to pull him back quickly. He was about to ask why when he saw that Alex woman pass in front of him. She was here too?! Not good…

Once it seemed she was gone, Zelenin released him. "This is odd… How are you alright in the open, Hitonari…?"

"Looks like we're not in the Schwarzwelt anymore…" Jimenez spoke up with a grin. "Looks like we'll have to deal with this new dangerous mystery to get back, too."

Tadano frowned. Looked like Jack's Squad would have to wait until they got out. Hopefully the rest of the Red Sprite's crew would be alright until then…

Flynn still wasn't sure what to make of this Tokyo place… So much of it just didn't make much sense to him. So much of it and its people looked decrepit and worn down, but others like that Hikaru girl seemed just fine… What was he really supposed to make of all of this?

As far as he could tell, his fellow samurai were in the same boat… Flynn paused his walking for a moment, closing his eyes. If he thought about it, he was sure-

"W-what in the…?" He opened his eyes at Isabeau's voice and found himself confused. "What is this?"

It was as if they were in Tokyo, but… It seemed far less destroyed and abandoned. Not to mention the fact he could see the sky, as if Mikado was no longer above…

"This must be an illusion of some sort…" Jonathan frowned as they examined their surroundings. "I can see no other explanation…"

"An illusion, huh?" Walter frowned. "How will we deal with this, then?"

Flynn sighed. "I'm not sure… For now, let's try to find the source of it, I suppose."

Infiltrating Mikado had been a mixed bag, Nanashi felt. On one hand, he'd learned more about who Hallelujah was and Gaston had rejoined them… But on the other hand, they had been forced to leave Isabeau behind. That wasn't even mentioning the information they'd gathered on Mikado's plan. Tokyo was in trouble and it needed to be known.

Nanashi pushed the door Fujiwara, Skins, and Flynn were supposed to be behind and fell face first into nothing. What the hell?!

"Nanashi…!" Asahi ran to his side. "Are you okay?!"

"Master…" Toki helped him to his feet. "Please be careful."

"Uh… Guys… I'm worried about him too, but…" Nanashi could hear Hallelujah swallow hard. "I think we've got bigger problems…"

"Big problems." Nozomi moved in front of the rest of the group. "How'd we get outside and… Why can we see the sky? It doesn't look like we're in Mikado and it's too much sky to just be the hole…"

"Yet it looks more like Tokyo than anywhere else!" Navarre floated next to Gaston. "We-"

"Wait a moment…" Gaston took a step back. "Is… Is that Navarre?!"

"Y-you can see me now, Gaston?!"

"Wait, a green glowing thing?! And he's got a name?!"

Nanashi looked around at the scenery and his friends as they broke into chaos. "I don't know what's going on… But we need to figure it out."