Chapter 4: Duel Monsters, Battle Girls, Ninjas, God and Demons

The gang along with the three mysterious girls were at one of Cranktown's restaurants, enjoying a quiet meal.

The creamy haired girl known as Hibiki was eating a well-cooked steak. She gulped after a bite and turned to Team Vashyron. "Now, introductions. My name is Hibiki Tachibana." She gestured to the blue haired girl. "This is my idol and friend, Tsubasa Kazani."

"Hello." Tsubasa greeted. The three girls were wearing normal uniforms when they reverted back to their normal clothing.

"And this is Chris Yukine." Hibiki pointed at Chris.

"Hmph." Chris looked away, eyes closed with a frown.

"Wow. Someone's miss grumpy…" Zephyr muttered as he took a bite of his flame furlong.

"So, what were those forms you three were in after you somehow changed back into normal clothing?" Alice asked, folding her arms.

"We're Symphongears, destined to fight the Noise." Hibiki explained.

"What are Symphongears and what Noise?" Leanne asked confusedly.

Tsubasa looked at Team Vashyron with a serious expression. "You got to keep it a secret, no matter what." She cleared her throat before continuing. "Symphongears are girls destined to fight Noise, monsters from another dimension that kill anyone they touch. We Symphongears use the power of songs to defeat our enemies. As you already saw, we're Symphongears and have protected our world from the Noise."

"So… how did you get here, to this world?" Maron asked with a curious nature.

"Um…" Hibiki placed her pinky on her chin. "Well, it was about a month after we saved the Earth from a second threat. We were patrolling for some Noise to take down. We spotted one that looked like a minotaur and after we defeated it, a bright light appeared and engulfed us, when the light cleared, we found ourselves here." Alice was silent as she looked away, ashamed.

"I see. Whatever brought you here to our world, must be here in this world as well." Zoey figured as she took a bite out of her fish.

"Now the only problem is… Where are we going to stay." Chris frowned deeper.

"Well, why don't you stay with us? I got some spare sleeping bags for you girls as well as our other new guests. Also, you need some jobs to survive in this world, why don't you work for us?" Vashyron offered with a smile.

"B-But we couldn't…" Tsubasa looked away with a shy expression. Hibiki placed her hand on Tsubasa's shoulder.

"It would be rude to turn down their offer. Plus, we can learn more about this world from them." Hibiki closed her eyes and smiled. Tsubasa smiled slightly. Hibiki's cheery personality can be reassuring sometimes… sometimes.

"O-Of course. We'll take their offer." She agreed.

"Fine, whatever…" Chris muttered sourly.

"Then welcome to Vashyron Inc., you three." Leanne closed her eyes and smiled.

(Later that night…)

"Not bad, for a rundown old building like this…" Chris, who was in her pajamas muttered as Zoey and her new roommates are getting ready to turn in for the day.

"This will be like a sleepover, only we sleep here as roomies." Hibiki beamed, before turning to Zoey who was on her bed. "Say, Zoey? How did you work for Vashyron Inc.?"

"Since Vashyron found me at the place where he met Zephyr. I think I was cryogenically frozen or something. After waking up, I have no clue of who I am, I only know my name." Zoey looked at the window, the night sky was beautiful tonight after such a heretic day she went through, meeting new friends and exploring new places.

"So you amnesia then?" Tsubasa asked with concern. Zoey nodded in response.

"I'm sure your memory will come back soon. Amnesia is only temporary." Chris reassured the fourth member of Team Vashyron in an odd but comforting tone before she went to sleep.

"I hope so… Well, good night." Zoey nodded as she pulled the covers above her and slept peacefully, Hibiki and Tsubasa also went to sleep.

A/N: These scenes are based on Nightangel1282's Confusion story. So there will edited scenes based on her work.

(Shuffle! World)

Rin Tsuchimi and his friends were getting ready for their holiday break from school. Kaede Fuyou suggested they go camping in the mountains. After arriving at the campsite and their tent, they were getting ready to explore the wilderness until a storm started to brew. Primula and Nerine thought they felt something odd about this storm, but before they can voice their concerns, an earthquake occurs out of nowhere and a bright light engulfed the Verbena Academy students and they passed out.

YUGIOH WORLD

Yugi Moto and his friends were in the King of Games bedroom trying to ride out a horrific thunderstorm that had suddenly decided to roll on through Domino City. Little did they know that a storm very much like it was also raging over Egypt and areas of the United States. The house rattled suddenly, and a bright flash of white light engulfed everything. The six teenagers inside the Kame Game Shop lost consciousness.

INUYASHA WORLD

Only a week after last facing Naraku in battle, a fierce storm filled the skies of the Feudal Era. Finding shelter from the wind and rain, Inuyasha and his friends were in an old shack in the middle of a forest when the earth shook violently beneath them. Before anyone had a chance to react to this, there was a bright blinding flash of light and all of them passed out.

YU YU HAKUSHO WORLD

Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei and Kuwabara were in Yusuke's mom's place enjoying a quiet meal while a violent thunderstorm raged on outside. The two demons thought they detected something strange about the storm, but before they could voice their concerns, there was an enormous shudder and a loud bang that shook the house to the very core of its foundations. Then a blinding flash of light filled the entire room and the four of them vanished from sight

NARUTO WORLD

In Konoha Village, Gaara was visiting with his new friends, taking a break from the Village of the Sand. They were all in Kakashi's home. He, Rock Lee, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi were just sitting around and visiting, when the storm roared in out of nowhere, taking them all by surprise. The house rocked violently and as a bright flash of light exploded in their vision. Seconds later, the house stood empty.

Rin blinked, trying to get the bright light out of his eyes. He rolled over and shielded his face, sitting up slowly. When his eyes adjusted to the light of the sun, he found that he was no longer in the field outside his home with his five friends. Instead, he was in some metal rundown alleyway and looking up, he sees he was on a gigantic drill like tower and the sky looked kinda dirty.

His heart started to hammer in his chest as he blinked a few times, trying to figure out where he was, how he had gotten there, and where his friends and loved ones were.

He got to his feet, trying to stave off the panic that was building in the back of his mind.

"Kaede? Asa? Primula? Lisanthus? Nerine? Hullo? You guys there?" He called out. He heard a faint echo of his own voice, but no reply to his call. He felt himself start to tremble slightly, but forced himself to remain calm.

Okay... he had no idea where he was, but he had a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach that that weird storm had had something to do with bringing him here.. If that was the case, it was possible that his friends were here too. But maybe they'd been brought someplace else... another location. If that was the case, then Rin had to find them. And then, once he found them, the six of them could try to find out how to get home again. Shouldn't be too hard.

He hoped.

He looked around himself a few minutes, then sighed, choosing a direction and random and headed off into the dangerous streets/

Kaede found herself in an abandon street in a strange metal like place, and almost panicked immediately. She slowly backed up, trying to figure out what was going on as she took in her surroundings and wondered where her friends were, when her hand came into contact with a piece of fabric. Heart hammering in her chest, she looked down to find a young man with black hair done up in a ponytail and a red and black headband. Just relieved at having someone with her, and not being in this weird place alone, she quickly shook him awake.

"Wake up, please..." she pleaded.

The boy slowly opened his eyes and she was almost startled at the emerald green coloring of the irises. He looked at her in surprise and confusion for a moment and then slowly sat up, his eyes going wide as he took in his surroundings. "What the hell? Where am I?" He looked at her. "And who are you?"

She fidgeted uneasily. "M... My name is Kaede Fuyou , and I don't know where we are either. My and my five friends were camping out in a field when a freak storm came in out of nowhere. All I know is I saw a bright flash of light and felt the Earth shake, and then I was waking up here."

The black haired boy blinked in surprise. "That's exactly what happened to me and my friends! We were all in Yugi's place when the storm hit. Are you from Tokyo?"

She blinked and then slowly nodded her head. "Yes. But I don't know this Yugi…"

The boy frowned. "That doesn't sound good. We better find out what's going on. And see if we can't find our friends. Come on." He got to his feet and held out a hand to pull her up. "We should see if we can find anyone and get some answers. Staying here's not going to help us."

She hesitated and then nodded. "Okay." She accepted his hand and let him help her up. "So... what's your name?"

He smiled at her. "I'm Duke Devlin, creator of the game Dungeons and Dice," he said proudly.

Kaede blinked slowly. "Never heard of it..."

The boy moaned. "Aw, man... That sucks. And here I was hoping you'd be a fan..." He sighed. "Oh well. Let's just get going."

Nodding, the two of them headed off down the alleyway.

Asa, for her part, was in level 4 of Basel, waking up beside a boy with black hair and a strange looking headband on his forehead.

When she had been woken up by the boy, she almost panicked like Kaede had, but then soon calmed down once it became clear he didn't intend to hurt her. He asked her if she knew where they were, and told her his name was Sasuke.

"I am an Elite Chunin Ninja from Konoha Village," he explained.

She blinked slowly. "Konoha... Village? I've never heard of it before. Definitely nowhere near Shinbuya."

He frowned. "Shin…bu…ya? I've never heard of it. Is it a village of Ninja?"

She sweatdropped and shook her head. "No. It's a city in Japan."

He blinked. "Japan?"

She felt a sinking sensation in her gut, hoping this guy was just seriously geographically challenged. "Yeah... Japan. It's a country. You know... the well advanced country in the world?"

Sasuke looked at her for a long moment, his expression now dead serious. "Then it would seem that the two of us come from different worlds. Because I have never heard of any places by those names before."

Asa felt a chill race down her spine. "That... doesn't sound very good to me..."

He nodded and seemed to think a moment. He seemed to come to a decision and then climbed to his feet. "Let's go."

She blinked. "Go where?"

"To find out what's going on. We should try to locate our friends and see if we can't find any natives to answer our questions as to where we are and how we got here. Since we don't know where we are, and what kind of creatures or hooligans might be in the vicinity, we should stay together."

Asa felt a small measure of relief, knowing that she at least wouldn't be alone in this weird place. But she just hoped her friends and Rin were doing all right themselves. He wasn't one who did well under pressure and this situation would royally make him worry if anything were to happen to his lover and mate. And Kaede, Sia, Rimu, and Nerine... well, Asa hoped they're ok.

Tea woke up in a smelly old alleyway with grey clouds, Yugi lying at her side. And then, on the other side of him, was a small boy with orange hair and... She blinked. Was that a tail?

Shoving that thought from her mind for now, she quickly shook her friend awake. "Yugi! Please wake up! Are you okay?!"

Yugi slowly opened his eyes and looked around himself in total shock. "What the? Where are we? Where are the others?"

She shook her head. "I have no idea. But check him out," she said, pointing to the little boy with the tail and strange clothes.

Yugi blinke slowly. "Is that a tail? And what's with those strange clothes?"

Tea shrugged. "I don't know. He looks harmless, though. Should we wake him up?"

He nodded, the Pharaoh taking over, just in case. He knelt by the boy and shook his gently. "Hey... you okay?"

The tiny boy opened his eyes slowly and then they went wide, seeing Yugi and Tea... not to mention his surroundings. He let out a cry and was on his feet in an instant. "Where am I? Kagome?! Inuyasha?!" he called out. Then he looked up at the two of them again, taking on a slightly defensive position that was more adorable than threatening. "Who are you? Where are we?"

The Pharaoh smiled at him gently. "It's all right, little one. We won't harm you. You may call me Yami, and my companion is Tea. We are not sure ourselves where we are or how we got here. We were hoping you could answer those questions yourself."

Tea poked at his fluffy tail. "What's with this tail?"

He blinked and looked up at her. "I'm a kitsune. My name is Shippo."

She blinked. "Kitsune? As in a fox demon?" Then she blushed. "Kawaii..."

Shippo sat down once more, crossing his arms. "And don't ask me where we are. I have no idea either. Me and my friends were taking shelter in an old shack, when some really weird storm hit the region. The entire sky went black in an instant. Then the earth started to shake, and there were all these weird flashes of light. Then I just found myself being woken up by you guys."

Yugi took that time to take on a physical form of his own "That's exactly what happened to us! We were all in my home when the storm came up from out of nowhere!"

The little fox demon cried out in alarm and jumped away, taking up a defensive position again. "What the hell? How did you do that? Where did you come from? You don't smell like a demon to me...?"

Tea rubbed the back of her head. "That's going to take a little while to explain. And I think we should exchange information as we go... because we should try to find out what's going on and see if we can't find any of our friends."

Shippo hesitated and then nodded, coming forward. "I guess... I really wanna find Kagome and Inuyasha... I sure hope they're okay..."

The Pharaoh smiled at him gently. "Then we will go. Come."

The boy blinked. "Hold up a sec! Let's see something!" He leaped onto Tea's shoulder and sniffed the air. Then he smiled broadly and pointed to Ebel City. "I smell humans over that way! It's a long way off, but it's the only human scents I can find that aren't coming from you guys!"

Yugi smiled. "You're gonna be useful to have around, Shippo. Now, let's get going."

The Pharaoh merged with Yugi once more and they started off.

(Ebel City: Vashyron Inc. Base)

Vasyron was adjusting the TV after that nasty earthquake yesterday. "Man, what a nasty quake. It came out of nowhere. Everyone okay?" He turned to his friends.

"J-Just a little…" Hibiki shivered. "I thought a Noise has come into this world somehow."

Alice was checking something on a handheld device in her palm. Zephyr noticed it and asked "What the hell is that?"

"It's a PDA. What, don't tell me you people don't have technology here except for guns and stuff, right?" Alice asked them with a charming smile.

"So what's this PDA you're holding, Alice?" Leanne rested her head on the sofa.

"Well, this PDA allows me to track dimensional fluxes caused by the Queen's Gate. Who knows what forms it will be." Alice explained as she used her stylus to input some commands. Zephyr got up from the sofa and began to walk away.

"Zephyr, where are you going?" Zoey asked out of curiosity.

"To get some air…" Zephyr replied as he exited the Base.

"Hey. Wanna go shopping?" Maron suggested.

"I wouldn't mind that. I'll fix the TV later. I'll show you to the Boutique where you can get some nice clothes." Vashyron offered before turning to Zoey. "Wanna come, Zoey?"

"Sorry, I have to go to the grocery store to get lunch ready." Zoey answered cheerfully as she exited the Base as well.

"Well, it's just us. Let's go shopping for some clothes." Leanne closed her eyes and giggled.

(Zephyr)

Zephyr with his hands in his pocket walked down outside of Ebel City. He was in thought as he flashed back to the day Vashyron spared his life after Zephyr somehow survived being shot in the mouth. Why did he survive such a fatal shot? Was there some sort of work here he doesn't know about. He sighed as he leaned on a pipe.

Suddenly, he tensed, he felt a presence here. He got out his machine gun and pointed it at an alley corner. "Come on out! I know you're there." He ordered sharply.

Then came out Rin with his hands up. "I don't mean any harm. I'm just lost." He told Zephyr calmly.

Zephyr was skeptical of him first, but after remembering that Alice, Jean, Maron and the Symphongears coming from other realities, he lowered his gun and walked over to Rin. "Okay, your story checks out. Name's Zephyr. What's yours?"

"Rin Tsuchimi. Can you tell me how I can get back to Tokyo?" Rin asked him, hoping for a positive answer. His reply however, was a blank stare from Zephyr.

"Tokyo…? Never heard of a city like that in Basel."

Now Rin was confused this time. "Basel…? Where is that exactly?"

"You're standing on it right now." Zephyr rolled his eyes. Rin was confused even more as he looked up to see the drill like tower's higher levels.

"Okay, I'm freaking confused now. All I remember is that I was camping with my friends until this freak storm came out of nowhere and this bright light engulfed us. Next thing I knew, I woke up in whatever this place is…"

Zephyr began to walk away and told Rin "Come with me."

Rin blinked again. "Huh? Why?"

Zephyr turned to face Rin and told him stoically "I have some co-workers of mine who can help you out. I'm sure they can help you find your friends. Plus, it would be wise of me to tell you more about Basel."

Rin had a gut sensation that he can trust Zephyr. But… there's something about Zephyr that he had a bad feeling about. Still, he can't refuse his offer for help. He nodded and began to follow Zephyr into Ebel City.

(Zoey)

Zoey was carrying the grocery bags in front of her face, so she had to be careful on walking home with her view being blocked by the classic brown grocery bags. She and Leanne are good cooks for Vashyron Inc. Zoey doesn't know why she has a great talent for cooking, but it helps make her friends happy.

Still, she wonders about her mysterious past… Why was she found frozen inside the place where Vashyron met Zephyr? Why did she lost her memories?

All that thoughts ceased as Zoey bumped into someone while daydreaming. She nearly dropped her groceries as she fell on her ass.

"Owwww!" Zoey winced as she placed the groceries down. She took time to rub her bottom to ease out the pain before turning to whoever she bumped into. "I'm sorry, I didn't watch where I was going."

She has blonde shoulder length hair, wears a white frilled dress with long sleeves with white and red fingerless gloves, and a red ribbon around her neck. She wears calf-high white boots with red ends.

The girl smiled for a bit. "Oh, it's no trouble at all. I wasn't paying attention either. My name is Lili Rochefort, a wealthy heir of an oil tycoon. What's your name, cutey?"

"C-Cutey?" Zoey recoiled a bit. 'Is… Is she into girls?' Zoey regain her composure. "M-My name is Zoey Hanson. Which level of Basel you come from, Miss Lili?"

Lili folded her arms. "So that's the name of the place I was sent to due to that weird light…" She turned to Zoey with a serious expression. "Actually, I'm new to this world and found it a bit tacky in the steam punk industrial era."

"Oh…" Zoey nodded. "Then can you come with me to my home? I can't see a thing while holding these grocery bags in front of me. Plus, I need to fill you in on this world we live in."

Lili clapped her hands in excitement. "I would be honored, Miss Zoey. Lead the way and I'll help you with those bags." Lili picked up one of Zoey's bags and she and Zoey headed back to the Base.

(Kaede and Duke)

Kaede and Duke entered Ebel City. To them, it looked like a rundown city based on the early age of machine.

Duke looked around. "This looked like one of those steam punk novels and history books I read in Domino High." He muttered in awe.

"Maybe we can ask somebody in this city?" Kaede suggested. They were in 11th Street.

Duke then noticed Team Vashyron's Base. "Hey, maybe we can ask somebody who lives in that building here."

"It's worth a shot." Kaede agreed as the two of them entered the Base.

(Asa and Sasuke)

The two entered at right of 11th Street. Sasuke took in his surroundings of this alien place.

"This doesn't look like any Ninja Village I have either heard of or seen. What is this strange metal substance they used to make the buildings?"

Asa looked at the people passing through them. "And the people looked like they were from the 1850s. But this is highly advanced than I ever seen. But… where are the trees and lakes?"

Sasuke then noticed Alice using her PDA on something. "Perhaps we can ask that strangely dressed girl on where we are." Asa nodded and the two of them walked towards Alice.

Alice was taking a break from looking at the clothes in the Boutique Vashyron showed her and the otherworlders and is spending time trying to figure out the earthquakes.

"Excuse us, miss?" Alice looked up to see Asa and Sasuke looking at her.

"May I help you?" Alice greeted politely.

"Yes. We were wondering if you can tell us what world this is and how we can get back to our worlds." Asa added. Alice inspected their clothes.

She came to a conclusion that they were from other worlds and she has a theory the Queen's Gate has something to do with those earthquakes, meaning the earthquakes must have brought them here.

"You're from other worlds, right? Well, first off, my name is Alice Dodgeson. Second, this world is called Basel, but in reality, it's Earth, an alternate Earth."

"A-Are you serious?!" Asa recoiled in shock. "This can't be an alternate Earth… What happened to this Earth?"

"That… I can't explain right now." Alice placed her hand on her hips. "But I can show you where to stay."

(Kaede and Duke)

"Hello? Anyone here?" Duke called out as he and Kaede were in the living room of the Base.

"I guess no one is here…" Kaede sighed. Duke then heard humming from a room.

He turned to Kaede and told her "Stay here." She nodded in response as Duke slowly entered the room.

It was a kitchen and he sees Zoey preparing her friends' lunch. He slowly walked a bit close to her and said "Um, excuse me-"

Zoey yelped and got out her gun and pointed it at Duke who gritted his teeth in fear and sweat dropped.

"Whoa, whoa, holy crap! Don't shoot that thing!" Duke panicked through his gritted nervous teeth.

To be continued…

Next chapter: Meeting New Faces: The Arena: Of Spirit Deteticves, Half-Demons and Loud Ninjas.

A/n: Sorry to end the chapter in a cliff-hanger. I'll finish this arc in the next chapter. And then I'll move on to Episode 2 of this story. Oh, here's the locations of the characters of the five anime shows that got separated due to the Queen's Gate's earthquakes.

Joey wakes up with Primua, Tristan wakes up with Rock Lee, Kaiba and Mokuba are together (on level 4 of Basel, same as our heroes and separated anime characters), Bakura wakes up with Rin (The female Rin), and Marik, Ishizu and Odion wake up together.)

(Yusuke wakes up with Sango and Kirara, Hiei is with Lis, Kurama finds himself with Sakura, Kwuabara is with Botan, Koenma is alone... the others in Yu Yu Hakusho are unknown and won't be seen till later on anyway.)

Inuyasha is alone, (but not far from Ebel City), Kagome wakes up with Kakashi, Miroku is alone, Kikyo finds herself with Gaara, Sesshomaru and Jagen are together, Koga is with Hintata, and Naruto is with Nerine.)

Next up, Inuyasha, Yusuke and Naruto will appear and our heroes will finally compete in the Arena. See you there.