Disclaimer: I own nothing from the Osomatsu-san series, it rightfully belongs to Yoichi Fujita (in honor of Fujio Akatsuka) and Pierrot.

I'm really sorry it's taking so long to put these chapters out. School has been taking up a lot of my time, and I can't seem to ever get into a good spot where I feel like writing something. This chapter is a bit shorter than the rest, but I hope you enjoy it all the same.

Thank you!

"HELP ME!" Reflection Ichimatsu's hand reaches out of the mirror. More than half of his body had sunken through the mirror. Ichimatsu stood and stared. The transfer was almost complete. Reflection Ichimatsu's face had sunken through the mirror, his screams of help becoming distant. Ichimatsu clenches his fists, gritting his teeth as his own tears fell to the ground. Why do I care?

"Soon, you will have this whole world to your-"

Mitsuki's train of thought stopped roughly. It crashed and burned.

Ichimatsu's hand had grasped Reflection Ichimatsu's. Ichimatsu could feel Reflection Ichimatsu tense up a bit.

"What are you doing?!" Mitsuki runs up to Ichimatsu, biting his pant leg and tugging on it. "You're going to ruin everything!"

Ichimatsu shakes his leg, kicking Mitsuki off of it. He returns his gaze to the sunken Reflection Ichimatsu. He reaches his other hand out to him, grabbing onto Reflection Ichimatsu's arm. Giving a tug, he pulls Reflection Ichimatsu out of the mirror. The two fall to the ground, hitting roughly.

The mirror's rippling speeds up. It's smooth ripples become distorted. The bottom right corner of the mirror begins to crack. The sharp split creeps up towards the middle of the mirror. The top left corner cracks, the sharp split making the same journey as the crack on the bottom. Ichimatsu grits his teeth together, putting his hand on the back of Reflection Ichimatsu's head and pushing down. "Duck!"

The mirror shatters, its pieces scattering across the entire shop. Reflection Ichimatsu slowly lifts his head. "I-is it-?"

The glass pieces of the mirror begin to glow a bright purple. Ichimatsu pulls Reflection Ichimatsu back to the ground.

The pieces of the mirror rise up, crashing through the roof of the building at incredible speeds. Pieces of the roof fall to the ground. One glass piece crashes through the display window, the thin glass crumbling to the ground.

Reflection Ichimatsu slowly lifts his head. Ichimatsu stands up dusting off his pants. His face remained expressionless, but wild thoughts were running through his mind. He glances down to Reflection Ichimatsu, who looked up at Ichimatsu in awe. Ichimatsu shoves his hand in his pocket and holds his free hand out for Reflection Ichimatsu.

"Y-you…saved my life." Reflection Ichimatsu says in awe. Ichimatsu simply shrugs.

"Idiot!" Mitsuki runs into Ichimatsu's leg in attempts to headbutt him. It instead ended up being her who got her. "Owowowow! You've messed up!"

Reflection looks at Mitsuki, jaw dropped. He frantically stands up, hiding behind Ichimatsu and pointing at her. "Th-that cat is…!"

"Talking." Ichimatsu finishes. He crosses his arms, glaring down at Mitsuki. "What do you mean?"

"You broke the mirror! The pieces have scattered throughout your Mirrored dimension!"

"And what does that mean?" Ichimatsu squats down closer to Mitsuki's level, though, he was still looking down at her.

"The two dimensions no longer have a connector. That's not necessarily an issue. The issue is that you are here, but so is the Ichimatsu of this dimension. The world was written in a way so there was only ONE of you. Now there are two. Now that both of you are in the same dimension, both will soon fall apart!"

Reflection Ichimatsu brings his hand to his mouth. His gaze switches to Ichimatsu, horrified. "What are we going to do?!"

Ichimatsu looks up to Reflection Ichimatsu, no emotion could be read. Ichimatsu places a hand on his chin, rubbing it slightly.

"We have to find them." Mitsuki says to herself. Her eyes dart wildly around the broken room. "We're going to find the missing pieces of the mirror." Mitsuki announced assertively.

Ichimatsu stands back up, shoving his hands in his pockets. "How can we find them?"

Reflection Ichimatsu glanced over his shoulder. Keigan was quiet. Ichimatsu didn't notice, mostly because he didn't care about the mangey mutt. But what happened next made him change his mind.

"Keigan?" Reflection Ichimatsu calls. He walks across the debris of the dead building He steps outside of the broken display window, glancing around. Ichimatsu watches as his movements slow down. "K-Keigan?" His call was quieter, his voice cracking. He jumps out of the window, stumbling over to his dog, lying on the ground. "KEIGAN!"

Ichimatsu is taken aback as he walks over to the scene. Keigan was lying on the ground, blood pooling around him. Stuck in his side was a piece of the mirror, jabbed into his ribs. Reflection Ichimatsu buries his hands in his face, crying loudly. Ichimatsu bites his lip as he watches Reflection Ichimatsu hunch over his dead companion.

Mitsuki walks to Reflection Ichimatsu's side, looking down at the dead dog. She shakes her head. "That is a shame." She smiles and places her paw on the broken piece of glass, imbedding it farther into Keigan. "But on the bright side, that's one less piece to find." She looks up to Reflection Ichimatsu, who was looking at her with his jaw dropped. "Isn't that great?"

Reflection Ichimatsu stands up, clenching his fists. He brings his leg back and swings it forward as hard as he can, kicking Mitsuki across the way. Mitsuki roughly hits the ground, skidding on the asphalt.

"E-eh?!" Ichimatsu goes to check on her, but is quickly stopped by the glare of Reflection Ichimatsu.

Reflection Ichimatsu storms up to Ichimatsu, grabbing him by the collar of his sweatshirt. "This is all your fault! This is all YOUR FAULT!" He begins to roughly shake Ichimatsu. Ichimatsu stares at Reflection Ichimatsu as he's shaken about. The shaking slows down over time. "I-it's all…your fault…" Reflection Ichimatsu didn't stop repeating those words. They stung hard. Ichimatsu always found that he was the one to blame for a lot of things. He learned to keep his emotions hidden. He learned to not care around people. Soon, they would just calm down and leave him alone.

Reflecion Ichimatsu hunches over, pressing his face against Ichimatsu's chest. He lightly pounds Ichimatsu's chest, falling quiet. Ichimatsu puts a hand on his shoulder. "You can hate me all you want. I don't care. But we need to find the pieces of the mirror." He places his hands on Reflection Ichimatsu's shoulders, gently pushing him away. Slowly, he takes his hands back, still prepared for Reflection Ichimatsu to come back at him. When he felt it was okay to, Ichimatsu puts his hands in his pockets and begins to walk away from the scene. "I want to go home."

He stops by Mitsuki, who lay on the ground patiently. She looked as if she hadn't gotten kicked at all. Looking up at Ichimatsu, her tail sways to the side. Ichimatsu glances to Reflection Ichimatsu over his shoulder. "And I'm sure you want to tell your brothers the news."

Ichimatsu face lifts up. He looked to Ichimatsu, jaw dropped. Biting his lip, he looks back down to his dead dog. Slowly, he nods. "Let's go home, Keigan…"

Ichimatsu opens the door to his mirrored home. Stepping inside, all was quiet. He slips off his sandals and steps aside, allowing Reflection Ichimatsu to come through. He carried the corpse of his dead dog, Keigan. Keigan was wrapped in a white sheet, blood seeping through it. Reflection Ichimatsu kept his head low.

Reflection Todomatsu poked his head out from around the corner. "I-Ichimatsu-nii-san?" His eyes widen, and his legs start to shake. He slowly lifts his shaking arm to point at the white sheet in Reflection Ichimatsu's hands. "I-i-is that…?" Reflection Ichimatsu doesn't answer. Reflection Todomatsu covers his mouth. "O-oh my g-god…" His words were muffled and too quiet. Ichimatsu heard the shakiness of his voice. It was so frail.

Reflection Todomatsu follows after Reflection Ichimatsu as Ichimatsu walks upstairs. They were greeted by a stone faced Reflection Jyushimatsu, leaning against the door to his office with his arms crossed. Reflection Ichimatsu goes into his room, slamming the door shut. Ichimatsu walks back downstairs, heading over to the kotatsu. Mitsuki was already sitting atop of it.

"When do we begin searching?"

"When he recuperates."

Mitsuki drops her jaw. "You're joking?"

"No."

"We don't have time to wait for him. The very fate of both universes are at stake!"

"We're going to wai-"

"Are you normally this talkative around a cat?"

Ichimatsu jumps, being startled by the sudden voice. He turns to see Reflection Karamatsu standing by the staircase. He walks over to Ichimatsu, sitting down beside him. He had changed out of his normal outfit into a pair of sweatpants. He wasn't wearing a shirt, which Ichimatsu found to be a little disturbing. A golden chain rested around his neck.

Ichimatsu stared at Karamatsu, squinting his eyes at him. Reflection Karamatsu only stared back. "Like what you see?" Reflection Karamatsu winks.

At a time like this, it was no time for joking.

"Gross."

Karamatsu backs off, placing his hand on the ground and leaning on it. "Man, is that refreshing to hear." He glances back to Ichimatsu. "So what's the deal?"

Ichimatsu seemed surprised by the question. He looks to Mitsuki, who was shaking. She didn't even notice Ichimatsu staring at her. "The mirror shattered. I can't get back home anymore." He looks back to Reflection Karamatsu. "We need to find the missing pieces of the mirror."

Karamatsu looks to the ceiling, nodding. "Sounds like a plan."

"What?"

Karamatsu smirks. "Well, you can't do it all by yourself. No matter how hard you try." He sits up and reaches into the fruit bowl sitting in the center of the table. He took a pear.

"And why do you want to help?"

"Does your Karamatsu not want to help, normally?"

Ichimatsu had to think for a moment. "No. He would offer to help in the most painful way he can."

"And would you let him?"

"No."

Mitsuki paws at Ichimatsu, but he simply pushes her away.

"She seems antsy." Reflection Karamatsu stands up, finishing his pear and holding it by the stem. "Why don't we get searching? I hate when I see Ichimatsu upset like this."

Ichimatsu jaw was agape. He was amazed by how utterly…cool…Reflection Karamatsu was.

Reflection Karamatsu holds his hand out to Ichimatsu, a toothy grin slapped onto his face. "So let's get going."

Ichimatsu slowly lowers his gaze to the hand in front of him. He brings his shaking hand up to take it, and was pulled up by Reflection Karamatsu. The two faces were only inches apart. "Ready?"

Ichimatsu couldn't help but smile. He gives a slight nod. "Yeah."

"U-um…" Reflection Karamatsu and Ichimatsu swing their heads around to see Reflection Todomatsu and Reflection Choromatsu by the staircase. "W-we...w-want t-to help t-t-too…"

"Yeah, I don't really like you, bud. So I wanna get you outta my life as soon as possible!" Choromatsu uses his pinky to pick his nose, flicking it to Ichimatsu.

Ichimatsu could feel his heart racing. He grasped the fabric of his sweatshirt, letting go of Reflection Karamatsu's hand. His mouth was dry. He had no words.

Nodding, he clenches his fists. "Th-th-" He couldn't seem to spit the words out. Reflection Karamatsu gives him a hard whack on the back.

"It's no problem. Just hope the girls don't run you over to get to me, haha!"

Osomatsu opens the door to his own home, holding a couple of bags of groceries. He kicks off his shoes, looking up to see a gathering in the dining room. He glances around. "U-uh…what'd I miss?"

"Oh boy..."

Whoa! It's like...there's an actual plot now! So what's going to happen next? Who will we meet along the way? So many questions left unanswered! I hope you're just as excited as I am to see what's ahead of us now.

Please Rate and Review, I would love to hear all and any criticism you all have. And I hope you have a nice day!

~OfferJoy