To be brutally honest, it felt awkward just standing there with Stella as she kept staring at me, then hugged me as she began to cry.

"What's wrong Stella?"

"Oh it's nothing, I just got a little emotional. If this was a romance anime, it would be the moment a couple kissed looking at each other in the midst of an evening like this..."

"It's cliché but okay...and you're sure you aren't suddenly having feelings for me because that is pretty weird no matter how you see it."

"It's just...I wish the girl of your dreams has a moment like this moment with you."

"Now you are sounding even more rom-com cliché...but...I understand your sentiments...you just...don't want me to be alone in this world don't you? Awwwwwww!"

"Y-yeah...I just...want you to be happy...and..even...find the one...meant for you...I know that sounds cheesy...but there is only so much I can do aside from protect you..."

She suddenly drinks a cup of tea from a canteen that had Ruby's spirit energy on it.

"Want some?"

"No...um...are you drunk or something?..."

"No...but I have the sudden urge to crawl into a corner and eat jack in the box..zzzzz..."

"Did you eat anything that may have...you know what..did you consume weed?"

"Ruby did give me a special herbal tea that she said was a natural means of relieving anxiety...zzz...you know..you look so ADORABLE with that eye patch, like a baby pirate! Nom nom nom!"

"Why are you nibbling on my ear? Are you freaking high?"

"I think I'm going to take a nap right here...zzzz..."

Yep...she is knocked out like a wooden log drifting on a river. I hope whatever Ruby gave her doesn't harm her health. What would Stella be anxious about? Could it be that because of my amnesia that she worries about my future? It must be hard on her as she feels obligated to protect me as my zanpakuto, and I'm her only friend. It...must be me lonely to be a zanpakuto, to only speak to someone that your very being relies on and is based off of, and without any real means of communicating with others. I'll ask her later how she is in my soul world if she feels up for it.

I decided to put her in the couch that was in our bedroom that was right across from my bed so that when she wakes up she can at least wake comfortably. Ruby stopped by our bedroom to see how Stella was doing, so I said, "She seems to be doing fine now that she has gone to bed. Ruby, what the hell did you give her?"

"I gave her a herbal remedy that acts as an anti-anxiety medication without the same strength, but it tends to cause drowsiness within a few minutes, so I advised her to take it before bed."

"Did she...tell you why she wanted it instead of talking to me?"

"She said you'll understand once you remember more about yourself. She also did say this morning she just was trying to keep things together for you."

"Hmm...was I like that before I lost my memories?"

"What makes you say that?"

"Well, she's my zanpakuto, and all zanpakuto derive not only from a soul reaper's soul, but also their personality as well."

"Are you saying that she acts like how you were?"

"Maybe..but...bear in mind...a zanpakuto's personality can be a bit...skewed...more like extreme at times...so if she acts like a perverted dog, don't think I will act like that."

"Are you implying that you are perverted?"

"N-no...that's not what I'm saying at all!"

"Oh right, so you aren't having an erection right now?"

Whats that strange noise nearby?

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT! WHY ARE YOU STANDING SO CLOSE TO ME! IT'S CALLED PERSONAL SPACE!"

Ruby was seriously teasing me as though I was nothing more than a joke to her by pulling out a whip from her bra and saying whip me good master...I am just going to say this right now...masochism...especially with Ruby who gets turned on by being electrocuted...creeps me the fuck out! Come to think of it, I sensed a few people nearby the door as the door suddenly flew opened as Kurumu, Yukari, Moka, and Mizore fell into the room.

"What the hell? Were you eavesdropping on us?!"

Mizore then said, "Well I started to get curious when I overheard you admit you were a pervert, so I started to eavesdrop on you when Moka tried to stop me and said I should respect your privacy as maybe you have a reason to be shy around a bunch of pretty girls. Truth be told, I think she was mad to think of a kid like you to be a pervert already. Yukari budged in, while also running away from Kurumu, after arguing over sleeping arrangements as Kurumu did not want to sleep next to Seras, simply because her boobs were bigger than her milk jugs as Yukari says her boobs are why she isn't able to kick her butt today. Because of that, they ran around the mansion and eventually crashed into us."

"Ugh..uh...seriously?"

"Oh by the way, since you are a pervert, do you remember owning a porn collection?"

"No, I don't own a porn collection, my stupid father had one of playboy magazines and calender girls."

Moka blushed and started to look mad even though she was trying as hard as she could not to break her composure. Then she said, "B-by admitting that, doesn't that make you a pervert? Why do you know about your father's p...porn stash?"

"Because he let me look in it..."

I'm so screwed right now. I got the feeling I'm going to get my ass kicked Love Hina style. Why am I so sweaty?

"W-why?"

"Because...he's a dogmatic macho dumbass. Hell, playboy is an insult to women. I mean for starters what's the obsession with blondes and bunny suits? It just seems..so degrading and weird. What's sexy about a bunny? All they do is eat, hop around and reproduce like crazy!"

Moka was shocked and conflicted at my response as I kept sweating until it became mercury with a flow of memories of my father.

Now I know why it took so long to remember my family...my father dominated my thoughts when it comes to thinking of them. I know now...sobbing...why...why do I have to remember him..now...ugh...UGH...AHHH!

Moka the said, "What's wrong?"

"Can we..*cough cough* change topics?...So thirsty...ugh..."

"Here, let me help."

Moka began to suck some of the nanomachines out of my bloodstream then quickly spat it out into a bucket as Mizore made some ice chips to keep me cool as everyone else decided to spend the night to make sure we were alright. Kurumu was surprisingly supportive of this idea insisting we should stick together when who knows what could happen to us.

"Are...are you scared?"

Kurumu replied, "I can't help it, I miss everyone at school, my family, and...Tsukune."

Yukari then said, "Yeah, I miss that goofball."

"I wanna stalk him at least one more time."

"Maybe have him punish me."

Everyone stared at Ruby like she was mentally insane and went on ignoring her masochistic desires as she sat in the corner saying many things happened imagining Tsukune being with her.

Moka began to cry and said, "I'm glad that even without Tsukune around that we are together. I hope we can stay great friends. Ciel, I know we haven't known each other for very long, but can we be friends?"

"Why wouldn't I be your friend? You have been nothing but a nice person and have done no harm to me and practically saved us with your help back in town."

"I'm glad you aren't hostile knowing we are monsters."

"Why does it matter if you are monsters or not? You are nice people and that's what matters."

Everyone was extremely grateful and grabbed some pillows and sheets to spend the night in our room as I went to bed grateful to God that no one was bunking with me, not because I didn't want to, but this is the anime universe, and that spells misunderstanding like crazy. I have seen one too many anime to understand how misunderstandings work in this universe. They are the enemy of all men. As I went to bed and quickly entered my soul world, Yukari got cold and jumped into bed with me, giggling at the thought of being in the same bed as a boy. Mizore slept in the corner closest to the window to stay cool as everyone else was spread out all over the floor all snug and comfy. As I woke up in my inner soul world, I felt a strong wind as I realized I was riding passenger on a Griffith with Shiroe in the sky over the plains. I nearly fell when Akatsuki held me up as I got startled knowing she was behind me.

"Ah...where am I?"

Shiroe replied, "We are flying over some plains in the midst of wall Maria near the Trost district. Our scout classes have noticed a large labyrinth just north of our location. We sent scouts to check what was within the labyrinth, but none have returned. We believe another inner soul being dwells here, so we'll need you as close as possible to find our lost comrades.

"You are going to use me as BAIT?! What's the plan?"

"Use your shadow clone jutsu to draw out whatever lies within the labyrinth."

"Why do I have the feeling someone bad is going down?"

"What makes you say that?"

"Well for starters, this 'labyrinth' you keep talking about is blocked by a GIANT black fog and I sense a crap ton of enemies in that thing."

"The plan is simple, you'll be supported by your inner soul beings, meanwhile Lelouch and I will hold a defensive force to quell the nanomachines that surely will attack you."

"Okay, stupid question even with my inner soul being, how is there any guarantee we will get out?"

"The Scouting Legion is prepping a series of traps and specially designed 3d maneuver gear to pull you out once the enemy attacks."

"Last question before we go raiding the 'labyrinth', where the hell is Stella?"

"I'm right here you idiot! Also, in your inner soul world, you are automatically in your soul reaper form, so of course I'm going to be in my zanpakuto form."

"Then why do you take on human form most of the time?"

"Because I feel like it! Also, it's awkward talking to you as a dagger, it's like being in soul eater or something."

"True, I just want to get this over with and wake up ASAP to deal with hollows tomorrow."

As we descended down to the battle formations Lelouch concocted as though he was taking on the world, we walked amongst my inner soul beings side by side.

We look like the badass cowboys from the movie Tombstone. Fuck yeah!

Mikasa attempted to equip me with some 3d maneuver gear, but because I am so short as Ciel, they gave me Connie's gear. He got pissed until Sasha let him borrow hers as she picked up a bow to hunt for food.

Oh potato girl you are my favorite side character in Attack on Titan. I can kinda see why people ship her and Connie, though it's not necessary.

Mikasa then said, "When you are ready to retreat, pull the trigger and you'll be sent back to the defense force. We'll handle the main enemy forces until they begin to overwhelm and that's when we'll regroup."

"Understood, but, are you okay with this plan?"

"Honestly, it's a relief to have allies and friends in this lonely endeavor."

"Yeah, no kidding..."

Ciel, please, don't worry. You are not alone.

Let's do this, and...could we not talk about my dad...I kind of preferred not remembering a thing about him right now...I just...want to focus on the here and now instead of the past..

It's the very least I can do. Let's finish off these bloody nanomachines plaguing the seventh inner being we're going to meet.

We entered the abyss of the labyrinth as suddenly EVERYTHING changed. The background, the art style, even the background noises changed to an eerie song that sounded very familiar. Come to think of it, it's like the entire background is a gothic scrapbook with nothing really drawn, when suddenly a bunch of scrapbook looking creatures emerged from the walls of the labyrinth. Vash immediately started firing blindly at the walls as the creatures disappeared deeper into the fog. We could barely see what was in front of us, but could see the roof and any creature that comes at us as most creatures died on the spot with one cut.

Why is everything so colorful and heavily contrasted with the fog and dark creatures?

You haven't figured it out yet?...Why do I have the feeling shit is going to hit the fan really quick right now.

As if I haven't already jinxed myself enough by thinking about that with Stella, I sensed what I believed to be the next inner soul being. It was a middle school girl with purple hair in a yellow school uniform with glasses, twin pigtails, and a metal disc attached to her arm.

Oh...shit...it's Homura Akemi...and this is no ordinary Labyrinth, this is a Witches Labyrinth!(Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

"Everyone get out!"

As we all attempted escape in 3d maneuver gear, we all simultaneously hit a magical barrier.

"Shit, this is just like the anime! Everyone, focus on Homura. She's the real target!"

Homura briefly said, "Madoka..where are you?"

Dozens of familiars emerged all around her as they scoured the area, gunning for us as we retailiated in immense fury. Vash quickly began firing on familiars that were flying above us as Mikasa used her 3d maneuver gear to latch onto a giant familiar that looked like a fat wrestler ready to pummel us into oblivion. She then did a spin dash attack, tearing open its belly as Kamina jumped in to stab it in the heart as it disappeared in death. The rest flew like a swarm of bees towards the rest of us. Shiroe then used thorn bind hostage spell to hold down the bulk of the swarm as they were so close to each other that they practically became one entity. I quickly gave it five cuts, giving the swarm 5,00 points of epic damage. Out of nowhere Homura went straight for me and threw a pipe bomb at me at point blank range. Shiroe who was the closest whacked it out of the way just in time for it to blow up more familiars on the way. Kamina landed on a pile of rubble when he began to dig like a madman saying, "Simon is more of a digger, but look at what I dug up. JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM! KAMINA SUPER OMEGA KICK!"

Kamina arose from the rubble in his Gurren, tearing apart familiars while also randomly naming every attack with his name like it makes them special and more powerful like in a shonen. Shiroe climbed onto the Gurren and Mikasa swooped in to be tossed by Kamina for extra speed to directly attack Homura as it is clear she is being controlled by the nanomachines as she had a metal necklace around her neck that appeared to be of the same material as their bodies. I could faintly hear gunfire and spells attacking the Labyrinth itself. Homura countered by summoning forth with her powers a rocket launcher, blasting Mikasa across the map. Vash got injured by the blast as his arm blew off, so he removed the scraps and fired with his arm gun. I on the other hand quickly realized that Homura is going to attack anything in her way to me, so I ran around as far away from everyone as I could, trying not to bump into anything until I tripped over a pink bow...wait... A PINK BOW!

Come to think of it that is not the only odd thing, as I look closer to the ground, there are weapons, there's the Buster sword, Link's grappling hook, the bow I used when learning to hunt with...Uryu...was Homura, holding them for me? What does this mean?

I picked up the gauntlet and used it to grab onto Homura as Kamina ran in about to kick her into the floor when she summoned forth a hundred muskets...Mami-chan's muskets (Madoka Magica) and fired in all directions as the bullets bounced off of everything it hit knocking us back. Like an idiot, Medaka and I charged headfirst at Homura as she grabbed the Buster sword going Kurokami phantom on her ass to the point the shock wave from her attack propelled me forward, which doesn't even makes sense at this point but screw it I needed it I we were running 500 meters straight to Homura as everyone else is pinned down for the count. As we got within arms reach and the both of us swung our blades, Homura just straight up grabbed the Buster sword and shattered it with her BARE hands.

Damn, she just went Aizen on Medaka, this is our chance to make a dent.

Let's do this!

Heck ya!

Medaka bear hugged her as she grabbed onto Homura's magical shield as I managed to quickly stab into her neck where the nanomachine took hold of her. As it died, the necklace disappeared and the rest of the nanomachines started to come toward us. The Labyrinth disappeared as Homura became unconscious from the shock of her injury. Mikasa reeled Homura to safety as a barrage of magic, gunfire, and...FREAKING KNIGHTMARE FRAMES (Code Geass) shooting the crap out of last of the nanomachine swarm. Medaka helped me get up as the nanomachine I killed controlling Homura left an electrical shock that brought me to my knees for a bit. As the rest of the Labyrinth collapsed, I noticed that the area it occupied was a ruined storage facility. The energy that made up the Labyrinth condensed to the form of Homura's soul gem, heavily tainted from encountering the nanomachines. I picked it up as Shiroe came to me on his griffith and said, "I'm glad to see you have survived the onslaught from these nanomachines."

"More like I was lucky to have the support of my inner soul beings. At the very least I was able to take down the Labyrinth before we got screwed over back there. By the way, where in the hell did you find Knightmare frames?"

Stella took on her human form and said, "I wanna ride the big one!"

"The...big one..what the hell!?"

Out of nowhere, Lelouch flew high and mighty on his giant knightmare frame the Gaiwan (which if you have seen the show he stole for his own personal use to wreck things up on an island...not really a spoiler mind you...I promise not to make spoilers unless certain information is needed to put characters into context of events down the line in this fanfic. This is especially true for the following series that I will mention spoilers: Bleach, Rosario + Vampire, Code Geass, and many more coming up). Acting all mighty to the point that out of nowhere he was wearing his zero costume as though he was desperately trying to blend in with all the mmorpg adventurers and Scouting Legion when it just made him look a bit full of himself. To top it all off C.C. jumped right out of the cockpit and landed right in front of me as though she was attempting to make her entrance a parkour run. Lelouch flew down to make sure we were alright as Homura was treated pretty quickly with the aid of medic classes.

She came to and told me resting in a tent, "Where...w-where is Madoka?"

Shiroe and the rest of the inner soul beings explored the area while she was recovering to find several bodies laid about the rubble and various weapons lying around the scorched dirt. Many of the weapons were destroyed almost completely and instead of shards bits, were made up of...string.

Of all things, why are these weapons..made of string? I don't...quite remember why they are like this...hmmmm.

The moment you do, you will get a sense of your true strength, possibly even enough to learn to use your shikai.

Hmmm...still...I hope I learn soon...so I can defend myself...

You will, with my help.

These bodies, they were...killed? I don't get it, if everything here, including the beings that dwell within my soul are...nothing more that figments of my imagination and mind in some ways..how can they die? In theory, I should be able to manipulate the confines of this world as it is also my very soul. Like for starters, if this world can changed by the very beings that dwell here like Shiroe, and they are derived from me, can't I change this world, like undo the concept of death for the beings of this world. You know, I keep overthinking this crap, it will almost as bad as watching End of Evangelion right after watching the show with the most wtf ending that the only words to describe is GAINAX ENDING!

You said it, with all the forced religious symbolism that goes nowhere and moments that at times you just want to say what the fuck, yeah don't overthink things. From what I can tell, you could alter things in the world based on the status of your mind, but since you have forgotten some memories, it's probably preventing you from accessing you full power...so...yeah...that's my input.

Meanwhile as we were contemplating the weapons and other oddities of the inner soul world, Shiroe found out very quickly why there were so many bodies, because the nanomachines gathering a bunch of people and salvaged their corpes for energy, especially the weapons, which turned to string when completely broken. Hell, there was string everywhere, even in the storage units. Shiroe gave the bad news to Homura by saying "It seems that...these nanomachines killed her, and her fellow comrades to harvest their energy like leeches."

"...n...no...no...NOOOOO...my Madoka..is dead?...I've tried so hard...to see her once more..and this...is what I get?..why...why am I the one that lives...I must undo what has happened here."

I interjected knowing what happens in the madoka movies by saying, "Homura, I..understand where you are coming from...I'm doing what I can to return home to my family..but..there are things that are just beyond my control, and playing god could possibly makes things worse."

"But...I have..to do something..."

"I know...so do I...I need..to remember...who I am..and where do I come from...and my entire family...so I may hopefully one day find some clue as to going home. I don't belong in this wretched world where people will fight for any excuse like vengeance, power, or just for the hell of it."

"...I don't know what good I could do now...I'm not that strong."

"Nor am I, but if we work together, we can become stronger than we ever thought of on our own."

"I hope so..."

"Likwise Homura...likewise...Can I ask you something? Would you...care to accompany us..you could use the company...it's up to you of course..."

"O-okay...I...don't want to be alone in this world...Al...I am...#7...Akemi Homura..."

A/N: I seriously am sorry this chapter for so long, I had to prepare for school and as I am posting this, I'll be busy with school and work, so expect some delay with chapters coming out. With that being said, when I do get the chance to write the chapters, they will be longer as the next few chapters should have longer scenes as things are FINALLY gonna pick up where I need the plot for this arc to be the point where there will be a lot of interesting things going on with action and even living at the Hellsing manor. Another inner soul being has joined the ranks, who are the rest of the inner soul beings? How will Seras plan on capturing a hollow? Why the hell is it taking so long for Alucard to return if at this point in the Hellsing storyline (which is basically at the end of the series) he can be anywhere and nowhere with the blood of Schrodinger's cat running through his veins? (There is a reason and it is kinda to set up and justify his actions MUCH later in the fanfic) What the hell is Sir Integra doing? When will Stella get better screen time? Find out on the next chapter of the ironic reality of a normal college student!