Before we begin, HAPPY NEW YEARS! Here comes 2010!

And now…

"Oh... So that was your wish Timcampy..." Hughes muttered sadly. "I thought you loved ME!!"

Cross looked around in confusion. "Um... Why am I here?"

"STAY OUT OF THIS!!!" Hughes shouted and began pacing around the drill. "I mean.... I was always kind to you!! Why did you have to betray me like THIS???!!!"

Cross was getting annoyed. "Can I leave?"

"AHGGG!!!" Hughes screamed as the world around him faded out of existence. And suddenly, L sat in front of him.

"Hello Hughes-san, how ye' feelin'?" L said smiling evilly.

"AHHG!! W-who are you? Where is this place?" Hughes stuttered.

"Who am I, you ask? Where is here? These are questions I have no have no answers to... I have always been here, in this eternal place..."

"Uh..." Hughes was confused... "I CAN'T TRUST ANYONE ANYMORE!!!"

"Oh... You can't?" L said floating upside down, then put on a Grimmer mask. "You can only trust yourself!"

"Huh?"

"Oh... nevermind...." L said, and began to shunpo in random places. "But all I know is... YOU MUST KILL ATSUKO!!!"

"Wait... But I thought he was dead... "

"Oh... Is he.... Then that's no help to you... GOOD BYE!!" And L faded away.

"NOOOOOOOO!! WAIT YOU MUST HELP MEEEE!!!" Hughes screamed, but L was already gone, replaced by a confused looking General Cross.

YES!! The..... EXTRAS!!!

Muramasa was still following....

Byakuya began to walk through the bog with Kira.

The party slowly makes their way through increasingly rough country. It becomes darker and the forest gives way to flat marshland, which they eventually have to cross. All go up to their knees in the sludgy mire. The conditions are made worse by an army of midges which attack them all unmercifully. Kira slaps despairingly at the cloud of pests hovering around him.

"What do these critters eat when they can't get Shinigami?!" He groaned.

Swords stared at Allen in horror. "You're a MONSTER!!!" But then Swords pulled another gun from his jacket. "HEH HEH!!! I bet you didn't expect that!!! Never underestimate your opponent's... umm. weapon supply." And he shot.

Allen lay there blood pouring from his shoulder. "HEH!" Sword's chuckled. "You can call me Tenma's alternate universe self, or the 156th gung-ho-gun.... HELL! You can call me Swords! Just remember the pain!" And he walked off.

Muramasa finally stopped. "Well, I guess you're really leaving…" Muramasa lowered his head. "I should give this back to you," he said, holding out a soggy-looking sausage.

"AGH! NO! GET AWAY FROM ME!" Atsuko yelled, pushing Muramasa into the river and running off.

5 months later…

"Why do you people think you can just come on in and question these poor souls about their terrible pasts?"

Hughes blinked. "I'm not the first person that wanted to interview Muramasa?"

The lady ignored the question. "They're just trying to get over their pasts, and they don't need anyone barging in and questioning them. "

"But…. This is important…"

She hesitated, then sighed. "Fine, but you only get half an hour."

Hughes walked over to Muramasa's bed. Muramasa laid there, eyes wide, staring up at the ceiling.

"Um… I'm here to ask you about Atsuko."

There was no reaction from Muramasa.

"I know that you went into shock ever since he threw you in a river…" Hughes's voice trailed off. It didn't look like he was going to get much information here.

Then, Muramasa opened his mouth, if only faintly.

"What?" Hughes leaned over to hear what Muramasa was trying to say.

Muramasa opened his mouth again. "…Pee…. Need to…pee…"

"Ugh…" Hughes frowned. "Now what am I supposed to do? How am I going to find Atsuko?"

Wait a second… Hadn't someone interviewed him before? Maybe they got more information out of him! Hughes rushed to the front desk, leaving Muramasa with a full bladder.

Byakuya and Kira heard a loud rumbling in the distance. Suddenly, two giant tractors appeared.

"NO!" Shouted Byakuya. "WE MUST PROTECT THE WETLANDS!" He slashed apart Kira's bonds. "Go get a pan of soapy water!"

*****

"Heheh…" Allen chuckled. "I thought you knew better than to TURN YOUR BACK."

Swords spun around in a panic, pulling out his gun, but it was too late… Because he only fired ONE SHOT, NOT TWO.

Allen activated his anti-akuma weapon and hit Swords in the gut. He stood, swaying slightly, and walked off into the distance.

Komui looked up as Allen returned. "Oh, are you angry that we made you kill Swords?"

Allen gritted his teeth, then shouted "INNOCENCE, ACTIVATE!"

Kanda leapt in the way just in time, shielding Komui with MUGEN!

"Well shortstack, you chose to defy the Black Order. Now you will DIE."

Hughes walked to the front desk. "Um.... Excuse me, but in a past investigation, was anyone able to get any information from Muramasa?"

The lady looked up at him. "Well... Actually, you're the first to come and ask questions..."

"WHAAAATTT?!? But I thought this was well... Important..." Hughes muttered in despair. "Well I guess I'll have to find a way to make him talk MYSELF!!!" He walked over to Muramasa, to find a large wet spot at the end of his bed.

"Gross.... You PEEEED!!" Hughes said backing away.

Muramasa sighed with relief."Ahhhh.... So refreshing....." He then looked at Hughes, "So you want to know about Atsuko.... Well I suppose I should start at the beginning..."

Kira looked around in shock. Where am I supposed to find soapy water? He got an idea and smiled evilly, sneaking off into the bog.

"HEY!! You've got the wrong guy!!!" Allen shouted. "I'm just an Akuma!!!"

"YESSSS!" Kanda said grinning. "YOU'RE JUST AS BAD AS AN AKUMA!!! Tryin' to take my Komui away from meeee!!"

Muramasa was just about to start, when they both looked up to the sound of angry shouts from the other room.

"As Director of the hospital, it is YOUR job to keep the pee levels in the beds below 95%! The current levels are around 99%! One more peeing patient, and-"

A large rumbling began throughout the building. Hughes and Muramasa could hear the voice again.

"Oh no… It's already too late… GRAB SOMETHING SECUUUUUURE!"

Just then, Hughes saw Muramasa's bed begin to shake and glow yellow. It began to dissolve into PEE. Muramasa let out a startled yelp, scrambling off the bed. Hughes grabbed him and dashed out of the room, looking back to see a giant wave of pee beginning to swill back and forth. Hughes looked around. He saw the person who had shouted the warnings. It was a headband-wearing kid that had a hammer tucked into his belt.

"I think you're the last ones in here… I already evacuated the others…" He pulled out his hammer, muttering under his breath, "If the Director had LISTENED to me, none of this would have been necessary."

Hughes stared at this person's uniform. It was black with a silver crest… The sign of an Exorcist…

"Here, grab onto the handle."

Hughes and Muramasa quickly grabbed the handle, hearing a loud cracking behind them.

"We don't have much time… BIG HAMMER, LITTLE HAMMER, EXTEND!"

They were still for a moment, then were sent flying through the sky, narrowly avoiding the crushing wave of pee that enveloped the hospital. They landed a safe distance away, Hughes needing to vomit badly.

"I thought you had a stronger stomach than that… By the way, my name's Lavi. Nice to meet you." He extended a hand, Hughes shook it.

"Um… I'm Hughes."

Lavi smiled, tucking the hammer (which had somehow grown smaller again) back into his belt. "Why don't we all go have something to eat? I left some supplies and stuff just over this hill. Follow me!"

Lavi began to set off towards the hill, Muramasa doggedly following behind. Around Hughes, the world grew black.

Hughes looked up as L sat in front of him once more.

"You'd better still run while you still can…" L chuckled. "Soon your 'friends' are going to betray you."

"No…. I'm not LISTENING to you!"

L put on a mask of Lavi. "Hah, now that I saved that fool Hughes's life, he'll trust me with anything. It's not like I even have food over that hill… What does that naive fool take me for?"

"It's… It's not true…"

"Of course it is. And that Muramasa will follow him instead of you… Just like Timcampy did…"

"NO…"

"Wow, it looks like these Exorcists are taking ALL of your friends away…"

"NO! NOOOOOOO!"

Hughes opened his eyes. The darkness was gone.

"Hughes! Are you coming or not?" Lavi was standing at the top of the hill, with Muramasa at his side.

&&&&&&EXTRAS&&&&&&

"And now begins the battle of epic proportions! KANDA VS. ALLEN!" Komui stood in the center of the front hall, waving his microphone. "But first, take a look at this beautiful picture of my sister, LENALEE!"

He pulled down a cloth, and a giant poster of Lenalee was revealed, with various booing from the audience.

"Well… Let the battle begin!"

Meanwhile…

Kira grinned. "This is the best idea EVER. HEH."