Well hello there once again! It's that time where I occupy myself as society crumbles all around me!

Glassedgamer: Ah! No you are not mistaken dear reader! There's a reason why S-Class has mostly been a passing phrase instead of anything of note. We will get to that point after this arc (spoilers... I guess. I dunno). I will say it does relate to something Matt changed being in this world since, y'know, actions have consequences and all that jazz.

With that out of our way, please enjoy this chapter. Now excuse me while I go find some toilet paper, I wonder if I'll have better luck if I call it Josh?

Matt and Sarutobi stood in the crows nest of the ship, overlooking the destination in question. A figure flew over from the island to the duo, the hummingbird-like man floated right by his master.

"Anything?" Matt inquired.

The spirit shook its head, "Nothing but dead silence. No signs of a struggle or anything. It's like everyone just vanished. Place is a ghost town."

Sarutobi remained silent with a contemplative look as Matt used a pair of binoculars to look around before sighing.

"Thanks for the help anyways." He recalled the spirit before looking at the man with him. "So what now? Do we dock by the bridge or should we wait it out? Could be a trap either way."

Normally the Captain would make use of their absurd firepower with the present group of 10 Mages, however that plan went out the window when a second ship was docked in the port; a fact that the intelligence failed to mention to the group. Especially when the boat in question was one of their own. But it didn't matter now, they had to potentially deal with 2 groups of escaped Narakan convicts on top of securing the safety of the civilians and finding out why a Rune Knight ship got stolen.

"…" His eyes remained closed as he went through all the odds and possibilities. "We wait for two hours."

"Any reason why?" The teen raised a brow at the call.

"Two hours would be the maximum amount of time needed between them using the local community Lacrima to relay a ransom to the council and for them to organize a message to us." He explained simply.

"Ah, I see now. Since no signs of a pillaging occurred, you're waiting to see if this is a hostage situation, or an in-fighting one." Matt faintly smirked, as the latter option simply meant they just went in and did some clean up.

Sarutobi nodded as he kept his gaze locked onto the island, feeling something odd coming from the landmass. It wasn't a feeling of dread or even real danger, moreso a feeling of... incompetence.

As these thoughts ran through the Captain's head, the pair was caught off guard by a flare shooting off into the sky, it's bright red luminescence contrasting against the cloudless sky.

"Well, doesn't look like they're willing to wait." Matt raised a brow at the rather bold move.

"It appears so…" Sarutobi sighed, "Very well then." He turned to the helmsman Yoru, "Dock us!"

The woman nodded and took them into port. For what was essentially a connected archipelago, the main port was rather large and intricately designed to fit as many ships as possible, it was reminiscent of a spider web to the Fairy Tail mage. At the center was a large spiral staircase that wrapped around the center pillar of the bridges, a lift was also there for larger cargo based on the more rectangular design.

"How are we doing this? Having all of us just barge in might not be the best idea." Yoru questioned the next course of action as the anchor lowered.

"No, only six of us will be heading directly in." Sarutobi gathered the group at the deck. "Myself, Captain's Yoru and Yato, Matthew, Jura and Ultear shall be heading in directly." He addressed the main assault team. "As for Captain Ken, Captain Hina, Cosmo and Siegrain, the four of you will break into two teams and sneak onto the northern and southern islands."

"How do you reccomend we do that?" The bluenette raised a brow.

Sarutobi gave a silent gesture to Ken and Cosmo, the former nodding and the latter giving a wide smirk.

"I'll take Captain Hina with me, my magic allows me to multitask pretty well in circumstances such as this." With that, his feet glowed a bright green. When the light died down, two bug-like appendages took their places. "Take Over: Insect Soul. These are the legs of a water strider, so I'll simply carry Captain Hina while we head off."

Yato shuddered, "God, that magic always gives me the creeps."

"That's... a unique solution." Matt blinked at the odd variation of the magic, somewhat thankful the Strauss Siblings had far more visually pleasant ones.

"As for myself." Cosmo smirked and jumped off the railing into the water, a glow illuminated the still visible mage as he physically transformed.

What emerged was a Chimera of sea creatures. Dark blue scales all over Cosmo's body, an angler fish's antennae on his head, webbed hands, a large shark tail instead of legs and what looked like suction cups on his elbows and palms. A wicked grin of razor-sharp teeth and white, pupil-less eyes stared at the group of bewildered and creeped out mages.

"Beast Transformation! It's the same magic Wolfheim from the Wizard Saint's uses! Just a water variant!"

"Well at least we got a good variety in our magic users." Matt scratched the back of his head at the other off sight of the day, a feeling he felt would grow even further today.

"Siegrain, you and Cosmo will head to the northern island since he can travel the fastest." Sarutobi spoke to the bluenette who gave an indifferent shrug.

"It's fine," a bubble of air appeared around his head with a wave of his hand. "I can manage."

The Head Captain nodded as Siegrain leap over the railing to join his fishy comrade.

"Remember you two: fish are friends, not food." Matt told the duo who plainly didn't understand his reference and awkwardly nodded before leaving.

'One day damnit! One day someone will get my jokes!' The adult in a teenage body had a midlife crisis while the other departing duo prepared to leave.

"Now then." Ken lifted the girl in his arms, a slight smile on his face. "Is that comfortable for you?"

The girl vigorously nodded as she hid her face in her hands, a massive red blush evident on the corners of her palms.

'''Just fuck already.''' The spunky ladies and Matt unanimously thought with deadpan expressions as he leapt off the edge and ran over the water with her.

'I wonder if this means Jesus was part bug. Huh, maybe those wacko theories about aliens building ancient advanced architecture were all true. Oh god, what if jesus was an alien?! Does that mean most of the world worshipped Cthulu all along?!' The teen's mind trailed off as he let out a tired sigh. "I need friends my own age."

"What was that?" Ultear raised a brow at him.

"Nothing. Nothing at all. Let's just get a move on before the heat death of the universe."

"What's a universe?" Her innocent question caused the teen to momentarily stumble in his tracks.

"Nothing. Nothing at all. Let's just go please." Today was gonna be a long day.


The group of six walked up the large staircase cautiously with Sarutobi taking the lead. His raised hand causing them to stop.

"Do you feel that?" He questioned without looking back.

"Yeah, it's faint, practically invisible, but I feel some magic power." Matt nodded as his scowl deepened.

"Whoever this is must be pretty experienced." Yoru didn't even notice her longer held breaths.

"And they gotta be strong!" Yato excitedly grinned.

"We should take caution though, who knows if this is part if their plan or not." Jura was already preparing a spell.

"Either way, we gotta keep going." Ultear rationalized to the unanimous nod of the group.

Just before the top of the stairs, and by extension the exit, was within a few steps, Sarutobi stopped the group and summoned a spear from his Requip space.

Taking the cue, everyone readied a weapon or spell. And with his fiat closing, they charged up, ready to fight whatever opponent await them.

"BAKAWK!" A green chicken crowed innocently as it walked around.

"""...""" They looked at the animal and felt incredibly stupid for thinking it was the enemy.

"MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" A maniacal laugh descended at the group from the heavens as a large figure glided down to them.

"""!""" They all immediately assumed combat positions as the figure got closer and closer.

The whites of his eyes became visible when-

"AYEEEEEEEE!!!" He overshot the landing and fell into the water, a large splashing noise and the breaking of deck signaling his landing.

"So... highly dangerous criminals eh?" Matt spoke out loud as Sarutobi groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose.

The figure then shot back up and landed on the platform, absolutely soaked as he stood there.

"Long have I awaited for your arrival. And long has this world awaited for my arrival! It was destiny that we would meet here on this great bridge! For the man that stand before you all today is I: Gilgamesh!" He struck a magnificent pose. "And my partner Enkidu."

"Bakawk!" The painted chicken crowed.

"I never realized chuuni's count as highly dangerous criminals." Matt snarked. Back home the prison system would be a mess of teens if this system was in effect.

"Please just be quiet." Sarutobi begged the teen to stop, this was already bad enough on their image as is.

"Indeed! Enough with the expository banter!" He summoned a long pole arm which he twirled before taking a stance. "For now we fight like men!"

"Naturally." Matt nodded in agreement.

"And ladies!"

"Of course!" Ultear swiped her hair back with a grin.

"And cultists!"

"Wait wha-" Yato went to speak, but got cut off.

"AND WOMEN WHO DRESS LIKE CULTISTS!" The poor man was having a hard time keeping track of all these kinds of people.

"I think he's talking about you guys." The teen held back a chortle as the Rune Knights were just attributed to blind koolaid drinkers… wait a minute.

Matt shook his head to clear that thought as he stepped forward.

"You guys go on ahead, I'll handle this guy." He held a faint grin as he kept his gaze locked on the bafoon before his eyes.

"Don't be so hasty Matt." Jura tried to talk the teen down.

"I gotta pull double duty: kicking this guys ass and keeping the ship safe. Best to have one guy that can handle both do it instead of wasting resources." His argument was rather sound, the kabuki oni could deliberately attack their only means of transportation.

That is unless…

'Why didn't I think of that?!' The walking reference chided himself as the group in front of him spoke.

"He's got a point Sarutobi, these other guys could be even more dangerous than just him." Yoru glanced at the other islands where an opponent likely lie in wait for them.

"…" The large man kept silent.

"I don't know if I'm comfortable leaving a kid to do this all alone." Yato looked at the confident Matt and couldn't help but see someone else in his place.

"…" Ultear remained neutral, she knew how strong Matt was and how he could handle himself.

"Can you handle it?" The man questioned Matt who simply smirked even wider.

"Who the hell do ya think you're talking to?"

He looked at the teen for a moment before sighing.

"...Yoru and Ultear will break for the eastern island, the rest of us will head to the western one." The Captain adamantly ordered as the group reluctantly nodded and broke off, leaving Matt alone with the man.

"Rather nice of you to just let them go like that." Matt complimented his opponent honestly.

"Hmph. Anyone who would face me alone and allow his buddies to press onward deserves my respect!" He took a combative stance. "Now show me this strength you posses!"

The teen summoned a black katana and smirked as he also took a stance, "My pleasure.


Cosmo and Siegrain quickly made land on the southern beach of the northern island. This island went by the name of Genbu and primarily exported seafood goods.

The duo quickly took cover behind a rock after making landfall and looked over the situation.

Neither spotted any signs of a fight or struggle, which meant either everyone was taken quietly, or they managed to pretty up the place after the fight. Neither boded well for the mission.

Normally Siegrain could absolutely care less about such things, however making the mission as much of a positive success as possible would help greatly in his later ambitions.

"I'll advance into the center of the island, you keep close to the coast since your magic works better by the water." Siegrain formulated a plan.

"I have more than one form you know? How do you think I made S-Class? Don't underestimate a member of the Element 4!" Cosmo smirked as he marched forward, much to Siegrain's chargin.

The animal instincts given to Cosmo allowed him to narrowly dodge a shuriken that went right for… his shin.

"Drat! I missed!" The voice of a young girl cursed.

"Get behind cover!" Cosmo ducked behind a tree as Siegrain took refuge with a large rock.

The voice confidently laughed, "Hiding won't stop my miraculous aim! The Great Ninja Yuffie shan't be hindered by mere stone and wood!"

She threw out two handfuls of shuriken. Half of which missed by a large margin, and the other half actually got close to nailing the duo.

"I'll draw her fire. You get her!" Cosmo immediately rushed around the tree's, shouting and making as much noise as possible to get the girl's attention.

"Damn fool has a death wish." Siegrain spat out before smirking, "though at least he's a good pincushion." The teen rushed into action, hopping over the rock and flinging some fireballs at the direction of the shuriken, catching some trees on fire in the process.

"Hey!" The girl shouted, "These people need the trees! Don't go burning them willy nilly!"

As the teen threw another fireball right where he heard the voice, a large black mass consumed the magic entirely, leaving nothing behind.

"What?!" The teen couldn't dodge the attack reemerging from his own shadow, nailing him square in the back and sending him rolling.

"Siegrain!" Cosmo attempted to rush over, but his ankle was caught by a shadow and his form was suspended in the air. "Let me go damnit!" He swore and tried to break free.

Siegrain got back up after a moment, that fireball packing more punch than the others as he intended to kill with it. He noticed the girl had also put out the remaining fires too.

'What the hell is this?! A dark mage caring about damage to the environment? Not to mention the fact she could have killed me and Cosmo right there, but didn't!' As much as he didn't want to admit it, something was wrong about this. And he did not like the direction this was all heading.


"Looks like we made it." Ken was somewhat out of breath as he put Hina down on a beach of the isle. The southern island of Suzaku, a place prominent for cotton of a good quality and unique flowers of a vermillion color.

Hina didn't speak as her embarrassment kept her from doing so. Ken glanced around, using his advanced senses to try and pick up anything.

"I'm getting nothing, how about you?" He sighed and looked to her for information.

The girl immediately snapped into action as she "glanced" around for a moment before shaking her head. Hina couldn't see in a traditional sense, but she had a special eye magic that allows her to see Ethernano itself. Ethernano is kinda like dust when not being absorbed by mages or into local leylines, hotspots of the stuff in the ground. So this meant she could basically see everything she needed to. Granted no color and high detail were slightly depressing, but it was better than nothing at all.

"Nothing. Not even a sign of a recently used spell."

That immediately threw the other Captain on guard. Hina could detect if a spell was used even up to five days ago, well before the distress signal was received by the council.

"Let's go, but be careful, we don't know who we're dealing with here." He spoke cautiously.

The girl nodded as they slowly went through the forest and soon entered a large clearing of a small town. Each island had about three or four towns of ranging sizes, this one appeared to be the smallest of this particular isle.

Ken stopped in his tracks, Hina following suit as he looked around.

"What's wrong?" She questioned the man as he tried to find something.

"It's faint, but I can smell people." He scowled as he sniffed the air.

"How many?"

"A lot. Probably the entire islands population if I'm honest."

"Well then we should hurry and find them!" She reccomend as he nodded afterwards.

As the duo set off to locate the hostages, they were besieged by a weapon striking the ground in front of them.

"Now hold on there!" The voice of a young man spoke to the duo. "That's as far as you bastards go. I got strick orders to make sure you don't get those grubby hands on these innocents." He smirked at the duo who stood on-guard.

"Who are you?" Ken scowled as he prepared a counterattack.

"Me? Why you're about to get your butts kicked by the one and only Joseph Jones!" He pointed to himself proudly.

'He was part of that pirate crew that got busted a couple weeks back. What are they doing here?' The white-haired man tried to figure out why they broke off from Lucius' group, however he waited too long as a trio of clacker balls headed right for them.

The pair dodged as Joseph kept them moving instead of thinking, making sure no plans could potentially be formed.

'Damn! He's good at reading our movements!' Ken swore as he hopped and ducked around the onslaught, one clacker set managing to ensnare itself on his arm, but didn't hinder mobility.

What Joseph wasn't expecting was the blind girl actually going on the offensive.

Hina charged forward, Joseph's magically summoned weapons being easy reads and dodges for her as the distance between the two became much shorter at an alarming rate.

Joseph went to dodge, but found he couldn't move his legs at all.

"Wha?!" He felt his feet become stuck to the ground as Ken shot webbing at the appendages from his mouth.

"You're all clear Hina!"

The girl didn't respond as she leapt up into the air, a powerful palm strike prepped while Joseph looked on… as Hina struck Ken square in the jaw, a tooth flying from his mouth.

She looked on in evident shock as Ken was not there even a microsecond ago. Joseph had used a magic in relation to his weapon of choice that Hina soon figured out as Ken and Joseph once again swapped places and the attack of dual clackers he'd prepped crashed square into her abdomen, sending her to the floor a fair bit away.

"Hina!" Ken growled at the man who still wore a confident smirk, firmly in control of the battle.

"Don't think you can beat me! Scum like you two aren't gonna lay a hand on these people!" Joseph cursed the duo with a hint of genuine anger.

'This doesn't make sense! Why is a dark mage fighting to protect some civilians?!' Ken swore as he stood up once again, continuing the battle.


Yoru and Ultear raced across the bridge as Matt commenced his battle with that giant oaf. The pair of girls heading for Byakko, the eastern island that specializes in craftsmanship and carpentry. Normally a rather cool place due to the large, towering trees that kept a lot of sunlight and wind at bay, was now absolutely freezing as the pair kept walking furthur into the island.

"Is it just me, or is it getting way too damn cold?" Ultear shivered as the pair slowed to a walk in the middle of a dirt path.

"No, the temperature dropped an insane amount not long after we set foot on here. Yet I can't see any snow or ice at all." Yoru scowled as she knew they were being watched.

"Mwahahaha! That would be because of me!" A figure swooped down from the sky with wings of ice, the small girl had a cocky grin as she eyed her opponents.

"So this is all your doing?" Yoru scowled at the girl.

"But of course! This is nothing for Cirino! The strongest there is!" The girl struck a pose.

"Strongest there is?" Ultear raised a brow at the bole claim. Master Hades was leaps and bounds above this girl, she didn't even need to see a spell to be certain of that.

"Yup! And I've been waiting all this time for you to show up! Making sure everyone was kept out of your reach!" She gave an arrogant shrug, "I even left the door open so they could hear me defeat you two."

"Wait." The older woman stopped her. "You left the door open to where the civilians are?"

"Of course!"

"And then you started to freeze the island?"

"Yup!"

"… Did you make sure they were able to stay warm?"

"Of- …" The girl blinked a few times. "AAAAAHHHHH CRAP! THE BOSS WILL KILL ME!!!!" She then flew off, likely to make sure a bunch of popsicles didn't await her.

"... I'm starting to think Matt had a point back there." Ultear gave a dry look to the woman.

"Poor management decisions aside, isn't it odd? How she made it seem like we were the bad guys?"

"Now that you mention it…"

"Something must be going on here. The fact that one of those other ships belongs to the Rune Knights is probably a hint." The woman groaned. "I'm not good with this kind of stuff, Sarutobi or Matt seem more like the type to piece this stuff together."

As the duo spoke, the girl returned, slightly less bravado in her step.

"I return once again! But don't expect it to happen a third time! For I shall defeat you here and now!" A wicked smile crawled up her lips.

"Ultear, back me up." Yoru removed the cloak of the outfit and took a fighting stance.

"Got it." She nodded at the woman.

"Absolute Zero!" The girl stomped her foot to the ground, coating it in a thick layer of ice as it quickly made its way to the others.

Ultear waved her hand and melted the ice around them.

"I can deal with any ice that gets close to me, but I can't help you if you get too far." The teen advised the woman.

"Heh, not a problem, got a solution just for this!" She raised her arm to the side as magic power circled around her, growing hotter and hotter, melting the nearby ice. "Fire Goddess Mode!" The back of her shirt exploded along with the sleeves as flames danced around her body wickedly.

A technique that utilizes the Ethernano of the air and the magic power in the body. By exciting the internal supply and drawing in local Ethernano for a recharge, an ignition loop is created where the excited raw magic becomes fire magic without the need of knowing any fire spells.

Before Cirino could react, Yoru was already hot on her heels with an axe kick ready.

"Crusher Glacier!" A massive ice glacier shot from the sky and separated the duo, though it was quickly melted away from Yoru and Ultear's magics being the worst matchups for ice magic.

However the girl did not waver as she barely ducked under a kick and dodged a sphere that punched a hole in a tree.

"Don't think you've won yet!" She channeled her power and dispersed it into the air, sending a chilling wave of frost everywhere.

"That's not good enough!" Yoru smirked and punched a fresh wall of ice in front of her, what she had failed to notice was her fire was no longer present. Pain shot up her hand as blood trickled from the newly bloody knuckles.

'Did she just freeze the Ethernano in the air?!' Yoru swore as she leapt back to dodge some icy spikes, sliding on the ground next to Ultear who removed the ice on her Lacrima.

"Can you keep going?" The teen questioned, not taking her gaze off of Cirino.

"Yeah, some busted knuckles never stopped me before." The woman gave a reassuring nod as she stood back up.

'But still, this one is tough. The strength warrants an S-ranking for Naraka, but the personality sure as hell don't.' The woman scowled as she began to question some of the higher up decisions.


The final trio made their way over to Seiryū, the final island of the four. This island was where the main governmental hub was as nothing of remarkable note was on the island itself, making it perfect for normal ongoings.

Sarutobi lead Yato and Jura through the thick forest in an attempt to stay hidden, his gaze and senses on high alert. Jura however lagged a bit, something not feeling right to him.

"Is something wrong Jura?" The older man asked without averting his gaze.

"The earth." He scowled at the ground suspiciously.

"What about the dirt? Seems the same to me." Yato walked over and kicked a rock.

What she didn't expect was the ground to open up beneath her into a deep pit with plenty of spikes at the bottom.

"Oh crap!" She yelled as she barely grabbed Jura's staff.

"I've got you!" He shouted as Sarutobi helped pull her up.

"What the hell was that?!" She demanded answers while her heart hammered against her ribcage.

"Oh my, looks like you found one of my traps." A voice echoed through the forest.

"Who are you?" Sarutobi asked as he looked around for the source of the voice.

"Heh, haven't gone by an actual name in years, but everyone seems content calling me Hood these days." The voice mused as its owner knew he was in complete control.

"Hood? As in the Pirate Captain?" Sarutobi kept him talking.

"Bingo! Though expecting any less from the Council's favorite lapdog would be rather stupid." The voice plainly mocked the man.

"Sarutobi-dono, I figured out what it was I was feeling earlier." Jura pulled the duo closer as they formed a circle, all three sets of eyes looking a different way. "The ground itself is false in many areas, any minute disturbances will cause it to form into one of those pits."

"You're saying we're trapped?!" Yato swore as her teeth were grit in frustration.

"Not quite, I can feel the disturbances and could navigate through to safety. Perhaps even finding our opponent in the process."

"… Do it." He nodded at the younger man who solemnly nodded before following an intricate path to avoid any danger.

Jura was avoiding the traps just fine, until a trip wire was triggered, causing a mass of wooden spikes to spring from around a tree. The made barely managed to block by making some pillars of earth, however his shin and forearm were stabbed in the process.

"Jura!" Sarutobi swore as he failed to realize there were non-magical traps as well.

He removed his limbs from the trap with a hiss of pain and rested against a tree.

"You okay big guy?!" Yato wanted to go help, but given her last experience, she'd just get in the way.

"I'm fine! But I unfortunately won't be moving from here since my mobility was severely hampered." The man swore as he applied pressure to the wounds.

'So now we're trapped like rats. Traps we can't see or detect beneath us. Traps that are hidden at an expert level. To top it all off, our opponent knows the terrain and our location.' Sarutobi allowed a small grin to rise up. 'Looks like I'll have to break out my own blend of magic then.'


The black katana parried the quick spear strike as the pole arm was twirled and immediately used for another attack. Gilgamesh putting pressure on the boy half his size and a quarter of his weight.

'A straight fight won't work here!' Matt deflected a strike and ducked under another, his counterattack parried effortlessly by the man. 'He's got the raw physical abilities that far outclass mine and he's as good as Gearfried is with a spear!' The teen parried another strike and used the opportunity to back away, coming up with a new plan.

"Hahahaha! You certainly warrant some admiration for keeping up with the great Gilgamesh!" The man smiled widely, excitement clearly visible.

"Yeah yeah, whatever Greg." Matt thoughtlessly responded as he gazed around and formed a new plan.

"My name is not Greg!"

"Whatever you say." Matt's stance went low as his feet dug into the ground, he quickly dashed towards the man.

Gilgamesh swung the weapon downwards at the teen, sparks flew off the metal as Matt deflected the blade, his charge continuing and stopping just behind the legs of Gilgamesh. The teen then twisted his body to try and cleave the tender muscle behind the knee, but was interrupted by the spear he'd deflected being stabbed into the ground.

"Nice try! But that won't stop-" Gilgamesh cut himself off as he saw Matt smirk.

The man barely dodged a large sword that shot up from the ground. A new trick thanks to Matt evolving Scatter Point. Connecting his own magic into the earth was rather difficult for a non-earth magic, but the sneak attack payoff was worth it.

Matt, using the spear as a springboard, leapt up and went to cleave the head off of Gilgamesh. Unfortunately for Matt, Gilgamesh had tricks of his own, such as knowing Requip.

The teen barely dodged the stab of a sword, a cut forming along his abdomen as he kicked and rolled away from his opponent.

"Very good!" The man praised as he lifted the spear up from the ground. "I think it's time we took things up a notch."

'This guy is just a damn bag of tricks. Though it takes one to know one.' A bitter grin rose onto Matt's face as Gilgamesh's torso began glowing.

"You fight well! And for that, it's Gilgamesh's Morphing Time!" As his shouted ended, six new arms bursted out from his body, giving him a total of eight now.

Matt's eyes resembled saucers at the trick. Gilgamesh then summoned weapons for all of his limbs. The right side in descending order had a tekko kagi, the old spear, a morning star, and the old sword. His left side had a mace, another sword, an open hand and then a dagger.

"Heh." Matt smirked, "Well then I guess I'll have to have some fun too!"

A bright light came from each of his hands as two key-like weapons, one black and one white appeared in them. He twirled them around and took a wide stance with them.

"Now the real fight begins!" The man proclaimed as the duo continued their battle on the big bridge.

Once again I welcome you all back! This chapter was on the shorter side since it was just a lot of set up for a ton of action next time.

We certainly met a wide variety of personalities this time. From a big idiot, to a pair of medium sized idiots and to a small idiot. Their poor boss stuck in the middle with them all.

I'll be going more in-depth with the fights next time so I'm not gonna bother going over them this chapter.

I had a lot of fun making this group as dumb and yet scary as possible. So why not have an incredibly powerful warrior, a very talented young ninja, a genius young man, the strongest fairy and the man from Loxley make an ensemble? Will we see more of them after this arc? Oh I don't know, it's ju- yes. Yes we will. Of fucking course I'm gonna make this group recurring for some fun every now and then.

Needless to say, some odd ongoings are certainly taking root if these people believe our group to be the villains. Without question the good ol' corrupt council is probably having a hand in this.

Before I leave you all, I know I said I don't do Omake's during arc's with an exception of the next one, but I could not resist this idea when it popped up.

With all that said and done, I bid you all adieu.

Omake: Stop! You've Violated the Law! (non-canon)

As Matt and the large man faced off, he summoned a familiar black katana to start off with.

"Well then, he who strikes first!" He leapt into the air as black and red energy came unhinged around the blade. "Getsuga Tenshou!"

"Stop!" The man yelled out a desperate plea.

"Huh?" Matt stopped midair, face planting in confusion. "THE HELL DO YOU MEAN STOP?!" He shouted as he quickly stood up.

"You can't use that weapon or attack!"

"Why not?!"

"Do you want this fanfiction to get copyright striked?! I just made my debut too damnit!" He begged the teen to stop.

"Copyright striked?! You are literally a walking reference!" The teen stated the obvious.

"There's a difference of slight artistic interpretation to an existing character and flat-out plagiarism!"

"Bullshit! Those suits don't care! Can they not read?! This is fan fiction! There doesn't need to be a disclaimer or anything!"

"HAVE YOU NOT SEEN JAPANESE EXECUTIVES?!" The man cried out in horror.

"... Fuck this, I'm just gonna attack." He charged it up again. "Getsuga Ten-

We at apologize but due to copyright issues King of Games has been removed at the request of [redacted]. We hope you all understand and apologize for the inconvenience.

"It's bullshit!" Matt shouted in the void of copyright hell. He glanced over to see a familiar orange squirrel, grizzled solider with an eyepatch and man with a large pyramid on his head.

"First time?" The squirrel asked.

"...Yup."

"You get used to it." The solider began to eat some snake.

"..." The last man remained as silent as a hill...top.

"I blame my shitty author."

"Why the fuck did I write this?" The untalented author questioned the importance of such a dumb skit in the middle of a dramatic story arc that only kills the entire mood.

"No seriously though, why?"