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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 38

After slaughtering every villagers, sparing the children and elderly people whom ran off in fear, Crusher, Kouta Fujiki and Marcus "The Nerd" Reservoir prepared themselves to leave but Kouta had one last thing to do.

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As the battle continues on in Jump City, we head inside the Lego Fortress where we see Marcus "The Kane" McGee, Ichigo Kurosaki and Serra Deville running through the stairs to the second floor.

"Man! Even the stairs are made of Lego!'' Ichigo commented in awe.

"I always dreamed seeing structures build through Legos, however this one, my mind is divided if I should consider it cool or meh.'' Marcus admitted with a blank face.

"What's with you guys and Legos?'' Serra questioned in confusion.

The trio then reaches the second floor and the place is filled with tons of big boxes, scattered around the black and white floor.

"Boxes!'' Marcus gasped in shock, "Buzz Lightyears' worst weakness!'' he exclaimed in a mock British accent.

Ichigo deadpanned, "You've been watching that My Neighbor Fan Animation video too many times.'' he chastised.

"But... what's up with all the boxes?'' Serra asked.

Marcus looks around, "I don't know." he replied before shrugging his shoulders, "Oh well, no time to box, we got something else to do.'' he mused.

As the trio we're about to move a voice halted their movement.

"That's as far as you punks go!'' the voice declared.

"Woah! Who's there!?'' Ichigo demanded.

Then suddenly a strange person jumps out from one box before landing in front of them, "I am!'' he answered.

"Who the hell are you?'' Marcus demanded.

"The Third Seat Member of the Toy Factory! Jack-in-the-Box.'' the strange person introduced himself.

Toy Factory Third Seat

Jack-in-the-Box

Jack is a slim, young man with a slicked back hair and dark eyes. He wears a checkered scarf wrapped around his neck, a red open vest, a white sash around his abdomen, yellow baggy pants, black boots and white gloves.

"Jack-in-the-box?'' Marcus mused before eyeing the box behind Jack, "Huh... the name fits.'' he admitted.

Jack briefly looks back at the box before glaring back at Marcus, "You may have passed through our tough defense but if you want to get to Boss Andy, you had to go through me first!" he declared.

Marcus gritted his teeth, "Damn! An obstacle.'' he grumbled.

Serra then steps forward, "You guys go ahead, I'll take care of him.'' she declared.

"Are you sure Serra?" Ichigo asked in concern, "I know you did training back in the Titans Tower but is that enough to take down this guy?'' he pointed out as out of everyone, Serra has the least combat experience and training.

"I won't know unless I try.'' Serra replied.

Marcus nodded, "Then we'll leave him to you." he complied, "Let's go Ichigo!'' he beckoned before running off.

"Good-luck!'' Ichigo said before following Marcus.

"Oh no, you don't!'' Jack exclaimed as he was about to attack them but Serra caught him in a Lou Thesz Press.

"I'm you're opponent!'' Serra declared while punching his face.

"Get off me, you bitch!" Jack growled before pushing her off him.

(Play Sami Zayn Theme - Worlds Apart by CFO$)

As Marcus and Ichigo are halfway through the stairs, Jack glares at Serra, "Damn! I need to get rid of you fast before they could reached Boss Andy!'' he declared with gritted teeth.

Serra got into a fighting stance, "Come and get me.'' she challenged.

Jack then charges forward while doing a series of cartwheels and back flips which is then followed by a spinning enzuigiri but Serra blocks it with her arm however the strike was strong that it sends her skidding a few inches away, then Jack charges at her with a spinning heel kick which then hits her sides, sending her crashing to the floor, Jack would then follow it by a falling knee strike but Serra roles out of the way, she quickly got up and uses her Gift to rip out the a pile of concrete from the floor before throwing it fast at Jack whom would dodges by back flipping.

By the way, Serra is a Blessed with an unnamed Gift which gives her the ability to create, control and manipulate the earth and other earthly substances and materials; such as crystal, sand, stone, rock, dirt, brick marble, mud, sand, wood, and concrete. She can hurl and lift boulders, generate earthquakes, mudslides, avalanches, fissures, project spikes of stone from the ground and tunnel through the earth. Serra can transport herself and others by riding on a large slab of earth. She can change earthen matter from one state to another (such as shifting mud into solid stone), and can manipulate other aspects of earth like sand, wood, magma, lava, and some metals.

However... she has one damning flaw at the moment.

"I see... despite you're athletic build, you had less combat skills and would rely on you're power.'' Jack commented before grinning, "This is going to be easy.'' he declared.

Serra gritted her teeth, "Damn! I'm still TOO green, he'll beat out in no time if I don't play my cards rights.'' she thought.

Jack charges again, Serra then quickly shot her hand out with a yellow glow, she then began to change the concrete floor into mud with Jack's feet getting stuck, she then changes the mud back into concrete, Serra then created a huge fist from the floor and used it to punch Jack on the face, sending him crashing to a wall.

"All right!'' Serra cheered.

Jack grunted before getting up, he then ran to his left and jumps inside a box much to Serra's confusion.

"What the?'' Serra gasped before running towards the box and opens it only for a boxing glove to jump out and hits her straight on the face, sending her flying back down, "Ow!" she yelped in pain while holding her nose.

"Since you're using your ability to one up on me, might as well use mine.'' Jack's voice echoes around the place.

Serra then got back, "What ability?'' she questioned.

Jack then pops from another boxes with guns in hand, "My ability? It's called Box Jumper!" he revealed before firing his guns, causing Serra to run around taking cover behind another box, then suddenly Jack pops out from the said box, "Peak a boo!'' he exclaimed and was about to grab her but Serra did a bac kflip kick on Jack's head, "Aargh!'' he grunted in pain before getting back inside the box.

Serra then quickly got away from the box, "Damn! He's all over the place!'' she muttered.

"If you're wondering what my ability is, it's just like the name says... I had the ability to jump through one box to another.'' Jack's voice explained before popping out from another box holding a bazooka, "Just like how people travel through portals!'' he exclaimed before firing his weapon.

The missile went it's way towards Serra whom dodges it, "Damn! This is bad...'' she muttered when she realized something, "Wait a minute... can it be...'' she wondered before looking at Jack with a smirk, "You had an interesting ability there but there's one major flaw...'' she said before levitating a large concrete, "... you talk to much!'' she declared before throwing the concrete towards the box he's at, destroying it.

Jack pops out from another box, "Haha! It's futile! Even if you try destroying the box, I'll just jump to another!'' he mocked.

Serra smirked, "That's true but you're not the one I'm after...'' she said before levitating more concretes, "I'm after you're boxes!'' she declared before shooting her floating projectiles towards every box in the place, destroying it on the process. Serra then noticed one more box before launching another strike, Jack quickly jumps out of the box before the attack destroys it.

"Oh shit...'' Jack muttered.

"When you revealed you're ability, I figure out that you can use your power as long as there are boxes within the vicinity, and without boxes around, you're just a fish out of water.'' Serra explained, "I maybe green when comes to fighting but I make it up with my brain.'' she mused while tapping her head.

Jack gulped, "Uh-oh...'' he squeaked in dread.

Serra grinned, "It's over!'' she declared before stomping her foot on the ground, suddenly a debris shot out below Jack, the debris went up towards the ceiling pinning Jack in the process, the debris then went down revealing an unconscious Jack stuck in the ceiling as Serra let's out a sigh, "Not bad me.'' she complimented, "But I had a long way to go if I wanna reach everyone's level.'' she admitted with a smile.

Meanwhile Marcus and Ichigo arrives at the second floor which is filled with giant stuff animals scattered around the place.

"Jesus... first boxes, now over sized stuff furballs." Marcus grumbled, "Can't this place get any freakier." he commented.

Ichigo then felt someone from the far corner, "Who's there!? Show yourself!" he demanded.

Then a manic chuckle was heard, "Fufu! I'm surprised that you noticed me." a voice said before a strange figure came out behind a large stuff animal, "Hello pesky Intruders, I am Teddie, the second seat of the Toy Factory." he greeted before introducing himself.

Toy Factory Second Seat

Teddie

Teddie has a bear-like headwear on his head, blue eyes and a flat nose, brown furred vest, black baggy pants and white slip shoes.

"Yup! Things just got freakier." Marcus stated bluntly while referring to Teddie's attire.

"You may have pass through our tough defenses and our third seat but you won't get pass through me!" Teddie declared.

Ichigo then stepped forward, "Go ahead Marcus, I'll take on this joke." he beckoned before grabbing the handle of his blade.

Marcus nodded, "Good-luck! Not that you needed it." he said with a smirk before running towards the next flight of stairs.

"You're not going anywhere!" Teddie said before charging toward Marcus but Ichigo quickly got in front of him.

"You're not getting any near on my leader!" Ichigo declared before delivering a kick at Teddie but the costumed marionette dodges and then doing a few back flips away from him.

"Oh! It's on!" Teddie declared with a glare.

(Play APA Theme - Protection by Jim Johnston)

And with that, Teddie throws a hundreds of daggers towards Ichigo but the substitute shinigami would then blocked it with his over sized blade, Teddie then follows it by throwing a grenade towards him but Ichigo quickly got out of the way before it exploded.

Teddie then throws another set of daggers which Ichigo dodges by rolling out in arms way. The substitute shinigami then charges towards Teddie and swung his blade but the costumed individual did another set of back flips before throwing another dagger which Ichigo swatted away.

Teddie gritted his teeth, "I got no time for this! Time to use my secret weapon!" he declared before whistling, then all of a sudden every stuff animal began to move, "Attack him my servants!" he ordered while pointing his finger at Ichigo.

"So he's like a tamer but instead of real life animals, he controls inanimate ones." Ichigo deducted.

Then the stuff animals charges at him, a teddy bear swung it's arm but Ichigo slices it off, then an elephant stuff animal swung it's trunk but Ichigo dodges by somersaulting above the elephant before stabbing it's back, ripping it from the inside out. Then a stuffed gorilla tried to tackle him but he quickly slides down between it's legs before slicing it on the back, then a hawk stuffed bird swoops down at him but he quickly ducks down, he then anticipated it's next attack and when the hawk swoops down again, Ichigo strikes back by slicing it's beak.

Teddie gritted his teeth as his stuff minions are falling one by one, "Damn! Guess I had to call him!" he declared before whistling again, then out of nowhere a stuffed tiger radiating in yellow aura appeared, "Get him Alexander!" he ordered.

Toy Factory Fourth Seat

Alexander

Alexander is large orange stuffed tiger with green eyes.

Alexander charges at Ichigo and swung it's claws but Ichigo dodges, then the orange-haired shinigami swung his blade at the stuff tiger's neck but much to his surprise, the tiger dodges.

"Haha! Alexander isn't a mindless stuff animal like the rest! He's a lot smarter than you think!" Teddie mocked.

Alexander then did a roll out attack, it's sharp rolling body made its way towards Ichigo, who quickly got out of the way but much to his surprise, the spinning ball of fur followed him.

"Hahaha! Once Alexander used his roll out move, his unstoppable!" Teddie mocked.

"Got to think of something!" Ichigo exclaimed while running, he then looks back and forth at the spinning ball behind him and Teddie when an idea crossed his mind, "Got it!" he declared before making his way towards Teddie.

"Hey! What are you doing!? Don't come closer!" Teddie shouted in panic before noticing Ichigo grabbing the handle of his blade, "Oh! So you want to attack me? Bring it on! I ain't scared of you!" he declared before bringing out a sword and then charging towards Ichigo.

As the two got closer, Ichigo smirked before jumping out of the way, much to Teddie's shock and before he knew it, Alexander's rolling body hits Teddie before crashing into a wall.

Alexander reverted back to his form and noticed the unconscious Teddie stuck on the wall, the stuff tiger then panicked in response.

"GETSUGA TENSHO!" Ichigo roared swinging his blade releasing a powerful energy wave.

The stuff tiger could only watch the attack with comically wide eyes as the strike hits him causing a huge explosion, as the smoke clears, Alexander is seen on the floor, his body was still intact but judging by the swirls in his eyes, he's unconscious.

Ichigo took a deep breath, "Whew! That's a wrap... I guess." he muttered in relief.

Serra then arrived at the second floor, "Ichigo!" she called out.

Ichigo turns to her, "Hey Serra! Looks like you defeat the box guy." he complimented before noticing the bruises she had on her side and face, "Looks like you had quite a fight but I'm glad that you manage to get through it." he commented.

"I did... I may have won but I realized that I still have a long way to go." Serra admitted, "It's thanks to my abilities that I defeated him but I don't think that won't be enough for future battles." she stated.

Ichigo nodded, "Don't worry, you'll improve what you lack once you started training in the camp." he reassured.

"Thanks." Serra replied in gratitude, "Anyway, seems you encountered another obstacle." she pointed out.

Ichigo looks back at the unconscious Teddie and Alexander before letting out a chuckle, "You can say that again." he mused.

"So, Marcus is now on the third floor?" Serra pointed out.

Ichigo nodded, "It'll be a matter of time before a fight occurred up there." he replied.

Meanwhile Marcus reached the third floor where he found it empty and no one was guarding it, he then made ran to next flight of stairs heading towards the fourth floor.

Upon arriving at the final floor, he comes across Andy the Ragdoll standing with his back turn on him while looking through the window.

"So... you must be Daddy." Marcus commented.

"If Daddy means leader, then you're right." Andy replied before turning to him, "I see." he muttered, "You're one of the pest that managed to get through here, I applaud you but this is far a you can go." he complimented, "And this is where you will die." he declared before picking up two long blades.

Marcus smirked, "I ain't the one's gonna die... if any, it's gonna be you." he replied.

Andy scoffed, "You think you can take me on." he mocked.

Marcus shrugged his shoulders, "Who knows? I'll just have to go through this and find it out myself." he mused.

A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.