Hello, everybody, and welcome to the trailer of sorts for an experimental Shin Megami Tensei project! After sinking my teeth into SMTV and dabbling a bit into Nocturne, their links and similarities got the old mind racing. And, I thought it'd be a fun idea to center a fic around a war of sorts between them as the new God of Law and Lord of Chaos respectively, with humanity caught right bang in the center… AGAIN. However, that being said, this project will contain MASSIVE spoilers for both the True Demon route of Nocturne and the True Neutral route of SMTV, and as such, will require an extensive amount of research and development into these routes, so don't expect anything resembling a first chapter for a while. Also, this trailer is going to be EXTREMELY rough around the edges, and this story operates under the assumption that the Nocturne and SMTV universes are in fact one and the same in some way, as well as the assumption that the demons and gods did not get Thanos'd, but are rather complete cut off from humanity, or at least, that was the Nahobino's plan. Also, the Nahobino's name is Naobi Hino, a fan name I found on Google that people are apparently giving the Nahobino, most likely because it sounds like Nahobino. And while I have been informed that "Hino" has something to do with fire, I'd like to point out that since the Nahobino is technically God now, he probably has access to ALL THE ELEMENTS, from Physical to Almighty, Light, Dark, all of them.

Well, with all that said, let's get this trailer started!

Shibuya Train Station-Tokyo, Japan

Among the hustle and bustle of the Shibuya Station, a young man in his early twenties with black hair styled into a bowl cut wearing a black jacket with a white undershirt, blue jeans, and black shoes, walked up to a young woman around the same age wearing a light blue dress and kissed her. Nearby, two young men, one with blonde hair wearing a gray hoodie and black jeans, the other with short black hair, glasses, and a black suit and tie, and a girl with red, almost maroon hair and pink eyes laughed at them good naturedly, no doubt teasing the couple, before out of the station together.

Unbeknownst to the group, a boy in his late teens who looked exactly like the man with the bowl cut wearing a dark blue school uniform with a white floral pattern and matching pants, and glowing yellow eyes, watched the couple, particularly the woman in the blue dress. Naobi Hino, Tao Isonokami, and Yuzuru Astuta had been friends ever since their elementary school days, long before the madness with demons and angels had started… but, it was only after Naobi had transcended his humanity and became the Nahobino by fusing with his right hand man, Aogami, and had traveled the Netherworld, sometimes known as the Vortex World, that he had realized that he had fallen in love with Tao, who had become a goddess over the course of his ascension to the throne of creation, and now ruled the Netherworld and the Heavens above as the Goddess of Law alongside him as his bride and lover. And it seemed as though their love even carried over to their human counterparts, something that Naobi couldn't help but smile about.

Naobi's smile quickly became a frown as something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. Indeed, his creating a world for humanity and humanity alone should have safeguarded them from being caught in the crossfire in any future conflicts between the angels of order and the demons of chaos. Unfortunately, due to their capacity for being agents of order as well as agents of chaos, or even both or neither, no matter how many times Naobi recreated the world for humanity and humanity alone, they would always become caught in the crossfire between the forces of Order and Chaos.

And with Lucifer slain by the Nahobino's own hand just moments before he ascended to become the new God of Law, a new, younger, and far more powerful Lord of Chaos had arisen to take the Serpent's place.

Standing directly across from Naobi was what looked like a man with short black hair wearing a gray hoodie with a black undershirt, black shorts, green socks, and black shoes. However, it was plainly obvious by the glowing green and black markings on his face, as well as the glowing yellow eyes, that this creature was decidedly not human.

Naobi had encountered this creature once before, and had even traded blows with him, acquiring his Essence after beating him and, through apotheosis, absorbed it into his being. From the stories he had heard both before and after they had crossed paths, the creature before him was Naobi's dark mirror in many ways. They say he had been around for as long as the original Tokyo had been swallowed by the Netherworld, and had once been a human named Naoki Kashima, before Lucifer had infused him with the first of many Magatamas that served as the source of hybrid creature's demonic powers. They called the creature many things. The True Demon. Heir to Lucifer.

But, as he had come to learn from incorporating his Essence into his being, the creature's personal favorite moniker was the Demi-Fiend. And now, he was the new Lord of Chaos to Naobi's God of Law.

The Nahobino and the Demi-Fiend stared at each other from across the vast crowd of tourists, workers, and other varieties of humans for what seemed like an eternity before Naobi blinked, and the Demi-Fiend vanished into thin air, leaving no trace.

Naobi felt a chill run down his spine. No doubt the Demi-Fiend was gathering the forces of Chaos, demon and human alike, to wage war against him, his Circle, and the New Order he had created. The Nahobino knew that he and his Circle would have to do the same if they wanted to protect not only themselves, but the humans who lived peaceful lives unaware of the angels and demons that were sealed off from them, but continued to watch them nevertheless.

Deep down, Naobi knew that humans were going to get involved with and killed in the renewed war between Order and Chaos.

It was just a matter of time.

COMING EVENTUALLY FROM THE NEW WORLD FOOL 1995

NAHOBINO VS DEMI-FIEND

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