Special appearance in this chapter: Meta Knight from Kirby series
The current time was 7:30PM now. Somewhere in the neighbourhood, Otto was already headed back towards his home. He already informed his grandfather of his whereabouts, so he didn't need to worry about his grandson.
As Otto approached a nearby street in the neighbourhood, he just accidentally eavesdropped a conversation from there.
"Tanjirou, what should we do?"
Wait a minute, that was Zenitsu's voice. Otto just returned from Jigorou's house, how did the Agatsuma came here so fast? What are the Kamado siblings doing there? Did they had a mission right now?
When Otto peeked from the wall, his eyes widened.
Otto saw 'Tanjirou', 'Zenitsu' and 'Nezuko' conversated with each other.
The boys wore similar dark colored uniforms, armed with swords. The uniform and the checkered jacket, Otto recognized it. That 'Tanjirou' was the same mysterious figure he saw in the previous night.
And as for 'Nezuko', she wore a pink kimono with hem leaf pattern. If Otto noticed carefully, she have sharp claws and fangs, making him wondered if she's a vampire.
Otto was right after all. He just encountered his friends' counterparts from another dimension. He need to go home now immediately or he would be in trouble.
"Aha!"
Otto was terrified. Someone just caught him spying.
When he turned behind, he saw a shirtless 'boar-headed' human carried a pair of swords, much to his own horror.
"What the!?" Otto was shocked.
"So you're one of their minions!" the boar-headed human pointed his index finger towards Otto.
That voice. It was the voice of 'Inosuke'. Otto wondered, did the Other Inosuke is a human-boar hybrid?
"Mi-minion!? What are you talking about!?" Otto was stuttered.
"Hahahaha! Don't try to play dumb with the lord of the mountains!" Other Inosuke yelled.
At the same time, the counterparts had already rushed towards them.
"Eh? Who's this guy?" Other Tanjirou was shocked.
"Monjirou! This guy had already spying from earlier!" Other Inosuke informed.
"No! No! I didn't do anything!" Otto desperately shooked his head. "I was..."
The rest of them looked at Otto. The boy need to find a brilliant way to escape from them.
"I was looking for my pet bird! That's all!" Otto lied.
Otto even pulled out his smartphone and scrolled his gallery in search of some bird pictures, and he found it.
"Yeah, have you seen my dog anywhere? Have you?" Otto showed them a picture of a cockatoo.
"No" all of them except Other Inosuke shooked their heads.
"I still don't believe you!" Inosuke still felt suspicious towards Otto. "I know that you-"
"Then what if I treat you guys some tempuras?" Otto offered.
Other Inosuke then went silent for a few seconds.
"Te...te...tem... TEMPURAS!?"
Out of sudden, Otto got his shoulders gripped by Other Inosuke's hands.
"WHERE'S IT!? WHERE'S IT! I WANT IT! I WANT IT!" Other Inosuke was too excited.
"Alright, alright, but..." Otto gently pushed Other Inosuke away. "But you need to go to my house first"
"Monjirou, let's go to his house! I want to eat some delicious tempuras!"
"Inosuke, you can't be so serious!" Other Zenitsu was shocked.
Otto was supposed to made his escape, but now he was giving them shelter instead.
...
Meanwhile in the sewers beneath the city, a small group of rogue alien pirates were trying to find their way to an Erionian facility in Sector 88. They couldn't risk themselves by getting chased by the Erionian enforcers.
"Alright, you mindless brains!" Keep your sleepy eyes open and stay alert!" Mordrezan said. He has a dark purplish skin, long white hair, pointed ears, forest green eyes with no irises, black claws on his hands, a pair of prawn-like antennas stretching to the back side of his waist and a crescent-shaped mouth with sharp teeth resembling the mouth of angler fish.
"But the problem is we're supposed to go to the museum, not the sewers!" "But the problem is we're supposed to go to the museum, not the sewers!" Vozurek stated. He has a crest shaped like a shark fin on his head together with ears shaped like megaphone, bright orange skin and burnt orange claws on his hands.
"Shut your damn mouth and keep searching!" Mordrezan scolded. "We need to get that orb back or Chief will be mad at us again!"
"Well, sorry to interrupt but we got a bad news" Berdamor said. He has a short moss green hair, pointed ears, a pair of dark brown antennas and black mechanical spincers instead of hands (he lost his antennas and lower arms in a devastating war).
"What!?" Mordrezan asked.
"Orbaum is missing" Berdamor replied.
Mordrezan quickly noticed one of them was missing.
"Damn it, looks like I need to teach him a lesson" Mordrezan grumbled.
Meanwhile, in the another area of the sewers, Orbaum the pyromaniac alien ran like a madman, carried his signature futuristic flamethrower rifle with him. He has a short pine green hair with mahogany-coloured streaks, pointed ears and a very small single black antenna shaped like a lollipop in the middle of his head.
Orbaum soon stumbled upon a spherical shaped creature with a silver mask, a golden sword and a dark purple cape. That creature was none other than Meta Knight, a mysterious warrior from Planet Popstar.
"What the!?" Orbaum screamed mindlessly. "A living mannequin!?"
Meta Knight just silently stared at him.
"Wretched guardian of this inflammable place! I'll burn you alive!" Orbaum aimed his flamethrower rifle towards Meta Knight.
...
One hour had passed, and Otto was already at home. And the counterparts were also present in his house.
"Otto, are you seriously sure about this? You're not doing some petty pranks, right?" Konstantin was confused.
"Grandpa, trust me, I'm not lying! They're the counterparts of my friends from the very same dimension Fuku-chan came from!" Otto tried to explained.
The Kurokawas then glanced at them. Other Inosuke was pressing his boar face against the TV screen, Fuku sat on the sofa between the other girls while Other Tanjirou and Other Zenitsu stood in front of the girls.
"You escaped from them, Fuku-chan? How?" Other Nezuko asked Fuku.
"Yes" Fuku nodded slowly.
"Grandpa, can we just let them stay here for now?" Otto asked for Konstantin's permission. "I'm afraid they would be in trouble if they're getting caught by the Slayers or Erionian. They will be suspected as Infesters in disguise"
"Alright" Konstantin gave a nod. " But they need to sleep at the bunker since we don't have enough rooms"
"I guess that I need to talk to them first" Otto said before walked towards them.
"Kurokawa-san" Tanjirou turned his face at him.
"Alright guys, since you guys don't have any place to go, then you can sleep at the bunker" Otto informed.
"Bunker?" Other Zenitsu raised his eyebrows.
"Well, this house have a few unused underground rooms" Otto said.
"Woof! Woof!"
Out of sudden, a white female Chihuahua swiftly ran towards her master in joy.
"There you're, Sonia!" Otto smiled.
"Ah, this is Sonia, my pet dog" Otto introduced Sonia to them.
"I just played with her earlier, she's a nice dog" Fuku said.
Other Nezuko glanced at the friendly dog.
"Hello, Sonia-chan!" Other Nezuko waved her hand at the dog.
"Woof! Woof!" Sonia barked happily as the Chihuahua wagged it's tail.
...
Lord Professor Demaclos only wants to continue his great-grandfather's legacy. He don't really care if his ambitions was against the decisions of Supreme Council, but he was more than willing to achieve it.
As the head of Colonial Science Department, he demanded absolute respect from everyone, and wished to eliminate those who oppose him, even for those who hid in the shadows.
Demaclos stared silently at a huge transparent blue sphere in the centre of a dark hall. Inside the sphere, there's a strange figure resembling a young male teenager floated unconsciously. His masterpiece almost completed, and now he only waits for the right time to unleash his new 'knight' to the world.
Soon, he was approached from behind by a young Erionian military officer with a blonde hair from behind.
"My lord" the officer addressed his superior.
"What?" Demaclos slowly turned his face, raised his eyebrows.
"Lady Lieutenant-Governor Athanaike has arrived, My Lord" the officer said.
"Please tell my sister to wait first, I'll come to her shortly after" Demaclos replied.
"Yes, my lord" the officer nodded as he then left the room.
"Sleep well, child. Someday, everyone will kneel under your feet" Demaclos said for the last time before he walked away.
To be continued...
Fun Fact #4: Professor Demaclos and Lady Lieutenant-Governor Athanaike are siblings; Demaclos is the eldest among his ten siblings while Athanaike is the youngest