Ash: Y'know, you've done some random things for the past few chapter...but --
Scarlet: That was the MOST.
Blu: Gee, I hope the president doesn't declare war on me.
Etna: That's stupid: declaring war over a bad comment in a fanfic (He should be used to them!).
Laharl: How DARE you make a copy of me. There's only ONE Laharl and that's me!
Etna: Yeah, cuz two would be two times as annoying.
Laharl: GRRRR...!
Blu: Eh-heh... Oh, and before I forget, I have a few story ideas for another Phantom Brave/Disgaea crossover! If you want to learn more, please go to my author's page to find out.
Asagi: And don't forget: she owns NONE of us.
Nippon-Ichi characters: DAMN RIGHT!
Blu: But you're mine to play with till the end of the story! MWAHAHAHA!
(The entire cast sweatdrop.)
Blu: Now, on with the fic!
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There's a saying that goes around that says, "You're your own worst enemy." or something like that. Basically, when people think of this, they mean their souls, spirits, decisions, and etcetera... But I bet you've never met yourself! And no, I'm not talking about your twin brother, sister or cousin. I'm talking about you. A double or something. And if you remember the phrase "you're your own worst enemy" at the time, remember: if you see yourself that means something BAD has happened...
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"Let's see who's the real one!" Laharl shouted as he lunged towards his doppelganger and tried to slash him, but the double blocked with his sword. "Why you!" The two immediately began to exchange blows while Etna and Flonne stood in front of and looked at their doubles.
"Should we be fighting as well?" said Flonne. "I don't think two of me is such a bad thing."
"As do I." The Flonne doppelganger agreed.
"Two Flonnes are as bad as two Laharls." Adel muttered to Raz, causing the warrior to stifle a laugh.
"So are two Etnas." Raz said back to the thief.
The Etnas observed themselves before placing their hands on their hips at the same time. "It's obvious who the fake is." said Etna.
The fake Etna nodded. "Yeah." She pointed at Etna. "You. I KNOW I'm not that flat."
Etna's pigtails spiked up a bit and her eyes glowed yellow as a dark aura surrounded her. "WHAT DID YOU SAY, BITCH? YOU'RE AS FLAT AS I AM!"
"OH, HELL NO!" The Etna double pulled out a gun as real Etna twirled her spear.
"Oh, it's on now!" Etna jumped into the air and was about to land on top of her double, till she moved and shot at her three times. Etna made a few shots bounce off her spear as she landed again and tried to lunge at her doppelganger.
The two Flonnes sweatdropped. "Uh-oh...this is bad. Now what do we do? Laharl and Etna are fighting with each other-- er, themselves. So should we fight with each other?" said the fake Flonne.
"Um...how about we just let our Etnas and Laharls fight and we'll heal them when they're near death?"
"That seems stupid," said Raz. "Why not just stand by and wait until one side beats the crap out of the other?"
The two Flonnes nodded. "That's a great idea!"
"Aw man!" Adel pouted and put his hands on his hips. "And here I was, ready to see an angel-on-angel battle! It would've made big bucks."
"Is that REALLY a smart idea?" Ash asked Raz and the Flonnes. "Knowing Laharl, he'd probably kill the other one."
"So does that mean we still have to fight?" The Flonne doppelganger asked the original.
"I guess so..." Flonne said sadly.
"Whoo-hoo!" Adel cheered. "C'mon! I wanna see if angels can be as evil as demons!"
The Flonne double jumped back and began to twirl her staff. "Here I go! Terra Star!" Rays of light shot down from the ceiling and almost struck Flonne.
"Oh yeah? Try this!" Flonne jumped into the air and a magic circle appeared in front of her. "Holy Arrows!" Feathers of holy light shot towards the fake Fallen Angel and struck her. "Now then, Omega Thunder!" Flonne raised her staff and a large bolt of purple thunder struck down from the heavens.
The Flonne double looked like a Fallen Angel: medium rare, or maybe well done! "-Kof- ...Oh my..." She clenched her grip on her staff as she raised it again. "Omega Heal--"
"Not so fast! Holy Arrows!" Flonne shot another barrage of feather-like arrows at her doppelganger and managed to pin her to the wall.
"Th-that isn't fair!" The Flonne double stuttered. "I didn't get to finish my spell!"
"Sorry!" Flonne apologized. The rest of the group sweatdropped as she did this.
"I guess you can never take the Angel Flonne out of the Fallen angel Flonne." Adel sighed.
Flonne raised her staff. "Ready? Saint Ray!" Rays of light flashed down from the heavens and struck Flonne's double before she had the chance to react.
"KYAAAAAAHHHH!" In a tremendous flash of light, the Fallen Angel double disappeared and was obliterated.
"Oh dear... I didn't think that would kill her!" Flonne said with tears in her eyes. "I can't believe I killed myself!"
"Technically, it was a double." Ash said with a sweatdropped.
"And aren't you USED to using violence by now? You're a DEMON!" Raz groaned.
Meanwhile, with our favorite pink-haired vassal, er-vassals were still duking it out. The Etna double jumped up into the air. "Bullet Storm!" She began to shoot wildly at the real Etna, bullets flying and striking the pink-haired vassal at an incredible speed. When she finished, she dropped down and Etna grasped her wounds.
(Damn! Now, what do I do? I've ran out of potions!) Thought Etna as her doppelganger smirked at her.
"Omega Heal!" Marona casted a healing spell on Etna.
"Huh?"
"Don't worry, Etna! We're here for you!" Marona shouted.
Flonne ran up besides her friend. "That's right! I've got your back!"
"…Heh." Etna smirked and turned to her double. "So what now, FLATTY? You gonna run away?"
The fake Etna frowned and growled. "Grrrr…. DIE!" She shouted as a magic circle appeared in front of her gun.
"Oh no you don't!" Flonne jumped up into the air as a magic circle appeared in front of her. "Holy Arrows!" She fired a barrage of feather-like arrows at the fake Etna. The arrows struck her and pinned her to the ground. "Etna, you're up!"
"Right!" Etna smirked as she jumped into the air and began to draw energy. Massive spears of fire began to form around her. "Now…" She raised her spear above her head as a malicious look appeared in her red eyes. "Prepare for your death, faker!" She swung her spear and the fire spears shot down towards the double.
"Ah…AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
-KABOOOOOOOMMMMM!-
The dust faded and all that was left of the double was a dark charred spot on the throne room carpet. Etna landed next to Flonne.
"Well, that takes care of that." Etna placed a hand on her hip as she swung her spear with the other. "Now all that's left is…"
"Dimension Slash!" Laharl cry was heard as a loud explosion occurred, followed by the sounds of steel clashing with steel.
"The prince." Etna said with an arched eyebrow.
Laharl and his doppelganger were still standing, though both had cuts and nicks over there bodies and blood trailing from a their mouths.
"-Pant-, -Pant-, Why don't you...just give up...and make it easy for yourself?" Laharl panted.
His double smirked. "No way...in HELL! I'm the Overlord; the ruler of all the Netherworld. I DON'T give up!" He stood up and raised his sword again. "Ah... Blade Rush!" He sped towards Laharl and aimed to slash the original Overlord in half, but Laharl dodged it.
"Nice try! Blazing Knuckle!" Flames surrounded Laharl's fist as he punched his doppelganger in the stomach and kicked him aside. "I've had enough of this!" The demon prince raised his arms into the air and large balls of demonic energy appeared overhead.
The double sat up and clenched his fist. "What the hell?"
"HAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA! Take THIS! OVERLORD'S WRATH!" Laharl let his arms fall and the balls of demonic energy fell towards the fake prince.
"This...THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"
-KABOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!-
Laharl stood, panting heavily. A smirk came across his face. "Hmhmhm... HAAAAAAAHAHAHA! I told you I'm Laharl! The REAL Laharl!" The young Overlord began to laugh maniacally.
His vassals sweatdropped. "Huh. I guess he didn't need us after all..." said Etna.
"Guess so." Said Raz. "And here I was ready to beat up Laharl."
"Oh well! All's well, that ends well." Flonne recited with a smile.
"Hey, you know what this means, right?" Marona said cheerfully. "We just beat the last level. That means...it's over!"
Suddenly, a nexus appeared near Laharl's throne.
"Then again..." Marona sighed.
"Hey! What's the big deal?" Laharl said as he walked back to the group. "I thought that once I beat up the fake we were done here!"
"I guess there's one more room to visit after all." said Scarlet.
"That stupid Oracle! She lied and told us this was the last level!" Laharl growled as his eyes glowed red and his hair stood up straight.
"Well then, we'll just have to go through and see." Flonne said to the young Overlord.
"Grrr... Fine! But when I see that Oracle..."
"You'll mutilate her?" Etna asked.
"Yeah!"
"-Sigh- Laharl..."
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As the group jumped through the nexus, they found themselves in the hallway of a pure white again.
"Geez, is this deja vu, or what?" Adel looked around with interest and recognized a vase. "Hey! That's the vase that I have right in here! From the level where we met Plum!"
"What?" Etna looked around "Oh yeah...this IS the place."
"Well then, let's get moving! Laharl shouted. "The sooner we get outta here the better for me!" He began to quickly walk ahead of the group.
"I wonder what's left to do know?" Marona thought aloud.
"Who knows? Just promise me we can see more of those sexy demons eating cake." Raz drooled as he thought of a level from their coming to the random dungeon.
"Pervert." Scarlet muttered as she kicked him in the shin and looked away.
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The group entered a large white room, which looked a lot like a throne room. "Where is she!" Laharl shouted.
"Right here." Plum somehow phased before, no flashy entrance or nothing. "I see you've made it to the end."
"Lemme guess," Laharl folded his arms across his chest. "You're the final challenge in this mixed-up dungeon, right?"
"No."
"No? Then why the hell are we--!"
"I know you want an explanation." Plum said calmly, no hint of humor or teasing in her voice like the first two times. "And I shall tell you. You are here because of me. I created this dungeon to see if you were strong enough."
"Strong enough...?" Laharl sounded out. "For what?"
"What else? To defeat the darkness that plagues this Netherworld. The being that was banished from here to another world over a 800 years ago. The terror demon known as Sulphur."
Ash's eyes widened. "Sulphur? He was here? He came from this Netherworld?"
"Yes. He was a creation of an Alternate Overlord who wanted to take over all the Netherworlds in the multi-verse. Luckily, Overlord Krichevskoy was able to fight it. However, it kept coming back. It had some sort of root to this world, so...he sent it away, through a nexus, to another world."
Marona placed her face in deep concentration. "Wait a minute...are you telling me it's because of Laharl's father that Sulphur came to Ivoire in the first place? ...Are you telling me...it's his fault my parents are dead!"
"It's not like he wanted it to happen." Plum explained. "Sulphur killed your parents, not him. If Sulphur had stayed here, the Netherworld would've been destroyed!"
Marona's eyes widened a bit as tears fell out of her eyes. "I...I'm sorry..." She whispered as she lowered her head.
"Now, I believe that you can do what your father could not." Plum said to Laharl. "I believe you can defeat Sulphur, for good."
"...Really." Laharl closed his eyes for a moment. "Why are you doing this?"
"-Tch- This is MY home too, ya know. No way am I going to leave the fate of the world in the hands of some snot-nosed Overlord."
"WHAT!"
"Tee-hee!" Plum grinned. A white light began to fill the room. "Well, King Laharl, I hope you're ready for your next challenge!"
"Wait a minute! I wanna know what the hell you're talking about!"
"You'll see...!"
And in a large, white flash of light, the room disappeared, along with Plum, Laharl and his vassals...
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"Ooohhh..." Laharl blinked his eyes a few times and found himself staring up at the ceiling of his own throne room. "What the hell happened?"
"You're back!" Mint cheered happily as she appeared above Laharl.
"Ah! You! If I actually cared, I would've said I'm almost glad to see you." Laharl muttered under his breath.
"I hope you've had your fun," said Asagi. "Because there's something going on!"
"Huh? What's going on?" Ash stood up and looked at Asagi.
"Lord Laharl, dood! There's something going down at the Stellar Graveyard. Something BAD!" A Prinny Soldier chirped.
"What?" Laharl blinked.
"Some more of those phantom things have been appearing all over the place along with a nexus with a powerful amount of dark energy!"
Marona gasped. "Could it be that Sulphur's behind this? Or is it its creator?"
"Who knows?" said Asagi.
"What do we do, prince?" asked Kisho. "We've sent down vassals, but none have come back. They just keep getting cut down!"
Laharl clenched his fist and looked down at it. "I say... We're going down there! There's no way I'm letting some Terror Demon take over my territory. No matter how strong it is!"
Etna turned to Laharl. "Well then, as your right-hand vassal, I'm behind you all the way, Prince."
"As am I!" said Flonne.
"We're all in this." said Marona. "I'm your vassal too, remember?"
Laharl stared at the lime-haired girl for a moment. (Ma...rona...) "All right! Just make sure you don't die! Any of you!" The Overlord smirked. "Now...let's see how tough this Sulphur guy is!"
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Next Episode!
Etna: The time has finally come! The final showdown for right over the Netherworld!
Marona: Huh? She's acting normal.
Ash: Very weird...
Etna: It's Laharl, demon prince and Overlord of the Netherworld versus the Terror Demon, Sulphur!
Flonne: The last time she did this was when we went to Celestia.
Laharl: Uh-oh. When she gets serious, you KNOW that something bad's gonna happen!
Etna: Can Laharl accomplish what his father couldn't and destroy Sulphur for good? Find out next time on The Chroma and the Overlord, episode 17: The Final Confrontation.
Marona: So that means...
Laharl: Yup, we may have some problems...
Prinnies: Doooooods! It's a sign of the apocalypse! We're all gonna die!
Cast: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
Etna: (Angry) ...You know, my trigger finger's feeling a bit itchy...
(Sound of gunshots being fired in the fadeout)