A/N: Ten! Ten! Ten! Hello there! This is tendaysromeo and welcome to the 16th chapter of DreamTheater Intermix: The World Within! Nothing much to say, so let's start this chapter!

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As Ushio Makunouchi, Coco Kiryu and Ritsu Tainaka continues to beat the living daylights of Dash Baxter, Chicken, Kwan Phan, Rudolph "Lightning" Jackson, Scott Wallis and Gary Smith.

Sunset Shimmer, Yui Hirasawa, Azusa Nakano, Mio Akiyama and Tsumugi Kotobuki stood by the sides while watching the trio of girls beat up the guys.

"How long will this last?" Azusa asked.

"It could last forever." Sunset answered.

"I had no idea that Ritsu can be this violent." Yui thought out loud, "And I thought Mio-chan is violent." she voiced out.

"Oi! I'm not that violent!" Mio squawked.

"Well, you do hit Ritsu-senpai a lot." Azusa reminded, "On your defense, she kinda deserves it." she admitted, "And Ritsu-senpai is violent on her own right with her grabbing us in a necklock and all." she stated with a blank look.

"Is that about right?" Tsumugi uttered.

"Seriously though..." Sunset spoke, "... we really need to stop Ushio and the girls before things could get any worse." she beckoned.

"Hey, Sunset!" a voice called out.

Sunset and the girls then turns around to see Edd Gould, Tom Ridgewell and Matt Hargreaves alongside Tenma Daytona Romeoford, Eddward "Edd & Double D" Marion Vicente, Edwin "Ed" Horace Hall, Rolf Von Olsson, Sally Bollywood, Doowee McAdam, Shizuka Kasagi, Eddy Skipper McGee and Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson running towards their direction.

"We're here, Sunset!" Edd announced, "Where's trouble?" he asked.

"Hey, guys." Sunset greeted rather sheepishly, "I really appreciate that you responded to my calls..." she expressed in gratitude, "But..." she uttered, "... looks like you guys are not needed." she admitted while turning her head towards the girls beating up the guys.

Tom raised an eyebrow, "Seriously?" he questioned in disbelief, "We ran all the way here for nothing." he complained, "Talk about wasting our times." he grumbled in annoyance.

"That's actually good, Tom." Matt said with a smile before looking at his reflection on a hand mirror, "No trouble, no fights and no fights, no harm to my beautiful face." he said with a wink.

Sunset chuckled nervously, "Sorry about this..." she apologized, "... but I do really appreciate for responding to my call." she admitted.

Edd snorted, "Nah, it's fine." he reassured, "It's the thoughts that counts I guess." he stated.

As Ushio lays on top of Dash while punching his face from left to right, Dash's head turns a little and upon setting sights on Eddy, the blonde jock's eyes widen in horror and fear.

Dash quickly sprung up to his feet while knocking down Ushio to the ground, he the pointed a finger at Eddy, "Holy shit!" the blonde cursed in utter fear, "The devil is here!" he pointed out.

Kwan and the rest of the guys gasped in shock.

"No! No! Not him!" Gary cried out.

"I haven't recovered yet from all of those bee stings!" Scott exclaimed.

"I don't want to experience another monkey coming out from my crack!" Dash shouted in panic.

"RUN!" Chicken barked.

And without any second thoughts, the boys ran off towards an alley with Dash's hands covering his behind for some reason, much to everyone's confusion.

"Huh..." Ushio uttered as Coco helped her up, "... I guess that's over." she declared.

"Why did they suddenly ran off?" Shizuka asked.

"And why did they referred to Eddy as the devil?" Doowee added.

"Remember when I mentioned that I got my ass kicked by Dash and the guys?" Cody reminded, "Eddy came in to help me and used his powers to drive them away." he explained, "Eddy unleashed a swarm of bees towards the guys and had a monkey come out from Dash's crack." he shared with a blank look.

"That's impossible!" Tenma cried out in disbelief, "There is no way Eddy could do something like that!" he defied.

Eddy then raised a finger up, "Someone is still in denial of my powers." he uttered, "Want me to do a demonstration?" he offered.

"N-Nope! I-I'm good!" Tenma stuttered off-screen.

Shizuka then walked towards Sunset and the girls, "You girls okay?" she asked.

"We're good." Sunset replied, "I was actually worried at first but after seeing how Ushio and the girls handle the guys, I guess I panicked way too early and caused inconvenience to others." she admitted.

"You did out of worry, so you've done nothing wrong." Shizuka reassured.

"She wasted our time." Tom reminded, "She wasted our-AAAAAHHH!" he tried to say only to be punched on the face by Sally.

After watching Tom bounces off the pavement, Shizuka turns her attention to the newcomers, "Are they the new students?" she assumed.

Sunset nodded, "Yup." she confirmed before gesturing a hand towards the newcomers, "These are Ushio Makunouchi, Coco Kiryu, Azusa Nakano, Mio Akiyama, Ritsu Tainaka, Tsumugi Kotobuki and Yui Hirasawa." she introduced with the girls nodding their heads in greeting.

After introducing themselves to each other, everyone are seen making their way towards a certain location.

"I was showing them around when Dash and his goons decided to get in our way, and as you all have witnessed, it didn't go well for them." Sunset explained with a blank look.

"Yeah and they got their asses kicked." Cody said with a smile, "And they rightfully deserves it." he added.

Tom shook his head, "What is not deserving is wasting our time..." he growled before glaring at Sally, "... and knocking me out!" he added.

"Because you were being rude, Tom." Sally reasoned.

"I was just stating facts!" Tom defended, "And can you please stop speaking with a British accent!" he chastised, "You're not even British!" he pointed out only for Sally punch him once again on the face, turning him inside out and then falling down to the ground.

"Smooth, Tom, real smooth..." Edd chastised.

Ushio then turns to Double D and the rest, "So, you guys are transfer students as well?" she pointed out.

Double D nodded, "Indeed." he confirmed, "Tenma, Eddy, Ed, Rolf and I, alongside eight other persons, transferred to this city yesterday." he shared.

"Nine, Double D." Ed corrected, "You forgot about Plank." he reminded.

"If Plank actually starts talking then I'll consider the piece of wood as a person." Double D replied with a blank look.

"That's a scary thought." Doowee uttered.

"I know you guys just came here yesterday..." Ritsu pointed out, "... but how is it living here?" she asked.

Tenma scratches his left cheek, "Well..." he uttered, "... setting aside the trouble we've experienced so far ever since coming here, we're actually enjoying our time here." he shared.

"T-Trouble?" Mio stuttered nervously.

"There was an unhinged dude that attacks guys and then throwing them into dumpsters just because they interacted with an idol that he is obsessed with." Tenma replied with an annoyed look, "Don't believe me?" he assumed, "Just go ask Cody and Eddy." he beckoned.

"I was just asking Umi for some directions and that bastard assumed I was flirting with her!" Cody complained.

"I swear to God I'll give that motherfucker a second thrashing once I get my hands on him!" Eddy growled.

"I-Is it alright for a person like that to be roaming around?" Azusa asked in concern.

Tenma waves a hand, "Don't worry, the crazy dude is already been dealt with." he reassured before jabbing a thumb at Ed, "And Big Ed over here got the privilege to bring down the hammer of justice on that guy!" he revealed with a grin.

"Hammer of justice?" Ed uttered in confusion, "I just punched him, guys." he reminded.

"That was just a figure of speech, Ed." Double D pointed out.

Eddy scoffed, "The only thing you girls should worry about is the things that will go bump in the night." he mentioned.

"B-Bump in the night?" Mio stuttered in panic, "W-What do you mean by that?" she asked.

Sunset's eyes widen in realization, "That's right!" she acknowledged, "I almost forgot to mention a very important detail about this city." she admitted.

"What is it, Sunset?" Tsumugi asked.

Sunset then began to explain to the newcomers about the Gallery of Champions is an organization of warriors led by the Pillars of Justice which protects the citizens from shadowy figures called the Forsaken Entities and preventing these creatures from entering the city at the same time.

"Wait! There are strange creatures living outside this city?!" Ritsu exclaimed in shock before looking around in panic, "Should we be just sitting around here doing nothing when those things could attack us at any minute?!" he questioned.

"Don't worry." Sunset reassured, "Rarely any of these beings could get past through the walls and if they did, these beings would be dealt quickly and no one would notice a thing." she explained, "The same thing can't be said on a certain time of the night." she mentioned.

Yui scratches the top of her head, "I'm confused." she expressed.

"You see, the walls are powered-up by a magical barrier, doubling the city's protection and preventing these beings from entering." Sunset explained, "But on rare occasions, the barrier would create a small crack through various circumstances which allowed a being or two in entering the city." she admitted, "But like I said before, these minor influxes are dealt very quick." she mentioned, "However during the certain time of the night, the barrier would be shut down for four hours to do maintenance purposes and during that time, these beings can freely enter the city and create havoc." she revealed rather grimly.

Mio gulped in response, "But why lower the barrier?" she asked.

"To keep it from weakening." Sunset answered, "The barrier maybe powerful but it can't keep going for 24-hours straight, so it had to undergo maintenance purposes in order to power it up before activating it again." she explained.

"I see..." Ushio uttered, "So what time does the barrier goes for a maintenance period?" she inquired.

"Around 11:00 P.M. to 3:00 A.M." Sunset answered.

"And during that time, these beings are walking around the city?" Ritsu questioned in disbelief, "Do you realize that people are sleeping at that time?" she pointed out, "They're extremely vulnerable and might get attacked in their sleep!" she added.

"That's true." Sunset acknowledged, "Fortunately, each houses and buildings are powered-up by another protective barrier which prevents these beings from breaking in." she explained, "And at the same time, the Gallery of Champions will be patrolling the streets at that time to clear this city from the threats until the barrier is back up again." she concluded.

Ritsu then began to massaged her temples, "This is a lot to take in..." she uttered in disbelief.

"You'll get used to it soon enough." Sunset reassured.

The group then arrives in a cafe called the Sugarcube Corner and outside the building, Koyume Koizuka, Mina Ashido and Yui Yuigahama are having a conversation at one patio table underneath a large blue-colored umbrella.

The group then entered the cafe and everyone began to look around, and noticed a few people inside.

At the first table, they saw a group of boys consisting of Hidenori Tabata, Irino Tadakuni, Yoshitake Tanaka, Hatano Mitsuo, Kuroshima Motoharu, Chapatsu Haisha and Megane Kurokami eating lunch with miserable expressions on their faces.

At another table, they saw a group consisting of Ichika Orimura, Houki Shinonono and Cecilia Alcott having lunch alongside Zed Necrodopolis and Addison Wells having a conversation while drinking shakes at the same time.

But what truly caught their attention is at the counter where they see Dan Mandel having a conversation with Pinkie Pie while Chris Pearson is eating a cupcake.

"For the last time, Pinkie..." Dan uttered with a rather serious tone, "... are you sure that you want to do this?" he asked.

Pinkie nodded, "Yes, I am Dan." she confirmed before placing two hands on top of Dan's right hand on the counter, "This is what I really feel for you." she said, "And I don't care what other people say because these feelings of mine are genuine and I want to be with you." she declared.

"I know." Dan acknowledged, "And my feelings for you are genuine too." he shared, "But I'm afraid that you'll get into trouble by getting yourself into danger with someone like me." he admitted in concern.

"Don't worry, Dan..." Pinkie reassured, "... I can't take whatever life is thrown at us because 'danger' is in my middle name!" she declared with a grin.

"Really?" Chris uttered in surprise, "I thought it was 'Diane'?" he recalled.

"That's just an idiom, monkeyface!" Dan chastised.

Chris rolled his eyes, "Anyway..." he uttered, "... I don't think this is the right place to have this kind of conversation." he pointed out.

Dan raised an eyebrow, "And pray tell why?" he questioned.

"First, we're in public..." Chris replied before pointing a finger at the large group at the entrance door of the cafe, "... and some people are watching." he added.

Dan and Pinkie then turned their heads towards Eddy & Sunset's groups whom are looking at them in utter awe, surprise, embarrassment and disbelief, and annoyance on Tom's part.

And when Eddy and Dan saw each other's faces, their eyes widen in recognition.

"Dan/Eddy?!" Eddy and Dan exclaimed in surprise.

"Wait? You two knew each other?" Sunset asked in surprise.

Eddy nodded, "Yeah, Dan is a cousin of mine." he revealed.

Everyone stood in silence for a couple of minutes until what Eddy said sink in to their heads.

"WHAT?!"

A/N: Thank you very much for reading this chapter, I hope that you all enjoyed it.

Anyway, I didn't come up with the idea of the Pinkie Pie x Dan Mandel pairing as it was inspired from Justice4243's fanfics titled The Wheel and the Butterfly A Dan X Pinkie Pie Saga and Dan and Pinkie Take a Slice out of Life. Please go check it out this fics if you had time.

Also, the idea of Eddy and Dan being cousins isn't an idea mine as well as it was inspired from SamuraiVampireHunterJCT's Dan VS Yozora, XP4Universe's XP4 Heroes Coalitions series and damnlastwords' DAMNiverse! series. Please go check it out this fics if you had time.

Please look forward for the next chapter! I'll see you then!