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The End of the Circus: A Tale of the Yizibajohei
Omake: The Visions of Stargazer
by Regina Magia

Including characters and situations from Digimon, created by Bandai, WiZ and Toei Animation; Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, created by Okada Kōji; Divergent, written by Veronica Roth; Danganronpa, developed by Spike Chunsoft; Pokemon, created by Tajiri Satoshi; Yū-Gi-Ō!, created by Takahashi Kazuki; Battle Royale, written by Takami Kōshun; and Rockman EXE, written by Takamisaki Ryō.


Leaping over a fallen tree, Asima ran over to where Shira lay...only to see her sister was already sitting up. "Shira! Are you all right?!" the fate-touched asked worriedly.

"Yes!" Shira said, looking down at herself in surprise. "I...I'm not hurt at all...!"


Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, in a café on Coney Island Avenue, the third Monday of November in 2012, two hours after lunch (Tōkyō time: Tuesday, four hours after midnight)...

Pausing to take a sip from his can of Coke, Il'já Oleksándrovich Fájnzil'berg carefully scanned over the rough draft for the newest chapter of his latest book. The Russian-Ukrainian immigrant — who had moved to this part of the Big Apple with his parents and younger siblings two decades before when he was in pre-school — discovered a passion for writing when he finally came to the New World. Though he'd never truly been lacking in ideas, becoming Gifted had really gotten his creative juices flowing.

As the current incarnation of the All-Seer of the Universe, R'bekodyuor'ba ("Stargazer"), the former native of Odésa on the Black Sea coast in modern-day Ukraine possessed cosmic levels of clairvoyance. This enabled him to see anywhere he desired, no matter of such was in this very universe, any alternate timeline or any alternate dimension. Some of the alternate timelines and dimensions were very similar to the one Il'já called home, while others displayed mind-boggling levels of differences.

He had even glimpsed events occurring on very different Earths that had been discovered by their corresponding versions of Yiziba...


In a universe where Japan won World War Two...

Led by the newest incarnation of Infinity, Inada Mizuho, the members of Class 3-B of Shiroiwa Junior High School had become the core of a reborn version of the Unending League of Super-Soldiers thanks to a triplet of native Yizibajohei recruiters who stumbled onto the horrid Program and elected to see it forever cancelled. Now empowered, the VERY angry forty-two third-year middle school students — among them the only two-time player in that sick "game" — had rescued members of the class that had been pressed to take their place on Oki-shima, recruiting them to help the League be reborn...

...and unleash an unstoppable rebellion against the Greater East Asia Republic!


In a universe where mankind lives alongside very playful monsters...

The Cosmic Mage Guild had just welcomed the gym leader from Lumiose City, Clermont Liscio — the newest incarnation of Lightmage — among their group. Leading the Guild as they moved to make lives easier for the pokémon running loose on Earth was the famous Ash Ketchum (the Warlock), who had been joined by Misty Lillis (the Thaumaturge), May Taylor (Soulfire), Dawn Bauer (the Enchantress) and Serena Burton (Crimson Heart). Another of their member was May's brother Max (Prophecy), who was busy debating with Brock Stuart (Rake) about whom they would approach next to be Gifted.

Much to the Guild's surprise, the profound amusement of authorities in all the leagues they had travelled and the consternation of Team Rocket and their copycats worldwide, pokémon had flocked in DROVES to join up with the teenagers who had such awesome fighting abilities of their own...


In a universe where angry entities entrap students within schools...

The newest incarnation of Sentinel, Naegi Makoto, had helped a band of his peers from the 78th Class become Gifted to evade the human-Sidine hybrid Enoshima Junko from unleashing Ultimate Despair upon the word. Having discovered that she was the one who had controlled the devilish bear-like being Monokuma, Makoto — who just rescued Junko's childhood friend and later pillow scene partner Matsuda Yasuke from her bouts of despair — he was quick to have the poor fellow Gifted as the newest incarnation of the Archangel of Mortality, Doctor Death.

Now, if only Makoto could find someone to become the new Infinity...


In a universe haunted by the power of the Shadow Games...

Kaiba Seto, the current incarnation of Tempest, hugged his younger brother Mokuba — who had been Gifted with the power of Dynamo — while he wailed profound thanks to the current incarnation of Infinity, Kawai Shizuka. As Kasuga Ayumu had done many times in one particular universe, Shizuka had overcome her past-selves' reticence in allowing the use of the battle dolls created by her first-self to allow the members of the Young Guns to evade the early death scenes that always haunted every incarnation of that particular team of child metas since the Dawn of Power.

Watching this, the reborn Pharaoh Atem living within the body of Mutō Yūgi could only smile at such benevolence from the Goddess Who Walks Among Men...


In a dystopian Chicago on a post-apocalyptic world...

The former Abnegation faction member Beatrice Prior — who was now the current incarnation of Rampage — smiled as she introduced Tobias Eaton — the new incarnation of Carcajou — to her brother Caleb. The just-transferred Erudite — who was now the current incarnation of the Academician — had been organizing an uprising against all the Factions to reunite society and allow the world to rebuild from the disasters that had divided families across the Windy City and beyond.

In a nearby room, Christina Kravitz (Trebuchet) was comforting the newly-Gifted Peter Hayes — the reborn Dominator — as she helped him overcome the guilt rocking his soul at his past behaviour...


In a universe where one could manifest one's psyche in physical form...

In the mountains outside the town of Inaba safely away from the norms, Satonaka Chie (Warwind) gladly sparred with Sanada Akihiko (Stone Mountain), the former glad to finally be able to unleash her outrage at all the murders and kidnappings rocking the area on someone who could take it with ease. Watching this from a safe distance away, the current incarnation of Soul Searcher, Yamagishi Fūka, was having a debate with Amagi Yukiko (Prometheus) and Kujikawa Rise (Windtalker) concerning potential new recruits who could flesh out their fight scene team.

One particular person that had caught their eyes was the new transfer student, Narukami Yū...who had found that strange amnesiac girl named "Maria" in that weird pocket dimension some days before...


In a universe where computer networks had become sentient beings...

As the NetNavi known commonly as "Megaman" and "Protoman" found themselves wishing they were organic beings — or even better, Battle Dolls — so they could properly express their dismay at their operator's antics, the current incarnation of Cyclotron, Lan Hikari, continued to tease his friend Chaud Blaze (Icestorm) about his behaviour with others who were helping the current vice-president of IPC keep the number of sentient AI viruses down throughout the visual world.

Neither Megaman or Protoman elected to warn the current incarnation of the Living Nuclear Reaction that his friend just froze his drink solid.

Lessons needed to be taught, of course...


In a universe where the virtual world gave birth to living creatures...

Relaxing in a park in Shinjuku, well away from the view of those who wouldn't begin to understand how Terrans-turned-Yizibajohei felt concerning nookie scenes, the current incarnation of Silhouette, Nonaka Rika, enjoys a passionate kiss with Matsuko Takato (Enchanter), as they take time to relax from fighting the latest creature to have emerged from the virtual world to cause trouble.

Watching their tamers express their deep love for the other, the digimon who had bonded with Rika and Takato could only glow with delight...


And in a universe similar to — yet different from — Rika's and Takato's...

The current incarnations of the most physically powerful Yizibajohei, Takaishi "T.K." Takeru (Mustang) and Kamiya Kari (Wildflower), found themselves teaming with four others of the Chosen Children who had been Gifted to deal with the spider-like Arukenimon and the cadaver-like Mummymon from whatever plot the shape-changers were moving to unleash on people throughout the world.

Many back on Yiziba, however, would be stunned to learn that T.K. and Kari had just met up with the current incarnations of the infamous Fabulous Quartet: Ichijōji Ken (Mister Fabulous), Inoue "Yolei" Miyako (the Unseen Lady), Motomiya "Davis" Daisuke (Blaze) and Hida "Cody" Iori (the Yoke)...!


Back in Brooklyn...

Il'já had taken notes on those universes...and many others like them.

Even if he never would use them in those stories he wanted to publish, they would prove interesting tidbits to share with his fellow Gifted.

After all, everyone had a story...

...and his Gift gave him the means to tell some of them.

Fin...


WRITER'S NOTE

Odésa is the proper Romanization of the city more famously known as Odessa; the Ukrainian way of writing the city name, Одеса, has one "s" while the Russian version, Одесса, has two.