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Episode 32 - Wolverine Goes To Hell (2)


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A few hours later, the demon infestation was finally dealt with by the heroes. Multiple Inter-Universal Guards were assisting the other heroes, Damage Control, and several organizations and law enforcement to perform the necessary clean-up. Putting out the flames with fire-fighting foams. Get the remains of many dead demons off of the streets and other infrastructure. Fixing property damages. And so forth.

Steve Rogers — Captain America was with his son, James Rogers — Captain America, as they were standing side-by-side, overseeing the rebuilding and reconstruction of some of the buildings. Both of them have their eyes narrowed, with expressions of concern present on their faces.

"Dad."

"Yes, son."

"Why do I get the feeling that this didn't seem to be over?"

"You're gut instincts are on point on this one, son. You're not alone."

Suddenly, an orange mystical portal would be seen to appear in the right direction, with Dr. Stephen Strange, Clea Strange, Misaki Shokuhou, Seria Kumokawa, and Ayu Mitsuari coming out from said portal before finally closing shut. Both Captains would of course take notice of them, with Steve walking towards Dr. Strange and performing a handshake.

"Doctor, thanks for the assistance. We definitely needed it at this point," Steve said, relieved that it was over for now at least.

"It's all part of the job description, Captain. You know how things are at this point when it comes to our lives in general," Dr. Strange said with a smile.

"Hm? Dr. Strange, who are these three young ladies with you?," asked Steve, noticing Shokuhou, Kumokawa, and Mitsuari who recognized the former based on the documentaries that they and a few others had watched back at last universe that they went too.

"Oh these three," Dr. Strange glanced at the three mentioned girls. "Well, I suppose that they are more than capable of introducing themselves to you instead of I."

"Seria Kumokawa," she introduced herself with a confident smile, using American English that seem flawless and almost perfect. "That's my name, Captain Rogers. Me and the girls here have already seen you before from all of the documentary videos that Councilwoman Waller had shown us some time ago."

"Oh, Waller, of course. And you two must be...," Steve looks to Shokuhou and Mitsuari who were glancing at each other before introducing themselves to the former with the same American English language, with a courteous smile.

"Misaki Shokuhou, my good sir."

"Ayu Mitsuari."

Steve nodded, introducing himself in the Japanese tongue. "Hello, Shokuhou-kun, Mitsuari-kun, Kumokawa-kun. My name is Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America. This here is my son, James Rogers, also known as Captain America," he said, glancing at James who would bow his head politely.

"Hello everyone," James said.

Somewhere from the skies, both Tony Stark — Iron Man and Morgan Stark — Iron Maiden would touch down from the ground. Both of them would take notice of the three young girls who were with Dr. Strange, Clea, and Bats.

"Hey Cap, everyone. Who are the new kids?," Tony asked.

"Tony, this is Misaki Shokuhou, Ayu Mitsuari, and Seria Kumokawa," Steve introduced the three girls to his best friend.

"Huh, wait a minute, I recognize one of them. Are you that Misaki Shokuhou, the #5 Level 5 Esper of Academy City?," Tony asked, raising an eyebrow of intrigue.

"Y-Yes, sir, I am," Shokuhou said, sporting a surprised expression.

"Huh. Well, I'll be damned," Tony said, his faceplate and the rest of the head of the armor automatically removed to reveal the face of a handsome man in his late thirties to early forties. "Another Level 5 added to the mix."

"Wait, then that would mean that you three are from Academy City," Morgan said with a confident and genuine smile, her faceplate and the rest of the head of the armor automatically removed to reveal the face of a female teenager with red long hair and green eyes who appeared to be in the same general age as them. "I'm Morgan by the way. Morgan Stark. Daughter of Tony Stark, and Self-Proclaimed Genuis in Engineering. Nice to meet you all. Oh, if you're all from Academy City, then does that mean that you three came along with Touma and Robin?"

"Yes," Kumokawa nodded, smiling. "I suppose that you know of him as well."

"Oh yeah, definitely. Met him back when we were ten. And we've been friends ever since," Morgan said with a smile.

"Friends? Just friends? Nothing more?," Kumokawa suggested with a confident smirk.

"Eh? Um...O-Of course, why wouldn't we be friends?," Morgan said with a smile, with a hint of embarrassment due to the soft blushes found on her cheek, twirling her fingers.

"Pfftt," Tony couldn't help but cover his mouth, trying not too hard to laugh at the obvious crush that his daughter has for one of his best students in TARDIS School, which was noticed by Morgan who couldn't help but sport an expression of betrayal.

"Daddy!," Morgan exclaimed.

"S-Sorry, baby. Just...Just give me a moment," Tony said, turning his face away from his daughter for a moment.

Both Captain Americas, Dr. Strange, Clea, and Bats would join in the soft laughter as well, knowing just how famous and infamous Touma Kamijou is around women. While Kumokawa and Mitsuari were also joining in on the laugh, Shokuhou was just smiling, but inside was also feeling a little bit down for some reason.

What was actually wrong with her?

These confusing feelings were becoming a bit of a headache to deal with. After all, she had just recently met Kamijou and had not known him for that long.

But why...?

Shokuhou would clutch her shirt with her right clenched hand.

Why did it hurt so much...?


Touma Kamijou, hovering ahead from the skies, was simply using Freeze Breath, an ability that works by generating blasts of pure cold air from the user's breath, moderating it to proper temperatures that allowed him to put out many of the fires throughout the area. The last one that he would put out was somewhere near Central Park.

"Thanks for the assist, General," said one of the clone shock troopers who were putting out the flames with his rifle.

"Not a problem," Kamijou said with a smile. Then he would begin to sigh as he turn in another direction. "Welp, that's the last one for now. Guess I better head back to the Sanctum and check up on everybody else."

And so, Kamijou would proceed to raise his arms straight and fly away towards the Sanctum Sanctorum where at least many of the Avengers would gather for a specific meeting in relation to the invasion.

Something tells him that this invasion seems far from over.


"...Um...What?"

Touma Kamijou as of now is experiencing what is perhaps one of the most awkward situations in his life.

He is currently being hugged by Misaki Shokuhou. With everyone else watching, either raising eyebrows of intrigue, sporting confident expressions, or knowing smirks that they wouldn't ever live this down on him any time soon.

Since the time when he was helping the others out with the clean-up, the three girls: Misaki Shokuhou, Seria Kumokawa, and Ayu Mitsuari had already been acquainted and introduced to his superhero friends and mentors by Robin. Said aforementioned individuals were now looking at him.

"...Uh...Shokuhou-san?," Kamijou asked, sporting a concerned expression. "Wha-"

"Misaki," she suddenly said.

"Wh-What?," Kamijou muttered in surprise.

Shokuhou showed her face which was full of concern and anxiety, saying with a pouting expression and tone. "Mi-Sa-Ki!"

"...Um, Misaki," Kamijou hesitantly said, but nevertheless complied.

"Wow, first name basis already. You work fast, Touman," said Miles Morales — Spider-Man, smirking at Kamijou's predicament.

"Hey girl, tell me that you getting all of this recorded somehow from your databanks and stuff?," asked Danielle Cage, also known as Captain America of MV Universe-15061, smirking, looking at Vivian Vision who was smiling in a subtle manner.

"Why of course, Ms. America. I got it all right here," Vivian said with a smile, with her yellow photoreceptors acting as a recorder of the following incident.

Such misfortune, Kamijou thought to himself. But he was also curious as to what caused this sort of reaction from Misaki Shokuhou who was still embracing him, with her chin resting on his shoulder. The only thing that he could do for the moment is to pat her on the back in order to make her feel better. Aside from the numerous superheroes throughout one of the vast halls of the Sanctum Sanctorum, he glances at Seria Kumokawa who was narrowing her eyes, not directly at him as much as he could tell, but at Shokuhou. There was also Bats who was slowly wagging his tail, with soft sounds being produced from inward, also looking at Shokuhou out of concern.

Just...what seems to be happening...?

Kamijou would look toward Dr. Strange, nodding at the former as he subtly gestured that they will talk about Shokuhou later. Pressing matters would need to be addressed for now.

"Alright everyone, time to settle down," Dr. Strange would say in a clear voice, touching the side of his right yellow glove, looking towards the corpse of a dead demon who was lying on the table, a batlike creature with wings slightly burned up, probably shot by a repulsor ray from Tony Stark — Iron Man as per Steve Rogers' orders.

The superheroes themselves would tend to be quiet, paying close attention to Dr. Strange as he walks at the table.

"After having managed to examine this dead demon's corpse while the ongoing clean-up carries on, I have found what appeared to be the source of where these demons had come from. Hell. One of them anyway. But I must warn you, the following images that I may conjure may be quite disturbing."

Afterward, Dr. Strange begins to trace a few magic circles with his fingers, conjuring up to form the holographic image of a Hell Dimension where the dead demon resided. It was nothing but fire and brimstone filled with the screams of the damned, and the brutal tortures along with it, which in turn made many of the female superheroes wince or grimace or fearful of seeing such twisted fates. Kumokawa was wincing, with Mitsuari slightly grabbing the former's arm in order to find a semblance of comfort for seeing the inferno. Shokuhou in turn was hugging Kamijou tightly, the latter patting her gently in the back as he narrows his eyes on the images.

"Our dimension and this one have been inextricably linked. The barriers between such realms became thin. As to why, I and my wife Clea," he said, with the images disappearing as if in an instant, glancing at Clea who was right beside him, sporting a serious expression. From his left side, he could see his fellow Master of the Mystic Arts and old confidant, Wong, a Tibetan man with black hair, who was at his left. "And through the assistance of my old friend, Wong, we have managed to trace this demon and where it came. The question remained however as to why this was so. For it appeared that something, or rather someone did something to upset the balance between life and death. Whoever did this must be either of the following. They know that what they're doing is dangerous, and would still do what needs to be done regardless for the sake of whatever goals they see fit. Or that they don't know what they're doing and are still going through with such action that could very well spell doom for our world."

"I choose a mixture of both, mate. Unfortunately."

Dr. Strange, Kamijou, and everyone else who was inside the hall would sport expressions that range from surprise, raised eyebrows, and intrigue would see a handsome man of British descent standing nearby the doorway. He was mid-thirties, with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a white button-down shirt, black trousers, red-colored consciously-loosened necktie, beige trenchcoat, and black shoes. He was putting both of his hands towards his inner pockets, with eyes narrowed, settling in a grim tone that would denote the gravity of the situation.

John Constantine — Hellblazer.

Accompanied alongside him was a beautiful woman of Italian descent, with medium length wavy black hair and bright cyan colored eyes closed with a slender build and a curvaceous figure, wearing a white single-breasted shirt with a white shirt, bow tie, and gloves, a low cut yellow vest, a black blazer, a black skirt with gray stockings, and a pair of black boots reaching midway up her calves. She also wears white earrings. Like Constantine, she too was sporting a serious expression.

Zatanna Zatara — Mistress of Magic and Sorceress Supreme.

"Constantine-sensei?," Kamijou muttered, with Shokuhou turning around to look at Constantine out of a sense of curiosity.

"Hey there, spiky-kid," Constantine smiled as he walks a few paces toward Dr. Strange's position, located near the side of the table. "And oh, I see you've got another one to add to your collection as well," he said with a smirk, referring to Misaki Shokuhou who was currently embracing him.

"Zatanna," Clea smiled, as she and Zatanna were walking near to each other, holding hands out of a sense of camaraderie and friendship. "It's wonderful to see you again despite the circumstances."

"I could honestly say the same thing as well," Zatanna said with a smile.

"Constantine, what brings you here to my neck of the multiverse," Dr. Strange mused.

"Not for any bloody chit-chat, unfortunately," Constantine said, sporting a grim expression. He would begin to grab something from his pockets and throw it into the air, showing a couple of photos to Dr. Strange, Clea, Wong, Bats, the Avengers, Kamijou, Shokuhou, Kumokawa, and Mitsuari.

They were pictures. Familiar ones. There were pictures of each X-Men such as Professor Charles Xavier — Professor X, Scott Summers — Cyclops, Jean Grey-Summers — Marvel Girl, Emma Frost — White Queen, and many others. Then there were pictures of other significant people such as Raven Darkhölme — Mystique, Mariko Yashida — Scarlet Samurai, Yukio — Wild One, and a few other women that many among the Avengers were familiar with. Then there were people like Steve Rogers — Captain America, Peter Parker — Spider-Man, and many others. All that these pictures had in common were the 'X' marks being seen, depicting crosses that signify the sentence of death for everyone who is connected one way or another to a certain mutant.

"Dad, that's you," James said out of concern, pointing at the picture that shows Steve Rogers.

"I know, son. I know," Steve Rogers narrowed his eyes at the picture.

"What the hell?," Tony Stark raised an eyebrow of concern. "What's with all of these photos, John? If I didn't know any better, I'd say that my gut tells me that this has something to do with Logan again."

"What do you think, Stark?," Constantine said while showing an expression of exasperation.

"Oh dear god," Tony pinches his eyes out, exasperated and concerned even more.

"Does that mean that someone is after Logan again, and we're being cast as bait?," Peter Parker sported a serious expression, with his wife, Gwen Stacy — Spider-Woman, and his two daughters: May "Mayday" Parker — Spider-Girl and Anna-May "Annie" Parker — Spiderling, sporting concerned expressions of their own.

"It would appear to be the case, unfortunately," Constantine confirmed with a grim tone. "Apparently, a crazy bunch of cultists called the Red Right Hand have a certain obsession with our favorite Santa Claws, and they all appear to have a grudge based on our current investigations."

"Our?," Dr. Strange noted the word. "You said 'our'? Could it be that you've recruited other people that we know into this?"

"Not me, but our fearless leader did," Constantine clarified. "In fact, he's back at the X-Mansion right now assisting Professor X."

"Wait? The Doctor's here? Now?," Kamijou sported a surprised expression, if only because of the 'timing' and the meaning behind all of this.

If the Doctor is involved, then things must indeed be quite dire. It's one thing to have a demonic invasion happening in New York of all things. Which is all well and good as things like this tend to be a random occurrence on MV Earth-616. Having the Doctor getting involved in this situation is practically another matter entirely. For whenever the Doctor's in town, usually it's a sign that there would be a bad omen happening just around the corner. And they needed to be prepared for the storm and try to survive.

"Of course he is. After all," John Constantine said as he took one photo out and showed it to Kamijou and to everyone else. "He is also being targetted as well considering that he and the old wolf were old friends back in the day."

The photo would show the Doctor, a tall, thin-faced man with a tousled mop of silver-grey hair and intense eyes framed by unruly, expressive eyebrows, wearing a navy blue Crombie coat with crimson lining and a midnight blue cardigan, an ivory shirt with a pointing collar, indigo trousers, and black brogue boots. There was two gold ring on his left hand ring finger. One was a normal gold band. The other was a greenish amber setting that rested atop the first band. Like the rest of the photos, he too has an 'X' to mark the spot, denoting his status as a target.

Touma Kamijou would begin to knit his brows and narrow his eyes at the photo, said eyes turning from normal black to a pair of yellow slits, with his fists clenching, which was noted by Shokuhou, Kumokawa, and Mitsuari who couldn't help but worry.

Whoever was targetting the Doctor just made it personal. Not just to him, but to everyone else, those among Kamijou's general age such as Miles Morales — Spider-Man, Kamala Khan — Ms. Marvel, Tim Drake — Robin, and many others who were present at the room.

"...What exactly do we know about the Red Right Hand? How are they organized? Whose leading them? We need to know what we're dealing with here," Steve Rogers spoke in a serious tone.

"Firstly, we should contact old Batsy for this one. I have a feeling we're going to need an expert in this matter. That and his ward is here with us and is already quite involved in this situation, so I'd rather not be on the receiving end of a batpunch to the face if things go south you know what I mean," Constantine said the last part in amusement.

"Uggghhhh!," many among the Avengers would suddenly groan and complain about the obvious pun relating to the Dark Knight.

"Batpuns? Really, John," Luke Cage — Power Man spoke in irritation, with arms crossed. His wife, Jessica Jones — Jewel — Knightress was also sporting an annoyed and unimpressed expression.


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