Chapter 214: The Stardust Crusaders that Rage and Howl down the Fury Road.

As Doug and the others hurried to make up for the time lost spent in the trap Hypnos threw at them, their current target was not being idle, though he was far from stressed.

At around the same time the Joestar family and their unexpected allies ran up Turtle Rock, someone else was racing down an even larger building, and it was none other than Hilda, frantically trying to escape Dio's castle.

The raven-haired fractured replica of Princess Zelda had managed to use her own holy magic to take out a lazy Moblin guard to free herself. Thus she was now running to the castle's balcony. Hilda was so frantic to escape the owner of the flying castle that she saw one of the birds being used by Dio's soldiers to fly around, a black colored Loftwing, and quickly went for it. She took a deep breath and jumped on it to make her escape, only to find that she landed back at the entrance to the balcony.

She widened her eyes and looked around, saw the Loftwing was still there and attempted to jump once more, only to yet again land back on the balcony entrance. The ruler of Lorule quickly wondered about the state of her sanity before she saw the Loftwing suddenly look terrified and flew away.

As she shirked out in dismay she felt a chill creep down her spine, and heard a chuckle that made her turn pale. She swerved around and saw that Dio was casually looking down at her with his arms crossed, with Yuga and a few of his other servants around him.

As Hilda crossed eyes with the Vampire he closed his." As, amusing as it would be to see your flying skills my dear Princess, I need you to stay put. Still, your futile, desperate attempt to escape did provide some worthwhile entertainment. What…you did not really think I would lead the key piece to the Forsaken Calamity Ritual so lightly guarded did you? Alas that was just to heighten your despair."

Hilda tried to remain defiant as she saw enemies surround her." Dio, do you have any idea what will happen when you break the seal on Demise?"

"Of course I will princess, it will be the same result that comes from all my actions." The blond-haired vampire coldly retorted." It will be a result that will gain me power! Yes…since I first put on the Pillar Man's Stone mask and became a vampire to assert my dominance over Jonathan Joestar, I've been evolving vie whatever means necessary to become a being that I rightfully should be.

With this ritual, I will not only at last have the power to purge those loathsome Joestar's from existence itself, but have the means to ensure I become the victor of this Battle-World. All that remains to be seen, is just how much those that stand in my way wish to struggle."

Dio was about to say more before a female voice cut in with a pained,"Regrettably Lord Dio, I seen first-hand they want to defy you till the bitter hand."

Everyone turned around to see Cia, still holding the arm that Ravio sliced off. Dio saw how angry she looked and just chuckled."I take it your confrontation did not pan out as you desired Cia?"

The tan skinned woman coughed up blood before she glared at Hilda."I found him, and even managed to isolate him in a different Dream Prison then the others! But the brainwashing is so ingrained in his head that he refused to see the truth! I was about to make progress, when that damn bunny merchant sneaked up on me!"

Yuga raised an eyebrow before spitting out,"Your saying you let a mere peddler unravel you Cia? I'm starting to think you're not nearly as competent as you made yourself to be! I bet the Bed-man warped you back here so that you would not muck things up!"

Cia glared at Yuga before hissing out,"For your information I was the one acting the most logical, both Antasma and the Bed-man died in the ambush!"

"I take it the ambush failed since you're here and all." Dio uttered coldly."Though I do confess, Hypnos seemed like a man who always acted logically, and would never stay in a losing battle."

"I stayed a bit after I left my Dream Prison Lord Dio, and left long enough to see this come out of the dream sphere where Lord Hypnos was in before it shattered."

Cia quickly had her staff glow, before a dark sphere of energy floated out, the same darkness that Hypnos extracted from Doug and Axel during their battle. Dio raised an eyebrow and instantly extended his right hand to have the dark orb come to him.

As he grasped it a surge of energy flowed into him, causing the blond-haired villain to flash a wicked grin."Now I see, how clever of you Hypnos. When you realized you were at death's door, you wished this orb to have your memories. So, it was the same man who beat Azrael that fell you, this late entree, Doug Fitter."

Dio had his eyes glow before he fired purple energy beams from his eyes into the wall in front of him, using his magic to replay to everyone Doug and Axel's fight with Hypnos. After seeing how Doug tricked his opponent to be hit with his own Heaven's Door spell, and seeing the vicious combo that finished him off Yuga winced." How did the Joestar scum find someone so powerful? Damn it, since you fled like a coward they might be able to turn the Divine Beasts against us! We must complete the ritual before,"

Dio cleared his throat loud enough to make Yuga freeze in his tracks. The long nose villain saw his superior was looking at him darkly before Dio uttered," I will not rush the process because of those vermin, understand? Let the fools commandeer the Divine Beasts.

They think it's their key to victory, but they fail to grasp I can easily reacquire them when I kill them all! They can unveil my castle if they wish, making a naïve grand battle just makes it easier to wrap things up here. Yuga, order Jagi to get Shesha ready to feast, he should be done with digesting that fool Dagda by now.

The Joestars and their comrades will be the final souls to complete my plan. Ah, and as for this wildcard, Doug Fitter, I know how to deal with him. Yes, Azrael underestimated him and got outwitted. Hypnos also underestimated his cunning, and paid with his life. But their blunders, are my gain.

For I see now what drives this Doug Fitter, I can see in his eyes and actions how respect drives him. Despite the setbacks he and his new group may have caused, I can more than make up for it if I can get this man's passion to be the bane of the Joestars. In any case, everyone prepare for our guests, and for their bloody reception!"

Cia saw murder flashing in Dio's eyes before she cleared her throat."Lord Dio, I'm sorry I disappointed you but, please allow me one more chance to break Link free from Hylia 's shackles!"

"Are you sure?"

Dio mused as he glanced at her severed limb,"He seems quite set on severing any affection you may have for him."

Cia just glared at Hilda before hissing out,"It's all because she has been brainwashing his mind for centuries that the corruption is rooted to his very soul! But, if I can subdue him long enough, you can rewrite him to how he should be right? That's what you want to do with the entire universe once you become Rabum Alal's champion yes?"

Dio paused for a moment, before he grinned. He then took Cia's severed arm and grasped her face with the other." I suppose if you can manage to keep this pawn subdued long enough to keep him away from me while I complete my affairs, then I'll reward you properly."

The blond-haired vampire had his eyes glow, before energy came out from his hand, and that energy seeped into Cia, and had her severed arm reattached to her body. He saw the woman's shock and just grinned."After all, I meant what I said when I said anyone who helped me win Battle-World will be rewarded with forging their own personal heaven.

As long as that mouthy Black Swan is not lying to us, the victors of this game will be able to rewrite things to how they should be. And no matter what, Dio Brando will not be denied by defiant dullards! The Joestars have been a thorn in my side for generations, but despite their stubbornness, they and all others will learn once and for all who has the biggest drive of them all!

Yes, drive, passion, it's what caused every event in history to turn. Along with my, superior skills, my eye for seeing the drive-in others, and how to use them to my gain is how I eluded death more than once!"

Dio saw Hilda look fearful and smirked before he forcefully grasped her to him."I even see your sincere desire dear princess, and I'm merciful enough to help you fulfill it. Of course, bringing true prosperity to your beloved Lorule may not be how you dream it, but I found that so often what people want unfolds differently than how they expect! And so, let's get ready, to give the Joestar's and their allies the reality to their desire! Yes, Joseph, Jotaro, Josuke, and all of the other spawns will be forced to admit that the only one truly worthy of being the victor is I, Dio!"

Hilda saw her captor look pure evil as he laughed and dragged her to the ritual chamber, causing the princess to rapidly wonder if all hope was lost before Yuga suddenly thrust his wand at her and turned her in to a painting.

Little did she know that things were not quite as hopeless as it seemed, and that her allies were doing everything they could to raise the bar of hope as high as possible.

After regaining their bearings after what Hypnos, Cia, Antasma and their minions put them through Doug and his group quickly burst through any obstacle in their way, with how sour a mood Doug was in he ripped through any minion he saw, sometimes in the literal sense.

Despite this turn of events, the ones guarding their ultimate target in the tower were still oblivious to their progress. The ones stationed at the top of Turtle Rock were living snowmen like demons with blue jester like hats all called Jack Frost. They were led by the largest of them that had black colored snow for some reason and slightly more menacing looking eyebrows.

The black Jack Frost saw the Divine Beast flying in the direction of the tower and grasped his right fist tightly."Stay sharp Frosts! Lord Dio's enemies want to try and size the Divine Beasts in a desperate attempt to not get what's coming to them! But if we see one hint of a Joestar we will make that their last mistake, Hee-ho! I hear they are even more stubborn then me! But no matter how hard they try they are not going to get past, huh?"

The fellow snowmen demons were about to cheer in agreement till they all saw steam coming out of the ground. In moments a massive pillar of fire erupted, melting half the Jack Frosts instantly. The Black Frost widened his eyes before Doug kicked the door to the roof down. Seeing all the shocked snow men looking at him caused the blond-haired man to snicker. "You guys were not even filled in eh? Sucks to be you, but no time for small fry!"

"How dare you mock me beard face! I'm no pawn, I can throw the hardest snowball in all of Battle-World!"

Luigi suddenly jumped in front of Doug before having green fire grow in his hand."Sorry buddy but I can throw a pretty mean fireball myself! We got through worst snow monsters then you!"

The taller of the Mario Bro's swiftly hurled a large fire ball at the Black Jack Frost, but to everyone's shock the demon composed of snow just batted the fire ball back at its sender. As Mario quickly smashed the fire ball to the ground with his hammer the Black Jack Frost puffed his chest up."You're going to pay for thinking I'll melt like any every day snow man! The weak are of no use to Lord Dio, so in order to be part of his new world I did some major training! I've become hardcore hee ho evil! I'm so evil they call me the emperor of all ice! You guys are sneakier then I thought coming from below, but I'm Black Frost, you're not getting past heeeeee h, ARG!"

In a blink of an eye Doug flash stepped behind the black colored fiend and roundhouse kicked him into the wall. As he saw his target hit the tower wall hard enough to become a large puddle of black ice he snickered."Sorry dude, wasted enough time humoring punks. All right how we pull this off again Joe dudes?"

Jotaro cleared his throat, but before he could respond everyone heard a voice roar out," HEY!"

Black Frost suddenly reformed himself and jumped in front of Doug." That's rude you know! You can throw a wicked punch dude, but you can't punch out the cold! You look like you're a fun guy to throw down with but I got strict orders dude! No one can endure my ice when I get serious so get ready to freeze!"

Aqua noticed the snow around the tower suddenly raging around like a blizzard before she grasped her blade tightly." If you want to have a contest of who can be colder, you're going to get your world rocked if you keep pushing it."

"You got a lot of guts trying to challenge me when your far less snowy then me babe! But while a hot bold chick is a perfect match for someone as scary and cute as me it's not going to work out. Fire and ice can't stop me, all you can do is beg for, huh? AH!"

While Black Jack Frost was talking Yoshi snuck up behind him and latched out to him with his tong. To the demon's horror, Yoshi widened his mouth and devoured him whole. Everyone heard Yoshi's victim struggle for a moment before the green member of the Justice Force winced, made a few sounds, and a few moments later Black Frost came out as an egg.

Yoshi saw the Joestars and others looking at him with bafflement before he checked at the recently made egg just smiled." Don't worry, Yoshi's turned bigger and colder baddies into eggs before no problem!"

Josuke chuckled nervously before he leaned over to Pontiff to whisper,"Damn, I thought that dino was just the plumber's mascot but he is hardcore!"

As the group nodded Axel saw Mario pat Yoshi on the head and glanced up to see the Divine Beast flying to the tower. The former Dark Enji saw the giant robotic eagle's eyes glow red before he produced an uneasy chuckle."Hey um, you Joestars worked this plan out, well right? Thanks to that dream detour it does not seem like we have much room for error here!"

Joseph just chuckled before he grasped his right hand." Don't fret, this won't take long! Like I said before, the short story is I just have to tap into the energy that's set to recharge the Divine Beast. Using my Hamon I'll purify the energy, and thus purify it from Dio's control! Its worked on smaller targets, it should work now. Just remember to back me up boys!"

Link grasped his shield tightly before he nodded."It's a bold plan, but it's a path we must go through with. Be careful comrades."

The oldest Joestar nodded before he walked up to the center of the chamber, and looking at a black terminal with a glowing blue eye. Above it was a large spike with another glowing blue eye, one that was looking at the Divine Beast. As Link saw the eye glow he gasped as he realized it was something he seen before." That, that's the symbol of the Sheikah? This tower is their construction?"

Ravio chuckled before walking up," They were the ones that built both the towers and the Beasts after all. Thankfully, they left some of their tech behind to be salvaged, by plucky scavengers like me to make use of! I managed to get this Sheikan Slate from some of Dio's forces because I conned them into thinking it was broken junk. But, the reality is that it can rewrite the functions of towers like these. Either that or blow up in our faces but, let's just find out already."

The man in the purple bunny outfit took out a slate like machine with the same markings as the tower and slid it into the top of the lower machine. This caused the two machines to glow purple, and as everyone held their breath the entire tower started to glow.

Ravio looked like he was going to have a stroke, till the tower made another noise, one that seemed to cause Ravio to laugh."It worked! They knew we were coming but they did not know I had something that could reprogram the tower! Alright do your think Joestars!"

Jotaro nodded before adding a blunt,"Don't crumble now old man."

"I was going to say the same to you! Sunlight Overdrive!"

Joseph had his hands glow with light before he grasped the Sheikan Slate and had energy pour into it. Everyone heard a vibration noise before a massive amount of energy roared out in to the upper machine. The energy turned color once it connected with Joseph's Hamon, before that converted energy went into the Divine Beast.

Doug was one of the many who saw that the energy around the giant eagle was slowly turning from red to blue before he chuckled." Well, glad you guys were not just acting on a hunch. Fine by me, have a jackass that needs a whopping!"

Jotaro nodded before he grasped his fist tightly."Dio, despite everything you done, despite how ruthless you are, you're going to answer for all the pain you caused my family once and for all. Its, huh?"

Everyone got alarmed as the ground around all of them suddenly started to consume them like it was quicksand. Suddenly the four Black Priests from before descended out of the sky. Doug glared at the masked wizards before snarling out," You freaks did not bite it with your boss? You're going to wish you did when I'm. GUH!"

Black lighting rained out both from two of the Black Priests as well as from the ground itself. As Doug and others glared at their attackers one of the mages hissed out," We are no fooooolllsss. You killed Lord Hypnos, we won't play games, jussssstttt bring death!"

Jotaro saw his father faltering before he grit his teeth."Damn it, did not come this far to lose now! Star, GUH!"

The Black Priests had even more energy zap into their targets to paralyze the more stubborn ones like Jotaro and Doug. They all then grasped their fist in unison." You are passionate souls, but there is a limit to what passion alone can break through. You unenlightened ones have no choice but to submit to the true law of existence, and the word of truth is, GUH!"

Before the Black Priests could cast their spell a barrage of blue energy blasts hit them in the back. Everyone was shocked as the four all shouted in pain. Before they could rebound more blasts smashed into them, and Doug managed to recover enough to see that the shots came from Rocket Raccoon and Star Lord.

Both members of the Guardian's of the Galaxy were standing on the Zodiac Pinion's extended boarding plank and had large rifles with square shaped muzzles that were glowing white.

Rocket saw the Black Priests were looking at him before he grinned."You're not the only guys that can know the truth freaks! Got told you masked mages are the undying kind and could no sell magic! That did seem scary but after having the ship scan you guys we found out you guys have a lot in common with zombies.

Might not know the nitty gritty about you but even if you don't die the normal way, if your energy flow is ruptured it's a hell of a lot worst for you then a blood clot! Good thing I told Quill that having energy rupturing guns would come in handy eh?"

The Black Priests all moaned in outrage, and as one extended their hand the Star-Lord winced." Don't give them time to pull anything funny! Get them guys!"

Drax and Gamora leapt out and both slashed two of the Black Priests in half. Groot then walked forward before shouting," I am Groot!"

The being of wood then had his arms extend and his hands morph into spears before he impaled the two masked wizards that were left. Thanks to the barrage that Rocket and Star-Lord unloaded into them Doug and everyone else were relieved to see that they knew what they were talking about, for as the glowing severed parts of the Black Priests fell to the ground they glowed white before all exploding. As Axel found he could move again he just smirked."Glad you guys can pull your weight. Alright, let's do this before something else shows up eh?"

Joseph took a deep breath before he nodded and resumed infusing the energy of the tower with his Hamon. Thanks to the Slate that Ravio inserted the tower did not shut down, and the energy at last was sent into the Divine Beast.

Everyone took another deep breath, but felt relief flood through them as the giant metallic bird completely turned blue, and suddenly stopped in midair. Doug saw some of Vah Medoh's weapons retract before he chuckled."Not bad guys, you pulled it off. All right, now what?"

"Now we get in the big bird's head to get to its command module and set the code to flip over the other Divine Beasts. As long as our allies are in position it should work."

After everyone made sure that Vah Medoh was under control they quickly resupplied on the Zodiac Pinion and boarded the Divine Beast, and were relieved to see that it only took a little bit to go inside the bird's head to see a wide computer terminal in the cockpit.

Josuke took a deep breath before he looked at his comrades."Let's hope the others were able to keep things up on their end or this is going to suck."

Joseph patted his son on the back before throwing out a hearty,"We have to press on one way or another lad, but have some faith in your comrades, a lot of them are more competent then you! Alright, this is the code for Speedwagon's, transmitter thing, right?"

Ravio nodded, and pressed a few buttons on the terminal. Moments later the image over where the eye was on the terminal glowed, before everyone saw the image of a man of medium height and athletic build.

He had blond, long fair-haired mullet and a large scar across the left cheek, leading from his nose to his jaw. His attire consisted of a three-piece dark suit with tie, and a bowler hat. Joseph saw Doug, Yuri, Luigi, and some of the others look wary and was about to say something before the man with the bowler hat chuckled."

Right about now, you're probably wondering who I am. Allow me to elucidate ya! The name is Robert E. O. Speedwagon!"

Joseph saw Doug raise an eyebrow and smirked."Don't be alarmed, that's one of the oldest friends of the Joestar family. Truth is he's even older than me, but because of the way Battle-World worked he was brought to this planet in his prime. Good to see your still in one piece Speedwagon, I take it this means things are going according to plan?"

"Nah mate, I'm contacting you from a cell! Just kidding Joseph, it was close but, far as I can tell we just pulled it off by the skin of our teeth! Let's see, thanks to Dio's kid Giorno Giovanna, the group sent to Vah Ruta were able to take it over since he was able to con them to thinking that his Passione group was still loyal to Dio long enough to take out Dio's henchmen Diavolo.

I have to hand it to yah Jotaro, your daughter Jolyne Cujoh is just as vicious as you, that Pucci wanker that tried to ambush her got ripped apart like a can of sardines!"

Aqua saw Jotaro smirk before she raised an eyebrow."Wait, you have a kid already Jotaro?"

"Eh…from the future, the Beyonder had some twisted sense of humor. Anyway, I take it the others managed to keep it together Speedwagon?"

"Oi mate. That Raidou Kuzunoha managed to prove his worth and with the help of Ronaldo Kuriki, that Barbarian Conan, Serph, Yamato Hotsuin and their guys and gals were able to hijack Vah Rudania. And just heard that the Witcher bloke was able to take over Vah Naboris .

I admit I thought that Geralt of Rivia was just pulling an act, but it seems those gals Yennefer and Triss that was around him pulled off even more vicious magic then I thought.

I tell you, it's been a lot harder organizing all us rebels then it was guiding my fellow thieves on Ogre Street back in the day but guess we pulled it off so far. Just don't want that bastard Dio to get the last laugh."

"That goes for us all old friend." Joseph uttered as he stroked his beard." It's been a brutal fight, but time to show Dio he's hardly as great as he thinks he is! Alright, that being said there is no time to waste. If the others are ready let's drag Dio out of his hiding spot and slam a few dozen stakes through his throat!"

"Sounds good to me mate! Let's lock and load!"

Ravio looked at the terminal before he grinned."I was worried but looks like it's working! The radar has Dio's castle registered! Location point is, um… a real location! Get ready, doubt the fella is going to be happy we knocked his front door down!"

Doug cracked his neck before spitting out,"He can throw as big as a tantrum as he wants, but this Dio dude's going to take his beat-down like a man one way or another!"

Aqua saw the anger in Doug's eyes before she just sighed." True, but delusional tyrant types like him tend to have very murderous tantrums when they realize things don't go their way. Just, be alert everyone so we can minimize the casualties."

The group nodded before Ravio, Joseph, and Star-Lord pressed a few buttons and the Divine Beast had the cannon that shattered the meteor before form once more. Everyone tensed up as the cannon aimed at what seemed to be thin air, and fired a massive energy beam. At the same time Doug and the others saw three other energy beams, the blasts of the other Divine Beasts race out.

Just as some wondered if the data was wrong the four energy beams suddenly collided into what seemed at first to be nothing, before causing an explosion that blinded the sky.

The shock-wave that the explosion produced nearly knocked everyone off their feet, but when the shaking stopped Doug looked at where the blast went, and widened his eyes as he saw a giant black castle now floating in the sky.

Luigi saw the castle slowly rotating and just sighed." Mamma Mia, why can't the bad guys ever live in small castles? I mean, I guess me and my bro have busted so many of Bowser's flying castles that I can sleep walk through it. Still, I guess it's not as big and bad as that Neo-Pandemonium castle where Zannacross was chilling but it looks like a place that can hold a lot of baddies."

Link looked carefully at the castle and noticed he saw one of the statues of a woman from one point of his life. He looked at the bottom of the castle and gasped in horror." What madness is this? Parts of this castle, nearly look like my first home, the island of Skyloft!"

"All I know dude is that when this all started Dio took parts from all over this world and combined them into this super castle."Josuke uttered." Guess, he wanted to show every part of the world could be molded into his own or something like that. Well, maybe I can fix that all with Shinning Diamond but I don't know man, I never tried to restore a target that big."

Yoshi saw Luigi starting to turn pale before he smirked."Don't get scared Luigi. Yoshi and pals cleared through tougher castles and tougher bad guys then this so we can do it again no matter how scary Dio gets!"

As Luigi nodded Aqua cleared her throat before interjecting with a wary,"Just be careful, while what you said is true Yoshi, we don't quite have, all the assets we had in some of those victories."

Doug saw Estelle and some of the others look conflicted before he just cracked his neck."We don't need Ben, Ezan, or any other "chosen ones" to shut down bad guys am I right? Trust me, we have more than enough to finish this Dio punk as we are. Hell, now that the shield's down I can just power up and blow up that castle myself!"

Joseph saw the fury in Doug's eyes and just chuckled."Well that sure as hell would wrap things up quickly, at the same time Princess Hilda is still being held in one of those gloomy chambers. That and we were kind of hoping we could free some of the people Dio took prisoner."

Doug saw everyone eyeing him before he just tipped his hat."Fair enough. But if that's the case then are we waiting for this Dio to roll out the red carpet or not?"

"No arguments their Fitter." Jotaro uttered."Let's end this! Get this ship of yours their now before Dio can recover!"

Doug was just going to have the Zodiac Pinion do just that when all of a sudden everyone heard a magically projected male voice boom out a wry,"Once more, you assume too much, meddlesome Joestar vermin! But your arrogance is to my advantage, for what you thought was catching me off guard is me delivering the coup de grâce not only on your miserable bloodline, but for this grand contest!"

Doug saw the Joestar family and their allies get on guard before he snickered."So that's Dio eh? Sounds like more of a punk then I figured, whatever."

"Don't let your guard down for a second Fitter."Jotaro uttered bitterly."I know he sounds like a windbag but trust me, he's one of kind of guys that can back up his bite. Well, I figured he would not be sleeping when we busted his shield but."

Dio suddenly cut everyone off with a wicked,"I bet at this point your saying something like,"We caught you by surprise Dio, you're finished!" If you did your wrong! It's an annoyance that so many of my followers are so incompetent, but doing all that work to "take control" of the divine beasts just helps me more then you! After all, I would have to lower the shields to my castle anyway to harvest the lot of you at once!"

Everyone suddenly saw the entire castle glow red before Axel got on guard."Damn it, he wants to attack us all at once? He has some powerful energy blast attack or something to try and nuke everyone at once?"

"Not that we seen at least." Jonathan retorted grimly." He's used energy beams from his eyes, but nothing on the scale of the Divine Beasts, that's why he used them in the first place. Still, huh?"

Before the bearded Joestar could go on, suddenly the castle glowed even brighter, before it unleashed a beam of light at the moon, before that soon turned blood red. And that caused the entire sky to rain red like projectiles.

The projectiles did not harm the ship, but Doug quickly saw red like energy erupt from all over, and noticed massive pillars of red energy head for the castle. As one pillar came from the Turtle Rock Tower Doug just spat on the ground." The hell is this? He gathering power or something?"

Rocket looked at the monitors before he winced." I don't know the nitty gritty about this world yet man, but I do know that the ship's saying that energy is being ripped out from all over this rock, and a lot of it is coming from people!"

Aqua gasped in horror as she looked at the readings." Wait, does that mean it's, life energy? That Alma Network you all talked about before, is this related to what's going on? Is, Dio harvesting the souls of everyone left on the planet?"

Dio suddenly laughed once more before cackling out a wicked," Since I don't want you to come to the wrong conclusion I'll be modest enough to explain just how I intend to crush you! There were more than a few concepts I had to understand when I found myself in Battle-World, but I always was a quick study!

After harvesting all the resources of this combined world, I was able to activate the other part of my master plan, the Nightmare System! While in the past I may have been a base Vampire and drink a person's blood to gain strength, now once more I evolved to a far more productive method!

Yes, souls, or how it's called here by the locals, Magatsuhi...is essential to this world's existence. It's used as an offering. It is the power needed to call forth the favor of this god like Rabum Alal. One who possesses a strong will can change everything, thus I will use my Nightmare System to force the flow of Magatsuhi into me, to speed up the completion of the Forsaken Calamity Ritual, and thus complete my final victory!

It is quite a painful way to die, so if you want to be put out of your misery do come and give me a visit so I can show you mercy! Yes, come Joestars, come embrace your destiny, the inescapable fate of all who try and defy the ascension of Dio Brando!"

Yuri grasped his sword tightly before grinding out,"Let me get this straight, this Dio prick's going to use some machine or magic spell to rip out the souls of everyone on this planet, just to compete a ritual to gain even more power?"

Rita looked at the data before she grimaced." That is the short version Yuri. I'll spare you the details for now but I'll just say this Dio is not fibbing about what he's attempting to pull off. If we don't shut him down soon we are screwed. The only plus is that I don't think our energy can be drained while in his castle."

"Well if that's the case then I reckon that if all of you are not keen on getting your soul sucked out by this jackass let's get to work!"

Jotaro nodded before adding,"Dio, I won't let you take from my family what you already had! Its time you pay up on your debt."

Speedwagon then gave a salute,"Give Dio hell Jojo's! Anyone that can board the castle will do so to help yah! Stay alive mates!"

The transmission ended before Jotaro nodded at Jonathan and Josuke. Everyone quickly got back on the Zodiac Pinion. As they got on board and quickly flied to the castle, Doug made sure the Joestar group was out of hearing distance and went over to Star-Lord."Guys, get the ship's Nega Bomb ready to launch, we need all our options open encase this Dio prick pulls a fast one."

Aqua overheard Doug and gasped in horror."Doug, are you crazy? That could kill the people we are trying to save! Maybe even us if the bomb is to close!"

"Your barriers will protect us Aqua right? Even if it won't kill Dio it will shut down his soul sucking castle. Going with the flow has made things smoother so far girl but the cold hard truth is that these guys are all fakes. They are cool fakes but when it comes down to it got to make priorities."

Aqua saw Josuke pat Raven on the back before she looked determined."Doug, I don't know the precise way the Beyonder created theses people but they are clearly as real as you and me. As long as they act like our allies, they deserve to be treated as such. It's been a while but it's the Enji way, remember?"

Doug saw Aqua was giving her final say look and snickered. However, before he could retort Rocket muttered,"No point being sneaky on this Fitter. From the readings I'm getting, nuke that castle and the chain reaction will vaporize at least half of the planet. Unless you know a spell that can resolve this might as well do this the old fashion way."

Doug saw Aqua, Axel, and in the distance Yuri and Flynn looking at him, before he noticed the Joestars were looking at him before he just took out a cigar." Eh, might as well put the extra effort to see this punk cry for his momma. Alright then, if everyone's ready then lets rock! You and your tree pet guard the ship panda man!"

"Are you kidding me? I'm a racoon damn it!"

"Whatever."

After a laugh from Drax, Doug's group prepared to board Dio's castle. Their enemy's forces were not waiting for them to make the first moves as both helicopter types of the Guardian robots and various demons flew at the spaceship.

With the Divine Beast giving cover fire the Zodiac Pinion was able to get close enough to give people the time to land. As soon as Doug and the others landed on the ground the blond-haired man saw a man clad in red armor looking like a dragon.

The male grit his teeth before taking out a spear and having it be consumed with fire."Damned heathens, you will regret stepping foot on sacred ground!"

"Guess you did not get the memo eh dude?"Doug uttered as he flashed a half-lopped smile."Must be deaf if you did not hear your boss dare us to try and punch him! Besides, if you have a problem with that you're sure as hell not going to keep us away with a damn pointy stick!"

The spear equipped male suddenly had flames come out of his throat before he snarled out,"I'm well aware of Lord Dio's desire to grasp ultimate victory over the Joestars. However, I, General Volga, will turn to ash any that stands in his way! And I assure you, I have far more than a stick at my disposal! Enjoy your shared graves!"

Volga suddenly unleashed a steam of fire from his mouth at everyone. While a few of the dragon knight's targets looked shocked, Axel quickly flash stepped in front of the fire and hit it with his twin red Chakram. As Volga saw his flames easily get absorbed the former Dark Enji just laughed."I don't know what they think is hot where you came from buddy but these flames are just a warm up compared to me! You better get ready to die if you think you can do more then be a road block!"

Volga quickly jumped back and got into a fighting stance."Are you to one who's bonded with dragons? No matter, a fight with strong opponents was just what I wanted! Besides, your mistaken if you think you're the ones with superior numbers! Bellum, Imlerith, Malladus, Pet-shop, Now!"

Doug and the others quickly looked around for any new arrivals, when suddenly what before seemed like the statue of a muscular demon with horns and a mustache in a blur swung his muscular arm to hit Axel in the back of the head before he could react.

As the red-haired man got smashed into the ground another object that people previously thought was a statue, a sort of octopus demon, suddenly opened its eye, hissed a sound and fired a barrage of acid from its mouth as its skin suddenly turned yellow.

Luigi was one of the many who was hastily dashing around to avoid being hit by the acid, and after one melted off a few hairs off his mustache the green plumber heard a screeching sound and looked up to see a random hawk with a sliver helmet on its head was diving right for his face. As the mustached member of the Justice Force kept running away from the acid he cried out." Oh come on! Even the freaking pets want to claw at us!"

Yoshi just ran up and aimed an egg at the hawk."Don't worry Luigi Yoshi will knock this nasty bird out faster than a Paratrooper Koopa!"

The green dino swiftly readied an egg and fired it. However, as the Hawk saw the egg coming it screeched out with fury. Suddenly, large icicles formed all around its body and were all fired at once.

One of them easily shattered Yoshi's egg, and as the other two prepared to ram into the green colored heroes, Pontiff suddenly jumped forward and had his Sliver Chariot Stand form to slice the frosty projectiles in half. As the sliver, haired man saw the bird sneer and fly around he looked bitter." Damn it watch out that's no mere bird! That freak's called Pet-Shop, and he has a Stand named Horus that killed a friend of mine!"

Mario saw more monsters coming from all directions before he grasped his Ultra Hammer tightly."Mamma Mia, now the birds have those a Stand things to? You guys really do have bizarre adventures!"

Doug saw Malladus coming for him, and as the demonic beast roared the blond haired man narrowed his eyes and unleashed a lighting fast roundhouse kick to smash his target hard enough to cut him in half. The Enji saw the remains of his target get knocked outside the castle, and after seeing some of the other minion's flinch Doug just spat on the ground."You Jojo's have seen some odd stuff I tell you what. But it's not the time for wasting time with loser's crazy tricks! I'll blow you all away if you're going to be a pain!"

Volga saw Doug's angry glare and suddenly had fire circle around him. The man with the dragon helmet prepared to attack when suddenly Yuri dashed at him and unleashed his Severing Fang Art.

As Dio's fire loving general blocked the strike Yuri kept him back before glancing at Doug." Leave these packs of losers to us and get going! You said it yourself, we don't have time to waste on these scrubs so let us keep them down!"

Doug eyed the leader of Brave Vesperia carefully before he looked at the entrance to the castle." You sure about this dude?"

"Hell yah man. Trust me, least I can say I did something more then take pod shots at the big boss eh?"

"Heh…well I'm not going to rob you guys of some cool stories for when this is over. Just keep your guard up got it?"

"Same goes to you. And Doug…don't lose sight of yourself yeah hear?"

Doug saw Yuri, Flynn, and Judith all had wary looks before he just tipped his hat." Heh, that's crazy talk man, even when the whole damn universe changes I'm always nothing but myself right? Right then, lets own a vampire already!"

Volga saw Jotaro, Link, and some of the others knock down a large armored man with a mace and shield before they headed into the castle, causing him to snarl out," No, I'll die before I fail my duty! You will all burn!"

While fire flared up around the man with the spear, Judith suddenly took a high leap and came down on him with her Luna Rise attack. As Volga was forced to change his moves, the blue haired woman locked eyes with him she just winked." Your way too worked up fella, you need to chill out, one way or another!"

"Damn tramp, you may use a fighting style that resembles mine but I'll crush all amateurs!"

"A real warrior knows appearances are not everything hot head! I don't need the approval of someone I'm going to skewer! Luna Gale!"

The blue haired woman swiftly unleashed a blast of wind energy to hit Volga in the chest. Blasting him into the wall. As the man with the goatee coughed up blood he snarled, before he suddenly had dragon like wings snap out of his back and flew straight up.

As he saw Judith glance at him he glared back and suddenly unleashed a massive fire ball at everyone around the blue haired spear woman. Rita saw the attack coming and just looked annoyed." Don't think you can just blow us away punk! Tidal Wave!"

The mage from Aspio quickly had a massive burst of water form out of the ground to intercept the fire ball. Doug saw Volga 's fireball slowly vaporize the water he saw Aqua and a few others look concerned before his face hardened."If you worry too much about their head's you're going to get your own kicked off when you're not looking! It's in their hands now."

Mario nodded and was about to say something inspirational before Luigi suddenly screamed in dread."Oh no that crazy hawk's coming back!"

Pet-Shop indeed was seen flying around preparing to unleash another barrage of icicles at everyone. Doug, Aqua, Jotaro, and others were about to take action when Yoshi jumped up and did his flutter jump to get right in the evil hawk's face. Pet-Shop grinned as much as a hawk could as its Stand, Horus appeared to prepare to impale the green dino.

However, Yoshi had quickly devoured a red flame watermelon he brought with him before he left and had devoured it when the hawk with the stand was not looking. Just as Pet-Shop was going to attack Yoshi suddenly unleashed a massive stream of fire. The avian enemy only had a moment to realize the fire was too big for him to evade in time and just screamed in fury before being set ablaze.

As Jotaro saw Yoshi look determined he cracked his knuckles."That's more like it. No matter how much you throw at us Dio, I'll punch through every last thing till I punch your face in! Now Star Platinum!"

The man in the hat's stand once more formed and shouted its battle cry before swiftly upper cutting a large grey centaur like Lynel off the castle.

The group swiftly blazed through all the hapless minions that stood in their way, and after a few more minutes of cutting down enemies that were little more than road blocks the group entered a wide chamber with a round ceiling. Everyone paused as they saw a massive pillar of red and black energy pulsating into what looked like a sword sized ebony spike in the ground.

Doug quickly noticed that there was a red magical symbol around the spike, and that the spike had pictures of woman around it before he raised an eyebrow." This is where all the biggest energy source is but, is this Dio? I know the dude's a vampire but if he thinks he can just sleep while all this goes down I'm going to wake him up by slapping him with his own hand!"

Ravio looked at the painting right next to the spike before he gasped in horror."I know the woman in that painting, its Princess Hilda! I seen this magic before, that toady mage Yuga must have turned her into a painting like he's done with so many others!"

Joseph looked at the other paintings that were lined up in a circle around the spike before a blond-haired woman caught his attention." Oh my god, that's Holly! I thought we lost her when Cia betrayed us! What the hell is this for? It looks…like some ritual."

Airy flew above everyone and looked up at the energy."This looks, like they are preparing to go through with the Calamity Ritual, and prepare to unseal the demon of darkness, Demise. Dio, wants to amass as much power as possible, he won't hesitate to sacrifice everyone in this world to prove he is the strongest of them all."

"Heartless villains, he will pay for this!" Link uttered with defiance as he grasped the Master Sword.

Before anyone could go forward everyone heard a deranged giggle from above."My sweat distorted hero, soon the right people will pay, just wake up before it's too late!"

Everyone saw Cia slowly float down in front of everyone. Link saw the madness in her eyes and just grimaced." Cia, if there is any shred of goodness, or sanity in your heart wake up and see what is truly right before it's too late! You truly think a villain as foul as Dio will truly grant your wish?"

"He will let my paradise become reality in the remade world, a paradise where at last you see things clearly and give me the love you and I both deserve! Now with his power I'll shatter your hold once and for all, nothing else matters!"

Doug saw Cia raise her staff, and got a look at her loosely covered chest as a result before he just whistled." Damn Link, this is the chick who was messing with you in that dream world eh? She's crazy alright, at least she is easy on the eyes am I right? Well dame I'd have fun with this but we have a rather damn tight deadline so I don't have the time to do this softly! You're getting woken up to reality, one way or another!"

Link then had the Master Sword glow with light before he pointed it at the deranged woman." Aye, circumstances are to dire to afford mercy. You failed before Cia, if you attempt this once more with all my allies at my side you will not only fail again but that failure will likely cost you your life!"

"Your friends won't stop me! I'm not alone this time, I have both the power of Lord Dio and of the demon Demise at my command! Now Yuga!"

The entire room started shaking before the paintings all glowed red and started spinning around. Yuga then descended from the ceiling with his paintbrush like staff glowing red. As everyone glanced at him he just formed a wicked grin."You all arrived here just in time to marvel at my masterpiece! Have you liked my collection so far of Princess Hilda and the other offerings? Thanks to the harvest of the Nightmare System I can force the ritual to take off prematurely! Time for all the ugliness in existence to vanish, let the Imprisoned, be imprisoned no longer!"

Yuga fired a beam of energy that unleashed a shock-wave that knocked everyone back, delaying them long enough for the beam to hit the spike in the ground. Beams of energy that burst out of the paintings and went into the spike. Moments later the ground erupted with dark energy as everyone heard a monstrous roar. Everyone tensed up as they saw the mass of dark energy start to turn solid, before it took the shape of a gigantic monster covered completely with black scales and gigantic teeth.

Despite the size of those teeth and the fact that the monster's toes were larger the everyone, the group quickly saw that the monster lacked arms, eyes, and looked rather, incomplete. As the monster roared and staggered on its short feet, Link just got into a battle stance." I'll give you that this monster's current form is, lacking Doug, but you must not underestimate it! This demon is an incomplete form of the demon Demise, who at least in my world, the elite general of Zannacross who would become Ganondorf!"

As Link's allies looked at him with shock Cia just laughed madly as she widened her arms."Thanks to the additional power we can partially revive Demise before fully breaking the seal. And even in an incomplete state, the power of Demise is enough to put you scum in your place! I tried to be gentle before my darling, but if you insist on clinging to the delusions Hylia spun around your heart then I'll have to smash at your brainwashing like a hammer! Demise, devour these infidels so you can fully revive!"

The incomplete demon roared with enough force to shake the room before stomping over in Link's direction. The enemy covered in scales slowly raised its right foot to attempt to smash Jotaro, but as it did Doug rolled his eyes."Seriously? Screw this!"

The blond haired Enji powered up his aura with enough force to cause Demise to stagger, before in a flash he kicked his target in the leg still on the ground with enough force to vaporize it. As he landed on the other side he saw Demise stagger before he glared at Yuga and Cia."I'm not in the mood to humor a dame who's not all their got it? Even if this freak's a big deal from where you're from he's just a road block to me, one that's getting pounded pronto!"

As Demise lose his balance and starting to fall Jotaro calmly walked up and cracked his neck."My sentiments precisely Fitter."

The Joestar once more had Star Platinum appear before the Stand unleashed a swift uppercut Demise just as it fell on him. The blow was powerful enough to cause Demise to flip over, and shatter one of the Sanctum's pillars before landing with a thud.

Doug saw Demise writhe around like a fish out of water before he spat on the ground." You and your buddies wasted enough of my time with your crackpot schemes girl, its over!"

Yuga suddenly looked frantic before howling out,"No, someone like you won't ruin our glorious destiny!"

The red-haired villain swiftly unleashed a blast of lighting at Doug, only for the Enji to catch the attack with his gauntlets, and then unleash a surge of power to rupture the spell. Yuga saw the deadly serious look Doug was giving him before he winced, and quickly ran for the wall.

Doug prepared to punch him hard, when suddenly his target grinned, and entered the wall itself. As Doug saw Yuga move through the wall like a shadow, laughing all the way, he just wound his fist up." It's been beyond stale with punks like you thinking your tricks make you better than me! I'll smash this whole tacky castle down if I have to prove my point!"

Doug saw Jotaro, Axel, and a few others nod before they charged at both the still writhing Demise, and Yuga behind him still moving up the wall. However, as they did a flash of purple light suddenly got their attention from the right.

Cia then appeared above the group and had her right eye twitch." I'm not like those boorish men who obsess over their pride! I don't care if I can beat you or not, I just want you out of my way, so I'll do just that!"

Doug saw Cia raise her wand and prepared to charge at her, only to feel something grasp him by the back. He, Jotaro, Axel and those around him all realized that giant demonic severed hands all were touching them, and as Link saw this he gasped out,"Wallmaster demons, here? No!"

Aqua suddenly felt a foul energy and swiftly cast a barrier spell that covered her, the Mario bros, Ravio, Josuke, and Yoshi. The blue haired woman saw five Wall-master demons fall get blasted away, but just as Doug noticed he, Axel, Jotaro, Joseph, and their other allies were warped away.

Link saw Cia look ecstatic before he quickly took out his bow and aimed a light arrow right for the tan skinned woman."What did you do to them Cia?"

"I shooed them away so they won't interfere. There is hardly more than one monster in this castle, and so very soon your friends will pay the price for defying me and Lord Dio! And now that we have less distractions, I can give you the attention you deserve. You might have a few sneaky friends left but, they can't stop me!"

"Cia, if you truly cared about me why do you cling so tightly to a delusion?"

The man in green fired a light arrow at her, but this time Cia was ready and had her scepter suddenly reveal itself to be part whip as the top part detached and lashed out at the Light Arrow to smash it into the ground.

As the aura of darkness around the woman grew she pointed to the castle walls with an obsessive look."My entire life has been watching others, watching from afar. Where is my happiness, why must I be denied my destiny! I'll make my destiny the reality, even if I have to alter destiny itself!"

Mario glanced at where Cia was pointing, and realize she was pointing at many pictures and statues of Link from the different eras of his legend before he winced." Mamma Mia Link, this lady is more obsessed with you then Bowser was with a Peach!"

Aqua looked at Cia for a few moments before she got back into a fighting stance."Cia, is it? You can't force your feelings on others, the harder you try and cling to a false reality, the harder it will lash back! You and your master can try and divide and confuse us all you want, but no matter what you do, it will fail!"

Cia shirked with disgust and retorted by unleashing a purple energy blast at Aqua. Upon seeing the female Enji reflect the blast with her energy barrier she had her eye twitch."Think you're so great you smug tool? Your wrong, with the right tools one can dictate how things flow! Even if your comrades get past Shesha, they can never overcome Dio's will!"

Josuke got annoyed before jabbing his finger at the woman."Shut it you crazy hag! The Joestar's don't fold that easily, and Dio is going to learn once and for all that he made a big mistake messing with my family!"

"Guess we will see who is the weakest link once and for all, eh boy? Before you die, I'll teach a tacky brat like you the price to mouthing off to me!"

Yuga suddenly fired a blast of lighting from above as Cia unleashed a barrage of dark energy blasts from her scepter. As Aqua tried to find a way to strike back Airy cowered behind her while muttering," Geeze, this lady really has a one-track mind! Still, as long as that obsession is about killing us that's a big problem!"

Aqua nodded as she fired a blast of ice at Yuga, only to see him go into the wall again."We just have to hope our passion and skills can trump theirs. Despite all of this, I know the others have what it takes. Frankly, with all that's going on they have to! Doug, Axel, hope you can focus on what's important."

Max's former teammate saw Cia suddenly create shadow clones of herself before she cartwheeled out of the way of even more dark energy blasts, all the while trying not to let her worry for Doug, Axel, weaken her senses.

At the same time Doug, Axel, and the Joestar group suddenly found themselves in an area even more massive then the sanctum. As Doug landed on his feet on first glance he saw that his surroundings looked like a dungeon.

As Axel got to his feet he raised an eyebrow."What games they playing now? If they wanted us out of the way it would make more sense to warp us to the other side of the planet!"

"Seems Dio still wants us around to try and get his "ultimate victory" so this seems like that hag's work."

Doug saw that there were countless bones around everyone before he spat on one of them." Guess that broad thought she could slam us into another pet of hers. Tsc…let's just smash whatever fido is around here and use it as a battering ram to get to this Dio prick already!"

Everyone suddenly heard a snide laugh before Doug saw Jagi standing on a platform to the upper left that had an energy barrier over the window. The masked man just sneered as he saw everyone look at him."You think your hot stuff eh Jojo punks? You may be major pains, but you're just going to become a meal! Don't take my word for it, figure it out as you get devoured by the god eater Shesha!"

Jagi quickly pressed a button before the entire right wall ripped open, as a giant green monster, with the lower half being that of a snake, with the upper part being a muscular demon with sharp red claws, and a head with the cross of a cobra and a demon with countless small red eyes.

Joseph saw this Shesha monster slowly slither their way before he winced."Damn, did not realize they brought this mutant bastard back to the castle! Don't let your guard down, Dio's been having this Shesha beast devour entire villages, devouring their very souls so that Dio could harvest them later."

Doug saw Shesha hiss at him before he cracked his neck. "So, this snake likes to eat eh? Well I'll give it a knuckle sandwich on the house! Hammer of Might!"

The martial artist was fast enough to warp in front of Shesha before it could blink. Just as the snake like monster realized where Doug was the Enji unleashed a blow hard enough to shake the chamber with the intent of punching the monster's head off. However, to everyone's shock Shesha's head just bounced back like it was rubber.

As Doug saw his target's head bounce back to normal Shesha had its tail wrap around Doug faster than he expected, and swiftly squeezed hard enough to make the blond man feel pain.

Axel saw Shesha was wasting no time as it was lowering its head and widening its jaw. As he saw acid drip from the monster he narrowed his eyes." Hey buddy, the buffet's closed! If you don't get the memo you're going to burn baby!"

The former dark Enji unleashed a massive pillar of flame that enveloped Shesha. Everyone waited a few anxious seconds before they realized the snake monster did not seem bothered at all by the flames. Polnareff saw Shesha eye everyone hungrily before he winced."What kind of snake can just shrug off both heat and bone breaking punches?"

"The kind of snake Dio makes his top killer Polnareff."Jotaro uttered as he cracked his knuckles." Its body seems rubber like, but rubber has weaknesses! Try stabbing it to deflate it like a balloon or something. We will cover you!"

Jagi saw Axel and the Joestar's charge at Shesha before the masked man laughed loudly." You guys stupid or something? Shesha is a monster that Lord Dio and those other magic guys made to adapt to any kind of attack! None of your lame Stands can do jack! You guys just have to die like the weaklings you are!"

Doug glanced at Jagi and even despite still being squeezed he glared at the man."Big talk from a man hiding behind the wall as he makes his pet do all the work!"

"Heh, I'm not stupid punk! I saw what you did to Azrael! It's what smart people do eh? You guys caused Lord Dio and his crew like me a lot of grief but now it's time all the losers get what they have coming! Heh, it's going to be fun watching you squirm, cause there is nothing you can do to break this shield right boys!"

Jagi was referring to a pair of men in sandals and grey robes. The two men saw Jagi looking at them before their heads twitched, and they looked at Doug. The left man looked at Doug before uttering a calm,"You, if you win this war, do we get to survive?"

Doug raised an eyebrow before he chuckled."Sure, whatever dude, I'm a man who won't bother the little guy if he don't mess with me."

"Good enough."

Jagi quickly became mortified as the man slammed the button to lower the energy barrier around Jagi. The masked man saw the two others quickly run away before he snarled with outrage." The hell did you do that for? Damn defective Manikins! That was a lame as hell way to grow a backbone, that did not do anything to stop Shesha!"

Doug just chuckled darkly before he threw out," True that man, but while this pet of yours may be tough, you're sure as hell not! Fury Aura!"

The member of Squad 7 had the aura around his gauntlets and greaves to have blades of energy form around them. This sudden increase in size in a sharp way was enough to force Shesha to release his grip.

The moment he was free Doug flash stepped behind the giant snake monster and roundhouse kicked it hard enough to send him flying, right into where Jagi was. The masked man swore as he saw what he thought was his trump card suddenly look like it was going to be the thing that crushed him, and hastily jumped out of the way.

Jagi saw Shesha go through a few pillars, when he heard footsteps, and swerved around to see Doug was now right in front of him, giving him a furious look. Jagi moved back for a bit while mumbling out,"Your, you're still going to pay for being that smug! Lord Dio, is the true monster, and he will rip you apart like your nothing!"

"And your point is?" Doug spat out. "I don't see the man here punk, so you can't hide behind your boss man! Time to man up and take the beating a whipped dog like you has coming!"

Jagi had his eye twitch before snarling out,"I won't let you mock me! I'm strong enough for Lord Dio to see fit to be part of his new world, because I was wiser then my brothers on who was the strongest! I'll make you pay for dissing the Hokuto Shinken!"

Jagi showcased his strength by throwing one of the knocked off pillars right at Doug, only to be dismayed to see it shattered the instant it hit his target. The follower of Dio saw a discarded execution ax on the ground next to him and quickly picked it up and tried to cut Doug's neck off, only to be further dismayed to see Doug's body was so strong that the ax shattered upon impact.

Doug just slowly walked forward, causing Jagi to flinch."Damn it, I'll teach you to fear me!"

"Now why the hell would I fear a dead man walking?"

The masked man just screamed in fury as he went to punch Doug. The moment he did a small poison needle shot out for Doug's face. Jagi grinned for a second, till he saw Doug was fast enough to catch the needle with his teeth. The blond-haired male casually spat out the poison projectile before he widened his eyes."Poison's the most painful thing you can think of? True some poisons can hurt like hell, but this is a really painful punishment that no mortal man can be immune to!"

Doug suddenly unleashed a barrage of punches that were so fast that even Axel and the others could only see them as blurs. After hearing a barrage of screams and breaking noises Doug ended his assault with a lunging punch strong enough to cause a shock-wave that shattered Jagi's mask and smashed him through the wall.

Jagi moaned in pain and coughed up blood, before he staggered back to his feet. He was about to curse at Doug till suddenly his head twitched, and his head started to expand. Blood started pouring out of his head from many directions like a leaking water balloon before he howled out,"What did you do to me? What kind of punch does this? You, GUH!"

As blood poured out of more parts of his body Doug just saw this and shrugged."Guess you're not even close to as hardcore a fighter as you think eh dude? Much as I want to get this out of the way, between your eyes and what the Joestar's told me, you don't deserve a quick death."

"Damn it, help me already! I heard your some sort of hero from another world right? That means, you can give me mercy right?"

"You heard wrong dude." Doug answered coldly." I'm not sighed up for that job at the moment punk. Besides, I thought we were just scum eh dude? Your already dead anyway and you reap what you sow, and die like a man!"

"You think you're so tough? Lord Dio, will show you just how weak you truly are! Praise me Lord Dio, give me, GAHH!"

Doug's attack took full effect as Jagi proceeded to explode. As Jotaro saw blood fly everywhere he just shrugged."Guess he had it coming but damn, that was more brutal then what even I had planned."

Axel responded with a wry chuckle as he saw Shesha get back up and glare at them all."Not like I felt bad for a punk like that but we really wanted to off him that fast? Could have used him for directions or how to shut this snake down."

"We don't need anything from the enemy but for them to get out of the way! Besides, those toadies could help us out if you ask them nicely, unless they were just trolling us."

As Shesha prepared to attack again a confident voice cried out,"No, we have your back! Get Shesha to the center of the chamber and we can slay it with the failsafe weapon that was set up in case he went rouge!"

Doug glanced up to see a man that looked like the other two, but with more confidence in his eyes and his black hair tied up in an upward bun. Doug saw the man's eyes looked sincere,"And you know what you're talking about because why dude?"

"I'm Futomimi, it was my job to prepare the Ame-no-habakiri and other rituals! There is no time, just keep it in the center for ten seconds!"

"Ah hell guess we don't lose trying it right guys?"

With a shrug Doug punched Shesha again, only to see the snake monster show it was fast enough to dodge a punch at that level. Axel and Norimaki barraged the monster with projectiles, causing Shesha to move to the center. Jotaro and Polnareff then had their Stand's attack Shesha in the head, pushing him back further to the center of the room.

Everyone heard a clank noise, and Doug looked up to see that Futomimi was telling the truth as a giant diamond tipped blade suddenly came crashing down from the ceiling. Joseph quickly unleashed Hermit Purple to have vines come out to wrap around Shesha's neck long enough to keep him where the blade was landing.

Doug saw Shesha suddenly catch the blade with its hands before he narrowed his eyes."You're not getting out of taking your meds freak! Would be easier if we had more swordsmen with us but that just gives me time to bust out that anti sword move I was working on! Edge of Might!"

The bearded man had blades of the yellow energy form out of his gauntlets. As they crackled with power Doug unleashed a swift slash with his arms, and was happy to see the blow was powerful enough to slice the snake monster's arms off. Shesha hissed in outrage as the Ame-no-habakiri fell down and went into the snake's monster mouth.

The giant blade glowed with light before going all the way down the monster's body. After a few moments Shesha's body glowed the same color, before he exploded. Doug saw the exploding fragments dissolve into raw energy before he smirked."Well, guess you guys were legit after all, cool beans. So, you want in on the takedown party to?"

"Yes, the time for are liberation has come." Futomimi uttered gravely. Joseph saw the three men walk forward and just rubbed his beard."I never figured the Manikin's would be so bold. Everyone just assumed you guys were just people who the Beyonder half ass'd bringing to Battle-world, hence why you all seemed like incomplete dolls at times."

"Dio quickly forced us to serve him so most of us fell in line, but I hid that some of us like myself had higher functionality so they would not expect much of us. Still, we know Dio plans to soon sacrifice us all as mere meat to empower him, and that you all are the best shot we have of survival. Their still should be some time till they realize are true intentions, we can take you to the short cut to Dio's throne room."

Doug saw everyone looking at each other before Polnareff winced."C'mon guys anyone else think this is to easy? For all we know all of this is just Dio setting up an even bigger trap and these guys are just pulling off a sham!"

Doug looked Futomimi in the eye before he narrowed his own."I'll bet this dude's legit. Sometimes even if everyone thinks you're a cog you can show your "betters" you're not as lowly as you think. Hell, even if it's a trap it will just save time anyway am I right?"

"Guess time is indeed not on our side." Jotaro uttered calmly."If your serious about this then lead the way."

Futomimi nodded before he looked at the others."You have our thanks friend. Come quickly, Dio is on the verge of finishing his ritual. The pathway is where we deliver his meals, its cramped but swift."

Jonathan cracked his neck before he looked at his fellow Joestar." Well we did not come here for comfort. At last, time to end my bloodline's drama. Just hope Josuke and your allies can hold their own against those crazy mages and whatever other monsters they throw at them."

"Don't sweat it old timer." Doug retorted brashly." Aqua and the others are no push overs. Either way, the quickest way to help them is to take out their boss so let's do this!"

The blond man quickly led the charge to confront Dio.

As he did the woman that he was currently having a shaky relationship with was helping her comrades endure Cia's fury. While Cia and Yuga had both created more shadow clones to try and overwhelm the hero's, Aqua was pushing her magic spells to the limit to fight back the mad mages.

While unable to use her most powerful freezing spells out of fear of freezing her comrades as well, she was able to be resourceful enough to keep her enemies on her toes. As she unleashed more ice mines around the sanctum Josuke saw Yuga dive into the wall to avoid another light arrow, and then heard a deranged giggle and saw Cia have her scepter detach again with the intention of cutting his head off.

The younger Joestar swiftly rolled out of his way and tried to pummel her with Shinning Diamond. However, while his Stand's blows connected, as her body turned into dark fog he quickly realized he did not hit the real on.

Josuke heard Cia laugh above him and quickly ran out of the way of a dark energy blast. As he kept running he saw Link block another blast with his Mirror Shield before he groaned out,"Damn man, how crazy you drive this girl if she's this crazy about you!? I thought that Yukako was being all crazy ex with my pal Koichi, but even she was not willing to blow everything up because she got the cold shoulder! Seriously dude what's the deal?"

"I swear I never met this sorceress till today!" Link uttered as he remained on the look out for incoming energy blasts." But this Cia says she's spent her life having affection for me from afar! Then again, she was from the same realm as you right Ravio? Is this wrath because of some transaction you had?"

The man in a bunny mask hastily ran away from more lighting before he gave Link a pleading look."Hey don't act like this is my fault! Back when she was still Lana she would not even give me the time of day! She was always pinning for the "true" hero from her visions, that she wanted to be her champion! You know she is one of the people that pushed me to forsake my family legacy you know?"

"If that's the case, then her obsession will be her undoing, if she studied my history that much she will know all too well the Master Sword's primary purpose is to be the bane of evil!"

Cia saw Link's defiance and merely groaned." Tsc…a sword is just a tool for the weak to swing around. Only fools and men put faith in them! You act like your content with who you are but your true self shows itself from within Hylia's control! Yes…her…arrogance…ego…and pride fullness bounds you, blinds you to how you should be! Why can't you see, you're wasting your life away? Damn you, I'll erase everything that confuses you till there is nothing left holding you back!"

Cia suddenly aimed at the painting that magically held Hilda, but before she could fire she saw a massive blue beam heading for her. As Cia cast a barrier to block the beam, and see ice surround her she saw Aqua glaring at her in the distance. The blue haired Enji charged at her while looking determined."That's your opinion Cia, but no matter how hard you want it you can't force people to be molded to your heart's desire!"

Aqua prepared to attack Cia when she saw a flash of light and glanced to see Yuga attacking her. Yuga saw the Enji deflect his spells with her sword before he just looked manic." The strong will shape the world to how they see fit girl! That's why me and Lord Dio will remake existence itself form all ugliness, you eye sores included!"

The man with the paintbrush like staff tried to distract Aqua with his clones to try and sneak up on her and turn her into a painting like the others. As he did, Mario suddenly gave Yuga a sample of his reputation for jumping as he landed on Yuga's head and kicked him hard enough to slam him into the wall. Mario saw his opponent flash him an outraged look before he readied a fireball." We won't let you have the final say on who gets to remake things! After all you look like an eyesore to us!"

Yuga saw Yoshi and Josuke coming for him before he sneered."Everyone may differ on what's a masterpiece, but in the end it's the strong that decide what has value! And I'm so much above you worms that I'm on a higher plan entirely!"

The man with red haired dreadlocks once more sank into the wall itself, and even after Josuke punched the wall down Yuga just went to another part of the castle. As Link heard the man in the wall laugh again he grimaced."This foe is very, irritating. His humor and mannerisms are as irritating as that Ghirahim demon all those years ago. That being said, his power to merge with the walls and the ground is making it difficult to pin him down."

Ravio suddenly went up to Link and nudged him in the arm." That's true Link, but we can even the odds! Normally I hold this close to me but, I'll admit if I run into Yuga in a wall I can't do much while you can poke him good! Quick, take my relic before he notices!"

Link saw that Yuga was busy attacking the Mario bros before he nodded."I'm no stranger to magical relics, but how does one move in a wall?"

"Eh just move like you normally do just um…with a tad more narrower range of vision ok? Hurry up, we don't have much time to save Hilda and the others!"

The hero of Hyrule quickly took the disgraced warrior of Lorule 's magical item and prepared to sneak up on his target. Thankfully Yuga was too busy relishing in seeing Luigi get hit by one of his spells to notice.

As Yoshi quickly tried to put the fire out on Luigi's hat and mustache Yuga cackled from within the wall."That's right, squirm you worms! It's a pain just looking at inferior creatures more than its required. The more you prattle the more I want to see you burn! How much punishment will it take for you inferior peons to get the message?!"

Yuga was about to attack again when Link cried out,"I can say the same for you villain!"

The long-nosed man turned to the right and looked in horror as he saw Link heading for him, in the wall. Yuga then moved back before hissing out," What, you were able to get to me here? Damn it, you just hurried to your grave!"

Link saw his enemy proceed to unleash a barrage of lighting blasts at him, and quickly realized that thanks to the nature of the spell his movement was limiting him to just blocking the spells with the mirror shield. Link saw Yuga get closer, and then realized the nature of his new surroundings was, circular. With little time to waste Link held out his shield on his one hand, and took out his bow on the other before firing a Light Arrow behind him.

Yuga saw Link fire behind him and just sneered."Realizing your over your head? Too bad hero, you were a fool fighting me in a territory you're just getting use to that I'm the master of! You're just going to have to die like a fool, in that stupid little hat! At last you, GUH!"

Yuga learned the hard way that when Link fired behind him, because of the nature of the wall magic the light arrow went in a full circle, and hit the villain in the back. As holy light surged into his target Link just smirked."This may be my first time fighting in a wall villain but I am a fast learner! Guess you never bothered to think someone would fight in your territory, and you will pay the price!"

The surge of holy energy going into his body forced Yuga out of the wall, and as he went flying he cursed at Link. As he begun to put together another hateful threat he went flying to the ground he saw Josuke charging at him. The youthful Joestar male saw Yuga look at him before he gave him an angry look." Shut up all ready! If you like being in walls so much how about I make you part wall!"

Josuke had Shinning Diamond burst out to attack Yuga before the mage could counter attack, and unleashed a brutal assault that caused many cracking sounds. After being content with seeing enough teeth fly out Josuke had his Stand uppercut Yuga into a damaged pillar, and using Shinning Diamond's power Yuga found himself half fused into the damaged part of the castle.

Quickly realizing his half-fused state, Yuga tried to blast himself free only to realize his wand hand was stuck in the pillar."What is this? NO, this is a disgrace!"

Luigi just ran up to the ranting enemy as he chuckled."Look at it this way jerk, you're a work of art yourself!"

Yoshi then took out a bomb egg before adding,"Yoshi may not be one of those art pros but you get a C-! Sorry but, for our friend's sake and all the Yoshi's everywhere you have to get out of the way!"

Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi quickly fired the most powerful projectiles they could, and as Yuga saw them heading their way he cried out,"No, this can't be! Something so unsightly is not how, GUH!"

Everyone was relieved to see Yuga get caught in the blast, aside from Cia. Seeing the fellow evil wizard get destroyed just caused the delusional woman to grasp her specter tightly."That damned pompous twit could not even stall right! Damn him, I don't need him, I don't need any man to get what I want!"

Josuke could not help but snort before snapping back with a wry,"That so lady? Because everything you do seems to be related to one man or another! You burned all your bridges lady, and it seems Dio does not care enough about you to bail you out!"

Cia saw that the malformed partially sealed Demise still wriggling around in the corner before she looked even more manic."I did not get this far because I needed his help! In his incomplete state, I can use Demise as a puppet, as if he were my own limbs! It will help both of us in the long run! I told you I would use brute force when my back's to a wall!"

The tan skinned woman promptly fired a beam of dark energy into Demise. Moments later the eyeless beast suddenly was still, before suddenly writhing erratically. Everyone tensed up as the right side of the massive black monster rippled, before a massive monstrous right arm erupted out of its side.

The hero's saw their unstable enemy try to smash them with its new limb, and as Demise attacked with more finesse Cia saw the paintings that held Hilda and Dio's other captives and giggled darkly."Hylia, time to give you what you deserve at last! At this point, killing you and the others will give the final push to shatter the seal entirely!"

Demise had its feet regenerate as it stomped over to the transformed ruler of Lorule to try and kill them. Mario saw this and took another Mega Mushroom to grow before he tried to tackle Demise. Mario was able to push his target back, only for Demise to stomp on the ground to create waves of dark energy to trip up the now giant plumber.

Luigi saw his brother struggle to keep a grip on the monster with the giant mouth, and saw the seal on Demise's head get more and more lose before he winced." This monster have any weak spots Link?"

"Aye Luigi, though I am not sure what we are facing now is precisely what I dealt with. For one, it seems Demise is feeding on the energy of Hilda and the others to break its seal. It seems after Yuga's demise his magic still lingers. Breaking it might break the monster from his energy. Aqua, can you defuse the magic over Hilda and the others?"

"I can, it might take a while." The woman Enji conceded."I admit that restorative magic is not my specialty. Let's just hope we have enough time."

Josuke suddenly raised an eyebrow before he grinned."Hey, wait, I can just restore them with Shinning Diamond! My stand's power has been able to restore messed up people before, it should work this time to!"

Ravio winced before he looked at Hilda again."You sure it will work Joestar? I mean, if it does not heal them you will just punch those paintings to pieces!"

"Relax I'll punch lightly ok? It's better than being eaten by a crazy demon or, well, Dio! C'mon Shinning Diamond!"

Aqua held her breath as Josuke had his stand pummel all the paintings. For a few moments nothing happened, but just as Ravio was about to scream in horror before suddenly all the paintings glowed with light. Everyone looked in awe as Hilda then turned to normal, along with the seven women from the other paintings.

The Queen of Lorule blinked in shock as she saw the woman around her all regain their bearings. She then saw Ravio before she gasped." Ravio, what are you doing here? Is this still, Dio's castle? Wait, Calista, Elyria, Ciri, Miyako, Agnès, Nozomi, Holly, your all here to? Someone broke Yuga's spell?"

"Yup, it was me!" Ravio blurted out as he cut off Josuke to run up." Well, I mean the guys I scraped together helped but I lead the way! It was tense but thanks to some quick thinking we broke the spell before you and the sages could all be sacrificed!"

"What? Does, that mean you stopped Dio?"

Everyone heard a roar of outrage as they saw Demise suddenly start to convulsed. Cia looked outraged before her aura of darkness exploded."Damn it, that asinine trick worked? You, you won't stop me that easily! I'll just kickstart the process, by having Demise devouring the offerings directly! Yes…I can still control him in this state, if I focus! Hylia, I'll make you pay, no matter what!"

Hilda saw the fury in Cia's eyes before she raised an eyebrow."Lana, so you really betrayed us?"

Ravio saw Demise start to have energy form around his mouth as a ring of raw black energy formed over his body, before he winced." Ah well, a lot of things happened but well, we are working on it! Seriously, no matter how ugly you get I won't let you hurt Hilda! This time, I'm not going to fail her!"

Ravio unleashed a barrage of bombchu's from his massive bag and released them all to barrage Demise's feet. This effected the malformed demon enough to throw off his aim as he fired a massive blast of black energy.

As Demise tripped, his mouth closed, fracturing the blast in to smaller rays. One of those rays nearly hit Ravio in the face. The merchant jumped to the side, but the ray still vaporized his mask as he did.

Hilda saw him moan in pain before she ran over to him."Ravio! Don't be a fool! You can't stop a monster like this!"

Ravio grasped his burning face and just responded with a sheepish grin."I have to at least try, it was what my job was all about! Well, at least my old one. I don't think I could have stopped the Beyonder Hilda but, if I did not run away from my duty Dio would not have gotten his way so easily. Thanks to seeing the others I realized it's not as overwhelming as I think, so it's not enough for me just yet!"

Hilda saw the resolve in her childhood friend's eyes before she smiled warmly."Ravio…I'm glad you were able to find your courage, I knew it was not a mistake for you to inherit the Tri-Force of Courage. And, wait, Ravio did you have a brother all this time?"

Link saw Hilda looking at him, before he looked at the man who shared a lot of the features of his face and just chuckled."Not quite Princess, but we share much in common, like the desire to protect our realm from evil! This insanity will end soon ladies, no matter how deep Cia's madness goes it will not undue us!"

Cia screamed without rage at the sight of Hilda and Ravio looking fondly at each other before she shirked out," You call me mad? You're the one's dancing to the tune of a tool! From one age to another she just wrapped you around one fantasy over the other, while I could liberate you from the shackles of futility and give you the treatment you deserve?"

Ravio saw Cia was looking at Link before he raised an eyebrow."For the record who are you talking to anyway Cia, Link or me because we are the ones from the same place!"

"Neither of you! "Cia shirked out in response. "I want the pure person who, unlike both of you, does not have a soul tainted by Hyila's corruption! Damn it, I thought I could purge her influence from you but I'll have to go back in time at this rate so the corruption never will have a chance to infect you! Then at last, you will be my champion!"

Aqua saw the madness in Cia's eyes and just released a dismayed sigh. "Your wrong Cia, unless you really do rewrite reality itself your dream about Link is just going to stay a dream no matter what you do."

"Silence! You don't know anything about me tramp!"

"No, but I seen the type before, and I even saw the same mistake I made in yourself Cia. From what I heard you don't know, or even seem to care about the person you say you love at all, you just projected your desires and hopes into them and want to force that person to be like what you expect without seeing them for who they are.

I been guilty of that myself, projecting the people I loved in the past with the person I currently loved. I did not even realize it really, I just expected things that I thought should have been expected, and then realized I was expecting those things from the wrong person.

While I have no desire to be a doormat, I realized I was being unfair. I hope it's just not too late to reach an understanding with him, and I won't let you and the others ruin that chance! It's not too late for you either Cia, if you're willing to see things clearly."

Cia just looked like she was going to snap as she pointed her scepter at Aqua."You have no right to project your own weakness on me tramp! Maybe you were just too weak to control your man properly eh? I'll get what my heart desires, and rip apart anyone that tries and stop me!"

The female sorceress thrusted her scepter to the ground, and in the process unleashed a new wide spinning purple projectile shaped like a buzzing energy disc. Aqua swiftly cast another reflect barrier spell to protect her, only to quickly realize Cia did not just randomly cast magic, but unleashed a barrier cutting projectile, as it sliced past her spell and raced for her head.

Cia smirked as her spell shot straight for Aqua, only for that glee to morph to outrage as the projectile was blasted off course at the last second by a light arrow Link fired.

Cia glared at the hero of Hyrule, and was about to act when Hilda showed she was not helpless by at the same time firing an arrow of light energy from a rapier she had to knock Cia's scepter out of her hand.

As the servant of Dio glared at the raven-haired princess, the other sages that had recovered enough strength showed just how found they were of Cia betraying them by unleashing various holy based energy blasts to bombard her.

As a result, Cia's cowl was knocked off her head and she was blasted into the wall. As she coughed up blood Hilda just sighed."Lana, Cia, or however your called these days, I'm sorry your obsession was greater then I realized but, if clinging to that obsession will bring such harm it's my duty to see you stopped."

Josuke saw Cia's obsessed look and just rolled his eyes." Seriously lady if you just want a boy toy that will obey you just use your magic to create some man slave and stop bothering everyone else!"

"A mere simpleton like you could never understand what I want boy!" Cia hissed out."I don't just want anyone's devotion, I want the hero's! I spent so long being a good tool, and my only reward was watching on from afar like a pet given a treat for doing their job. You're the same as me Link, that's why we belong together!"

Mario saw Cia's madness and just winced."Mamma Mia lady, get a grip! You can't just beat someone to love you that clearly a does not love you, it's not a right! Trust us, Bowser spent so long trying to make Peach his but it never worked because no matter how much he wanted it she did not feel the same!"

Yoshi suddenly looked confused before blurting out,"Hey wait Yoshi's confused, at the start Lacus did not seem to return Ben's feelings at all but that changed so it's not always like that, right?"

"Eh that's a tricky situation Yoshi." Luigi uttered before chuckling tensely." That class A jerk Brad had abused Lacus so long she was not thinking straight. While it was one crazy roller-coaster, in the end Ben reminded her who she wanted to be, but this lady does not know Link at all and just wants him to be to how she expects things should be in her head!"

Link nodded at Luigi's retort before he looked warily at Cia."Even if you succeeded in bending me, if you truly cared about love and not just domination then all you would succeed in would be a hollow love, one built out of force not true devotion!"

Cia just had her eye twitch again before she moaned in pain." Shut up! Something is better than nothing! After being denied for so long, I'll do whatever it takes to get what I deserve and take it from there! But first, all the obstacles have to be blown out of the way so just die already!"

The twisted former overseer of the Tri-Force jumped on to Demise's head and syphoned as much energy as she could handle before unleashing a massive pillar of raw purple energy to try and vaporize everyone in her sight. Seeing this caused Aqua to power up before she looked defiantly at Cia."No matter how much you rage it's not going to work Cia. Your wish will never come true when you don't even know what your heart's true desire is! Magic Pulse!"

The blue haired Warrior of Light gathered her power into a blue energy orb and fired it off of the tip of her blade. The orb was powerful enough to push Cia's energy pillar back, but seeing this caused Cia to pour even more power into her spell to make it bigger.

Mario, Link, and even Hilda and the others with magic fired spells of their own. Cia saw her pillar of dark energy being pushed back before she looked at Link again and winced." I'm sick of your lectures! You think you know what I want more than I do? Nonsense, the way you define it, is impossible, that's why I'll do whatever it takes to get what I can! Your version, is just a dream, it's just a, huh? No!"

Cia realized she had doubts in her mind, and that her lack of focus caused her spell to weaken, and for her opponent's attacks to shatter her own. The resulting shockwave blasted her into the wall hard, and as she coughed up blood she threw out a dismayed," No, what spell did you tools cast on me? After all this time, I can't have doubts now!"

Ravio sighed before throwing out," Maybe you were just thinking about the doubt you had in your heart the entire time eh Cia? Maybe you wanted the champion so bad because you were too afraid to think of anything else! But, there is more one path to take then this crazy one!"

"No…your wrong! Only the hero can save me, and only by taking Lord Dio's path can I change destiny to have the one I want!"

"That's wrong and you know it Cia!" Link cried back."I don't know just what you went through in your life, but going through with Dio's mad plot to rewrite reality is not the only way you can be happy! You can be happy if you have faith in those you believe in. If you truly care for what I fight for, then help me protect what's important to us!"

Cia looked conflicted as she slowly staggered forward."So, if I help you win, you will at last return my affection?"

Link hesitated for a moment, and as he did Airy suddenly flew up out of the pillar she was hiding in and flew around Cia."Wait a second, after all this time about you ranting about being dead set on having your way you're going to turn on Dio just because of the possibility that your hero will approve of you?"

Cia grasped her head before muttering," Dio helped me figure out what I wanted, but in the end I might not have had to go to such extreme lengths after all! If I don't need to remake reality itself, then Dio, and even Rabum Alal have nothing to offer me."

Mario saw the fairy look confused before he grinned."She may be our enemy Cia but sometimes enemies can become friends if they realize their mistakes before it's too late!"

Airy saw Cia still looked conflicted, before she shrugged."Is that how it is? Ok then! In that case...Zeta-Flare!"

The fairy suddenly raised her right hand, before a massive red and orange energy blast shot out of her. Cia was as shocked as everyone else, but knew danger when she saw it and tried to move out of the way.

However, she was to slow to avoid it completely, thus the Zeta-Flare hit her right arm, and vaporized it instantly before blasting all the way out of Dio's castle, and at least unleashing an explosion powerful enough to shake the entire flying building.

Cia could only yell in pain, before she coughed up blood, and saw Airy suddenly flashing a vile grin before yelling in outrage." No, that was you? Damn you, you, ugh."

As Cia collapsed into the ground Airy suddenly laughed with sadistic glee."Now that Battle World is about to reach its conclusion there is no point putting up with a flaky pain like you anymore. If you're not going to help Rabum Alal then there its beyond pointless humoring your pathetic life! Now then, time to tidy up the trash so that the pieces of worth can settle things without distraction."

Luigi saw how cold Airy had become and remember to breath before he stepped back."Hey Mario, we are not in another dream world are we? Because this really seems like a nightmare right now!"

"This some sort of sick joke Dio's pulling?" Josuke uttered as he got into a fighting stance."Mind controlling someone to screw with us does sound like his game!"

Agnès looked at Airy before she gasped in terror."Wait, I remember, I heard vile giggling right before the ambush that killed Tiz and my comrades! Airy, that, was you?"

Link raised an eyebrow before responding with a baffled,"There must be an explanation for this! The great fairies could be eccentric at times but their race is not capable of such cruelty!"

Airy suddenly had an aura of darkness erupt out of her with enough pressure to force the heroes to her knees before she glanced at Link and retorted with a sharp," You assumed to much about fairy's you racist bastard! Heh, but would it make you feel better if I'm not the same kind of fairy you know you little pawn?

No, I'm far greater, for I'm Airy the demolisher of World-bonds! Yes, one of the Black Swans of his eminence the all mighty Rabum Alal! You humans and all the others are so basic, assuming things on mere physical sight. Still, if you ship of fools need a proper sight to go with the title, then how about this!?"

Airy had her eyes glow red, before she swiftly grew to human size, as he skin turned pale white and she grew more pairs of wings that looked like a cross of a demon and a butterfly. As Aqua saw her enemy's attire turn black she steeled herself."Damn, I was wondering why noncombatants were randomly around a battle zone when we landed, it was odd even if it was a fairy but I passed it off as the chaotic nature of this world."

The Black Swan giggled darkly before she casually kicked Cia hard enough to slam the unconscious woman into the wall." Guess you keep dropping the ball eh Warrior of light? My lord sent me to observe his pawns battle, to give him firsthand experience of their feelings and skills. I was curious about you new arrivals, but while I might have destroyed you some of you seemed interesting enough to let you go on.

Heh, after all that bearded muscle head is far more amusing then those lunkheads like Tiz, Edna, and Yew. Those naïve twits still did not realize my true intentions, even as I blew them to pieces! Eh, they were bores so they had it coming."

As Agnès screamed in pain at hearing how her friends were killed Link narrowed his eyes before pointing the Master Sword at the Black Swan." Your no fairy, just a demon with the blackest of hearts! Your cruelty won't help you Airy, we will stop both you and Dio!"

"Hell yah!" Josuke added." Despite Cia's spell I bet Jotaro and the others are still smacking Dio's face anytime now!"

Airy just laughed once more before lashing back with an icy," You think I care? The Black Swans loyalty is to Rabum Alal alone, Dio is just another contestant that must prove he has a strong enough will to be a Dimensional Catalyst, one of the Nihilo Dimensional Generals! He has showed he has the potential to be worthy, but if someone kills him I won't mind.

Yes, I let you guys weed out the losers because you seemed interesting, heh, at least, some of you do. Yes, while you new arrivals were an unexpected hindrance, the rage that bearded one has could be most useful, with a bit more prodding."

Aqua widened her eyes in horror before blurting out,"Your...talking about Doug? That's insane, Doug's heart might be in a angry place recently but he would never join you!"

"Guess we will see eh Aqua? My master finds your angry boyfriend, intriguing. He's one of your greatest champions, yet as he proved when he killed Azrael and Hypnos, he's simmering with rage! Yes, he and this Doug Fitter both hate the lame existence Cosmos created, and right now we are trying to see if we can get him to see he can get what he really wants if he switches over to the winning team! Yes, we been seeing everyone fighting here over what they call freedom, a term that has no physical shape yet seems to be more vital than anything else, even love!"

Aqua felt a chill creep down her spine before she threw back with a defiant,"Your wrong! You don't understand what matters most to the hearts of people! Doug, does value his freedom, but he also values his friends more! He would never make a deal with people as evil as your master!"

Link and Mario remembered what Ben told them and exchanged anxious looks before Link cleared his throat."Airy, you and your master will learn that the human heart is not as."

Airy suddenly had her aura explode before cutting Link off with a sharp,"Did I say I cared what you losers think? No, you all proven to be useless bores that's continual existence is nothing but a bother! It's clear you pesky heroes are too stubborn to change your tune, but that does not mean I can't have some fun cleaning out the trash! Yes, Cia clearly failed to change you, but the doubt, and fears in your memories still linger! Link, your fears will be the bane of both your existence and your friends! Time for a fatal reunion!"

Airy snapped her fingers, before Demise suddenly twitched once more. Link saw the Tri-Force glow with light, before the same symbol glowed on Demise's head. Suddenly the black monster roared with renewed fury before the monster convulsed, and suddenly eyes opened on its head. The monster slowly transformed to that of a giant demonic pig. As its feet transformed into that of a boar's it roared out,"LINK!"

The hero of time, twilight, and more froze as he saw the eyes looking at him were of raw hate."Wait, that voice, is it, Gannon? Impossible, he's dead! His very soul perished with Zannacross!"

"HAH, and yet your memory of him lived in your heart, allowing me to bring that nightmare of raw malice and rage to life!" Airy proudly proclaimed."You "Hero's" had no idea just how limitless my master's power is, he truly is beyond any of you fools! Did you really think you could sneak around and try to interfere? You were left alive so that you pawns could suffer in despair!

It's no use, soon this dimension will link with your universe, and once the realms are entangled the incursion that will cause all that Cosmos created to shatter will soon commence! And yet since you provided some entertainment for my master, you will be rewarded with dying before having to see all you care for shatter! I'm even kind enough to kill you with a familiar face!"

The now pig like demon kept mutating, before suddenly the mass in the center of the pig demon shot up, and took the form of a large man with red hair. The being had a more skull like face then how Link usually saw him, but their was no mistake he was a wrath that resembled Link's old foe, Ganondorf the King of evil.

Ganondorf yelled with fury as the same Time Breaker symbol appeared on Ganondorf's forehead."LINK! I told you, I told you I would hate you till the end of time! No matter what, I'll make you and Zelda pay no matter what!"

Link braced himself as he glared at Airy."Black Swan, you think this will unnerve me? I'll slay you so that this walking nightmare goes back to being a mere memory! No matter what shape it will take, evil will be vanquished!"

Aqua saw Ravio, Josuke, Hilda and the sages all look confused before she sighed." That's right, we overcome great odds before, and we will do it again! We can't make everything we worked for be in vain, no matter what!"

Airy just flew above everyone before responding with a haughty," Ever think everything you worked for was in vain to begin with, and all your hopes and dreams were just a joke? Well they are! Your entire precious universe is just a sham, the test run before my master forges the real deal! Yes, what is truly the thing that humans value most, that is what we want to see. So dance mortals, die in the face of the perfection of my master, while we Black Swans see just who and what the strongest will is!"

Aqua saw Airy and the centaur like crazed Ganondorf phantom prepare to strike before she braced herself."Doug, Axel, whatever is going on with either Dio or this Beyonder, don't let them get to you! Doug, please, please don't forget what's most important to you! Don't give in to your anger!"

Aqua's thoughts were cut off as she saw Airy unleash another Zeta Flare, just as Ganondorf formed a massive trident of raw darkness in his hand and stampeded over to slice apart everything in his sight.

As Aqua and the others struggled to find their way out of their rapidly escalating situation, Doug and the others were having their situation escalate as well.

Doug, Axel and the Joestar group were wary of the sudden aid of the Manikins, but they were relieved to see that Futomimi kept his word, and after a few twisted pathways the group indeed reached Dio's throne room.

Doug quickly noticed the throne room at a first glance had elements seen in many pharaoh, including the pharaoh style coffin floating above a throne before he snickered."Well this does look like a bad guys personal crib all right. Still, don't see a man in that throne."

Jotaro looked around before he tensed up."Damn it, is Dio not here?"

Everyone saw threads of red energy suddenly float in through the window and into the center of the room, the same pillar of energy that was linked to the Sanctum where Aqua, Link, and the others still were. As the energy increased suddenly everyone heard a dark chuckle from above." Is it not a marvelous sight, the look of pure power in action?"

Everyone looked up to see none other than Dio, casually looking down on everyone. Doug just looked up before spitting on the ground."So, this is Dio eh? Heh, not even bothering to hide that you're a self-absorbed prick with that getup eh?"

Dio just clapped his hands before responding with a wry,"So you're the one who's been causing such attention yes? Well since you put such an effort to have an audience with me its only right I reward such passion."

Axel saw the coldness brimming in the blond vampire's eyes and quickly got into a fighting stance."If you want to hand out a prize then how about your life eh bud? Seems like your keen on killing a whole lot of people. Heh, tell me can a guy like you even count how many people they killed?"

"What of it? Do you and your human ilk count how many steaks you devour? Because in the end, that's all inferior beings are to me, livestock to fuel my ascension to greatness!"

"Enough." Jotaro uttered as he cracked his knuckles."You fueled your ambitions on the back of my family for long enough as it is Dio. Your ambitions, and your life are coming to an end."

Dio just crossed his arms before snapping back with a snide,"Pitiful boy, you spent your entire pathetic life chasing an impossible fantasy. Now that you realize just what you set yourself up for does the reality of the situation set in yet?"

Polnareff saw how smug Dio looked and grinded his teeth."Think we are afraid of you jackass? Time to shut you up once and for, huh?"

Polnareff was moving as he talked, but suddenly he realized he was back where started. The man with the gelled hair looked shocked before he felt his legs."The hell, I know I was moving!"

"What's the matter Polnareff? Looks like your losing your composure. Doesn't one lose your composure when you're afraid? Or is it that in your heart you know you must do what you said you do, but yet you're so bloody terrified that your body is subconsciously rebelling vie survival instincts?

Joestars, have you ever considered why humans desire to live? Tsc…humans live in the hopes of concurring their anxieties and fears. All to attempt to obtain a peace of mind. Yes, seeking fame, controlling others, obtaining wealth, such things are done to attempt to reach a state of "Zen"."

Dio casually went back to his throne and looked at his hands before going on with,"Marriage and friendship and all other "bonds" are means to obtain peace of mind. When humans wish to help others or vow to obtain a sense of" justice" it's all a facade to obtain a peace of mind, to delude themselves into thinking they are a " decent" person. Does..."

Doug suddenly cut Dio off with a groan before he cracked his neck,"What to know what will give me a piece of mind fang face? Ripping out your god damn throat! What is it with baddies like you thinking just because your stronger than others anyone gives a damn about what you say?"

Dio just chuckled as he eyed Doug coldly,"A man of action are we? Some would be honored to be educated by their betters boy."

Doug swiftly powered up before grinding out,"Like hell you're the better of me! Time to knock you off your, GUH!"

The blond haired male burst at Dio, but before he could unleash his punch he felt a force powerful enough to smash him in the head and knock him into the ground. As Doug rebound he saw Dio was still casually sitting on his throne before he looked around."The hell? I did not see him move at all, he got some invisible lackey hiding around as his shield or something?"

Joseph saw Dio looking delighted before he had his hand crackle with energy."Dio, the lad may have a coarse tongue, but his words are true! None of us care about what you have to say, you're a madman who must be stopped!"

"Doesn't challenging me, even knowing you may face certain death, bring you anxiety? After all Joseph, your well aware your grandfather Joseph got too cocky, and then I managed to kill him and take his body, while only as a head! Just think of what I can do to you now? At long last, the saga of the Joestar's will reach its tragic conclusion!"

Doug sneered before lashing back with,"I don't give a damn about your family history punk! If your messing with my business then I'm going to punch back no matter who you are! Anyone that thinks they can mess with me is going to regret it, you hear?"

"Don't be so hastily, unlike the Joestar's you and I don't have to be enemies. I'm not blind to raw talent, you bested Azrael, Hypnos, and doubtlessly countless others that were in your way, and I rather not turn down such stellar skill when I don't have to.

Tell me Doug Fitter, why risk everything for the Joestars, what are they to you? Even if you were thrown near them for Battle World, it seems foolish to pick a losing side yes?

Ally with me, and you have my sincere promise that when I emerge as champion of this little cosmic contest I will reward all who aided me will have their deepest desire granted! Tell me, is it really worth forsaking all that just for a few stubborn vermin?"

Doug did not instantly respond, and as it looked like he was going to respond Futomimi suddenly cleared his throat."Dio! You underestimated everyone else for the last time! Even us Manikins are sick of you looking down at us! At last we will have our independence from your brutality! AT last we will, GUH!"

Suddenly blood poured out of Futomimi and the other manikins throats, while Dio did not seem to move at all. As the manikins quickly bled to death Dio just sneered." Oh, sorry about that, those toys were foolish enough to dare think they could shout at their betters, and were quickly corrected. Now then, will you take my offer?"

Axel swiftly had fire erupt all around Dio before he responded with a wry,"Like we would trust a slick bastard like you! Even if your legit, we are not the kind of guys that let mass murder slide! Not any more at least!"

The former Dark Enji had fire erupt beneath Dio, but before the flames could hit their target Dio took a deep breath, and suddenly unleashed a massive gale of cold wind from his mouth, that was intense enough to blow out Axel's flames.

Upon seeing the red-haired man's shock Dio chuckled again."I admit between your hair, attire and weapons you are another subject of my curiosity. However, wherever you from your clearly not very smart to reject salvation! Most reasonable men would put their life over a very brutal death after all!"

Dio's eyes suddenly flashed a look of raw murder, and as Joseph saw Dio looking at him, and felt how overwhelming the man's aura was he cringed."Oh my god, his killer intent is like being stared at by the devil himself!"

"So what dude?" Doug retorted as his own face hardened."I did not back down to the devil himself so I'm sure as hell not doing so over some flamboyant freak!"

Noriaki saw how resolute Doug, Axel, and Jotaro looked before he tried to repress his own fear." The man's right Dio, your mind games won't work on us! Show him just what we really think of him and end this Heirophant Green! Emerald Splash!"

Jotaro's red haired friend started off the battle by having his green colored stand appear and unleash a barrage of spikey green crystal projectiles. Dio saw this and just smirked before he flicked the first one with his finger, and used some sort of power to have the first projectile bounce into all the others to knock them all off course without even moving.

Noriaki saw his Stand get blasted with its own redirected attacks and cursed out."Think your that far above us? I'll show you! I been preparing to kill you since the moment I was broken free of your curse! Stand back everyone, this is the move I saved just for Dio! Emerald Cage!"

Noriaki had his Stand form a giant green crystal in his hand that kept growing per second before at last unleashing it at Dio. The blond villain prepared to bat it away when suddenly the projectile flew above him, and exploded, releasing green crystalline webs all around the chamber. Dio raised an eye brow at this turn of events before he sighed."How useless, as if."

Dio started to move up from his throne, and as he did he touched one of the webs, causing crystalline needles to burst out to him. Dio quickly batted them away, only to touch another web, causing more needles to burst out.

One managed to slice across Dio's face, and left a burn mark, causing the vampire to look shocked. As that shock turned to outrage Noriaki laughed with relief."No matter how fast you are, you won't get out of this!

The Emerald Cage covers the twenty meters around you with webs, that when touched will instantly release crystal projectiles that because they are infused with Hamon can pierce even your skin, even your head if your unlucky! Despite how big your ego is your no god Dio! You're going to suffer just as much as all your victims!"

As everyone saw how wide the emerald webs were, before Dio suddenly looked annoyed."I can see you thought about this very hard Kakyoin. However, you will pay for thinking a lowly being like you, could figure out how to defeat someone as evolved as me! So, your web will move the second I move eh?"

"That's right, I, put my heart into making sure it could counter you in every way! This time you, guh!"

Before Noriaki could go on he felt a crunching noise, and in the blink of the eye everyone felt a shockwave, before Noriaki went flying into one of the castle walls, with his heart ripped out of his chest.

As everyone wondered what happened Heirophant Green suddenly shattered, before Dio saw the crystalline webs shatter and casually crushed Noriaki's extracted heart."If you put your heart into this, then it shows how feeble that heart is eh? Thanks for the amusement, but the show's over."

Jotaro quickly jumped back before shouting out a tense,"The hell, did he do some magic or projectile to break free?"

Noriaki coughed up blood as he looked mortified."No, even if he fired some sort of blast my webs would have countered it! It, it should have worked, it."

The light left the man's eyes, and as his friends ran over to him Doug looked at where Noriaki was before he got hit, and tensed up."I see foot prints that look like that pricks, but I did not sense him moving for a second. And since my senses are so damn refined I could sense movement in less than a second, the only way this bastard could have moved is if time itself did not move. You said those Stand's can do all kinds of things right? I reckon this being one of those things would clear things up."

Jonathan quickly became consumed with dread as he muttered,"Wait, you mean, this was the work of a Stand's power!?"

Dio suddenly laughed madly before an aura of darkness surged around him."A sharp one are we Fitter? Now do you realize just what your defying? Well, at the very least your instincts are worth some praise. Your correct, my Stand, The World, can freeze time itself!"

Dio's aura suddenly manifested into a humanoid shape that was tall and has a very muscular build. It wore a headpiece covering its face to below the place of its nose, slanting at a steep angle from the base of its forehead to a peak situated above the rear of its head by about half its height, leaving the face of an inverted triangle visible to the front; somewhat similar to the Red Crown of Lower Egypt.

It wore small, simple twin diving cylinders on its back, connecting via short, twin ridged cables to the rear of its mask; perhaps secured by thick, ridged or puffered straps running from the rear of its waist over both its shoulders to its front.

The back of both its hands bear the shape of a simple clock face. Its chin, the base of its abdomen, its crotch and its knees are topped by heart shapes. Plates on its shins, its footwear bears curved, sharply pointed toes

As "The World" cracked its knuckles tightly Dio laughed madly."Witness the force that proves one's might to rule over the world, over all worlds! Now do you vermin realize just how futile this defiance has always been? You have no hope winning when your facing someone who exists on an entirely different plan then yourselves, a being who does not even abide by the same rules as you!"

Doug just got back into his fighting stance before looking cocky."I been smashing down elitist punks who thought they were better than me all my life Dio, another smug cheater is not going to stop me! You may be able to bend the rules, but cheaters cheated me in the past to try and make up for their lack of skills, and it did not help them so it will sure as hell won't hope you!"

Dio just looked amused at Doug's confidence before he ascend higher into the air and made a dramatic gesture."That's right, keep that confidence of yours because it will just make it all the more amusing when you die! That's right, be as confident as you want but its useless! Useless, useless, useless, useless, useless, useless! As passionate as your spirit may burn, such passionate souls are just fuel for my glory!"

"If you're so sure of yourself then put up or shut up! I'm no one's game piece yah hear? I'm not anyone's pawn, no matter what I'm doing this for me, for my freedom! I'm going to show what really matters in life to you and everyone once and for all!"

"Do try, so that everyone can see that the personification of greatness is without a doubt Dio Brandford!"

The two blond men then charged at each other, both ready to do whatever it took to end Battle-World as the victor.

Tune in next time to find out the titanic conclusion to this showdown in Chapter 215: The One who has Eyes Over Heaven that Bares its Fangs at God!

But first, some Authors Notes: Firstly, the Jack Frosts are from both the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona series as the sort of mascot like the Moogles from Final Fantasy.

Most of the time they are monsters you can recruit that add humor to a mostly bleak series, some times they are bosses like the black one that was a boss in Shin Megami Tensei three Nocturne.

Speedwagon is a major character from the early part of Jojo,

Pet Shop is also from Jojo, one of Dio's underlings in Stardust crusaders, just wanted to show another sample of how out their Jojo can get lol.

Volga is from the Hyrule Warriors, Bellum is the lame final boss from Phantom Hour Glass while Malladus is the final boss from Sprit Tracks.

Shesha is a major monster in Shin Megami Tensei 4 Apocalypse, Futomimi is a important character once more from Nocturne.

Ah as for the major one, Airy is in fact the primary antagonists from the RPG Bravery Default, the old school RPG that did better for Square then Lighting Returns because Square was shocked that people still liked old school JRPG's lol.

Yes...she starts off seeming like a fairy like Navi from Zelda only to reveal to have much more sinister stuff to her. It seemed like a jab at the fairies in Zelda so I figured it was nice to have Link interact with her. Agnès is also from Bravery Default as you might have assumed.

Ganondorf's basic appearance is how he looked in Breath of the Wild, though more of a centaur with the pig head being on the lower half, almost like how Omega Weapon was in Final Fantasy 8.

Ah, even if most of them only have small cameos if your curious Calista is from the Wii RPG Last Story, Elena is from the Wii game Pandora's Tower,

Yamato Hotsuin, Miyako Hotsuin, and Ronaldo Kuriki are from the Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 game, while Serph was from the Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga series, while Nozomi was also from Shin Megami Tensei 4 Apocalypse, and Raidō Kuzunoha was the star of the Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army game. As you can see, the Shin Megami Tensei games have quite a lot of spin offs, and this is not even counting Persona lol.

Conan the Barbarian is of course from, Conan the Barbarian.

On top of that Geralt , Triss, Ciri, Imlerith,and Yennefer are all from the Witcher 3 Western RPG, I still don't like most Western RPG's as much, but while I don't think Witcher 3 is as great as some think it is I respect its staff for making a really well done adventure.

Lastly, for those who happened to be Jojo fans I'll just say don't expect things to just unfold like how it did in Stardust crusaders.

Ah well hope people are liking how this arc is unfolding and hope you stick around to see how it concludes. Till then thanks for the reviews and till next time.