Tales of The Cosmic War EXE Vol: The Secret War Beyond Good and Evil!

by Darth Necron

Five years after Ben Auro saved the universe from Chaos Zannacross Necron he is still helping try to guide the people to a better place alongside his lover Lacus Raystar. However they must reunite with their friends Mario,Cloud Strife, and others as everything they work for is threatened to unravel at the hands of the reality-destroying Incursion at the hands of the Beyonder!

23. C 223: Depths of the Hearts of Chaos

Chapter 223: Invisible Chaotic Depths of those who Hearts sway to the Continuum Shift

Ezan was not as emotionally affected about Luna awakening into "Stella" as Noctis was, but as he saw the women suddenly declare herself a Black Swan, and felt the surge of energy she unleashed all the way from where he was he just sighed. As he casually deflected a sniper's shot back at its sender Aries saw her boyfriend's gaze and raised an eyebrow." What's the matter dear? Did not get as good a match as you were hoping for?"

The sliver haired warrior realized the brown-haired women and most of his comrades were too busy noticing what happened to Noctis before he chuckled." To be fair if an enemy that was a worthy fight appeared it would put Zidane and all the others who slacked off at risk. The real issue is that our enemies did something to this Prince's lover and now she's acting hostile."

"Oh, you mean they brainwashed her? The two men in Fedora's did seem like the guys who get a kick out of mind games, teach him not to mess with true love!"

"It's more than that Aeris, with my Sharingan I can read her lips and she said she turned into a Black Swan, one of those elite servants of the Beyonder. She said things like remembering the "true" history and the usual villain ranting. Regardless of the level of sanity her plan involves, I'm sure it will bring about something irritating to one level or another so, just get a barrier ready in case she reacts poorly to me shutting down her plans."

"On it. I know you have not had a good fight in a while dear but don't get to excited, remember the Beyonder already likes to turn people into his slaves."

"I never forget the capacity of my enemies once I am aware of them Aries. Don't worry, for all their tricks the enemies in front of us don't amount to a decent challenge anyway so their only fate is a swift end."

Ben's rival prepared to flash step over to neutralize the ranting enemy in the distance. Before he could move he saw the water in front of him ripple before a male voice hissed out," Such pride, yes, you truly radiate the power of one from the Sharingan. Its, just a pity your using that great power so wrongly!"

Ezan saw a giant shuriken burst out of the water from the right and easily batted it out of the way with his free hand." Someone so vastly weaker to me has no right to tell a super elite what to do with his strength. So, do you want to at least die with honor or should I just erase you now scum?"

The hooded figure that attacked the Enji emerged from the water before rasping out," I'll grant you that your clearly my better, but don't you think you could show me a little more respect? After all, we are of the same kin, however distant!"

The man threw off his hood to reveal a tall and fit man with a pale complexion and no hair, as well as a horizontal scar that ran from his right temple to the bridge of his nose.

He lacked any teeth but what got the couple's attention quickly was that he had numerous Sharingan implanted all over his body: one in each eye socket, three on top of his head, one on each shoulder, one on each pectoral, one on each tricep, five along the back of his left forearm, and one on the back of his left hand. His right eye was held open by eight stitches, and the Sharingan housed within was noticeably bloodshot and had a darkened sclera.

As Aeris saw that eye look at her before she winced." Ezan...you sure you did not find any creepy Uchiha clones Garma was working on that you were not telling me about?"

"I assure you I would have told you about something so, disturbing." Ezan uttered as he grasped his blade tightly." Something like this man did not show up in either my step father or Weil Zabi's data base. Bah…it would be in poor taste for anyone to humor that such a freak is my lost twin."

The man full of Sharingan eyes laughed madly before he lurched forward," I don't know those names, and it does not matter! The only names that matters is the name of my master, the name of the strongest of all warriors Madara Uchiha!"

Aeris eyed the crazed being before she looked at Ezan again." Ezan…just to recap Madara was a warrior, right? This guy looks like a project that Hojo or guys like him went nuts on."

The many eyed man narrowed every one of those eyes at the flower girl before he hissed out," You underestimate the greatness of Lord Madara at your own peril women! In order to see the Uchiha clan realize its greatness, Lord Madara worked with others to experiment on ways to reach even greater power. I was one of those test subjects.

I, Shin Uchiha, am special! For I possessed a unique genetic make-up that allowed for tissue and organ transplantation with absolutely no chance of rejection. That meant, I was one of the few in all of the universe who had a body that would not reject any Sharingan. Thus, I gladly let my body become a vessel of the strongest will! You have the Sharingan to boy, why do you stand in the way of the will of Lord Madara?"

Ezan saw Shin looked eager for an answer before he sighed." I don't know where you grew up Shin, but I have no reason to be bound to his will regardless of how much blood or genes we have in common. I don't care if he's my brother, father, or anyone else, if he's in the way of my objective, and stands in the way of peace then that person is an obstacle to be terminated."

"Bah…what true warrior puts peace as a priority?" Shin hissed out as he narrowed all of his eyes." Peace is detrimental to evolution!"

Aeris sighed before retorting with a dismayed," People can evolve peacefully, as long as they are given the chance to!"

"Bah, don't lecture me you damn women! Living organisms are slaves to their genes and exist only to survive by passing on their strongest traits to the next generation! Lord Madara wants to see a world that's free from the weak! Foolish women, you dare to think your frail might can compare to true greatness? You will pay for."

Shin was cut off as Ezan suddenly unleashed enough magical energy to make him fall to his knees. As he saw how cold a glare Ezan was giving him he could not help but wince." You will pay for thinking you can talk to her like that scum. I humored you enough, time you know your place."

Shin looked more erratic as he yelled out," You may have power but a true Uchiha will not loose to someone who denies his nature! I mastered the power of the Sharingan far more then any pretender!"

The many eyed man grinned as the giant shuriken he threw at Ezan earlier was flying back for him due to the unique power of his Sharingan. But just as the spinning projectile was about to make contact Ezan casually caught the Shuriken. Ben's rival sighed as soon as he saw Shin's shock." You must have been taught in even more of a deluded manner if you thought this level of power comes any thing close to mastery. To be blunt your strength has no chance of rivaling mine. You will be given a final lesson in true mastery, as you die."

Shin saw his opponent casually fling his own projectile back at him, and just managed to catch the shuriken in his hands. As he realized blood was coming out of his chest he also realized Ezan was in front of him, with his Nu-Epyon blade reading to slice off his head.

However, before the blade could slice through flesh, another sickle like weapon intercepted it. Ezan quickly saw the blade had come out of the shadows beneath Shin, and saw it belonged to eerie-looking young man. The man had pale-white skin and faint blond colored hair that is slicked back and tapered to a point.

He lacked eyebrows and wore perpetually wide-eyed expressions with dark rings around his eyes, giving him a somewhat-deranged appearance. He wore a white high-collared kimono shirt with an Uchiha emblem emblazoned on the back and a wide, dark blue obi wrapped around his waist.

He had a blue arm-guards that cover his forearms, dark blue pants, and a pair of dark blue open-toed boots with distinct zig-zag treads.

Ezan saw the new enemy grasp its Kusarigama tightly and was caught off guard as the new man not only had the Sharingan in his eyes, but the eye transformed into a large circle around the pupil with three points spaced out. As Ezan realized it was in the Mangekyō Sharingan state the man uttered,"You must not be allowed to kill father."

Ben's rival prepared to take out the new interloper as well only for yet another man that looked identical to him come out from the right to try and stab him. As Ezan back stepped to gage the situation Aries saw a third man that looked like the other two come at her with his own weapon before muttering a tense," These are all his children? They better not have forced some poor women to bare this maniac's children! Ugh…I still hate when Hojo wanted me to "Mate" with Red XIII like I was some lab rat."

Shin laughed madly as he put his arm on the man who saved him." I was not the only person devoted to Lord Madara! My genes were able to help his plans so much, that he cultivated clones from my teeth and nerves in order to uncover the many secrets of genetics in order to reach even higher power! We are a family devoted to one purpose, to see that the worthiest will of all is honored! Only when the Infinite Tsukuyomi is unleashed, will the world be as it should be!"

Ezan saw all of the Shin clones surround him before he sighed." You can clone yourself enough times to populate this entire planet Shin. But the reality is that if this is the extent of the power level each of your clones has then it still won't be enough to match me!"

Shin grasped his hand tightly at the sight of Ezan being unimpressed at being surrounded before he burst out," Damn you, you have no idea what your defying! You don't have the power to defy our will, the strongest will!"

"Guess we will see, but thankfully there are others that can complete the mission as well. But as we see, at least give me a good warm up so I'm ready for the real fights."

Shin just snarled as he ordered all of his young clones to attack the sliver haired man. The son of Ansem Zeon was attacked from all directions, but demonstrated he was not bluffing as he moved fast enough to evade all their attacks at once. Even as the Shin's used their unique Sharingan powers to have their weapons fly for Ezan even after missing him, the Enji Knight showed how little he thought of their tricks by slicing through their giant Shuriken's and other weapons with enhanced blows.

While Shin had most of his clone's swarm Ezan, a few still were attacking the others and Zidane was one of the few who suddenly found themselves being attacked by hostile Sharingan welders. Zidane hastily blocked a stab from his enemy before he looked into his eyes and groaned." Oh great, if this Beyonder dude decides to be a troll and give every damn grunt Ezan's skills and more to get a laugh then this is going to suck."

The Shin clone jumped back and prepared to throw its weapon at Zidane, only for Gladiolus to charge at the pale enemy from the right. As Shin hastily blocked the strike from Noctis's pal's broadsword the Squad Zero member Queen charged at the enemy and stabbed him in the neck from her rapier. Gladiolus saw Zidane look relived before he snorted." What's the deal tail man? Your sliver haired pal's that much stronger then the rest of you to the point where you can't beat him?"

"Hey, I CAN beat him dude." Zidane threw out defensively." Er…just, would need to have a few things set in my favor to even things out you hear? Ezan's not a god, just really good at what he does. All those tricks those damn Sharingan do don't help either. Still, for now it seems they have not mastered it as much as him so they don't seem to bad as long as we don't let our guard down. Er…knock on wood and all."

As Zidane's allies from other worlds were confused at the phrase suddenly the three heard a wry male chuckle form the left." Oh don't worry, if your seeking a real fight I'm happy to deliver. In fact, does not matter if your seeking one or not if your strong then your going to get it!"

Zidane glanced to the right and saw a new man walk up, one that looked like a magician or jester. He was tall and had light skin and a fairly toned stature. His attire was adorned with various suit symbols on the front and back torso. He wore face paint: a star on his right cheek and a teardrop (💧) on his left cheek. The red-haired man made a mocking gesture before throwing out a haughty," I was told the party was going to be full of strong fighters.

I hope you don't disappoint me, or your die as I juggle your organs in front of you."

Gladiolus just sneered at the new man before growling out," I always hated clowns and I'm not going to put up with crap like this when Noctis is in trouble! Get out of the way or I'll close down your act the hard way!"

Queen saw the detached look the jester dressed man before she tensed up," Don't take him lightly, I remember that face in the report! That's supposed to be Hisoka Morow! He does not look lime much but he's killed so many of our forces and we found them all their corpses were so mangled."

"What can I say?" Hisoka threw out as he winked." I play so hard that the fun does not end just when my partner's dead."

Gladiolus realized Hisoka was making a wink that could come off as a pass before he got enraged." You're the type that gets turned on by killing eh punk? You're not in the shadows now and no matter how good at killing you are, I'll snap you like the twig you are!"

The long-time body guard to Noctis charged at Hisoka, causing his target to look excited." Oh my, that's quite a lot of manhood your throwing around. It's clear you're not lacking passion, but your clearly not more than an attack dog. Oh well, this will be fun, Bungee Gum!"

The red-haired man extended his hands just as Gladiolus slashed him. To the bearded man's shock his blade seemed to stop in midair. Gladiolus tried to push his blade away only to feel like it was stuck to something like gum.

He then realize a thin pink sheet was in his target's hands before Hisoka winked." It really is disgraceful to be killed by your own sword but, that's what a fool gets for not picking up the right singles eh? To be honest... I really don't have any interest in corpses. You're already dead. It's in your eyes!"

Hisoka prepared to kill Gladiolus when suddenly another a dagger came form his hand. The red-haired man winced as he suddenly blocked, and as he saw the strike came from Zidane the former thief grinned." I'm just going to have to steal your kill here dude, policy's always been to not let the bad guys keep either gold or kills if I can help it!"

"My, you're a feisty one eh? You must be quite good friends with this lug if your jumping into the jaws of death to save him."

"Nah man, just met. But you really need a reason to help people?"

"Those eyes, they are full of such passion, such conviction! Your giving me, such a tingle! This is going to be fun!"

Zidane cringed as Hisoka suddenly had a lustful look in his eye and attacked with a kick. The tailed Enji moved as quick as he could to avoid the incoming strikes, and as he saw how excited Hisoka looked he winced." Great, he's more crazy then Brahne 's jester goons! Back off clown, theses days only one person's allowed to give me that kind of look! I gotcha now, Meo Twister! "

Zidane swiftly unleashed one of his attacks to try and catch the jester like enemy off guard and put a swift end to the fight. However, he cringed as Hisoka just laughed and caught the energy beam with the same pink substance that caught the previous sword strike. As the warrior of light jumped out of the way of his own blast he cringed." Great, the creepy one's always got to have some damn magic barrier."

"It's not a magic barrier, just my Bungie Gum. It has the properties of gum and rubber, and gives me quite a lot of ways to kill people."

"Great, so you're like a clown surrounded by a Flan monster or something? Your tricky alright, but I beat worst!"

Zidane jumped up on the building to his right to try and get around Hisoka 's Bunge Gum. However, his clownish enemy chuckled before he suddenly lashed out his Bunge Gum and grasped Zidane by the leg.

As the Enji found his leg bound no matter how hard he pulled his enemy chuckled before he drew some normal cards from his sleeve, before they started to glow." My…guess your not as flexible as I figured. To bad, now your boring me. And I kill what bores me."

Hisoka flung his enhanced cards at Zidane to try and slit his throat, only to see a powerful surge of fire burst up to vaporize them. Hisoka saw another burst of fire head his way and gracefully somersaulted out of its path.

As he landed on the ground he saw Zidane's aid came from his longtime friends that came with him during the mission, the descendant of the black mage created by Kuja that found his own identity, Vivi Ornitier the second, and the armored man that started off as his foe but warmed over to him after a while, Adelbert Steiner Captain of the Knights of Pluto. Steiner drew his sword before he growled out," Back away from our comrade villain! Zidane may be dull at times but that's no reason to take his life!"

Zidane winced at hearing his allies jab before throwing out a smarmy," I'm dull Rusty? Did you get hit in the head during the fighting or just swallowed a large dose of alternate facts?"

" Dull can mean uncouth were I came from Zidane, and no matter how much good you have done I still can't completely forgive you for embarrassing the Queen and our entire planet with your careless antics!"

"Now is not the time for grudges Steiner! Just don't take this moron lightly or you will end up deader then that other balder Steiner I saw in that Zilos movie with Garnet last month!"

"Don't mock me Zidane, a knight of both the Enji and Alexandria is more than an equal to some sadistic jester!"

Steiner charged right for Hisoka, and as his sword shimmered with energy his target just rolled his eyes." Your even more dense then the first lad. A simple bore, how bland. Your armor and size mean nothing to me!"

Hisoka easily caught Steiner's blade with his Bunge Gum but as Steiner was caught he just grinned." Now Vivi!"

The black mage nodded before suddenly casting the Blizzaga spell. Hisoka prepared to jump out of the way of the high-level ice magic, but was caught off guard before the surge of ice went right for Steiner's sword.

The ice quickly spread to freeze Hisoka's entire arm before the knight yelled out," We watched your fight before we joined in and figured out a way around your nasty pack of gum. Your tricks won't save you villain!"

Hisoka snickered before he drew his other hand back." You're not quite as dumb as I thought. But to bad even if you cooled me down a bit, your still not sharp enough to cut through my Bunge Gum!"

"Maybe Jester, but my wife can without a doubt!"

Hisoka heard a noise and glanced to the right to see Steiner's wife, the head of Garnet's personal guard, Enji Captain Beatrix charge at him from behind with her Save the Queen sword surging with holy light. As soon as her enemy locked eyes with her Beatrix yelled out," Shock!"

The swords-women unleashed her elite sword skill and showed that her power was great enough that while Hisoka tried to block the strike with his Bunge Gum, the Shock attack was powerful enough to slice right through it, along with Hisoka 's left arm.

The clownish man did not seem phased at all at losing his limb and just had a wild look form on his face as he let the Shock attack shatter the rest of the ice around him to jump high in the air. Zidane saw Hisoka jumping above him before he grinned." I don't feel bad one bit about ganging up on a nut like you! Your pinned now, its over!"

Hisoka saw Zidane, Gladiolus, Queen and others coming for him before his grin widened." More like the tricks on all of you! Texture Surprise!"

The red-haired man's severed arm suddenly glowed before part of it changed color to pink, the same color of the Bunge Gum. Hisoka waved the hand still attached to his body, before the severed hand flicked its wrist, and unleashed a barrage of gummy tentacles to latch on to all of his would-be attackers.

Hisoka licked his lips as he saw the shock Zidane and the others hand." I told you my Bunge Gum is extremely versatile. Even when its not attached to me directly, I can still manipulate it with my energy. Now, you have been fun but there is so many fine specimens running around that I can't be dragged down to much on the first course! Since you value friendship so much, that dear friendship can be so precious that I'll make you kill each other."

Before he could try a new voice blurted out," Stop, Quina won't let you harm friends!"

Hisoka saw the voice came from an erratic member of the Qu species, one that was wearing a chef's hat. His/her tongue hanged out to the middle of his/her chest. S/he wore a salmon-pink overcoat with a baby-pink apron over it, had a napkin tied around his/her neck, and wore white gloves and blue shoes with white ribbons.

Hisoka saw Zidane's Qu friend take out a giant fork before he raised an eyebrow." My, you're quite the strange one. But I don't care about the opinions of the weak. If you don't want to miss out on the fun, you can join your friends for the ride."

The cruel jester had another part of his Bunge Gum latch out to grasp Quina. However, the Qu just grasped the gum with its fork, before eating it. After swallowing the gum Quina looked excited." Oh, this taffy is tasty! A bit to stretchy but not bad for exotic food! Quina knew there would be a good meal after the hassle!"

Hisoka was shocked to see Quina eat his Bunge Gum even after putting more of his aura into it before he hissed out," Damn it, what kind of Nen Beast are you? Enough, no eyesore like you is going to ruin my fun!"

Zidane saw Hisoka looked distracted, and as the gum on him was weaker after more of it kept getting devoured by Quina he grasped his tightly." Fun time is over for you Hisoka! Strong as you are, your all alone, so time to cash in! Grand Lethal!"

Zidane entered his Trance state to unleash all the power he had. As Hisoka saw that Ezan's teammate was now covered with pinkish purple fur, he also realized the Enji had unleashed a massive purple energy blast at him. Hisoka tried to dash out of the way but was tugged back in the blast's direction as Quina devoured more of the Bunge Gum.

Zidane saw Hisoka curse before he got consumed by the Grand Lethal and blasted into one of the buildings. As an explosion was unleashed and the entire building collapsed Gladiolus saw all the Enji looking ok before he threw out a uneasy chuckle." I admit some of you guys looked more like clowns then serious warriors when I first saw you but, but I can see your serious about being called the best of the best."

"Heh, not all of us were keen on being number one fighters man." Zidane threw out cheerfully as he landed near the Prince's bodyguard." But in my case I just felt like I had to be strong enough to protect my treasure! Of course, treasure's both the people I care for and gold stuff for me! Well I'd like to pat myself on the back but that creep's just hired help right? No point playing the Victory fanfare till we got a solid victory so keep a sharp eye for any bad guys trying to troll alright guys?"

Gladiolus, Queen and the rest of the group nodded before they saw some Shin clones coming at them, before the center one threw out a monotone,"Its useless, every last one of you lesser beings can't stand in the will of the Uchiha, the will of the strongest!"

"Heard that before, I'm not up for a rerun of that dude so get packing!"

Zidane quickly blocked a Shuriken strike before going to take out the newest foe hoping he and the others could break through to get to the true threats in time.

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Elsewhere his comrades were facing the same problems, though the group of Squall, Vincent, Ignis, Seven, and others were facing an icy roadblock in the form of the sadistic General Esdeath.

The tall, beautiful and slender woman with long light blue hair and blue eyes that wore a General's apparel with long sleeves, a blue scarf on her neck, and high-heeled boots with a black tattoo on her chest had quickly proved her title was more then a formality as she was able to hold off everyone's attacks at once with her extremely powerful ice magic.

Squall saw all of the attacks his group just unleashed frozen in all directions before the former SeeD sighed and glanced at Ignis." This crazy girl from your world? If she has a weakness it would be good to know about it fast."

"I 'm afraid she's not a native but we do know about her from her bloody reputation." Ignis uttered grimly." I hate to say all we know is bad news. Esdeath used her magic to freeze the majority of the entire Kingdom of Concordia with an ice spell powerful enough to make it like winter. I have a feeling her superiors are telling her to keep her enthusiasm in check. But with how much of a sadist she is supposed to be I would not put it pass her to dismiss that if she's pressed enough."

"Noted…we will just have to take her down before she can pull something off."

Esdeath giggled darkly before she pointed her blade at the scar faced man." What's that? You afraid boy? You don't have the right to call yourself a true warrior then! The strong survive and the weak die!"

"Is talk all you have girl? I don't have time for blowhards."

"Oh…a man of action, are we? Don't let me down boy!"

Squall just narrowed his eyes and in a flash was in front of Esdeath before unleashing a lighting fast barrage of thrusts with his Gunblade at the blue haired women. Esdeath was able to keep up with the Enji Captain, but as she was distracted Seven tried to stab her in the back with her chain sword only for Esdeath to casually form a blade of ice to block the strike.

The general gave Seven a look cold enough to make her flinch." Oh come on, thought that old trick would work? Sad."

She casually waved her blade of ice before a barrage of icicles erupt to try and impale Seven. Before they could Vincent destroyed them with a barrage of shots.

The Enji from the world of Spira, the swordsmen Auron and the blue colored member of the Ronso tribe Kimahri charged at Esdeath and attacked from both sides she had a pillar of ice form around her to propel her out of their attacks.

Her pillar was slashed in half before she casually made a new one and rained down ice projectiles on everyone." Oh you really have something to care for eh? To bad that just makes you, huh?"

To her shock Squall just unleashed his Fated Circle attack to blow away her projectiles before he threw out a casual," Pro tip psyco, caring about yourself and only yourself does not make you tough, it just makes you weak. Think it over in hell, Rough Divide!"

Squall evaded another ice blast and unleashed a strike hard enough to smash Esdeath into a building. As she saw attackers come at her form all directions she just snarled out," That might be what humans see as true strength, but I'm not something so weak, I'm a demon!"

The blood thirsty woman's eyes glowed before she had ice explode all around her, with enough intensity to freeze the entire block around her. Esdeath saw all the faces frozen in the ice and just laughed madly." That's right, I'm beyond human, I'm something that devours the weak! The weak have no right to have hopes and dreams! You swine will die helplessly as you know what true, huh?"

Esdeath saw the block of ice were Vincent was start to crack. Rays of green light shined out before the ice shattered and Vincent flew out. Cloud's friend had busted out by unleashing his full power, and as Esdeath saw he was now in his Chaos demon state, and looked like a blue skinned demon the Enji had his Death Penalty cannon form in his hands."You're a pretender who has no idea what a true demon or what true strength is. That's your sin, and this is your punishment."

The former member of the Turks showed off what his new gun could do as Death Penalty unleashed a massive green energy blast. Esdeath jumped out of the way of the beam, and saw how big an explosion the blast caused before she charged at Vincent, only to see him vanish.

The blue women heard a charging sound and was shocked that Vincent was suddenly behind her. Vincent wasted no words and just unleashed a barrage of energy blasts. While Esdeath was able to dodge every green projectile the combo of explosions blinded her for a moment. When she opened her eyes Vincent was charging at her from above with his claw like hand extended before he growled out," It would seem your out of time."

Esdeath then had a wild look in her eye before she screamed out," No, you're the one who's out of time. Makahadoma! "

A burst of blue energy exploded out of her, and just like with Dio's The World power, the time around Esdeath froze. The female general saw Vincent's frozen face before she smirked." I figured this Battle-World would give me some fun. But I give you credit for forcing me to use my trump card so early. Ah, you tried so hard huh?"

Esdeath had another blade of ice form before she stabbed Vincent in the chest with both of her blades. As time unfroze the soul rot of Terra corrupt realized what happened and coughed up blood. As the blood fell on the one who stabbed him's face she licked it with her tong and giggled." But try as you might, even with your fancy tricks the most vicious beast around here is me! So get ready to squeal like the pigs you, GUH!"

As Esdeath prepared to unleash another attack she realized the hard way she did not have things as secure as she thought as she felt a strong force tackle her. She glance to the right, and saw that her attacker was Squall. She quickly realized that Vincent's barrage was also to thaw out his comrades from the ice. As she glared at Squall Ezan's team leader just threw out a cold," Don't kid make me laugh girl, you don't have the heart of a Lion. You're gone, Lion-Heart!"

Squall showed quickly that he was not playing around and unleashed his ultimate Limit Break before she could even yell out a retort. The Enji unleashed dozens of powerful sword strikes and blood was flying everywhere by the time Squall finished his barrage.

The last blow of the assault hit hard enough to unleash a shock-wave, and as Squall glanced back at his target Esdeath just coughed up blood to gurgle out," Damn, wish I found you earlier boy. Could…have…been…ugh." The light faded from her eyes and as Squall saw Esdeath fall to the ground he casually put his Gun-Blade over his shoulder." Don't kid yourself with your dying breath, you're not my type. Vincent, you need a potion?"

He and the others that just broke out of the ice glanced at their transformed comrade and saw that he was slowly getting back to his feet." Don't worry Squall, in my Chaos state it takes a lot more to land a mortal blow. We have more pressing issues to address."

Before Squall could respond everyone saw a giant wave crashing for them. The Enji and their allies quickly repelled the wave with their own attacks before Squall saw that it came from the raging Leviathan before he sighed." Well we seem to still have a lot of threats to deal with but this is the loudest one."

Ignis winced as he saw how out of control the giant sea serpent was."True, but despite your power no one can tame the Hydraean easily. Normally Leviathan just has to be approve of the challenger's strength, but if it's truly mindless then this could provide disastrous."

"Maybe, but thankfully we have a Leviathan of our own, or three." Squall uttered flatly. As Ignis looked on in confused the Enji Captain went for his com link." Guys, if your free summon your Leviathans so we can subdue the hostile one."

Cloud saw Squall dashing to the water in the distance and shrugged." Well, I suppose the best person to handle someone is them self. The enemy seems to have a very in-depth plan, we better shut it down before they could pull it off."

The former leader of Squad 7 was about to join his comrades when he sensed hostile energy and swerved around to see a beam of light coming for him. He casually batted the beam away with his "First Sword", and saw the blast came from Nimbus. The masked "Primus l'Cie" just unfolded his arms as Cloud glared at him." This farce is over, such meager beings can't stop the wheel of destiny from turning! "

The agent of the Milites Empire charged right for Cloud, but as his target saw his opponent form swords of energy around him he just steeled himself. "Your grand wheel's not as sturdy as you think. Your loss, Omnislash!"

Not wanting to drag out a fight with the masked man Cloud decided to go for overkill as he suddenly slashed through the blade of light and unleashed one of his most powerful Limit Break attacks.

Cloud unleashed a barrage of powerful slashes to overwhelm Nimbus and as the barrage ended Cloud looked up and saw Nimbus just looked to shocked to even realize what happened. As blood erupted all over the man's body Cloud heard his enemy curse weakly before he shrugged." Sorry, if you can't take the hint after the second time but you're not as big as you think. Whatever."

Cloud glanced to the right and sensed his comrades were approaching the water before he flash stepped to make up for lost time. He arrived next to Squall and Garnet, and as the Queen of the Alexandra nation saw her comrades she sighed." What if the enemy that took over the native Leviathan does the same to ours?"

"Then at least we can draw the enemy and try and neutralize it. The more we can disrupt the enemy's operation, the better."

Squall nodded, and Garnet sighed before nodding herself. The three then spread out before all going through the summon ritual. Squall quickly summoned the Guarding Force version of Leviathan he got after his fight with his enemy NORG.

At the same time Garnet summoned her own Eidolon variation of Leviathan that she got from the Iifa Tree, while Cloud used the Red Materia he had on him to unleash his own world's Leviathan. The female Leviathan saw her male counterparts form around her before yelling with fury," Damn imposters! I'll flood the entire world for you specks thinking you could get away with this outrage!"

Multiple Tidal Waves were attempted to be cast at once, and as the sea serpents tried to bind each other Qator saw this sudden turn of events and slammed the controls of his magitek armor in outrage." They think they can stop things with their counterfeits? Bah…I'll blast apart theses fakes and crush them to death with their own so-called trump card!"

The Brigadier General had his Gabriel fly for Garnet's Leviathan. But just before he was about to unleash all the missiles he could, a blast hit him strong enough to knock his machine around. He quickly swerved around to see the attack came from Barret. The former leader of AVALANCHE just grinned as Qator flew at him." Got some better tech then Shinra did fool but its just looks like target practice to me!"

Qator saw Barret fire at him with the gun on his arm, and as some of the members of Squad Zero that specialized in long range combat, the blond-haired male with a bow, Trey, the short, flared red hair, blue eyed women with a magicite pistol Cater, and Ace all assisted Barret.

Qator evaded most of the attacks as he closed in."I'll teach you idiots the price of mocking me by thinking you could beat the likes of me with inferior fire power!"

Barret saw the Gabriel prepare to charge up for some sort of laser attack before he grinned." Fool that's just what I was going to say before I waste your sorry ass!"

Cloud's longtime friend jumped up before he unleashed his Catastrophe Limit Break attack. Qator was shocked at seeing the massive yellow laser suddenly come from a man's arm and tried to evade, only for Ace's magical cards to slice into part of his thrusters. Qator saw the entire bottom half of the Gabriel get vaporized and screamed in rage as explosions broke out all over his magitek armor.

Barret saw his target frantically pilot the wrecked remains of his machine to avoid a crash before he just snickered." Make your toys as fancy as you want you crazy cracker, don't mean your as hardcore as me! Alright, who's the next fool that needs to get owned?"

As the Squad Zero members showed Barret were to go they were not aware that Aranea was above them. The mercenary had jumped around to fight some enemies then run away, and as she now saw Barret's cocky grin she grasped her lance with disdain. "Tsc…damn men. No matter what world they come from they think they can just walk in and own the place. Well, if I can't get them all at least I'll get a few trophies before it ends!"

The mercenary prepared to jump up and ram Barret in the back with her spear before she could even react but before she could she saw a shadow, and saw Fang was above her, with her own Bladed Lance coming down for her. Aranea winced at the sudden speed of the strike and as she glared at Fang the women from Pulse grinned." Oy girl, men can be pigs, but that's not a pass to strike any man on sight! From how it looks here, you're the pig selling yourself to who ever throws the biggest check!"

Aranea giggled darkly and tried to ram her spear through Fang's, only for her target to detach her weapon into a three-section staff. As Aranea saw Fang's blades suddenly inches from her face she rolled her eyes." Give me a break, girl's got to make a living right? I don't give a damn about any one of theses nations higher callings. Whatever guys that pay the most for a job that's not sending me off to get killed so I can sharpen my skills is good enough for me! Your strong yourself, but I have a pay check to collect. Highwind!"

Aranea headbutted Fang with her helmet to force her back and then had her spear glow before she jumped in the air and attempted to slam Fang with her spear. However her spear was caught by another spear. The mercenary glanced at the one who stopped her and realized it was person with a red hat with decorative metallic wings, which, combined with white hair, that obscured much of her face and her green eyes.

She wore a long red coat with a split up the back, buckles on the upper arms roping around the sleeves, a large escutcheon bearing the Burmecian coat of arms on her torso, a pale blue cravat, knee-length orange trousers, a pair of tanned leather gaiters, and a small orange ribbon tied to her tail.

The rat like Burmecian women, the dragoon friend of Zidane Freya Crescent just gave Aranea a cold look before uttering," You're too willing to take shortcuts. Someone like you can never amount to a true Dragoon. Dragon's Crest!"

Freya quickly showed Aranea how much she had mastered her Dragoon powers as she unleashed an energy blast shaped like a Dragon Head from her sphere. The difference in power was quickly made clear as Aranea saw her spear shatter. The mercenary was blasted to the ground hard enough to leave a crater. "Damn rat," Aranea hissed out bitterly as she coughed up blood." Trying to make a fool out of me? No matter how much you show off, a job's a job. "

Fang just leaned down before smirking," Yah but what's a job worth if your dead before you can cash in girl? You really think your boss cares a lick about you? How about stop being a dumbass before its to late oy?"

"Are you implying your willing to pay me to switch sides?"

"Heh…only way we would pay you is if we get out of this crazy game in one piece. But, if you tell us what your boss's end games in we might be able to throw in a bonus."

Everyone heard another roar before the three dragoon women glanced over to see the four Leviathans raging on to constrain each other before Aranea sighed." Please…like the chancellor tells a pawn like me anything other then who to kill and who to not kill. Still, he and his buddies think they can win all of Battle-World with this plan of theirs."

Freya sighed as she readied her spear. "I think it's safe to say whatever it is its something we can't let them go through with. Well, after this battle we can discuss payment later."

Freya and Fang went on to join their allies, causing Aranea to raise an eyebrow." They are serious about paying me? What, they think they are hero's or something? What a joke. Like…something like that can be real."

As the dragoon wondered how serious the Enji were, one of the ones higher up in the chain of command was wondering the same thing, and that was "Tobi". The masked man was still on his mind controlled pet as he saw the other Leviathans push back the native one he was controlling. As he looked at the ones who summoned the others he chuckled." My…the new round of contestants sure are full of surprises. I wonder, even if they are nearly identical, if capturing them all would speed up Eyes of the Moon plan by more than a little bit?"

Before he could muse more he heard an energy noise and swerved out of the way without even looking as a blue energy beam flew past him. He casually glanced at Cloud coming for him, with Squall coming right behind him before Ben's friend uttered a cold," Had enough fun? One way or another it ends here."

Tobi got back into his goofier tone as he leaned back casually on the Leviathan he was possessing." Oh why are you guys spoil sports? You guys seem to serious, you should chill before you get a stroke or something!"

Squall had his magical aura erupt before he pointed his Gunblade at the masked man." I'll chill, when the mission is complete! Your being shut down clown!"

The scar faced man swiftly unleashed his Thunder Barret skill to bombard Tobi with lighting magic bombs. Tobi just ran around in a comedic fashion before throwing out," Oh man your crazy! Just take it easy and, oh?"

Tobi realized Squall's barrage was just to distract him as he glanced up and saw Cloud was suddenly above him. The Enji Captain had his sword surge with energy." You're the fool if your clowning around not realizing what your up against. Finishing Touch!"

Cloud prepared to finish Tobi off with one of his Limit Breaks, only to be shocked to see his blade go right through Tobi's body. Squall saw his enemy laugh before he tensed up." Damn…Ezan was right, he really does seem to have the power to just phase through attacks like Ravxen did. Is he even, huh?"

Squall suddenly saw a chain shoot for him and Cloud. Both Enji blocked it but they saw Tobi suddenly was much more serious as he glanced at them." Your strong alright, but to bad for you such strength is useless if you can never land a blow with it. Now then, your both very interesting but I have other matters to attend to, so you can just spend the rest of Battle-World being devoured."

Tobi had his Sharingan glow once more before the Leviathan swiftly turned its head and shook it violently to throw the two Enji off it. Cloud saw the giant sea serpent rapidly go to devour him and Squall, but just before he rapidly figured out how to avoid becoming a meal suddenly the water below rippled, and a 1700 cm high dull rusty red toad burst out to head butt the Leviathan.

As Cloud and Squall landed on the toad and saw that the toad had a large blue happi vest that had the kanji 蝦 (ebi) on the back, and that he had a massive dosu blade at his hip and also carried a large kiseru pipe and was wondering if this new arrival was a friend or foe before he saw Kakashi land next to him.

"Sorry for the suddenness but saw you guys could do summon jutsu and figured might as well do what I can to help. Nice job Gamabunta, thanks for the help even though are contract is so, recent."

The giant toad just snickered as he glanced at Tobi."No time for the formalities Kakashi, I'm doing this to get revenge for Naruto. Not like I want any of theses punks to win after what they did to him."

Tobi just glanced at the new arrivals before he chuckled darkly." Trying to press your luck now, Copy Ninja? After all that's happened, still trying to push your luck?"

Kakashi adjusted his headband tightly before muttering," You Enji go help Prince Noctis. I've seen this guy in action before and know what to expect."

"Tsc…just don't want anyone around so you don't fail to save your teammates again eh? After failing Naruto and Sasuke so badly, do you really think you can save anyone?"

"You will pay for talking about my teammate so casually! Water style, Water Dragon Jutsu!"

The masked man quickly did a barrage of hand symbols before he had the water in front of him become a dragon of water. The impact caused water to rain down and as it did Kakashi gave the Enji a urgent look." There is no time to waste, get going!"

Cloud and Squall glanced at each other before the Enji nodded." Alright, just don't get over your head."

The two flew off in Noctis's direction, and as they were gone the water faded, and Tobi emerged." Their you go, trying to be the hero again. You really are stuck in a rut Kakashi, trying to do the same thing and fail over and over. Its pathetic really."

Kakashi narrowed his exposed eye before throwing out," You clearly been watching me for a while, but no matter who you are behind that mask or what allies you are teaming up with its not going to be enough. Your going to pay for what you did to my team!"

" What I did?" Tobi threw out in a mocking tone." You misunderstand Kakashi. Despite having a Sharingan you clearly don't see clearly at all. I merely helped clear up some confusion Sasuke had. Its your fault for not being able to lead your teammates properly.

After all if you were good at building good team moral then Naruto and Sasuke would not have been so at odds that they killed each other, and Sakura would not have been stupid enough to run right to her death eh? You failed Kakashi, you're a failure, and you can only atone by death!"

Tobi commanded his Leviathan to attack him and the Chief Toad, and in respond Kakashi's toad ally tried to stab the incoming sea serpent with his dosu blade. Leviathan grasped the blade with its tail and Tobi quickly dived down for at the toad. As he did Kakashi had lighting crackled around his hand." I'll atone by making you answer for what you did! Lightning Release: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang Jutsu!"

Kakashi used his power to have the lightning expand to create the form of a hound. As the hound raced to him Tobi just sneered." Please, howl in fury as much as you want, no matter how angry you are it will never reach me." Tobi just stood still as the beast of lighting went right through his body.

As it did the light blinded Tobi for a moment, and when he could see again he saw a kuni head right for him. The masked man dodged on instinct, but realized to late there was an explosive tag attached to it as it blew up in his face.

Kakashi took a small level of contentment hearing his opponent groan in pain, but knew it would be foolish to think he won. Sure enough Tobi emerged, holding the left side of his mask, which was cracked from the blast. Kakashi saw parts of the mask fall off to reveal black hair under the mask before he sighed." I knew despite how slippery you were that you still human.

After all, while I was not sure at first I realized despite its differences your using some sort of Jutsu linked to the Sharingan to make you intangible. After all, a powerful Mangekyō Sharingan dōjutsu that creates a unique and specialized form of space–time ninjutsuits is more then a little close to my Kamui Jutsu!"

Tobi grasped his face before he chuckled bitterly. He then revealed his exposed face, and Kakashi realized his face was unnaturally wrinkly over part of it."

My, your quite observant. I suppose you are good at that, even if you don't have what it takes to act on that most of the time."

"Keep talking while you can, you can't slip away forever. Who are you really? With your power, and the way those identical kids with Sharingan talk about their master, are you Madara Uchiha?"

Tobi just widened his eye as he leaned his head back." And what if I am? Personally, you can call me whatever you feel like. Tobi, Madara, names in general won't mean anything once the new world comes to pass. Yes, soon the world of lies will end, and all liars will be purged."

"Don't get to hopeful Madara." Kakashi uttered coldly as lighting crackled around his hand once more." Even if you are the real legendary warrior, with all the people you made your enemy you're not going to have your way."

"Tsc…even with your new allies you won't stop us. Prince Noctis is about to find out his destiny is nothing but a joke. Such is the way of all destinies linked to human nature! There is no hope, only despair!"

Tobi, Madara, or whoever was the person behind the mask suddenly had a large shuriken form right out of his Sharingan eye to launch at Kakashi. The Hidden Leaf Ninja evaded the projectile, but saw his enemy was charging at him, and also causing explosive paper bombs to phase around him with every move he made. Kakashi braced himself to fight back as Gamabunta launched forward to help the friendly Leviathans subdue the sabotaged one.

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As intense as this all was, to some even giant toads headbutting larger sea serpents was not as intense as the person you were supposed to marry suddenly stabbing you. Noctis was still to traumatized by Luna's sudden shift in behavior, and the stab that came from that shift to realize anything was going on around him. Seeing how coldly Stella was looking at him, and how intense she was with stabbing through him with her new blade.

Noctis felt his strength fading before he threw out a dire," Luna, I don't know what Ardyn and his cohorts did to you but you have to wake up and remember who you are! Please, I already lost so much, I don't want to lose you to!"

"Tsc…you can't lose me "Prince"." Stella threw out bitterly." Because you never had me. The Luna you love is an illusion, everything you cherish is a farce."

Noctis saw Stella form another blade in her hand and try and stab him and quickly threw his Engine Blade to the side to warp away. For a moment he thought he got away, but as he reappeared he saw a shadow above him, and cringed as he realized Stella warped as well to be above him.

Noctis realized all to late Stella predicted his move and as he tried to jump back Stella stabbed him in his left foot. Stella just looked on in anger as the black-haired prince screamed in pain." That's right, my loyalty to you was just a façade, the nations of Tenebrae and Lucius were sworn enemies, its my true destiny to see your bloodline burn. At last, you're going to answer to all the humiliation my people endured because of your family!"

"Damn it Luna, no matter what you were told you can choose to do what you feel is right! You don't have to, GUH!"

Stella stabbed Noctis through his other leg before yelling out," You still don't get it! This is my choice! This is not someone telling me someone, this is me reacting to the memories I have! You thought you were special, but in the end you were nothing! If you truly care about me, then let me kill you already!"

"I can't…I have to go on, to avenge my father and my people! I can't let anyone stop me, not even you!"

Noctis suddenly unleashed a grenade like Blizzaga spell to try and freeze Stella, only for the blond women to have a high leveled fire spell surge out of her hand. As the ice melted Noctis dashed at her with the Trident she was holding before.

Stella realized Noctis was aiming to kill and dodged the blow. As she realized she was cut across the face her magical energy surged and she struck back with even greater ferocity.

Ardyn and Hazama were still watching the fight from above, and as the two men with fedora's saw how intense the former lovers were fighting Hazama whistled."Well what you know? Lover boy has some will to live after all! I can' t blame him for being confused, I would have gotten lost myself on half the stuff going on without getting a heads up about how things worked during my time in the Boundary. Heh…I seen my deal of saps over the years, but this dolt's as sappy as they get! His entire life's one big joke, guess we are giving him a favor in the end eh?"

Before Ardyn could respond a stern voice cut in with," That's not your call to make! Meteor Rain!"

Hazama raised an eyebrow as he swerved around to see Cloud unleashing another one of his Limit breaks right for him. The two men in fedora's quickly jumped off the platform, and as the green haired villain landed and saw Cloud already waiting for him in a fighting stance he just tipped his hat." Man, want a appointment with me that badly eh? Still, kudos for getting through all the pawns I had around here man. Guess that means your going to be fun. Just take it easy on me eh buddy? I'm kind of frail."

Cloud just powered up his aura after hearing the man in front of him's dry taunt before he had his one sword become two again." Save it, I'm not falling for the act demon. I saw your tricks last time, and that kind of low level stuff is not going to cut it here."

"Low level eh?" Hazama uttered as his expression hardened slowly." I do believe I'm being underestimated. Still, you been doing your homework if you know I'm a demon since I'm rather damn sure that's not how I introduced myself earlier! Still, don't think you know me punk, like I said before I did not go all out last time to get a feel for the situation. And now, I'm ready to bring on the hurt! Cleaving…FANG!"

The mocking male had snake like beams burst out of his hands once more. Cloud quickly struck them with his swords, only to be caught off guard as the snakes suddenly wrapped around his blades. Cloud saw the snake heads prepare to fire green energy blasts of their own and quickly dropped his swords to evade the blasts.

As soon as he cleared the beams he sensed something and glanced up to see Hazama diving down at him from above with a knife sticking out of his shoe. The man who formerly posed as a First-Class SOLDIER quickly showed his skill set was not as limited as his enemy assumed as he quickly cast a Flare magic spell to try and blow a hole in his target.

Hazama winced at the sight and had his aura surge before he waved his right arm, and it became a demonic snake in the process as he swatted the Flare spell away. While he grinned at the outcome Cloud showed that was just the first phase of his attack as he used his magical energy to have one of the swords he dropped to fling up on its own and aim for his target's head.

Hazama was caught off guard by that and quickly swerved his head back. He was not fast enough to avoid being unscathed as he was sliced across the face and his fedora was slashed up.

The mocking villain did not even have time to frown as Cloud was in his face, with his other sword in hand as he prepared to impale him with his Climhazzard Limit Break. Hazama quickly blocked with his knife, and as he realized he was being pushed back he hissed out," Not bad kid, you're not just talk. Better me careful now or you just might make me angry!"

"Cut the act, I endured the wrath of far worst then you. Too much is on the line for the likes of fear to get in the way of getting done what needs to be done."

"Oh the professional act eh? Well guess you been through a lot guy. But that being said, I'm still kind of a fear master!"

Hazama swiftly threw a knife out of his sleeve. Cloud was able to dodge it but he still got cut in the face. His enemy then gave a wild battle cry as he suddenly unleashed a flurry of stabs with his knife that were so fast that he was like a demonic green blur.

Cloud was able to move fast enough to parry the strikes but after a few exchanges he felt his hand twitch and his response slowed enough for Hazama to get a light cut through. The spikey blond-haired man quickly dashed back before he glanced at his hand to see it trembling." The hell is this? Why does it feel like my arms and legs are freezing…?"

Hazama laughed at Cloud looking at his arm before he leaned forward and made a mocking pose." Aw you really are sharp eh punk? If your wondering if my knife put some sort of poison in to you then nah, wrong answer!

This is something a "hardcore" warrior like you lost long ago! That's right retrace your memory. You became a badass warrior, and became strong, so strong you killed your enemies by overpowering them. It's a sensation you haven't felt in a long time eh? The name of that sensation, which all of life seems to revolve around when you get down to it, is fear.

Heh, major kudos man one cut from my knife is suppose to be enough to cause a dude to scream and die from excruciating terror. My magic opens the door man, making you think about all those things that would drive you crazy if you thought about it to much. Like, if I step forward, maybe I'll drop dead! What if I forget to breath? What if the person I love suddenly bursts into flames?

What if I'm, well, I made the point by now eh? Your slowly but surely turning into what of those paranoid losers who are to freaked out to do a damn thing! After all, when anything, when everything is suspicious even trying to think becomes difficult. Heh, you clearly have some major balls resisting it and that makes you a threat dude. But, I can see it in your eyes, the core of your heart has already been…"

Cloud tried to cut him off by in a burst of speed trying to slice him in half, but his target easily blocked the strike, and smirked wickedly as he did." Aw how cute your trying to look tough eh? You can't fool me bucko, I can tell your consumed by your fear of me! I'm freaking you the hell out more each second!"

Hazama suddenly kicked Cloud in the leg with his knife, hitting him dead on. As Cloud fell to his knees he struggled to keep Hazama back while muttering a defiant." Don't mess with me scum, I know there is no battle without fear. Some were harder then others, but I've overcome it every time I survived a do or die situation. I've run from fear in the past, but I vowed to never do it again. I vowed to promise I'd, huh?"

A flash back of Cloud's former friend, Zack Fair's dead body surged across his face. As the long repressed traumatic memory boiled across his face Hazama wasted no time slashing him across the chest. As Cloud fell down his opponent casually kicked him across the face. As he saw his target cough up blood Hazama laughed, before kicking him harder." That's right, let it all out to feel better! Well, before it feels even worst! Its all coming out now, you been through some traumatic stuff eh dog? Its true fear can be overcome with experience.

The stronger and more experienced you are, the harder you go through all that PSD stuff and all that. But you know…fear that has a cause is easy! It can be stopped with will or experience. As long as there is a cause. If the root of that cause is severed, that feeling of terror can be removed. But true fear has no cause. That's because it is not an emotion. Its instinct! True fear…has no cause…no limits. It is like countless bugs squirm down your throat and diving into your god damn skull! Try and run away as hard as you can, it catches up to everyone sooner or later, I'm just making you face reality dude!"

Cloud tried to respond but suddenly he saw Aries and Tifa both dead on the ground at his sides. He looked around and saw all of his friend's dead. He even saw his daughter's head, and only her head, before he heard a scream, and glanced up he saw the area, at least in his eyes was suddenly on fire.

As he realized he seemed to be back in his home town of Nibelheim he heard a women scream and saw a women get dragged out of the fire. He quickly realized it was his mother, and that she was burning while a sword was through her heart.

As he screamed suddenly he heard a dark chuckle as he saw a new figure appear above Hazama.

The man was tall with a muscular build. He wore a long black coat with silver pauldrons, black boots and black trousers. The top of his coat was open to reveal his chest, with his leather SOLDIER suspenders crossed over it. The man had long silver hair that had bangs parted to either side of his face. The man's green cat-like eyes bore right in to Cloud's eyes, and the seven-foot long katana Masamune went right for his face.

This was a man Cloud knew all to well, he was his former mentor, the top SOLIDER who went insane and destroyed Cloud's hometown, killed his mother, killed Aeris, and tried to become a god, with a will that rebounded from death more then once. He was Sephiroth, and as the spawn of Jenova saw Cloud freeze up at him he chuckled darkly." Did you really think you could escape your fate Cloud? This was the only way it could ever end."

Cloud screamed in horror as Sephiroth put his blade closer to him."No, you're an illusion, I know your not real! We destroyed you and all your kind for good! The nightmare was, is over!"

"The nightmare will never end, Cloud. You're to weak to walk the path to the Promised Land. The only thing you can realize, is despair."

Sephiroth jumped up and prepared to ram Masamune through Cloud's head, or at least it seemed that way. While Cloud's arch enemy was only an illusion the terror he was feeling was very real, and Hazama was enjoying every second. The green haired man realized Cloud was to consumed with fear to even notice his kicks and just laughed madly." So Sephiroth is a pal of yours eh? What did he give you the" bad touch" kid? Still think your so tough eh? Hye hyehehhe hya hyahaha! Weak! You're too weak! You can't beat me, and you're going to squeal all the way to hell till you realize just how stupid you were to get in my way!"

Hazama hit Cloud harder and harder, enjoying every ounce of pain he was inflicting. Cloud's nearest ally at the moment was Squall, who confronted Ardyn the moment Cloud cornered Hazama.

Ardyn noticed the coldness in Squall's eyes and merely chuckled." My that's quite a scary look. Don't you think your overreacting a tad?"

"If you're not keen on being given harsh looks you should not be picking fights with people. You started this and now you have to answer for what you've done!"

"My, I'm just doing my job, after all I'm just a chancellor, not a fighter!"

Squall powered up his magical aura enough to shake the ground around him as he pointed his blue Lionheart Gunblade into the air." I've dealt with more then a few extremely deadly politicians in the past punk. I'm not falling for your stunt, and I'm not going to let you drag your game out if I can help it! Blasting Zone!"

Ardyn saw the man in front of him suddenly form a massive blade of light before he raised an eyebrow. Before he could remark Squall swung the blade down faster than the red-haired man expected.

As the former SeeD's Limit Break struck the ground when the attack faded he saw nothing remained where his attack landed. Squall realized there was not even a trace left and got wary, and his suspicions were quickly justified as he heard clapping from behind." Oh my, no doubt you're a powerful warrior."

Squall turned around to see Ardyn looking undamaged, clearly missing his attack entirely. Ardyn just tipped his hat." I admit I'm not really one of those chaps that get a thrill out of fighting. However, I do have the means to defend myself, and am more then capable of making obstacles to my desires disappear."

Squall eyed Ardyn carefully as he raised his guard." I did not sense his movements at all. Is it, some sort of time magic like with Ultimecia? Damn it."

Ezan's former squad captain suddenly moved at full speed to be fast enough to leave enough after images to confuse his target. Ardyn saw countless images of Squall quickly vanish and chuckled, before the real Squall came from the right to attempt to slice him through his neck.

Before the Gunblade landed a sword of red energy suddenly formed in midair to intercept it. Squall quickly realized despite having a red color it looked just like the Armiger spell Noctis displayed." The hell? You have that prince's power to? This all some sort of grudge or something?"

Ardyn swerved around as anger formed in his eyes."That's my business, and I don't feel like sharing to strangers. I don't really care what anyone thinks of my views, I'll do whatever it takes to see them through."

"And I'll do whatever it takes to shut you down freak! Rough Divide!"

Squall slammed his Gun-blade into his opponent with enough raw force to smash him into a building. The man raised in Balamb Garden readied for how his enemy would respond when he heard Cloud scream, and quickly glanced over to see Cloud screaming and being to terrified to fight off Hazama before he grit his teeth."I never saw Cloud like that, the hell kind of spell that bastard do to him? Damn it."

Squall was about to move when another urgent voice shouted out,"Hey wait dude we need your help!"

The Enji saw Prompto staggering over to the right and grasping his stomach. Squall looked around before he jumped over." Kind of have a situation here myself. What happened to the others?"

Prompto gulped as he staggered right next to Squall." Got ambushed by some seriously hardcore new enemy dude! Its bad man, my potions got burned in the fighting, I don't think I can last much longer!"

Squall sighed at the blond man's panic and went up to him." Calm down I'll heal you up. Give me an idea on the situation and we will plan the proper counter attack. This should, huh? Hey!"

Just as Squall prepared to cast a cure spell Prompto suddenly tried to stab him with a dagger out of his pocket. Squall was able to catch the knife before it cut his skin and as he glared at the man Prompto grinned, before he suddenly morphed in to Ardyn. As he struggled to push the knife forward Ardyn snickered." My apologizes, I'm not use to dealing with warriors of that caliber as usually that's enough to get the job done.

You really are strong, but in the end you're still a mere mortal. No matter how strong you are, only a true king can make me content! So, if you would just kindly know your place and die I would greatly appreciate it!"

Squall saw the chancellor's eyes glow red and struggled not to let his tricky foe overpower him. He could only afford to wince at hearing Cloud keep screaming, and at the moment Hazama was delighting the pain he was causing so much he screamed back before he kicked Cloud right into a wall.

The green haired villain licked his knife before throwing out a casual," Sounds like you worked damn hard to repress your past eh kid? Whelp, sorry but not sorry for dragging that back to the surface but that is the price for messing with me! Alright time to die. You sad? Hmm? Well are you?! If you were really smart you would have known this is what was going to happen. In the end, all losers are consumed by the terror. Now be devoured by the, huh? Oh come on!"

Before he could respond he saw a shinning light and saw a Holy sphere of energy racing for him. He quickly jumped back as a stern female voice said,"Terror is not the final outcome of everything, not when the light of hope shines strong enough."

Hazama raised an eyebrow as he saw Aries calmly land on the ground in front of him before he chuckled out a wry," What's wrong girl? Did I scare you enough to come running for me to put you out of your misery? Heh…I would not mind a bonus to all of this."

Aeris saw Cloud scream again before she looked worried."Cloud, are you ok? You, what did you do to him? Please, if you value your life, leave now and let me help him."

"Aw…cute girl but the tough girl act's not going to work on me, I'm just not that nice a guy. Seriously though if you want to kneel and all that do it now because I'm not going to show mercy if you don't behave."

Aeris narrowed her eyes as she slowly walked forward." The more you taunt, the weaker you look to me. I've defied far stronger demons then you, your taunting won't make me cower!"

Hazama saw the flower girl give her a look hard enough for him to have his eye twitch, before he suddenly grit his teeth." Oh you some tough girl or something from where ever you crawled out of? Tsc…I don't care who you beat whore, you have not danced with me yet! And while the me before was already someone to make any one think twice about messing with, now I have a taste of true power!"

Hazama suddenly unleashed had his aura explode to create a gust of wind as his hair flew wildly, and suddenly a of Heiligenschein in the form of a star-like Heiligenschein encircled by barbed wire of raw green energy formed around his head before he snapped out," See this Vollständig on my head hear? This Rabum Alal honcho running this game here was so impressed with how good I was at doing what I do best that he gave me this Vollständig here called Tatarforas. That's right, I, Ha, no, Yūki Terumi have the power that means "Fear of God" because no one can terrorize and traumatize people better then me!

Not sure how the big guy compares to Zannacross but, I'm not complaining so far with the game plan! Just one cut and your going to be so traumatized that you will regret everything you ever did girl, so what's it going to be?"

Aries suddenly had a holy aura form around her before she answered with a resolute,"Then that's all the more reason to not hold back anymore. If what your saying is true, then I merely won't let you cut me! Celestial Prism Power!"

The last Cetra raised her hand in the air before her body exploded with holy energy to unleash the power given to her by the Celestial one watching over her world, Minerva. The light was bright enough to blind her enemy, and when it faded the wicked man saw that Aeris was now completely holy looking armor with a kind of cape coming out of the shoulder pads. In her left hand was a spear and in her right hand was a shield.

Hazama, or more like Terumi saw even her head was now covered before he spat on the ground." Just great, so you really are some sort of holy women eh? Great, had to run into a girl even more goody goody then that damn Celica Ayatsuki Mercury. Heh…you do pull off the act better then Tsubaki did but even if you are a legit angel you're not going to stop me! Nice try trying to shield yourself in armor girl but it won't do a lick of good if I just rip it, huh?"

Aeris promptly showed how tired she already was of her opponent's ranting as she raised her shield."I don't care what you are, I'll do what it takes to protect my friends! Photon Feather!"

Cloud's friend quickly unleashed a barrage of feather like holy rays at Hazama, and as he dashed around the area he hissed out,"Enough of that, Serpent's… Laceration!"

The former member of the Emperor's Hand had green energy snakes shoot at the ground, before suddenly bursting up from below Aeris. As she got constrained Hazama grasped his fist tightly." Got you now girl! Not a bad idea covering yourself in armor but if I just rip that off it won't do much good eh? Get ready to scream. Gleaming Fang!"

Aries saw her opponent have his knives surge with demonic energy before he lunged for her and had her holy energy surge in response. "Your wrong, I got you. Judgment Arrow!"

Terumi cringed as the shield and lance combined to form a bow and as he saw a massive amount of holy energy forming he snarled out,"Seriously? You damn cheating bi, GUH!"

Aeris unleashed her powerful holy attack even faster then he expected, and all he could do was block the strike with his knives, only to find the blast propel him all the way into the sky. Aeris saw a massive explosion of light and thought she heard a scream in the distance before she sighed." Guess its not funny when it happens to you eh? Cloud, are you ok?"

The armored women saw Cloud was still screaming before she felt a chill down her spine." That demon must be using powerful magic, but I'll make it go away! Great Gossip!"

Ezan's girlfriend used her vast holy power to heal Cloud. To her relief, after a few seconds Cloud stopped screaming and his injuries were undone. Cloud looked at his longtime friend and blinked a few times before realizing he was not seeing things before blurting out," Aeris, what happened? I was fighting that green haired hyaena till sudden I was being attacked by Sephiroth."

Aeris had her helmet fly off so she could smile to Cloud before she leaned down." Don't worry, Sephiroth's still dead, for now at least. Sounds like that jerk was using some really nasty magic to make you see things."

"Seems like it." Cloud retorted bitterly." Damn, we brought in the best gear to resist status effects and he bypassed it easily. I was careless. Thanks Aeris. Um…just don't tell anyone about the screaming part if you can help it."

"Heh…fine but you will own me a favor when this is done. I know I get to take Tiffany on a trip! Eh…lets talk about it after this is over. Ugh…something tells me that slimy snake of a man is not done yet. Him, Xehamaru, what's with creeps liking snakes?"

Before Cloud could answer they saw Terumi come back after rebounding from the Judgment Arrow. Cloud was relived to see that while his enemy survived he had a large hole in his right side from where the holy projectile shot through.

Terumi had a haggard look on his face as he coughed up blood and repressed his wound with his own energy." Ow…ouch…aurghhh! That hurt, seriously! Damn it, you're the real deal all right, but you're not going to mess things up for me you damn pawn of the light!"

Aeris just had holy energy form surge around her before uttering a solemn." I suppose it would be a waste to ask you to see the error in your ways and give up eh?"

Terumi suddenly had a murderous look burst out as his aura exploded and he snapped out a crazed," That's rich girl. Me, finished? I'm just getting started! And for this I'm going to."

Aeris cut him off as she formed more holy energy in her bow and sardonically muttered," Yah yah make me wish I never lived and all that. Geeze, you guys get so repetitive after a while. It's a shame you guys mostly never wise up but oh well. To protect the order of the world, and all those dear to me I will do what I must."

The armored women unleashed a massive holy sphere to attempt to finish Terumi off. But as the magic headed for him a detached female voice uttered," Cardinal… Nova!"

Suddenly a purple energy sphere burst out of the ground to smash the holy sphere out of the way. Cloud and Aeris blinked, and when they were done they saw that the same hooded women from before had once more appeared in front of Terumi. The green haired man raised an eyebrow before he chuckled." Phantom…so your instincts kicked in eh? Glad I gave such, detailed orders."

The figure stirred before muttering," Damn…hypocrite…you make me sick. Bleeding your heart out for all the ungrateful scum that abuse that kindness. Your just like her…a pathetic fool!"

Cloud tensed up as he saw a dark aura form around the new being before he got back into a fighting stance." So, his aid has more then defensive magic eh? Great, as if this situation was not convoluted enough as it is."

Terumi saw the figure's hand grasping tightly before he grinned." Ah…so I'm no the only one who was gagging on all the sweetness this tool's spewing out eh? Fine, if your fired up, you can sure as hell cut lose. Long as you don't kill me, or my comrades in the process, give them hell Phantom. Your restriction is released, Nine! Yes, or more like, Konoe Ayatsuki Mercury!"

Aeris saw the being in front of her start to unleash a massive magical energy before she raised an eyebrow." Why do you say that like its suppose to mean something to me? This is not the time where you reveal I had a secret long lost sister that's an evil sorceress or something right? That would be weird. Eh, that's just a dream I had once. Though it would be cool to have had a sister named...I don't know, Kristen or Krystal something, oh well. "

The figure suddenly giggled darkly before her cloak flew back to reveal more of features.

Cloud and Aries saw their new enemy now had long, bright, vibrant pink hair and bangs with contoured feathery strands that covered her left eye. She had yellow eyes and was well-endowed.

As her cape flew back cape they could see long black straps attached to her sleeves, long black curved leggings that reach to her mini skirt, and black slippers with stilettos. As she landed on the ground she had a dismissive look form." You're going to upkeep the order in this "world"? Haha! What point is there protecting this illusion!? How long are you going to show us this boring dream? It's time you woke up… as we end EVERYTHING!"

Cloud sighed as he realized the magical energy Nine was releasing was nearly enough to push him over." And here I thought she was the stoic one."

"Ah well you know what they say about passive aggressive ones right Cloud?" Aeris through out chipperly." Well, sorry you hate things so much Nine but, those things are still worth protecting to me!"

Nine had her eyes twitch before she yelled out," I'm sick of seeing fools yammer on again and again over lies. Time for all the sappy crap to be exterminated! I'll show you the only thing that endures girl! Crimson Raider!"

The women with erratic yellow eyes casually waved her hand, before a barrage of fire balls burst out of the air around her to close in on the two Enji. Aeris quickly unleashed a barrage of Photon Feathers to counteract the spells, only to see Nine quickly unleash a purple energy beam from her hat.

Aeris blocked the new beam with her shield before crying out," Sorry you been driven to be so cynical but I refuse to see that as the truth! I seen the strongest power, and it does not fade that easily! That's why, we will press through the hate to win! We, have to! I know he won't give in to something that's only as powerful as this, and we can't either!"

Aeris saw Nine's sudden outburst was even more powerful then she realized, and she and Cloud struggled to evade the various spells Nine unleashed in rapid succession. As Ezan's girlfriend struggled to figure out how to deal with the situation, she would have gained a small amount of relief to know he still had his situation under control.

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While Ezan was wary at first as more Shin clones came to the original's aid, he quickly realized his speed and strength still far exceeded his enemies and that none of their tricks seemed a threat. After casually slicing through a few more shuriken's he sliced one of the clones arm off the prime Shin had swords from fallen soldiers fly at Ezan.

As he saw the sliver haired man move around he chuckled."Its useless, no matter how strong you are no Uchiha is strong enough to stand in the way of Lord Madara!"

If that's the truth then show it to me already." Ezan stated flatly." Neither of us have time to waste so show me your full power so we can decide this already."

Shin flinched before muttering," What do you mean show me my full power? I'm…already at full strength."

Ezan paused for a moment as he looked around." This some sort of bluff? Your entire body is full of Sharingan and you all have Mangekyō Sharingan as well. So if you have any pride as a warrior enough with the games and show me just what you can do!"

Shin grimaced before muttering," I, I was not meant to be a combat type, I was meant to scout out those that could enforce Lord Madara's will! But, I still have enough power to kill those who defy him! Die traitor!"

Shin suddenly had all the metal in the area around him burst to his metal hand before it moments it became a massive spear. Ezan saw Shin charge him with his transformed weapon before his aura surged. "And here I thought you would have your own Rinnegan and give me a chance to test my true power. Pathetic, if this is truly the extent of your powers then I won't waste time with weak pawns like you. Amaterasu!"

The sliver haired Enji once more had his Sharingan transform to its Mangekyō state before with a glance a surge of black flames erupted out and consume his transformed arm. Shin screamed in pain as his metal arm melted in seconds. As he fell to the ground the many eyed man cried out," Impossible, someone like you has mastered the Sharingan enough to unleash the black flames? Even, Lord Madara can't do that! Damn him, avoid making eye contact!"

Ezan saw all the Shin clones swarm around him to try and stay out of his sight before he grasped his hand tightly." You think such basic tactics can save you from me? That's your last mistake. Infernal Chidori Tempest!"

Ben's rival had lighting burst out all around him before he unleashed a improved version of his previous Chidori Field attack that now was combined with the Amaterasu spell. As the purple lighting bolts hit all of the foes around him before they were set ablaze with black flames. The Prime Shin looked mortified at all of his minions burning to ash before he stepped back." No, damn you! Even someone like you, won't be able to stop true evolution."

Ezan slowly walked up to his opponent as the dark flames danced around his blade." I almost pity you, for I know what its like to be created solely to be someone else's tool. But you refuse to even try and think pass what you were told, and I can't afford mercy when the mission is on the line."

Shin grimaced before he used his Sharingan's power to have the ground around him burst upward. He then took control of all of the wrecked war machines and airships in the area to have them quickly morph into a giant energy cannon. As the bald man saw Ezan's shock he laughed madly." Why would I shun enlightenment? It's the highest honor to be part of something greater.

My existence helped Lord Madara find ways to make a breakthrough to surpass his limits and reach the level of the divine! To reach ultimate power, no price is to high! DIE!"

Shin fired the massive energy blast from his sudden makeshift cannon. But Ezan just sighed before he grasped his fist." What a fool, be gone! Dragon of the Darkness Flame!"

Ezan had a black orb of raw energy form in his hand before he unleashed a massive flame that looked like a thin dragon. Shin saw the dragon consume his energy beam whole before all of his eyes widened in terror." No, this can't be Lord Madara 's will, this has to be a, GUH!"

Despite willing it with all his might, Shin was powerless to repel the Dragon of the Darkness Flame and was quickly incinerated. Ezan looked around and saw he was truly gone before he closed his eyes." Tsc…I figured he would have tried to use Izanagi like Garma did, but I guess he truly did not have the energy to pull it off.

As pathetic as he was, guess I was like him once upon a time, someone who sought strength above all to surpass all others. However, thanks to Ben, Aries, and the others I was able to realize that pride and strength do little good when they don't have anything else to link to. This Madara, is blinded by his own ego. No matter how much he values strength, it won't be enough to stop me!"

Just as Ezan was about to move out Zidane cut in with a coy,"Ah vintage Ezan. Well, glad you're still putting the baddies in their place man!"

Ezan gave a casual glance to his tailed teammate and the others around him before his gaze hardened." Why is your guard down when the mission is still underway? Save the cheer for when there is reason for it. What's everyone's status? Aries went over to see if her magic could fix the erratic energy hovering around that Oracle. I've been sensing more hostile energies around her since she left."

"Heh…vintage Ezan all right." His tailed teammate responded." I sense it to dude but Cloud and Squall went over as well so it should be alright. We wrapped up taking down all of their hired goons and was about to head over. Something tells me you want to tag along?"

"More like get ahead Zidane. I gave this Prince Noctis and the others enough time to settle their own affairs, but I don't have time to make people feel good, I have a universe to protect."

Ezan put his katana back in its sheath before charging to put an end to the main threats to his mission. As he did the man who had a much more personal stake at what was going on was still figuring out how to figure out how to end things in a non-tragic way.

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However, Noctis was quickly finding out that Stella was not giving him many options. With each blow missed Stella got more erratic with her attacks. Noctis evaded a lighting blast his fiancé unleashed before the new Black Swan suddenly charged at him with a barrage of energy sabers before Noctis gave in and unleashed the full power of his Armiger Arsenal spell to suddenly become surrounded by crystalline weapons as he commanded most of them to block Stella's strikes.

The blond women saw how serious Noctis looked before she grimaced." The full power of the Lucian royal blood at last blooms. The cursed power that caused my family to suffer for generations, I'll avenge them at last! Atone for your sin Noctis!"

Stella charged at the Prince, only for her target to warp out of her way. She quickly saw him reappear to the left before he gave her a wary look." Even if what your saying is true its not my sin, and it does not even sound like my father's sin but the actions of people that were around before any of us were born! What's the point? All it will cause is more death!"

"Heh…you give off the impression that you're a stoic ruthless guy but your so very soft "Prince". What it will cause Noctis, is justice! It will cause the end of lies! Your entire corrupt existence and everything related it has to burn! Anything is worth the cost to open the door to the truth! Anything!"

Stella fired another blast of lighting and when Noctis warped out of its way, she warped behind him to prepare to kill him. Before her stab could go through a wall of ice intercepted her. As the two former lovers both were shocked an older female voice said," Some things are not worth the price Oracle, please remember that before its to late."

Noctis and Stella saw the new arrival was an women that had long jet-black hair with a straight fringe cut just above her eyebrows, and olive green eyes that were red around her pupils. She wore a formal black and gold dress and a white shawl alongside long heels.

Noctis remember the women's solemn smile but seeing Stella caused him to tense up." High Messenger? What, what do you want?"

Stella grinned as the women walked up." Gentiana…did you awaken to the truth to? Sorry, I forgot you would want revenge to after seeing the truth."

"I know the truth Stella, but I see it differently. Prince, our paths meet again. Now, we are at the crossroads of destiny and you must decide if you have the will to endure how harsh going down that road will be. Stella, even after the revelation of the other path, will acting on that make you content. Please, calm down and remember not just your duty but your true desire."

Stella paused before her right eye twitched before she uttered," My true desire, is to see the Great Wheel turn! Everything in this sham world dies Gentiana. I want to see the true world, and see all the falsehoods get their death. Even after all you did for me I won't let you stand in the way."

The older women sighed as a gust of cold wind blew around her." Your to riled up Stella, to consumed with emotion. We all have our parts, and sometimes they are more painful then others. I won't let your passion burn you from the inside out, I'll help you even if I have to hurt you first. "

Pillars of ice burst out of the ground to suddenly grasp Stella's arms. As more pillars of ice burst out Stella noticed a blizzard was forming before she tried to break out, only to see the ice expand even faster. "Damn it, what are you Gentiana!? If you were open from the start, none of this would have had to happen!"

Gentiana sighed before she bent down to pick up something from the rubble to pick up a ring. "Maybe, but that's how things must be child. We don't have time to waste so I'll be blunt. Noctis, you must press on. Even after how much has changed, even in this Battle-World you must fulfill your destiny, you must endure to be the true King."

Noctis saw the women in black hold out her hand, and his eyes widened as he realized he remembered it." The Ring of the Lucii? Damn it, why should I when I don't have any idea what's going on? I just lose everything and risk my life only to be told its because I have to!"

"That's because you have to." The women responded firmly. She suddenly glowed with blue light before she suddenly transformed. When the light faded Noctis saw that she was now wearing much less clothing, and her skin was now blue.

The prince saw even more ice circling around her before he gasped." Gentiana, you're the Glacian?"

The now transformed women nodded as she walked forward." Yes, I am the Shiva, the Astral of Ice. O Kings of Kings, restore Light into this world, all worlds if you must. I know the burden on you is high. But however unfair it might feel to you, you must know how important it is, how many lives depend on your success. You must pull through, for everything's sake."

Noctis saw Shiva hand the Ring of the Lucii to him and hesitated. The storm of ice swirling around Shiva was enough to cause others to notice, including Ardyn. Squall had managed to stand his ground after realizing just how many tricks the red-haired man had up his sleeves, but just as the ominous chancellor prepared a killing blow he saw Shiva's appearance and paused.

He saw the women of ice hand Noctis the royal ring before he looked excited." Ah good, still on track. I suppose the others were right, make the situation dire enough to draw out all the players. Now, to speed things along. This was fun but, I'll be going now."

Squall saw his opponent give a mocking wave before in the blink of an eye he was gone. A moment later he appeared next to Noctis and casually muttered," So what you say Noct, having one of the most eventful days of your life?"

Everyone tensed up at his sudden appearance, and as Noctis glared at him he threw out a mocking," What, I think I earned the right to call you Noct yes?"

Shiva had the gust of coldness intensify around her as she raised her hands." Your madness will burden Eos no longer. Diamond Dust!"

Shiva unleashed an extremely powerful blast of ice in the man's direction, but a demonic aura surrounded Ardyn as he casually walked past it." Heh…for a moment I felt death's chill wind, such is the might of the gods. But then, I remembered I'm kind of immortal. Oh, did I leave that out? Silly me. But yes such is my blessing, and my curse."

Noctis got outraged at how casual the taller man was before he grasped the Ring of the Lucii tightly." Damn it, I had it with you Ardyn!"

The prince had his crystallin weapons fly into Ardyn in all directions. But even as he was impaled all over he just sighed and wagged his finger." What did I just say? Your attack hurt me…never the less. Well, my feelings at least. It's a good thing I'm not desiring to see you dead this instant or it would not do well for you. No, I'm here to move the plan along. Oh fellows, as much as its fun to kill idiots since another Astral has revealed won't the smart thing to do is secure the key parts to our master plan to make sure we take out all the threats on those other worlds?"

Terumi and Nine were close enough to hear their coconspirator, and, as he was still recovering from the wound the Judgment Arrow gave him the green haired villain saw Shiva looked shocked before he grinned." So, your hunch was right eh Ardyn? Well, there are still a few wild cards around so better play it safe. I know you're having fun Nine, but professionals have to keep focused eh?"

The pink haired women had her eye twitch before she glared at Aries, and unleashed a barrage of purple energy beams to keep Aries back before she flew over in Shiva's direction. Nine gave Shiva a murderous look before she suddenly unleashed a massive sphere of fire. Her target winced as she unleashed her own ice blast, and was shocked to see her spell being pushed back.

The explosive clash of magic was also seen by Kakashi and Madara, who were still in the middle of their duel. The masked man saw Shiva before he narrowed his Sharingan eye." So, the other piece has revealed itself? Very well, then we will settle this later. The plan must progress above all else."

Kakashi grimaced as he saw his opponent dash backwards before he had lighting crackled around him once more." Don't think we are done here! So your after theses creatures, just like Naruto? Damn it, think if you capture enough slaves you will be able to make some sort of super weapon that will let you blow everyone else away?"

Madara paused before he snickered and glanced at the moon in the distance." Not blow them away, more like subdue them, and give everyone what they want. The Eye of the Moon Plan is a ritual that will use theses astral beings as fuel for the Infinite Tsukuyomi! The moon will reflect this Jutsu to all the other planets taking part in this Battle-World, and bind them in their deepest desires. Thus, all will be given what they want, and then if this Rabum Alal 's reward is genuine, existence itself will be remade to how it should be!"

"That's insane…I won't let you destroy the world, all worlds for something as senseless as that!"

"You call me senseless Kakashi? You're the one defending a broken world! Yes, existence no longer needs hope, a future, or any so called famous heroes! When this reality ends, all that will remain is a single, endless dream! You should welcome this world Kakashi, it will mean an end to failures like you! Yes, all agony, will be devoured!"

Kakashi had enough and prepared to try and shut his enemy off only for Leviathan to roar and suddenly take a massive leap to try and devour Kakashi whole. The Chief Toad hastily tried to block the sea serpent. With the Hidden Leaf Ninja distracted Madara quickly warped over in Shiva's direction and yelled out,"You will submit beast! Sealing Technique: Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals!"

Madara made another hand sigh before a barrage of blue energy dragons shot out to suddenly warp around Shiva. The Astral of ice winced in pain, and the new spell made her to weak to resist Nine's attack. The massive sphere of fire collided right into her and exploded.

As Noctis saw his cryptic ally get blasted into the air with burns all over her body Terumi bound her with even more snakes from his wrist. The green haired villain chuckled darkly as his snakes infused demonic poison into the women." Settle down women, or not I don't mind breaking you in! All right, hate to cut and run again but do got to keep the plan together. Nine, another mass warp spell back to home base if you please?"

Nine looked reluctant for a moment before she nodded. Aeris saw the wild women prepare another spell before she flew in." No, you're not running away again! Judgment Arrow!"

The women in holy armor unleashed another light-based projectile, but as she unleashed her attack Nine just sneered." You might have some bark, but basic magic has nothing on me! Flame… Banisher! Lay down!"

Nine's hat suddenly flew in front of her and expanded to catch the Judgment Arrow, and magically warp it somewhere else. As it did Nine slammed her foot to the ground, and showed off her power as flaming swords all rained down from above Aeris.

As the mage defended herself Nine prepared to add even more spells, but Cloud showed he was not willing to leave it all to his friend and dived at Nine from behind with two swords. Terumi, Ardyn, and Madara all looked concerned but Nine snickered before two red magical symbols appeared before demonic hands burst out to grasp Cloud's blades." Your all so passionate, and that annoys the hell out of me. How sad… emotions born in this world are all illusions, you know? You can't do anything… Your existence is worthless. Just how I was in the past…."

"Tsc…that's for me to decide, and for what's right I'll keep on going!"

"Bah…Just so you know… there is no such thing as the "truth" in this world. Just illusions…I'm going to make all the illusions end for good!"

Nine just kept unleashing more spells, and even as Squall and some of the others joined in she was able to unleash enough spells to keep them back.

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The only ones that were not joining in were ones still caught in their own battles. Noel, Lighting, Alvin, Rem, Machina, Gaius, and more had all been fighting Caius Ballad. But even as more and more joined the fight Caius showed that he did not need to rely on his immorality to dominate after Ezan got distracted.

At the moment Caius saw Lighting, Noel and Machina were all giving him defiant looks he glanced at Lighting and sighed." For someone who looks like the warrior goddess, you truly are a poor imposter."

"Why does everyone keep saying that lately?" Lighting blurted out angerly." I'm no one's tool damn it! I don't care what your after or where your from. You're not going to stop us!"

"Your resistance is pointless." Caius uttered casually." Even if I must defy everyone else in existence, I will sever the bonds of fate to bring final judgment to those who bounded me, Yeul, and others to a cruel destiny! Time as it is defined by Eltro will cease to exist. All potential and possibilities will end. Time will end, and the future will cease to exist."

Like hell I'll let that happen!" Lighting cried out as she unleashed the most powerful electric spell she could at her current enemy. Caius casually blocked the magic with his long sword, and the pink haired women tried to take advantage of that by casting a haste spell to enhance her speed and try and stab Caius from behind. Her target just snickered, before his body dissolved into dark fog.

As she was caught off guard Caius suddenly appeared behind her to smash her in the beck with the hilt of his sword. As she staggered he prepared to strike him down before Gaius, Noel, Alvin and Machina all attacked from different directions. As Alvin blocked the much larger blade in his path he glanced at Lighting and grinned." Girl what you thinking? This dude's clearly proved he's not bluffing about being immortal so being all hot headed is just being stupid."

The women swordsmen winced as she got back on her feet." I thought if we barraged him enough we could at least blow him out of the area, guess I did not take into account how many tricks he has."

Noel looked at how driven his former mentor looked before he saw Yeul looked in the distance and got angry." Damn it Caius, if you knew Yeul half as much as you say you do you know the last possible thing she would want is the total destruction of reality as we know it!"

"I also know she wants to live, no matter what! And I will break the chains that bind her no matter the cost! Giga-Graviton!"

The eye on his large sword suddenly glowed red before he caused the gravity all around him to intensify. Everyone found themselves being smashed into the ground, and Alvin found he could hardly move before he used all the strength he had to lift his pistol." Dude, I was hardcore serious about saving who I cared about to. But even when I felt the pressure the most I did not get crazy enough to want to destroy everything! You're not the only person who wants to save what they care about jackass!"

The heir of the Svent family had enough strength to fire his pistol at the glowing eye of his enemy's sword. Lighting did as well and it was enough to weaken his gravity magic. Noel burst at the man in purple with renewed furiously and his passion made Caius amused." You fight bravely to protect your friends, like a true guardian. If only you were not so misguided."

"What about you Caius? You swore an oath to keep Yeul happy!"

"I made a promise to protect her, and I'll do that no matter what! Her sprit is bound by a divine curse, and I will save her! The jewel of the Farseers is reincarnated endlessly. Her only purpose is to die over and over! Eltro gave her a blessing to see the future, only to make it a curse to make her be unable to save her fate! It's the same with myself, she made me immortal, only to be powerless to save her, to play along with the sick joke that is her destiny! To watch her come to knowing she is reborn to die, again and again before she can truly live! If this is the will of god then I will shatter it!

I will break the cycle of despair, no matter how great the sacrifice! I shall destroy time and fate itself…and then when existence is remade Yeul's sprit will be free! There is no mercy to those in my way, Pulsar Burst!"

Gaius saw Caius unleash a massive purple energy blast from his sword before his own sword shimmered with light." I can see your as devout as possible to your goal, but I'm just as dedicated to protecting my people, and I won't let them die to your madness! Shinning Torrent!"

The King unleashed a barrage of light blades from his sword that managed to intercept all the energy beams. Alvin chuckled before he powered up and said." Guess we can't tell you to just get over it eh? Oh well. Bullet Crucifixion!"

The rookie Enji unleashed his own salvo of energy blasts, and Lighting fired a barrage of Ruinaga spells while crying out," I was screwed over by the higher ups to, I was powerless to save my sister, my parents, and so many others. But I even when I was given a goal to destroy Cocoon, even for my own life, even for my sister's life the price was to high! No matter how much pain you may be in, no one person's will should override everyone else's!"

Machina saw Caius look annoyed at being bombarded before he nodded." I don't know you but I know this must be some mistake! The Crystal can be cryptic at times, but its all for the greater good! You just lost faith!"

"I was like you once boy, deluding myself to hide from the truth." Caius uttered bitterly." I told myself it was part of the divine plan, but that plan was a cruel joke! Face it boy, us mortals are just pawns to be thrown away. The only way to change that is to destroy the system entirely!"

"Shut up, don't mock what I fight for just because you lost faith! I lost my brother Izana to the damn Milites Empire when this war started. Damn it, Rem and I lost my entire village and everyone in it because of people who saw us like pawns! It has to have been for something, I won't let all of this pain have been for nothing! I don't care if your immortal, I'll strike you till you don't get up!"

The member of Class Zero had his swords surge with energy as he dashed at Caius as he was bombarded and struck him hard enough to knock him back. Caius saw the male was brimming with energy before he snickered." So, you were chosen as well? Its not quite the same, but I feel the same pulse in your aura in mine, along with all the others chosen by Eltro to be their pawn. You think your cause is noble, that your special. But in the end your nothing but a puppet!"

Before Machina could respond everyone saw a strong light, and Caius saw Nine was casting her mass warp spell. He then glanced at Machina and casually grasped him by the neck." While I wanted to show you all your place, it seems the others want to save that for later. Still boy, if you want to see how wrong your ideas are I'll be happy to take you back with me. Noel, no matter how many allies you gather, its impossible for you to win. After all, your fighting for a lie."

Caius unleashed a few more energy blasts to keep everyone back and jumped over to the others with Machina in tow. As he landed near Terumi the green haired villain laughed at seeing Machina struggle." Well, looks like we got a few punks coming along for the ride eh? I'm sure I'll be able to spin a few side protects out of that. What about you Swan? Not getting any second thoughts, are you?"

Stella saw Noctis, Ardyn, and others looking at her before she glanced at the subdued Shiva, and then glanced at Noctis before her stance hardened." My stance is clear, now that I been awakened I only want to see the door to the truth open."

"Well then get ready for some warping girl, I got a few ideas to make sure the party is a blast!" Terumi threw out eagerly. Madara just got closer before he cleared his throat." Controlling two Astral's is not easy, hurry up before your careless causes the situation to slip out of are grasp!"

As Terumi sneered a cold voice cut in with," Your already out of time clown!"

Ezan suddenly flash stepped in front of Madara to slash into him, and yet again his blade just phased through him. The masked man just titled his head before uttering," You're a sharp one, but no matter how sharp your blade is it can't cut, huh?"

Madara was cut off as Ezan had his own Mangekyō Sharingan form." Can't I? Nice trick but after seeing your eye I realized, it was the way your own Sharingan was acting felt like how my own Kamui spell. What, did you think you're so special that the move was exclusive to you? I admit I did not think of using the spell that way, but your about to learn about how fast a learner I am!"

Terumi saw Madara looking panicked before he glanced at Nine and his evil grin widened." Nice try man, but your out of time! Don't worry, we are going to settle things real soon so sit back and feel free to reflect on how many bad choices you all made in your sad lives while you can!"

Magical pentagrams formed over everyone Nine targeted, and as Noctis saw Stella and Ardyn glow Ardyn tipped his hat." The moment of truth is fast approaching dear Noct. If you want to not let everyone who believed in you down, then come after me to the capital, well, the current fused capitals of Ingram and Gralea, and just try and retake your precious crystal. If your not the True King Noctis, then you will suffer greatly for failing to live up to your expectations. Cruel maybe, but trust me, victory only comes to those who can handle the truth! Good luck with that."

Noctis grimaced and tried to charge at Ardyn, but at that point there was a flash of light. When it faded Ardyn, Nine, Madara, Terumi, Caius, and everyone on their side that was not defeated, even their Leviathan was gone. Ezan glanced around to make sure he did not sense any hostile energies in the area before he grasped his blade tightly." Damn it, the mission was unable to be completed."

Noctis yelled out in frustration before he punched the ground and glanced at the Ring Shiva gave him." Damn it, Luna, how the hell did this happen?"

Noctis's trio of loyal teammates ran up before Ignis uttered,"Noct, are you ok?"

The prince gave his friend a wary look before crying out a bitter,"Do I look ok? Not only did I lose Luna, but they brainwashed her into thinking she's some servant named Stella! And Gentiana, I lost her to!"

Rem looked around tensely before blurting out," They took Machina away with them to!"

Prompto looked on in confusion before adding," So, what happens now? I guess, we are alive at least?"

Gladiolus glared at his comrade before answering with a sour," For now, for what its worth. For all the enemies we took down all the important once seem to get away!"

Ezan sighed before he put his sword back in his stealth." Calm yourselves. I'll be the first to admit things have not gone ideal but it's not the worst-case situation. They ran because they fear us. Heh, and I have not even show my full power yet. They can, and will be stopped. All that remains is figuring out the best way to do that properly."

Noctis paused, and as he looked conflicted Gladiolus clenched his teeth before he got right in front of the Prince's face. "What the hell's the matter with you?"

His longtime friend flinched before throwing out a sour," What?"

"You need to grow up and get over it!"

"I am over it! I've been here fighting eh?"

"Don't waste time acting like you can hide from me! You been doing this half assed from the start, and been dragging your feet! If you're not too busy moping around you should look around and realized people have been dying!"

As Gladiolus grasped Noctis by the arm his friend seethed out a bitter," Let go of me, now!"

Gladiolus just grasped the prince's hand harder a she saw the ring." How's that ring fit yah? You'd rather carry it around then wear it? So many people gave up their lives so you could do your duty, not so you could sit around feeling sorry for yourself! "

"You think I don't know that?"

"You don't! You think you can just keep using your dad's death as an excuse? My dad died to defend the king, as did most of the Kingsglave, and so many other people died because they thought your life was worth it! You think you're a king, but you're a coward!"

Noctis's anger flared as he pushed the taller man back and seethed out," Shut up!"

Prompto winced at seeing his two friends and went to try and break them up but Gladiolus just pushed him back dismissively, causing Noctis to growl out a bitter," I get it alright? I know I'm not what everyone expected, that I failed to live up to the hype! I get it! But now that we have strong allies it does not have to all fall on me!"

"God damn it, so you just want to let someone else fight for you again? Even if they do beat all the enemies for us, when we return everyone will be stuck with a lazy King! Is that what you want, to just depend on everyone else?"

" No, not like that."

"Then get a grip! Pull your head out of your ass already! I hate that sneaky bastard as much as you, but I hate to admit it but he has one point, and that's you have to be the True King! Even if Luna's the enemy now, you have to kill her to if that's what it takes!"

Ezan saw how tense Noctis looked and just sighed." Enough, your words are true but hammering it in won't help him reach his destiny any faster. Trust me, sometimes pushing to hard can backfire, and without a doubt we do not have time for any drama linked to mental breakdowns."

Gladiolus was caught of guard by the sliver haired man's bluntness before Aeris arrived and giggled." Aw, you really have gotten wiser from experience Ezan. Guys don't lose hope, it looks bad but we recovered from even darker times. We just got to be careful about this."

Cloud nodded as he looked at just how destroyed Altissia was by the battle's end before he winced. "Indeed, we have to know just what we are getting into. We, can't afford to be surprised by their tricks or we might not be lucky enough to survive."

Aeris winced as she remember how much Cloud went through because of Terumi's magic and sighed. Zidane then strolled over before he shrugged." I hear yah Cloud but if we wait to long we just might run out of time! Sounds like they either want to get enough energy to unleash a mega death laser or cast some other mega death spell or something so we just got to figure out the right way to dodge eh?"

As Zidane saw the Enji around him look conflicted Kakashi landed over before he cleared his throat." Not quite, I got an idea on what they are up to. The jester Tobi calls himself Madara Uchiha, and his "Eye of the Moon" plan that he's plotting with the others revolves around the Infinite Tsukuyomi Jutsu. For those not aware, it would involve a Jutsu that would trap everyone in a never ending genjutsu or illusion."

Ezan eyed Kakashi carefully before he shrugged." I have experience with the normal Tsukuyomi spell. Its powerful but only works on one person at a time. You said the masked man was Madara? He has his tricks but he hardly seems like he has the power to bind everyone on multiple planets in this spell."

"I think that's where the astral's come in, if they are anything like the mystical beasts I'm familiar with are enemies plan to use their energy as the fuel. I don't know the details, I just know they have more than talk up their sleeves."

Ace and most of the other members of Squad Zero walked up before the magical card user cut in with a sharp," One way or another we have to at least try and save Machina! Let's just launch an attack on the capital! One way or another, we have to end this!"

Noel winced before adding," I want to save Yeul to, but since the capitals merged you all said it would be a death sentence to attack since they would blow us away with those Ultima Bombs right?"

As everyone looked conflicted a shrew female voice cut in with a sassy,"That's true boy, but you can still get in if you're on the right side, or at least can fool them to think you are."

Everyone glanced to the right to see Aranea walk up with Fang and Freya surrounding her. The Dragoon mercenary just threw everyone a casual wave." Like I told the ladies here, I'll switch sides and tell you the way in, if the price is right. Don't take it personal but its not cheap to betray an employer eh?"

The Enji looked at each other before Squall walked up." We can talk about the cost, but no matter what your only getting paid after we won this battle understood? Telling us all you know about their plan might encourage us to give you a bonus."

"Don't be pushy, I don't have all the answers but I'll tell you what I know. I don't have any idea what the guys from other worlds were planning. They were all creepy and weird, the chancellor only worked with them out of needing to put together a plan that could get him to win Battle-World that the Emperor was on board with."

Cloud eyed the mercenary intently and saw she seemed sincere before he shrugged." Let us know of any divisions you were aware of. This is not like the Zannacross Empire, with the Beyonder taking a hands off approach there is no over all leader to bind them, just shared self-interests that can change from moment to moment. With any luck at least, some of them will take each other out, though we can't depend on it."

Zidane then yawned as he saw the Neo-Highwind approaching." Well, I'll leave the planning for you guys. Long as we are not about to warp over in ten seconds I'm going to eat lunch and take a nap before we fight again. Ugh…why can't bad guys ever just talk things over? Well, guess that's what happened with Kuja but something tells me most of theses guys won't be that agreeable."

The tailed Enji saw Noctis, Squad Zero and his comrades all planning and shrugged before he went off he did not realize his current enemies had less " team spirit" then he realized.

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After the warp spell the group of villains quickly entered a throne room. Sitting on that throne was an elderly man with silver hair and blue eyes. He wore decorative, gold armor over a white dress shirt. He wore a black robe lined with silver buttons that has a goldenrod trim at the bottom.

Over this he wore a white robe that had a large collar and red trim. He has black boots, black fingerless gloves and silver forearm armor.

The man saw Ardyn, Terumi, Madara, Caius, Cid Aulstyne, Stella, and a haggard Qator and Ravus enter the room. The regal man saw Stella and raised an eyebrow." Ardyn…you assured me the next time you returned to Zegnautus Keep that the oracle will be dead! What is this? Did she awaken a power we were not aware of?"

Ardyn chuckled as he gave a mocking bow." It is a power you were not aware of, but I assure you this enhances our plan, Emperor Iedolas Aldercapt. Luna, has awakened to her true self."

Ravus looked at his sister's new state for the first time and had his jaw drop in shock." Sister, what happened to you? What, did they do to you? This was not part of the plan!"

Silence!" Iedolas snapped out." Failures have no right to talk in front of me that way! What of the Hydraen's power? What of my precious ring?"

Ravus grasped his metal arm tightly before he shot back," I could not do much when rubble fell on me when the battle took a turn my so-called allies did not warn me about!"

"Don't try and hide your lies! This is all an attempt to get revenge for your inferior nation! Do you really think I will believe that the oracle will had a change of heart?"

Stella just flashed a pleasant smile." I assure you my aims now match yours Emperor. I seen the truth, and am devoted to seeing the lies be eradicated."

"If that's so why did you let that upstart have the Ring? That's the only way the crystal will truly be mine!"

"Emperor, we tried and tried but my personal experience proved the ring will only respond to its rightful master! Only Noctis can use it, to purge our star from its scourge."

"No, your just to weak Ravus!" Iedolas yelled out as a dark aura formed around him" The crystal, all crystals are mine! I am the one true king! Not just of Eos, but of the universe! You are a puppet of your weakness, I can't even remember why I thought you would have any use to me!"

Ravus took out his sword before Stella got in front of him. He paused as she put her hand on him." Its ok brother, I promise you this is really me. I just remembered the truth, and you can to. We can get the justice that fate has been trying to deny us at last. Come now, let us get what we deserve together."

Ravus paused, and as distracted as he was he was unable to see Ardyn put his hand on his arm. As soon as he did a wave of dark lighting surged through him as the white-haired man yelled out," No, why after spending so much time to get me to see the light do you trick me now sister!?"

Ardyn just snickered before he leaned forward." Spare me your sycophancy. I indulged your false heroism for far to long. I over looked your stupidly long enough." Ravus yelled in pain as he fell to the ground, and as he did Ardyn grasped him by the face and swerved him around to look him right in the eye." You tried being the savior in my stead, but it wasn't enough. The Crystal chose me, not you. Rejection hurts does it not? Ravus Nox Fleuret you been so obsessed with having the spotlight but its time your forced to accept what role you truly have in this game."

Ravus turned to Stella, who just smiled somberly." Let it go brother, you will be at peace when your free of the burden of lies."

The Black Swan's brother coughed up blood before he collapsed. As dark mist started to rise out of him Iedolas just laughed madly as he stood up." Yes, yes, everyone will be devoured by my wrath! May all there is be bound to my genius!"

Terumi saw the Emperor did not seem to even notice what happened to Ravus before he raised an eyebrow." Are royal highness seems to have checked out eh?"

Madara eyed the dark energy seeping out of the Emperor carefully before he nodded." That Starscourge from your part of the world seems to have infected your Emperor deeply. He does seem on the verge of entering its final stage."

Ardyn shrugged as he walked up." That's fine, his role's all but finished. We are swiftly entering the stage were their will be no need for even the lightest form of politics."

Cid chuckled as he saw the Emperor get more and more crazed." I did the same and subjected the Militesi Emperor to subjugate the White Tiger Crystal and thus enslave its l'Cie. Tsc…when the moment counts those who are deluded should not be giving commands."

Terumi eyed Madara, Ardyn, and Caius shrewdly before he smirked." Well guess the moment's coming to see who's all talk eh chums? Those punks have some spunk in them, but they will all scream in terror when they realize who the losers are eh? Heh, that's right, no time for any more maggots to stick around. Well, shawl we get started? Time's up losers, time for all you nobodies to get into the cauldron!"

The throne room showed the moon was blood red outside, and Nine suddenly casted a spell before people all over the merged capital started screaming in pain before the Starscourge caused many of them to turn into monsters and demons.

Terumi glanced at the monitors showing all the people screaming before he looked wild." Oh yah, this is a party all right! Scream maggots, because this really is the end of the line for all of you!"

Madara glanced at the moon before he nodded." At last…the Uchiha will have their rightful place in existence, and the flaw in existence that wronged us will be at last, corrected."

Ardyn chuckled darkly before he walked forward and casually put his foot on the still screaming face of Ravus. "Yes, all these blithering worthless fools are far pass for a reality check for every last one of them.

We all at least have one thing in common, we are scorned for the sake of the very so unworthy masses. But no more, very single being who got happiness they did not deserve because of my, of our injustice, will at last get what they deserve! Yes, everyone will at last feel my rage and despair! Only then, will my revenge on the existence that wronged me be realized! So let the battle to decide the True King of all begin!"

Authors Notes: I know this was a very intense battle chapter with lots going on so let me try and clear things up as much as I can. Hisoka is a very messed up villain from the Hunter X Hunter anime/ Manga, I mostly wanted to see him get owned so I threw him in.

Esdeath is also someone one form Final Fantasy but a main villain from the Akame Ga Kill anime series and figured she would be fun to thrown in.

Shin and his clones are from the Naruto series, but they are from the short after the series ended, they are also in the Borato anime. Cannon wise they are not with " Madara" but I figured they would fit well here, and they were just as crazy in their as well. As for Madara well, if you don't know about him I won't spoil it for the rest of the arc.

Also, my twist was that at least in this reality/ segment of Battle-World Naruto and Sasuke killed each other along with Sakura. Eh, I liked Kakashi more then any of them, the Borato series showed Naruto was all talk with his dreams lol.

Nine is another villain from Blazblue, though she's only playable in the last one of the Ranga story line, Central Fiction, I know its a full hand already so to speak but I figured I could make use of her as well.

Ah lastly, Hazama/ Termui's new power was not from his own games but a power from one of the Sternritter villains in Bleach, Äs Nödt, one of the quincy villains in the final arc of Bleach who and a member of the Wandenrich with the designation "F" - "The Fear". It was a cool power that I felt was underused in Bleach itself so I figured I get some use of it lol.

I know it seems like I rushed the Emperor and Ravus but...honestly, its only a little less time then the time they had in Final Fantasy 15 with how much or a broken mess that game's been, sigh, I think its been a decade since Square's been able to finish a plot that did not rush things sadly.

Well, hope the craziness was fun and not just a mess lol, hope you liked it enough for a review and till next time have a good one.