9.1 – (Harosata)
[Assassination Classroom]
Fact: It has been more than a year.
Koro-Sensei knew something was wrong with this fact since the Earth should have been destroyed at that time. After all, he was the one who set up the deadline.
And so Koro-Sensei destroyed the world.
Fact: He is now teaching high school girls with...generous assets.
9.2 – (DrTempo)
[DBZ/Ranma]
Bulma yawned as she flew towards the site of the Cell Games. Ever since these repeats had started, she had decided to learn martial arts so she could help her friends out. She thought of the other person experiencing these resets, Goku, and how he was handling the situation.
Goku was, for lack of a better word, bored. His strength was now far beyond even Omega Shenron, and that was without even going Super Saiyan. Goku had always enjoyed the thrill of fighting strong opponents, but now, no one was stronger than Goku.
And he hated it. As he had said, "What good is being so strong if I can't have a challenging fight?"
Bulma saw the site of the Cell Games, and landed gracefully. As usual, everyone was here, but there was a new fighter: a young man wearing a red Chinese shirt and black pants, with his black hair in a pigtail. He looked familiar to Bulma, but she couldn't remember from where. To her shock, though, that man was now entering the ring. Bulma powered up in an attempt to stop him
-x-x-x-x-
Ranma Saotome walked towards Cell, and as he looked at his foe, he knew that this was going to be an easy fight for him. Cell stood no chance at all. Bulma then flew right next to him, and as Ranma noticed this, Bulma said, "Whomever you are, don't try to fight Cell. He is way too strong for you!"
Ranma chuckled. "Don't worry, Bulma. I got this." As Bulma blinked in surprise, Ranma quietly asked, "So, who else besides you has been experiencing time resetting itself?" Bulma pointed to Goku, and the pigtailed man grinned.
"Good. I'll explain things in a few minutes." While this conversation had been going on, Cell had decided to attack Ranma from behind, but to Cell's surprise, Ranma sent him flying with a mighty chop into a nearby boulder, and everyone looked at Ranma in shock.
The Cell Games were over. Cell had lost via ring out.
-x-x-x-x-
Goku was just as shocked as everyone else was. Goku then grinned. "Now that's ironic, isn't it? Cell got eliminated in the same way he usually defeats Hercule." Goku was surprised at the power he had sensed from Ranma even more, though.
Whomever this guy is, he is strong. As strong as I am. I could feel his power for a moment there, and...he might even be stronger than me. Maybe these resets won't be boring after all.
Goku then saw Cell flying above the ring, clearly unhappy he'd lost. Cell growled in anger, and charged Ranma, who simply delivered a powerful punch to the gut. Just as happened originally thanks to Gohan doing the same thing, 18 was freed, and Cell ended up going to his Semi Perfect form. Ranma landed another powerful punch to the gut, and 17 was freed as well. Cell was angry, but before he could react, Ranma sent him flying into the air, and Goku wasted no time.
"KAMEHAMEHA!"
And Cell was toast. Ranma then grinned. "That was fun! Anyone up for pizza?"
Cue massive face fault.
-x-x-x-x-
Shortly thereafter, Bulma and Goku heard Ranma (who Bulma had remembered was the main character of one of her favorite manga) explain the Loops to them. In the process, they learned Bulma was what was called the "Anchor" of their Loop. Apparently, since Goku had chosen to stay dead after the Cell Games (until Majin Buu had been awakened, at least), he was disqualified from being the Anchor, meaning Bulma was the one chosen for the role. They had also learned of the fact that Goku's adventures were chronicled in one of Ranma's favorite manga back in his Home Loop. It had been quite the surprise.
After everything had been explained, Goku asked, "Ranma, how strong are you? I could sense your power when you sent Cell flying. You're a lot stronger than I am, and I think you were holding back."
Ranma grinned, and threw a device on the ground. "Before you ask, Bulma, that'll prevent anyone from sensing our energy. Very well, Goku, how's this?" Ranma powered up, and Goku grinned.
"At last. Someone stronger than me. Is the guy you mentioned..the one called Superman...this strong?"
Ranma could only laugh. "Why am I not surprised you asked that, Goku? Yeah, Superman is really strong. I doubt he'll ever agree to fight you anytime soon. Besides, I can kick his butt any day of the week. Let's go, Goku!"
Goku powered up to Super Saiyan 4, and cracked his knuckles. "Agreed. After this, maybe you can teach me a few new moves!"
"As long as you teach me some of your moves, Goku."
The two Loopers charged, and Goku smiled.
At last, he had found a new challenge.
Someday..I'll become even stronger than you, Ranma. Though I doubt you'll stop training either.
At least I have a reason to keep getting stronger now.
9.3 – (GioGio)
[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]
Johnny could not help but give out a low sigh as he rode on top of Slow Dancer next to Gyro, who was going to talk about the Cheese Song very soon.
The loops started almost immediately after he died to save his son from his wife's disease. He died because he was selfish for the first time in years and asked the Corpse to pass his wife's illness to a stranger in order to save her life. Unfortunately, his son was technically a stranger, since he was just born. So, in order to atone for his selfish desire, he begged the Corpse to pass the disease to himself instead of his son.
It complied, and soon after he died. Leaving his son and wife alone in the world.
However, the darkness of death was only momentary. He awoke, completely unharmed and in his room, still crippled, on the day that he first met Gyro Zeppeli. The day before the Steel Ball Run race.
At first he thought that he was dreaming, or it was like that rumor that your life flashed before your eyes before you died. But Johnny learned that he was actually back. Back to the very beginning. Back where his adventure first started.
He still had Tusk in its Fourth Stage for some reason, but unfortunately could not walk. His body was still crippled from the waist down, just like it had been on that day. And when he tried to meet Gyro again, the man would not give him the time of day since he didn't impress him with his drive. It didn't take Johnny long to figure out he was in some sort of loop, where he would continue to wake up on that same day in that same location regardless of what else happened.
So, Johnny was forced to repeat motions with his first meeting with Gyro. After that, Johnny tried to change things. Like make sure Pocoloco died in the forest, using Tusk in an attempt to make sure the branches snapped his neck instead of just knocking him down. But he was too lucky and STILL lived. He even made sure Gyro's steel ball didn't disrupt Sandman's path so he wouldn't be demoted to 21st place. He tried to take routes that would allow him and Gyro to avoid both terrorists and the President's hit men. And when it came down to it, Johnny tried everything to make sure Diego and Valentine died when he and Gyro first encountered them.
But it didn't really matter. Sometimes Johnny would die from some stupid mistake. Sometimes it was Diego's dinosaur form biting through his neck, other times it was contacting with his own copy brought by Valentine's Stand. Sometimes he and Gyro both survived the race, sometimes it was only Johnny. Sometimes Johnny won the Steel Ball Run in first place, and sometimes it was Gyro in first and him in second. Sometimes, neither of them won.
In the end, Johnny would die and eventually return to that same room on that same morning. Sure, sometimes there were people he never saw before. Some even claimed that they were 'Loopers' like himself. But in the end, he would always return to the beginning.
Sometimes Johnny hated his situation. Why couldn't he be brought earlier? So that he could prevent Nicholas' death? To try and make peace with his father? To stop himself from being such an idiot and getting crippled in the first place?
"Hey! Johnny!" Gyro shouted, snapping Johnny out of his musings. "You listening to me?"
"Oh, totally." Johnny lied through his teeth. "It was about something cheesy right?"
"It's the Cheese Song!" Gyro corrected with a scowl on his face. And trust me, it's great. You see, it goes like this..." Gyro then cleaned his throat and began singing, "Pizza mozzarella~! Pizza mozzarella~! Rella, rella, rella, rella~! Rella, rella, rella, rella~! Rella, rella, rella, rella~! Pizza mozzarella~!" He then grinned at Johnny. "That's how it goes! What do you think? The second verse repeats with 'Gorgonzola~! Zola, zola, zola, zola~!'."
Johnny knew it was a horrible song. Just like its name, it was incredibly cheesy. When he first heard it, Johnny sarcastically replied that it was great and they should start a band.
Now however...
"It's awesome Gyro!" Johnny exclaimed full-heartedly with a grin. "Man, it's got a cool beat. I'm gonna try it too!" Johnny cleared his own throat and sang out, "Pizza mozzarella~! Pizza mozzarella~! Rella, rella, rella, rella~! Rella, rella, rella, rella~! Rella, rella, rella, rella~! Pizza mozzarella~!"
Gyro's grin grew extra wide as he shouted, "I know right! Say, we should write out a score for this as soon as we can! Nyo ho~!"
Both Gyro and Johnny laughed as their horses continued forward, riding forward in their journey.
The life of a Looper was a difficult one. But Johnny was thankful for his situation for one reason.
He got to be with his best friend again.
9.4 – (Harosata)
[Assassination Classroom]
Koro-Sensei decided not to destroy the familiar and intact Earth. Perhaps that other school had been a dream, and so he went to his classroom.
Now he knew something was wrong. His students were looking at him with some sort of shock and confusion. However, what immediately caught his attention were the students who were not there.
Karma, a genius student who likes to make trouble, previously suspended for attacking others students at school.
Itona, the transfer student who once held tentacles, now a true student after his tutor abandoned him.
Ritsu, a military-grade AI in a big black box bolted in the back of the room, who rarely gets upgrades in the form of on-site maintenance and find phones more mobile than moving said box with the exception of certain assassinations.
The absence of one of these students alone was a big indicator that something was off.
"Just because you're eager to start teaching here does not mean you should be here yet." Several men in suits entered the classroom with a cart in tow, filled with the other missing contents of the room. Anti-Sensei knives and bullets.
Ah, this scene looked familiar. Now that he thought about it, his fellow teacher Irina was not here either. How could he forget that big detail? "Sorry, Karasuma. Why don't you introduce your friends?"
Karasuma ignored him and turned to the classroom. "I'll be frank. This creature destroyed the moon and your job is to assassinate him."
"...Eh?"
-x-x-x-x-
Karasuma had said what he needed to say to the classroom. Their target moves at Mach 20 speeds. Their target wants to teach at this classroom, making this location an easy place to access him. The existence of the target is worldwide secret so no one outside their classroom should be told. Anyone who successfully assassinates him will be rewarded with ten billion yen.
Naturally, the classroom complied.
Karasuma barely stepped out of the classroom when he frowned. "What do you want?"
"Just a question, really." Koro-Sensei grinned. "How would one travel back in time?"
"If we knew such a method, we would prevent you from being created." Karasuma growled. "That being said, the most common theory for time travel is to move faster than the speed of light, which even you can't do."
"I see." Koro-Sensei had to agree with him. He just came back to this discussion after grabbing some mochi from a Japanese Factory, not fast enough to catch the last five words. "Very well. Do you plan to teach?"
"Only if it becomes necessary." Karasuma walked away.
Koro-Sensei looked to the moon. The one that he had turned into a permanent crescent with his speed alone. "The speed of light? I can understand if I achieved that at the end of the year, but in the beginning and in such a way that I was sent to what could be an alternate Earth? No, something much bigger is happening, but what?"
9.5 – (Crisis)
[DBZ]
Krillin had to admit, the visiting Looper Goku had met was a big one. Somewhere in the nine-ten foot range easily he'd guess (and hadn't bothered to try and measure). He was also a man of few words, usually communicating with feral grunts, growls, and physical violence during the numerous occasions it was called for. He also wore a very concealing trenchcoat and fedora from the very big and tall store that kept his face and features other than his massive clawed (or was it taloned? Krillin got those mixed up sometimes) hands and feet in perpetual shadows.
"GRAAAAAAHHHH!"
"RROOOOAAAARRR!"
Oh, and he was also currently trying his hand at fighting Broly. "Goku, are you sure this guy's ready for Broly?" Krillin asked. "I mean... it's Broly. Even Ranma had serious trouble with the guy the first several times they clashed."
"Well," Goku scratched his head as the visiting Looper was punched into a cliff face. "He seemed really insistent on giving it a shot..."
"RROOOOAAAARRR!" the visiting Looper leaped out of the crater he'd made and barreled at Broly with all the unswerving determination of a runaway train. The ultimate Saiyan responded with a chi bolt that created a massive explosion on impact with the visiting Looper. The guy just kept coming, hardly even slowing down from the impact.
"GRAAAAAAHHHH!" Broly yelled as he began throwing more and more chi blasts rapidly, the impacts hitting the visiting Looper with force that he simply ignored as he charged ever closer.
"Damn..." Krillin blinked as he saw the apparent juggernaut keep going under the onslaught. "Now he's on fire..."
Indeed, the visiting Looper's magically reinforced trenchcoat had been ignited by Broly's barrage and blazed brightly as the wearer ignored the flames and kept charging. Krillin paid close attention as the Looper got ever closer to Broly, eager to perhaps finally find out what the Looper looked like and who he was.
The chi explosions got right up to Broly who threw a punch into the smoke and flames, and apparently missed given how overextended he looked. In response a massive clawed hand shot out of the flames and smoke, the arm still wrapped in the burning remnants of the trenchcoat, and grabbed Broly's head before pile-driving the ultimate Saiyan face-first into the ground. The arm pulled back and repeated the motion a few times before tossing Broly no more than a foot into the air like a volleyball player setting up for a serve. The expected blow that flung Broly across the ground like a skipping stone came, not from an arm or a foot, but from a thick, long, tail that Krillin was certain could never have been hidden by the visiting Looper's trenchcoat. At least not without space-folding magic or something similar.
A very familiar tail at that.
"Is that...?" Krillin blinked as the flames and smoke cleared to show a muscular bipedal dinosaur. One with a therapod-style head with lots and lots of sharp carnivorous teeth, thick arms, even thicker legs, a long winding tail, and multiple rows of spiky plates running the length of his spine from his neck to his tail. Plates that few in the multiverse would fail to recognize, even if the one whose back they were on was over several dozen floors shorter than usual.
"Well, he did kind of shrink himself for this," Goku admitted, "but yeah."
"Godzilla was here and you didn't tell me?!" Krillin screamed in Goku's face as the king of monsters and the ultimate Saiyan traded blows again.
"I didn't think it was a big deal!" Goku pleaded frantically.
"A big deal?!" Krillin started whipping cameras of all types (including self-mobilized robotic ones that immediately started filming as Godzilla blasted an angry Broly in the face with his breath weapon) from his Subspace Pocket, along with a reporter's outfit, several microphones, and a giant bell like those rung next to a boxing ring. "You know I'm an official announcer for the Kaiju Wrestling Federation! I need to know when the title holder shows up!"
Broly yelled ferociously and retaliated with a breath weapon of his own, only to get clothes-lined for his efforts.
"Welcome once again KWF fans to a special match already underway!" Krillin began reporting to a camera while Goku stared in blank amazement at how his friend was taking this. "The reigning champion Godzilla versus Unawake challenger Broly!"
Broly began doing a familiar man scream as his muscles grew and his hair turned gold and spiky. Godzilla simply sneered and roared even louder right back.
"It looks like it's gonna be one knock-down drag-out of a fight today folks!"
9.6 – (Crisis)
[JoJo/Megaman]
Giorno was stunned. And bleeding. The former a result of the latter. He hadn't been harmed so easily in... oh, hundreds of Loops now. Not since he'd managed to maintain Gold Experience Requiem as his default Stand. That this... mad scientist managed it so easily was... impossible.
"I must admit, figuring out how to bypass your guardian was quite the trick," the voice of the local villainous mad scientist emanated from the speakers surrounding the area. "The power to nullify everything that is sent against both you and it really does seem invincible, does it not?"
Giorno shivered from the cold as he was blasted with fire from his mechanical opponent. That was also impossible. Fire was supposed to burn. Not freeze.
"Much more so with how it reacts automatically against anything meant to nullify its abilities in turn, negating them first. Plus, there's not documentation on how it works anywhere, meaning that even you don't truly understand how it does this. Very tricky," the broadcast voice continued. "But it was no match for my genius!"
His stand shook its head at him as it tried, and failed, once more to nullify his opponent's programming. What in the world was going on?
"It was quite simple, really," the voice taunted him. "If I can't make it weaker, I can make it stronger."
Giorno scrunched his face up in confusion as the madman cackled in glee. What in the world did he mean?
"Your guardian's nullifying ability only works because his power is in precise balance. So if I make it stronger then instead of reducing something to zero, it reduces it past zero, effectively inverting it. Fire becomes ice, acid becomes base, and force inwards becomes force outwards. And my creations? Just a failsafe in their directives. When your guardian messes with their hostile programming, the failsafe makes that programming peaceful for as long as your guardian's influence is exerted and hostile again when it is removed. It took a bit of work to make the transition seamless, but now all of my creations will attack you no matter what your guardian does to convince them otherwise. Because if it tries, then it is reversing a non-hostile entity to a hostile one and if it doesn't then things proceed as normal."
"Gah!" Giorno cried out as he was blasted into a wall. Damnit, he was getting his ass kicked. He should have never let his stand's original abilities stagnate over the Loops like he had. He was too out of practice to use them effectively.
"And don't try to direct your guardian's attention to me. This is only a recording. I'm not involved in this directly. Heck, I'm not even watching right now! And because I'm not actively doing anything against you, your guardian can't stop me!"
Giorno grit his teeth as that all sunk in. He was screwed.
"That will teach you to oppose the will of the great Dr. Wily!"
9.7 – (Harosata)
[Assassination Classroom]
The military had managed to track Koro-Sensei into the mountains. He was in a metal pod reading a naughty magazine, supposedly for the purpose of keeping him warm in this client. They dare not risk attacking him in the understanding that he could easily flee.
If the military could come closer, they might not realize that "Koro-Sensei" was a bloated tentacle and that Koro-Sensei had made a small cave underneath the pod. He was down here testing his speed for the upcoming assassination with a gun and a stopwatch, and after shooting five tentacles out, he clicked the watch and calculated the time. Then his eyes widened.
"There's no doubt about it. My speed..." Koro-Sensei gulped. He did not like what his calculations suggested. "My Mach 20 speed just went up by a mile per hour!"
Koro-Sensei paced around the cave. "I almost had this time...Looping thing figured out. Destroying the Earth would result in going to that other school before coming back, and letting the world live for one more day past the year also causes it to reset, so no lightspeed involved but no second school either. However, something in my mind keeps telling me that the latter shouldn't be possible, yet the reason is blocked from me even though it's my memory."
"But my speed...it doesn't make sense." Koro-Sensei's tentacles regenerated and he slowed his pacing. "I can do the beam because my body was always capable of that. However, I haven't done any intense training, so how did my speed increase? That would mean my body is getting stronger when time passes, and yet my body hasn't mutated. No, my blocked memories are telling me that something should happen to this body at the end of the year, but whatever it is, I must conclude that this body also resets with time."
"So that means I can improve myself the longer I am stuck here. I can hit Mach 21 if this time model continues on, and my students..." Koro-Sensei looked up, seeing his body double still doing his duty. Now there was an issue. "My students are not experiencing this. How fast will I be before they stop? When will I learn how to apply my Ultimate Defense into Everyday Defense? When do Anti-Sensei materials stop affecting me? What will it mean, becoming a teach who is truly impossible to kill? Should I just slow down?"
Koro-Sensei shook his head as he went to his makeshift bed, grabbing a naughty magazine and plopping down on the sheets. "No, I'll just follow the classroom's example. My Mach 20 speed seems to be enough to keep them on their toes, but there are certain instances that Mach 21 would be useful against certain...assassins. But for now, I'll just have to enjoy the upcoming summer trip. Nyufufu."
9.8 – (Firehawk242)
[DBZ/Lyrical Nanoha]
"Excelion Mode!"
"Kaio-Ken!"
"How long have they been going at it?" Fate asked as she handed the local Anchor an ice cream cone.
Bulma checked her watch. "About two hours," she said, accepting the cone. "Thanks for getting the snacks."
"You're welcome," Fate said. "Who do you think will win?"
"Does it really matter?" Bulma asked. "Either way they'll end up friends."
"True," Fate said, sitting down next to the Anchor to watch.
"Kame-" Goku said.
"Divine-" Nanoha Takamachi, the Princess of All Saiyans said.
"Hame-"
"BUSTER!"
"HA!"
Two massive beams collided and an explosion rocked the air.
"Let's just hope the planet survives their little bonding exercise," Bulma said.
9.9 – (GioGio)
"EEK!"
A scream was all it took for Josuke to open his eyes. Something felt heavy on his lower half, probably the dirt that he was buried under. Josuke groaned as he forced himself to crawl out.
The new phenomena that Josuke found himself in started when, one day, he woke up buried underneath the Wall Eye in Morioh again, once more discovered by Yashuo as if for the first time. At first Josuke thought it was some sort of enemy stand, but being bashed over the head by Joshu and waking up buried once again soon dispelled that. Eventually, he was filled in by an orange-haired guy in black robes that he was in a 'loop'. Apparently, his life would continue repeating itself from a fixed point unless he were to die or do something completely wrong.
Josuke soon learned how to repeat his life over and over again, keeping himself from getting bored while also searching for who he truly was. Not much progress was made on that so far, much to Josuke's inner frustration. The mysterious guy that was in the secret room seemed to find new and interesting ways to keep him from learning the truth.
Other than that, Josuke just found new and more interesting ways to get out of the Higashikata estate to visit Yashuo. As if he would spend time cooped up in that place every Loop.
Not to mention Daiya seemed to get more and more clingy with each Loop. Was she a Looper just like him? Josuke could never tell.
"Well, might as well get this over with..." Not that he hated seeing Yashup, its just that making sure that idiot Joshu didn't bash his brains in was just annoying.
Josuke then looked up to see...
"Sakura Haruno?"
"F-Four..." Sakura muttered to herself in shock, staring at him with wide eyes and a light blush on her cheeks. "H-How do you have four balls...?"
Josuke paid her no mind and just looked around. He wasn't in Morioh. He was in Konoha. "Great. A Fused Loop?" Those never ended well for Josuke.
Seeing a puddle by him, Josuke looked at his own reflection.
His normally dark hair was now spiky with some blond highlights.
Half of his eyes were sky blue.
Worst of all, his right cheek now sported three whisker-like markings.
"Oh you got to be kidding me 'tebayo." Josuke muttered to himself, subtly flinching at the verbal tick that was now instilled on him.
THIS was why he hated Fused Loops. The 'second half' of him that was not Yoshikage Kira was always the person he was Replacing.
Now half of him was Kira, the other half was Naruto.
"You think that's bad?" The Kyuubi asked within his mind. "Try looking like you're half a sailor robot."
9.10 – (Harosata)
[Assassination Classroom]
Koro-Sensei looked at his yellow-headed students. Then at the yellow-headed government agent he was grooming while said agent was trying to stab him with his tentacles. "Why is everyone trying to kill me?"
"You destroyed the moon!"
Koro-Sensei blinked. "Huh, I guess that's a good reason."
9.11 – (Harosata)
"I can't be dead!"
"The...halo says otherwise." King Yenma was doing a good job at not panicking over the fact that FREIZA THE DESTROYER OF PLANETS was standing in front of him. "Cause of death: punch to the face."
"Impossible! I was in my final form! I don't know how I was forced into it, but a mere punch shouldn't even bruise...me?" Frieza paused as he felt someone materialize behind him. A strange thing, because the insect man who stood behind him frowned just like him. "Who the hell are you?"
"Cell. A fighting machine composed of many fighters, including you, and for some reason, had reached perfect form without consuming two specialized androids." Cell frowned. "And judging from your halo, I died despite having Namekian regeneration."
"Punch to the fa-?" Cell and Frieza turned around as more people popped in. "Is that a Super Saiyan? Is that my brother and father? Is that FRICKING BUU!? What is going on here!?"
Frieza didn't' get much time to wonder as he found himself living again, and his body bathed in a golden hue. Somehow, he felt many times stronger, well beyond even a Kai. He chuckled. "Well, I don't know what happened, but-"
Saitama withdrew his hand, looking down at headless Frieza. "Mr. Dragon, I'm not sure he fulfilled my wish of an enemy I can fight. In fact, I think I've seen that girl three times already."
"The other two were his relatives...And he is a guy." Shenron corrected. "Sadly, that is all the opponents I can give you."
Saitama tilted his head. "Wait, was one of them a God of Destruction? Because I'm pretty sure you haven't called him yet."
Shenron drew back. "You want me to summon Lord Beerus!? Are you sure you wish isn't to 'eradicate all life on the planet'? Because the second one is a lot less painful."
"So, you can summon him." Saitama noted, and Shenron realized his mistake. "Though if you don't want to, I kinda heard that you also has another form fit for fighting. So which one do you want to do?"
"...I wish I was out of here!"
Saitama watched as the eternal dragon quickly flew up past the sky, not bothering to split into seven Dragon Balls. In fact, it doesn't seem like it was planning to do split at all. "Huh, I didn't think wish-granting dragons could grant their own wish."
9.12 – (GioGio)
[JoJo/Spider-Man]
It was a quiet day in Manhattan, New York. The citizens of the Big Apple were going about their lives, happy that there hadn't been ONE super villain fight that wrecked half the city for a week. At this point, the brawls the Avengers and other superheroes got themselves into were so common that everyone treated them like an annoyance more than anything.
Sure, there WAS the fact that Spider-Man seemed to have a 180 in personality and was beating the ever-loving crap out of any villain or two-bit crook he got his hands on, but at this point everyone was just taking it in stride. They gave it about a few months before some earth-shattering even caused the hero to revert back to his normal self.
Unfortunately, their normalcy was soon interrupted as a body flew out of a Starbucks window and landed on top of a cab, raining glass on the sidewalk.
The SUPERIOR Spider-Man (Delicious Doc Ock in a Crispy Spidey Shell) struggled to push himself up. "I-Impossible! How could... how could he have struck me so? It felt as if I had been punched in one location for almost a minute!"
He had originally come to this location to confirm a rumor. A rumor that a good number of the mobs that comprised the world's criminal organization were now bowing down to someone new. A young man who had been able to gather power within a few scant years, one who now even organizations such as AIM respected and low-class villains like Shocker instantly followed. A young man who now controlled over 50% of organized crime within the United States of America, and was both gathering more power within the borders and dipping his hand into the international crime ring.
He, the Superior Spider-Man, had interrogated several hoodlums within the area to confirm that this criminal mastermind was within New York, trying to take advantage of his recent siege of Shadowland and seize whatever assets Wilson Fisk left behind. If he was captured by his, Otto Octavius' hand, then Otto would prove once and for all that he was a superior Spider-Man than Parker ever was!
Unfortunately, he might have made a... few miscalculations.
"*Sigh* Honestly, do you American heroes disturb everyone's morning tea this way?" The new Kingpin of Crime, Giorno Giovanna, asked as he stepped through the door and looked at the 'hero' with a cup of overpriced tea in his hands. Behind him were his top enforcers: Bruno Buccellati, Guido Mista, and Narancia Ghirga. All of them were wearing admirably very fashionable Italian designer clothes, each of them looking at Spider-Man with bored expressions. "I must admit, the tea here is very...unappetizing, but surely there must be a better way to discouraging me from making my purchase."
"What?" Otto asked out loud, not even believing the gall of this young punk. Was he mocking him?
Giorno raised an eyebrow and said, "If I must repeat myself, that must mean the listener is unintelligent."
Something within Otto snapped in that instant. No on, NO ONE, called him unintelligent! Otto ignored his own pain and kept towards Giovanna again, fully intending to drag out his rightly deserved punishment...
Suddenly, a golden figure appeared before Giorno, and Otto could only register it for a second before a fist met his face along with the shout of "MUDA!" More fists then met his body. "MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!" Then finally, one final fist clocked the side of his head. "MUDA!"
Giorno watched as 'Spidey' landed on the street, unconscious, and sighed. "So much for having a peaceful loop..."
"Man, would you look at those stupid tights! I still can't believe they actually wear that!" Narancia laughed out loud, clutching his stomach.
"At least it wasn't the Fantastic F-F..." Mista had a bit of trouble getting out the last part due to his phobia of a certain number, but then he breathed in and let out, "Family. I don't think I can deal with those people..."
"You'd think after all these loops you'd get over that ridiculous phobia..." Bruno sighed out while pinching the bridge of his nose.
"No way! That number is still cursed! On my fourth loop I was killed right away! Explain that!" Mista challenged, making Bruno just shake his head.
"H-Holy crap! Spidey got the shit beat out of him!" One man yelled from the crowd gathered around them.
"That's not Spider-Man." Giorno countered as he began walking down the sidewalk as if nothing happened, his friends following behind him. "It's the one you call Doctor Octopus. Call the Avengers and tell them to use a brain scan or something on him and wait for Tony Stark to arrive and examine them."
As the crowd gasped and began circling around the still unconscious Superior Spider-Man, Bruno asked, "So now what are we going to do Giorno?"
Despite himself, Giorno let out a small smirk as he chucked his horrible tasting tea into a garbage can. "We're going to look for a Goblin and explain to him how things are going to work in my Family..."
9.13 – (Harosata)
[Assassination Classroom/Harry Potter]
"You know, I used to believe there are three constants in the multiverse. Shinji's dad is the worst parent, Umbridge is the worst teacher, and Ree is...the worst..." Harry explained. "But back to the topic. Karma, why didn't you warn me your world had a male version of Umbridge?"
"Did you want to imagine a male version of Umbridge?" The rebellious teen quipped back.
"I...Good point." Harry shook his head though. "But seriously, that Takaoka character just comes in and suddenly gets the authority to punish anyone while making a core class unbearable, plus even when he was defeated in a bet, he won't accept his loss."
"Yeah, there's not enough Nasty in Drill Sergeant Nasty." Karma said as he continued his studies. "Nice knife-work by the way."
Harry shrugged. "Sometimes, I Wake up after the Dursleys dump me on the streets. Tell me, does Takaoka come back again?"
"After this set of finals. Long story short, he's mad enough to poison half the class and blow up the antidote in front of the rest of us in Baseline. We were lucky that the assassins he hired aren't as bloodthirsty as him and switched out the poison."
Harry blinked. "Yikes. He sounds worse than Umbridge."
"He did have the balls to pull off that move, but your teacher lasted longer than a day. Let's just agree they're both very bad teachers." Karma smirked. "Oh, and one more thing. Since you fought him last time, he'll want a rematch against you. You wouldn't happen to have a plan, do you?"
Harry only grinned back. "You know, Karma, I had so many plans for a male Umbridge and not enough Umbridge being male. Now this is what I'm going to do…"
9.14 – (krspaceT)
[DBZ]
"...Now Bulma, what have we learned about trying to stop Zombie Apocalypses!" Krillin yelled at the down looking Anchor, who tried to not look the preteen Gohan in the eye as the two of them looked down at the rapidly deteriorated earth below from the Lookout.
"Saiyans are not immune to human zombie outbreaks, and telling Unawake Goku's to go and deal with the problem only makes the problem worse. I should have thought of the fact Goku can have kids with Chi-Chi before thinking he was immune".
"Your damn right it made things worse and that Goku isn't immune! Just be glad Zombie Goku hasn't learned to fly yet! Now, seeing as I closed off all the exits for the Zombies to get to the lookout, and I have no idea how long Unawake Piccolo can hold out before being eaten," Kami had already moved to a secure location in case the infection was a transferable thing, like death was, between the two, "The only responsible thing to do is to go to Namek and hope to Sun Wukong that Dragon Balls can remove zombie virus outbreaks before Raditz comes and becomes cosmic patient zero!"
-x-x-x-x-
Meanwhile in the Admin space:
"Hey, can someone get me the number of the Admin who specializes in these sorts of Loops! I need to figure out if Dragon Balls can remove Zombie Plagues!"
9.15 – (Harasota)
[Assassination Classroom/Bloodbourne]
"Hey, Karma?"
"Yes, Terasaka?"
"Is it just me, or does the octopus look sick?"
"Hm..." Karma looked at the white blob in the teacher's robes. "I honestly don't see the difference."
"...You're shitting me, aren't yo-" Terasaka jumped out of his seat when a beaker crashed on his desk, no doubt filled with some sort of liquid he did not want to test. "Bastard!"
"Oooaaaarrrrrghh!" The teacher did not like that kind of language in his classroom. He then returned to his lecture on psychology.
Karma simply chuckled at the antic. "I wonder how our other teacher is doing."
-x-x-x-x-
The Hunter gave his respects as he grabbed the key from the desk. Rarely does a visiting Looper Replaced a creature, and even rarer are those who like to enjoy a good bloody bout. This yellow substitute of the teacher, a Koro-Sensei, was nice enough to bestow him several daggers and bullets that were only effective on the teacher, and he made sure to replace the blade of his Rifle Spear with one of the daggers. The Hunter had thought his opponent was giving him a great advantage.
No, the creature was agile. When the Hunter thrust his spear, the creature had already polished the grime off all his weapons! The Hunter was thankful that Koro-Sensei did throw his punches, weak as they were, or this wouldn't be a real fight. However, the longer this bout went, the more creative Koro-Sensei became with each hit, and the Hunter was sure to remind him of this battle.
Looking back, the Hunter's deciding blow was of three components once he realized his opponent preferred "grooming" over fighting. First, he broke a blood phial all over himself and counted on Koro-Sensei moving in to wipe the blood off his coat as he did before. At that instant, the Hunter pulled out Reiterpallasch and thrust the rapier into Koro-Sensei's chest. The creature must have been overconfident, knowing that the weapon was metal like any other. The Hunter smiled as he lifted the hilt up.
The second component shot Koro-Sensei with a hidden gun barrel.
"The last and most important component in that fight had been luck. The hope that he would not consider such a trick in a weapon or that he would have a plan to escape death." The Hunter decided as he opened the Lecture Hall with the key. "Still, he is worthy prey. I would not mind seeing him again soon."
He opened the door and saw a room full of white...er, yellow tentacled creatures in teacher's robes. "Too soon!"
9.16 – (kingofsouls)
[Eyeshield21/ DBZ]
Vegeta glared at the Anchor of the Loop with his patented death glare. "So let me get this straight. The only reason why you didn't think I was a visiting Looper was the fact that the vermin I'm Replacing looks like, acts like, and is in essence a copy of me?"
Sene felt a shiver of fear crawl down his spine as he nodded. "Yea...sorry about that Vegeta..."
Vegeta growled as he looked around, his eyes landing on the gridiron Sena felt so comfortable in. "And to top it off, the main attraction of this Loop is this stupid Earth game. Adorable."
"Hey, football is a pretty rough sport."
"Sure it is."
"No, really."
"Listen kid in my Loop I fight people capable of ending a planet in less time that in takes for you to sneeze. Your Loop simply does not compare to mine. Therefore: Stupid. Earth. Game." Vegeta growled as his anger grew. He hovered in the air, eager to leave. "Just point me to a place to train and we'll pretend this never happened."
Sena sighed, aiming him in the right direction as Vegeta flew into the sky, leaving the Loop's main plot behind him.
"Well, without Ikkyru the Kanto tournament is going to be really different."
"SENA, DID YOU SEE THAT!? THAT GUY FLEW! HOW MAXI-COOL!"
Sena facepalmed as Monta raced up to him, amazed at Vegeta's flight.
Of course Monta wasn't Awake this Loop.
And judging from the growing crowd, a quiet Loop was now an impossibility.
9.17 – (burningclaw2)
[JoJo/Yu-Gi-Oh!]
'Great' thought Jonathan as this Loop he ended up Waking just as he was heading into Ogre Street, 'At least I'll be able to befriend Speedwagon soon.'
As Jonathan walked down the slum area he soon found a variance to the norm, 'Something's wrong. Normally Speedwagon and his friends would've attacked me by now.'
Jonathan was contemplating what was going on as he headed to the poison dealer when he suddenly heard a scream of absolute terror.
"What!?" Jonathan exclaimed in shock, quickly running towards the source of the scream. Upon reaching his destination he was shocked by what he saw.
Standing in front of the two thugs that usually attacked him alongside Speedwagon was a young man with tri-colored hair and a chain around his neck. As the young man turned to face him, Jonathan saw a golden puzzle attached to the chain like a pendant. The thugs were both on the ground shivering in fright.
"Who are you? What happened to those two?" Jonathan asked mentally preparing himself should this person turn hostile for some reason.
"Generally it is polite to give your name first," the young man replied a slight smirk adorning his face and confidence oozing from his form, while Jonathan's eyes widened.
'Gah! How could I forget that?' thought Jonathan before giving his name, "I'm Jonathan Joestar, though my friends call me JoJo. Now can you be so kind as to answer my questions?"
"Very well. My name is Atem. As for what happened to those two, they are simply recovering from the effects of the Penalty Game they had to endure. They'll live and come out better for it." replied the young man.
"Penalty Game? Also how long will it be till they have recovered?" inquired Jonathan worried about Speedwagon's friends
"A form of judgment which differs from person to person depending on the theme of the game and the crime the receiver has committed. For those two since the punishment was only a small illusion they should recover within a day at most," Atem answered before commenting, "Though someone Awake could tell how bad it might be."
The emphasis on the word 'awake' alerted Jonathan on why this person was here instead of Speedwagon.
"You're a Looper then," stated Jonathan, internally he thought, 'Thank God those two will be alright. Though it is disappointing that Speedwagon won't be here' The thought that his friend wouldn't be here this time around saddening Jonathan a little.
"Indeed. Along with my partner," replied Atem before becoming bathed in a golden light causing Jonathan to cover his eyes. When the light disappeared 'Atem' appeared to have lost several inches in height and his features looked slightly softer than before.
Then 'Atem' spoke, "Hello JoJo. I'm Yugi Muto, Atem's partner and friend."
'Two personalities!?' Jonathan thought in shock, 'Or is it something else? Yugi and Atem seem so different but at the same time similar.'
"In case you're wondering, Atem is a 3000 year old spirit who resides in my Millennium Puzzle. Though I have had a few Loops where I was Atem's reincarnation," Yugi said seeing Jonathan's shock.
"Huh? How does that work? How do you two co-exist so easily?" asked Jonathan curious.
"Atem was an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, who had used magic to seal himself inside the Millennium Puzzle to lock away a great evil. Using the Puzzles' magic we can switch which of us is in control of my body or merge together for a while."
"Ah. That might explain things. Anyways it's nice to meet you Yugi, Atem." said Jonathan as he held out his hand. He himself had dealt with many strange things over his own adventures.
"Nice to meet you too, JoJo," replied Yugi as he took Jonathan's hand starting another YuJo friendship.
-x-x-x-x-
After Jonathan had gotten the Chinese man who sold Dio the poison used on his father, he and Yugi went to the Joestar Mansion for the confrontation of Dio.
Jonathan was once more hoping to stop Dio before he puts on the Stone Mask, and if that fails he would put the monster Dio would become, down in the Joestar Mansion before he could cause any unnecessary deaths.
Dio was in the middle of his 'I want to Atone' act after being caught, when all of a sudden a confident voice spoke up from behind the man.
"Hmph. You? Atone? Please do not make me laugh," said the confident Atem from behind Dio.
"What!?" exclaimed Dio turning to face the young man just radiating an aura of confidence and charisma.
Who are you!?" Dio had yelled at the sight of the young man sweat starting to appear on his face.
"You may call me Atem," the confident young man replied, "and I have seen many of the vilest of men in my days but you take the cake, Dio Brando. Your very presence reeks of evil, so much that anybody who feels the bare minimum of your presence would feel nothing but revulsion. That is something only someone born completely evil can possess."
As Atem said this he brought out Wan Chen the Chinese poison seller/fortune teller.
'You have to admit,' thought Jonathan as he watched this, 'Atem's could give Speedwagon a run for his money on the speech here.'
"This man is the witness to your buying of the poison." Atem finished. This had cued the police and Jonathan's father to reveal themselves. Dio had broken down sweating as he gritted his teeth at the site.
"Dio, I've heard it all!" said George Joestar, "I am so sorry…your father saved my life…and I've tried to raise you with as much love and hope as my own son!"
As he said all this he started to head towards the stairs and continued talking, "I will go to my room and rest…I don't want to see my son be taken in…"
"So, now that you've got me surrounded, it's all over…" said Dio.
"That man…he won't be caught…" said Wan Chen, "That's what my fortune-telling tells me…it's written not just in the three birthmarks behind his ear, but in his face! He was born with great luck!" This statement had cause George to get a worried look on his face.
"JoJo…I'll let myself be arrested… but at least put the handcuffs on me yourself…for the sake of the seven years we've been together…" said Dio his arms in position to be cuffed even with the sling on, "I've hurt my shoulder… if I can ask anything of you, don't be too rough."
Jonathan knew about the trick that Dio was planning and prepared himself for what was to come as he said, "Okay, I'll put on the handcuffs."
As Jonathan approached Dio with the handcuffs a glint lit up from within Dio's sling.
As Jonathan got close, Dio began speaking, "JoJo…there's a limit to human ability…"
At this Jonathan pretended to look wondered as Dio continued speaking, "I've learned one thing in my short life… the harder you plan, the less things will go according to your plans! As long as you cannot go beyond humanity…"
At this Jonathan adopted a shocked and angered look as he prepared for what was about to happen as he thought, 'Hopefully I can stopped Father from being killed this time.'
At Jonathan's look Dio withdrew the Stone Mask and the knife from the sling as he exclaimed, "I reject my humanity! JoJo! I'll transcend humanity!"
Dio moved to put on the mask and stab Jonathan while everyone was shocked at the sight of the knife, however he was stopped when a giant stone sword struck the ground in front of him. This had ended up saving the life of George Joestar as he had moved to take the knife to his back so that it wouldn't hit Jonathan who was in motion to move his father out of the way of the knife and dodge the blow himself.
The existence of the stone sword caught everyone by surprise when they looked to see what had brought the weapon down they were shocked to see an ivory stone knight on a horse, looking similar to a knight piece in chess. The knight brought the sword up at the ready once more but made no other moves.
"Dio," called out Atem's voice making everyone turn to look at him what the saw was surprising. On the young man's head was a golden image of the Eye of Horus on his forehead. Behind him his shadow stood elongated to the point it appeared to be looming over them all which also had the same symbol on its forehead. "For your attempt on my friends' life you must now play a game with me."
'Wh-what is this?' Jonathan thought shocked after all hearing and seeing are two different things after all, 'Atem acts as if he were a predator and Dio is his prey.'
"A game!?" Dio exclaimed shocked and enraged that his plan had been foiled.
"Yes, but not just any game. We'll be playing a 'Game of Darkness' where the stakes are much higher," replied Atem before continuing, "Should you win, you will go free to do as you wish. But should I win you must play a Penalty Game." A dark chuckle escaped from Atem's mouth.
"Oh." Dio decided to inquire, "And what will we be playing?"
"We'll play a game of chess, but we'll be playing as the kings giving their soldiers commands." As Atem said this the world itself seemed to be shifting. The floor was becoming checkered like a chess board and large ivory and ebony statues had begun to rise from the floor. The Joestar's, police, and Wan Chen all were standing on a platform away from the giant chess board. The only pieces missing were the White and Black King's which were Replaced by Atem and Dio respectively.
"I'm sure you know the rules Dio!" exclaimed Atem.
"Of course, make your move." Dio yelled back.
"Very well then, Game Start!" announced Atem as the game went underway, the King's pawn moving two spaces forward. The spectators could only watch anxiously as the game unfolded.
Dio had replied to Atem's pawn with his own King's Pawn. Atem answered this with his White Bishop as it marched to C4 to spaces to the left of his King's Pawn, while Dio had his Black Bishop move in front of Atem's. Atem's move was sending his White Bishop Pawn one space forward while Dio moved his Queen to guard him. Atem had then sent moved his King side Knight into ready position for taking Dio's King's Pawn, which was met with the Queen's Pawn advancing one square. Atem then sent forth his own Queen's Pawn however it moved two spaces instead of one, thus caused Dio to move his Black Bishop back in order to protect it. Atem then castled himself with the King's Rook as Dio moved his King's Knight forward.
'Amazing,' thought Jonathan watching as Atem and Dio pieces move about, each one probing for an opening to take. 'Dio appears to be getting nervous, while Atem remains perfectly calm!'
Atem then moved his Queen forward to watch his pawns, while Dio had castled himself with his own Kings Rook. This was answered as Atem's own Black Bishop moved into striking position of Dio's Knight. Dio had answered this move by sending forward the King side Rook's Pawn in hopes of forcing the Bishop to be called back. While Atem did call his Black Bishop back it was still poised to strike Dio's Knight, Dio had then moved forward the Pawn that was guarding him when he had castled so he could attempt to take Atem's Black Bishop. Once more Atem withdrew his Black Bishop, at this time Dio moved his original King's Pawn to take Atem's Queen's Pawn.
Everyone was shocked as the Black King's Pawn, which looked like a lightly armored human, took out a club and smashed it upon the White Queen's Pawn. The opposing Pawn shattered pieces of it scattering about the board. However that wasn't what shocked everyone, it was the fact that once all the pieces of the destroyed Pawn stopped moving hundreds of monstrous hands appeared from under the board and starting dragging the shattered Pawn underneath.
"Wh-what was that!?" yelled Dio eyes wide at he just saw.
Atem only chuckled darkly as he replied, "It is the fate of the loser of our game Dio. The monsters hidden below this board will feast on every destroyed piece and eventually they will enjoy the flesh of losing King. Now then it's my turn."
Atem then moved his original King's Pawn forward another space as it was no longer blocked. In return Dio moved his King's Knight back in order to protect it from Atem's Pawn. It was then that Atem moved his Queen within striking range of Dio, the White Queen seemingly glaring down at Dio as he was placed in check. In order to get out of check Dio planted himself behind his retreated Knight. Atem's Queen was then moved in front of Dio's Knight but not before she backhanded the Pawn that was in her way into shards. Dio then moved his White Bishop in front of his own Queen. However Atem chose to move the King's Pawn to take down Dio's Queen's Pawn, once more monstrous hands appeared to claim their prize. Dio answered this move by using a previously unmoved White Bishop's Pawn to eliminate the recently moved Kings Pawn. Atem countered by moving his Black Bishop to strike the Pawn.
"Checkmate Dio," called Atem knocking everyone out of the reverie of watching the match. Dio could do nothing – as if he moved to save his Queen, then Atem's Knight would start to advance in order to further trap Dio – as Atem's Queen glared down at him from behind his own Knight.
"Damn you!" cursed Dio as his grip on the knife in his possession, tightened before he charged at the confident victor, knife poised to strike, "I don't care about this game anymore, I'll just use your life to transcend instead of JoJo's like I planned!"
"You lose Dio." Atem stated calmly while everyone was yelling at him to move, "You not only planned to kill the man who took you in but you tried to crush Jonathan's spirit and even attempted to kill him. There is no salvation for you, Dio Brando!"
As Dio continued his desperate charge Atem pointed one hand at Dio and yelled, "Penalty Game: Experience of Death!"
Suddenly the ground below Dio disappeared; looking down Dio saw a variety of hungering beasts waiting for him to fall so they can feast on his flesh. With his free hand Dio managed to grab a ledge only to be forced to let go as Atem had walked up and stamped on Dio's fingers with enough force to break the bones. This had led to Dio falling into the pit of monsters as the eagerly moved in to devour him.
Dio's screams of terror and agony seemed to have caused everything surrounding them to shatter like glass revealing the entrance room of the Joestar Mansion just as it was before the Game of Darkness began. Dio was huddled on the floor tears flowing from his eyes the Stone Mask and knife discarded to the side. Dio was also mumbling incoherently from his position, but one could hear the absolute terror he felt.
The policemen had quickly shook their heads dismissing what the witness as a mind game before grabbing the terrified Dio and dragging him away.
Jonathan picked up the Stone Mask before looking at Atem and asked, "What did you do? Will he recover?" While internally Jonathan thought, 'Father survived this Loop! Maybe now I can introduce Erina to him when we reunite. But what happened to Dio?'
At this Atem gave a small smile as his shook his own head in friendly exasperation, "You're a good man JoJo caring for a person who would have gladly taken the lives of you and everyone that was here. As for what I've done I simply placed Dio under the Penalty Game, The Experience of Death which makes it seem like one is being repeatedly slaughtered by monsters. Dio will recover…if there is any good in his heart. But I personally doubt it."
Atem's reply both shocked Jonathan and made him blush slightly at the praise this charismatic and confident man just gave him. A man who was earlier on had become a new friend for Jonathan.
George Joestar walked towards Atem and gave him a hug while crying slightly before pulling away and saying, "Thank you, Thank you. You helped save not just my life but JoJo's as well. How may I ever repay you?"
"You do not need to repay me, I was only helping someone I view as a friend." replied Atem, a smile adorning his face, continuing before George Joestar could say anything about Atem's reply. "But if you feel as if you must repay me, then a place to stay would be appreciated. I am currently lacking in lodgings."
"Agreed. The servants will collect your things." Said George smiling at Atem's reply though he felt that just a place to stay wouldn't be enough to pay off the debt accrued this day, "JoJo, why don't you show your friend to his room."
This shocked both Atem and Jonathan. Though Jonathan was somewhat expecting this to happen.
Nodding his head Jonathan led Atem to a room upstairs for him to stay at while thinking, 'While they're not Speedwagon, both Yugi and Atem are good friends like he was.'
Looking outside at the sky Jonathan couldn't but smile at what happened today.
9.1 – If you are a monster who destroys the earth at a given time and it is past the given time, you must fix it.
9.2 – There's always a bigger fish. Which is good, considering Goku's appetite.
9.3 – Friendship is that which endures, even in the face of great suffering.
9.4 – If the world is not destroyed a second time, you might as well see why it won't destroy.
9.5 – Too bad it'll never make it past the censors. Flashing the audience is not okay Godzilla.
9.6 – Dr. Wily, mad scientist extraordinaire. His doctorate is in BULLSHIT HAXX. Even Loopers have trouble when he comes calling.
9.7 – His pupils must be so inspired to see him rising to the challenge just as they are.
9.8 – Beam-o-war. Because how else are you supposed to say hello?
9.9 – Poor guy takes the term 'half'n'half' to a whole new level
9.10 – And thus did the students become the teacher. As did everyone else.
9.11 – Honestly, is there no one in this entire universe capable of putting up a good fight? Geez, buncha weaklings.
9.12 – A Gang-star in New York.
9.13 – So many options, so little time.
9.14 – Saiyan appetites should never meet zombie dietary requirements.
9.15 – Absence makes the heart grow fonder. So be absent dammit!
9.16 – Ah, yes. Thematic puns. It's funny cause they look the same. Yggdrasil, you so clever.
9.17 – Yugi's Bizarre Duelventure.