The Age of Akaige

By Pakkrat

Chapter 7: It has to be over!

Disclaimer: I own Akaige, the Kagejin, and other things if I say I do. I take credit for only so many things. All Marvel, DC, Comic and video references are divulged to their creators as their creations I merely do this for entertainment purposes! This chapter has moments with many of the villains and heroes who will play roles in the story whether large or small. It will be fun to see what all you can see and remember so have fun with it! Shekron, is a character created by my friend Shekron Kaizar and the Wolf Envclaves along with the Three, Leviathan, Bahamut, and Tiamat all are used by Psychic Werewolf Assassin. Some sexual content is implied but not really expressed. A warning to those who are not into minor sexual themes.

The heroes sat or stood far from the actual battle. The city was even evacuated after the major fights began earlier. They were on the outskirts of the city where Robin now stood on the edge of a large desert rock scanning the entire city left in slight shambles. It was all the work of an evil fiend who now has his friend Raven in his reach. Robin feels a hand on his arm so turning he smiles to Starfire. "She will be victorious friend Robin."

"Yeah," Robin hears the explosion in the city and he turns in a start to slowly calm himself "I know Starfire, I know."

The smoke clears in the tomb to show Raven floating in the air with her two hands out. Akaige slowly stood up on his one knee before Raven materializes to his front, punching him over the face he is launched across the room through a collapsing wall and skids over the floor twice. Raven lands to see what has happened but the floor rips where Akaige vaults out and to the sky. Flying at Raven he dodges the sparse beams she fires and lands a strong jab to her side letting her wound bleed again. Raven cringes but latches her hands on the punch to vault Akaige over her shoulder and across the scenery.

While he was gone she instinctively begins healing again. This was taking too long she had to keep healing her wound as when it was partially healed Akaige launches some attack to re-open it. It was a clever little scheme since she had to heal or else let herself bleed to death. The wound was closing over when the dirt rustles and springing up in a screaming run Akaige readies another attack. Raven pulls back her hand and starts rolling her hands over her front in a circle. Eyes closed she imagines her spell and flips up her hands and eyes to release strange flames into the air where they begin coming down like rain. Akaige digs his feet down and creates his shield to block the fire rain. Raven takes to the wound, it closes over slightly before he begins the next charge. Raven waits for him to get close and with the other arm she grabs a fist and falls on one knee. Swinging her arm up she strikes Akaige between the legs so that he stoops over and grabs the spot, "That was dirty!" He rolls on his side holding the spot as Raven closed over her wound finally "At least I'm healed!"

"Yeah well." Akaige pushes up and swings his claw over her face, Raven screams as she has two streaks of crimson cover her face "I can play dirty too!"

Raven fell on her back and only through a moment of hate she flings Akaige back with wild sparks of her own energy. Akaige was tossed up but lands on all fours, sprawling out he views over her screams and tosses before she stood with hate. Raven smiles slightly between the blood trails on her face "You are really desperate aren't you?"

"This isn't desperation this is just a little fun you should learn to enjoy yourself."

"I don't enjoy fighting like this."

"You're lying." Akaige's eyes leer on her shifted form "It's all over you Raven these moments are fun for you. The moment the body is taxed, the muscles ache, the scent of your own blood even excites you. This is the nature of a warrior and you have found it sweet."

Raven flew out with a punch but Akaige twirls her so her own arm was under her throat and with his claw he latches her other arm around her torso to her hip tight "You don't know me!" she snarls out lowly. Akaige chuckles with his chest vibrating under her back "its exciting Raven. I've lived this feeling all my existence. From lowly minion to unholy master always I've known the joys of battle. You have to admit the fact you're using so much power," He whispers into her neck making a slight tint over her cheeks "It makes you wonder how far you can really go."

Raven channels her power around her wrist and expands to break his grips. Kicking back her one leg she knocks him in the gut, than in a turn leap she releases another kick that Akaige merely swats to knock her off balance and painfully she scrunched on her head and back. Akaige reaches down but two legs swing around and twist over the arm to swing him over her whole body and flat on his back. Both now lay on their backs for mere moments breathing slightly harder than usual. Raven closed her eyes s she tries to rise up even if straining herself up. Her abdominals felt the brunt of the rising upper body but when on her center she heaves a breath before putting her one leg under her body to begin pushing up. The taxing of her body is right; between the injuries and beatings they exchanged it did seem to take a toll. Just then she has an arm around her throat, Akaige chuckles pushing his weight on her to make her lose the air in her chest from crushing her legs into her stomach. Raven glares her eyes ahead and pushes up on the leg, shakily raising Akaige up she stands with him still trying to press her down. "You want to know how far I can go." Raven grabs her hands over his arm to swing him over and as he falls the hands grab his neck to raise him into the air mixed in her power. "I'll show you just how far I can go!" her hands blew him off with an invisible force and Raven falters to her knees again.

Akaige was lodged in a wall with his eyes out burnt out. His arms out and chips of stone falling from the cracks he twitches before his eyes ignite again "This might take a bit more time than I thought. Those other morons better not mess things up while I'm enjoying myself."

Outside the city Magneto looks at the tomb as curious as the others. Seeing what they all saw it certainly took a toll. Wolverine explained to the others finally what happened to Charles and Cyclops took it hardest "He died? How could this have happened?"

"The professor…" Jean shook her head before crying into Storm's shoulder "He was like a father to me."

"He was like a father to us all Jean. The Professor took us all in and saved all of us from horrible fates."

"I'll never forget what he did for me." Rogue turns to Nightcrawler "We never could forget the things he taught us."

"That's the point." Magneto turns at the teenagers "You must never forget what Charles taught you. You are his legacy and beyond that you are his dreams. I believe Charles knew the time has come for you to make a world of your own but still you have a leader. I know it may seem strange but I would like to ask you all to give me the respect of your new leader."

"What?" Cyclops made a step forward but Sabretooth leapt in snarling. Wolverine pulls Cyclops back saying "Hold it! This was what the Professor wanted. He said we join forces and that's that Scott. I don't like it all that much either but for now give it a chance."

Cyclops had more than optic power in his eyes but the hand of Jean says with her touch and mind, 'Scott, please calm down now is not the time to act this way.'

Cyclops shifts his head to her and lowers his fists "Okay I guess if this was his wish. I won't enjoy it but Magneto… welcome to the X-men."

"Good. Let's be off then." Magneto catches the glares already "I want to join the Brotherhood and X-men immediately. If they need us Blink will make the portal to here."

Blink nods before stepping over to Sabretooth "Mr. Creed I'm going to be taxed out if we keep flipping back and forth like this."

"Just try to keep it up kid I know it's hard but right now we need you more than ever."

Blink has a blush in her cheeks "Yes… for you Mr. Creed."

"Blink could you make a portal to the Brotherhood? After that we are going to go to the X-Mansion and situate the transition. Wolverine do be ready it will not be an easy one I'm sure."

Blink does as asked and the X-men all old and new leave. The remaining heroes watched not noticing the shadow stepping out and away from the conversation. His large form chuckles to themselves before a piece of metal clangs to their large club arm "Damn, still affected by Magneto's power. I'll have to get Sugar Man and Dead Man to look me over before we take care of my unfinished business!"

In a room with golden like marble walls and columns a young man stood with black hair slicked nicely in style. His green jacket and pants that of school uniform though he had the shirt off and over his shoulder showing the white T underneath. He was with a girl with green hair and a loose purple robe along with some oar like from a boat. "Yusuke this matter happens to have Koenma really upset. King Yama has even begun making some rather unusual requests too."

"Yeah well." He leaps from the running path of an ogre with papers stacked over his head "Things sure seem busy around here today. What happened?"

"Well…" She opens the doors showing many ogres running with papers as a small boy looking being with a pacifier and blue hat with matching outfit screams to them. Yusuke waves asking "Hey baby-face how's it going?"

"Damn it Yusuke! What kind of spirit detective are you? Something like this happens and you still have to make fun of my appearance?" The little man sniffles before bawling into his own hands. The girl glares smacking Yusuke with her oar, "Ow, damn it Botan that really hurts!"

"Not as much as your ignorance did to Koenma! Now apologize!"

"Okay, sorry about what I said now what's happening?"

The boy looks at Yusuke and nods becoming more business like. His title was Jr. for most part not for his appearance but in fact he was he son of King Yama. "This is all I know. Recently a celestial came to earth by the name Haruko and she came from a council meeting of the three. In the end two very dangerous beings had pleaded their case for the earth. From what I suspect one of them was a demon of relative dangerous power. I'm working to see who that one was, you need to go and find the celestial to see if they can help us find out what happened."

"Alright so where do I look?"

A tall guy with red hair and in a blue school uniform leapt on Yusuke grabbing him in a headlock "Hey I know that! Especially since we all got here hours ago! You're late Yurimeshi, as always!"

Yusuke pulls out of the hold to see three people, one a man with red hair and in a purple vest and pants with a rose at his side. The other in all black with black spiked hair and a white band over his forehead "Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei are all here too? What in the world is going on here Jr.?"

"It's that important! Now get to doing what you're supposed to Spirit Detective!"

Yusuke and the others appear in front of a hospital "This is the place?"

"It certainly is Yusuke." The short man, Hiei walks past them with hands in his pockets "I have a bad feeling about this one."

"You always have bad feelings." The gentlemanly fellow smiles and nods with his opposite friend, his name was Kurama "I do admit this does seem a bit more than some simple questioning."

The tall red head smiles a wide grin, "Hey never fear Kuwabara is here!"

"That's more reason to worry."

"Hey screw you shorty!"

"Knock it off guys!" Yusuke steps to the lead as the others were stopping to see a fight "This is important let's see what's going on?" Yusuke was able to see the aura around the hospital which seemed to be a steam rising over the walls like a dark despair. "Whatever it is it seems to be upset."

Inside they started looking into recent oddities. The one nurse that they needed the information was young but also very authority based. With her "I'm not chancing my job sorry guys."

Hiei turns to Kurama, "Why don't you ask her Kurama?"

Kurama was confused but he agrees "Ma'am I really do need to know about anything from the last day or two. If you could give me the information it would…"

The girl slaps her board down with a fist up in the air "Now listen…" She looks at this man with red hair so fashionable and a nice purple outfit, his eyes sparkled with his kind face and grin "Yurgle…"

Hiei chuckled while Kurama was being handed some papers "I hate it but it works."

"Why does he get all the luck?"

"Somewhere that feminine charm plays too well for a guy." Yusuke turns to Kurama and looks on the papers "Thanks Romeo we better get a move on."

"Romeo?" Kurama blinks while they pass him "What on earth does that mean?"

The paper shows a recent attack last night from someone called Little Slugger. Yusuke figured nothing better than that so when they find the room there are two victims a girl and boy. Outside the boy's room was a giant blue robot and one punk rocker plucking her guitar with her head downcast? "Is this the kid who was hit by Little Slugger?"

Haruko looks up and plucks a string, a rush of the strange despair emotions rise over the halls to the sky where Yusuke took back holding his right hand in a fist "Haruko? The celestial girl that came from a council meeting right?"

"Yusuke Yurimeshi young spirit detective trying to find out what came here?" Her voice was monotone with only a hint of jest "You're out of your league kid this thing won't be any Spirit realm demon. This is another kind one from the outer regions of your own reality. He'll eat you up and spit you out."

"You think so?" Yusuke gives a slight smirk while walking into the room "You don't mind if I see this for myself do you?"

"Not at all." She plucks her guitar and lowers her head "Just don't say I didn't warn you kid."

Yusuke looks over Naota laying there and sighs to the kid so injured. Then the sound of some girl kicking a nurse and running in makes Yusuke pull back "Whoa! What the hell!"

The girl has green lime hair with pink eyes and freckles. In a pink dress and pants she clasps her hands with tears in her eyes. The hair was in two tails to the side but when she looks up at Yusuke she asks with such concern "Is he okay?"

"Uh sure kid what's your name?"

"My name is Sasami I had a dream that Naota was out and someone hit him. Then this thing," Her eyes closed seeing the hooded figure over Naota "It came out of his head and… when I saw the news I had to come here."

Two large wooden things float in making Hiei step out of the way as Kuwabara started knocking on the one with a red symbol. The other one with a blue symbol says "Please don't do that it's annoying."

"Yes, it really can be."

"Ah! These logs can talk!"

"We are not logs we are the Juraian Guardians honored with the task of protecting the heirs of planet Jurai. Lady Sasami left and so we decided to follow her."

"Not before telling lady Ayeka of her leaving."

Sasami turns and nods "Thank you I'm fine though. Ryo-ohki brought me here without a problem!" a small rabbit cat creature pops from her backpack "I can't tell you enough how much I appreciated your help."

"Meow." The creature sniffs and Sasami offers a carrot which it lovingly begins munching. The young woman walking in has purple hair and eyes her scream makes Sasami leap at attention. This girl has a similar outfit but more respectable "I can't believe my own sister would just run and leave me like that! Who do you think you are?"

"I'm sorry Ayeka I just had another of those dreams and…" Ayeka is bumped out of the way by a girl with green spiked hair and a strong stance, her outfit black with a red collar to the bottom she has a tail that wags to her back like a primate "Gee calm down or you're going to have wrinkles."

"Wrinkles! What do you mean wrinkles? Who do you think you are Ryouko talking to me about wrinkles?"

"Whatever." Ryouko now has another girl, Sasami's height and look as age but her outfit a scientific space suit with her long pink hair matching her eyes. She instantly went for Naota and opens a strange machine. The machine begins scanning over the boy's body and he moves with the wounds healing. His mind sees images, Ninamori falling on the water, Little Slugger skidding to a halt, Haruko screaming on her cycle, and… the hooded monster ripping from his head "Ah!"

The spring up caused alarm but this scientific genius smiles saying "Looks like the genius of Washu has done it again!"

A small robot on her left shoulder looking like her but a puppet says "Yes well done Washu!" A second one was on the other shoulder "You're spectacular Washu!"

"Sure am now let's see what…" She is pushed out of the way "Ah!" Sasami grips her arms around Naota hard clasping him she asks "Are you okay? I thought you were really hurt!"

Naota looks to the girl and it hits him "PrettySammy?"

"Pretty Sammy?" Ayeka was confused but Ryouko smiles "Looks like this is the new Tenci on the block."

Haruko was holding onto the doorframe "Naota! You're okay!" She runs in screaming in laughter before hopping onto the opposite side of the bed "Hey how about we blow this pop stand? You and me kid we'll venture the cosmos forever and a day!"

"No way!" Sasami holds the confused Naota "You leave him alone Haruko I know this was something you caused!"

"Excuse me kid?"

The groups started getting into arguments all around when Ryouko asks Hiei "Do you see that outside?"

Hiei nods "There is something in that tree. Should we go see what it is?"

She smiles as she disappears "You read my mind little man."

Hiei glares a smirk "It's not size that counts." He disappears soon after. Outside in the tree the leaves move but a transparent figure shifts in the limbs. Ryouko stands with Hiei soon after, "Hey you! What are you doing here?"

The creature in the tree ignores but Hiei snaps "She asked a question who you are and what are you doing here?"

"I am here," The thing speaks in a strange hiss before standing in the tree and leaping down to turn visible. It was a man to a degree with black gauze over their face letting sharp reptile fangs and eyes see through in a leer. The black outfit has green V vest and sash with golden trim. The bare arms were muscular and scaly and his tongue swishes out over the fangs smiling again. "To see if the celestial takes my master's warning and leaves while she can. If not I am to report to him about her staying."

The monster turns back finding a man with a brown shirt and black jeans, hair short with a slight tail to the back he holds a hilt up with red jewels and a wooden form, "You need to leave right now."

"Tenchi don't worry we have this!"

"You have nothing!" It tossed a ball covering itself in smoke now the invisible monster scrambles on the first two. Ryouko swung to have a hand strike her chest and dug claws in her abs. The hand had sharp claws that twisted before pulling out and kicking her back. Hiei swung his sword but the monster ducked and pulls their head back. It fired spit into the shorter fighter who raised his arm to block. The spit began sizzling and Hiei screams as his coat was burning from acid. Tearing it off his muscular form catches Ryouko by surprise 'Such a short guy sure is built.' She has an arm around her neck pulling her up, than over its head the monster screams holding her than tossing her. The space pirate Ryouko stops in the air and turns creating balls of energy that she flung making them explode. The monster leaps over them to the tree, he creates strange orbs that he swings but they did not explode but made shockwaves that flung the pirate to the ground and Hiei lost his stance from the span the waves covered. Turning on Tenchi the monster screams and charges. Tenchi held the hilt up and narrows his eyes to the dirt shifting in the steps. The hilt glows a faint power and the monster made a slash only to have an energy blade cut their hand off. The monster looses their cloaked state falling to the ground and rolling. The monster was now being surrounded by all the heroes who went to see what the noise was. The two log guardians went to the sides of the monster charging bolts that held him into the air.

"Who are you?" Ayeka snaps with her eyes angry to the fact Tenchi were attacked. The sight of Ryouko now makes her twice as mad when she hugs Tenchi telling him how great he was.

"My name is Reptile. I am a loyal minion of Shao Khan and have become an ally of his new friend."

"Who is this friend?" Yusuke asks with his hand up charging a blue light on his finger tip.

"I will not tell you boy."

The ball fires but Reptile smiles on. His arm heals quickly a new limb and so he looks over and smiles asking "Tell you what. Why don't you ask my partner?"

The sound of a whip was heard and none of the heroes were able to stop the strange harpoon that struck the blue log being "Azaka!" The blue log drops to the ground as Reptile is freed. Dropping her runs over and grabs Ayeka holding her now he bares his fangs with a wider mouth "If you make one move I don't like I'll eat this girl's head clean off!"

"Ayeka!" Tenchi steps down but Reptile latches his fangs onto her head making a moan of pain and several streams of blood. A yellow ninja leaps from the hospital with black vest and sash. His face had a face guard with a grim design and white soulless eyes narrow on the villain Reptile. Reptile grins his lips with the fangs still digging but when he was so close the sound of a guitar being plucked makes Reptile turn and be slammed over the head dazing him. Haruko turns to the yellow ninja who stood with his arms at his sides shaking "You're one of his guys aren't you?"

The yellow ninja does not speak he just glares more angrily. Haruko gave a slight grin before holding her guitar in a tight grip "I owe him for what he has done to Naota. Since I don't know where he is I'll go ahead and have your head instead!"

Haruko was going to attack but the yellow ninja pulls three steel balls from his belt, one crimson, another was gold, and another was silver. Tossing the orbs they began to make sounds as they were in the air and landing again they now showed metal ninjas with blackened straps at the back of their skull like heads. Reptile was now starting to get up and seeing the three robots matching their orb colors he asks "What are Sektor, Cyrax, and Smoke doing on-line so soon?"

The yellow ninja does not answer, "Scorpion! I wish to know why you initialized these drones so soon!" The yellow ninja Scorpion now clasps his fist at Reptile's face making the scaled ninja clasp his jaw shut in a gulp. Scorpion swung the fist out and the three drones begin to attack. The gray ninja drone Smoke let vents over his body cloud the area in smoke. With visibility gone it should have became equal but the three drones could see in the smoke. Smoke kept creating more cover as the gold and red drones Cyrax and Sektor began attacking the heroes in the darkness. Yusuke tries to pin his spirit gun on the drones but he couldn't get anything. Stopping he tries to use his training, but since these machines had no spirit energy he couldn't very well find them. Kurama had a spark of genius and grabs a rose. The rose turns to a large vine whip which he spun around his head creating a large wind that now removes the smoke allowing heroes to see. Yusuke looks back and finds the golden robot about to punch him so he spins and screams "Spirit Gun"

The blast would have hit but Cyrax sets off his boosters to go over the blast. Landing it turns to Smoke who just shook their head. Cyrax stands up and opens their chest to unleash a green net. Yusuke rolls to dodge, the net comes in on Ryouko so she teleports away. The tree is wrapped in the net and begins to dissolve leaving Sektor to turn on his two partners and than to the heroes. His chest opens and three missiles flew out singling out Kuwabara. Kuwabara screams running away. "Why are they following me?" The missiles did follow him so Hiei screams "You idiot their heat seeking! You need something hotter than you." He smirks "Which with your face should…"

"Ah shut up! This is serious!" Kuwabara flails about with the three missiles closing. He thinks and charging his hands he creates a sword of energy that he makes into a javelin "Spirit Javelin Vault!" The javelin is plunged into the ground and letting Kuwabara spring off the sword stayed and drawn the missiles. The explosion caused several to turn away but when it ended Kuwabara was stuck in a tree, "Hey! Get me out of here!"

Scorpion watches as they began getting him out. His soulless eyes scanned each fighter in the fight and those who stood at the ready. The drones drew back to go again but an unknown figure leaps off the hospital and slashes Cyrax several times before leaping back. Cyrax sparks all over and falls to pieces on the ground. The figure was a ninja of blue clothing with head covering and one scar with his other eye. Scorpion was glaring with hate as his hands began to burn but it soon was clear it was not the ninja he thought it was. Two women soon followed off the roof, "Ryu Hayabasu! What on earth do you think you're doing?"

Ryu was not worried on these two at the moment it was the other ninja. Scorpion also had a similar analyzing stare but he turns away to open a strange swirling portal. His head motions to the portal and Sektor with Smoke leave. Reptile was going to argue but Scorpion quickly gives a stare of aggression so he moves along. Scorpion moves to the portal but turns back around. "Suckers!" he disappears leaving Ryu to sheath his sword "He is unbelievably powerful who or what was he?"

Ryu looks to the woman with a purple female ninja outfit her hair was light lavender while eyes were amethyst in color. She was enchanting as was the other girl with a blue outfit and hair brown in a ponytail. Snapping the two ask "What were you thinking?"

"I had to see what that ninja was. He was nothing near human that's for sure."

The girl with purple sighs "Kasumi I believe your reckless nature has caught up with Ryu."

Kasumi blinks before turning on the other girl "Don't you dare Ayane! It is probably your search for challengers that caused this mess."

Ryu takes no heed of their arguing but he did notice the others here "What is going on?"

Haruko jumps on her vespa "Naota are you sure you won't come with me?"

Naota was looking at her but nods "I am staying Haruko my family will need me." He grabs Canti and tugs him with him "We need to get home."

"I will too then." Haruko smiles as she slowly comes to their side "I don't need to leave you here to get this on without my help."

Yusuke runs over screaming "I need to know what is going on right now! Crazy ninjas, super girls on bikes, even some robots and crazier flying monkey girls with log warrior guards I want to know what is happening?"

Haruko looks on Yusuke who was in her way "You really want to know?"

"Um let me think… YES!"

"Okay, a war unlike anything you ever saw is coming. You see a demon from a whole other dimension just got the okay to rip your world a new one however he chooses if he got in. He's in now and basically he can do whatever he wants to your little unprepared world."

"Demons do that kind of stuff all the time I'll tell Koenma and he'll figure out what to do."

"Oh really well when you see baby-face tell him that demon he's looking for is called," She looks up with Naota jumping on her bike "Akaige."

Hiei and Kurama share similar looks. Washu was startled as was Ryu who seemed to begin leaving. "I'll tell him that, see you around unless I'm lucky."

Yusuke was figuring this was the end as the Tenchi group followed a worried Washu through her temporal portal to the lab. Yusuke noticed the way Hiei and Kurama were looking at him "What's the deal guys?"

"Akaige is not a demon we know personally but legends have circulated he is very dangerous."

"In other words expect Koenma to really start crying when you tell him about this one."

"Uh guys," Kuwabara screams to the three on the ground "Get me down from here!"

Sitting at his new desk Magnus or Magneto was looking on the X-men and Brotherhood now brought together. Scarlet Witch and Toad were known as members of the Brotherhood along with Sabretooth. The others were also known but this had been a strange change for them. First was Quicksilver the son of Magnus who didn't catch any of this at all. He had gray hair and an outfit similar in color. The next is Avalanche a young man with short unkempt brown hair and a black with brown outfit as well as a translucent dome over his head to intensify his powers. The Blob was a large boy with a blonde Mohawk with torn T shirt, jeans, and jacket. The other members were new members Pyro was a fire mutant with strange orange and red suits decaled in flame shapes. Gambit was a red eyed mutant with short brown hair matching his long brown coat and black gloves with fingerless ends, his hands flicked many cards with tricks as he stood against the wall giving a smile to Rogue who tried her best not to look at him too much. The other and last of the new mutants was Colossus a large man in yellow with a red V strip over his chest he stood with black pressed hair and a muscular form. His skin is said to change to a metal form but no one knew what he looks like yet. There is another mutant; she is the mistress of their group in a tight white outfit trimmed at the waist with a belt of skulls. Her red hair falls to the sides shortly with her blue skin and golden eyes viewing over her former enemies turned allies. The X-men were in the office as things were being discussed. After an assembly the students of the X-mansion were anything but happy they now had the Brotherhood in the mansion. Magneto was positive the time would be very dangerous for them all "I know it may seem odd but I believe we should have the students as before and have Brotherhood members sleep in the same rooms."

"That won't excite any wishes to bring us together."

"I know Storm but if the students are still weary I don't want to put more kenneling to the flame. Two groups in the boys, while the female members will share another room."

Mystique turns her head up as she grabs her face "You mean I'm sharing a room with those two?" She smiles over to Scarlet Witch and Blink "No offense but I prefer my privacy."

Magneto took no mind to it. "In the first boy room Toad, Avalanche, Quicksilver, and Blob will be housed. The second room will house Gambit, Pyro, and Colossus. I will remain here for the night learning how to maintain the mansion and matters of the sort all of you please feel free to see me if you have any concerns." Mystique opens her mouth but is cut off "The rooming is final and will not be changed until after the initial transition." She now growls storming off to her room. Magneto sighs and drops his head when the others have left "This will be very unusual. I hope I do not fail you my friend."

Logan or Wolverine pops in "I think that'll never happen Magnus after all you still hold him in regard so I think as long as you remember Charles you'll understand what the X-men are about."

"Yes thank you Logan. You should get some rest," Magnus yawns laying his head down on the desk "I may take a nap before I research the mansion's funding."

Sabretooth was not unpacking he has a bed and well… that's it. Lying on the comfy bed they gave him he hears knocking. Opening the door the blue skinned Mystique pushes through and looks at the room "Like always you leave things to be desired."

"Whatever, this is just fine for me."

"It is for you." She gives a slight smile "Creed, how long has it been since we were together."

"Five seconds ago."

"No, I mean together physically." Creed turns to her a bit confused "I know it's been a while but the idea being in that room with those girls, the X-men, it's too much I need to let off some stress and what better way than…" She is pushed out the door and turns back kicking the hinges "You ass! I don't need you!" Turning she tries to find another more suitable stress release.

Rogue sat in the library to read some books now with her powers she felt even more unusual. "Hello sherry a beautiful night no?"

Rogue notices the Cajun Gambit looking at her with a smile. He streams cards between his hands so she turns to the book again. "Yeah it's alright."

"It certainly is. A full moon, a moon of love in some parts."

"You say so." She flips a page and Gambit has a slight frown before getting into this conversation a new. "I see you are an avid reader what are you reading?"

"The Chronicles of Superman I wanted to learn more about him since I absorbed his powers partially."

"Really? That is amazing how did you take his powers?"

"He gave them to me. Whenever I touch someone with my bare skin I absorb a part of them and their powers."

"Woo-wee! That sounds like a hell of a power. Must be taxing though not able to touch people." Her face became sad, "You don't know the half of it."

"Well maybe it just takes a man who can live through nearly anything? Maybe a man who's strong, energetic and can spare a life or two for a chance to kiss fair ladies…"

Rogue stood up and floats over putting the book on the top shelf. She lands and asks "Are you trying to charm me Gambit?"

"Don't know," He leaps off the chair and lands to her front "Is it working?"

Rogue has a slight tint but at the same time she has worry too. "I appreciate the compliments and all but I really need to go."

"I didn't compliment you. Though, if I did I'd tell you how your eyes shined like the water of Louisiana on a warm afternoon beneath the sun with sparkling flourished aura. You hair is a sweet color of youth and knowledge all your own." He was going to grab her chin but she pulls back, "Your lips sherry are an inviting quality that I hope will be invited to taste some day too."

"I…" Rogue takes a couple steps back "I really have to go!" she ran and than flew making Gambit sigh and slump onto a wall. "She's a wonderful woman and going to be worth every second of it."

Wolverine was in his room trying to set himself in the new occasion but he still has his doubts. There is a knock at the door, opening it he find Storm looking at him with concern "This day has been so hard on us all Logan. Could I come in and talk with you?"

"Sure thing," He smirks as he was sniffing the air "Just do me the favor of not sullying Storm's reputation Mystique."

Mystique morphs to her form as she now wore her black outfit, a black skirt and top with matching boots "Gee we have a nice nose on our face don't we?" She strolls in pressing her fingers on his chest while trailing by she whispers seductively "That's not the only nice parts about you I'll bet."

"You'd like to know wouldn't you?" Logan closes his door but has his arms crossed "I'm not interested in being some kind of play thing Mystique so get on your way."

Mystique was alarmed, well she pretended "Why whatever do you mean?"

"I know you so what is it?"

"Why I merely was looking for some companionship and since you don't want me or Storm, perhaps I should find someone else." The door opens and Mystique was tossed on her bottom. Turning up she finds the door slamming and turning to her normal self she snaps "You too? What does a girl have to do to get laid now a day?"

Rorek and Dante went through several books as they researched the old records. Dante tosses the last book screaming "Why can't we just shoot this thing and be done with it?"

"Patience Dante. We will fight when the Enclave feels it is time."

"By then the guy will be old and gray, as will we!"

"You will but I won't. I am the undead spirit of Rorek so I can never grow old nor die. I love being a soul entity."

"Yeah well…" Dante turns to see the door opening. Whitepelt holds a newspaper "This will be your new assignment."

The tomb is shattered away from a massive shockwave. Raven stood with her haggard breathing feet away from Akaige who does the same. This battle was taking all they had. Raven finds herself using many of the spells she learned but she has many more on her belt. The question now was where does that leave Akaige? He has knowledge of magic and as she used hers he used his, even without incantation he used spells. While she thought Akaige acted, he launched out to use sparse attacks which she barely dodged. One kick struck her jaw but only made her tumble, screaming she kicks him back and connects full on his chin so he tumbles down and rolls down a mountain of debris. Akaige landed on the bottom and scrambled up to only be flight punched side to side.

On the offensive, Akaige screams with his claw reaching under her punch and grabbing her throat. Holding her there in a stronger clasp Akaige pulls her up in the air, no longer able to control her flight he swings her down in a choke slam so hard it made the stone ground crack and snap from her back out. Raven grabs her back trying to push up but the grab on her head now only hinted to Akaige twirling her and than tossing her again. When Raven got up with her injuries she blocks a running kick, but she missed the punch to her eye. Raven stumbles back and was finding herself in serious injury so she flew into the air to dodge Akaige and as he was passing she drops and kicks his leg to slow him down while she made some distance.

Raven stops and holds her hands down, than moves them as a blur all around her body to allow the hands to stop to her front touching indexes and thumbs while the others are spread apart. Her fingers let a light roll off her tips into a ball between the gap of her indexes and thumbs. The ball grew larger as a pale blue orb that Akaige was watching with his claw out. The claw forged a red deep crimson like orb somewhat mimicking as his three claws dripped the energy like a liquid into a larger mass. The two leave out roars of rage, the orbs became blasts of power which did not meet but rather passed each other striking their opponents. Both Raven and Akaige went into opposite directions skidding and swirling over the ground.

Raven slams on her chest to the end and tries to get up. Her one eye is not swollen as the other had become that way from the force of impact. She sees nothing of Akaige; he may not be gone so she tries to rise up. Then her arms shook, she cringes as they began to twain and finally her good eye closed while she wants to only blink. Her body fell and mind began to scream for her but the body would not listen. Akaige was lying a moment before he stirs. Pushing up off his arms he shows a large hole in his side where his body had been injured. The hole was a gap where his ribs would be and the spot the beam destroyed. Standing tall he glares angrily before walking towards the unconscious Raven.

Cyclops had his nights but this certainly tops them all. Having the Brotherhood in the mansion hit him harder than any other kind of evil threat from anywhere. The sound of knocking and he sighs before opening his door "Jean?"

"Scott, I need someone to talk to." He nods and she walks in with her eyes flashing gold "I knew I could count on you."

"Well sure Jean I'd do anything for you."

"I know. I feel that way too Scott and tonight after our fight I feel more like that than ever before." Jean walks over and rubs her chest into Scott, he turns slightly red but laying her head on his chest she whispers "Scott, I need you to take me. I want to know if anything happens I can die knowing I loved you in every way there is."

"Wh… What are you talking about?" If not obvious enough Jean grabs Cyclops and twirls him onto the bed. He watches her slowly pull off her top, showing the black bra underneath she moves to the lower part of her outfit. He has fully lost it; his mind was buzzing "I'm still in my uniform."

"Than take it off. I already did mine." She cradles him under her and pulls off his shirt a little. He gulps and begins unbuckling his belt and popping off his boots. The shock was not really her doing this but when the two actually were doing, well, it! He couldn't believe Jean; the shy psychic was actually letting him have her. He was kissing her naked form, gyrating into her legs with his force, and then locking with her golden eyes. 'Wait, what was…?' Scott pulls back and sees her skin was not peach but now blue. Both breathing heavily Scott screams "Mystique?"

"Yes? Oh I guess it wore off. I had trouble keeping my mind on the form of my body compared to your own." She places a hand on his chest "I admit that's not bad for a kid."

"You're not supposed to, I mean, what the hell is?"

"You want to stop?" Mystique pulls out and grins as he seems stunned "You want to continue right? I can see you want to keep going now that you know what it feels like. It was pre…" she is caught off guard from him pinning her and beginning his movements once more. Her pants and moans only excited him more to go faster and harder, not even thinking of Jean he just lets loose. He had nothing more than the pleasure and ecstasy of the act his mind seems to have lost itself in all that there was to be had.

With his long arms stretching over to the ceiling Mr. Fantastic hustles along with his wife to finish the device. It was a large machine connected through out the tower now. On the ground moving large metal crates an orange stone man with blue pants grumbles "Why do we have to move all these lousy crates around? I mean we never had a problem with room before."

A man of flames lands to turn to a handsome young man with blue eyes and blonde hair in a blue uniform similar to the other members "Don't ask me it's just something that needs to be done."

"Whatever torch I just thing this is a little unusual."

A young boy is heard screaming. Invisible Woman drops something she was moving with her powers and runs to the room. Inside she found the young boy shivering in tears "Franklin what's wrong? Are you okay?"

"Mommy, I had another dream."

"That's okay honey dreams are normal." She was going to leave but he screams "Mommy it was the special kind of dreams!"

Reed Richards wanted to see what was happening but he had to finish. The Thing was surprised, "Geez Rich these things can wait your kid needs ya."

"No Ben they can't. Please get back to work this is really important." He moves another device and has a slight feeling of disgust "The whole matter is just so…"

"Reed!" Susan runs out holding the young child "Franklin has had a dream. He wants you to call Iron Man."

Reed was confused "Susan why does he need to speak to Iron Man?"

She gives him a look that instantly tells him why. "Oh god," He lowers to the floor "Than it was true Spiderman was right all along."

The Thing and Human Torch give confused looks to each other "Uh, what did we miss?"

Spiderman was not sleeping as he tries to make several batches of his webbing. Venom was not in the mood so he walks over and asks "What are you doing?"

"I'm making webbing. Unlike you I can't just produce more in my body."

"It is because we are strong, and you are a weak specimen."

"Sure it is." Spiderman rolls his eyes and hears a beeping sound. Picking up his communicator he asks "Mr. Fantastic?... Yes I knew it was you you're the only one who has my hotline… What was that?" Spiderman pushes off from his desk "Jump City?... Demons, called Kagejin?..." Venom now was getting antsy "A special gift from Iron Man for me? At your tower? I'll be happy but…" Spiderman nods and hangs up "They said everything should be ready in an hour or less. We could go and help out."

"You go we feel the streets need the strongest one of us to fight."

"…." Spiderman grabs his canisters and gets ready to leave "I'm really starting to hate you."

"Take your Aunt with you we wish her not to be harmed."

"Aw I never knew you cared."

"We don't it is merely the fact she makes food we did not know existed."

"Home cooked meals?"

"Precisely."

Koenma tossed several papers in the air screaming as a blue ogre tries to calm him down. Yusuke was outside in the halls kind of surprised "He sure seems upset."

"He has plenty of right." Hiei gave a side glance at the other seat "The Kagejin are not something we are really ready for. If you know anything about these demons you would have a sensible knowledge on how not to mess with this situation."

"Right," Yusuke gives a thumbs up to his partners "We'll just take them down like we always do."

"It is truly not that simple Yusuke." Kurama looks to the young detective and frowns "When the Kagejin are involved all bets are off. I never met any of them but it certainly would seem if someone like Koenma was worried we should be as well."

"Koenma always gets in a tiff guys and Yurimeshi is right. We go, see, and kick evil demon butt."

The sound of the doors opening and Koenma floating out with his hands on his tailbone makes all the heroes stand up. "I can see you have so little understanding of what is going on. Allow me to explain…" Koenma screams in tears "This is the end of life as we know it!"

"Settle down Koenma how bad can it really be?"

"For the record it can be as bad as you can imagine but ten times worse! This is a fierce demon lord who has an entire empire of evil demon minions. If we don't take this seriously we may be in trouble!"

"So can I get back I need to get some schooling in?"

"Oh man he's right Yurimeshi! This is the end of the world you want to go to school!" The four begin laughing but Koenma snaps "Listen you idiots!" they quite down and he lets out a sigh of relief "I have a new mission for you. I want you all to return to earth and hold off in Japan. If things are going to go badly chances are we'll need all the help we can get. For that I want my detective and his team on earth for the whole thing."

Yusuke nods and they try leaving but Boutan floats over "Yusuke!" She stops him and he asks "What is it now Boutan?"

Boutan looks at the four and her eyes water "I… I want you all to know I appreciate everything you've done. I hope you all a safe return."

She leaves them all baffled. "You know what guys I'm really getting a bad feeling about this all of a sudden."

Washu was with a large computer and showing things of all sorts of realities she gives a large description as the others sat at school desks "As you can see we have many different realities of ourselves. Sometimes you have the honor of knowing me, sometimes you don't, and sometimes Tenchi is a homosexual."

"What! Washu I'm not a…" She turns about in exclamation "That's the point Tenchi my dear! These realities are alternate ones where anything could happen. Case in point, this one was where Tenchi and company fought a Kagato who wanted to be royal of Jurai. We fought a Kagato who was once my apprentice in the sciences. The similarities and differences all mainly follow the line we meet Tenchi and than we all get some strange turn of events."

Ryouko grins evilly and readies to spit a ball of paper but she is countered from Ayeka. "You say that this is somehow related to the events of recent Washu-chan?"

"I sure do!" Washu snaps her fingers and a new screen appears "When we look at the entirety of it our entire world is no different than any of the others in other realities. Humans, animals, and even aliens like our own world. Than again," Washu snaps her fingers and the group looks onto an earth which seems like it was dead, "There is the occasional death session."

"Death session?" Ryouko looks with her eyes worried as the earth became larger. Scenes of monsters roaming the dirt and ripping into humans began to play out. One such beast was a large creature of four insect like legs that step onto their enemies without care. It has an onion like head that opens up at the top to allow two smaller creatures to leap in. The creature's eyes were golden lids where the monsters look out and order it to move. The back of it's head has two mouths that opened like a leech sucking in air and spitting it out letting only the unused energy in the air to be gathered through lungs inside the monster's head. The head has a long protruding snout that looked like a giant dead tree limb, straight and hollow it was in the center bottom of the two golden eyes. The monsters inside tug on some strange fleshy controls and the nose fires with the contracting of its lungs strange blue plasma that crashes and explodes on impact. More monsters such as these covered the terrain; these strange animal tanks were only a vehicle type of creature. "What the hell are those things?"

"They're called Tankugu. Their nose is similar to Japanese tales of demons called the Tugu. Those were tree spirits and these guys aren't even spirits. They're a type of demon," Washu narrows her eyes on the hooded demon riding on a large winged serpent through the air. His one right claw pulls back and the serpent glides to the ground "They're called the Kagejin. That fellow over there is Akaige."

Sasami looks at the hooded demon stunned, "I… I dreamt about him."

Ayeka looks at her sister "That is the same demon that was mentioned before. Is he so dangerous Washu?"

"He sure is. I bet things are going to get really fun around here. You all take and get some rest or something because before things get any better they sure as hell will get worse."

Tenchi was not following with the others as he walked to the screen to get a better look. The hooded demon was watching over the others now charging on a fortification trying to break the walls and raise ladders to go over them. Tenchi watched the hooded monster until they turned abruptly making him jump in a startle. Washu chuckles and Tenchi begins blushing "It's a recording Tenchi he can't see us. This took some doing but I found this from my old archives these guys really interested me. Seems it was a good thing too."

"Was that one of the worlds we were in?" She turns away a little saddened "If I'm right the reason we're not there anymore is because…"

"It happens a lot. You can't worry over that we have our own lives here and now to worry over."

Scarlet Witch leaves to find food; she bumps into Rogue and the other teens eating at his table in the kitchen. She sees Nightcrawler teleporting and twisting his tail on the salt. One teen boy, the youngest of their school tries to get something and salt but it pours on his food. He sighs and turns into many versions of himself launching at Nightcrawler who pleads it was someone else. Wanda is confused, "They all seem so happy." The many teens are laughing and playing as this happens.

"Yeah it is confusing. I remember when I came here it was weird. The place isn't like the Brotherhood it's more like a family." Wanda just shrugs it meant nothing to her family. "We try to help each other, we love each other, and yes we even bug each other. The way it works if you need us we will be there. Love is important even if we don't quite understand. It's not physical it's spiritual and somehow it's a love purer than the other kinds. This may sound corny, but we are there and as a family we share the good and the bad."

Wanda looks at Rogue and than the others laughing even Nightcrawler with the younger student "It is strange but…" She smiles, "I think I understand Rogue."

The sound of rubble falling on rubble causes a slight twitch on the pale sorceress. She opened her enchanting eyes to see the stone ceiling falling as smaller bits. Jolting up she looks around, she fell unconscious! Raven turns to the noise of low chanting and sitting his legs crossed was Akaige meditating in some way. His wound was not healed it still leaks the mist of his inner self. "Why…" Raven stood up with her eyes shaking "It's a sick game to you isn't it? You're just toying with me all this time."

"Did you ever doubt it?"

Raven grabs her hands with Akaige's pushing off on them both "I won't let you get away with this anymore!"

The two push off digging heels on the ground. In a moment Raven feels her arms faltering and a large surge of energy sends her spiraling back. Bouncing off a wall and twisting on the ground she barely hears the flapping of wings. Akaige plows his feet down into her stomach making Raven scream as his claw latches to her face. "This is pathetic. I thought you were going to be so powerful little Raven. Than again seeing as how easy Dr. Fate fell why did I expect more from you?" Raven gives a hateful glare from her eyes under the claw "Fate was weak, but in truth Malchior seemed a bit more pathetic. A demon like him giving to the pathetic nature of one's heart for a filthy little half blood, can you even begin to imagine how disappointing this all is for me?"

Akaige launches Raven across the room again but she stops half way to twirl in the air and turn on Akaige. "You stop saying things like that about them! Their a million times greater than you will ever be!"

"You have to be kidding! I was able to extinguish their pathetic lives without any real effort! They were weak, almost as weak as you!" Akaige charges his hand and tosses a ball of energy but it fizzles out near Raven. Her arms flexing with fists clenched the aura around her was glowing lighter. When her clothes turned to a white form she looked on Akaige with such hate. 'I was scared with all the power they gave me that when I used all of my soul with it maybe I'd put too many in danger. Now I can see with a monster like this, all bets are off.' Raven flung out her arms and her aura becomes a swirling flame that releases many small bird raven soul selves out on her enemy. The power began to strike after Akaige as her power was fully freed.

Akaige chuckles as his cape fell around him. His shadowy form under the cape let small tendrils seem to stretch out, but the tendrils hissed and bore fangs like thousands of snakes. The snake shadows soon wind off meeting Raven's soul birds absorbing them and disappearing in each one they hit. Raven was looking in disgust, why won't he just die? Then she feels her mind scanning ideas and only one remained. She uses all her power to create a large collection of the ravens in her chest making them flutter together in a flock. The serpents hiss as a collective tide making on the ravens they hiss with their charge. The many soul beings meet in the center and it seems like there was nothing left, but two large white wings open out and one large raven was coming out of the masses. Akaige was wide eyed seeing this one, "Sneaky little…"

There is an explosion that soon causes the ground to shake. The heroes outside the tomb were alarmed as the entire tomb was soon gone in the explosion. When it cleared Raven stood with her shields up seeing the now large crater with more debris falling on the dirt. She levitates to the ground sweating and panting before her legs give out on her. The others come seeing her now looking over the landscape. There seems to be nothing left, even Akaige could not have survived that. Raven notices something in the distance, his claw was lying on the dirt but debris falls onto it. She cringes with her raised hand but using all her power in that large flock of her soul she even had taxed herself. Falling over the power in her hand dissipated and Raven was unconscious again. Robin skids to her side while Cyborg did a scan "Nothing living except her and us. I think she actually did it guys!"

"Was there a doubt?" The changeling was pushed from Starfire "Friend Raven is uninjured is she not?"

"She's injured but still alive. We need her to get medical attention now!"

Lantern floats down looking at Raven than the area "She's incredible. So the whole thing is over?"

Robin looks at Lantern "I think can we get some help at the Watch Tower for her?"

Lantern was not too sure but his friend J'onn grabs his shoulder "It is our honor to have her there. Besides, we must prepare the tower for Superman's…"

There is a moment of silence and all begin taking their memories of those lost with them. The crater is void of life and only the sound of rubble shifting from the falling debris. As ships were leaving to the Watch Tower one thing of rubble is shifted, and from it something seems to leap and latch onto the landing gears with a hiss. The ship leaves to the tower like the others but Mento looks to his machines "What is this? The ship seems a little overweight."

They turn to Spawn, Slade, and Rose. "Hey, we're not that much heavier are we?"

"No…" Mento looks at the machines and flips the switches to bypass the scanners.

The mansion of the X-men it sounds so peaceful with the students resting. However, one large monster with his club arm raised out would ruin the peace. "Okay here's the deal. You can rip into any of these mutants just leave Magneto to me!"

A man in all black steps forward with a black coat and long brim hat, his bottom face was hidden in a gray scarf "Okay hot-stuff just cool off. I don't really care who I get to kill as long as you leave some for me."

A large bodied beast which was a head for his body, and four little arms with guns, hammers, and axes waddles over with a long tongue. The creature has two horns and fangs with his red eyes leering, one eye was dead and now white he seems to smell something, "Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw! If it isn't my dear little Fergi. I can smell her in that place."

Holocaust was not worried over his reasons but more his own. The first ball of fire struck and causes devastation when an explosion occurs. Holocaust jumps back "Oops, hit something explosive."

"So much for the element of surprise eh boss."

"Just shut up and storm the freaking place!"

The three run with Holocaust smashing the front gates. The defenses begin shooting but Holocaust is not affected, the four armed mutant Sugar Man had small shields of energy he used to block the attacks. Dead Man leapt and dashes with a strange katana sword making all attacks useless on his dark form.

Inside the mansion students were waking up and trying to stop the flames from spreading. One student was Bobby Drake, a young boy who was now covered in ice putting the flames out but they seemed to return each time. "Okay guys I think this might be some super flames!"

"Super flames?" Another boy with blonde hair and orange bangs going up was skeptical. Known as Berzerker he now tries to grab a fire extinguisher. Using the extinguisher he looses it as the flames swirl on and take it from his hands. "Okay, maybe there is something in that super flames deal."

The wall comes crumbling in and standing there was Sugar Man. He turns to the side and glares his one red eye as the other was dead "Kids today, don't you know you play with fire you're going to get burned!" His laugh echoes the halls while he pulls up four Uzis and begins firing on the two students. Iceman as he was called created a large ice shield to block the hallway but it was later than he expected. He notices Berzerker hunched over and runs to see what has happened "Oh man! You've been shot!"

"Go! I think I'm fine." He stands up showing several wounds in his stomach. "You need to warn the others we're under attack." The ice begins cracking with loud slamming sounds. Iceman was not leaving so Berzerker pushes him and charges his hands with electricity "Go I have this."

Iceman leaves to the other doors knocking and screaming for them to get up and run. The ice wall crashes down and Sugar Man looks on the electrical blast before it hits him. Berzerker was smiling but a flash of shadow and he twitches before falling over with a spray of blood. Dead Man stood at the boy's back and wipes his blade on his long coat "This is not too bad. Are you going to get up or what Sugar Man?"

"I was resting! So where's Holocaust?"

"He went to the other side of this shit hole. You and I can do whatever we want now."

"Don't forget to leave Magneto for him."

Dead Man turns to students leaving their rooms he pulls out some rifles and begins shooting them down like dogs "Whatever it seems we have more than enough to play with!"

Sugar Man smiles a fang like grin as he starts to fire his uzi's "We sure do, Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw!"

Another boy drops and he was dead, a girl was going to help but a small teen grabs her and pulls her behind a wall "Let me go Multi I have to help."

Multiple is the youngest and narrows his eyes "Do you think you're not going to get hurt! Sunspot is already…"

"No! He's not!"

"He is!" Multi pulls the girl with him down the halls "Don't worry Magma we won't be like that. We need to get to one of the secret exits now!"

Magma was older and somewhat wiser. Having semi long flat hair she was in her pajamas as were most the students. Multiple was youngest of the school, and now he seemed the oldest. She nods saying "Okay, thank you." Multi blushes as he was still the most nervous kid in the world. "Er, no problem."

Another time it would seem a nightmare but the young blonde haired boy flew as if a projectile with energy at his legs. His name was Cannonball, and yes, it was. Holocaust narrows his eyes and was struck hard to be swung out the walls again. Cannonball tries to turn back but doing so Holocaust stood and swung his club to break the boy over the ground. Holocaust watches the boy squirm and smirks before leaping into the mansion again. He is bombarded by strange sparks and small force explosions. "Weak little children. Why do you waste my time?" He raises the club and fires on these mutants absorbing their screaming bodies into his own. Now the others run and Holocaust smiles "Is this what you inherited Magnus? Weak little children who run before true power?"

Blink and Scarlet Witch ran from the inferno now consuming the mansion "What happened?"

"How would I know? This place was a mistake waiting to happen!" The roof caves in and the two are separated, Blink screams "Scarlet? You want me to get you?"

"No! Your powers were used up too much before if you don't find the others and get them out who knows what will happen. Besides, I'm stronger than I look."

Blink nods and screams "I'll see you later Scarlet! Take care until then!"

The two make off and elsewhere Kitty, or Shadow Cat runs through walls screaming of the attack. As odd it may seem she passes and gives the message so others can escape. The next wall she was in the halls and stops to three large unknown figures. They were robotic it seemed, in green armor with long shoulders they have strange guns of a futuristic like look, rifles with unknown powers. Their heads were in armor as the rest of their bodies and with only one red eye to the center of their heads the large eye glows over Shadow Cat "Gene-traitor X-men are to be eliminated under Holocaust's orders!" they raise their guns but never fire as Wolverine screams in his suit. He slashed two, and turning he stabs the head of the third. The other two hold up destroyed weapons before being blasted by an optical blast and gunned down by bullets. Cyclops and Mystique arrive with Scott a shameful look while Mystique seems none different. "We heard the explosions what's happened here?"

"Something has attacked the mansion! I think we're all in some major crap now."

"They said they worked for something called Holocaust."

Cyclops was smacked in memory "Holocaust! That was the mutant with the armor suit."

"Seems he found the mansion and brought along some friends." A soldier was tossed and Jean sees Cyclops "Scott!" She latches onto him and holds him tightly "Oh, I was so worried."

Scott is ashamed more but holds her tightly, "Jean… I…"

"We need the others to know what's going on." Mystique interrupts with her look on Wolverine "How do you suppose we do that?"

"Jean send out a message the mansion is under attack send all survivors to the exits throughout the mansion."

Jean nods and does this sending a mental message to all in the mansion to use any exits. She shows them the map of the mansion, where all the exits are, and than they gather towards the Black-hawk to escape.

The brotherhood members ran as fast as can be when they heard something chasing. Avalanche tried his seismic waves, Blob thrown some furniture, Quicksilver made a fast punch and kick, even Toad tried his goop but it did not stop coming. The teens were in a bind when they smacked into a dead end, Toad literally smacked into it. Quicksilver snaps "This is just great! Now what do we do?"

Holocaust steps forward and Toad looks in hate, "You!" they scream at each other, Holocaust laughs a little before saying "I wish I could see your girlfriend I'd love to carry your head to her in a picnic basket!" Holocaust raises his arm but the one wall crashes in. A large metal man, Colossus was through. Pyro sees the incoming flames and creates his own flame shield to block. It holds, the other members run through to hide with these two but a third, Iceman creates a large ice shield with the fire shield dropping and it takes the whole dead end and part of the two exposed halls. The group runs again, Holocaust screams in a punch but all it does is crack a little ice. "Can't I get a freaking break?"

Iceman turns to Pyro "You're pretty strong toasty!"

"Thanks Ice-cube!" Quicksilver halts the group as they bump into several drones. "Look this really is not helping us!" He runs off and takes their guns. The Blob dives on them and crushes several; the others are smashed by Colossus and others broken from Avalanche's seismic waves. Ice Man sees the fountain outside and he nods "There's an exit under the fountain follow me guys!"

Blink leaps up and plunges down her daggers into two drone's heads. She pulls back as they explode "What are these guys?"

"Infinites Fergi." Blink is in shock and terror as a tongue slowly trails her neck before retracting. She turns and sees the ugly beast Sugar Man smiling at her in a fashion so wrong it had no definition "I can't believe how well you've grown. I mean, look at you! You're good enough to well… eat." He laughs and his tongue goes to swallow her into the fangs but she is no longer a scared girl. She screams and slashes the tongue to make it return again. Blink tries running but the tongue catches her ankle and drags her. Blink tries to toss a dagger but Sugar Man dodges a little to the side opening his mouth wider. It was the roar of a familiar lion like sound that made Sugar Man turn and loose Blink. Sabretooth screams as he lands on the fat monster and begins pounding away. Blink stands up as Sabretooth was tossed off and Sugar Man turns into a small version of himself that squeezes through the cracks of the floor, in a squeaky voice he screams "He won't save you forever kid! I'll eat you and that little cat too!" He shrieks as the foot of Blink tried to stomp him before he escaped. Blink ran to Sabretooth and helps him up he smiles "Kid what would you do without me?"

She blushes "I hope I never find out Mr. Creed." She helps him to the lower levels where the Black Hawk was. Dead Man sees them and he follows until they disappear. Stepping on the floor he hears a sound change, twice than thrice he walks on that spot. Taking his Katana he slices a hole to see the ladder down "Ah, so the plot is thick like my Aunt Gertrude's mustache!"

Holocaust grabs a device and opens a link "Sugar Man! What have you found?"

In his small a squeaky form he beeped "Nothing too interesting."

"Dead Man, what about you?"

"An underground passage seems our friends went down the hole toward their goal."

"Ah," Holocaust turns off the device "Where are you Magneto?"

To answer Magneto stood at the fountain not ready to leave but still looking at it. He sighs as the mansion, Charles's mansion burns under his guidance "I failed miserably my friend."

"No you didn't." Rogue walks next to Magneto her one arm holding the other "I admit it didn't go all that well but most of us escaped alive. That's what matters, right?"

"That is not my reasoning girl. I failed his dreams to keep you safe."

"Was that it? I thought he wanted you to lead the X-men not save them. If you ask me sug', you did an okay job minus the whole burning down our base."

Magneto gave a slight stare "Am I going to hear anything positive?"

Scarlet Witch now steps over "How about I'm actually for once proud to call you my dad?" Magneto was alarmed in that statement alone "After all these years trying to wage a war you took it on yourself to now try and stop one. You did something not as a Realist but as a Dreamer. This X-men thing has hope dad, and now so do you."

Magneto was kind of caught off guard so he simply nods saying "Thank you Wanda."

"We need to get out of here before…" The large shape smashes into the fountain, heat causes steam to rise over his form and Holocaust stares in his hellish way on the three "Too late!"

Holocaust screams with a massive swing of his club to Magnus. Leaping up he swings down in a punch to the still hurt Magneto to make him now scream. More rabid than ever Holocaust releases his arms in long pulled swings each knocking Magneto farther into unconsciousness. Rogue intervened with her new strength plowing both hands into Holocaust. He vaults back digging his bottom into the earth he sits dazed, returning he wonders where all that power came from. Scarlet Witch sees the fountain opening, "Take my dad and go!" Scarlet fires her powers at the monster making him topple while he stood up. "I'll hold him off and meet with you later!"

Rogue screams "Don't be stupid that thing is a monster!"

"I said do it!" She turns to use more power at Holocaust causing him to dig his heels from the attack. The sound of a puff makes Scarlet jump, Nightcrawler sees Rogue and smiles "I was wondering where you… were…" He sees the monster Holocaust and screams "What is he doing here!"

"Causing trouble! Get him out of here will ya?" Nightcrawler nods and teleports to grab Holocaust, he teleports again to take him outside the mansion walls, then teleports to the girls with a thumb up saying "Mission accomplished!"

Scarlet sighs in relief and they all take the elevator to the Black Hawk. There they see Wolverine and Sabretooth fighting some man in black. He is leaping over them tossing strange stars that explode if touched. The two barely can dodge them and land some strikes on his coat but not him. Dead Man leaps over them again and misses with his sword but he strikes with his gun in the other hand on Sabretooth. He screams and falls over, Wolverine turns and checks on him making himself target. Scarlet fires her hands and Dead Man is flung into the wall making sure he was not a problem. Wolverine picks up Sabretooth and heads him to the plane "Let's move! We need to get out of here." Wolverine sees Magneto "He's okay right?"

"Tired is all. We took care of it." They are now all in. Kitty asks "Where's Beast?"

"I received a message earlier he escaped into the sewers with Multi, Magma, Spyke, and I believe little Jubilation Lee."

Iceman sees everyone else on board and frowns "Is this all the others who survived?"

Wolverine frowns readying to take off "Be glad we survived kid." The ship was going to fly but the roof collapses and with a large chain wrapping the nose of the plane it is weighted down. Holding on and dragging to the side was Holocaust; a snarl of rage so hate filled it never could have been human. "He is a persistent son of a…"

Holocaust grunts the tugging until the chain snaps, he sees the melted link and spots Scarlet trotting towards him "Why you little…"

Quicksilver screams "Get your butt back here now! Are you trying to get killed?"

She looks back "I know what I'm doing you guys go ahead!"

Toad leaps over to her side "Are you crazy girl? That thing is one mean son of a gun!"

Wanda gave a smirk "So am I. Besides, I don't like this X-men or Brotherhood thing. The only part I like is my father doing well instead of evil. If he had been an X-man maybe we'd have had a better relationship. Either way, if he dies here its worth nothing they need him and I need him to be there for them unlike he wasn't there for me."

Toad seems confused but he nods "Okay let's show this guy what it means to be a part of the Brotherhood."

"No, let's show him what it means to be part of the X-men!"

The two attack in unison. Holocaust swung his club but Scarlet ducks, Toad pushes off his hands and kicks his feet into Holocaust's exposed gut. Scarlet now stands and fires into his face pushing him towards the hangar doors. Toad uses his tongue, it trips the large brute but he does not fall off the edge. He realizes their plan and rolls into the hangar again. Scarlet fires on his one leg while he tries to stand and he buckles; now she begins on his upper body wanting to topple him out of the hangar but he raises his club as a shield. Toad bounces and tries to whip his tongue but Holocaust grabs it and tugs him out and away toward Scarlet. She jumps the rolling Toad and goes again. Holocaust screams in anger but it was nothing as he feels himself faltering in her approaching blast. She thinks he is finished, he is done. Then his hand feels the ground and he smiles evilly. She stood on him with her full force but the force is silenced in a sickening sound of metal piercing flesh. She screams and the katana from Dead Man digs her gullet. Holocaust kicks her off letting her wound gush on him and the blood boils on his fiery armor. Raising his club he plans to use it as a finisher but a torpedo fast Toad hits him hard in the chest, his upper body so heavy now waddles back and soon the club arm over weights him and he falls out the hangar screaming.

Toad grabs Wanda, running he takes her to the jet. "We need medical attention now!"

Wolverine nods "Blink could you give us a portal to the Watch Tower now!"

The portal is large and takes the jet to the hangar of Watch Tower. Dead Man stands to retrieve his sword; Sugar Man rolls in like a ball before turning to his larger form. His tongue stretches down the cliff and finds the large club arm so it can wrap and pull Holocaust up. His eyes burn in fire so hellishly cruel it seems impossible "Magneto. I'll have my revenge you worthless Gene-traitor."

The Watch Tower infirmary has Raven lying on a bed with diodes of all kinds watching her stats. Slade was on the opposite walls watching as intently as each titan here. "She certainly made some impressions with her battle. I don't think fighting her or you are in my agenda any longer."

Robin was not affected by these remarks he ignored Slade and merely watched the machines. Beast boy made some jokes, never really catching home he finally quieted down. Even he felt sad for his friend this tired and fatigued. The scene of Scarlet witch being brought in causes everyone to jump back. She has a large wound in her stomach and everyone was stunned to see her here. Rogue was with her, Pietro and Toad also came. Magneto was in another stretcher with Sabretooth following. Storm too was in a stretcher but only a minor head bump it seems Dead Man hit her as she tried to help Wolverine. He was with her offering comfort while she awoke. Magneto groggily stood and saw his daughter "Wanda!" She was slightly awake and his hand was so tight she smiled "Daddy…" She coughs and blood came forth he was mortified, "You will keep helping them… right?"

"What?"

"The X-men. I wish we had been a family. Like the X-men are families. I would have like that you know. Rogue, she explained it all to me and you know what I think she's the only one I liked so far. She feels special dad, like you she seems to have a unique special power that you share."

"I know my darling Wanda. I'm sorry I was never a good father for…" She grabbed his hand back tightly "Be their father for me. I think maybe they need that now. They need guidance, and yes they need love too."

Her hand became weak and Magneto looks horrified "Scarlet! Wanda! Please don't! I won't be able to forgive myself!"

"I forgive you daddy for before. I want you to forgive yourself so you can help them. Please, don't give up on what Mr. Xavier wanted you to become."

The machines go silent and Magneto holds her hand tightly before cradling her in his arms. Toad is crying too, as was Quicksilver though he tries to hide it. Magneto lets her hand go and sees Quicksilver, his arms wrap around his startled son and he asks "Can you forgive me my son? For all I have done to you and your sister?"

"Uh… sure just let me go." His eyes began to water and both began to cry together. It was sad, the loss of family and yet the gaining of another. Magneto nods and offers his son a moment alone with his sister before leaving to the others. "We must find the X-men and inform them that this will not be the end. We will endure and like any family we will strive to become whole again."

Rogue was there and Magneto lies a hand on her shoulder "What you told my daughter thank you."

"I only explained the X-men work like a family is all."

"It was what Charles dreams of Rogue. That man and mutant kind will be a family. It is in his students the dreams continue and in the hearts of those willing like my daughter it will become a reality."

The ceremony was now underway for Superman's funeral. It was never really planned this way but… It was like a gathering of sorrow and pain with humans and aliens all present. Heroes and saved fans were in the park of the Watch Tower which only was different from catwalks over the grassy fields. Some stood on catwalks and others stood in the grass making to the coffin to give respects. One figure was not heading to the coffin but rather a tree to the side. Now pulling out a golden mask he lays it down clenching the mask one moment before laying it still. "Did you know him?" The figure turns to the masked youth Robin "The deceased I mean."

"I know a few people." The figure goes to leave but Robin follows. His aura felt like he must follow, that there was pain and misery all within him. Robin felt this feeling in himself as well but somehow he did not figure it was the man maybe the funeral. "Was he one of them?"

"Perhaps…" The figure turned a moment to answer and began his walk to leave. Robin tries to plead out to this soul and so he says "You should stay for the ceremony it will do you some good."

The figure turns "As the coffin is shut and the ceremony begins, I need not stay for the festivities. I like the funerals message but all else is not my appreciation. I came for what I have and that is all."

"Please I'll stay with you and maybe…" The figure turns and Robin feels hatred, malice, and so many emotions he falters back on the tree holding himself up. It was so fierce and strong he had not a moment to defend. "Thank you but I'm fine… really."

The figure turns now to the onlookers of the ceremony their pain seems to call to him. 'Yet none shed a tear for Akaige. Than again neither would I.' The mysterious figure leaves but in his moment of projection a name struck Robin, as if he knew it in some other world or way maybe a time he himself was not a part of yet somehow… he was… that name was Shekron.

On the feeds of the universe one space world leader watches, his world was Tameran. He sighs seeing his little girl at the funeral so sad. Gal'fore was not one to see such sadness but it was obvious she was sad for her friends and the death.

The villains on Darkseid's ship smile and watch patiently. Madame was with her legs bobbing on each patiently watching the events. Brother Blood seems delighted with Nimrod repairing his machinery from the events. Even their newest additions Holocaust, Dead Man, and Sugar Man seemed pleased with the feed minus seeing the X-men there. The sadness of Magneto did give Holocaust pleasure knowing part of it was killing his daughter.

The Enclave of wolves had Dante and Rorek surprised as well. They soon were ready to leave in underground tunnels to their destination. The sight also made Whitepelt realize the severity this matter soon would have. Dante and Rorek leapt onto the machine to lead towards their new arrival.

In the land of Japan, Yusuke was sitting with his partners noticing all that has happened. They all share stares and nods understanding this was really getting bad. Naota also had his time seeing the video feed at his home. Canti gave the feed as Haruko watched on seeing his dirty work. Ninamori arrives and she takes a seat with Naota telling him how she was healed by Washu. Haruko was not worried over that she had to see how this was happening. The Muyo family was gathered seeing on their television Superman's death as well as the funeral. Sasami has a sign of grief as well as surprise when an image of Akaige appeared he was the same monster who she saw in her dreams. A hero of this land was standing in front of a store with his red dragon like mask. He was a mutant called Sunfire and his skill over flames was known to be the greatest ever. He was next to a family of detectives, well Richard Moore with his mustache and trimmed hair and Rachael Moore with her long brown hair and uniform stood as family but young genius Conan Etigawa was not their family actually he was a classmate of Rachael before… well it's a long story. Now he solved mysteries with them not so sure how this mystery would play out.

New York, here the Fantastic Four watched several times the events occurring as Spiderman was in his new suit. It was an iron form of his spider outfit, talk about cool! Venom did not stay though he saw the events. He made sure Aunt May was there and safe he was starting to like being in the world again. From the office of Matt Murdock a blind man was seeing thorough sight the funeral procession. He was not affected by the message he merely put out his cane and walked down the stairs to his car.

To the distant lands of Latveiria one man sat in his throne with his metallic hands clasped and eyes peering under his green hood. His land was not so concerned, but this Doctor of Doom certainly saw the outcome such dealings made. It was the world and universe watching this was the effect it had. Sadness and surprise, joy and even hate, the world was called in as much as the universe.

Lantern stood at the podium as he finished reading his criteria. So many were so caught up that one black serpent seemed to cross the park and find a golden mask 'So, Shekron is still watching me.' The serpent pays no mind now and leaves to the coffin. Lantern sighs and salutes the coffin as it was boarded by the serpent; none see it there. The coffin was released into the sun and from there Superman would take his place as a legend.

The coffin pops open and the heroes were gasping did he pop out? He did not, a black snake does and soon the snake's tail grew out in purple mist. There was a body, human like it sprouts a cape that makes a hood. The snake was a claw, and the cape opens to create wings. The heroes are startled, the alien worlds stunned, and villains leap and praise the return of a villain now supreme. Akaige breathes deep the nothingness of space and watches the coffin hit the sun.

The coffin burns in the sun but it seems to spread a blackness of the sun's face. It was unusual and as this happened Akaige flies away from the sun with his claw guiding something. It was soon apparent what he guides as some large mass of blackness pours off the sun's face towards Akaige. He flies above the blackness and swings his claw toward the earth, the blackness is like a trained squid pulling and turning towards the prey it was told. The blackness breaks apart, into little comets and meteors of some sort. These hardening forms collect and bombard the earth and those who witnessed the coming of these things wished they had not. Young Virgil, or Static Shock was barely able to dodge the death of space with his flying metal board but his city fell too it. He was high enough to see the explosions that destroyed homes and wrecked cities. The young man was horrified as screams came from below and he was unable to stop them.

Akaige stood in the depths of space, rolling his head and holding his arms out he takes in all the screaming. He hears them all, mortals screaming in fear and terror. His eyes glow brightly with their cries of salvation even some cry for Superman and he is laughing at their idiocy. The world is soon silently coming to normal and the darkness sets. On the ground the world takes a sudden pause and Akaige looks to it his body so joyous he slowly makes to the Watch Tower. Going through the glass like a specter he lands and picks up the golden mask. Placing it with his side he turns to the heroes who are looking at him in disgust and rage, he looks to them all and shrugs, "What-?"

Lantern fires his ring but Akaige clicked his claw and disappeared in his mists. The monster escapes and all seem to look to the earth. A golden android materializes and nods "I apologize my friends the reality of his plan came to me too late. I feel I failed us all."

"The earth it has been…" Starfire falters to Robin who lets her cry into his shoulder.

"It has to be over now." Spoke the Man Hunter with most despair.

"No…" They all see the white colored hood of Raven, "This is only the beginning."

"Raven! You're okay!"

She gives no change she limps to Lantern "There are survivors down there. He left many heroes and normal humans for his sick game." She growls lowly with her fist "The Empire would have no fun destroying a dead planet."

"What do we do?"

"We do what we must. We survive, we fight, and most importantly," Raven turns to the earth sensing Akaige now there readying his next part of his plan, "We stop The Age of Akaige."