"And welcome back. After a short break, we are back with more amazing action from the Immortal Grand Prix. Our next set of races are about to start. We have Shining Ice vs Undead Party and Silent Blades vs Justice Men. It's a who's who of racing excellence." the announcer said.

"Welp, time to face the music." David said.

"Yeah. Good thing I had lector sit out of this one too. This'll be all out too." Sting said.

"Why? You're not even racing Graci." David said.

"True but we'll be facing assassins." Eijiro said. "One of them being your sister."

"Look at it this way, at least you're not facing us." Aya said gesturing herself and the three girls.

"I'm not gonna bother commenting on that." Sting said.

"Because we're assassins as well?" Saki asked. "Or that we could accidently kill you?"

"Uh...I guess. I...I'm not sure what to say." Sting said.

"It matters not! As heroes of justice...we shall win with grace and dignity!" Heart said posing while ripping his shirt off.

"OMG!" Kagura said as she fainted with a blush and smile on her face.

"For the love of God, how many times are you gonna do that?!" Sting asked.

"That's the fourth shirt this week alone." Harumi said.

"We try to get him to stop but he keeps doing it." Tulip said.

"He never did that last time we saw him." Al said. "And is Kagura ok?" She asked poking the cowgirls cheek.

"Yeah, she's fine. She'll be up in a bit. Now, if you'll excuse us." Mayumi said.

"Seems my sister formed a crush on Heart." Saaya said happily.

"I think it's safe to say Kagura's probably gonna switch teams after all this…"

"Hell no!" Ace said as he landed down in front of them.

"Hey, Ace. How was your stroll?" David said.

"Oh it was good and you're not gonna believe who I ran into." Ace said as he revealed two familiar Umbra Witches. "Do you know these girls?" He asked.

"Gah!" Hope said

"Bayonetta?!" Pit said.

"Hello little ones, especially you Hope." Bayonetta said. "Did you miss me baby?"

"Looks like David's not the only one getting the flirtatious treatment today." Leonora said.

"I believe I haven't introduced you to my Umbra Sister. Jeanne, these are a couple of people I worked with a long time ago." Bayonetta said as she introduced her long silver haired friend.

"A pleasure to meet you all, I'm surprised you worked alongside these people especially an angel of all things, Cereza." Jeanne said as she stared at Hope and his team especially Pit.

"Well, work a bit of a understatement. That said, what happened to you, Bayonetta? Last I saw you….actually I don't really remember what happened to ya. I was shot and I think died for a minute or two." Hope said.

"Well, after that accident. I was taken by that weird tentacle faced man." Bayonetta said.

"McKraken." Jexi said.

"Yes and after that, things went south six months after I returned to my world and defeated Jubileus." Bayonetta said before she held out a lollipop to Stoj. "Candy?" She asked and Stoj nodded and began licking it.

"Wait… Jubelius?! You took on the Creator of… well, practically everything!?"

"Me and Jeanne basically sent her soul into the sun, at least she wasn't worst than the god of chaos." Bayonetta shrugged.

"Aesir, right? Man, you battle some really big time people." Hope said. "Anyways, i'm really sorry i haven't been in touch. But, you know me."

"It's alright. We understand. We'll talk after the race. See you later, kitty." Bayonetta said as she strolled away.

"And the strategy lap has begun! For the first race its Dawn and Mayumi and in the other is Eijiro aka Red Riot and Kabuki." the announcer said.

"You sure you can handle this, Mayumi? You two are practically friends at this point." Sectonia said.

"I'm alright. It's David I'm worried about." Mayumi said. "She's definitely going to try and charm you."

"If that happens, I'm counting on you two to pick up the slack." David said.

"Roger!" the two of them said.

"The areas seem to rise and fall quickly like a roller coaster...we can use that." Dawn said. "And strategy ends...now!"

"And the battle lap has begun!" the announcer said.

"Graci, take right. Alec, occupy David. I'm heading center." Dawn said.

"On it!" the two said as the mechs rode off.

"They're not taking any chances either. Not that I blame them." Mayumi said.

"Alright, ladies. Let's go!" David said.

"Right!" Sectonia said as David engaged Alec. Mayumi sped after Graci while Secontia went after Dawn.

"Seems all is going according to plan." Dawn said. "Graci, you in position?"

"On the track." Graci said. "Even got a little bogey chasing after me."

"Don't waste ammo on her. Just focus on the one chasing me." Dawn said.

"Understood. Time for the kiss cannon!" Graci said as a cannon appeared on her mech as it fired at Sectonia.

"Uh...you realize I'm a woman, right?" Sectonia said.

"Oh this isn't a seduction weapon." Graci said as the cannon was firing missile after Sectonia with lipstick marks on them.

"Missiles, of course." Sectonia said as she started slicing the missiles that came by.

"These guys are actually getting better after their lineup change. We can't afford to slip up here." Mayumi said.

"Tell me about it." David said as he was blocking punches from Alec.

"We've been dangling from a line since the start. We need this." Alec said.

"Don't expect us to make it easy for you guys." David said.

"Good. Things would be boring if you did." Graci said as she switched to Mayumi. "Nothing personal." she said firing at Mayumi.

Mayumi does what she could to dodge the missiles. She then thought back to her conversation with Graci at the restaurant. She takes a deep breath and blocks one of the missiles.

"She blocked it?!" Graci said in surprise.

"I need to be confident in my strengths, or I'll be left in the dust by the others." Mayumi said. "You were the one that taught me that."

"Hmm. Seems I taught you a little too well." Graci said as Mayumi rushed in and took out Graci's mech.

"And Graci had been taken out of the race by Mayumi!" the announcer said.

"This isn't good. Alec, continue to keep David occupied. I need to hurry to the finish." Dawn said.

"Understood." Alec said.

"Oh no you don't!" Mayumi said in pursuit with Sectonia.

"Careful, ladies. We don't know what she's capable of." David said.

"Well...seems like we have one choice left. Alec...after this...hurry to the finish first." Dawn said.

"Of course." Alec said.

"Activating Collapsing Bomb." Dawn said as her mech started to spark.

"What in the world?" Mayumi said.

"There's a large amount of electricity building up in Dawn's Mech. What is she...Ah! An EMP!" Futaba said.

"You gotta be kidding me! What's its radius?" Mari asked.

"Hmm. Seems it's only gonna hit Sectonia and Mayumi. David and Alec are both out of range. But what's more alarming is that once it goes off, Dawn's mech will shut off too." Futaba said.

"Damn it! I just hope Sectonia and Mayumi will be alright." Ace said as he clasped his hands to his chest and closed his eyes.

"Forgive me girls...but we have to win." Dawn said as the mech unleashed the pulse as it hit itself, Mayumi and Sectonia, forcing their mechs to shut down.

"There. Now is my chance!" Alec said as the boosters kicked in as he rocketed out.

"Get back here!" David said chasing after him. Both were neck and neck before they crossed the finish.

"Its a photo finish! We will have the results as soon as the third round is over." the announcer said. "As for the other...it was a close race, but it seems to be a tie between Justice Men and Silent Blades."

"Haaaa." Alec breathed out heavily as he exited his mech. "Good race."

"You too." David said as he left his. "I kind of noticed, but… You guys are actually doing better without Bones."

"Because all he gave were attack commands instead of strategy." Alec said.

"What an idiot." Ace said as he walked over to the two. "Glad you're okay."

"Thanks." David said. "Even though I tried to win this, I couldn't help but feel bad for what Bones did to you guys. Listen to me go on… I'm just too competitive for my own good."

"You did your best, David." Ace said as he put a hand on his shoulder. "But you did an amazing job out there."

"Yeah. Just thought I'd let you guys know. No matter what the results are, no hard feelings." David said.

"And the results are in. It was close. But...coming in first place by a single inch….Undead Party!" the announcer said.

"Man… I was so close." David said. "You guys really gave us a run for our money out there."

"I have to agree. You were good at trying to keep David off your back, Mr…" Ace trailed off as he didn't know the person's name.

"Alec. And he's right. Not many people are able to do that." David said.

"A pleasure to meet you Alec, my name is Ace Neptune." Ace said as he held his hand out to shake.

"A pleasure." Alec said shaking his hand.

"Okay, folks. With that, we have the last race orders. Races will be Rising Risks vs Valkyrie Maidens and Eastern Warriors vs Demon's Blight!" the announcer said.

"Not only are Jexi and Nora going to face off, but Shinji's going to face Demon Blight. I'm not liking Eastern Warriors' chances here." Harumi said.

"I'm not scared of some demon. I will defeat them with my One hit KO Slash." Shinji said.

"Yeah. We'll win even with our loser Shinji." Pom said.

"But I'm not the one who keeps screwing up." Shinji thought.

"Have you guys even seen Demon Blight's races? They'll crush you before you even get the chance." Kabuki said.

"We have seen their races, but we have to put up some fighting chance." Shinji said as Zetsuna shook his head in agreement.

Ace looked over at Demon Blight and narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

"It's no doubt they'll make it to playoffs considering how well they race." Jexi said. "They even have the Duke Astaroth on their side."

"Isn't he one of the powerful demons from hell?" Aya asked.

"He's one of the 72 pillars of the Demon Universe. He gets to become a demon lord when one of the seven dies." Jack said.

"Judging by the power I sense from him. He's deadly dangerous." Ace said.

"And that reflects on how these guys race. Hoo wee, they're taking no prisoners." Kagura said.

"Right. Also I almost forgot, do you know what the Hobbyists are planning since we parted ways?" Ace asked as he crossed his arms.

"Well, from what my brother told us, they're planning on using this device calle God's Core. It can artificially grant seven wishes, and Diablo is planning on resetting the universe in his image before he dies of his own condition." Hope said.

"That's not it at all, you idiot. He's gonna erase all universes except Standard and disband all hero groups. Making everything separate." Jack said.

"!" Ace and Spade had a shocked look on their faces as they realized something.

"Yes. We've stalled him for now, but it's not gonna be long before he finds an alternative power source for it." Akira said.

"What power source did he use before?" Ace asked with a frightened look.

"These." David said as he took out crystals that Trip stole from the Nature Universe.

"Are these elemental crystals?" Ace asked as he stared at them.

"Yeah. Remember when we told you about our out-of-control nature expedition?" Sectonia asked. "Trip stealing these is what caused it."

Ace nodded his head as he had a petrified pale face before he fainted and started to sweat around his head.

"Geez… Is he always this emotional?" Leia asked.

"I'm not sure this counts as emotional." Shinji said. "Maybe...terrified."

"That makes sense." Graci said.

Spade held him up and checked his forehead. "He's burning up!"

"Crap, I knew it was a bad idea to tell him all of this! Kirumi, you know what to do." David said.

"Of course. Cura!" she said casting the spell over Ace.

"Good his fever's gone down. What element's do those crystals represent?" Spade asked.

"Uh...Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Plant and Ice." Fluttershy said.

"Damn, four of those crystals must be connected to him somehow." Spade theorized.

"Oh yeah. That reminds me. Hope, someone from the old shack downtown wants to see you, Jack and Daisy after the 3rd round is over. Just go to this address." David said handing it to him.

"Okay. Fair enough." Hope said taking the address.

"Yeah, we'll head over after I cream the Valkyrie Maidens." Jack said.

"You really think you're going to win?" Leonora asked.

"I don't think...I know." Jack smirked.

"Come on you two, save it for the track." Hope said. "Still, who would want to bring me, Jack and Daisy together?"

"I think i have a pretty good idea who." Daisy said to herself. "But I'll leave all theories aside for now."

"Until then...let's get to the final battle of the round." Jack said.