Nick opened his eyes to find himself staring at juliet and the others in a barricaded classroom.
"Hey. Glad to see you awake. How do you feel?" Jexi asked.
"Uh, fine. I can't really feel anything below my neck though." Nick said.
"Yeah. There's a very good reason for that." Jackal said sheepishly making a mirror, showing Nick was only a head now.
"Ah! Why am I only a head? And how am I talking without a freaking thorax?" Nick panicked.
"Well, your old body was about to go the path of the undead, so we had to take some….drastic measures." Indigo said.
"Juliet, uh… kinda performed a magical ritual on your severed head, and I'd rather not say how." Komasan said.
"I had to. It was the only way to save you." Juliet said.
"Y'know you coulda just used Zombrex on me, why'd you have to do that?" Nick said.
"We didn't have any zombrex. It's not something you normally carry around." Tails said.
"Besides, if I hadn't chopped of your head, the venom would've totally seeped into your brain and made you a complete zombie." Juliet said.
"Okay, let's get some things outta the way here. One, why is the school filled with zombies? Two: How am I seeing anime characters and three, how can you wield a chainsaw and perform a magical ritual?" Nick asked.
"One: The outbreak cause isn't known yet but it did originate in the school." Jackal said.
"Two: These people are with me. We're the Dimensional Heroes, traveling the worlds and spreading a little justice." Jexi said.
"And three: well…" Juliet began before zombies began to break through the barricades.
"Shoot. I knew we should have used sturdier wood." Usopp said.
"….I'm a zombie hunter." Juliet said.
"WHAT?!" Nick asked in shock.
"Told ya he'd freak." Jackal said.
"They're breaking in! Indigo, do something!" Usopp said holding them back.
"What? What do i do?" Indigo asked.
"I dunno, build one of those Combo Weapons!" Rainbow said.
"Nope, that's my department." Jackal said making a pair of spiked boxing gloves. "Use these! Just don't go long range!" He said tossing them to Indigo.
"Thanks." Indigo said boxing away at the incoming zombies.
Juliet then holstered Nick on her belt. "Dont hate me!" She said. SHe then began striking zombies.
"Aaah! What is going on?" Nick said.
"A zombie extermination crash course." Jackal said. "Just be glad she let you live. Had it been my way, you'd be six feet underground by now."
"Well her way is making me dizzy!"
"Vomit later, right now we gotta kill some zombies! Eat my fist, you undead monsters!" Indigo shouted plowing them down.
The group continued to fight through the mass of zombies while also saving several students on the way.
"Hmm? Strange. I'm detecting a familiar signal from further in the school." Mega Man said.
"Is it Blues? I hope so." Roll said.
"No. This one is different than his. I've seen it before. It belongs to Shade Man." Mega Man said.
"Think he's found another way to cause a massive interdimensional genocide?" Roll asked.
"I don't know. But what I do know is that he's inside the building and is next to where the zombie outbreak originated." Mega Man said.
Suddenly an explosion blasted the upper hallway out.
"Something exploded, what the hell was that?" Nick asked.
"Check the classrooms." Rainbow said walking into one and finding a zombie lesson. "Self-destruct tour, what? And who's the teacher?" She asked as the zombie in question turned and roared.
"I'm Fitzgibbon, bitch! And class is now in session!" He said as zombies poured into the room as Rainbow drew her Rainbow Blade. "Bring it."
The went right for her as she slashed their heads off one after the other. "I've seen dozens of zombie movies and the best way to take on out is to cut of their heads." Rainbow said.
The others then rushed in as another wave came in.
"We have a math test today!" One of the zombies said.
"This kind of math sucks!" Nick said.
"How about a different lesson?" Sunset said holding two medals. "Fusing Helmsman with Armsman! Let's fuse!"
"Commencing Fusion!"
Helmsman and Armsman appeared and ran to each other, making a creature in shogun armor wielding a spear and sword.
"Reuknight!"
"Here's a new lesson, class! Reuknight minus waves of zombies equals a free pass." Sunset said as Reuknight lifted his spear and sliced all the zombies at once.
"A sword plus a spear equals my ultimate attack! Knights Slash!" He shouted drawing his sword and slicing them up into tiny pieces.
"Class is over, loser." Jackal said as the zombie teacher growled as he jumped out the window.
"Should we really let him escape?" Jexi asked.
"Yeah. He seems to have forgotten this classrooms on the third floor." Jackal said pointing down to the pieces of the teacher down below.
The group continued to kill zombies until seeing a Zombie blow up.
"Holy crap! I think that Zombie seriously had dynamite strapped to it!" Nick said.
"It does. They must be suicide bombers." Jexi said.
"This isn't like most of the outbreaks. These zombies are being commanded by someone." Jackal said.
"Like an alpha or something." Anima said.
"Wait a minute, who are you two?" Jexi asked.
"Anima and Evan. Hope said we could join the team." Evan said.
"Ugh. I really gotta talk to him about his recruitment thing, especially involving little kids in something as dangerous as this. All right, keep the kids safe from any zombies." Jexi said.
"We can handle ourselves, we're masters of the Twin Style. Hope even taught us some lessons while you were busy." Evan said.
"Sorry, but powers don't make the hero." Jexi said as they kept moving forward.
As they moved on, they saw a weird shop stand and a ticket right next to it.
"Oooh, a chop shop! Be right back!" Juliet said tossing Nick to Natsu.
"What is it with girls and shopping?" Yosuke said.
"Is this really the best time for that? We're kinda fighting for our lives here." Natsu said.
"Done! It only took a few seconds." Juliet said.
"She's a quick shopper." Nick said.
"Well, as long as she's quick." Jackal said as they arrived inside a gym where a banner was hung.
"Zombie Basketball?" Rainbow read.
"It says 'Time limit 3 minutes. You lose, and BLAM!' " Nick read.
"Time your points by killing zombies! How many points can you rack up?" An announcer said.
"We have to overtake a score of 100 points? Can that even be done?" Alibaba asked.
"Just leave this to the athletes." Rainbow said as she and Indigo stepped up.
"CHS and Crystal prep working together on an event rather than competing. Never thought I'd see this." Sunny said.
"Seriously? We've been working together on several missions now." Zoro said.
A buzzer sounded as many basketball zombies charged them.
"You gotta decapitate their heads and get em into the basket!" Jexi said.
"I kill, you shoot." Rainbow said.
"Couldn't have said it better myself." Indigo said.
They clicked surprisingly well for rivals. In just under a minute, they scored 200 points.
"Whatta game! A spectacular win for the Hero team! Cant wait to see you in action again!" The announcer said.
As they exited the gym, they had a down moment.
"So, now what Juliet?" Komasan asked.
"I need to find Morikawa Sensei. He'll know what to do." Juliet said.
"The old zombie hunting sushi chef? Didn't realize he was still kicking." Jackal said.
They saw the man in question standing in the cafeteria next to seven zombies.
"Ah, youre all here! One moment please!" He said.
He jumped into the air and rapidly sliced with his knives, cutting all of the zombies at once.
"Ah, irashai!"
Morikawa Sensei
Occupation: Master of the zomboid sciences.
Relation: Juliet's Sensei.
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan.
Favorite Food: Sea Urchin.
Hobbies: Karate, the Kama Sutra, collecting women's underwear.
He has a Japanese Shimokawa Karate 35th-level black belt.
"Wait, he likes collecting panties? Brook, i think we found you a buddy in your...knack for seeing those." Natsu said.
"Indeed. But I prefer seeing them rather than collecting. Though on women. I only need to see them on women." Brook said shuddering.
Juliet turned Nick to him as Morikawa crouched. "Juliet it looks like you've gotten, a head in life." He laughed.
"This crazy old man's your sensei?" Jexi asked.
"My teacher, Morikawa sensei, is the most amazing veteran zombie hunter ever!" Juliet said.
"Correct. I have studied the Zomboid sciences for 40 years." Morikawa said. "Oh, and these must be Rain Bow's pupils! How is he doing?"
"He's doing great. He's pushing 200 and still going strong." Anima said.
"Ha. Always energetic even in old age. Sounds very much like him." Morikawa laughed.
"So, Juliet said you knew something about all this. Care to share?" Jexi asked.
"Of course. My resarch tells me that this world is on the verge of destruction. Something has gone wrong on a cosmic scale." Morikawa said.
"That bad?" Ruby said.
"Yes. You see, this universe is close to other universes. The Land beyond words and Rotten World." Morikawa began.
"We've been there. A lot of undead stuff in that one." Gajeel said.
"Yes. Well, it would appear someone has used dark magic and explosives to blow a hole between the barriers of Rotten World and our Universe. Gases from there poured out and made the students who breathed it in the living undead. There is no going back for them, now all we can do is slay them and save this town." Morikawa said.
"Sounds like fun. Minus the saving part, though." Jackal said.
"Good lord, you are cynical." Nick said.
"A whole universe filled with nothing but the undead. Its like a dream come true. I gotta see about getting these after this outbreak." Jackal said.
"Now, the bomber who started the outbreak is either downstairs in the cafeteria or out in the courtyard." Morikawa said. "I will go outside while you check the cafeteria."
"That sounds like a plan." Jexi said.
"I'm counting on you all. Kill those mothas!" Morikawa said teleporting away.
They all acknowledged and jumped down to see a cake made of….
"Dynamite?!" Jexi asked.
"It'd be best if we dont let those guys touch it." Jackal said pointing to oncoming zombies on fire.
"Shoot em!" Peacock said as she open fired on the approaching zombies.
"Yeah, good plan." Yang said as the others who wielded guns did so, shooting them all down before they could even touch the cake.
"Seriously, who decides to make a cake made entirely of dynamite?" Jexi said. "That's just like saying you wanna die."
Suddenly a zombie with bombs on a wheel barrow came in.
"Mommy!" It shouted.
"RUN!" Juliet shouted as they ran from the wheelbarrow zombie.
The school burst up in flames as the jumped out, Morikawa flying towards them.
"I got him!" Luffy said catching him in his finger net.
Suddenly, they heard hysterical laughing. "Manga-genocide, baby!" It said.
"That's it, my apprentice. Show them the power you have!" A familar voice said.
"I knew it! Shade Man!" Mega Man said as they ran out to see Shade Man next to a boy in gothic make up.
"Ah. I have been expecting you all to come." Shade Man said. "Have you met my apprentice?" He asked referring to the boy next to him.
"That goth… I recognize him! He goes to school with us!" Juliet said.
"This world, no… all of the worlds! Their governments, their societies make my life hell! But now, I can finally put an end to all of them!" He shouted.
"Yes. A universal genocide like we discussed." Shade Man grinned.
"I gonna show everyone here, what a life of hell is… forever!" The boy shouted throwing himself back.
Swan
Favorite Food: Pez.
Hobbies: Murder, planning world domination.
Unknown Fact: He practices broody faces in the mirror
"What did you do to that boy, Shade Man!" Jexi shouted.
"I did nothing. His life in this world is a living hell. He and I shared a few common interests so I just instructed him on how to put them to good use, by breaking the barrier between the Rotten World and our Universe." Shade Man said.
"And now… it's time for them to appear! Malicious lords, I invoke your dark forces to make me and master Shade Man masters of this realm! As the pawns are present, I summon the 5 who are darkness incarnate! Come forth, Dark Purveyors!" Swan said as black energy formed and jetted up into the sky.
"The Dark who?" Luffy asked.
"I thought they were a myth. Five musician zombies who were said to be the most evil. Its a bit of an exaggeration, but this should provide me some entertainment." Jackal said.
"No!" Morikawa shouted running and leaping towards Swan, only to be impaled by Shade Man's claws.
"I am done with these childish games. Its time to get serious." Shade Man said removing his claw as Morikawa fell.
5 colored orbs then descended.
"So you two are the ones who called us here? How hysteric." A voice said.
"Yes. We would like to begin invoking the ritual and begin the rotting of this world, starting with this town." Shade Man said.
"I think I like these guys! Real head cases!" Another said.
"We did it master Shade Man! We will succeed in the genocide plan!" Swan said.
"Yes. But just to be sure." Shade Man said snapping his fingers as five robots came out of the shadows. The first was Burner Man, the second was a robot hovering in the air with large arms and a monotone face, the third had petals on its head and a thorn whip, the fourth had tape on its arms and visual audio inputs on its head and the last as a robot inside a sealed in suit.
"BurnerMan, Gravity Man, PlantMan, VideoMan and Desert Man, my five finest soldiers will assist you in your mission and make sure everything goes on track." Shade Man said.
"Yeah! Lets get to it!" Burnerman said.
"Probability of success: 100%" Gravity Man said.
"This world will soon permeate with the scent of death and despair thanks to Rotten World and Nebula." Plant Man said.
"I might make a recording of the heroes deaths so we can watch them over and over again and again." Video Man said.
Desert Man just remained silent as he shook his head.
"Go!" Shade Man said as the last four left, leaving only Burner Man in the area.
"Time to burn, baby." Burner Man said.
"Let the ritual commence!" Swan said. "Burnerman! Zed!"
The red orb slammed onto the ground next to burner man, Juliet and the main six coming up.
"That smell, the girls a zombie hunter, and those six bear Equestrian Magic." One of the remaining orbs said.
"Yeah. They're an annoyance who has stood in the way of this destiny for sometime now. But I can assure you that they are not as powerful as they appear." Shade Man said.
A zombie with a mohawk came out of the ground with only its head. "Let's play." It said before shouting "PISS OFF!"
The words slammed into everyone, bolded with red as they flew off into the air.