Nile Dawk the chief of the Military Police looked down inspecting the gun confiscated by that boy called Rotto. It wasn't like any gun he had ever seen before, but of course that was a given. It was small and silver and cool in his hands. On its handle it had the image of a small white snake that was curling around a small black lily nearly invisible against the shade of the gun. Further inspection of it he discovered small words neatly carved into one of its side:

Mai perdonato.

"Is that the gun that boy Rotto used to kill the Titans with?" Nile asked turning to Irvin.

"Yes, that is right." Irvin said. Next to him was Levi looking as he always did and Hanji looking a little worse for wear but other then that perfectly fine with Mike next looking like he always does.

"He used this to kill a Titan with?!" he said, looking at the small thing in his hands.

"According to him its a Korovin TK pistol," Levi said, as Nile inspected one of the small tiny bullets. "But all he said about the bullets was that they could not be found living on this earth." he sighed. Creepy brat." he muttered. Not only that but... for an instant his eyes looked just like Eren's did before the trial when he shot Reiner...

"And... Erwin is what you are saying about Eren's titan true?" he asked, the blonde man next to him who nodded solemnly.

Nile's nodded frowned slightly. "I see." he muttered. "And that girl Alex... do you think she could persuade the higher ups to reconsider the church because of what she says it did to her world?"

"According to Hanji, her speech back in the courtroom was based around nothing but her own personal feeling for religion. But I for one would love to see all those annoying ass bastards spouting their crap about the wall disbanded... in any damned way," Levi muttered next to him. "Not only that, but... I know that she knows more then she lets on...Hanji told me that she tried to tell her something along the lines of "beware the colossal titan for it will fall on Eren..." before she passed out back on the wall..."

Hanji studied his walk carefully and frowned.

"He still hasn't recovered," she sighed.

Before anyone could do or say anything more there was a flash of bright white light and the sound of someone or something hitting the ground. Soon the fog began to lift and a girl could be seen standing. A very haughtily looking girl. Her light blonde hair was loose and feel to below her slender shoulders that was concealed behind a white creamy outfit tinted with gold that fell down to her ankles. She was Young looking with darkish skin and a small nose. She carried a golden sword in her hands. She looked at them through frowned dark green eyes rimed with the same black substance the others had on and walked straighten backed and dignified up to Levi and said demandingly:

"Where is Atem?"

Levi already didn't like her.

Eren looked at the people around him. They all looked a little strange to his eyes but who was he to judge. Corporal Levi had told them to wait in this room until he got back with Irvin who had gone to give the boy called Rotto's gun to Nile. Strangely enough Rotto hadn't seemed very surprised about it.

"Armin," Eren said, turning to his friend on the chair next to him. "Are they the ones that..."

"Yeah!" Armin said, and then eyes grew bright in some sort of amazing secret. "And get this Eren!" he said pointing at Atem. "He lives in the burning lands!"

"Really? Eren said excitedly looking at Atem who blinked at his excitement. But before Eren could say anything however There was a sound like a scuffle doorway and soon the door banged open revealing a girl holding a glittering sword to herself like it was something precious to her life.

"Eirene," Atem said, looking at her from the doorway at the young woman who's eyes found Atem and gasped.

"ATEM!" she shrieked, taking his hands in her looking genuinely worried at him. "Is that what you look like here? Are you hurt? Did these Godless people do anything to you?" she asked looking at him intently before wrapping her arms around him crying a little. "We were all so worried! Ever since Ptich sent you to the Titan dimension Yugi and Mana have been... But don't worry the gods decided and Jack's coming and soon we're getting out of the dimension!" she finished her eyes looking around at Jonouchi, Athoris and Seto and then to the others.

"She said that she wanted to see you," Levi muttered. "And she wouldn't give the sword up."

"The sword is his!" the girl said sharply turning around to glare at him tears disappearing into the air. "You should learn to respect that!"

"...Who the hell is she?" Levi demanded darkly.

"Watch your tongue!"

"Eirene, that is enough," Atem said firmly, and then turned back to Levi. "She is my betrothed, Eirene of Greece. "

"But Atem..." the girl Eirene said, looking at him confused. "Their goddess is dead. They are not like... they have no good morals..."

"That does not matter... They did not choose this world to live in. It was all Pitch's doing... And his dark worship. And as my future betrothed queen..."

"Pitch..." Levi muttered interrupted him coming more into the room and facing Atem. "You said something about him earlier, to Athoris... What the hell did it all even mean?"

Onyx opened his eyes.

"None of your business," Eirene hissed at him earning a glare but Atem just shock his head and sighed.

"Atem..." Jonouchi began, taking a few paces towards him. "Are you sure we should tell them? Ra sad..."

"He did say that. However Ra also said that this would not just involve us but everybody. The barriers are getting weaker and as a result Pitch is getting stronger. We need all the help we can get when that times comes." Atem said.

"Barriers?" Armin said looking at Atem who sighed.

"The truth is... its not just the Titans you all have to worry about."

(Oh yeah. boring and long back-story time :/ )

"In order for you all to understand I have no choice but to start from the beginning." Atem said sitting down on the chair with his hands folded. "Once the worlds were one. This world, my world and so on." Kazuma frowned and looked darkly at Nora remembering his words from the tower. "Existing in the same universe as planets that were created and ruled over by many gods and goddess their respectively domains scattered across one universe. However... soon a twisted darkness fell, an evil called Pitch... driven to insanity by creatures living in the darkness... He soon began to eradicate the gods leaving their world a dry husk of what they used to be and the people savages. He was stopped however and sealed away but the planets who's gods Pitch had killed could never be the same, no matter what the Gods or Goddess did and soon the inhabitance of the living worlds feared that Pitch would again rise to power again and so the remaining gods created barriers separating our worlds so Pitch would remain as he was. However over the centuries the Pitch has grown stronger and, like I said before the invisible vale is thinning. Leaving some to slip through the cracks enter other worlds and even change in appearances." Atem said nodding to the ones around him. "Just recently he has attacked my world and the only way to defeat him... lies in the ruins of my old kingdom." Atem sighed.

"So that's what you've been hiding..." Levi hissed thinking this whole situation was absolutely ridicules.

"I see," Usagi said, slowly holding a crystal in her hands. So that is what she said... "You said that... people change when they cross world, right?" Usagi asked turning to Atem who nodded. "Strange though..." she went on holding the jewel to her heart. "I've changed outwardly but... recently I haven't been myself, in more ways then one..." she finished.

"What is that?" Levi said, eyeing the thing in the girls hands. Usagi looked at him holding the locket which opened up to her surprise.

"This?" Usagi said, looking down at the crystal. "Is the silver crystal... "I guess you would call it my life line. It belonged to my mother's mother. Salen." Usagi finished and her eyes fell on Levi's leg.

"What happened to your leg?" she asked. "Did you damage it some way?"

"Its nothing," he muttered, stiffly as Usagi got up from the table.

"Here," she said, gently holding out the silver crystal. There was a ray of soft silver light that seemed to be emulating from the crystal itself and then it slowly vanished. Levi glared at the person next to him before noticing that his leg wasn't as sore as it had been a moment ago.

"Corporal! Your leg's better!" Eren said as Usagi wobbled a little. Mamoru quickly ran up and placed her in his arms.

"Usa-ko..." you shouldn't push yourself," he whispered holding her carefully.

"Edymion..." Usagi said softly, putting a hand on his cheek.

Atlas eyed the jewel wearily as Levi inspected his newly restored hands.

"And... you are saying we should believe this?" Kazuma said suddenly, braking the soft mood created by the due before them as well as making Nora flail his arms like he was possessed or something and slap a hand across his mouth.

"Gods... you sound like Kiaba." Jonouchi mutter turning to him. "Seriously... ever since Pitch first appeared."

"What else can you believe?" Atem muttered, turning to him and even he was surprised when Nora silenced by placing a hand in front of his mouth.

"Shut up... 'cause the old hag works under his god!" Nora hissed at him. "In fact all the gods work under him... her... I don't know! That damned pecking order is no confusing!"

"So the 'almightily' gods basically left us to rote after our god died?" Levi scoffed.

"Though that might be the truth." Atem said scowling slightly. "But what else could they have done? They worked tirelessly and eventually the people of the worlds went back to them themselves but without the ruler of that world its people or world became dark and twisted... some worse then others," he said, glancing over at Alex.

"She. Your goddess was of the female shape... You have to be kidding me... that bastard is... still alive?!" Asher, who had been growing more and more uneasy as Atem continued. shouted suddenly looking up to see everyone looking at him and he gasped and his eyes widened as if realizing what he had just said. Rotto looked at him his face a mask but was all the same glaring at him.

"Well you certainly made this worse, Asher." Rotto said grimly.

"What did you mean by that?" Atem asked glaring at him. "I figured as much."

Asher looked at them eyes wide not knowing what to say and then felt a hand grip his shoulder.

"Tell them, Asher," Rotto said. "Things will go a lot worse for us if you don't..."

Asher looked at him and then at the accusing faces around him.

"The truth is... I am... I was one of Pitch's creatures... I assisted in the murder of countless people during the war."

Atem's eyes narrowed. "You are a darkness being? How strange... because all the ones I've seen are shapeless and they don't have fangs or a human body for that matter."

"Darkness being? Is that the name we go by in your world you call us? No Fearling? And... yeah... about that." Asher said rubbing the back of his head. "You know Its been a thousand years and I still don't know how that happened!" he shrugged as Rotto sighed heavily.

Armin looked at him intently.

Mike frowned slightly and leaned in close to Asher.

"H-hey!" Asher shouted.

"Yes... you defiantly don't smell human at all. Or a corpse for that matter." he muttered turning to Rotto who gave him a death glare to match Mikasa. "Don't even think about it." he said shaking his head.

"What?" Asher asked him flatly and then did a double take thinking of events long passed.

"What was her name? The goddess name, I mean?" he asked him.

Asher looked thoughtful for a moment before speaking. "Most of the god's names were lost form human history I believe... but her name was, Rhea..." he said slowly. "She was the first one to be captured and the last one to be killed by Pitch... and believe me. he hissed. "She fought like hell against him." He turned his head teeth bared. "I was the one who kidnapped her..." he said voice filled with silent regret.

"What did she look like?" Armin asked.

Asher glanced at him smirking slightly. "Truth is Armin most of my memories of that time are hazy at best... I was little more then a beast during that time but... I remember that her hair was green with streaks of dark black running along the sides, I think... blue eyes? Black? She was brave. The stupid kind of brave even from a goddess' standards. Like she was gifted with it by Farore but something went wrong along the way. More talented in combat then that of Ares or Horus, and as clever as ...Hermes? and Nayru." he finished. "Sorry, that's all I remember about her." he finished looking around the table at everyone his eyes lingering on a few.

And that's when he got real smart.

"So... then the Titans. Were they all his doing?" Eren asked leaning forward.

Onyx shock his head.

"This is not his work... That much I can tell you, Eren. I think you have to wait until that bastard in the ape wakes up... or the others..." he finished looking thoughtful for a moment before smirking. "Heh! That fool faced boy is scared out of his mind!" he smirked. "Strange though his blood tasted so awful... and his..."

"Yes..." Rei said thoughtfully. "I believe father spoke most highly of her."

"Rhea? That sounds very familiar." Atlas said thoughtfully.

"Speaking of Rhea," Alex said ,figuring she should at least put her two cents in. "Remember when I said she was the Queen of the Titans?"

There was a pause as every one took that information in.

"...So you really are a king, huh?" Jean asked looking over at Atem. "Sorry but you don't look much like a king!" he finished, earning a friendly smirk from Atem however Eirene was looking like she would like nothing more then to drive something sharp into his skull. "At any rate," Jean continued looking over at Eren and Atlas. "We should find out if Eren can still turn into a titan..."

"Don't know," Atlas said smirking slightly. "Want to..." the titan paused and then turned around sharply in the seat. "Something coming." it said.

Asher, who was sitting on the chair with his eyes closed and arms crossed suddenly looked quite shocked.

"Someone's in the dungeons!" he shouted, getting up from his chair.

"What?" Erwin said looking at him in astonishment. "You mean with..."

"GET DOWN!" Somebody shouted.

Something huge, something enormous smashed apart the celling above them sending them flying. Irvin looked up to see darkness in the sky above them and then felt someone grab onto the collar of his shirt.

"Where's the Military Police headquarters?" Rotto asked him who after a pause told him. Of course he knew.

Rotto looked to Asher who nodded and disappeared into nothingness just as a pillar landed right where Asher had been seconds before.

"Well thank whatever for small miracles," Rotto mutter, hurriedly jumping up from the ground as more derby fell.

"What are they?" Levi muttered, looking at the black twisting shapes before him.

"They are extensions of Pitch," Atem said, scowling darkly. "Does it mean he's here!?" he hissed as he saw someone or something move into the room.

"Ah... Rotto. Fancy meeting you here," came a familiar voice from the opening in the wall. He didn't even have to turn to see who it was. Didn't have to see the man with the dark brown hair dirty from the suit and somewhat smiling grey eyes coming in.

"Oh..." Rotto said turning to him. "You again?"*

"Yes Rotto." the "man" said standing perfectly straight taking his hat off and holding it to his heart as if offering a greeting to a friend. "Its been too long, hasn't it?" he asked pleasantly.

"Heh... I should have known, you died too easily." Rotto said, as Asher appeared next to him. "I didn't even... shoot any of your vital areas. I was a little sloppy back then. Not good with any guns..."

"What?" Eren said looked shocked while Mikasa just looked on her eyes looking hard at Rotto.

"Hey Rotto I... whoa." Asher said. looking at the man. "I swear to Mim I saw Rotto kill you."

"He's not really human Asher." Rotto said not taking his eyes off of him. "Did you get it back without any trouble?"

Heh! "Are you kiddin'? Any drunker and they'd be playing a game of Russian roulette! That is if they even knew what that even was..." Asher smirked, tossing it to Rotto who caught it and aimed it at the man. "Just... make sure you keep the walls in tact."

"Don't worry about that." Rotto said loading the gun his eyes on the target. "Fare il tuo lavoro, ê inutile feccia." he muttered and pointed the gun at his former doctor, Leo.

"I have... always wanted to fight you again, Rotto. So show no mercy." the man said, tossing his hat away into the fire.

"Is that right?" Rotto asked, and fired one shot at nothing but the left eye of a titan peaking in. Rotto smirked and followed him out of the opening Asher following close behind.

"That titan." Mikasa said looking at it as they ran towards the opening.

It was holding its eye, pierced by the bullet as if in pain and when it moved its hands its eyed showed nothing but blackness.

"However." the man said sighing heavily eyeing Asher through his cold eyes as the three of them stood on a building nearby. "I am afraid that, unlike last time. I will not play fair."

"What?" Rotto muttered, looking to where he was and his eyes winded in shock but before he could warn his there was a sound like a scream deep and bloodcurdling and Asher's body was consumed by a black a mass of black swirling darkness.

"ASHER!" Rotto shouted, over his screams his eyes wide in shock and horror. No... Asher. Not again.

"What the hell?" Jean muttered.

"Was is that?" Connie muttered.

Inside the vortex Asher held his hands in front of his face feeling the Nightmares claws scrape against every inch of his body tearing him apart. The angry yellow eyes glaring at him. Or was it...

"What?" he hissed glaring at them. What are you even obeying his orders for? he muttered as blood dripped down his cheek. "What are you so angry at me for? "Once we were the same, weren't we?" he hissed looking directly into one of his fellow soulless Nightmare's eyes. You used to be like me mindless... but somehow I was able to break free. he said feeling his body growing heavy and with the last of his strength he grabbed onto its reigns.

"And... so can you..." he hissed glaring at it.

Rotto looked down at the man on the floor before him outside away from everybody as they fought.

"You talked big." Rotto muttered the hand holding his gun bleeding a little from his harsh grip. "Something I really can't stand when one does not deliver their promise. And besides these are not the bullets I used back then."

Leo looked up at him. He was bleeding badly from both of his legs, kneecaps, arms, chest stomach and back of the neck where it had nearly shattered his spine.

"They are more deadly..." he said gazing down at the man's broken body.

"I have to say... I had never... met a gunman... who didn't just let the bullets fly... when they became... enraged." he coughed, as Rotto crouched down to his body. "Your aim has improved as well," he muttered, looking up at the young mans cold dark red eyes.

"Your eyes..."

"Yes... they are a mark of my sins..." Rotto muttered, watching as Leo's eyes seemed to soften and look the other way eyes opening as Rotto aimed the gun at him and shot his point black in his right eye.

"Now "doctor" Answer my questions... or else it will spread to every part of your being... sort of what happened last time," he said, not even bothering to raise his voice above the agonizing screams. Rotto's eyes suddenly widened and he leaped back as something dark slammed into the ground where he'd been an instant before. And for a moment only he stared into smirking cold and bright lamp like eyes silhouetted against blackness before it disappeared along with the man as it did he saw Asher's body lying bloodstained and limp on the ground a few feet from him. Next to him was a a single Nightmare horse. Rotto eyes is suspiciously but it didn't move to attack him and so he bent down to check Asher's body.

He looked horrible But at least he was breathing.

"Hey... Rotto," Asher said softly, taking Rotto's hand and pulled up from the ground. "Feels like old times... doesn't it?" the blonde asked smirking.

"Yeah... come on let's go find the others. I saw them go towards the wall. By the way Asher... when did you find the time to change back into your Hogwarts robes from when we left my world?"*

"You can blame that one on Yuki..."

"What."

"Never-mind."

*Chapter four of Descending in Madness.

Eirene. from the greek meaning peace or the Goddess of peace. Yeah I know. If you want an idea of how Rotto makes his bullets read chapter eight of Daylit Memories.

*The unknown marauder.