Making their way back to Aytolis, the allies assembled outside the city, which had underwent a change of once a beautiful kingdom into one of ruins.
"So...Abe no Seimei...you seem to know a lot about this." Jexi said. "I just can't help but wonder...how deeply connected are you into this?"
"Well...you could say I've very deeply involved...because I am the reason warriors outside of this world are even falling into Note's clutches." Seimei said.
"You? But how's that possible?" Mahiru asked.
"Allow me to explain. One day, a strange woman entered the imperial court and entranced the people within it with her voice. She had come looking for me as it turned out. Demanding my abilities to construct some big project. I refused. She knew her singing wouldn't effect me due to my knowledge of divination and protection. She tried to attack me with the guards. At the moment...I sensed a disturbance so I used it to my advantage and cast a grand spell that opened portals to many different worlds, allowing me the chance to escape." Seimei said.
"But instead, she used it to her own advantage." Ramona said.
"Yes. Now she uses the portals as means to claim more slaves. That is why I am trying to figure out a way to stop her song and free those she has captured." Seimei said.
"Right. Some of us prove resistant to her brainwashing, whether it's Aria and Sonata because of their immunity to sound techniques, or people like Mayumi, whose demon senses block it out." David said.
"As much as I want to believe...she hasn't used the full power of that ability of hers." Seimei said.
"I know. I'm still getting used to them." Mayumi said.
"I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about the songstress herself." Seimei said.
"Look, we get it. She's a spoiled little princess who uses her voice to get what she wants. But that doesn't change the fact that what she's doing is wrong, no matter what her cause is." Kazuichi said.
"That's right. When we all signed up to heroes, we swore we'd defeat any who'd make innocents suffer, come what may." David said.
"I hope you can hold onto that. Because if what I predicted is accurate...there will be a lot of suffering by her hands to come." Seimei said.
"You speak of predictions, but the future isn't set in stone. It's something that people make for themselves." Kabuki said.
"And we're all gonna make our own future. No one's gonna make it for us." Natsu said.
"So let's work together, and carve our own fate… together! Let's go!" Rowan said as they charged the castle as one and engaged the enemy.
"It seems the rodents have come crawling back to their castle." Darios said.
"Yes. And they brought Abe no Seimei with them. Now I can correct my earlier mistake. I've held back two of my strongest slaves just for those heroes. Now I get to unleash their fury." Note said smiling.
In the courtyard, the group continued to fight through the soldiers and monsters before two figures entered the fray. The first to appear was a man with black hair tied in a ponytail, holding a single blade and dressed in a red fiery cape. The other was was a familiar man with a crossblade and he was someone the Dimensional Heroes recognized.
"Lu Bu...and the other...that's...the real Nobunaga Oda." Yumi said.
"Note's really Bringing out the big guns this time." David said.
"Agreed. It's safe to say these two are her most powerful soldiers." Xander said.
"Lu Bu is a demon on the battlefield, and Nobunaga… well history has its way of making great leaders." Hope said.
Lu bu readied his crossblade as Nobunaga brought out his trademark musket.
"Lady Note wants you all dead. When we're finished, I will lead the Deserters to victory and send the clear message, that the Warrior Universe is off limits to outsiders." Nobunaga said.
"Even if he's possessed, he sounds very serious about that." Jesse said.
"Yeah? Well, we're serious too." Natsu said as he stepped up. "Beetle Heads mine."
"Aw man, I wanted him. Ah well, the red guy seems perfect too." Luffy said facing Nobunaga.
"Alright, good luck you two." Hope said as they went on ahead.
"You must have serious faith in those two idiots if you think they stand a chance against two powerful people from history itself." Leo said.
"Natsu and Luffy may be a bit dumb, but trust me… nobody is stronger than those two when things get serious." Hope said.
"That's right. I have faith in my friends...so you should too." Jexi said as Natsu and Luffy battled against Lu Bu and Nobunaga.
(Cue-Naruto Shippuden Soundtrack: Kokuten)
"You two are both simple minded. We are the strongest men in Note's army, you don't stand any chance!" Lu Bu said charging.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu said punching and colliding with Lu Bu's blade as he held his ground. "Yeah? Id say im able to stand up to ya no problem."
Luffy evaded Nobunaga's blade as he fired his musket into Luffy but found the bullet didn't pierce his skin but elongated it.
"What magic is this? A single shot from my musket should pierce the skin!" Nobunaga said.
"It would've if that skin wasn't made of rubber!" Luffy said. "Now Gum Gum...Jet Pistol!" he shouted doing a rapid fire shot at Nobunaga pushing him back.
"What is this power? I never saw this strength during that war!" Lu Bu said.
"I recently got out of a war myself...it was a miracle I made it out.' Natsu said. "But now...I live to keep everyone of my friends going...handling the things they can't."
"Friends are a lie to me. You can only depend on your own strength to win. Power conquers over all!" Lu Bu said unleashing a destructive wave that hit Natsu, but came through the smoke.
"I don't give a darn about what you think, beetle head! I survived Acnologia and lived to tell the tale...and I'm gonna make sure you go down too!" Natsu said as fire gathered around his fist. "Fire Dragon King's….Demolition Fist!" he shouted throwing a punch at Lu Bu as it broke through a large portion of the castle in the process.
"What power…!" Nobunaga said.
"Hey, over here dumbass!" Luffy said as Nobunaga dodged his swing and slashed with his sword, but Luffy evaded effortlessly, then hardens his arms to parry two more strikes.
"What…..what are you?!" Nobunaga asked.
"I'm gonna be...King of the Pirates! Now Gum Gum...Grizzly Magnum!" he shouted putting both arms together and hardened them as they launched into Nobunaga...sending him flying off as well.
In the throne room.
"Those two were your best warriors?" Dadios asked. "I don't see it."
"Grrrr." Note said growling in anger. "How dare...they humiliate me like this. It seems I have no choice now but to take matters into my own hands." she said to herself as she marched up the stairs, climbing to the highest point.
"Now where is she going….?" Darios asked in thought.
"They think...I've been giving it my all. Hardly." Note said reaching the top of the tower as she revealed a necklace as she grasped it. "I'll use the whole power of my law to get what I want. Rhythm Dome!" she shouted as she sang, the music itself leaving from her own mouth and beginning to encircle the entire kingdom as it created a literal dome of music.
"What the heck is going on out there? Is the stuff in the sky...actual music scores and notes?" Rarity said.
"Wait...her song...its stopped but the dome is still there." Twilight said. "What was the purpose of all of it then?"
"To trap us, making sure we don't escape." Marth said.
"You can tell, Prince Marth?" Xander asked.
"He's not wrong. I sense a powerful magic behind it. A living dome of music." Robin said.
"And from the look of it...it covers not just the castle, but all of Aytolis." Frederick said.
"All of Aytolis? Just what is she thinking?" Lianna said.
"Since her little bodyguards have failed her, she trapped us so that she could control us herself." Robin said.
"Seems like she's finally ditching the princess act." Takeshi said.
"I don't know. I got this bad feeling there more to it than that. She has to know she can't control all of us, so why bother setting up a dome just for that?" Aria wondered.
Note looked across the land and smiled. "Now...to close everything for good." she said lowering her hands as the dome of music was slowly receding back to the center. As it passed over the frightened villagers. They slumped over before saying…"Hail Lady Note!" they said.
"So that's what she's up to! The dome is like an extension of her singing, but with a wider effect. The more people it passes over, the more people become her slaves!" Robin said.
"And the less time for yapping! Come on, move it!" Aria said.
"Damn it." Twilight said. "And with the rate it's shrinking...it'll reach the castle in a matter of minutes."
"It seems fortune is not on our side. Aria, Mayumi… You know what to do." David said.
"Right. Find Note, find out how she's using her Law, and then beat the stuffing out of her." Aria said.
"I knew you'd get it. Now go!" David said as the two ran off.
"Let's see...if she was able to get such a clear sound...it means she's somewhere high up. One of the towers, maybe." Aria said.
"At the highest point, no doubt." Mayumi said.
"Then let's head there. It's time we shut her up." Aria said.
