The fight between the two Murakumos had been nearly even. The fight had gone on for two minutes and neither side has landed a blow on each other. 'If I didn't fix and upgrade Lambda, she would have been doomed for sure,' Kokonoe thought as she kept trying to think of strategies. All of a sudden, Xi started to freeze up and then he brought his hands to his head.

"Lambda! Get back!" Kokonoe ordered. Lambda obeyed and retreated to distance herself from the male Murakumo. Ragna and Terumi stopped what they were doing for a minute to see what was going on. "User interface destroyed. User control no longer active." Xi started to spasm and then collapsed. He then got up on his own.

"Hello? Is anyone there? It's me, Double Dee." Xi said, still sounding like Xi. He looked around the area and took in his surroundings. "Quit hogging the mic, Sock Head! Get us out of here already!" he said again. "My turn! I am ED! Bringer of Bacon!" Xi said, once again.

"Woah, hold up a second. BOYS!?" Kokonoe exclaimed. "Are all three of you in that thing?"

"It appears so. It's not easy for three souls to control one body, that much is for certain," said Xi, who sounded like Double Dee speaking.

"Son of a BITCH! I thought Relius had this under control!" Terumi yelled in frustration.

"And so did he," Tager said, Relius hoisted over his shoulder and Tao and Bang behind him. He threw Relius' unconscious body on the ground near Terumi, who looked absolutely terrified at the moment, while Ragna woke up Rachel. "Apparently he was using a machine to suppress the boys' souls so that they wouldn't take over. How clever. But the machine is now destroyed. You've lost.

Everyone starting to close in around him, Terumi started to look for a way to escape now that him and Ragna's Azures had worn off. "Now hey, guys. Can we talk about this?" he pleaded. Everyone started to inch closer to him. "Guys?" With that last word, everyone started beating on him and a dust cloud formed in a cartoonish fight scene. Terumi was left bloody and bruised, but still very much alive.

Ragna grabbed the collar of Terumi's shirt and lifted him up with murder in his eyes. "Alright asshole, the only reason none of us are chopping your dick off and feeding it to you right now is because you're the only one that knows how to get these three unstuck. Do it, and we'll let you live. Don't, and you know what'll happen."

Seeing no other way out, Terumi decided to give up the details. "The only way to get them unstuck is to put them back into the cauldron," he confessed. "In 10 minutes, they should be back to normal. Can I go now, please?"

Everyone except Terumi laughed. "Do you honestly think we'll just let you go and assume you were telling the truth?" Rachel asked. "If you were lying to us and these three lose their lives, then so will you. You stay and watch."

Terumi nodded in agreement. "Well, do we just walk in then?" Xi/Double Dee asked.

"I suppose so. Please make haste. I would like this day to end," Rachel coaxed. The male Murakumo went into the cauldron to reverse the smelting process. 10 minutes later, the three boys all fell from the cauldron to the floor of the altar in cartoon fashion, leaving three imprints on the ground.

"Jeez, even Ed's SOUL stunk in there!" whined Eddy. The three got up and walked over to the others to join them, all with murder in their eyes for Terumi. Even Double Dee, who was normally a pacifist.

"Before we go home, there's just one thing left for us to do," Eddy said with an evil smile. He pulled an El Mongo Stink Bomb out of hammerspace and shoved it in Terumi's pleading mouth. Double Dee pulled out some of his extra-strength sticky glue out of hammerspace and closed it shut. "EVERYONE RUN!" Everyone ran to the edge of the altar while Terumi was left in the middle of it. 10 seconds later, the bomb exploded in his mouth, making him puke everywhere and smelling worse than Ed's gym socks.

"And you guys call ME evil!?" yelled Terumi. Ragna walked over to him and knocked him out with the blunt edge of his sword.

"Can we call it a day already?" Ragna asked. Everyone nodded in agreement and Rachel teleported them all back to Sector Seven.

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"Well boys, it's been one hell of a ride," Kokonoe said. "But we gotta get you all back home now."

"Didn't have to tell me twice!" exclaimed Eddy. "As much as I like some of you, this world is going to get us killed, especially if that creep Terumi comes back. Besides, we have scams to do, jawbreakers to eat."

"For what it's worth Professor, I did enjoy learning all of the scientific methods I could during our time here. This knowledge may potentially get me into one of the top colleges in the country!" Double Dee said. "For that, I have to thank you the most. And you as well Tager, for letting me experiment on you." Everyone except Kokonoe and Tager shot him a look. "My Lord people, it was a humane experiment!" he said defensively.

Kokonoe chuckled. "When you work at Sector Seven, you get looks like that all the time, don't worry. And by the way, I have a little something for you." She pulled a jar out of her desk filled with a clear substance slightly thicker and darker than air. "It's concentrated seithr. It's a little present from us. I figured you might as well use what you've learned here and put it to use, right?"

Double Dee could hardly contain his excitement. "This is absolutely amazing! I'll be more than happy to accept this gift and move forward in my studies. Thank you very much!"

Ed was probably taking saying goodbye the hardest out of the three. Him and Tao were still hugging and saying goodbye with tears in their eyes. "Goodbye Tao! Whenever I watch 'The Evil Cat Mutants From Litterbox Four' from now on, I'll always think of you!" he sobbed.

"Meow! Whenever Tao eats a chicken in the Kaka Village, she'll think of Eyebrow Guy!" she cried.

"This is a touching scene, but we really must move on people," Rachel said impatiently.

"Right. Ed, Edd, Eddy, I need you all to step up near the portal," Kokonoe instructed. The Eds stepped up like instructed. "Boys, listen to everything Rachel says while in there, understand?" They nodded. She turned to Ragna. "Ragna, work your magic."

Like it was on cue, Ragna immediately began the chant. "Restriction 666 released. Dimensional interference field deployed. Engaging the Idea Engine. BlazBlue, activate!" The augmentation from his Idea Engine made a connection to the portal's server and soon the portal was booted up.

"Alright boys, shall we be off?" Rachel asked. The boys nodded and waved goodbye to everyone else while they walked through.

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While in the portal, Rachel turned to the boys. "Ed, Edd, Eddy, it is very important that you follow these instructions to the letter, do I make myself clear?"

"Crystal," Double Dee said.

"Very well then," she continued. "As soon as I am gone, I will need you all to count to five, join hands, and then jump. Kokonoe and I have set up a direct route to your dimension based on Relius' research, so you should land back home. If you understand all of this, then I cannot do any more than bid you farewell. Good luck." And then she disappeared. The Eds counted to five, joined hands, and took the most literal leap of faith of their lives.

The three landed on the ground outside of the Peach Creek Community Center. Still plastered to the entrance was the sign saying the science fair was that night. "Wait, how is this possible?" Double Dee wondered. "We've been gone three days!"

Eddy slapped Double Dee across the face. "Enough with the question-everything-that-happens thing already, will ya?" he said. "We've had enough of that for a while. Let's just go inside so you can win your award already." On that note, the three boys walked into the community center to finish off the night and for Double Dee to get awarded his third Science Fair title in a row.