Chapter 3
The Many Gears of this Multiverse pt 3
Kaze only sighed. The day up to this point had been pretty shit, but he was fine with that. Some days were just like that. Not that he could call it that. It was more of a string of bad days, starting with the fact he had been referred to in second-person for the entire day. The writer personally preferred third person limited, but was willing to deal with that POV for the moment. But, there was a bigger issue in his mind.
"I must be trapped in one of the works by Miguel Parks." He thought, only for something hard to slam into his skull. Kaze made a quick glance down at himself. His trenchcoat was still there, along with his shirt and pants. His black hair was still in order, complimenting his red eyes. Somehow, he had managed to get his pirate saber back.
"So you're a fellow fanfic hater as well?" The writer turned around, finding himself staring down the barrel of a sniper rifle. The holder of the gun, some teenage boy, seemed more than willing to shoot anyone who got in his way. The boy was dressed in a camo shirt covered by a black vest and a pair of camo pants to go with his shirt. His black hair appeared dirty yet, complimenting his dark green eyes.
"Possibly." Kaze answered and the other boy laughed. "Kaze Jukia."
"Tobi Karnoc, Student of Hope Peak's." Tobi explained and Kaze sighed.
"Exiled." Kaze whispered, taking a deep breath. The gun-toting student didn't need to know, but he was going to tell anyway. "You know, the students that die and/or disappear under mysterious circumstances."
"Neither I or the FFnet viewers have any clue what you're talking about." The two laughed. "Please elaborate."
"My "friends" are currently trapped in some glass structure with some robot car bear thing forcing us to use social skills and be all buddy-buddy." Tobi stared blankly, possibly wondering if the exile's story made sense. "Along with that, I'm part of some mermaid thing's "army"."
"Okay then." Kaze took a deep breath and Tobi smiled.
"Since you told your story," Tobi answered, lowering his gun. "I probably should tell mine."
"That sounds fair." Kaze responded, heading towards the crowd off in the distance. Tobi followed right behind,occasionally making a glance behind them. One could never know what to expect around here.
"So, I and my friends are forced to kill each other in this jungle. We then refuse. As a result, the mastermind shows up and then things got crazy."
"As in what, exactly?"
"We were travelling across dimensions, two of my "friends" were constantly getting themselves killed, we got a gang of robots and we had some conqueror girl with us. But, it was the second to last place we went where everything changed. It was there, this whole shitstorm started."
"Seriously?"
"Yep. The two undead friends kidnapped some girl, tying her to a bell. Somehow, the girl managed to escape putting a third friend in her place. The bell rang and she was dead."
"In other words, you were played for fools."
Tobi only sighed. Kaze was right, even if he didn't want to admit it.
"Then we were back in the human world. It lulled us into a false sense of security, only for everyone to get kidnapped. After we found ourselves in a similar human world, with not many humans."
After the gunslinger finished his story, a kunai struck his head. For getting hit by sharp metal object, it didn't hurt as much as he expected it too.
"Great. More birds trapped in unlocked cages."
The two boys turned around, finding a third boy leaping through the air. He was probably planning to kick both of them, judging from the sudden slowing down of time and the pose their attacker had chosen to use. So, the two boys did the logical thing one would do in this situation. They moved out of the way, getting their weapons ready. Naturally, their attacker missed and pulled two kunai out. He then charged towards them, proceeding to get shot three times. Somehow, he was still charging towards them.
"Your marksmanship skills are nice change but," The boy remarked and cracked a smile. "You have much to learn in order to be on my level."
Tobi growled, only for the boy to slam his kunai into Kaze's sword. Kaze groaned, knocking both blades back. After, a cold blast of water shot out of the blade and knocked their opponent down.
"So, Rana lives on." The boy remarked, throwing his kunai towards them. "Interesting."
"What the fuck are you even talking about?" Kaze accused and their opponent laughed.
"If you want to know, go ask Nagia." Kaze slammed the blade into our currently unnamed boy's stomach, only for Tobi to shoot him.
"I'm sorry about. My fic-hating "brother" just had a temporary losing of his mind." Tobi explained and Kaze took a deep breath.
"It's alright. I was just pushing his buttons." The boy remarked, the two boy's gazes focusing on him. He was about their age, maybe even a bit more. He was dressed in a blue t-shirt with grey shorts and black boots. His short brown hair appeared smooth and his gray eyes stared back towards them. "Kage, of the dark blades."
"Never heard of them." Kaze remarked, making a quick glance towards his new friend.
"Of course you haven't. You're not supposed to know of our existence."
"Why?" Tobi snickered, only to get slashed by Kage's left kunai.
"Because my friends and I are the reason most of you got to live." Kage then walked away, leaving the writer and the gunslinger to their own devices.
"So, now what?" Tobi asked as the two still stood there, waiting for some mystical sign to come to either one of them.
"We follow him." Kaze answered, sheathing his pirate saber. "It's infinitely better than doing nothing."
"Isn't that what the author wants?"
Kaze only laughed.
"I'll answer your question with a question." Tobi watched, curious what the boy had to say. "What is better: Nothingness or Enjoyment?"
"Enjoyment."
Kaze then headed off, Tobi following right behind. As they headed up the path, patches of stone seemed to appear among the sand. Eventually, the sand stopped and led onto a path of stone. All around them, ruins of building stood. Everything of value had either been looted from the place or was destroyed along with the buildings. Strangely, the only building still intact was a large oval. Why the mysterious perpetrator behind this decided on that building, was currently unknown.
"Seriously, why leave one building and destroy all the rest?" Tobi shouted as they caught a glimpse of the crowd. For some reason, they were all heading towards the oval. Along with that, the path they were taking seemed to lead there also.
"Of course." Kaze remarked, cracking a smile. "All paths have to converge."
Tobi smiled back. Considering how well his day had gone at that point, things were beginning to look up. But things could have gone worse, making this a nice change of pace for him. The two boys then ran down the path, catching up with the rest of the group. On further examination, the stadium appeared to be made from a mishmash of buildings in the area, the leftovers making up the ruins.
"That's just lazy!"
"Valia worked hard on those buildings!"
"How dare you disrespect the drunken slut?!"
A crowd had gathered in front of the oval. For some reason, two doors laid before them. The door on the left was your run-of-the mill oak door with the phrase "Non-Competitors" hanging above it. The door on the right however, was some sandstone slab encrusted with all sorts of gems around the edge. Above, was the phrase "Competitors" carved into the wall. Strangely, the crowd seemed to have a high amount of very unimportant characters holding everyone up. The clones were promptly thrown to the side, allowing the rest of the crowd in. The two headed to the right, watching the door slide up.
"Ready to do this?" Kaze joked and the two laughed.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Tobi answered and the two headed in.
Inside, the stadium was appeared Greek in origin, judging from the marble columns holding the bleachers up and the painting detailing Complaints girl and Valia as two hideous monsters along with a third person draped in a forest green cloak and hood, attempting to slay the two. Strangely, the black cat stain glass picture was emblazoned on flags hanging from the bleachers. In said bleachers, were all the supporting characters no one cared about at the moment. Standing in the middle, was a line of 18 people. Tobi and Kaze casually strolled up, raising the count to 20. As they did that, a platform began to descend towards them. After a few minutes of waiting and looking up, the platform now stood a few feet above the ground. Standing on said platform, was the girl from the mural.
"Hello, people." The girl announced and everyone groaned. "Before I start, how do you like my throne?"
The girl stepped to the side, revealing her throne. It wasn't that impressive, just a wooden chair covered in some sort of weird light pinkish white fabric.
"Do any of us look like interior decorators?"
"What is the meaning of this?"
"Get on with it!"
"Is that so?" The girl continued, giggling to herself. "Would you be happy to know that it's made from the flesh of human beings?"
Blank stares focused on the speaker, wondering what the fuck was going on.
"Welcome to Heck, the rest stop for the dead. It would be, if I hadn't used holy on it."
"Is she for real?" Chouko whispered and Victoria shook her head.
"If she were, it still wouldn't make much sense." The hybrid answered. "Not that much of this ever did.
"But, I doubt any of you care about that. I'm Chaos, the ruler of this realm now. My first declaration, is kill each other!"
"What?" Byaka remarked, pulling his sword out. "I was already doing that beforehand! "
"Same here!" Syo shouted and began to jump up and down, waving her scissors in the air.
Chaos laughed, her gaze focusing on the rest of the group.
"Why can't you people be like them? Ready to kill at a moment's notice?" Chaos inquired, only to get barrage of projectiles and magic to the face. "So, that is how it's going to be then?"
After Chaos finished speaking, a cage was lowered down. Like the platform, the cage took a ridiculous amount of time to come down. As they waited, the currently eighteen characters pulled some cards out and began to play Texas hold'em. They managed to get through a few hands before the cage finally came down. The cage wasn't anything that interesting, just one of those metal boxes with the four walls made of iron bars. Standing in said cell, was the very unimportant character. For some reason, he was giving a death glare to Chaos.
"If you don't start," Chaos explained as the cell bars suddenly broke free from the two metal plates holding them in. Strangely, the character in the cage just floated there, waiting for his eventual faith. A few seconds passed and the metal poles headed straight towards him. A few of them attempted to head towards the execution and save the cursed character, only to find themselves unable to move their legs. They could only watch as the boy was impaled by each pole. Right below, pink blood and broken bones just fell to the ground with the occasional organ casually floating down. Most of the group covered their eyes, while a few watched on with immense satisfaction. "This could be your faith!"
The platform then began its lengthy ascent up, eventually reaching the top of the stadium in a couple of minutes. Everyone looked among each other, giving a slight nod.
"Let's do this!" They all shouted, smiles forming on their faces. If this was what her majesty wanted, so be it. But, that didn't have to stop them from giving it all and having fun.
BlackGatomon infusion digivolve too... Selenemon!
LadyDevimon infusion digivolve too... LadySucimon!
Letorramon infusion digivolve too... AngelicLetorramon!
Angewomon infusion digivolve too... ToxinAngewomon!
Elena infusion digivolve too... Arresternostmon!
Marissa infusion digivolve too... Senshimon!
Agumon infusion digivolve too... DutchessGreymon!
Veemon armor digivolve too... Draoniamon!
Varia overdrive digivolve too... ExaltScorceressmon!
In Victoria's place, now stood a young woman draped in a purple ballroom gown decorated with violet ribbons and whitish silver moon symbols along with a pair of purple high heels on her feet. Silver moon symbols were imprinted on the back of her hand along with one hanging in her black hair. Her butterfly swords were now hanging to her dress.
LadyDevimon on the other hand, was now dressed in a very revealing black dress that showed off her massive breasts yet tiny bat wings. Her feet were covered in black sandal heels, complimented by her long silver bangs.
Angewomon and Letorramon appeared in their infusion forms, nothing appearing to have changed.
Same could be said about Elena, who was hovering slightly above the ground.
Marissa was now dressed in a pink sailor fuku with a pair of matching arm length gloves and white high heel boots. A golden band with a citrine engraved into it sat on her head, going with her long brown hair. In each hand, was a pinkish silver folding fan.
In her partner's place, stood a greymon dressed in an extravagant orange dress. A gold tiara sat on her head, which looked a little silly on the large dinosaur. Finishing off the look, were her rounded off claws which had been painted really bright pink.
In Veemon's place, now stood a hot pink dragoness. The creature was dressed in plate armor decorated with a flame pattern. Matching opera gloves covered her arms along with a pair of red high heels covered her feet.
For Varia, she was now dressed in her green armor along with her gladius.
After that group finally finished, everyone pulled their weapons out and scattered themselves about the stadium.
"Now that's more like it!" Chaos announced, somehow managing to pop herself some popcorn on the way up. "3...2...1, begin!"
Notes:
And that's everyone. Only took me, a chapter more than I expected it to take. Next next chapter will have analyzer entries for the digimon.
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Next time: Useless information!