And we're back with the next chapter of Meta-Verse. It has been two years now since Meta-Verse has been made. And it seems that working with collaborators is actually fun. I'm enjoying it so far. And that is fine with me. I would actually love to thank every collaborator I worked with so far for writing with me. And I would like to thank Zavoren for working me on this arc. And we'll continue to work on this arc. If I have not mentioned that L Little'sFanfic will return for another arc of Meta-Verse, he will return. Now, in this chapter, Kryptomites is back, and this time, he has a plan to unleash a horrible beast onto the world. Let's get this started, shall we?
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S.T.A.R. Labs
In a science lab, we see Kryptomites working on the DNA vile to enhance it. Swim Swim came to him.
"You requested me?" Swim Swim asked.
"Yes. I see that you're Cranberry's favorite." Kryptomites said.
"Not exactly."
"The only thing that man can't kill is genius. The exposure of it. Things can change for the better. When I use this on someone, it can change them for good. Into something more dangerous…and deadly…that no one will control."
"And what do you need me for?"
"Oh, I think you already know the assignment." Kryptomites go up to Swim Swim. "And you will handle this the right way. Do I make myself clear?"
Swim Swim nodded.
"Good. Then carry out the job." Kryptomites said.
Swim Swim then walks out of the room, phasing through the floor and swimming in it.
Kryptomites looked at the vile. "Michiru…I know you more than you think. It's time you and I have something to discuss."
Opening theme: Run For Your Life by Haruka Shimotsuki
Hashiridase Run for your life
Ano hi no yume made
Akiramezu ni Try & Try
Kirameki wa nakushita kunai
Itsumo to onaji asa beru ga naru
Sujigaki toori no mainichi
Hurry up!
Kyou mo Restless life
Taikutsu na rizumu ni shibarareru
Sanketsugumi na seikatsu
Wake up!
Kanari Restriction
Yume o wasureru nande dekinai yo
Hashiridase Run for your life
Mirai no watashi o
Mitsukedashite Try & Try
Egao ni kaetai
Tokihanate Your precious soul
Shinjiiru tsuyosa ni
Kidzuita ni Try & Try
Yakusoku wa chikai ni kawaru
Meta-Verse Department Agency
In the Meta-Verse Department Agency, we see Riko walking back to the apartment center, until she sees her Meta-Verse counterpart and Marulk walking in the hallway.
"I've been wanting to see if I still have that paper from yesterday's work." Meta-Verse Riko said.
"You still haven't finished it yet?" Marulk asked.
"No." Meta-Verse Riko shook her head, fiddling with her fingers.
Marulk chuckled. "Don't let Katy scold you now."
Meta-Verse Riko nodded. They then stopped when they saw Riko. "Oh. I've been hearing we have newcomers, but I wasn't expecting another me to show up though."
"I've met the other Reg, but I haven't seen the other me yet. Until now," Riko said. She smiled and greeted Marulk as well. "How are you both doing?"
"It's okay. Been trying to get some places cleaned up." Marulk said.
"As for me…I'm kind of failing. I tried to do the assignment Katy gave us. I'm almost done, but it's so hard." Meta-Verse Riko admits.
"What is it that you have to do for Katy?" Riko asked. "Maybe I can help. Two Riko's are better than one."
Meta-Verse Riko nodded.
"Well, she has been trying to get some math work done. Although it seems harder when you look at it." A voice said.
Riko turned to see who had just spoken. But, to her surprise, no one's even there.
"Huh?" Riko looked around, confused. "Did you guys hear another voice, or am I just hearing things?"
"Oh." Meta-Verse Riko puts her arm on a table.
Then, a microscopic human girl came out of Meta-Verse Riko's arm then walked a few inches from her arm. The microscopic girl is none other than the cell, the Platelet. The leader Platelet is the one that got out of Meta-Verse Riko's arm. She has the microphone that the other Platelet have and she uses it. "Hello. I don't think you can see me, since I'm really, really tiny."
"You're right. I can't see you very well at all," Riko said, speaking carefully so as to not overwhelm the little microscopic girl. "What are you up to?"
"Nothing much really. We are inside this Riko's body here as…a home for now, since there's nowhere to go at the moment. I'm a Platelet. I am the leader of the Platelets, and we are cells."
"Wow, I see," Riko said, impressed. She really was meeting so many new and interesting people, just like she hoped for.
"Do you even have a magnifying glass to see me? Cause that might help." The leader Platelet asked.
Riko turned to Meta-Verse Riko and Marulk. "Do you guys have one of those?" she asked.
"Um, I think so, just let me see." Marulk looked through his maid outfit pockets for a minute, then he found one. "Here." He gave Riko the magnifying glass.
Riko thanked him and took the magnifying glass. She looked through it and spotted the little Platelet. "There you are," she said happily. "Now I can see you better."
"I thought so." The leader Platelet smiled. "So, you from another reality, huh? Not surprised. We got one last year, but they seem to be more normal than you think. Well, except for some."
"Yes, we're newcomers," she said. "I can't believe that I'm talking to a cell. This is so cool!"
The leader Platelet smiled. "Glad we can be friends."
Katy Caterpillar crawled up to them. "Got my paperwork done. That's a lot of paperwork I have to go through. But as a teacher, I have to do them."
"Tired?" The leader Platelet asked.
Katy looks down at the leader Platelet. "Sort of."
Riko wondered if she could use this as an opportunity to get Katy's mind off of Meta-Verse Riko's assignment. "You really need to rest too, Katy," she said. "You do so much around here, you need a break every once and a while too."
"You might be right. I might as well do that. I do have lunch break, so I might as well take that advantage." Katy crawls off the table and leaves them. "And don't forget about the assignment."
"Wow." The leader Platelet said.
Riko breathed a sigh of relief. At least she wasn't asking for the homework right then. "Now, about that assignment," she whispered to her Meta-Verse self.
Meanwhile, Milk Chan enters the apartment center, and has a jar of toy monkeys in it. The only ones in the apartment at the moment are Unico, Nanachi, the Digidestined and their partners, the Pokemon trainers and their partners and Michiru Kagemori. Oh, and do not forget ID-3 Hoihoi-san, who is sweeping at the moment.
Hoihoi-san saw what Milk was holding. "What did you get?"
"Barrel of Monkeys." Milk said.
"I love Barrel of Monkeys," T.K. said happily. "How are you today, Milk Chan?"
"I got shittier." Milk said.
"What happened?" Hoihoi-san stopped sweeping for a moment to hear this.
"Well, I have a boy come up to me and say…"I love you."...I rejected him." Milk said. "Because love is not what I'm into. That's someone else's job. Not mine."
Mimi looked surprised by that. "Well, you can only love who you love. I'm sure you'll find one someday," she said.
"Girl, that's never gonna happen. Do you see me being in love with someone?" Milk shook her head, then headed to the table, then opened the jar, but, very oddly, the monkeys started flying and they were everywhere.
"Did you accidentally grab the magical flying monkeys or something?" Sora asked.
"Fly my pretties," Tai said jokingly as the monkeys zipped around the room.
Reg, Faputa and Tsumiki Miniwa came into the apartment and the first thing they saw were flying toy monkeys.
"Do I want to know?" Reg asked.
One monkey flew too close to Faputa and she snatched it with her mouth and ate it.
Tsumiki's eyes turned white. "You know that isn't edible, right?!"
Faputa had already swallowed the monkey and coughed as it went roughly down her throat. "Why though?" she demanded as she made a face of revulsion.
"Okay, she is scary." Tsumiki sighed. "That was a toy. You swallowed a toy."
"Wait, she did?" Milk goes up to the three. "Man, and I thought a Venus Flytrap would do the job of doing that."
"I think we have a human Venus Flytrap here," Ash Ketchum said. "Or at least, as human as she can be."
"Funny." Milk said.
"Do we get that out of her?" Hoihoi-san asked, curiously. We already have enough inside stomach chapters already, so there's a possibility…
"Let's not think that yet." Milk said to us.
Okay.
Milk then turns to the others. "Well, one monkey is out. Looks like the Barrel of Monkeys is…flying. I hate the Wizard of Oz."
One of the monkeys bounced off of Joe's head. "We have got to do something about these guys. Do they have an off switch?"
"What kind of off switch?" Hoihoi-san asked, but she got attacked by a toy monkey, but she grabbed out her katana and brutally murdered the toy monkey, tearing it to shreds.
"I have an idea," Lana said. She pulled out her Pokeball and called on Popplio. "Use your Bubble attack to trap the monkeys."
Popplio fired bubbles from his nose, and the bubbles floated in the air and trapped the monkeys that flew into them.
It worked.
Gokicha came into the room. "Have not met you newcomers yet-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She saw the monkeys in bubbles. "What is going on here?!"
"All Hell's broke loose," Michiru said, doing her best to dodge the monkeys. She managed to snatch one in her hand, then had an idea. Her arms began to extend and she began snatching monkeys out of the air in rapid succession.
"Oh wow! She's very clever at that!" Tsumiki said in total shock.
"I'm not surprised." Hoihoi-san said.
"Yeah, that'll do it. Now have them be put into their bubbles so we don't have to deal with this mess anymore." Milk suggested.
Michiru shoved each of the monkeys into a bubble until they were all trapped in the soapy bubbles and hung in the air.
Milk goes up to Popplio and patted him on the head. "Thanks."
Popplio barked and did a little bow, very proud of his work.
"Now then…" Milk looks at the floating monkeys. "How do we get them back in the jar?"
Meanwhile, Riko, Meta-Verse Riko and Marulk, don't worry, the leader Platelet has gotten back inside Meta-Verse Riko's body, are all heading to the apartment center until they meet up with Emilico and her Shadow Master, Kate Shadow.
"Oh, hello," Riko greeted them. "I don't believe we've met yet. I'm Riko."
"My name's Emilico, and this is my Shadow Master, Mistress Kate."
"Pleasure to meet you." Kate said.
"What do you guys do here? Do you go on missions as well?" Riko asked.
"Yes, we do." Kate answered.
"That's great! Maybe we'll get to go on a mission together sometime," Riko continued.
"That would be good." Emilico nodded.
"We're heading back to the apartment right now." Marulk said.
"We can come with you." Emilico insisted.
"Sure," Riko said with a warm smile. "The more the merrier."
They began to walk down to the apartment center, but that is until they caught a peacock feather on the floor.
"I didn't know we had peacocks here," Riko said as she knelt down and picked up the feather, looking over its shimmering colors.
But, in a sudden twist of things, above the feather, yellow eyes appeared, and an evil laugh was made.
Riko immediately dropped the feather and gasped. "What are you?" she demanded at the eyes staring back at her.
But the eyes are gone.
Silence
"What in the world…?" Emilico is in shock.
"There is some evil in that thing. Kate senses it." Kate said.
"Just what in the world was that?" Riko asked. She looked around, but the evil presence seemed to have disappeared.
"This needs to be told." Meta-Verse Riko said.
Later, after the others have been told of this, the whole team, including the Digidestined, Digimon, Pokemon and their trainers, Riko's group, Michiru and Shirou Ogami and Unico's group, goes up to the research room and gives Lambie McStuffins the feather.
"This is new. It couldn't have done that." Lambie examines the feather.
"It looks like any old peacock feather," Tai said. "Any idea what this might mean?"
"I might examine it further." Lambie said.
Katy, Paiman and Hercules came in.
"What's going on?" Katy demanded.
"It's some kind of peacock feather, but Riko and the others said that they saw eyes and heard an evil laugh," Michiru explained.
Hercules looks distant. "That means it's my wicked stepmother, Hera."
"Do you think she's after the Pinnacles as well?" Sora asked him.
"I'm not sure. But Hera is a ruthless god, giving the innocent pain and suffering." Hercules said.
"That does sound like a bad guy," Ash muttered.
"So, gang, what do you think we should do about this?" Joe asked.
"We track her down and pinpoint her location. There has to be a reason why the feather is in the Agency. If she's going to target the Agency, then I'm afraid the Agency is not safe." Paiman then leaves the room.
"Well, this certainly feels like we're being targeted," Shirou said as he looked the feather over. He sniffed, taking in its scent, but he couldn't pick up anything out of the ordinary.
Katy looks concerned. "This is bad."
"You might as well be careful with the feather, if it is a tracking device of some sort." Kate said.
Lambie nodded. "I'll try not to get this Hera involved."
Meanwhile, Raggedy Ann goes up to Reg, Faputa and Gatomon, who have gathered in the hallway.
"What was going on? I got the call." Ann said.
"We're still trying to figure it out too, but from what we've gathered, Hercules's stepmother may be behind this. We aren't certain yet if she's targeting the agency," Gatomon explained to Ann as she approached. "That's all we know at the moment though. What are your thoughts?"
Ann's eyes widened. "I knew it. Hera is gonna come one way or another. You guys have the feather, don't you?"
"Lambie has it right now," Reg said.
Ann nodded. Then she sighed. "I've talked to Amanda Waller about the Whistle Blower."
Reg and Faputa's ears perked up. "What have you learned?" Reg asked.
"The reason for the Whistle Blower is more because, when the child of a villain is turned into a whistle, that's when the Whistle Blower is born. Whoever has that special kind of Whistle, is considered the Whistle Blower. In this case, the child is Prushka, while the villain is Bondrewd. And the one receiving it is none other than Riko." Ann explained.
Reg hummed as he thought over this information. "I see, that does explain why they're coming after Riko. But is it Riko they want or the whistle?"
"I'm guessing it's both," Gatomon said. "Just like they are after Kari because of her crest of light."
"She has, sadly, no info on the other two. Though she is gonna look for info on that." Ann said.
"Good, we need as much information as we can get," Reg said. "We have to find those other two Pinnacles before the enemy finds them first."
Ann nodded.
Katy and another girl came to the four.
This girl has bob-cut silver hair that grades down to gray and brown eyes. She wears a blue t-shirt, white skirt, white almost-to-the-knee socks and brown loafers. This is Rumi Yokoi.
"We have heard. So, you guys do this every now and then?" Rumi asked.
"They are Pinnacle Protectors, you know?" Ann said.
"I see." Rumi nodded.
"We're still trying to figure out the feather." Katy said.
"I'm thinking the feather is a warning card." Ann said.
"A warning card?" Gatomon asked. "So, she may very well attack us then."
"She won't hesitate to do that. I know my mythology all that well. Greek mythology anyways. To tell you the truth, she is actually Queen of the Gods." Ann explains.
"So, she's incredibly powerful is what you're getting at," Gatomon said. "Have you ever faced off against her in the past?"
Ann shook her head. "I've only been taught this in history lessons, in Greek mythology, but that's about it."
Gatomon sighed. She hated going against enemies she knew little about, especially if they boast the power of the gods. "I'm going to keep watching over Kari. Reg, Faputa, you two do the same of Riko. We'll all watch out for them, but we're the closest to the Pinnacles. We're their protectors."
Reg nodded. "I swear I won't let anything happen to Riko."
"Meeting adjourned." Katy said.
Ann nodded.
Germany
Meanwhile, in a different facility, in Germany, we do see a cat-like balloon ship landing down to the science lab, where Swim Swim is waiting for them. And who got out the ship are none other than the dumbest Team Rocket. "We have been waiting for your arrival. He wants you."
Jessie, James, Meowth and Wobbuffet stepped out of the balloon, all four trying to look as villainous as possible, but doing a rather bad job of it. They have a reputation after all.
"Yes, lead the way," James said.
The five later went into the lab, where Kryptomites is working on the experiment now.
"They're here." Swim Swim said.
"Good work." Kryptomites turn to Team Rocket. "I am Kryptomites, leader of the Female Furies. I have called you here because I need you to abduct someone."
"Well, abduction is one of our specialties," Jessie said proudly. "We've been tracking a Pikachu for some time. What is our target?"
"Oh, just some random person that you can find. And it has to be human. Because…" Kryptomites then shows Team Rocket the vile. "Once I inject this vile into this human, he or she will transform into a monstrous animal the world has ever known. And I wanna use this chance to destroy my enemies once and for all. What do you say? It's a done deal if you ask me."
"Just anyone?" Meowth said. "That's a piece of cake."
"Yes. Now do your job." Kryptomites said. "You're dismissed."
The four headed back to their balloon. "Well, he sure seemed… intense," James said softly so only the four of them could hear.
"No kidding," Jessie said. "And what's this about experimenting on people?" She sighed. "Oh well, a job's a job, and we need money. The boss has practically cut us off on money, so we'll need to find ways to pay for our experiments to capture Pikachu."
"Wabba Wabba!" Wabuffet said with a little salute.
Inside the lab, we see Kryptomites and Swim Swim still there.
"Do you think they will, sir?" Swim Swim asked.
"No. But I might as well give them the job. Because…" Kryptomites turned to Swim Swim. "...I might as well give them something they did not expect. I'll turn on them later if things don't go according to plan."
"So it was a setup?" Swim Swim asked.
"Sort of. But I wanna see how they do first, before I decide." Kryptomites then turn to the table. "I wanna see Michiru's expression on her face when she sees that there is a new leader of mutation in town."
"I'll be right back. I might as well check the Magical Girl Raising Project." Swim Swim then leaves the lab.
Meta-Verse Department Agency
Back in the Meta-Verse Department Agency, in the training room, we do see Snow White and Tsumiki training themselves with a staff and katana respectively, with Katy watching, and then Riko comes in.
"What are you guys up to?" she asked as she walked into the room.
They stopped.
"We are actually training." Snow White said.
Riko nodded and looked over Tsumiki's katana. "Can you teach me how to fight like you?" she asked.
Tsumiki thinks for a moment, then motions Snow White to get off the training ground, to which she did and walks to the table where Katy is at and sits down. Tsumiki goes to the weapon rack, grabs a katana, then goes back to the training ground and gives Riko the katana.
Riko took the katana and took a fighting stance with it. "I have bad guys coming after me, and I want to learn how to protect myself so Reg and Faputa don't have to do all the work," she explained. "I want to be able to protect my friends too."
"Is that so?" Tsumiki asked, then sighed. "Well then, you might as well need it. Don't hold back."
Riko tried to charge with the katana but ended up nearly tripping over herself. Perhaps, this would be a little harder than she thought, but when was she never up for a challenge. She righted her footing and practiced swinging the blade around.
"Your opponents ain't gonna take you likely. So, might as well be your opponent." Tsumiki charges at Riko and goes on to attack. "Like I said, don't hold back!"
Riko managed to raise the sword high enough to block the sword strokes from Tsumiki. She was actually surprised by how much muscle she had built up while traveling through the Abyss. She managed to shove Tsumiki's blade back and quickly went on the offensive.
Tsumiki swings her sword and tries for a counter attack.
Riko thought back to how Reg fought. He managed to make good use out of his short height while in battle, and Riko did her best to mimic it. She sidestepped at the last second and swung her sword with all her might.
Tsumiki blocks the attack, however, and she jumps up, then slides a few feet from Riko, then goes into her fighting stance. "Not bad. But you still need a little work."
Riko was a little breathless from the workout. She wiped the sweat off her brow and said, "Could you show me some of your techniques. I think I've got the swinging part down, but I need to refine my swordstrokes."
"Yeah, I can do that." Tsumiki then swung her sword around, and she tried a sword swing, to which it did hit the wall.
"Careful not to hit that." Katy said.
"Sorry about that, Katy-sensei." Tsumiki gets the sword out of the wall, then she charges at Riko again and has her sword held up high, preparing to strike.
Riko couldn't move out of the way in time, and as she brought her sword up to deflect it, Tsumiki's katana knocked the blade out of her hand. She managed to get out of the way in time before she could be sliced in half, but she tripped up and stumbled a little.
"I've got a lot of work ahead of me," Riko said while taking in a sharp breath.
"Do not worry about a thing." Tsumiki motions for Katy to do something, to which Katy presses a button on the table, then it reveals that they're in a protective shield. "This is a protective shield. Anyone that comes inside this room automatically gets this shield. To protect you from getting scratched up or anything like that."
Riko nodded. That made her feel better. She took in another deep breath and charged again, with even more vigor than before. She got in close and swung her sword.
Tsumiki blocked it, sidestepped her and literally swept Riko off her feet with her left leg.
Tumbling to the ground, Riko quickly forced herself back up and grabbed her sword. "No matter how many times you knock me down, I'm going to keep getting back up. I won't give up." She gripped her white whistle tightly and for a moment, she felt Prushka's presence, filling her with even more determination.
Tsumiki smiled. "That's what I wanna see. That determination that tells you that you can stay strong. I was never like that once."
Riko charged once more and let out a battle cry as she dashed for Tsumiki. "I will never give up. No matter what," she said. She got in close again, but this time, she faked her sword stroke and stepped to the side, swinging again.
Tsumiki's eyes turned white and her sword got knocked off of her hand by Riko's.
"Yes!" Riko cried out as she pointed her blade at Tsumiki. "I did it. I really did it!"
Tsumiki smiled. "You surprised me. But take note that some enemies will surprise you. Keep this in mind."
Riko nodded and lowered her blade. She glanced at it and turned to Tsumiki. "Can I keep this for the time being? Just to be on the safe side?"
"Ask Katy-sensei, not me." Tsumiki said.
"Katy, may I hold on to this?" Riko asked the little caterpillar.
Katy nodded. "Certainly."
Riko sheathed the katana and swung the strap over her shoulder, the katana resting against her back. "Thank you," she said to Katy, then she turned to Tsumiki. "And thank you for the sparring lesson."
Tsumiki nodded. "I'm always a good expert on the stuff. I was never like that before. I was always shy around things. Not shy, but…always not into this stuff. But when I first joined this Agency, I felt like I had a new purpose. Something that made me happier than ever."
It made sense. Riko had learned quite a bit just from the short time she had been in the agency. It changed them, and it seemed, for the better. Riko gave a little bow and thanked them again before taking her leave.
"You think she will be ready to protect herself and them?" Snow White asked.
"Let's just hope so." Katy said.
Tsumiki looks distant. "I'm sure she will. Just give her time."
Meanwhile, Emilico and Kate were sitting down on the sofa in the apartment center, feeling uncertain. Michiru came into the room and saw the two.
"Hey, there," she said. "What are you two up to?"
"We're just waiting." Kate said.
"Waiting for what? A new mission?" she asked.
"Something like that." Emilico turns to Michiru. "Actually, we're waiting to hear from what else we don't know about the feather."
Michiru shoved her hands into her jacket pockets. "Hopefully it's soon. I really don't want to go and fight a god."
"Perhaps." A sinister voice said.
"What is that?" Soot emitted from Kate's head.
The screen changes to Kryptomites. "Michiru. Seems you and I have some things to discuss."
"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Michiru demanded.
"Oh Michiru, in the longest time of your life, you have been human once. But then, you literally changed, did you? Against your will? Or something else?" Kryptomites said.
"That's what I'm trying to figure out," Michiru said. "I have no idea why me and Nazuna turned into Beastmen, but that's what we are now and I happen to like it."
"Things change for the better. So now…" Kryptomites show them the vile. "This looks familiar? As you can see, I have it now. From a lab facility in S.T.A.R. Labs. Yes, they have the same DNA as what you have right now."
Michiru gulped and could feel a cold sweat beginning to form. "What are you talking about? Are you seriously going to turn more people into Beastmen?"
"Extinction is all in the beginning of time. I am about to conduct this onto a random person, and soon…your planet will be nothing but chaos…and death…" Kryptomites turn off the screen.
Silence
Kate gets up and walks to Michiru. "What is this about?"
"I think that guy is going to force people to become Beastmen like how Nazuna and I became Beastmen. I have no idea what his goal is but he said something about Extinction and throwing the planet into chaos and death. Just who was that guy?"
"That was Kryptomites." Konata Izumi came to them. "He's made out of Kryptonite, Superman's weakness. He was a new appointed leader of the Female Furies, with the original leader being Granny Goodness. I thought we overthrew that guy. He came back. But for what?"
"He wants to turn people into Beastmen, but why?" Michiru thought hard about it and remembered the few odd instances when a Beastman turned into mutants, but they had no idea what was causing it. "I think I know what he's after. Beastmen have been going crazy lately and turning into these monsters. I think he's wanting to unleash that on us."
"Then all hell breaks loose. Dammit." Konata said.
"We need to trace that call, and see where he's at now." Kate said.
Emilico nodded.
"What was that one nerdy kid's name again? Izzy? Do you think he can trace that call?" Michiru asked.
"I think he can." Konata said.
Later, everyone is in the apartment center, and Izzy has been told of the whole thing.
"Don't worry, I've got this," he said. After typing in some strings of code into his computer, he found a location. "I've found it," he said, and showed his laptop for all to see.
"He's in a lab in Germany." Katy said.
"I don't know how that son of a bitch came back, but if he's gonna do some shit again, we're gonna kick his ass for good." Paiman readies his ray gun. "I say we go find him."
Lambie then came in. "Hold up!" She went to them. "I think I know where Hera is."
"Where?" Ann asked.
"In San Francisco. And some drones told me that a team named Team Rocket has abducted someone for the experiment there as well." Lambie said.
"Team Rocket's behind this?" Ash said.
"Pika!" Pikachu growled. Electricity crackled from his cheeks at the mention of that dastardly team's name.
"He sent them in to abduct the one for the mutation." Konata realizes. "That means they're working for Kryptomites."
"I can't believe even Team Rocket would stoop so low as to abduct people," Kiawe said.
"We have to get to that lab and fast," Tai said.
"And we need to do something about Hera." Ann said.
"I'll go alone. You guys go and handle things from the lab." Hercules came in.
"Be careful." Ann said.
"She is my stepmother, after all." Hercules then left the room.
Katy then turns to the team. "We should get going now."
"Will Hercules really be okay by himself?" Kari asked worriedly.
"Hopefully." Katy said.
"I might send in a crew with him." Paiman said. "I might as well go with him too."
Katy nodded, then Paiman left the room. She then turned to the group. "Let's go."
Germany
In the lab in Germany, Team Rocket brought in the abducted man.
"We got him," James said excitedly as they brought in the poor, confused man. He was tied up with a rope and was being forcibly led into the laboratory.
"Now what do we do with 'em?" Meowth asked.
Kryptomites turn to them. "Set him on the chair."
They got him on the chair, wrapped up in ropes.
"What are you gonna do to me?" The man asked, scared.
"Oh, just a little bit of enjoyment, is all." Kryptomites then injects the vile into him.
The man screamed, twisted and turned, then he transformed into something horrific. An alligator Beastman.
"Yes. It's done." Kryptomites made a sinister smile. "To San Francisco with you."
The alligator Beastman leaves the lab.
"Follow." Kryptomites goes out of the lab, with Team Rocket following him, seeing the alligator Beastman leaving the lab.
The three members of Team Rocket were left shocked by what they had just witnessed. It took them a moment before their legs started moving again, following Kryptomites.
James turned to Jessie and said, "What do you make of that?"
Jessie hummed. "It sure was strange. I wonder just what he plans to do with that guy."
Meowth shrugged. "We'll just have to wait and find out, I guess."
"Wabba Wabba!" Wobbuffet agreed.
They all got into the balloon and floated off.
Meanwhile, the Meta-Verse Agents go to Germany to try and stop the experiment. But what they don't know is that they're already too late. When they got there, they saw nothing.
"Oh crap. Are we too late?" Konata goes into the lab and sees nothing.
Tai and Reg walked over to the chair with tattered ropes. "Something must have broken out of here," Reg noted.
"Must have been something big to destroy these ropes," Tai added.
"This is actually Kryptomites' doing."
They turned around to see a girl walking towards them, and she had a green bamboo muzzle covering her mouth. She has long black wavy hair and pale pink eyes. She wears a pink kimono, brown long-sleeve overcoat, black and white socks and flip flops. This is Nezuko Kamado.
"Can you tell us what happened?" Phosphophyllite asked.
"You see, I spied on him, and it seems that he actually got that guy to be transformed into an alligator monster. They left some time ago." Nezuko is muffled.
Michiru and Nazuna Hiwatashi looked at each other, concerned. "You don't think it's a Beastman, do you?" Michiru asked.
Nazuna sighed. "I have no idea. This sounds bad, whatever it is."
Shirou sniffed the air. He indeed picked up the scent of an alligator Beastman. "I think he's conducting an experiment to replicate what's been done to the two of you. We have to put a stop to this before anymore humans are turned into Beastmen."
"Do you know where they're heading?" Katy asked.
"I don't know." Nezuko is muffled, shaking her head.
"I think I do." A magical girl came to them.
This magical girl has neck-length light pink hair that she wears two deep pink hairpins (one in her front bang and another in her right bang) and a hair accessory that looks like a heart on the right side and teal colored eyes. She wears a pink short-sleeve dress, pink arm warmers and white thigh-high boots. This is Momo Chiyoda.
"Where?" Meta-Verse Reg asked.
"They're heading to San Francisco." Momo said.
"That's where Hera's at." Ann shuddered.
"We have to hurry and help Hercules and the others," Ash said. "They may be in trouble."
They all nodded, then they went back into the van truck to get to San Francisco.
San Francisco
Later, the team arrived there, and Paiman's team was confused about this.
"Why are you guys here? I thought you guys were gonna stop the experimentation." Paiman said.
Michiru breathed a sigh of relief since they got there first. "That Krptomites guy is coming here and he's bringing a Beastman with him," she explained.
"That's gonna make it worse." Hercules said.
"Dammit. It's too late. I should have known this was gonna happen." Paiman sighed.
"At least we'll see what you're capable of in the end."
They turned around to see an old woman walking towards them.
This old woman has brown hair and wears a white crown and black long-sleeve dress that reaches down to her feet. This is Hera, Queen of the Gods and Hercules' wicked stepmother.
"So, she finally shows herself," Mallow said.
"Let's go, everyone!" Tai shouted.
The Pokemon trainers all sent out their chosen partners and the Digimon all evolved into their champion levels. They quickly surrounded her, ready to attack when given the order.
Hera chuckled, then she summoned serpents to attack the Pokemon and Digimon.
The monsters were pushed back by the serpents and were now engaged with them. Lycanroc bit at one of the snakes around the neck, while Birdramon fired her Meteor Wing to try to thin their numbers, but the serpents kept coming.
"Enough of this, sosu," Faputa said as she charged into the fray, her aim at Hera. Shirou turned into his Beastman form and charged as well.
Hera, in a turn of events, shapeshifted into Faputa and she battled against Faputa, with her having the same abilities as Faputa herself.
Faputa shrieked in confusion. "Don't copy me!" she bellowed as she charged, slashing and raking at Hera with her claws.
Hera jumps up and gets Faputa strangled to the ground, with claws ready to strike her down. "Oh I don't call this copycat, my dear." She still had her voice intact instead of sounding like Faputa.
Reg quickly swooped in by firing a cluster of energy bursts at Hera with his new arm. He dashed forward as he kept firing, trying to get Hera off of Faputa.
Hera did not see this and got blasted by Reg's energy bursts, releasing Faputa from the Goddess' grip, to which the Goddess crashed into a building.
Shirou transformed into his Silver Wolf form and fired a laser blast at the building just as Hera was crashing into it, causing the building to blow up.
"Did we get her?" Riko asked.
Unfortunately, Hera has gotten out of the rubble, with her being Shirou's Silver Wolf form.
"She's good at shapeshifting. And she's good at copying people's abilities as well." Ann said.
"What you get out of my stepmother." Hercules rolled his eyes.
"If she keeps copying our strongest fighters then we're going to be in trouble," Riko said. "Surely there has to be a way to stop her shapeshifting?"
Shirou didn't acknowledge the conversation going on and swiftly charged for Hera. Their teeth bared and snarling at each other, they bit into one another with their razor sharp fangs.
Katy was gonna shoot at Hera, but she couldn't focus her aim, since Shirou is in the way. "Dang it." Then a growl was heard and she turned around, with her eyes widened. "OH CRAP!"
They all turned around and saw the alligator Beastman charging at them.
"They're here!" Ash cried out. He then spotted Team Rocket's balloon up in the air.
"Prepare for trouble," Jessie said.
"And make it double," James added.
Meowth jumped up and smacked them both in the head. "We don't have time for the motto now," he said.
"We have just the invention for this," James said as he pressed a button on a controller he pulled out of his pocket. The balloon suddenly exploded and transformed into a giant Meowth mech suit.
"Great," Kiawe moaned. "Now we have to deal with them too."
"Man. Since when did they do a sucky ripoff of Transformers." Milk rolled her eyes.
Meta-Verse Reg jumps to it as he extends his arms, trying to get the mech suit to be tangled by his arms.
The mech was immobilized for the moment, but it still fired missiles from its shoulders that struck the ground randomly.
"We need to get airborne for this fight," Michiru said. She then turned to Katy and Reg. "I think I have an idea." Suddenly, her arms transformed into black raven wings while her feet became talons.
"Think you can shoot from the air, Katy?" Michiru asked.
"I think I can." Katy readies her Big Impact Gun.
She picks up Katy and sits her on her shoulder while she grabs Reg's shoulders with her talons. She quickly shot up into the air, where they were high above everyone else.
"Who should we go after first?" Michiru asked.
"Is that a good question for you to ask, Michiru." All of a sudden, green crystalized missiles are shot from the mech suit and are aiming at Michiru.
"Michiru, look out!" Katy shouted.
Reg took aim and fired energy bursts at the missiles, making them explode before they could reach them.
"I'll aim at the mech," Reg said, firing more bursts of energy at it, careful to not hit his Meta-Verse self.
It did hit the mech. "Aw dammit. I'm not in the mood for this. Do you have any weapons at our disposal?" Kryptomites asked Meowth.
"We've got one," Meowth said with a mischievous snicker. He pressed a button on the control panel and the mech's mouth opened. "Meowth's Special Hyper Beam activate!" he said.
The mech fired a massive beam of energy from his mouth down at the others fighting on the ground.
Momo took note of this. "Everyone, watch out!"
Kate saw this, then she created a shield made out of Soot and it protected them from Meowth's Hyper Beam. She tried not to let the shield dissipate.
"That's not good," Michiru murmured. She turned to see how Shirou was doing against Hera. He seemed to be holding his own all right, and she saw Faputa making her way over there as well. She knew the two immortals could handle the goddess. Now she needed to focus on the mech.
She swooped down and let go of Reg and he fell down onto the top of the mech.
Katy gets off of Michiru and gets onto Reg's left shoulder. "Alright. We might as well bust in there."
Reg aimed his energy bursts at the mech and the two blasted a hole in the top.
"The Meowth Mech's been breached," James said in a panic.
"Dammit." Kryptomites sneered in anger, then he saw that Reg and Katy were going in. "Well, time to get things started, shall we?" He snickered.
Back with Shirou, Faputa was about to attack Hera, but all of a sudden, the alligator Beastman attacked the Hollow princess with its claws and swiped her to the ground.
Faputa groaned and struggled to get back up. Michiru saw what was happening and swooped down. Her arms transformed from wings into gorilla arms and she slammed her fists down onto the alligator Beastman.
The alligator Beastman roared and it went into biting Michiru with its jaws.
Michiru managed to jump out of the way just as his teeth nearly grazed her. Faputa was back up and jumped on the back of the Beastman. She bit hard into his neck.
The Beastman reared his head back and roared. Suddenly, his body began to bulge and mutate, growing larger, until he was a bipedal, alligator monster that towered over all of them.
Kate saw this. "Oh no…"
"I didn't realize that's gonna happen." Ann shook her head. "We're so doomed."
"So doomed you're right." One of the Peaky Angels, Yunael, suddenly grabs Riko with her spear. "This is the one that we're looking for. So now that thing might as well have to kill you off." She said, childishly.
Unico, who had been hiding during this terrifying battle, saw that Riko had been grabbed. "I have to protect my friends!" he exclaimed as he flew after them. He tried to use his magic to create fireworks around Yunael.
Yunael's eyes widened as fireworks tried to attack her. She screamed and she tried to fly away from this, releasing Riko.
"RIKO! THE KATANA!" Tsumiki shouted.
Riko quickly remembered her weapon and drew her katana, swinging it wildly.
Yunael was still flying away. Another one of the Peaky Angels, Minael, sighed. She then flew to Riko, drawing out her spear and attacks, charging at Riko with her doing a battle cry.
Riko grunted as she parried the spear strikes, blocking them with her spear. Unico was nearly there now. His eyes widened when he saw that she was being attacked by Minael. "I have to save my friends!" he cried. "I won't give up!"
Unico's body began to glow and he transformed into an adult winged unicorn. He flew over and tackled Minael.
Minael turns to see Unico attacking her. "HOOOOOOOOW?!" She got smacked by him and she was sent straight towards Yunael, to which the both of them hit a building.
Riko was now falling. She screamed as she plummeted to the ground below. Unico dived and swooped under her, catching her. She held onto his neck tightly as he brought them back to the ground.
"Thanks for saving me, Unico!" RIko said.
"Not a problem," Unico replied.
Meanwhile, Katy and Reg managed to get into the bridge of the mech, to see Kryptomites prepared.
"You really are trying to be nuisances, are you?" Kryptomites sneered.
"Since when did you come back?" Katy asked.
"Oh, it is because I have some unfinished business to attend to with you. After my master, the Archon, was destroyed by you bitches, except for that robot boy there, I don't recall him, I decided to put my own deals into my own hands. And this is my backup plan for world destruction." Kryptomites said.
"We won't let that happen," Reg said as he aimed his energy bursts at him.
"Wobbuffet use Magical Coat!" Jessie ordered.
"Wabba!" Wobbuffet jumped in the way of the bursts of energy that were aimed at Kryptomites. His body began to glow and the energy bursts bounced off him and were sent flying back at Reg and Katy.
Katy quickly uses her Big Impact Gun and shoots at Reg's energy bursts. The two attacks collided and canceled each other out in a mini explosion.
"If that won't work, then how about this," Reg said as he shot his arm at Wobbuffet. His fist was just about to hit him, when Wobbuffet used his Counter attack, causing the arm to harmlessly bounce off of him again.
"This isn't working, Reg. It seems that his body is made of something else entirely." Katy said.
"We have to get them out in the open. I'm going to destroy this suit." He used his arm to pull him and Katy out of the suit. He jumped up and fired his incinerator into the mech.
"Um…" Jessie was shocked by the sheer size of the beam. "Wobbuffet, use Magical Coat?" she said uncertainly.
The incinerator blasted the mech suit, causing it to explode. Team Rocket were sent flying into the air, heading to only God knew where.
"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they said as they disappeared over the horizon.
Kryptomites crashed into a building and groaned in pain. "That was not supposed to happen. What does that boy have?" He gets himself up.
Reg then went flying down to the ground, free falling.
"REG!" Katy grabbed onto Reg's ring on the cape, hanging on to it.
Unico and Riko were flying back and spotted the explosion. They hurried over and saw Reg and Katy in free fall.
"Quick, Unico!" RIko said.
Unico nodded and flew over, zipping to them with an unbelievable speed. He managed to catch them just before they hit the ground.
Katy gasped some air. "Whippity pow. I thought we were goners."
Unico let Reg and Katy off. They stepped onto the ground and Riko said, "Unico and I are going to help Faputa and Shirou."
Reg nodded and followed after them as they charged for Hera and the Beastman.
Hera bites Shirou's neck and throws him into a building. Shirou wasn't down for long and fired the laser from his mouth. This hits Hera and she gets sent into a building.
Meanwhile, the serpents are still attacking the Digimon and Pokemon. Ash withdrew Lycanroc and sent out his trusty partner, Pikachu. Ash did a quick dance and used Pikachu's Z-Move, Gigavolt Havoc. Lightning rained down all around, striking a good number of the serpents. The serpents roared in pain and some of them died from Pikachu's Z-Move.
"That's one less problem solved." Hercules then goes up to a serpent and smacks him with his incredible strength, putting it out of commission.
The snakes were nearly wiped out now. With their numbers thinned, they were becoming easier to handle. Greymon breathed a stream of fire at the snakes, killing several of them with his Nova Blast.
Pikachu hopped on top of Greymon's head. Ash turned to Tai and said, "Let's attack them together."
Tai nodded and shouted, "Now, Greymon, digivolve!"
Greymon began to change and glow, his body morphing until he had become MetalGreymon. "Everyone get back!" he shouted.
MetalGreymon's chest panels opened up and he fired his twin missiles, the Giga Blaster, at the ground.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash commanded.
Just as the missiles crashed to the ground, a massive blast of lightning rained down from the sky, scorching the earth and destroying all the serpents.
Hera sees this and snickered. "That was quite interesting."
"Give it up, Hera." Hercules said.
"I'm afraid not, Hercules." Hera reverts back to her normal form. "It is you that I'm after."
"Yeah, I should have known that better than anyone else." Hercules said.
"Really?" Hera then extends her arm into a snake and wraps Hercules' neck with it. "It won't be long before I kill you like I have originally planned."
Hercules tried to get the snake off of him. With his incredible strength, he did manage to find a way to get it off him. The snake turns back into Hera's arm, and she uses some fire magic to attack the team.
Everyone scattered to avoid the fire. MetalGreymon took a few threatening steps toward Hera. Pikachu, still on his head, used his Thunderbolt to help blast back some of the fire.
Hera was in shock. "Interesting."
The alligator Beastman charges at the team to attack. Reg jumped forward and used his extending arm to wrap around the Beastman, trying to trip him up. MetalGreymon fired his Giga Blaster at it while Pikachu used another Thunder attack, electrifying the missiles. The missiles crashed around the Beastman, creating an explosion of fire and electricity.
Michiru flew up above the Beastman and dropped again, turning her arms into gorilla arms as she tried to beat up the alligator Beatman with her fists.
The alligator Beastman roared and it smacked Michiru into a building.
Tsumiki gets out her rapier and she goes to attack the alligator Beastman, trying to slash it with her sword. The Beastman tries to snap at Tsumiki, but she dodges the snap and she smacks it in the side.
Katy saw that Yunael and Minael had gotten out of the building. "What are they doing here?"
"They tried to capture Riko," Unico replied. "What are they?"
"They're magical girls from the Magical Girl Raising Project." Snow White came to them.
Riko gripped her sword and said, pointing to Yunael and Minael, "Unico, I don't think either of us will be useful in fighting that Beastman. Let's go after those two."
Unico nodded and flew over to them, sending small rays of light from his horn at them.
Minael blocked the rays with her spear. Yunael flies to Unico and spots Riko. "There you are. Peek-a-boo. I see you." She readies her spear.
Riko spots her and readies her katana, ready to parry Yunael's spear. Yunael then flies to Riko and gets her off of Unico, then they plummet down to the ground. Yunael drops Riko safely, but she isn't gonna show mercy to her as she tries to strike at Riko.
Riko swung her katana, blocking each of Yunael's spear stabs. Once she had an opening, she quickly sliced at her with her blade.
Yuinael yelped in pain as her shoulder got bled up. "Dang it! That's not fair!" She whined like a child.
"I think you trying to capture me is unfair," Riko spat back. She continued to swing her blade wildly at her.
Yuinael manages to block Riko's attack and she tries to get herself to use her spear, trying to swipe at her.
Riko, still fairly inexperienced with the sword, felt her blade get knocked out of her hand by the spear. Riko was knocked down and she could only stare up at Yunael. "I still have one last trick up my sleeve," she said. She hated to use it, especially since Reg had been fighting someone else, but this was an emergency.
She blew her whistle. Reg was there almost instantly, his armor becoming a pristine white.
Yunael's eyes widened. "Um…um…are you cheating…?" She shuddered.
Reg fired energy bursts at her, then followed up by extending his arm out into a punch. Yunael got thrown to the ground, with her spear knocked out of her hand.
"Do you surrender?" Reg asked, readying another cluster of energy bursts.
Yunael turned to Reg. "Please don't kill me. I surrender!" She had her hands up, still shuddering.
Riko turned to see how Unico was doing against Minael. He kept on firing beams of light at her while flying about to dodge her spear.
"The Gods actually want you dead! So I might have the pleasure of doing that for them!" Minael tries to stab Unico with her spear.
Unico ignored her remarks and continued to fly around. He then used his magic to create fireworks everywhere around him, creating an fiery shield.
"CRAP!" Minael got knocked out by one of the fireworks and got sent to the ground.
"That takes care of her," Unico said as he landed beside Reg and Riko.
Yunael is still shuddering. "I've been sent by Wheatley to capture you. You're the Whistle Blower after all." She admitted, trying not to let her get herself killed.
"That won't happen," Reg said.
"That's right," Unico added. "We're going to protect those we care about with our lives."
Riko gripped her whistle. She was beginning to feel faint, but she forced herself to keep standing. "I'm not going anywhere-" she wheezed, "-anywhere with you."
Yunael is still shuddering. She should have a chance to grab her now, but she couldn't risk getting herself killed by Reg or Unico. She sighed, frighteningly. "I'll be back…" She then flew into the sky.
Minael saw this. "You scaredy cat! Wait up!" She flew with Yunael and they left.
Unico suddenly collapsed and reverted back to his normal form. Riko knelt down and scooped him up.
"I'm sorry," Unico said sleepily. "I've used up too much energy."
"It's alright," Riko assured him. "You did great out there."
Reg then turned to where the others were fighting the Beastman. "I have to get back in there," he said, but he knew he couldn't leave Riko in the state she was in.
"Is she alright?" Kiawe said as he and Mallow were running over to them.
Reg looked up at them and said, "Can you two look after Riko and Unico. I have to get back into the fight.
Kiawe and Turtonator nodded. Mallow helped Riko by slinging her arm over her shoulder, helping keep Riko balanced.
Reg then ran back over to where the others were fighting the Beastman and Hera.
The alligator Beastman roared and tried to attack MetalGreymon.
"Be ready!" Katy shoots a beam from the Big Impact Gun and it hits the Beastman from its tracks. "NOW!"
The Beastman was blasted back by the Big Impact Gun and MetalGreymon used this opportunity to attack. He rushed over and slashed at him with his metal claw while Pikachu kept on unleashing bolts of lightning at the creature.
The Beastman then felt weak and collapsed. It remained motionless and appeared to be nearly dead.
"I think we beat him," Tai said. "That just leaves Hera."
"You still have me left." Kryptomites flew to them. "Hello to you again."
"I should have known you came like this." Konata said.
"On the contrary, I see opportunities like this. No one noticed that until now. I saw you grow quite much while I was away. I'm impressed." Kryptomites then opened up his arms. "But how are your survival skills since then?" He shoots out Kryptonite missiles from his arms.
Birdramon flew over and used her Meteor Wing to blast the missiles, causing them to explode before they could reach their target.
"Dammit." Kryptomites sneered in anger.
"Well, this is quite fun, don't you think?" Hera then turns into a hydra.
"Oh man." Katy said.
"That's… really not good," Ash said.
MetalGreymon turned his sights to the hydra and charged. "Giga Blaster!" He bellowed as he fired more missiles from his chest at the beast.
The hydra breathed fire at the Giga Blaster, making them explode as a whole. Kate flies to the hydra and wraps the beast around with her Soot. Katy goes into firing the Big Impact Gun at the hydra, trying to kill it.
Shirou rushed the hydra and bit into one of its necks.
The hydra roared in pain and tried to snap Shirou by the neck, but Emilico flew to the beast with her angel wings, with her hand glowing, and she punched the hydra on one of its necks.
Pikachu hopped off MetalGreymon's head and landed on one of the hydra's heads and unleashed his Thunderbolt attack, sending bolts of electricity through the entire creature's body.
The hydra roared, then it reverted back into Hera, with her breathing for air.
"That's not how that works." Kryptomites said.
"You have won. But you won't be seeing the last of me." Hera then disappears.
Kryptomites sighed. "Since I can't fight this alone, I'll take my leave. Please know that this isn't over yet, Michiru. I will haunt you in your dreams." He then flies away from the team.
The Meta-Verse agents were finally able to catch their breaths and relax for a moment. The danger was finally over. Reg walked over to the knocked out Beastman, who was still in his monstrous form.
"I think he's still alive," Reg said. "What should we do with him?"
"Bring him back to base and hopefully cure him." Katy said.
"I don't know if we have a cure to revert him back." Paiman points out.
Michiru sighed as she and Nazuna walked over to where Reg was looking at the Beastman. "You're right, Paiman, there may not be a cure. Nazuna and I have been trying to figure out how to turn human again too, but we haven't found anything out yet."
Paiman nodded. "Let's just get him back into base. Mission accomplished."
Michiru took one last glance back at the Beastman. Just what was Kryptomites after and what did she have to do with it?
Meta-Verse Department Agency
A day later, back in the Agency, everything was normal again…for now. Faputa was walking back to the apartment center, but ran into Marulk.
"Oh hey." Marulk goes up to Faputa.
"Hello, sosu," Faputa replied.
"Mind if we walk together?" Marulk asked.
"I don't mind," Faputa said.
They then began to walk to the apartment center.
"I didn't introduce myself. My name is Marulk. And I originally lived in the second layer of the Abyss, in the Seeker Camp."
"Then you come from my world as well, sosu?" Faputa asked.
Marulk nodded. "I have not realized that Reg and Riko would meet you. I did meet them while at their visit in the Seeker Camp. I was the legendary Ozen the Immovable's apprentice."
Faputa didn't know who that was. She also didn't really know what the Seeker Camp was, but then again, she hadn't ventured in the upper levels of the Abyss before, so she figured that's why she didn't know who they were.
"You know Reg and Riko?" she said. "Have you met Nanachi yet, sosu?"
Marulk thinks for a moment. "Not in the Seeker Camp, no. When we got into this agency, that was actually the first time I met Nanachi. I was surprised that those two have another member in their group."
"There's four of us now, sosu," she replied. "Well, five including Meinya."
"Oh, Prushka's pet. Yeah, I know Meinya, too. Again, that was also in the agency, but that was a year later after we were here." Marulk said.
"How long have you been here, sosu?" Faputa asked.
"That was two years ago when I was here, and so were Reg, Riko and Nanachi. Meinya came to us about a year after that. So it was only one year ago for Meinya." Marulk said.
"Two years…" Faputa looked concerned. "I want to go back," she said, "back to my world."
Marulk pets Faputa on the head. "Don't worry. We'll get back. I promise."
Faputa sighed but didn't say much else. She wasn't sure why she felt homesick. She had finally left that accursed village and she was now able to seek out her own purpose and value. She wondered if she could still find that here, in the agency as well.
"I'm going to go look for my Reg," Faputa said.
Marulk nodded. He then leaves Faputa, and he thinks to himself. "They made a new friend. I'm happy for them. Master…it seems that those two are getting more and more help than we thought." He nodded.
In the apartment center, we see Faputa come in.
"Hey, come join the party." Milk blows some streamers at her.
Faputa tried to eat one of the streamers but quickly spit it out when she realized it wasn't food.
Katy turns to everyone. "Well, it seems that the peacock feather has disappeared."
"That's a sudden turn of events." Ann nodded.
"Do you think that Hera is going to leave us alone now?" Kari asked.
"I don't think so." Phos said. "She probably might return to take revenge on us."
"Well, we'll be ready for her," Tai said. "I'm not scared of her."
"You're not scared of anything." Katy chuckled.
"So, I got myself another Barrel of Monkeys." Milk got out a bottle of monkeys from thin air.
"Do not open it." Hoihoi-san said.
"Please, for the love of God, don't open that," Michiru said.
"Yeah, we don't need a repeat of earlier," Joe said.
Izzy then turned to Faputa. "You didn't have any adverse effects from eating one of those monkeys, did you?"
"Not really, sosu," Faputa said. "It just wouldn't stop flying around in my stomach for a while."
"Want me to get in there and get it out? That way it wouldn't keep doing this." Katy said.
"It stopped now," Faputa said. "Faputa's body is stronger than a little monkey."
Katy shrugged. "Just asking. Because I have a digestive-proof robotic suit that is my size."
"I think it would be a smart idea," Izzy agreed.
Faputa sighed. She didn't like the idea of someone going inside her stomach, but that monkey was still fluttering about every now and then. "Okay, sosu."
Katy grabs out a remote, pushes a button and a robotic suit flies to them. She gets into the suit and then flies to Faputa. "Alright. I'm ready now, Fappy."
Faputa opened her mouth so Katy could get inside.
Katy then gets in and descends into Faputa's stomach. While on her search there, she did spot the flying monkey. "Found ya." She then flew to it and grabbed it. "You're not causing trouble here anymore." She then flew back up out of Faputa, with the monkey in hand.
"That solves that problem," Ash said with a chuckle. "Feel better Faputa?"
"Faputa's stomach feels much better now," she said.
"Told you it works." Katy then puts the flying monkey onto the table, with it dripping in saliva, and the little caterpillar has gotten out of her suit. She then sighed.
"So, who wants to go to the arcade room?" Milk asked.
"That sounds like a blast," Ash said. "I'm in." All the Pokemon trainers and DigiDestined agreed.
But before that would happen, portals opened up under Katy, Meta-Verse Reg, Phos and Ann and the four of them got sucked into them. Then they closed.
Meta-Verse Riko's eyes widened. "REG!"
"What the-" Tai said in disbelief. "What happened to them?"
"I don't know. It seems bad." Hoihoi-san said.
"We have to locate them and get them back!" Emilico said.
"Can we track them somehow?" Izzy asked.
"We have to. It's the only way." Kate emits soot from her head.
"What can we do though?" Ash said. "We have no idea why those portals even opened up to begin with."
"I have a feeling someone is toying with us. But how?" Hoihoi-san thinks for a moment. "Are they gonna be alright on their own?"
Ending theme: Surreal by Ayumi Hamasaki
Suki na mono dake wo erande kuno ga
Musekinin datte wake janai
Suki na mono sae wo mitsuke rarezu ni
Sekinin nante tori you mo nai
Seou kakugo no bundake kanousei wo te ni shiteru
Iranai mono nara sono doujoujin
Marude yakuni mo tatanai ne
Daiji na mono nara soko ni kanarazu
Itami tomou hazu dayo ne
Hitoribocchi de kanjiru kodoku yori
Futari de itemo kanjiru kodoku no hou ga
Tsurai koto no you ni
Ah- Katari akashita itsuka no yume datte
Hitori ja kanae you mo nai
Dare ni mo ienai dareka ni iitai
Ano hito ga dare yori taisetsutte
La la la
Dokoni mo nai basho de
Watashi wa watashi no mama de tatteru yo
Nee kimi wa kimi no mama de ite ne
Sono mama no kimi de ite hoshii
La la la
Dokoni mo nai basho de
Watashi wa watashi no mama de tatteru yo
Nee kimi wa kimi no mama de ite ne
Itsumade mo kimi de ite hoshii
Post-credit scene
Portal
Katy was falling to God knows where. "This is not what I have in mind! I can't keep my students alone!"
Shadows House
Katy then falls into what appears to be Shadows House and she falls into a cup of tea.
These are the characters that appears in this chapter:
From Tamama 900:
Rumi Yokoi from Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time
Nezuko Kamado from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Momo Chiyoda from The Demon Girl Next Door
Hera from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
From Zavoren:
Popplio, Jessie, James, Meowth and Wobbuffet from Pokemon
Next time: Four Realms
And that's a wrap! Next time, four new realities appear in the next chapter as Katy Caterpillar, Phosphophyllite, Reg and Raggedy Ann has fallen into each reality. But, mysterious events occurs in each of these realities...and the third Pinnacle is about to be revealed...
See you all in the next chapter of Meta-Verse.