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Apologizing of the long absent, I able to develop the chapter. The Halloween is on its way which is why I need one more chapter because this chapter is a first part of celebrating the Halloween Eve.
Chapter 4: Sinful Gang! Samurai Demon Appears!
(Reefside – Outside of Wooden Cabin)
Not long after Tommy and half of Taiyo's group headed over to the Hollow Bastion, Hiroshi and his few companions met the expected surprise of the Sinful Gang's arrival. Charlie, Aggie, Husk, Niffty, Dexter, Crymini, Ripley, Arnold, Zidane, Tybalt and Millie, another group from the Demo-Transylvanian Universe.
"Who in the world are you guys?" Hiroshi asked with a surprised look and shared glances with Kami, Hana, and Raccoonus except for Tsuki.
"Whoa! You weren't actually mutants? What are you?" Tsuki inquired.
"To sum it up, we're demons. The Hellish Demons." Husk answered.
"Exclude me. Come on, I'm a human." Ripley scoffed.
"Sorry." Husk murmured.
"Demons?" Raccoonus puzzled. "I might tell you guys came from the parallel worlds, right?"
"Correct. We normally come from separate dimensions, taking the example of Ripley and Arnold." Dexter gestured at them.
"Hold on. Is this the guy who lives in that cabin?" Ripley asked.
"Mortu has informed us that Tommy and others are no longer with us. According to Arnold, Tang Hiroshi is that boy." Aggie confirmed.
"How did you know Mortu?" Hana asked.
"We received a message on our way to this world, so we ran into you guys. We need your help to find Satan. He lives somewhere on the Reefside." Aggie murmured.
"Satan?" Hiroshi murmured.
"It is the name of the devil in biblical demonology, which I have researched on the internet. He is almost a demon deity that represents the Sin of Wrath." Hana said.
"And prove these Hellish Demons truly exist." Kami said.
"That's kind of the extent of your knowledge." Aggie replied. "Could you tell me where he is?"
"We kinda stuck in the middle of this conservation. I would like to help but I'm sorry. We just don't know where he usually lives." Raccoonus told her.
"Ooh! Look at that furry one. He has a fluffy tail like a raccoon!" Niffty cooed.
"Please refrain, Niffty. It's rude to point it out to the raccoon freak or whatever it is." Tybalt muttered.
"I am not a regular Raccoon! I am the raccoon dog." Raccoonus pouted.
"We get the picture." Zidane said.
"Don't mind him. Most people think he is a raccoon from the United States." Kami said. "And maybe you should start with your introductions first."
"Of course, sir. My name is Charlie, the adorable demon princess. Right next to me is my entire gang. Aggie, Niffty, Husk, Dexter and Crymini." Charlie said.
"What's rockin', fellas?" Crymini asked them friendly.
"Nice to meet you, friends." Dexter replied.
"My pleasure to see you all." Aggie responded.
"Well, you guys know me and my pops. Ripley and Arnold." Ripley uttered.
"Yee-haw! My name's Millie and here is my date, Tybalt." Millie said.
"How wonderful to meet you guys." Tybalt told them.
Zidane pushed the two imps' heads down before introducing himself. "I am their favorite and trusty partner, Zidane."
"We are the only remaining members of the group, such as myself and them. I am Hiroshi." Hiroshi replied. "Or you could call me Hiro."
"In fact, I'm Raccoonus. Don't make others think I am a regular raccoon, got it?" Raccoonus said.
"Tsuki is my name. Good to meet you, friendly demons." Tsuki smiled.
"I am Hana of the Steel Lotus clan." Hana introduced herself.
"And I'm Master Kami, master of ninjutsu. In case of what I am, I was mutated into a snow monkey." Kami explained.
"A mutant?" Dexter asked curiously. "Fascinating."
"Hey, Ripley? Did you say you knew there were mutants in your home?" Charlie asked.
"I had never seen those two mutants before. I only saw the four turtles chasing around the Kraang." Ripley murmured.
"Wait a minute, Ripley? You live in the same world?" Hiroshi asked.
"Oh yeah, you're right. I do come from New York; it is where I saw the mutants getting fought by the Kraang." Ripley murmured.
"We fought the same aliens in the city. You mentioned turtles before. They are actually my cousins, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo." Hiroshi murmured.
"What?!" Ripley asked, feeling as shocked as the rest of his team. "No way!"
"Do you meet them too?" Crymini asked.
"Yep. We are ninjas, that is what we are." Hana smirked.
"Seriously?!" Aggie exclaimed in surprise.
"Awesome!" Niffty grinned. "I love the ninjas!"
"Wow. I know they are not the only ones." Charlie said.
"To make it clear, the ninjas were trained in the skills of stealth, spying, and assassination." Tybalt clarified.
"Good call, Tybalt. I would kiss you for that." Millie teased.
Arnold approached them in two inches as he flashed his eyes at Raccoonus and Kami with a laser, scanning them and clarifying the data of analyzing the two mutants.
"They did not appear to be threats. The two mutants are allies who were mutated by the same substance known as the Mutagen." Arnold said.
"Can you tell us what the Mutagen is?" Husk asked.
"The mutagen is a bio-chemical substance that is used on subjects. If they were exposed to mutagen, they could transform into any kind of creature, animal, inorganic materials or gaining superpowers." Arnold said.
"Amazing." Dexter astonished before asking Hiroshi. "Is it true you guys are from New York that Ripley originally came from?"
"How did you guys end up here?" Millie asked.
"Let's just go inside and explain how we got here." Raccoonus replied. "There are a lot of outcomes you want to know what happened."
(Wooden Cabin – Living Room)
Niffty is really wanting to know how to make the tea since they bought it from Katherine Hillard Oliver. Zidane checked the fridge, looking for snacks to eat and simply took a yogurt. Millie looked around in the living room while sitting on the kitchen bench.
Hiroshi, Kami, Hana, Raccoonus and Tsuki sat on a long sofa couch. Charlie, Ripley, Aggie, Husk, Crymini and Arnold were sitting on brown chairs.
"Through the very beginning of the Kraang's second invasion on Manhattan…" Hiroshi began.
(Flashback)
The scene transits into a flashback of the events of Kraang's second invasion. It shows Kraang Subprime in a cybernetic exo-suit making the triumphant laughter as the Kraangdroids emerge from the Kraang portals and the heroes fighting back against them including Splinter, Mortu and Kami.
"Our hideout was ambushed by the spy who worked with the Kraang and brought the droids to annihilate us. We were forced to combat them until we got separated from Mortu and Master Splinter."
The scene swiftly switched to the heroes encountering Tengu, Ganondorf's replica and Nobody. Hiroshi, Atsuko, and Keno tried their best to blast Tengu with their signature ki techniques but to no avail. Tengu swiftly overpowered the five ninja fighters effortlessly, knocking them down to the ground and at the same time, the Kraang fleet started to attack New York City.
"Me and my team confronted the deadliest adversary. We just never encountered him before and he got us severely beaten. It is too late that Kraang has already taken over the city."
Then it swiftly moves to the next scene where Hiroshi, Keno, Atsuko, Kenji, Hana, and Sasuke ended up in April's apartment where the Turtles, April, Casey, and Kirby were safely hidden from the Kraang until the two Footbots jumped through the windows, ambushing them.
After that, it switches with Hiroshi and others witnessing Splinter being defeated by the Shredder. Then he throws him down into the pool before it drains the water taking Splinter. Hiroshi is getting enraged by this, blasting the bars into pieces.
"And we lost our beloved master, Splinter… Shredder brutally struck him down before our eyes. I just wanted him dead so badly, but we hoped Splinter could survive."
Taking place in a third battle between ninja heroes and Tengu. Hiroshi achieved the immense Zen-Power Mode and easily overwhelmed Tengu as the former finished him off with his Energized Blade. But the Kraang Prime emerged out of its large android body, began to attack but April unintentionally unleashed the wave of psychic to stun the Kraang Prime and gets knocked over by Casey who drives a van. It then shows Mikey hugging Hiroshi as Raph, Donnie, April, and Casey were sharing their sad glance After that, they went separate ways as Dr. Fuji activated the Dimensional Warp and Anti-Gravitational SUV flew into an interdimensional portal to escape from the invasion.
"I unlocked my power known as Zen-Awaken, which allowed me to beat that monster. We all thought we could win; however, it didn't go well after that. The decision may be made by each of us independently. We planned to go separate ways and escape from the invasion that had already happened. And as you know the answers…"
(Back to reality)
Hiroshi turned his head down in shame, feeling like he and the others had failed to protect New York from the Kraang's invasion.
"We lost the battle and we ended up here safely." Hiroshi murmured.
Ripley, Charlie, Aggie, Niffty, Husk, Dexter, Crymini, Zidane, Tybalt and Millie are all showing sympathy for him and the others.
"Damn…" Tybalt said. "You guys have a rough time handling an invasion."
"Ended up failing to defend their home from those thugs." Millie added.
"We're sorry to hear that. We have no idea what you got through all of this." Charlie said.
"It wasn't your fault; we feel bad about you. If we tried to do anything to help you take back the city, none of that would have happened." Aggie murmured.
"Your story is truly inspiring to our lives. We feel the same as the rest of them." Dexter uttered.
"Me too." Niffty sighed sadly.
"So am I." Ripley said. "No wonder you guys are getting into serious situations."
"They told me what happened back in New York. The Kraang is victorious." Tsuki implied.
"It was not easy to keep us moving forward." Kami said. "There are clearly mistakes we made back then. But our hope will not keep us in the dark for long."
"It's good thing me and my pops left New York before that happened." Ripley responded.
"You showed us great despair in your story. We simply cannot afford all of you suffering what has been caused by the crossfire. You should trust yourself instead of relying on doubts. And this time, you can learn from your mistakes before you fix them." Arnold stated.
Hiroshi breathed out, turned his head back and formed a small smirk. "I guess you're right, I can fix the mistakes. All I need to do is more training before we return to New York."
"I'm glad you took the advice of my pops." Ripley grinned. "I was able to fight the bunch of thugs and the one-eyed freak that looks like a real-life Duel Monster from Yugioh."
"You're kidding me? I kind of like watching anime series. What sort of thing do you fight?" Hana asked.
"The Relinquished. We both know it is real when we watch Yugi's Magician of Black Chaos destroy the ritual-fused monster with many eyes." Ripley answered.
"So what does your world look like? Did it have monsters and demons? Like they are real?" Raccoonus questioned.
"One hundred percent real! You probably know about Hotel Transylvania. It is run by the most famous vampire ever to live, Count Dracula along with Frankenstein, the werewolf, the mummy, and the invisible guy." Dexter grinned.
"Oh my!" Tsuki chuckled. "The vampires exist in another universe. What are they like?"
"Dracula and the rest of them were…" Crymini snickered. "Funny characters."
"Do they?" Kami asked.
"Yeah. I just remember when Mavis told us that her dad wasn't fond of the old catchphrase; bleh, bleh, bleh." Charlie mimicked the traditional Dracula's quote.
"Oh that. Most people who have watched the horror movie based on Bram Stroker's Dracula, kept saying 'bleh bleh bleh'. And when you say funny characters, are they acting like cartoons?" Hiroshi asked.
"Yes!" Niffty laughed loudly. "It is like bending the reality of the toons."
"I wish I called them the 'Toon Monsters.' More like Looney Tunes." Ripley joked. "And the best part is Bugs Bunny came up to another character and said: "Eh, what's up Doc?"
"We get it." Raccoonus muttered.
"Our kind live on Pentagram Island, the home of the Hellish Demons. You have a lot to know but first let's start with the hierarchy." Charlie told them.
"Let's take the brief example of Tybalt and Millie since they were the Imps, the lowest class and shared with Hellhounds." Aggie explained.
"Hellhounds?" Tsuki puzzled.
"I am sitting right here." Crymini said. "I am a Hellhound. Most of them kinda looked like dogs, wolves, vulpine, and canines."
"At least I'm a cat person. There's another tier at the lowest level, the Hellcats. And I am one of them." Husk said.
"Crymini is a little resemblance to hyenas." Dexter told them.
"I heard that! How many times has everyone kept telling me that a hyena? I don't know what it is!" Crymini grumbled.
"Hold on. The hyenas aren't related to canines. Didn't you say that Crymini is a Hellhound?" Hana asked. "You just confused me."
"Oh, geez, yeah. How do I say this? We can't tell you what Crymini is supposed to be." Charlie sighed before focusing back on the hierarchy. "Anyway, moving forward."
"Below the Imps and Hellhounds, there are Succubi and Incubi among the other kinds of demons but they usually have shark demons. The Succubi are the pleasurable demons who go off to put charms around humans and through any means of sexual desire." Dexter murmured.
"That's so sickening." Kami commented. "I know what they do in private. Lust is something to do with salacity, which makes people develop sensual interests. But in other words, desire is only to crave something."
"You were right on that part; lust is maybe too sinful. The succubi are happening to sap their energies from others." Tybalt added.
"Who cares to say that these succubi were definitely latching on to the prey just for mating? These hot chicks were my hunger. And especially with Verosika Mayday." Zidane flirted.
"Verosika Mayday?" Hiroshi asked. "Who is she?"
"You seriously don't even know her? She is like the hottest, prettiest, and attractive. She even had a singing voice." Zidane dreamed, resting in his arms.
"Hang on, you know Verosika Mayday?!" Crymini uttered with a shocked look.
"I just met her some time ago." Zidane said, snapping out of his fantasy. "Not only did she try to dig on me. And the worst part is, she made me blabber about my little secrets."
"What do you mean? What kind of secrets?" Niffty wondered.
"Uhhh…" Zidane began, sweating on his head nervously.
"Go on, say something!" Ripley said.
Zidane sheepishly responded. "I accidentally leaked information about the Multiverse and ended up spreading rumors in Edin! I'm sorry!"
Aggie growled in frustration, making him sink down in fear. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Not only do you make it worse but bring your gossip to the demons!"
"Hey! I was trying to keep myself in a low profile!" Zidane argued.
"At least I'm only a guy who wants to warn you!" Tybalt shouted. "Verosika Mayday is the succubus popstar, but she has several intentions for manipulating the others through flirty charms and now you ended up falling for it!"
"What the hell happened to you anyway?" Millie asked.
"The truth is me and Moxxie were taken off from Pentagram City, managed to hide in the human world and that is how we both met with Ripley and Arnold." Zidane said.
"You were there too?" Millie asked. "Your name is Moxxie?"
"It was his fault! He got us into trouble in the first place, honestly! And he made me change my birth name to Tybalt." Tybalt spoke.
Something made Zidane feel chill under his spine before slowly turning to Aggie who brought a hammer.
"Where did she get a hammer?" Raccoonus asked.
"We haven't noticed." Hiroshi whispered.
"You… ungrateful little vermin!" Aggie scolded before giving the group an unsettling glance except for Kami and Arnold.
"Aggie, put it down!" Charlie tried to calm her down.
"Now, now! No one knows the thing about the universe in the whole cosmic! I swear, I swear!" Zidane shivered. "Please calm down! I didn't mean it!"
A sickening grin slowly formed on Aggie's face. "Is that so? I'll be calm down… AFTER I SMASHED YOU TO EVERY BITS!"
She swinging a large hammer at Zidane, causing him to scream in panic and ran outside as Aggie started to pursue him.
"I DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE! BLAME ON THE SUCCUBUS POPSTAR!" Zidane's voice cried. "OW! OW! AAAAAAAAGGGGGH!"
It sounded like a hammer was clanging on Zidane.
"I will subdue her." Arnold noted.
He goes outside and subdues Aggie, preventing her from hammering on Zidane.
"Let's get back on track for now. The succubi can usually wipe the victims' memories away after sapping their lifeforce energies." Dexter told them.
"Why would they do that? What can they do with human's lifeforce energies?" Hana wondered.
"The Asmodean Crystals. That is their important job to recharge them. The Asmodean Crystals were able to create portals to travel instantly and also transform the Succubi into their human forms. Without a source of energy, they are unable to go anywhere and can't transform back into their demon forms." Dexter told them.
"And they are gonna be stuck in their human bodies forever?" Hiroshi asked.
"It is a crucial case coming from the law of Edin." Charlie responded.
"And is Verosika Mayday still a b…. I mean, pretty bad?" Tsuki asked.
"Well, yeah. She mostly puts the charms on males, supposedly works for humans." Crymini answered. "But there is someone who has changed her life completely…"
"Really? Who is it?" Kami asked.
"Morbius D. Ashford, Verosika's sweet childhood friend. All demons heard the rumours from her, according to her social media. In fact, she wrote songs about him since she was in love with him." Husk mentioned.
"Morbius D. Ashford, huh? Is he somewhat cool or tough?" Hiroshi asked. "I really like getting to know him."
"Yes, both. Morbius is a psychological therapist. He improves people's emotions and social anxieties. And he has a friend, who hides in the shadows. A new hero named himself the Great Savior of Order by the humans and the demons and monsters called him the Supreme Counsellor of Heaven and Hell." Husk responded.
"A superhero?" Tsuki wondered. "Cool!"
"Yes, most people think he is a superhero." Charlie said.
"How come you won't tell me?" Ripley asked.
Aggie walked back to the living room and sat next to her as Arnold carried Zidane over his shoulder. Zidane has a huge lump on his head.
"What did I miss?" Zidane was dazed.
Charlie laughed nervously. "For very other reasons. Verosika really liked him from the instant."
"We do know Morbius is something much more special to her." Aggie added.
"How about we skip the background?" Niffty asked.
"Why?" Hiroshi asked.
"Not our story to tell." Aggie responded. "Morbius cannot tell who the Supreme Counsellor is. Only he knows who it is."
"Another two ranks below the low classes are Demi-Animals and L.E.D. For starters like you, the Demi-Animals were the artificial demons that took the shape of the animals. Some of the powerful superior demons have used their magic on them to morph the animals into Demi-Animals. And Law Enforcement Demons, in short, L.E.D. The L.E.D. is the civil force devoted to multitasking with law enforcement and warfare operations." Tybalt said.
"Law Enforcement Demons sounds cool. Were they different from police?" Hiroshi asked.
"You might say that, compare the L.E.D. to the human forces but you're right, it kinda works with police and military forces." Millie told him.
"The Ars Goetia were the royal family of avian demons. The ruler of the Goetia family is Paimon. He later handed over his empire to his son, Stolas and gave him the grimoire, entrusting him to study and gain access to summoning portals and demon incantations." Charlie replied.
"Move to the important part. The Seven Family of Sins and each of them embody the Deadly Sins for worshipping demon deities. The Zephyring Family is associated with Sloth. The Von Eldritch Family embodies the sin of Envy. The Heisenberg Family represents Greed. The Lasicivus Family inhabits with the sin of Lust. The Cyrus Family has been associated with the sin of Gluttony. The infamous Tsubasa Family worshipped the sin of Wrath. And lastly, it was I came from the Morningstar Family, a family of Pride." Charlie murmured.
"No way!" Raccoonus felt amazed. "That makes you…"
"A princess." Charlie responded with a nod. "I am the apparent heir to my dad's throne. The Ruler of Edin and King of Hell, Lucifer."
Kami stroked his beard curiously. "My… Your reputation precedes us, your royal highness."
"There is no need to address me." Charlie said. "I'm good."
"After she and others told us about the hierarchy of demons, we felt something missing about the important point." Tsuki uttered.
"Well, a long while back. Another human stumbled on our island. He wore a marine cap. I also have his picture on my phone." Aggie said, taking out her Hellphone and showing it to the group.
Its headline reads, 'A rubber human assaults the imp mafia boss? ' And the title of the newspaper is called Pentagram Economy. The photo depicts the boy in the background, putting up his smile and waving at the camera.
The young man in the picture has short, dark grey hair with black dye on his right front bangs over his forehead and a triangular hairline, light peach skin and dark amber eyes. Kite also had a scar with two stitches underneath his left eye. His usual attire consisted of a sleeveless red vest covered with a black shirt with imprinted 'Marine', blue baggy shorts with cuffs, and sandals.
"Did you by any chance you see this guy?" Tybalt asked. "I did read in the newspaper too."
"No, we haven't seen him before." Hiroshi replied.
"Neither do I. I thought I was the only one who got here before I met you." Ripley said with a puzzled look. "Who was he and what was he doing on Pentagram Island?"
"It's a kind of funny story to tell. His name is Kite. He only first appeared right in front of the Hotel Transylvania where he met Dracula, Mavis, Johnny, and the rest of the monsters." Dexter replied.
"Really?" Ripley asked. "That kid stumbled into the hotel?"
"Yep. As far as we know, Dracula dislikes humans including Johnny and Kite, but he is shocked to find out that Kite has a rubber body." Husk murmured.
"What?" Kami asked.
"Has his body turned into rubber? How did that happen?" Hana asked.
"Um, yo-ho-ho, he just took a bite of Gum Gum Fruit. Then Dracula is freaking out that no humans consume any fruit that gives them powers." Dexter joked.
"The fruits give them powers?" Tsuki asked. "Interesting. What are they exactly?"
"Superno Fruits or specifically known as Devil Fruits, any fruit will give anyone freaky abilities and powers. My dad sent all the fruits out of the universe and scattered them far across the worlds. He doesn't want to let any villains get their hands on them until the Gum Gum Fruit ended up consumed by Kite and turns his body into rubber." Charlie said.
"No way!" Hiroshi and Ripley shouted. "He ate it and turned him into a rubber boy?!"
"We don't know how he got it before he was stranded in Transylvania." Millie said.
"Me too. I was so freaked out the day he crashed into the junkyard where me and Tybalt reside." Zidane replied.
"He ran into you too?" Millie asked.
"Yeah. We totally had it coming." Zidane muttered.
"What would Dracula do?" Tybalt asked.
"He needs to find a way to take away the fruit that was consumed by Kite, but he gave up after Kite convinced him he is dreaming of becoming the King of the Street Fighters." Charlie said.
"King of the Street Fighters? You seriously think it was a joke?" Hana asked.
"I know. It is ridiculous that everybody did different things. Just like I did before. But he is really determined to be the strongest fighter." Charlie sighed.
"The Street Fighters, huh? I don't know about the Street Fighters." Hiroshi murmured.
"You do?" Aggie asked.
"Yeah. There is a guy named Ryu. He is one of the Street Fighters and he is incredibly strong." Hiroshi told them.
"Indeed. I challenge him for fun. He is our friend too." Kami smiled.
"You know Ryu?" Niffty asked. "A same guy who helped the group including Morbius?"
"Yeah. He is my favorite idol and taught me a few moves when I was little." Hiroshi smiled. "It brings back memories."
"Amazing!" Charlie laughed. "I can't believe you met a famous fighter."
"No kidding. He is renowned to everyone as the World's Greatest Warrior." Aggie said. "It's good to know you met him."
"And it looks like he has met a lot of you, isn't he?" Kami asked. "Tell me what happened."
"It was a long story." Dexter said. "Sure, there are plenty of important things we like to share."
"Well, Ryu mentioned he had his friends battling against the evil tyrant, M. Bison. Have you guys heard of him?" Hiroshi asked.
"Yeah, we do. M. Bison is a very serious, tough, and dangerous foe. It takes place somewhere in the Quantic Universe. I think it occurred in Paris." Crymini said.
"Paris? What are they doing there?" Tsuki asked.
"If you want to ask, it has been ages that nobody knows what happened. In fact, there is another ally. His name is Gervais Agreste, the Keyblade wielder." Arnold murmured.
"Keyblade wielder?!" Kami replied.
"So there is another wielder?" Tsuki questioned. "Like me, Taiyo and Yixato."
"Taiyo? Yixato?" Ripley asked.
"Tsuki used to be friends with Taiyo, Sora, Riku and Kairi on the Destiny Islands. She and Taiyo are separated from them when darkness swallows up the whole island, but the entire world along with it." Kami said. "It is a most tragic story."
"The Destiny Islands?!" Aggie alarmed. "Isn't Kite telling us he used to live on the Destiny Islands?"
"Kite is from the Destiny Islands too?!" Ripley asked.
"You're serious?" Tsuki asked.
"Oh Satan!" Millie complained. "That is totally great!"
"There were five of them living in the same world." Kami uttered.
"Kite is our lucky guy who saved everybody on Pentagram Island." Charlie beamed.
"And what about Gervais Agreste?" Hana asked. "Can you tell us about him?"
"It happened a long time ago in Paris. Gervais Agreste lives in a poor street with his family who used to force themselves to work in the fast-food shop called Friterie Grassette. He has a brother named Gabi Grassette, left his family, and dreamt of becoming a fashion designer before renaming himself Gabriel Agreste." Aggie said.
"Were you saying Gervais Agreste has a real birth name the same as his brother?" Kami asked.
"Yes, Gervais is a little disgusted about letting his brother give a name for himself, but he reluctantly accepts it to draw everyone's attention towards fame. And that is when he got the idea of brewing coffee. He excelled in his studies on coffee beans at some point in his teenaged life, leading him to open his business in café." Arnold answered.
"Then fate has brought himself to encounter M. Bison. M. Bison and his henchmen were devising their plans for taking over the authoritarian system of Paris. He was cornered by the lackeys until Eraqus and Ryu rescued him, forcing M. Bison's minions to flee. However, after Gervais was saved, M. Bison captured him and put him on top of the Eiffel Tower, having him as a bait for devious reasons." Husk said.
"Then what is it?" Raccoonus asked. "What did that madman want?"
"The Fear Semi-Orb." Arnold murmured. "It is related to the Destiny Orbs."
"Destiny Orbs?" Kami asked.
"We will explain that later." Aggie said.
"And what does Fear Semi-Orb do?" Tsuki asked.
"The power to create the gateway from the Oni Realm, that is what M. Bison needs." Dexter answered.
"Oni?! The fearsome demonic yokai from Japanese myths?" Hana questioned. "I distinctly heard folklore from my family. They terrorized the villagers' lives and bringing devastation to their homelands."
"You got to admit, the Onis are real." Hiroshi said. "But people in Japan never believes they existed."
"It is always thought that these terrible Onis are fabricated from legends. Were you saying they existed in some sort of parallel realm?" Kami murmured.
"I guess so. We demons aren't from actual Hell." Aggie uttered.
"So what happened next? Can they really save him?" Tsuki asked.
"That they did." Niffty said. "Eraqus had a lot of efforts to rescue him on his own, but M. Bison knocked him back down."
"Just then, one of the companions is Vice-Special Agent Garp who gained the upper hand in taking down M. Bison's subordinates. No one has seen someone standing against the strong force of evil with all of his strength that nothing can back him down. And add to that the fact that he is known as the great 'Hero of the Navy' since he used to work in the military army." Dexter told them.
"Well, geez. I don't know how that Garp is really something else who earned his reputation since he worked in the military." Hiroshi muttered.
"He really is." Aggie smirked.
"Just at this point, Gervais used any means necessary to stop M. Bison and his thugs by wielding his Keyblade. He had never fought before. At the end of the major battle, Gervais wants to learn to be the Keyblade wielder and is going to explore the new vast universe with Eraqus." Husk said.
"Then all the villains have been defeated and locked up in a solitary confinement somewhere far beneath the city of Paris. But only a few of them escaped." Charlie finished.
"Gervais has returned to his home after six months. In fact, he has only traveled with Eraqus for about only six weeks." Dexter answered.
"Six weeks?!" Hana grew shocked to hear this. "He's been with Eraqus for six weeks? How can that be?"
"Because all time flows work differently throughout the universes depending on the natural laws of physics. It is called the Quantum Field; time flows exist in many worlds. If Gervais goes out of the world, the time is faster than the regular one. And if he returns to Paris, that converts into six months." Arnold explained.
"Whoa, no kidding." Raccoonus muttered.
"He's right. That's how time works differently, compared to Dimension X." Hiroshi said. "When we're in Dimension X, time goes faster than Earth's dimension."
"The Dimension X?" Charlie wondered.
"Homeworld of Kraang and Utrom." Arnold responded.
"We know about the Kraang, and we learn a little about the Utroms. Can you at least know what the Utroms are?" Hiroshi asked.
"Very well. I can see why you found the truth behind the Kraang, but it is not enough. Those Kraang you fought them before; they were actually part of Utrom rebels." Arnold answered.
"Are you positive?" Kami asked. "Tell us more."
"The Utrom were the peaceful aliens inhabited in Dimension X until Kraang Prime unleashed the telekinetic powers to enslave them and turned them into entire troops of Kraang." Arnold explained. "However, there is only a small fraction of Utroms who resist the control of Kraang Prime. There are only less than 100 existing." Arnold said. "Now you see the truth yourself, the secrets behind the Kraang faction."
"Right. We discovered the truth ourselves, not to mention these poor Utroms were fighting back the corrupted sides of their race." Kami uttered.
"Our kinds had never encountered the alien forms, especially the humans who have watched the sci-fiction movies." Millie murmured.
"Precisely, Millie." Dexter added. "They are more evolved than us."
"Good thing my pops shared the details with you guys." Ripley smirked.
"And would you know what the Kraang are hiding on your planet?" Arnold asked.
"There is a lot more to what's going on since they invaded New York. Tell us why." Hana implied.
"Perhaps, I can…" Arnold began.
Suddenly interrupted when the shurikens broke through the windows, heading straight for the group.
"Get down!" Hiroshi tackled Hana to the floor while the rest of them ducked down to the ground.
"What was that?!" Tybalt asked.
"We're under attack." Arnold said. "I detected hostile individuals outside and we have surrounded the perimeter. There are at least forty of them."
The enemies rushed in, kicked the door open and surrounded them, turning out they were another group of ninjas. They wore their black ninja garbs with red accents, steel coated hoods with armored masks and red lenses for their eyes, and red obi belts.
"Another bunch of ninjas?" Raccoonus grunted.
"You know them?" Ripley asked, brandishing his Excalibur.
"We hadn't seen them before. They were different from Foots and Yiga Clan." Hiroshi replied.
"Who are you people?" Aggie said, wielding her harpoon and pointing at them.
"We have no reason to tell you what we are." A ninja said, armed with a spear.
"That's alright. Let them know what we are."
A voice reached the group's ears as a man stepped through the band of ninjas and a Chinese man appeared before them. He wore his dark yellow Chinese robe hung over his shoulders like a cape, a black vest covered his scarlet ninja suit with a teal blue belt. He also wore his black boots and vintage Chinese sunglasses. His skin is fair, and his eyes are yellowish tan. He has long hair tied in twin buns and a red tattoo on the left side of his face, a reminiscent of the Oni skull with horns and tusks on its jaw.
"Greetings, heroes. Forgive our rude entrance, a quite annoying display." A Chinese man.
"Who the heck are you?" Tsuki asked.
"Master Long Pang, the executive commander of Sovereign of Evil and you all fear our great leader Koji." Long Pang smirked.
"What do you want?" Kami asked.
Long Pang chuckled a bit, walking around the living room. "You see. We came from another world that was similar to this. We desperately need your help."
"Of what exactly?" Kami grew his puzzled look. "When you mention the Sovereign of Evil, does that make you a villain?"
"Exactly the opposite, my snow monkey friend. However, it is temporary. We can tell you everything if you join us by our side." Long Pang bowed to him in a mock manner of respect and glanced at the demons. "And it is interesting that you have met otherworldly creatures. Let me guess, the demons?"
"You never lay a finger on them!" Ripley replied. "Especially with the demon princess. My girlfriend."
"Ah, a princess." Long Pang commented. "How lovely to hear it."
"You ain't touching her, Chinese punk." Millie scowled.
"Punk? Are you threatening me?" Long Pang asked. "If in any case, we took the princess and forced all of you to work with us in exchange for her life. So what is your answer?"
"My answer…is no." Tsuki replied, summoning her Keyblade and aiming it at him. "We don't know what your motives are, but we can't let you ninjas walk away with Charlie!"
"She has a Keyblade, master!" A ninja informed his master.
This made Master Long Pang curious and felt beyond touched by the discovery.
"We made a discovery. The legends are true, the legacy of fallen Keyblade wielders exists in this generation."
"He knows about the Keyblades?" Crymini looked intensely.
"Our Master Koji stole the information from the Trinity Corps and found out there are secrets outside of our Quantic Universe." Master Long Pang uttered.
Hiroshi, Hana, Kami, Raccoonus, Charlie, Ripley, Aggie, Husk, Niffty, Crymini, Dexter, Tybalt and Millie gasped all in shock, save for Arnold who narrowed his eyes.
"You guys really came from the Quantic Universe? How did you traverse across the worlds? The barriers are preventing you from accessing this world!" Dexter told him.
"You may be correct." Long Pang grinned. "A friend of ours gave us an advanced transportable device that he stole from a top-secret underground facility."
"Listen here! We aren't joining your side! "I'm done with all of this!" Hiroshi yelled.
"Have you? I wasn't surprised yet." Master Long Pang replied. "You left us no choice and you suffered your fate at the hands of the Sovereign of Evil. Khan Ninjas, take note prisoners!"
The Khan Ninjas obeyed his command and started to attack the group.
"Gear up!" Zidane shouted.
The whole group fights the Khan Ninjas in many efforts. As one of the ninjas twirls his bō staff, he charges at Hiroshi who parries it with punches and kicks at the staff which breaks into two. Only for the blades to extend out of the splits and the ninja swung to strike Hiroshi, but the latter caught his arms to stop the attack.
"Big mistake. You could use one arm to hold a single weapon." Hiroshi smirked as he headbutted him to the floor, knocking him out cold.
Tybalt tried to grab the vase and threw it at the Khan Ninja who sliced it into shatters. Before he struck an imp, Raccoonus jumped and landed at the ninja with two kicks and sent him flying to the wall, sliding down afterwards.
"You're okay?" Raccoonus asked.
"I'm good." Tybalt nodded before swiping a pistol and shooting at the enemy's weapon, making the ninja drop a katana.
"Next time before you shoot, warn me first." Raccoonus firmly scolded him and swung his metal tekko on another Khan Ninja.
"You guys better get a rock on!" Crymini held out her ax-guitar, strummed it roughly and conjuring a wave of rock music, blasting them away. "Rock music wins, ninjas lose!"
Husk swung his fist at the ninja several times and the ninja jumped over him, kicking the cat demon in the head.
"That's hurt!" Husk groaned, whipped his tail to smack him to the ground and pulled out his card feathers as he stuck them on his sleeve. "And stand down!"
Hiroshi and Kami are seen catching the ninja's arms and kicking them in the face simultaneously at each time. Hiroshi deflects the kicks and strikes a palm onto another ninja while the snow monkey mutant thrusts his elbow onto Khan Ninja's belly, causing him to groan and fall back to the floor flatly.
"You're getting tired, Uncle Kami. Get some rest." Hiroshi replied.
"I still got it, don't worry!" Kami assured before whipping the third ninja with an upper kick.
Hana deflected the shurikens with her kanabo and swung it at the two ninjas heavily. Then another Khan Ninja threw a rope and tied him around her kanabo but she pulled it back and threw him onto the floor before punching him in the face.
"This whole fighting is so tense than my training." Hana panted.
Tsuki gripped her Moonlight Star and aimed it at the four ninjas. "Zero Gravira!"
All the ninjas hurled themselves into the hovering air.
"What's going on?"
"What is this?"
"She casts magic on us?"
"Get us down right now!"
"You asked for it. Now… Moon Saber!" Tsuki uttered, consuming her Keyblade with light sparkle magic and striking them all at once, creating an explosion of light.
"Tsuki!" Niffty yelled. "You are going to make a whole mess of a house!"
"I know. I should do it outside." Tsuki giggled. "I'm gonna need more training."
Niffty jumped onto the ninja, latching on to his neck.
"Puck up, big boy!" Niffty grinned sensually before smooching on his cheek and pulling away from him, causing a Khan Ninja slowly to fall to the floor and snoring.
"What did you do?" Tsuki asked.
"I gave a big smooch to that ninja to make him fall asleep. Sorry about my habit. I used to like the boys but those are from the old days." Niffty said, wiping her lips with a handkerchief.
Master Long Pang remained still on the floor and observed Tsuki who evaded the shurikens before jabbing her Moonlight Star Keyblade towards the Khan Ninjas.
"A young girl has grown attached to her Keyblade. By looking at it, she's not in this different dimension. That is what Master Koji sent us to find out about her. It could be his reasons." Master Long Pang grew his thoughts.
Ripley kept dodging the three ninjas' punches, making himself trip to the ground and backflipped to the table but accidentally broke the vase.
"Oh crap! I broke it!" Ripley muttered.
He leapt from the floor to grab onto the bar and landed the kicks onto two Khan Ninjas off the ground. Ripley let go of the grip, landed roughly on the ground, and quickly ran from the third ninja. He withdrawn his Excalibur and blocked the ninja's blade, but Ripley countered to conjure a wave of holy energy and blasted him away to a wall. However, the force pushed him further and unintentionally hit Aggie's head with the back of his Excalibur.
"Ow!" Aggie yelled, holding the back of her head. "Ripley!"
"Sorry!" Ripley said.
Another ninja came up behind him, but Zidane slashed him in the chest, making the ninja cry in agony.
"What the hell is with you? You hit Aggie on purpose?!" Zidane shouted.
"It was an accident, Zidane. How can you be so mad at me?" Ripley replied.
Aggie grabbed him by the ear and yanked him towards her.
"I will hurt your ass when this is over." Aggie grinned with a threatened look in anime style.
"Oh my! Language!" Master Long Pang chuckled.
"Shut up!" Zidane and Aggie yelled together as they were trying to strike at the executive, but Long Pang swiftly leaned down to dodge them and deliberately kicked them at once.
Arnold quickly punched him in the head and Master Long Pang posed his arms at least 45 degrees. The cyborg transformed into War Machine mode and pulled out his stunned baton.
"A fully advanced cyborg. My ninjas have been beaten up by that robot child before. I won't be humiliated this time." Master Long Pang murmured.
Arnold ran over to him, attempted to bash the executive only for Master Long Pang to block it with his arm.
"Kaizen-Jutsu Technique – Finger Dart!" Master Long Pang replied, emitting a sound of phenomenal energy that strengthened his fingers and jabbed at his abdomen below the chest.
Arnold grunted a bit, grabbed his arm, and threw him on the table, crushing it down.
"Pops, you're okay?" Ripley worried.
"He somehow penetrated my armor. Almost a scratch." Arnold held onto his abdomen.
"Can it be possible?" Ripley asked.
"I think it is." Arnold answered.
Charlie backflipped and kicked one of the ninjas but the ninjas tackled her down and tried to restrain her.
"Take your hands off me!" Charlie replied, conjuring an orb of fire and shooting at them, setting the ninjas in the blaze.
"Hot, hot, hot!"
"Put us out! Put us out!"
Ripley pulled out his Quad Blaster, quickly stunning them with electrical blasts.
All five ninjas wrapped their hands in the form of a Rin gesture except for their index fingers and thumbs.
Millie formed her battle-axe fist and smashed it onto the ninja's head, looking back at them. "What are they doing?"
"Kaizen-Jutsu Technique - Duplicate!" All of the ninjas created the silhouettes of ninjas as they formed in a circle, surrounding the team.
"They are pretty good!" Raccoonus replied. "Their ninjutsu techniques are something else."
"Indeed, do not underestimate them. They are taught in the immoral ways of ninjutsu arts." Kami said.
Many of the ninja clones charged towards them, taking out their katanas, bō staffs, kunais, and nunchakus.
"That cloning technique is kinda like the one in Naruto." Hana grunted.
"And it's freaking hard to find which one is real!" Crymini bashed her axe-guitar at one of them, only the clone dissipated.
Ripley fires plasma shots from Quad Blasters at the Ninja clones, turning them into puffs of white smoke.
"Blast it! How do we get them all at once?" Ripley asked.
Kami narrowed his eyes while the ninjas surrounded him and Hiroshi.
"Any of these ninjas are real." Hiroshi replied.
"Perhaps you're right. They used their copies to confuse us. Remember I taught you how to sense the real essence that comes from living things and most of them are not real?" Kami responded. "Focus and find the one who controls the illusion forms."
Hiroshi tried to be focused, shut his eyes, and remained standing as one of the Khan Ninjas rushed behind to attack him. He sensed it and grabbed the ninja's arm before throwing him onto the floor, causing the three copies to vanish.
"I got it! Hear me out! Find the ones that are real, forget about the copies!" Hiroshi told the others. "Wait for the targets!"
"That's a plan I wanted to hear!" Zidane replied as another ninja struck the nunchaku at him.
The thief used his monkey tail to grab his leg. He used it to pull the ninja to fall on the floor. Zidane slammed him with his elbow, indicating the two copies of the user had vanished into the air.
Raccoonus detects the energy to see if any ninja is real and he picks the one on the right, knocking a Khan Ninja down with his jump kick.
"Gotcha!" Raccoonus smirked before punching him in the head, knocking a ninja out cold and four of them disappeared instantly upon the user landing the hit.
Hana swings her kanabo to bash all the ninjas at once and one of them is real. All the clones explode in a puff of smoke, one by one.
"Imbeciles! I cannot believe this. They were supposed to be no match for their Kaizen-Jutsu." Master Long Pang grew irritated.
"We got no time for beating them up. We need to leave!" Ripley said.
Arnold grasped the two real ninjas and slammed them to the floor.
"Ripley, get Charlie to safety. We will hold them off." Arnold said.
"You got it, pops!" Ripley grabbed Charlie's hand and took off.
"Don't let that demon princess get away!" Long Pang said. "Go!"
The numerous ninjas began to go after them, but Aggie and Millie quickly subdued them.
"Try to get on their way, we won't let you." Millie glared.
"They need help. I gotta follow after them." Hiroshi said.
(Woods)
Ripley and Charlie continue to run through the woods.
"Just hang on, we are further away from them!" Ripley said.
All of a sudden, the force sent Ripley flying backwards and tumbling to the ground.
"Ripley!" Charlie yelled, running over to him.
However, Ripley was unable to get up from the ground due to the unseen force. "I can't move!"
"What? How?" Charlie grew a concerned look.
A strange figure wearing a tattered hood and holding his shikomizue acting like a cane. "Step away, princess."
"Who's that?" Ripley asked.
A figure removes his hood cloak and reveals himself as Oni.
The purple-skinned Oni wore his light purple yukata tightened with a dark purple sash belt, hiding underneath a purple cloak that covered around his neck, acting wearing like a scarf and wearing geta sandals. His eyes were shut since he was blind for unknown reasons. He has short dark hair, a mustache, and a beard. He has long, slim, black horns and curved fangs.
"Oni?" Charlie wondered.
"I apologize for your attempted escape. Allow me to say my name. I am Issho, the Oni Swordmaster from Jigoku, a realm of my kind…" Issho told her.
"Just leave us alone!" Charlie demanded.
"Please do not fret. This is the exchange on solving the deal. Come with me and I will let him go. Pick one of them carefully." Issho uttered, smiling briefly.
Then Hiroshi comes in a hurry and quickly notices to see Issho.
"That can't be! So, the Onis truly exist!" Hiroshi exclaimed.
Issho chuckled a bit before he turned towards the Zenrai hybrid. "Tang Hiroshi. It is my pleasure to see you again."
Hiroshi gasped in utter shock, twitching his right eyebrow, and wondering how the Oni knew his name. He is really becoming more astonished.
Trivia:
1) The first appearance of Issho the Oni and accept the terms with Master Long Pang but Issho mentioned he has important things to do first before joining the ninja organization, taking place before the events of Heart Hunter and Miracle Queen.
2) Dexter makes a joke to Hiroshi and his team when he says 'Yo-ho-ho, he took a bite of Gum Gum Fruit.' A clear nod to One Piece's 4kids Rap.
3) Long Pang comments about his minions got beaten by another robot in a form of child, strongly suggested it is Astro Boy.
4) When the ninjas performed their techniques of making clones, Hana mentioned that same techniques used in Naruto.
Author Notes: Don't forget to review the chapter after reading this!
