In a dark void, gleaming in the vast expanse of nothingness, sat two orbs of light. On the right, there was an orb made of blue energy—a far more positive kind of entity, one with a more cheerful outlook on life, and one that believed in happier endings more than anything else. Then, on the left, there was an orb made of red energy—a far more cynical kind of entity, with a more realistic, grittier outlook on existence as a whole.
Despite the fact that they two were opposites, they were not at odds. Positives and negatives attracted, that was something that was the fundamental understanding of the universe, no matter the context. And, in a sense, seeing as the two orbs of light agreed on a lot of some things and disagreed on others, calling them friendly toward one another would not be out of the blue.
At least, that was the tone of conversations anyway.
"I'm bored…"said the red orb, bobbing up and down in the vast expanse of the void. "There is, quite literally, nothing to do here, and it is driving me mental!"
"Same," the blue orb replied. "But, I mean, there isn't nothing to do here, that's kind of an over-exaggeration, don't you think?"
The red orb sighed, zooming around the void with little to no care in the world. "We are quite literally in a void of nothingness. There is NOTHING to do here."
"We could always make something happen," the blue orb suggested as the red orb stopped, and returned to where it had been prior to the conversation. "Think about it, we can manipulate the fabric of reality on a conceptual level. We bent the universe in such a way that two universes that would otherwise never interact with one another, interacted with one another! Granted it was because of some kid, but that's beside the point!"
"Now that you mention it…" the red orb said, humming in thought, before chuckling. "Yeah, I guess your right. But… I think I have a better idea!" The red orb continued as the blue orb, if it had eyes, would raise an eyebrow.
"Oh? Now what? I mean, we haven't even finished the other one, are you sure it's a good idea to—"
"Nonsense!" The red orb interrupted, as a mouth formed on its circular body, producing a smirk. "Besides, we can pause it for now and come back to it when we need to. 'Sides, didn't you say you were having a hard time continuing it?"
The blue orb chuckled nervously, before sighing. "Yeah, I suppose you're right. Alright, let's hear this idea of yours. What's on your mind, Red?"
"Well, I got to thinking… this "Legacy To Protect" Universe, the one you created. What if the current versions, at least up until this point, reacted to MY universe as if it were a TV show? 'Course, to those outside of our plain of existence, they'll see it as a book, so we'll have to be descriptive when transcribing it to them, but—"
"Enough of the fourth wall breaks, get to the point," the blue orb said, its tone of voice joking as the red orb huffed.
"Yeah, yeah. Kay, look, you get the gist, right? You select a few characters from your universe to react to mine, we get to laugh mentally at them for not expecting some of the stuff that happens, and it's a win-win. Just in case something happens, you create an extra variant of your universe so it doesn't get muddied by these guys returning, or, we wipe their memories after the fact. Either or is up to you."
When Red finished explaining, Blue thought about it for a second, then a mouth formed on its face, as it smiled. "Brilliant! Well, maybe not brilliant but good idea! Sure, why not! Oh, how does Johnny, Kyoka, Gyro, Izuku, Yaomomo, Todoroki, Bakugo, Uraraka, Aizawa, Jotaro, and Josuke sound?"
"Hmm… maybe add some villains, you know, to make things fresh?" Red replied as Blue frowned.
"But, what if they attack each other?" Blue questioned as Red smirked.
"We can always make that impossible. Give them their own infinite barriers kind of like Gojo from JJK," Red suggested as Blue hummed, before nodding, and by nodding it simply bounced up and down.
"Yeah, that works. Okay… then we'll snag Santana, Toga, Dabi, Compress, and DIO!" Blue continued as Red hummed.
"Hmm… what about Susan?" Red asked as Blue frowned.
"You wanna bring her? She sucks! You know that, and I know that, and no one's gonna like us for it," Blue retorted as Red snickered.
"That's the point, dingus. 'Sides, the drama is what we're here for! I mean, the main character from my universe, her very first action on screen, is to murder another person. Bringing Susan in wouldn't really matter, don't you think?" Red retorted as Blue relented.
"Fine, we'll drag Susan with us. Uh… how about we also bring Eri, Kota, and Inko to round things out. You know, all that toxicity of Susan gets drowned out by the three cinnamon rolls, you know?" Blue said as Red hummed.
"Uh, yeah, one thing though, what about the NSFW stuff? I mean, we can remove "that scene" from their view and have it as an implication for them. But the other stuff, like the brutality of some of these fights, are… vicious. I'm not worried about Inko, it's Eri and Kota, you know?" Red stated as Blue clenched its jaw.
"Yeah… you got a point. I mean, we could always make the blood pink for the little kids," Blue suggested as Red frowned.
"Really, Danganronpa blood? Whatever, that's beside the point. No, that won't change anything. I mean… well, Eri's seen and experienced worse, and Kota saw his dead parents, so… you know what, maybe it's fine…" Red replied as Blue hummed in agreement.
"Then that's all the preparations set! Uh… but first!" Blue stated as it concentrated hard, really hard, and when it did, the void around them turned into a movie theatre. But not just any showing room, oh no, no, no! A VIP showing room! The kind with tables, couches, and seats, all of which were facing the direction of the movie.
The floors were carpeted, and within the room were robotic waiters and waitresses. Now all that needed to happen was for the characters to appear.
"So… Blue, go get'em," Red said as it hummed in concentration. When it finished, its appearance changed to that of an older man with short brown hair, a pair of red eyes, wearing a black shirt with a skull and a pair of grey baggy pants. "I'll go get everything set up," Red said as he went to go to the projector room behind where everyone would be sitting.
Blue sighed. "Why do I got to be the one to go get them? Ugh, I mean, I made them, so it makes sense…" And with that Blue left the theatre, and made its way to the universe that it created.
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Johnny was… confused. One minute he was talking about his plans that he had for Endeavour, and how he was going to use him to lure out The Stranger when all of a sudden he felt extremely light-headed and passed out. He had no time to react to what it was that had happened, and it worried him.
As he slowly came to, he felt what seemed to be carpet on the side of his face, which put him on edge. Slowly, he got up, and as his eyes adjusted to the light change, he was met with… a movie theatre? Specifically, a VIP showing room.
"Okay… What the fuck," Johnny muttered as he looked around him. And, much to his confusion and now slight relief, Kyoka and his friends, namely Gyro, Yaoyorozu, Izuku, Bakugo, Todoroki, and Uraraka, along with Aizawa, his Father, and Josuke were in this strange movie theatre too. And, judging by how they groaned and slowly stood up as well, they too weren't aware of their situation.
Granted, neither was he, but that was beside the point.
"Hey," Johnny called out, "is everyone alright?"
"Yeah, just got a small headache…" The first to respond was Kyoka, who rubbed at her eyes. "Does anyone know where… we are? Huh? A Movie theatre?" Kyoka said, her tone of voice filled with an air of confusion.
When Gyro came to, he gave one good look to Johnny, and Johnny in return nodded at him. At the same time, the two of them spoke. "Stand Attack."
"Yare, Yare Daze," Jotaro murmured, scanning the room around them. "Is everyone alright?"
"I think Johnny already asked that," Gyro pointed out as Jotaro frowned.
"I know that."
"Thank you for asking, the both of you, but everyone seems to be alright," Yaoyorozu responded as Jotaro nodded.
"That aside," Aizawa interjected. "Look over there."
At his suggestion, everyone turned to look in the direction that Aizawa was pointing at, and what they saw set them on high alert. Also slowly getting up from their own daze were Santana, Toga, Dabi, Compress, and… the last two really put them on high alert, as DIO and Susan were also in the same room. And DIO… wasn't a ghost. He had his full, real body.
"What in the…" DIO groaned, slowly coming around as he looked at his hands. They weren't corporeal, and… "Ha… hahaha… HAHAHAHAHAHA! I LIVE!" DIO roared in laughter, and Jotaro practically snarled.
"DIO…"
DIO looked up from his hands and smiled a predatory, vindictive smile. "Jotaro…"
"Oh no…" Josuke murmured, taking a step back. "Everyone get ready, this is about to get violent…" Josuke warned as everyone in the room watched intently.
As the two began to approach one another, Susan, who was still reeling from what was going on, continued to remain in her stupor, unaware of what was about to happen. As the two arch-enemies closed in on one another, and as they drew their Stands, and as their Stands fists were about to collide with their faces… the fists bounced off of what appeared to be an invisible barrier.
"What?"
"Hmm?"
The two enemies looked at one another, confused. "A barrier?" DIO muttered.
"Someone or something else's doing, it because it sure as shit isn't mine," Jotaro spat.
"What on Earth is—"
The moment Susan spoke, both DIO and Jotaro glared over in her direction, causing the woman to keep her mouth shut.
"As interesting as this interaction is," Santana began as he crossed his arms. "Perhaps someone here can tell us what is going on here?" The Pillar Man inquired.
"W-Where are we?" A small, child-like voice spoke out as Izuku's attention snapped over to see Eri, his mother, and Kota all Stand in the center of the theatre, the two kids standing behind Inko, shaking like leaves.
"Hmm… What is going on here indeed? I must admit, even I'm intrigued," DIO said, withdrawing The World. "For the time being, Jotaro. How about we issue a truce? Not that we can hurt each other anyway due to these barriers."
Jotaro scowled but withdrew Star Platinum. "Fine, but only because I know you can't hurt anyone."
And at that moment, a blue orb appeared at the front of the room. It had a mouth, no eyes, and was around the size of a goose egg.
"Ah, good! It seems that I got everyone! Hello, everyone! My name is Blue!"
"What are you?" Susan spoke up, glaring at the orb.
"Oh? Me? Well, Ms. Cummings, I am what some of you may refer to as an "Eldritch Horror" or "Cosmic Entity." So to speak. I exist on a higher plane of existence than the rest of you, and the form you see me in right now is all your human brains can comprehend. Oh, and I'm using the term "human brains" as a catch-all statement, no offence to the Vampire and the Pillar Man."
"None taken," Santana replied as DIO scoffed.
"Whatever."
"Good! Now…! Oi! Red! Is everything set up back there?" Blue called out as a man walked out from a doorway. He had short brown hair, crimson red eyes, pale skin, and a black skull T-shirt along with a pair of baggy grey sweats.
"Yeah, everything should be good to go," this "Red" person said, as he shot a glare toward everyone.
"Who're you?" Gyro asked, his body language apprehensive as Red smirked. He raised his hand, and… stole Gyro's Steel Balls in the blink of an eye… Toga's knife, Kyoka's support equipment, and pretty much anything that could aid anyone in a fight, before then snapping his fingers, and erasing them from existence.
"I'm like Blue, but meaner," Red replied, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "And the rest of you are going to sit down in some chairs and watch a few things, yeah? Specifically, an Alternate Reality similar to your own. There will be no arguing about it, you just will, or you cease to exist. Capisce?"
"Hey!" Toga whined. "That knife meant a lot to me!"
"Guess what? I don't care. 'Sides, you'll get it back when you leave. Your current states of being are just shadows of your actual selves, so when you go back to your world you'll have everything I just erased. Now, sit down, and don't shout or whine at me again."
Everyone, with the exception of the little kids who simply continued to hide behind Inko, narrowed their eyes toward Red, but, due to the threat of being erased, decided it was their best interest to not say anything and sat down.
Johnny, Gyro, Kyoka, and Yaoyorozu all sat at a table of four together. Izuku, Uraraka, Todoroki, and Bakugo sat across from them at another table, Jotaro, Aizawa, and Josuke all sat together, along with Inko, Kota and Eri. Santana sat with Toga, Compress sat with Dabi, and DIO (reluctantly) sat next to Susan.
"I apologize on behalf of Red and his… downright jerkish behaviour, but rest assured that we won't harm you. Now, before we begin, are there any questions?" Blue asked as Josuke raised a hand. "Josuke?"
"What about our… uh, dimension? Is everyone going to be alright?"
"I activated an infinite global Time Stop on your world. Nothing should be happening until you return, so there," Red answered as Josuke sighed in relief.
"What will happen to those who were ghosts and are dead once this is over?" DIO questioned as Red shrugged.
"Probably get reverted to what you were prior to this. Although, that depends on how Blue's feeling, not me, I suppose," Red answered as DIO frowned, but said decided not to make his opinion on that known, though it was clear to both Red and Blue that he wasn't particularly happy.
"Alright! Now, are there any more questions?" Blue asked. The only one who raised a hand was Inko, to which Blue smiled. "Yes, Midoriya-san?"
"Is there any… obscene violence? Or… anything not safe for children?" Inko asked as Blue's expression turned neutral.
"There is, but, we've altered the tiny children's vision in such a way where anything beyond brutal or gross, or not safe for them to be viewing is covered in heavy shadow, and or toned way down. The same goes for hearing. Curse words are censored out with your typical bleep sound effect, and mature topics, which do come up such as Abuse, CSA, SA, and other things such as that are blurred and censored completely. For you guys, though… not so much. Although there is one scene that myself and Red have decided is not going to be viewed, as it is an invasion of privacy, to a degree that even Red cannot accept."
"And let it be known," Red spoke up, putting his arms behind his back, "that this world is far more… gruesome than your own. While it shares aspects of your world, such as Quirks, Stands, and even some people in this room, the history, and timeline are different."
"People in this room?" Johnny questioned as Blue smirked.
"You'll see for yourself, Mr. Kujo," Blue replied as Johnny frowned. Blue then turned back to Mrs. Midoriya. "I hope this answers your questions."
"It does, thank you," Inko replied as Blue nodded.
"Now then, is there anyone else?" Blue asked as Izuku raised his hand. "Ah, Midoriya, what do you wish to know?"
"I know you said that we'll see for ourselves, but will we be reacting to another version of Johnny?" Izuku questioned as Blue sighed.
"No, not Johnny. Rather, someone else."
"Who? Do we know this person?" Yaoyorozu asked as Blue looked over to Red, who snorted.
"If you knew them, then I'd be a bit shocked, considering they don't exist in your timeline at all," Red replied as Yaoyorozu nodded.
"Thank you for answering my question, Red-san," Yaoyorozu said as Red nodded.
"No problem. Any more questions?" Red said as DIO hummed.
"Are we focusing on the… Joestars," DIO asked as Red shrugged.
"Kinda? My universe is a little confusing at times, but yes, The Joestars are present within this, and they are key… I guess we'll call them characters, for this little viewing we have planned for you," Red explained as DIO frowned.
"I see…."
"Uh, I have a question," Kyoka asked as Red nodded. "So, who are we, I guess, reacting to? Like, what's their name?"
"Yoshihara," Red stated.
"Last name?" Kyoka continued.
Blue was about to answer, but Red spoke up first. "Not saying. You're gonna have to find out for yourself," Red replied swiftly while slapping a hand over Blue's mouth. "And you gotta shut up. We're not giving it away just like that."
"Hmph," Blue murmured under Red's hand, as Red put his hands back into his pockets. "Jerk. But, yeah, just know that the last name of this person is important. Now, are there any more questions?"
"Yeah, just one," Jotaro spoke up as Blue glanced over at him. "Speaking for everyone, but where the hell are we?"
"Ah, I was wondering when someone would ask that! Well, we're in The World Between Worlds. A pocket dimension exists between the fabric of The Multiverse, where our kind, The Watchers, lives. Time and Space don't function here at all, though we can create habitable areas for your kind, such as this theatre, to live within, where Time and Space flow normally and freely. And in case you want to know what would happen if you stepped outside of the theatre—not that it is possible—well, all I need to ask is if you've watched what happens to something once it's been put into a blender, and I think the image comes to mind rather quickly," Blue explained as Red nodded.
"Yeah… I had a pet cat once. The keyword being, had," Red muttered.
"I see. Thank you," Jotaro replied as Red sighed.
"Now… is that the last question? Or does anyone else have something to ask?" Red asked as Santana spoke.
"I believe this is the last one, considering everyone seems content. But, I would like to ask… Are the Pillar Men going to show up in this universe? Or are we eradicated and am I still in the vault within The Speedwagon Foundation?" Sanatana asked as Blue looked over to Red, as Red frowned.
"Your kind is extinct in this universe. Though, something has, I guess you can say, replaced you. But that's for later. Now, are we done? Can I finally move on?" Red asked as everyone nodded. And with that, Red smiled. "Well then, Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm proud to present to you… Universe 089, or as I like to call it Dynamite And A Laserbeam."
The lights within the theatre dimmed, and the screen turned black….
-To Be Continued-