"Another battle, another mission we seemed to get put on the back burner a bit…" FS!Rimuru sighed.

"Chin up. We did our part." Omni-Man remarked. "And the best part? Nobody even died. Imagine that!"

"Yep, this really was the best outcome for everyone, right?" FS!Sapphire asked.

"How true!" Firena smiled brightly. "Eileen really wanted to get all eight of us established with the Color Gods so we could have the connection but. Eh. So what. Still had a badass one sided beatdown against that one fancy dude."

"In that case, think it's time for us all to head home, shall we?" Baudimon asked with a smile.

Shinsha, however, was a bit apprehensive on going home, seeming to be a bit fidgety as FS!Rimuru took notice.

"Something wrong, kid?" Omni-man asked.

"...I… I gotta get stronger!" Shinsha exclaimed.

"Huh? Shinsha, you're incredibly strong, why-?" FS!Rimuru asked.

"No! You don't get it! I might be strong but… but… it's still too easy for me to die. I don't wanna do that to you guys again! S-so I wanna stay here and get super strong!" Shinsha exclaimed. "...But… where would I even go…?"

"Shinsha…" FS!Rimuru remarked in concern, before he sighed and nodded. "Kiddo-"

"I'm not coming home, dad!" Shinsha exclaimed.

"Not what I was doing. Come on." FS!Rimuru remarked, leading his daughter to one particular group….

Speaking of that group…

"So, can we get back to our naps once we get back?" Opherla yawned.

"Yeah, I'd say you two definitely earned it." Hope nodded.

"Owwww…." Entrapta groaned as she stretched every part of her body, including her hair, to recover from being crushed by Makima. "Everything hurts…"

"That's what happens when your whole body gets crumpled up like a sheet of paper." Adora said.

"It's a miracle Hartwin's spell brought back everyone who suffered mortal injuries. I was worried we were going to lose some people forever." Glimmer said. "If it weren't for him… we might have lost Hagakure, and maybe even more."

As the Shining Hope Squad and Future Seekers Coalition conversed, FS!Rimuru and Shinsha approached them.

"Hope? May I speak with you a moment?" FS!Rimuru asked.

"Sure thing, Rimuru. But wait….." Hope remarked.

"Who's the little tyke you got there?" Vashyron asked.

"Meet my daughter, Shinsha. …For better interests, she doesn't want to burden us by being too weak… so she wants a place to get stronger." FS!Rimuru spoke, as Shinsha gasped.

"Dad…!?" Shinsha exclaimed. "You…!?"

"Wait, hold up! You have a daughter?!"

"Oh, finally tied the knot in your Tempest huh? Who's the lucky girl? Was it Shuna?"

"Wrong idea, people! Wrong idea!" FS!Rimuru exclaimed. "She's technically my daughter because, well, she kinda looks like me… if I was to attribute a mother, it would be Shuna. Matter of factly most of us just sort of agree that she's Shuna's and mine… even if she was created by Izis, not between our love." FS!Rimuru explained. "It's complicated and a little convoluted to explain, to sum it up, she's not biologically related to me or anyone from Tempest. The resemblance is just strong enough to suggest it. And I treat her as such so… Yeah."

"But you should've seen how I acted the first time I met dad. I actually grabbed him with my huge hand and-" Shinsha was about to reminisce.

"Not the time… We all wanna get home, right?" FS!Rimuru cut her off as Shinsha nodded. "Anyways… as I said, my daughter needs a place where she can get stronger. Any ideas?"

"Well lemme say first of all, this is completely outta nowhere. Where did this come from?" Hope said.

"Wait… didn't Superbia say he got a little girl killed while he was helping Yuri and Gerik find Ursun?" Glimmer asked before looking at Shinsha, and she matched Superbia's description of childlike eyes and a malleable esque body. "Wait, Don't tell me the one Yuri shot instead of Ursun was…?"

"Yeah. It was me. I saved Ursun." Shinsha admitted.

"So… what do you say? Got a spot for my little girl to grow so she doesn't burden anyone by dying again?" FS!Rimuru asked, as Shinsha smiled, her eyes full of tears as she looked at her dad.

Hope smiled at Shinsha. "It's a real brave thing you're doing, staying behind to get stronger so that you can be more of a help to your dad."

"Biologically, I'm still only 12 years old by human standards, but I'm a lot older than that. …Or… younger? I dunno, no one really knows my true age." Shinsha said. "But what I do know is that I can't be dying all the time. I know Ultraspeed Regeneration brings me back in three months. But that's not gonna cut it for helping anyone. I have to be strong. I have to be the strongest! I have to be able to face anything!" Shinsha exclaimed.

"Then why not join the Future Seekers Coalition?" Rutega asked.

"Huh?" Shinsha asked.

"It's a special team your Siege created with me to bridge the gap between his dimension and mine." Hope said. "It's small, but it's made of people who want to be strong, like you. You'd fit right in, honestly. You're full of energy."

"Dad… Are… are you really okay with this…?" Shinsha asked.

"I can't stand in the way of what my kid wants. Even if you aren't biological… I still love you like a kid. And I want the best for you. So… this is your home now. Until you can come back… and show us just how strong you've gotten." FS!Rimuru smiled, even through his tears. "...Come here kid… time to part for now."

Shinsha would cry a bit, as she ran up and hugged FS!Rimuru tightly, gripping him as she sobbed. "This isn't… goodbye, is it?"

"No… it's see you later. I promise." FS!Rimuru smiled as he and Shinsha soon let out of the hug, as Shinsha soon let go of FS!Rimuru's hands.

"Come on Rimuru! Don't make us wait too long!" Omni Man called.

"...I'm off. …Have a bunch of adventures, eh kid?" FS!Rimuru smiled.

(Cue: Change my Future by Koda Kumi)

With those last words, FS!Rimuru began to walk away, as Shinsha began to shed more tears, as she started to run, but stopped, as she called out to him. "Dad!"

FS!Rimuru stopped at the portal, turning to Shinsha. "...Yeah?"

"...I… I… I never told you this… I never ever told you this, but I should have! I should have done this so much with you!" Shinsha cried as she smiled, tears rolling down her face as she said:

"Dad… I love you!"

FS!Rimuru smiled, shedding tears of his own as he looked at Shinsha, already missing her.

"...I love you too, Shinsha… …We'll see each other again. I know we will."

With those final parting words, FS!Rimuru returned home, as Shinsha was left with the Shining Hope Squad and the Future Seekers Coalition.

"Welcome aboard, Shinsha. I think you'll like it in the Color-verse." Hope smiled.

"We'd better keep her a secret from our Rimuru. He wouldn't be able to wrap his head around his other self having a kid." Flamberge remarked.

"Hold it…." a voice said as Camael stood there. "So…let me get this straight…you're gathering a group of people, some from an alternate dimension, just to make them grow stronger. And a number of them are women?" she said standing and sizing up Hope.

"Uh…yes?" Hope said.

"Nope! You're not getting implications from this!" Shinsha exclaimed, bringing a hammer out of nowhere to smack Camael over the head. "HIYA!"

"Uh…I was just asking if I could join in." Camael said.

"Oh!" Shinsha exclaimed, stopping short. "Well why didn't you start with that! Hoooope?" Shinsha asked, tossing the hammer away and looking over to Hope.

"Aren't you one of the Nine Archangels? Why would you have any interest in joining up with me?" Hope asked.

"Not a lot of invaders, not a lot of challengers and I've gotten bored with just training up by myself every day. You'd be amazed how old it gets after 10,000 years." Camael said.

"You've been going through that for THAT long? …Yeah, you SEVERELY need a change of scenery!" Rutega nodded. "Welp, unless Hope vetoes me, as de-facto leader of the Future Seekers Coalition, welcome aboard!"

"I see no issues with it either." Hope said. "I think you'd get along great with us."

"Glad to hear it. To be honest, if you said no, I was gonna beat on you till you said yes." Camael said.

"Hardcore…" Bow said.

'Kinky…' Opherla subconsciously thought.

"Glad we approved her right away." Glimmer said.

"Let's make it official, yeah? You guys probably aren't familiar with me yet. I'm Camael, and I'm an angel. One of the nine that protected the Sky Universe and Heaven since their existence." Camael said.

"As I introduced, I'm the de-facto leader of the Future Seekers Coalition. I'm Rutega." Rutega introduced.

"I'm Opherla, an honor to meet ya!" Opherla waved.

"I'm Kathlaa, formerly the last member of the Coalition, a warrior from the Tribe of Overworld. Pleasure." Kathlaa bowed.

"And I'm Shinsha! Newest addition, besides you! I'm Rimuru's daughter!" Shinsha beamed.

"Let's work well together." all five of them said.

"Hey…speaking of…where's Lucifer?" Hope asked.

"Oh…he said he was going to pay respects to Hartwin…and Damien." Camael said.

"Hartwin, I get… but why Damien?" Frosta said.

"Hey, show some decorum." Alphen said to her. "True, Damien Thorn was a monster, but he was still Lucifer's son."

"You do have a point." Frosta said.

"Everyone." Anna spoke up. "Me and the girls have been talking and I think it's time for the five of us to head back home."

"We had a good run. But we decided that with all the chaos that happened here during the war, we have to make sure we protect our world from any possible undead attacks in the future." Aya said.

"We understand, it was good having you with us for this long." Ace said.

"And Vera, I think the Queen will be better in your hands from now on." Kagura said as a blue light transferred from her to Vera and formed above her into Artemisia.

"You're giving me Artemisia?" Vera asked.

"She suits you. She'll be better in your hands than mine." Kagura said.

"Thanks, Kagura." Vera said. "I'll put her to good use."

"So…anyone know what Denji's gonna do now that he completed his job?" Peacock asked.

"Not really sure. He was only with Team Revival so he could get close to Damien. Now that he's dead, he could just as easily quit since he doesn't need to hide with them anymore…" Hope said.

"He left as soon as Nayuta regained consciousness." Jexi said. "Though…something tells me we haven't seen the last of Chainsaw Man. Plus I doubt he's gonna quit his job just 'cause Damien's dead."

"Oh yeah. Didn't Denji say Nayuta was smart enough to go to college even though she was so young?"

"Guy's gotta save up for her college funds, after all. He can't do that unless he has a job." Ragna said. "He also still has to get his reward from his client."

"He's likely going to enroll Nayuta even as we speak." Nemona said. "She'll fit in well at the academies."

"As long as she doesn't ever become Makima 2nd Coming." Sunset said.

"Preach. Not sure I want to become a bloody human pretzel ever again." Entrapta agreed.

"You know she killed us both, right?" Sunset said.

"Oh yeah." Entrapta said.

In the Sky Universe, on a small island, Lucifer and Cream stood before a barren black colored tree.

"You've picked a fine resting place, Hartwin." Lucifer said.

"Please…get lots of rest until we bring you your child back, my darling son." Cream said weeping a bit as she placed a flower before the tree. "So what happens now?"

"With that election over, the 7 Demon Lords are whole once more. Hopefully the long standing chaos in the Demon Universe will finally settle down. And with Damien gone, little Andy is in position to take his seat as leader of Dark Hell." Lucifer said.

"What about you? Are you going to stay in the Demon Universe? You can always return to Heaven." Cream said.

"I appreciate the offer, but someone's gotta keep the unruliest of demons in line." Lucifer said.

"You know Uriel will still miss you. So will all the other Archangels."

"Yeah. But…this is how things are supposed to be." Lucifer said. "Angels in the sky and demons below the surface."

"I understand. You're a Fallen Angel, but still, what you did to be sent to the Demon Universe is still a heavily weighing crime." Cream said.

"Yeah. I gave into Pride but it was to save the Nephilim from extinction." Lucifer said. "I don't regret what I did and I never will." he said as he took off.

On his way out, he passed by a tombstone on the same island. His expression fell into one of regret and sadness. "Though…I will regret not doing more for him." he muttered, before he left.

Here Lies Damien Thorn

A Son

As the many, many combatants began to depart, Superbia walked over to the Hero Alliance.

"Well, I suppose this is goodbye for now." the Angel of Pride said.

"Let me guess, you're going to spend your time slaying more evil demons?" Jexi asked.

"Just don't go blowing up anymore worlds!" Issei said.

"I no longer have any intention of doing that." Superbia said. "Instead…I will keep peace in the Demon Universe. Not every demon will agree to J-Hack's reformations. When the Demon Lords cannot step in…the Prideful Crusade will be there."

"Sounds like a pretty good deal." Mark said, holding a hand out to Superbia. "Take care of yourself out there, okay?"

Superbia hesitated for a moment, before he accepted the handshake. "You as well, Mark."

"Lord Superbia, let's go! We already have an S-Class Demon Lord in need of a holy beatdown lined up!" Saint Levi said as he stood with the rest of the disciples, plus Lierach.

"Farewell, Hero Alliance. May we fight side by side again one day." Superbia said as he turned and walked to join his fellow children of God.

A few hours later, the group returned to the Galaxy King.

"Whew! What a crazy few weeks!" ZS said, flopping onto a couch.

"Crazy?! Some of us actually died, y'know!" Hagakure said.

"Yeah…but on the plus side, a lot of us now know we're going to Heaven after we die." Dan said.

"Don't joke about that." Camael said.

"Okay…no Heaven jokes. Right." Rutega said.

"Why are they on the ship?" Onyx asked.

"Well we gotta drop them off before we decide what to do next." Hope said.

"Makes sense." Jexi said.

"There's one thing we all agree on though. We're never doing something like that again. After that war, we're due to take it easy." Makoto said.

"Hmm…you know, the Multiversal Auction is coming up." Lan said. "Seems like a fun way to check out sites without having to worry about world ending threats."

"The what?" Jexi asked.

"It's this big event they're starting up. It's called an auction but in actuality, it's kinda like an expo on things from all of the other universes." Lan said.

"Sounds like fun to me." Hope said.

"Yeah, nice and relaxing after all that." Mark agreed.

"And a great chance for us to rekindle and make up for all that lost time." Issei said.

"Yeah, we have a lot to talk about." Simon said.

"The auction won't be for another week. So we got time till then to get all our affairs in order." Lan said.

"Yeah." David said knowing something he was going to do during that week.

In a dimly lit chamber, seven figures sat as the lights came on showing each one.

Demon Lord of Gluttony

Mephisto

Demon Lord of Envy

Lilith

Demon Lord of Sloth

Belial

Demon Lord of Lust

Astaroth

Demon Lord of Wrath

Samael

Demon Lord of Greed

Azazel

And…

Demon Lord of Pride

J-Hack

"All the demon lord are finally assembled now. Now then, without further ado…we shall resume old business before moving to the new." Mephisto said through his mask.

Demon Election Saga

END

Post-Credit Scene 1:

Demon Universe, All-Hells…

"Ugh…f***ing pirate bastard…" Katana Man grumbled as he stumbled out of a back alley in Dis. "Good thing I took in a lot of blood beforehand…"

Just then, a car pulled out in front of him, several Dark Hell troops getting out of it.

"Katana Man." one of them said. "Lord Thorn is dead. The battle…is lost."

"Really? I had no idea." Katana Man said sarcastically. "Unless you're here to berate me, get outta my way."

"No, not to berate you. We know what you want, but face it: you can't get to the Chainsaw Man on your own, much less defeat him. But…there may be someone who can help you, and us."

"...I'm listening." Katana Man said after a pause.

"For several months, Damien approached a certain group to offer them a place in his forces. They declined, said they had their own plans." a Dark Hell troop said. "But they may be willing to take us in, since we have inside info concerning Dark Garden."

"And just who the hell are these guys?" Katana Man asked.

"...I think you may know them by reputation. They may be able to give you something that can close the gap between devils." the grunt said, handing Katana Man a flyer. The Devil-human hybrid took the flyer.

Flux Industries Emblem Bracelets

Offering employment. Beta Testers for new models wanted.

Katana Man stared at the flyer before he looked up at the grunts. "...Make some room. Let's see what this guy's offering…"

Post-Credit Scene 2:

Galaxy King, Team Chatoix's Room…

"You're seriously going to do this?" Espio asked.

"Gave the old octoman my word, and I meant it." Vector said, packing a bag. "So I'm going to the WDO headquarters to become a world class detective."

"Are you sure you don't want us to come with you?" Charmy asked.

"Sorry, boys. You guys will still be my partners, but we only need one World Class Detective in the group. David and Shuichi are planning on doing the same thing. And the latters already the Ultimate Detective." Vector said.

As the crocodile pulled Eugene's hat into his bag, a small slip of paper fell out of it.

"Huh? What's this?" Vector said, picking the paper up. "Huh…it's a photo. Eugene in his human form and…" the detective said before looking at the second figure. "No way…you mean his kid is…"

The figure in question, staring at the camera with a wide smile, was a five year old girl with blonde hair and green eyes. What shocked Vector, however, was that he had seen this girl before, though much older.

"...Kirika Akatsuki?!"

To be continued…