Evangelion: You Shall (not) Win This Time

Episode 16: Imperial Emerald (heist)/ Altered Episode 9 (happens) In the Background

(Warning: All intellectual properties belong to their respective original creators/current copyright holders. EVA to Studio Khara, Reality Warpers to Yoshi3000, you get the idea. Brace yourselves, this is a long one.)

(Opening Theme: "Reverse/Re:Birth" by Hiroaki Iwagana and Asaya Kimijima)

(Generic P.O.V.)

Picking up a relatively short time after where we left off last time, Bishops was within the GARD with Toji and Kensuke at his side in the midst of a video conference. The caller on the other end of the line: none other than the infamous Josho Blackthorn. The Knights of Ryujin leader started the conversation by simply going "Alright, Josho. You got me on the line, now what do you want?" as the leader of the Amoral Aces answers "Now is that any way to respond to someone who gave you one of your most valuable assests? And besides, you know roughly half of what I want."

No doubt that Josho knows about the Metsu Emerald that currently landed in Bishops' possession, but the announcement of only knowing half of what the malevolent level 10 Warper wanted forced him to ask "And what pray tell is the other half?" before Josho responded "I have need of your services for an expedition somewhere. A place only you can enter relatively safely. I'm sure you've been keeping up on the news regarding the formation of both the Spiral Empire and the Equestria lead by a certain someone that it's well known by now that you had a quote unquote fling with?"

Bishops' face quickly paled upon the mention of having to deal with either the tyrannical version of Spinel that came from Ryker Blackthorn's old universe or Pinkamena as he responds "Let me guess, there's something in one of their territories that you want, right?" as the Amoral Ace head answers "Namely in Pinkamena's, which is why I've decided to call in a favor by hiring you for a job. Consider it your way of paying me back for giving you your Ami."

Of course Toji had to open his mouth and question "And in a hypothetical sense, let's say that we were dumb enough to turn your proposal down. What would happen?" as Josho answered "Well considering that you only have a force of let's say 100 warriors within your little team, and that's me being generous with the numbers. Only a few of you have broken into the double digit millions, let alone single digit without the use of power ups. Now consider my forces: myself and my teammates are all within high double million, if not single digit billion power levels, and I have an army of Hidden Ghetto shinobi, including a Boondocks character who litteraly can't die. I think it's safe to say that you're still just a small fish in a vastly larger pond, and that if you were to go against me as you are now, you'd all be dead in a matter of seconds and I'd get that Emerald by prying it from your cold dead hands. I am giving you an offer that you litteraly can't refuse, I suggest you take it."

The KoR leader who was already planning to take the deal anyway due to the fact that every word he said was nothing short of true just gave the tracksuit wearing boy the stink eye before facing Josho's broadcast and responding "What exactly are you after in her turf? Last time I checked, the rest of the Metsu Emeralds were in Ryker's possession." as Josho answered "Simply put, there's a special gemstone on her capital world that not even she knows of. You get said gemstone for me, and I'll be sure that you're properly rewarded."

The more benevolent of the two level 10s paused for a moment before naming his price.

"I do this for you, and you supply me with enough Anti A.T. Field weaponry to outfit my entire universe's global military surplus, and the Emerald in my possession stays with me. You have your reasons to have it, I have mine."

Josho just smiles and responds "Willing to turn the odds in your favor to the end, in a way, I can respect that. Very well, you have a deal.. I'll be expecting results within the next 24 hours, good luck." before ending the call as Bishops turns to Toji and goes "Congratulations, you just bought yourself double training for the next week." as the "Tokyo 3 Brusier" responds "Yeah, probably should've saw that coming."

Kensuke then throws his 2 cents into the matter by asking "You really aren't gonna make a deal with the proverbial devil, are you?" as Bishops answers "It's not like I had a choice. Think back to what Josho said about our strength and our numbers. Every word he said was true down to the last cilyble. And besides, if I have to work for the wrong groups, than I might as well get something out of it."

Toji then asks "So when do we leave?" before Bishops answers "We" aren't leaving anywhere. I'll be going on this mission solo and having Mura and Jessie take temporary command of the team until I return. I expect you to treat them with the same level of respect that you would me." As Kensuke asks "And what if you don't come back? What if Pinkamena or someone else catches on to your intentions and decides to have you whacked?"

The level 10 Warper simply answers "It's a risk I'm willing to take."

(P.O.V. Shift: Bishops)

Do I want to set foot on Pinkamena's turf? No. Do I want to help Josho Blackthorn? No. Do I want my career as a Warper to go up in thermonuclear vapor? No. As far as I see it, I'm in a lose-lose situation. What a way to continue a string of bad luck, am I right? Currently, I'm flying my Tranzector into the territory of probably one of the biggest things that the multiverse will never let me live down, on a mission for one of the biggest names in Warper villainy against my will to grab a rock most likely, if not absolutely more important than I'm lead to believe while putting the extremely powerful artifact left in my hands by the family of said name in Warper villainy, stuck in an unwinable situation where I'm most likely either gonna get scammed, killed, or both. Well, might as well face the music while going out swinging with the best of 'em. I reach the planet's orbit when I get hailed by the universe's version of Gilda the Gryphon.

"Unidentified craft, you are in Equestrian orbit. State your business now or be blasted into space dust."

I quickly respond on my end with "This is Desmond Bishops of Earth Dimension EVA-12385367, I have business with your ruler."

A few stressful seconds later, and I hear "Alright, you're cleared to land in Canterlot landing bay 11, but don't even try any funny stuff, or you're gonna be sorry."

Lady, you don't know the half of it. Once I was planetside within the confines of Pinkamena's Canterlot, I'll admit, I was impressed on how like canon it was, even more like the version from the final episode timeskip where various species were actively working together, and happy to do so. Kinda makes me worried about what lies beneath as I get escorted by said Gilda and a few Dragon guards towards the main palace where things were surprisingly not as bad as I expected. Huh, maybe she really is keeping her word on retiring from evil. Eventually, we make it to the main throne room where the former pink devil herself.

"Bishi-Boo! I was wondering when you would come to visit my new little home sweet home."

Yeah, not digging the nickname, but I'm gonna have to deal with it if I wanna get out of this with any chance of survival. That's when she calls for a pair that I had been wondering about for some time: the two Rei clones that had come under her care. Both had grown their hair out while the one with pink hair who changed her name to Bell was wearing basically her own pink version of Jasmine's outfit from the original Disney Aladdin and the Rei who kept her hair the same color went for more of a goth look: a black mini dress, fingerless gloves of varying length and long boots with violet lining, a violet sash around said dress and brown pouches on her waist and upper left arm. Hell, they even had pink and violet make up on respectively.

Bell was the first to speak by going "Oh goodie, papa has come to visit. Isn't that wonderful, sister?" with Rei bluntly answering "A hoot and a half." in a dull flat tone.

Well then, looks like they decided to go the polar opposites route in terms of personality. Bell then quickly grabbed my arm and went "Oh papa, you simply must come with us and see the wonders that mama has done for this world since coming here. You'll just love it, won't he, sister?" before the regular haired Rei responds "Do I really have to go dwell in the pastel meme lands?", only for Pinkamena to answer "Rei sweety, your father needs whatever help we can offer for him to get the lay of the land in case he decides to visit us again. And besides, this is a perfect opportunity for you and your sister to do some family bonding."

Needless to say I was quickly dragged out of the palace to go on a world tour where I wound up learning some things.

1: all of the irredeemable villains were promptly killed off before they could do any real damage with villains like the Storm King, the Flim Flam brothers, Auhizotal and his circle of fellow rouges quickly giving up and throwing themselves in prison to avoid her wrath. Though Flim and Flam were eventually let out to continue their business ventures as distributors for the Apple family's ciders, butters, and other goods on a multiversal scale, albeit with more heavy taxing.

2: While many of the residents of this world were happy to not have to deal with the rouges gallery of the franchise anymore, they were still cautious about having someone with a rap sheet like Pinkamena's in charge of the place, especially this world's Pinkie and the Mane 9 (yes I counted Sunset and Spike) who've all been looked into with a bit more scrutiny should one ever decide to go down the same path.

3: Every civilized part of the planet seemed to be operating in a state where they were more than thriving under her rule with near undisturbed supply lines providing supplies and advanced technology to where they're needed or requested. While none of these civilized areas were considered perfect places to live mind you, they were far from unliveable.

While I still had my misgivings, I could see that Pinkamena was trying to do good, even offering to undo any curse seals she put on people back then. Who knows, maybe she really is putting her best foot forward to keep her end of the deal without any ulterior motives. I'll have to think on this more later, because while we were walking through a jewel quarry, something there that probably shouldn't be caught my eye: the same kind of robots that attacked my turf not even a full episode ago.

"Oh dear." Went Bell before adding "Sister, I think we should tell mama about this. I really don't think she wants Gourdian Squash Droids on her land." as Rei responds "If she doesn't, I wanna kill 'em."

Bell then takes out a gem from a hidden pocket and channeled some energy into it, causing a communications portal to Pinkamena.

"Oh mama, there are troops from the Gourdian Empire operating in the jewel quarry not too far from our home in Canterlot."

"What?!" shouted Pinkamena before seeing them with her own eyes and going "You girls did good telling me this. How they managed to get past our orbital defenses, I have no idea." before her Gilda answers "Perhaps some new stealth craft, I'll have my troops investigate the area." offscreen.

Rei then asks "Can we kill them to clear the room for you to investigate?" before Pinkamena responds "Alright, but stay close to your father and sister." as the call ends and I'm trying to form a battle plan with them.

"Alright, we need the element of surprise in case they try and contact reinforcements. I'll draw their fire while you two attack from behind. Now Bell, you'll take the left flank while Rei, you-"

I didn't even get to her part when I see Rei using Shadow Clones to melt down the Squash Droids and stabbing them to complete destruction with Sai, just like a certain cool but crude turtle in red. Once the last one was beheaded, Rei dismisses the clones, turns to me and goes "The robots are dead. Wasn't as cool as I thought it'd be.. Can we go now?"

I don't know if I should be proud that she took them all on by herself or worried that she did it so nonchalantly. After that bit of strangeness, I can sense something under the ground. I quickly blast a small patch of land and reveal its contents as the Metsu Emerald I secretly had on me began reacting. This was the Sol Emerald I was sent to find, no doubt. But now for the hard part of explaining to Pinkamena what I need it for.

"So to sum things up, Josho Blackthorn blackmailed you into getting that rock for him because it was one of the seven Metsu equivalents to the Sol Emeralds from the Sonic Rush games, and you went with his request because his numbers exceed yours and could destroy both you and everything you've worked towards in a matter of seconds. Am I in the ball park?" Pinkamena asked after I ran down everything with her regarding my current situation as I answer "Pretty much. And as for why those robots were here, my bet is that whoever leads them caught wind too and wanted it for himself."

The pink Meme Horse/Human/Majin hybrid then responded "You mean Gourdar, the Never Ending? That guy's a real weirdo. His staff is Warper versions of different characters who are all as crazy as he is. I mean with his versions of Dr. Weird, his Forest Woodbush from The Good Dinosaur who keeps talking about his pingas like it was some sacred treasure and his Butters' dad from South Park that keeps screwing up his missions because he just wants to hunt and kill a version of Butters that let's be real, probably doesn't exist, I'm surprised he manages to take over any universes, let alone his own."

"The chain of command is that bad?" I ask before she responds "Recently he hired a version of Dr. Frog from Leauge of Super Evil who's actually helpful and set up an alliance with some version of Gendo Ikari and Keel Lorenz from Evangelion, and I'm starting to realize that...they might be...your's...you should probably look into dealing with that."

"I will." I respond before adding "But I need to deal with Josho for the time being. If you let me take the Emerald, I think I can also draw away this Gourdar guy from you since he might have more beef with me compared to you. I mean if he's working with my universe's Gendo, then that's kind of a given."

She then responded with "Are you sure you know what you're doing? You should know that someone like Josho isn't exactly keen on keeping his word in the long run unless it helps him directly." before I answer "My options are limited, and I'll have to do what I can for now."

The former pink menace of the multiverse finally relented and said that I could make the transaction, but the moment Josho decided to turn on me, I was to immediately contact her to provide reinforcements. I agreed (not that I really had a choice in that either), and prepared to get off world, but not before Bell offered me a landscape portrait of this universe's meme horse version of Chicago before saying that her "muse" beckons to her and leaving the room and Rei just throws a pack of Flying Thunder God tagged daggers and just saying "Use 'em." and walking off. I think it's time I get the rest of this deal over with.

(Generic P.O.V. Shift)

Bishops had just left Canterlot castle with the Emeralds in tow on his way back to his ship to finish the deal with the leader of the Amoral Aces. Nearing the main entry hatch ever closer with each passing second, he was suddenly met with a swift push back, sending him into an alternate pocket dimension.

(Track Change: "Guyver: Bio Boosted Armor Opening (Manga Entertainment Version)")

Bishops was quick to recover and get into a defensive stance as a musical sting that fills the most squeamish of oldtaku with dread as four figures come from the shadows. The second sting revealed the deadly four: Genocyber, M.D. Geist, 80's anime Guyver 1 and 80's/90's OVA Devilman. Not wasting any time against such high level destructive power, Bishops instantly went Super Spiral before blocking an elbow strike from Devilman as Geist managed to strike him in the back with a knife kick, sending him towards the Guyver who uppercuts him into the air as Bishops quickly recovers and dodges a grab from Genocyber. The respite period didn't last as Bishops returned fire on both Guyver 1 and Geist with his own Ki volley before Devilman managed to elbow him from behind with Genocyber kicking his chin before he could hit the ground, sending him flying towards Geist who threw him down to the ground. The level 10 Warper managed to roll out of the way of the M.D.'s incoming foot leading to him landing a surprise high kick onto the Go Nagai poster boy before adding on to it with a series of swift punches until the Guyver unit broke the chain by decking Bishops in the face to stagger him.

"Careful." went the team's Geist after Genocyber had threw a Ki blast that Bishops barely recovered in time to dodge before adding "The target's still carrying some valuable cargo on him. We bring it in with the body, we can extort it for a bonus." as the group's Devilman asked "And just how much of the body do we need to claim it again?" with Guyver answering "No less than 51%."

Bishops realized that if whoever hired his attackers obtained the emeralds he was holding, than it could spell nothing short of a complete disaster for his universe and quite possibly the multiverse as a whole. Quickly pulling Occam's Razor and one of the Phantoblades he obtained from the Dil estate and charged towards the group's as they broke formation. While half of the squad perfectly evaded his strikes, Geist and Genocyber weren't so lucky with the super soldier taking a significant nick to hos right shoulder armor and the Vajra monster lost its left horn. Needless to say, they didn't take it well as the deadly duo decided to pull a gut check on the level 10 Warper before he quickly dodges one of Guyver 1's Black Hole Bombs with Devilman going in for a dive bomb attack, only to get a surprise heel to the face before returning the favor by grabbing Bishops' neck with his feet and loop de looping him into the ground. The quartet of brutality then take to the skies and unleash a four pronged Ki and Bio-Electricity attack while the Knights of Ryujin leader was still down, hitting so hard that he reverted back to his base form. The bounty hunting quartet of terror descend and prepare to not only take the emeralds from their prey and finish him off, but unknown to them it was at that moment where Bishops decided that he was without a shadow of a doubt, 100% done.

(Track Change: "Rising Your Power to Gold" by Norio Sake I- Kamen Rider Kuuga OST)

The emeralds began to channel their energy into Bishops' body, causing him to spin back upwards and spin kick his four aggressors away.

"Alright, I have dealt with enough BS this week, let alone the last two days to just let you barbarians take me out. If you morons wanna fight me, than you got it." went the level 10 Warper before he disabled his weights and shouting "LET'S GOOOO!" as a massive surge of Warper energy courses through his body to take things to the next level. The bounty hunters were quickly caught off guard by this massive show of force as the next thing the saw was Bishops back in Super Spiral form, but with some major differences. The spikes of his hair had become more streamlined and fewer with surges of Bio-Electricity going all throughout his body. Clearly they weren't just dealing with a regular Super Spiral, they were now facing a Super Spiral 2 who was looking to test out their new powers.

"You guys sensing that power?" went the user of the Guyver Unit as Genocyber growled in partial fear, knowing this would be a massive increase on his part. Devilman could only smirk, thinking of how good a fight this was about to become as Geist tried to rally them together by going "Pull yourselves together. An injured prey that increases its power is still injured prey."

Famous last words as in an instant, the super soldier of a doomed world was promptly beheaded with a swift chop from Occam's Razor before having his Flames of Creation absorbed and being completely vaporized by the now further augmented level 10 Warper. Genocyber and the Guyver we're quick to charge for a counterattack as the Emerald holder grabbed the Vajra user and threw it into the Guyver with such force, that Bishops had accidentally tore off its left leg, tossing it aside to unleash a powered up Dai-Gurren Thunder Ball onto the two of them while they recover. While the Zoanoid armor user managed to escape without a scratch, Genocyber wasn't so lucky as it had become paralyzed by the attack and convulsing in shock. The alien armor wielder realized that this needed to be wrapped up quickly and prepared to use his Mega Smasher attack as a distraction so he can prepare his ultimate move: the Ultimate Gravity Implosion Attack. However Bishops could sense what he was planning and began to focus his energy into a blast to destroy both of his science fiction powered aggressors on a molecular level.

"Screw the reward." boldly declared the Guyver before adding "If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me, you bastard. And this is the first key to that. "MEGA SMASHER", FIRE!"

Bishops' resonse? "Not in this lifetime, you regenerating freak. For you and your 90's ultraviolence friend, this is the end of the line. "GIGA SURGE FINAL FLASH"!"

A massive burst of green and yellow energy launched from the level 10's body, flying with enough force to not only push him back by at least a foot, but breaking through the Mega Smasher's trajectory and taking out both of the biomechanical warriors down to the very last atom, leaving nothing but a smouldering crater in their place as Bishops was promptly forced to transform back into his base form by means of energy exhaustion. He knew however that there was still one more foe to face.

"I know you're still here, so you might as well show yourself."

The servant of Amon landed in front of him, but gave the level 10 Warper a response he didn't expect when he wnt "You could've finished me off during the final attack, why didn't you?"

The human/demon hybrid's response: "Where's the fun in that?" before tossing a senzu bean to Bishops and adding "To tell you the truth, I wanted to take this job solo, but the guys who hired me through the Gourdians insisted on having multiple guys take the job as a squad."

The Knights of Ryujin leader could only reply to that statement by asking "And dare I ask who sent you, other than the Gourdians?" as he received the answer that confirmed what he had more or less accepted was true: his Gendo and Lorenz were indeed in an alliance with the Gourdian Empire, and had dispatched the team Devilman was apart of to not only kill Bishops, but to see if the rumors about him claiming at least 1 Metsu Emerald were true and claim it off his dead body if they were.

"Why am I not surprised?", the only words that could escape Bishops' lips at that point before he looks at the possessed human and asks "So, we gonna fight or what?" when most likely the Akira Fudo part of Devilman's personality with only slight portions of Amon's influence gave his answer.

"Not this time. You Warpers with Saiyan DNA really do get my blood pumping. You guys seem to have a knack for being the biggest limit breakers around. Going further and further beyond what you were, and I wanna see how far you'll go. So here's the deal, I'll let you deal with your own shit for the time being, but once it's over and I feel like it's time, we rumble. Sound good?"

The Spiral energy user was taken a bit aback from this generosity as he answered "Awfully considerate coming from a guy who was hired to kill me, but who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth? Though word of advice, you might wanna vanish for a while. Pretty sure once your employers find out about this, they'll be putting a price on your head too."

Devilman could only smirk before giving a thumbs up and opening a portal to walk away, leaving Bishops back where he was before the fight as he promptly ate the bean and made his way home to deal with everything else and hopefully take a nice week off during episode 10's canon.

(P.O.V. Shift: Gourdar)

Plank dammit. Today was not starting out as I wanted it to. Not only did 3 of my best bounty hunters' energy signatures go completely silent, which pretty much signifies they died fighting Bishops, but the fourth one's comm link line was just severed. This could only mean he's either dead, being used to extort answers regarding my next wave of invasion plans, or he's gone rouge...though I'm pretty sure it's the second one. Oh, there are those days where I just want to fix myself a nice hot bath of soy milk and bawl my eyes out because of how much incompetency I have to deal with on a daily basis. Anyway, I was with Dr. Frog in my main command center within the empire's capital where he was giving me an update on the upgraded Squash Droid forces. The current report: that 10,000 Commando class units were ready to go with another 15,000 in the works alone. Well if anything, I can take solace in the fact that my plans for the next wave of my invasion of Bishops' universe are coming into place rather smoothly. Just wait until they get a load of what I have in store. But of course something else has to go wrong as one of the operations Squash Droids on duty tells me that Stotch is trying to get a comm link with me. I swear to Plank, just looking at that guy makes me want to vomit with rage. Well, might as well get this over with.

"How did you fuck up this time, Stotch?"

"Now Master Gourdar," his stupid circle shaped construction paper looking face spews out as he starts his miserable excuse before adding "I know you dispatched me to pursue those Ed boys that've been giving us trouble, and let me tell you, I had 'em right where I wanted-"

"Get on with it!" I interrupt as he gets to his stupidity by saying "But they somehow managed to get away from me, and I'm positive that heinous little sack of shit, Butters was involved." because of course that'd be his excuse.

"You lost them?!" I yell before going "Why am I not surprised that your delusional hate boner for someone who doesn't exist has screwed up my plans yet again?"

The stupid oaf from Colorado tries to go "But Master Gourdar,-" , but I was having none of it as I respond "But nothing! I have given you chance after chance because you said that you were a high ranking general from the universe you came from, but clearly that was a mistake. Now listen well, I'm putting you on a new assignment so easy, not even you can fuck it up. You are to lead a supply convoy to its destination at Subjugation Fleet branch based in Earth Dimension BSTR-2007 Gamma-Zoo. Now get out of my sight, and don't fuck this job up like you usually do or you'll find yourself kissing the structures of one of our enemies at mach 4!" before ending the call in disgust. Frog seeing all of it asks me "Why do we even keep him around? I say we should just use him for cannon fodder in some future invasion and be done with him?" as I respond "Knowing our luck with that incel, he'd probably be that strange combination of expendable and unkillable, meaning that we'd still have to deal with him."

This of course lead Frog to also ask "And I'm guessing that's the only reason we keep Weird and Woodbush around too?", to which I reply "Oh no, I expect those two dumbfucks to get themselves killed from their own stupidity. Speaking of which, any word on how either of them have fucked up anything as of late?"

Frog's response was actually somewhat surprising: "Aside from Woodbush constantly creeping out people by talking about his dick like it was some kind of holy weapon, surprisingly nothing's come out of Weird's stupidity and insanity as of late. But considering our luck as of late, we should probably prepare to send both of them on those suicide missions anyway."

I sigh as I know those three are gonna screw something up in the future, and of course It's gonna throw a wrench in our plans of multiversal conquest, as foretold by Plank in the sacred text of-"

(P.O.V. Shift: Desmond)

I don't exactly know how I managed to survive that little run in with those mercenaries, but I really should thank them if I ever take a swing into hell because I actually benefited from it more than anyone would expect. My migranes are gone, I got a new form of Super Spiral out of it, and on top of it all, I actually feel ascended. I mean not like I hit godhood, but as if I've gone beyond reaching a new form. Lemme give an example, you know how in certain rpgs, your cast of playable characters sometimes get a class that's basically the mastered form of their old class? I kinda feel like that in a way, like something just hit its mastered form. I'm getting too off track, aren't I? So I finally reached my solar system with both emeralds still in tow and trying to think of a way I can get the most out of the regular Metsu Emerald when what do I see scrawled on the dark side of my moon? The words "pony fucker". I'm just thinking to myself "What in the name of Deadwing Dork went on while I was away?" before using Warper's Edit to undo the damage. When I get back to Tokyo 3, first thing I do was try and find the rest of my team to get answers, only to find most of them sans Shinji in the GARD looking a bit worse for wear.

"I take it that something went down while I was out?" I go as Kensuke answers "The next Angel and it's herald showed up shortly after you left and kicked our asses by being able to multiply itself, that's what." before Strasberg adds "Big guy managed to beat the EVAs too like canon, but it kinda went dormant afterwards. Thankfully the army didn't drop an N2 mine like canon and used some sort of Anti A.T. Field trap thing to contain it."

Asari then asks "You wouldn't have given them the tech to do that, did you?" with me answering "I gave them some stuff, but no traps that I know about. Perhaps they've been doing some of their own." before asking about the moon.

The answer I got was parts hilarious, disturbing, and kind of expected: turns out the Spinel who's replaced Pinkamena as the multiverse's pink threat against everyone started doing cocaine, got blitzed out of her mind, crafted a...laser...penis to "piss...on my moon"...okay...let's put a pin in that. She also went on a Twitter rampage that pretty much said "hey, I'm basically declaring war on all the big Warper names, whadya gonna do about it?" with certain tweets targeted towards my team. Ones of note including:

Ms. Musashi "reportedly" giving me oral sex in exchange for a raise when in fact I gave her one to stay onboard with my plans when she learned the secret.

Wynn supposedly being diagnosed in secret as a nymphomaniac and having a mass affair with all the girls in her therapy group, which her ladies promptly shot down stating that they only engage in romantic trysts at most twice a week and Wynn not really socializing with the others outside of group in a non-sexual manner.

Shinji blowing up a Prime universe on a drunken bender, which I seriously doubt he could do that much damage at his level. Blowing up a planet, possibly, but not a whole universe.

Toji and Sakura being in some sort of incestuous relationship, to which both of them laughed their asses off when reading it for the first time over the stupidity of it.

Mura having sex with her old version of the Supreme Kai of Time to get ahead, which she denied since she didn't even know if her old boss was into women and getting ready to lawyer up.

And the one that got the biggest laugh out of me for being so stupid: me being in leagues with Gendo to make false conflict to increase my show's ratings.

All I can do is compose myself to the best of my ability and go "Well then, looks like someone can't handle their drugs. I can only imagine what she said to piss off other Warper teams." with Kensuke replying "You don't wanna know how she pissed of the host of Talk Time, apparently she's already amassing a sizeable fleet to take the fight to the Spiral Empire, and she's calling up as many people as possible to join the fight. So uh, just a heads up if she decides to give you a ring."

Wonderful, another thing on my plate to deal with in the foreseeable future. I was about to change the topic a bit and discuss a training plan to best both the Angel and it's herald when I get a call from Bell. Yeah, turns out Spinel also made Pinkamena pretty angry too by trying to target Rei and Bell by planting a car bomb in front of their school. Neither of them were harmed, but their version of Cheerilee was badly injured and currently in a healing chamber. Bell then told me about how distraught it's made her and her sister as I try and console her as nest as I can before Wynn asks if she could try after seeing me have a bit if trouble, and those therapy sessions are obviously helping since she was able to do the job rather quickly. Eventually the topic came up of what I was going to do in the event Josho decided to try and steal my emerald from me, and my answer: "Leave that to me." The day of the trade off came as I stood in the outskirts of Tokyo 3 next to an empty train station when the head of the Amoral Aces walks out of a portal with his Love Hina hit squad. I go "You got the goods?" as the malevolent Blackthorn answers "Depends, do you have my gem?" before I toss the Sol Emerald to him.

He then summons a crate full of bullets far different than your conventional ammunition before saying "You can expect shipments every other week for smaller weapons and monthly for the more heavy artillery to avoid blowing your precious cover to these simpletons. Seriously, you are more powerful than anyone on this mudball, why not just wipe out the competition, conquer this universe in full and be done with it already?"

A question like that easily rang through my mind. I mean I have more power than any other person on the planet with the only people coming close being mostly on my side. Bit deep down, I always had my answer.

"Tempting, but that just isn't my style. You See, I'm a fan of playing the long term game, ensuring my loose ends are all taken care of before going full ham at the end of it. That's the way I do things, and most of the time, it just works."

Josho simply answers "A fair strategy." before adding "But will it help you in the here and now?" as his Keitaro Urashima manages to sneak behind me and deliver a German Suplex as the Amoral Aces take their leave, having made off with the other emerald I had on me too. Now this would normally be cause for alarm, but thankfully I thought ahead. How? Well I can't tell right now.

(P.O.V. Shift: Shinji)

You really had to shift to me now? Alright fine, since you're here, you might as well get the full story. Yeah, Asuka and I got our asses handed to us, just like in canon. Only difference from canon being that the psycho Brit managed to get her EVA taken out of commission by ramming it into the Angel right before the thing exerted all of its power and the JDSF managed to trap it. So, where was I now? Dressed up in quite possibly the stupidest outfit possible trying to learn a stupid ass dance with the red headed thorn in my side while Misato let in Rei, most of the other Knights in my age group, the class rep and Bishops to spite me. And what does the booze loving incel have the nerve to say to me after Asuka clearly botched a move that sent me and her tumbling?

"Look at it this way, Shinji, you guys could be trying synch your moves to a song from something like a magical girl show." with the other pain in my ass adding "Misato, no music track in the world would be easy enough for this dumbass to have any sense of rhythm with. You'd be better off getting the penguin to pilot than this talentless clown."

My response was both swift and to the point:

"Misato, there is nothing about this whole scenario that doesn't make me want to vomit my organs out and take you and this full of herself jackass out in a pile of rage filled corrosive bile. As of this moment, I despise both of you so much that I can't tell if my vision is blurry from my most recent brush with death or my unbridled rage. If ever given the chance once this is all over, I would gladly gut not just you two, but every jackass who thought that using untrained teenagers to pilot giant mechanical monstrosities to fight against creatures that would fit right in with the works of H.P. Lovecraft and Chiaki J. Konaka with an honest to god smile on my face while your taxidermied corpses decorate the home I purchase with if only a mere fraction of what I'm being paid to do this for with certain if not every wall being painted with your blood."

Of course Asuka decided to try and tempt me further by saying she'd love to see me try as Bishops decided to mentally stop me and tell me that it wasn't worth it, not yet anyway. Just come back to me when this mess of a week is over. Go on, beat it.

(P.O.V. Shift: Eria/Aria)

Oh, you're focusing on me right now? Okay. So, all of us were taking a lunch break after our most recent training session, which was intense, that much was for sure as I was taking a few minutes out of said break to do something I've kinda been putting off, but only because I didn't really have the time. Well since I'm pretty much an Eria the Water Charmer expy, I still wanted at least something to set me apart, which leads us to now. I just got out of a courthouse on Planet Creation getting my first name changed. I have talked about it with Wynn and Lyna before, and they do support my choice, but when I brought it up that maybe they could change their names too...they pretty much said they were fine as is. And in all honesty, I'm happy about it, I love them no matter what, they love me back, the only thing that'll be different is that I have a new name. So, I was on my way back with a couple bags of drinks on hand since I thought "I'm here, might as well get some stuff for the others so they can stay hydrated while we're training" when I accidentally bumped into someone who's basically become a meme by the time you're seeing this...well...a more tolerable meme anyway. So, who was it? A cybergirl by the name of Projekt Melody.

I apologized for the bumping before she replied that it was no problem before she recognizes me.

"Hey, you're one of the maids working with that one level 10 who released all those Rei Ayanami clones, aren't you?"

I cautiously answer yes as she responds "I knew it. Listen, I was wondering if you and your two lady friends would be open to maybe showing up on one of my streams. Now before you respond, it wouldn't be one on Chaturbate, it'd be on my W-Twitch account. Think you'd be interested?"

I wasn't too sure what to say since this would be the multiversal version of Twitch, and considering Warper law and rating standards range from looser than usual to borderline non-existant, I don't really know how Wynn would take it. I finally answer "Can I ask the others first?", to which she replied that it would be a goid idea before giving me her number and heading off, but not before giving me a seductive wink. I know relationship standards are super loose to Warpers, but is it wrong that I'm like, really turned on right now? Uhhh, let's move on. As soon as I got home, I kinnnnda accidentally overheard the start of a call between my boss and some lady who I think works with or works for the Crystal Squadron. And unfortunately for him, his last bout of sparring made it look like he just got out of bed, which if this is what I think this is, yeah, not a good look.

(P.O.V. Shift: Bishops)

What a surprise, someone has a none to pick with me, and this time from a Blackthorn affiliated group. Okay, time for backstory: I was taking a breather like the other members of my team after our most recent round of training when I got a video call from a Naruto timeline of all places. I go "I'm sorry, but have we met?" when the lady caller on the other end gives their answer:

"Maylene Shadows. I'm apart of the Fusion Force. You're not familiar with our group, but we have a shared ally in Ryker Blackthorn."

Then she adds on to it by saying "And considering everything, I only have a few words for you." right before she let me have it.

"You idiot! How could you let Joshinari get the goddamn drop on you?!"

Of course this was expected as I roll my eyes and answer "Good, you didn't hang up on me, so I can explain myself." as I drop a good ol' fashion truth bomb on her.

"The Metsu Emerald they have...is a fake."

And I just let her mouth go agape as I pull out the real deal along with a cut gemstone similar to what I used and added "Pinkamena me to make it, owe her a ton."

True story: the night before the trade off, I went back to her turf to both check on the Reis after the incident with their teacher and to see about pulling a Sonic Adventure 2 in case Josho tried to screw me over (which he did). Turns out whatever caused my headaches to go away and get me back to 100% gave enough of an intelligence boost to help me make a serviceable counterfeit Metsu Emerald with help. Not a perfect copy mind you, but just good enough to fool the Amoral Aces...at least for a little while. And before anyone asks, yes, I was gonna tell both the Blackthorn who gave me the damn thing in the first place along with his affiliates, but when I tried to, they had to hang up beforehand. Their reason: supposedly their territory coming under attack. I was about to ask about it when Mura comes in on my end and I assume an associate Enid from O.K. K.O. on Maylene's end to interrupt and tell us that there's a problem that needs dealing with. After that, the Fusion Force operative hung up as I go with my Majin mentor into the main training area with the others, currently watching a battle take place on CN Zen Kuro. Yeah, turns out Spinel really can't handle drugs that well since after her main supplier went bust, she decided to get a hold of a 5 gallon Coca-Cola bottle laced with the white stuff and attack the Crystal Squadron to get back at her Pink Daimond...and to score enough Peruvian Marching Powder to actually comprehend Evangelion, Twin Peaks and the complete works of Crispin Glover all at once. I was watching to see if my world was going to become a priority target in the event the Warpers of that reality fail, or at least I was until I got another call. This time from someone I wanted no part of.

Josho, the son of a bitch tells me that he need my help with something as I just respond "How about no?". Considering that he tried to violate the agreement we made (albeit I did consider him doing so, ergo why I had the phoney emerald made), can you really blame me for not wanting to work with the guy again? Surprisingly, he offers me basically whatever I want in exchange, and you know I was gonna put that to my advantage. My demands: the little Urashima punk who got the drop on me was to deliver the gem I retrieved for the Amoral Aces, in turn giving me both emeralds to do as I please. I could only assume that this had to do with the recent arrest of some of his troops that was all over the news (not gonna lie, been a pretty busy couple of days in regards to the news), as he snarls in confirmation before I take the job. Fool then tells me to do whatever it takes to bust her out before hanging up so I can check back on the Spinel situation in peace.

Now you'd think that she'd be getting curb stomped since word got out that Loveless and Pinkamena had formed an alliance to take on the Spiral Empire at its source, but unfortunately, that wasn't the case as she brought back-up, and familiar back-up at that: Squash Droid commandos. Of course this got me thinking that somehow in some sort of apparently extremely rare moment of sobriety, she managed to strike an alliance with the Gourdians right before her capital world was attacked, but to my dismay, the next view of the fight revealed her corroborator: the not nearly dead enough Rebecca Dill and her evil Morty companion. I think it's safe to say that nothing has filled me with more pure orgasmic pleasure than seeing the two of them getting the tar beaten out of them by a Metsu Emerald infused Garnet and Peridot with Ryker later joining the fray...at least until she squeals about who really supplied her with the droids, and of course it was Gendo and Lorenz. Supposedly they want the Shinji of that reality for some reason, my bet being to have a mind controlled replacement so they could end the cold war and try and get rid of me and my team in full. It's official: this little war of mine just got put on full blast as I see the fight with Spinel being turned further into the favor of the Zen Kuro residents when Josho decides to kill steal by finishing the job using powers from the Metsu Sol Emeralds in his disposal...at least until Merch and his Beth Sanchez came in to interviene. They weren't the only ones though as the Haruko Haruhana who helped the Crystal Squadron during the final battle of the Frost War...along with a Yoh Yoshinari from I assume an Earh Sub-Prime...guess he had enough of Gainax's current drama too. But then a smile fills my face when Josho fails to take the guy's Metsu Emerald as he warps it away to an unknown location. Note to self, see if I can't use mine to track that one down as I see the battle come to a close with the Amoral Ace leader pop Spinel like a balloon in a kinda brutal display. Well at least the Spiral Empire isn't going to be as much of a problem now, but for the time being, I have another matter to deal with before pulling off a jail break.

(P.O.V. Shift: Gendo)

Failure after failure, that seems to be the only thing I'm met with as of late. That worthless space rock and the two lackies I hired to abduct the version of the boy from Zen Kuro both failed in their missions due to involvement from additional level 10s, one of which stupid enough to send away one of the most powerful items in the multiverse, and those two oafs lost their chance at obtaining the keys to the Metsu Master Emerald so I could steal them from under their feet. Lorenz yells me that this is only a small setback to our plans, but quite frankly, there was nothing out of this that could be salvaged. This "Crystal Squadron" and "Fusion Force" will most likely seek retribution for the association we had in the attack on their territory, but they'll most likely wish to associate with Bishops and his team to ensure our demise. This day could not possibly have gotten worse was what I thought until Murphy's law reated it's ugly head. Bishops managed to break through the specialized lock to my office and grabbed both Lorenz and I by the throat before giving us his spiel.

"So you thought you could pull one over on me by forming an alliance with more powerful Warpers than yourselves. I'll have to admit, it was a nice try, but you failed to take a shit ton of variables into consideration. That most recent episode of Fusionfall Infinite, it just ratted you out to be in leagues with some of the most hated Warpers out there, meaning no one in their right will want to work with you outside of complete morons. But I'm not here to belittle your little plan to replace this universe's Shinji with what I would assume a mind controlled clone, no. I'm more so here because you pretty much signed a declaration of war the moment you attacked your own territory. Sure I could kill both of you now and end it right here, take full control of NERV and really prevent Third Impact, but I promised your son that he would have the personal pleasure of tearing you limb from limb, so unfortunately you get to live and die another day."

He then turned to the old buffoon and added "You on the other hand, I didn't promise anyone they could kill you. So I figured while I'm here, might as well take care of some unfinished business." before tossing him into the air as the last thing the old curmudgeon sees is an energy blade go through his neck while his Flames of Creation leave his body. Returning his attention to me, he boldly declares "Consider that your pink slip and your notice of eviction. I want you off my turf within the next 10 seconds. Oh, and when you crawl to your Gourdian associates for a place to crash, tell them they're next.", capping it off by tossing me into a wall. If I were powerful enough, I would kill this bastard in an instant, but for now my only option is to retreat and live to fight another day. But Mark my words, that level 10 interloping ignoramus will rue the day he chose to go against Gendo Ikari, mark my words.

(P.O.V. Shift: Rei III)

It has been some time since our paths last crossed, and since some major events have occoured, I should confess something regarding my actions. You see, I have been training in secret to peel the veil of these abilities offered to me upon the reveal of the Warper's secret.

And seeing as my involvement in combat does not truly begin until the events of the 11th episode's canon, it has given me quite some time to practice. Currently I was in my place of residence in the midst of mental training when I suddenly sense a pair of signatures leave this world, one of which fading completely in an instant. Rising from the floor and approaching my window, I come to the only plausible soliution: representative Bishops decided to kill commander Ikari's associate and force the commander himself off world. Though part of me still wishes to show compassion for the now possibly deceased or deposed commander, I cannot ignore his malicious intents as a strange sense filled my rising body. As if a weight was lifted from my person in a spiritual sense, giving me a sense of freedom I hadn't before. I'll have to inquire the details for myself at a later date, but currently I have the urge to act on this sense of freedom. I'll be in touch.

(Generic P.O.V. Shift)

Earth Dimension MTHR-3187: a Monster Hunter timeline unaffiliated with any Warper faction. The perfect neutral territory for a deal to take place, namely one between representatives of two vastly different factions. It was here that Bishops and the Keitaro Urashima of the Amoral Aces would make the trade off of the Metsu Sol Emerald found on Pinkamena's turf in exchange for the liberation of Josho's agents from Zen Kuro authorities.

The malevolent member of the Love Hina cast goes "You dragged me out here to do the trade off why?" before the Knights of Ryujin leader answers "Two reasons. Namely so that I can't be traced back to my turf by the Zen Kuro leadership and since that this is technically neutral ground between our factions, I can assure no funny business this time. Don't think I haven't forgot what you did, jackass."

"I'm guessing that's why you're dressed like that too?" asked Josho's lackey at the sight of Bishops' choice of attire: a black ninja-esque suit of armor designed to keep certain individuals off his tail as he answers "Pretty much. Now fork over my payment and we can get this over with."

The former Hinata Inn manager tosses the level 10 his payment before he gets to work, opening a portal above him discretely to fire a series of guided knock out darts to disable not just his targets, but the guards protecting them, almost instantly proceeding to drag out his marks while leaving a note that just reads "Nothing personal, just had to carry out my own plan." With his work done, the armored Warper shut the portal, turned his back and went "You can drag their asses back to your turf, I was only brought on to get them to you." which would've been the end of the scene...if not for Michiko of the Amoral Aces emerging from her hiding place and mentioning to Keitaro "I'm surprised he didn't try anything." with the former inn manager replying "I know, I was expecting some funny business." before the two returned to Josho with teammates in tow, all while unknowingly sporting notes on their backs simply reading "I'm an incel cuck, please kick my ass". Sometimes payback doesn't have to involve roundhouse and haymakers. Sometimes, all you need is a good ol' fashioned prank using special paper, a powerful and covert adhesive, and a valid reason.

With his job completed, the level 10 returned to his home with bounty in tow with intent on planning his next course of action: explaining to Zen Kuro's president why he was responsible for the jailbreak of an infamous criminal. It wasn't going to be easy to get off the hook, but with the string of more positive luck he'd been having as of late, he might just be able to pull it off.

(P.O.V. Shift: Maylene Shadows)

"This is bullshit!": the first thing to come out of my mouth after realizing that parking our ship in the city was gonna be next to Impossible. Enid and I had just arrived in Bishops' turf along with the Eclipsa and Globgor with their kid from Spinel's capital world when I quickly realized that we'd have to park the ship in the woods just outside city lines in the event of an Angel attack. I swear, this place gets leveled by giant monsters so much across multiple timelines, it ain't even funny. And considering some of those monsters are the supposed "saviours of man", it's pretty fucking ironic. I finally find a clearing as Enid reminds me that not only Globgor's gonna need a human disguise to be able to leave the ship, but that we're gonna have to extra careful with masking our Warper Energy thanks to this universe's Gendo assumidly learning the Warper's Secret.

Thankfully Globgor responded to the idea by going "I'll opt for the disguise.", stating that he saw my mutations when we were holed up in my "uncle" Naruto's territory and decided to get some for himself. The one he showed off was a seal to give himself a more human appearance that aside from the still visible horns and tail was a dead ringer for Qrow Brawnen...except much taller.

With everyone ready to go, I go "Well, let's go find Desmond. He should be easy to sense put." before I coming to the realization of something: if he had his original emerald, it could interfere with his energy signature. I pull out the Sol Emerald, going "And just in case!" right before temporarily absorbing it into my being. I could feel my Flames of Creation flicker with increased power. Once the deed was done, Eclipsa asks me "How do you feel?" as I look in a mirror to see my eyes now had a red tint before responding "Like I literally got an expansion pack to my Warper Energy. It's taking all of my focus to not let the power slip through."

I then take put the capsule housing my car before telling the others "Come on, grab your things. We need to go." as we exit the ship and I capsule it up before decapsuling my car with the 5 of us getting in. Me in the driver's seat, Enid riding shotgun and the magic family sitting in back. How fitting that an Evangelion themed song starts playing on the radio when I turn it on before hitting the gas to enter the city, just hoping I can keep a lid on the sudden power boost.

(Generic P.O.V. Shift)

Bishops certainly had his work cut out for him as he was working on a press release regarding his reason for breaking out multiple Amoral Ace members when a sudden flicker of energy caught his attention. An energy both different and surprisingly familiar at the same time. Testing a theory, he quickly grabbed the Sol Emerald out of his pockets to act as a long range radar as his theory was quickly confirmed: another Metsu Sol Emerald had just entered his territory. Realizing that he could already be targeted, he quickly resorted to Instant Transmission in order to get his possible aggressors onto his own terms within the GARD.

The road fairing Fusion Force members were fast to catch on as Maylene gave Enid the order to send a message stating that they aren't here for a fight. The Gar's Bodega employee received the response with the meeting place as eventually the 5 reach their destination. Upon entering the GARD, Maylene was quick to start the conversation with a blunt "You really like to make things more difficult than they need to be, don't you?" with the local level 10 replying "I'm carrying precious cargo, can you blame me?"

Enid was quick to ask if it was even safe to talk before Bishops answered "Only a select few know that this thing's even here in the first place, we should be fine." with Eclipsa adding "But what about this Gendo individual I keep hearing about?"

"Gone." responded the 10th rank, adding "Kicked his ass out of here when he hired bounty hunters to kill me while doing a job. I think you know which one by now."

"What about the others?" asked Maylene, adding "Pretty sure those working for NERV not in the loop are gonna be asking questions." before the Knights of Ryujin leader answers "Already got that covered.", taking out a dossier with hos way out of that particular problem.

"Turns out the fuck nugget was embezzling funds meant for the development of Anti AT Field weaponry for a multitude of more sinister reasons. Blackmail, buying slave labor, funding paramilitary terrorist groups to tighten NERV's stranglehold on the world, and that's just scraping the surface."

"Good, you've basically kept a lid on things." Maylene mused. "Because I'm going to need your help. Due to circumstances involving lockdowns and the like, Enid and I will not be able to return home for the time being. Add to the fact that I'm pretty sure if I waltz in with my upgraded Omnitrix, the Plumbers are going to be on my ass before I even get near my own home."

"Pretty sure your watch is the least of their issues." Enid snarked.

"At least you two have a place to go back to...my whole family's in debt to your 'uncle', Maylene." Eclipsa said with a tired look.

"In all fairness, they kinda had it coming." Maylene said as Eclipsa looked at her sourly. "Karma doesn't discriminate or pick and choose. Regardless, we need a place to stay for the time being. Also going to need some of that Saiyan DNA of yours."

"Wait, what? Why?!" Bishops said surprised.

"Omnitrix usuage. Argit had a Saiyan transformation and I'll be damned if I don't have one." Maylene said determined.

The level 10 leader relented and responded "Very well, but I'm going to put you to work as a sparring partner for myself and my team in exchange. And before you complain, look at it this way: you get hands on learning on how to use your new species." with the Fusion Force operative answering "Deal." before raising the arm containing her version of the iconic watch and let it do its thing.

"Unidentified DNA signature obtained. Saiyan DNA now accessible."

With that issue sorted out, Enid was quick to ask "Now that your watch situation is partially taken care of, there's still the matter of where we're gonna hold up until the heat dies down." as the Knights of Ryujin founder offered them a hotel room as temporary lodging while they prep their ship for their delayed departure when a notification sound on his phone went off.

"Another WNN notification. Wonder what they're pushing this time."

The story in question: the attacks on both C-137AU2 and Merch's territory on Zen Kuro by Demmensio's daughter Dymmi and some of her servants, leading to her arrest.

"Sweet Primus, you'd think the kid would play it just a little bit safer when plotting to take over the multiverse. First I hear of the Outlaws taking a major hit to their numbers, now the Rick I worked with and Merch get attacked."

Globgor was soon quick to bring up a topic long forgotten about by Bishops by replying "I would be more worried that 2 of these so called legendary Metsu Blades are still in the wild considering who could come to possess them." with the 10th rank responding in shock "5 of them have already been found?!" as Enid answers "Apparently so, and it's in the hands of Akira Blackthorn."

Bishops could technically breath an internal sigh of relief knowing that another one was out of the grasp of one of the more reckless Warpers out there, but he still thought about the remaining 2. Worries that would have to wait for another day as his week was currently full.

The remainder of the 7 day window was spent with near nonstop training through multiple methods ranging from good ol' fashioned sparring to Maylene offering instructions on how to better control Warper Energy to Enid providing tactics and skills relating to the ninja arts to Eclipsa teaching ways to counteract certain forms of offensive spells. It all lead up to the fateful day of episode 9's canon climax. The Angel had finally managed to break through containment at full power with Units 01 and 02 ready to face it while the Knights and. company were prepared to challenge the Herald and it's ability over duplication. Thankfully Eclipsa still had enough juice in her wand to create disguises based off of the vigilante outfits so they wouldn't be exposed before being left behind to care for the baby Meteora per her request.

"So you dare to oppose the will of Ifrasel, Angel of dance and poetry once more, Lillin filth? No matter, you shall be bested by my power, as you were before." mocked the herald with Bishops quickly firing back "Funny, that's how all the others would gloat. I wonder what happened to them? Oh, now I remember: I conquered the so called conquerors before I sent them all packing along with their big, ugly sacks of ass."

The Kaijin could only respond "And for your transgressions in our divine prophecy, you shall pay with your blood." before using its duplication technique, signalling that the battle was indeed on.

(Track Change: "Goku VS Jeice and Burter" by the Faulconer Crew- DBZ original Funimation dub Soundtrack)

Kensuke managed to score first blood by piercing the cores of the duplicates in a row onto his lance while Keita making good use of hos preferred weapons, a pair of nunchucks to bring his share of the heat. Strasberg had just finished off another duplicate with his war club when a group of 6 attempted to bum rush him, only to be thwarted by ranged support from the maids.

"How?" went the shocked herald viewing the carnage as Globgor promptly crushed a duplicate's core under his foot before tearing his victim in half before adding "How we're you able to best my power?" with the level 10 Spiral Energy user responding with a swift punch to the chin to send it flying and a good old dose of exposition:

"You see we knew there had to be a drawback to your duplication abilities, and eventually we figured it out: whenever you use your little ability, you have to divide your power evenly amongst the copies. All we needed to do is get a hold of enough numbers to make you weaken yourself just enough for us to finish you off."

Bishops then dropped the herald to the ground with the full force of his heel before adding "You know, the only reason you won the first time was because you caught my team off guard. But know that we know what to expect, you've literally lost the only thing that gave you duplication ability an advantage in battle."

Bishops easily saw the sole remaining duplicate try and remerge with the original, and charged up a Dai Gurren Thunderball with some parting words:

"This episode in general's already really long, and I'm sure people want it to wrap up by now, so bye."

And with one last shot, the herald was no more, and just in time as Mana quickly tossed the Unmaker to her boss to deliver the final blow right when the two EVA units delivered their own killing dropkicks with a Ki blast explosion to wrap things up nicely. Bishops and the other Knights breathed a sigh of relief knowing another one was out of the way.

(P.O.V. Shift: Gendo)

That pathetic excuse for a hybrid may have removed me from my position of power, but he has far from seen the last of me. I was in the midst of retreating to the Gourdian empire's capital world to plot my revenge when I was intercepted by a being with an offer I couldn't refuse: Dimensio. I was offered an alliance with dominion over my own territory among the worlds of Animal Crossing. I'd have to fool the furry rubes of this town into not discovering my true nature, something simple enough. A bar here, a club for exotic dancers and an underground casino there, and they were more than complacent. I was sitting in my office when I get Intel from this universe's Isabelle that I have a call from a "T. Gourdo" waiting for me.

"I'll take this one personally. Thank you, Me. Isabelle." I respond as she closes the door. Good little anthro bitch, might "throw her a bone" later as I activate my special protocol when dealing with Warper related affairs. Lo and behold, the squash wearing little freak appears on screen.

"State your business, Gourdar. I'm busy."

He responds by asking "I got Dimensio's alliance treaty, actually surprised that you got someone with technical ties with the Blackthorn family to offer an alliance with the empire."

I bluntly answer "Let me make this perfectly clear, I didn't do this because we're friends. I only did so because between the three of us, we have a growing pool of common enemies. An alliance would simply ensure that we stand a fighting chance should our enemies ever decide to form an alliance of their own."

"Fair enough." replied the "emperor" before his scientist stooge interrupts the call saying something about one of their generals botching a mission.

"I'll have Frog send you our signed copies of the treaty to give Demensio ASAP, right now, I need to deal with that idiot Woodbush."

Once again, I'm left to plot in peace. Just you wait, I'll have my revenge soon enough. Revenge against Bishops, revenge against the boy, and revenge against anyone who dares stand in my way.

(Ending Theme: "Aozora ni Naru" by Jon Hashimoto- Kamen Rider Kuuga OST)

Current List of Power Levels:

Desmond Bishops (me): 2,355,000/108,330,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x46)/117,750,000(Base Super Spiral)/ 235,500,000 (Super Spiral 2 Awakening)/ 3,000,000 (Post Shin Warper's Will Awakening)/ 138,000,000 (Post Shin Warper's Will Awakening Max Safe Kaio Ken: x46)/ 300,000,000 (Post Shin Warper's Will Awakening Super Spiral 2)

Shinji Ikari: 118,000 (Israfel Round 1)/1,180,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x10 Israfel Round 1)/ 124,400 (Israfel Round 2)/ 1,244,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x10 Israfel Round 2) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Mana Kirishima: 8100 (Israfel Round 1)/ 15,000 (Israfel Round 2)/ 75,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x5)(Warper Status: LV. 5)

Musashi Lee Strasberg: 8000 (Israfel Round 1)/ 14,500 (Israfel Round 2)/72,500 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x5) (Warper Status: LV.5)

Keita Asari: 8000 (Israfel Round 1)/ 14,500 (Israfel Round 2)/ 72,500 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x5) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Rei Ayanami (Rei III): 30,000* (Warper Status: LV. 4)

Toji Suzuhara: 115,000 (Israfel Round 1)/1,150,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x10 Israfel Round 1)/ 126,000 (Israfel Round 2)/ 1,260,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x10 Israfel Round 2) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Kensuke Aida: 105,000 (Israfel Round 1)/1,050,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x10 Israfel Round 1)/ 120,000 (Israfel Round 2)/ 1,200,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x10 Israfel Round 2) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Sakura Suzuhara:102 ,000 (Israfel Round 1)/1,020,000(Max Safe Kaio Ken: x10 Israfel Round 1)/ 115,000 (Israfel Round 2)/ 1,150,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken: x10 Israfel Round 2) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Hikari Horaki: 5.2

Misato Katsuragi: 5

Wynn Miyabi: 508,500 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Eria Aoi: 506,000 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Lyna Hikari: 506,000 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Asuka Langley Sohryu: 49,800* (Israfel Round 1)/ 55,000* (Israfel Round 2)

Mari Illustrious Makinami: 39,900*

Ryoji Kaji: 6

Pen Pen: 3.25

Shigiru Aoba: 4

Maya Ibuki: 4

Mokoto Hyuga: 3

Ritsuko Akagi: 4

Jessabelle Musashi: 415,000 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Fuytsuki Kozo: 3

Gendo Ikari: 411,000 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Keel Lorenz: 412,000 (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Ami (Earth Dimension SJ-12639706): 265,000/4,505,000 (Max Safe Kaio Ken=x17) (Warper Status: LV. 5)

Kaworu Nagisa: 158,500 (Warper Satus: LV: 3)

Johnny "Gourdar the Never Ending" 2x4 (Earth Dimension EEE- Sigma-1451-B): 25,000

Dr. Frog (Earth Dimension LOSE-1018-Tau): 3,500,000/120,000,000 (Battle Suit MK.2 Overclock)

EVA Unit-02: 4,500,000 (Synch Rate: 55%)

Squash Droid Commando: 30,000 each (x40)

Squash Droid Elite Commando: 50,000 each (x4)

Pinkamena: Untraceable

Bell Ayanami Pie: 75,000

Rei Ayanami Pie: 75,000

Israfel, Angel of Dance and Poetry: 250,000,000/ 125,000,000 (Division)

Herald of Israfel, Angel of Dance and Poetry: 150,000,000 (Divide by X for each clone made)

M.D. Geist (Gourdian Assassin): 215,000,000/ 0 (Status: Deceased, Reward Claimed)

Genocyber (Gourdian Assassin): 225,000,000/ 0 (Status: Deceased, Reward Claimed)

Sho Fukamachi/Guyver 1: 230,000,000/ 0 (Status: Deceased, Reward Claimed)

Akira Fudo/Devilman (Gourdian Assassin): 210,000,000

Maylene Shadows: Variable based on alien species used for transformation

Enid (Fusion Force): Estimated within 10,000,000 range

Eclipsa Butterfly (Spiral Empire Refugee): Estimated within 250,000 range

Globgor Butterfly (Spiral Empire Refugee): Estimated within 1,100,000 range

(Author's Note: I know, this chapter took at least 1/2 the year to get out, but with 2020 being...2020, can you really blame me for losing the drive to do this multiple times? No, no you can't. Personal ranting aside, we've now reached a massive checkpoint: Bishops has a new transformation, possibly new allies, and 2 powerful artifacts in his possession, Gendo's got his own evil schemes in the works involving powerful allies of his own, and things are getting more intense. Next time (which should hopefully be this year too), we're doing another 3 parter to make up altered episode 10's canon. But before our heroes can take a well deserved vacation, they have to deal with another herald, another level 10, and bots aplenty. So keep your eyes out for that and until next time, DSX62415, out.)