When we last left our heroes, Rayden and Zero were locked in a fight against Lex Luthor and Sephiroth. Having used Lex's new device to try to fuse Sephiroth and Rayden together, the vile duo's plans were foiled by the two fighters' tenacity and quick thinking. But they were faced with a new opponent: A fusion of Kratos and Sephiroth.

"So what do I call you?" Lex asked as the light dissipated. Standing before him was what looked like an amalgamation of Sephiroth and Kratos. Sephiroth's long hair was present, but so was Kratos' bald head. In both hands stood what looked like greatswords that were mixed with Masamune and the Blades of Chaos. Kratos' signature red marking was also on the face.

"So what do I call you?" Lex asked, "Sephos? Kratoth?"

"I think… I think Krateroth would be a good name." The swordsman settled on.

"Then perhaps we should get to eliminating these fools." Lex smirked as he noticed Zero hefting Rayden over his shoulder and getting ready to jump to safety.

"In that case, let's try the… Bow of Apollo…" He said as the weapon was summoned in front of him, "Mixed with… My ice…" He said as the arrowhead encased itself in a frosty aura.

Letting the arrow fly, Zero was only narrowly able to get out of the way before the ice arrow hit and encased the spot it hit in a series of icy spikes.

"Hmm, not used to this level of power yet." Krateroth noted, "I will have to get used to that…"

"Zero? What the hell's going on? Aren't Sephiroth and Lex in the other direction?" Cloud asked as he saw Zero retreating.

"What happened to Kratos?"

"Explain later!" Zero called out as he rushed past the two, "Run now!"

Cloud and Bayonetta shrugged as they rushed back with the Robot and unconscious Thunder God.

After getting a good ways away and hiding in an alley, the three conscious heroes started to talk.

"What happened?"

"Sephiroth blasted Kratos with some weird thing. It made the two fuse into something that they call 'Krateroth.'"

"Creative name…" Cloud mumbled, "What do we do now?"

"Do we have anyone experienced in fusion around?" Bayonetta asked.

"Unless Gotenks and Garnet have had a fight recently, I doubt it." Cloud quipped, "What we really need is some way to take down Krateroth."

"I can't do it." Zero mentioned, "The two summoned Yellow Devil, and I still need to recharge. Once Rayden wakes up, I can get back into the fight."

"Wait a moment. What if we were to try to fuse ourselves?" Bayonetta asked, "You've already beaten Sephiroth before, and I already outclass Kratos. Perhaps if we were to fuse, we would come out on top."

"Gotta be careful though. No doubt that the bad guys will try to slow you down at every turn. Zero mentioned.

"So, how are we going to do this? Fusion Dance?" Cloud asked, "Because unless you brought some Potara Earrings, I don't see us fusing anytime soon."

"Not for nothing, but I have videos of Goku and that pickle guy practicing the fusion dance." Zero mentioned, "Could give the Fusion Dance a try."

"Pretty sure it's Piccolo, but we may as well give it a shot." Cloud replied, "Bring up the video."

"This newfound power is not all that impressive." Krateroth mentioned, "However, the arsenal is very impressive."

"Be careful when summoning that arsenal." Lex said, "According to my equipment, summoning them in rapid succession will reduce your fusion time. We'll reset the timer now so that we can run more tests and ensure that Zero and Rayden won't be able to stop us."

"What about Thor and Wonder Woman?" Sektor asked, "Surely they will try to stop us?"

"We have specialized power turrets guarding our base." Lex waved off, "They hone in on high-powered targets while firing specialized bullets that emit an energy field and stop them in their tracks."

"And even if they do somehow get past our defenses, our upgraded Fulgore bots will slow them down long enough for one of us to respond and take them down." Krateroth added.

"I suspect that we have about three hours until they send a response team to our location to get their friend back." Lex answered.

*BOOM!*

"It's been a while since I last visited your world." Sektor said, "Is three hours from your realm ten minutes in this one?"

"This is by far, the strangest feeling I… We have faced."

"You're doing fine, Cloudnetta." Zero said over the comms lines, "Now all you have to do is keep going until we reach Lex and get the information on how to get Kratos back from him."

"We never agreed to that name!" Cloudnetta shot back as they were using the newly-christened Umbra Buster to slice through the various Fulgore units and Cyber-Kartans.

"You got to name the sword." Zero shot back, "I don't see the problem here. Besides, you're doing fine guys… gal… dammit, there's got to be a gender-neutral term for that."

"We're pretty sure that 'guys' is already gender-neutral. Though to be fair, we're still getting used to this whole thing. Still not sure if we should be a 'we' or 'I.'"

"'We' sounds good- Woah!"

"Something wrong?"

"N-Nothing. Metal Sonic is trying some crap again. I'll handle it."

"Always do." Cloudnetta complimented.

"You want to know something I do not understand?" Rayden added, "Why is it that Kratos and Sephiroth's fused form uses the Blades of Chaos mixed with Sephiroth's swords? - Didn't he discard those for his new axe?"

"I… we think he had it buried somewhere." Cloudnetta replied, "He grabs it when he needs to fight something that can't be damaged by anything in Midgard. I… we might be wrong on that."

"I don't think he likes being reminded of that time… Hell, I know I don't like being reminded of my time as a Maverick."

"Don't you have Metal Sonic to take care of, before he destroys the city?" Cloudnetta asked.

"I got him focused on me. Thought I'd try something different this time around to take him out." Zero replied, his smirk apparent even through the voice comms.

"Any word from the others about Mimir's advice?" Cloudnetta asked.

"So, Kratos got himself into a bit of a jam, did he?" Mimir asked Hanzo, "Shame really. He had only recently lightened up from what I can overhear."

"Yes. The path of vengeance is a harsh one that rarely gives the results that one wants." Hanzo nodded, "But we are not here to discuss pleasantries. We need to know if there is a way to free Kratos from Sephiroth's influence."

"Kratos is stubborn. Headstrong too." Mimir replied, "If anything, it says quite a lot about Sephiroth's own willpower to suppress Kratos. I would recommend attempting to defeat this new foe and letting the fusion wear out its time limit."

"We're assuming that it has a time limit to begin with." Hanzo muttered, "Anything else to add?"

"Yes. Try to remind him of home. Perhaps being reminded of his son, Atreus will help snap Kratos out of it long enough to provide an opening."

"I suppose that it is better than nothing."

"I believe that with you two being similar, should the same fate befall you, it would be wise to mention Takeda to try to restore you to your former self."

"Hmm. You are not the first person to point out our similarities."

"Aye. I doubt I'll be the last though." Mimir replied.

"Just something about mentioning Atreus. It might make enough of an opening so that you can land an attack strong enough to knock Krateroth out long enough for the fusion to wear off."

"Got it, Rayden." Cloudnetta replied as they started towards the doorway to the main room, "I… We'll be careful."

X: Krateroth vs. Cloudnetta is next. Now that we know how we got here, it's time to finish it.

Wade: Notice that this is a multiple upload. Be thankful people. It took some convincing to get him to do this.

X: I was going to post this in early August, but then I opted to have a different chapter for that. So, y'all are getting the full Fusion Reborn arc early!

Pinkie: Awesome! Can we throw a party?

Alexis: Tweet tweet chirp.

Pinkie: Okay, I'll wait…