"Y'know, I've been meaning to ask, what is it with you guys and your hatred of shirts? You guys trying to get a trend started or something?"

"Are you really in a position to be asking that?"

Dante looked down at his own attire, or lack thereof, and sighed, "Fair enough. But that really doesn't answer my question."

"Is this really the time to be asking that question?"

"SHUT IT GRAY!"

As per usual, Natsu and Gray were in their infamous clashes.

And as per usual, the collateral damage was massive.

"BRING IT ON, HOTHEAD!"

"IT'S BEEN BROUGHT ICE BRAIN!"

"Wow. Real creative insults." Dante deadpanned.

"SHUT IT HEALING FACTOR!"

"The name's Dante. Why is that so hard?"

"Are the idiots fighting again?"

"How'd you do that?"

Erza shrugged, "I must've picked it up from Snake. At least they chose a mountain instead of the middle of the city."

*BOOM!*

"Shouldn't you stop them?"

"Why?- They're just going to continue this fight back home behind my back." Erza sighed, "I swear, it's almost like I'm babysitting everyone back home."

"Home base or home universe?"

"Yes."

"Wow. The incredibly stoic Erza Scarlet made a joke. It really must be the end of the world."

"Are you insinuating that I don't know how to have a good time?"

"What was your childhood again?" Dante asked.

"And you can claim to have one?"

Erza and Dante's argument was going on so intensely that Natsu and Gray's clash simply went on as they were completely oblivious to Erza's presence… And the collateral damage they were causing to the mountain range.

Off in the distance…

"Ooh~ He's quite the specimen!" Esdeath licked her lips, "Yes indeed."

"And here I thought that Sindel and Shao Khan had strange kinks." Lex deadpanned.

"Why are you even here then?"

"Because hearing Shao Khan scream 'harder' sends chills down my spine." Lex emphasized, "Hell! It made Joker try to get drunk."

"Regardless, I can't wait to have that young man underneath my feet. Oh yes!"

"Now I'm debating whether this is worse than listening to Shao Khan and Sindel doing the horizontal dance."

"Did you really call it the 'horizontal dance'?"

"Regardless, those two can cause quite a lot of collateral damage." Lex explained, "So feel free to make him your toy or whatever."

"Drip Drip Drop."

"What? His crazy girlfriend followed him all the way to another universe?" Lex asked.

"Eh… Not quite." A demonic arm shot out of a portal and grabbed the two spies.

"Cereza. Always a pleasure." Lex said dryly.

"How did you find us?" Esdeath snarled, "ANSWER ME!"

"Heh, you weren't exactly hard to find." Another voice said.

"Hiei. A pleasure to see a demon."

"Takes one to know one." Hiei smirked.

"If I may, can I ask about how you found us?" Lex deadpanned.

"How are you so calm about this?" Esdeath exclaimed, "He's the enemy!"

"It's more like an intense rivalry that slowly smouldered over time after we had to team up for a few multiverse ending crises." Lex said.

"Indeed. To answer your question, You can't hide from my Jagan Eye."

"Hiei…" Bayonetta sighed, "'Jagan' already translates to 'Evil Eye.' You just said 'Evil Eye Eye.'"

"It's not that odd. Some people say 'ATM Machine.'" Lex pointed out, "And 'ATM' already stands for 'Automated Teller Machine.'"

"Like PIN Number?" Bayonetta asked.

"Exactly."

"Esdeath is freezing that demon you summoned." Hiei pointed out.

"If! I! Can just!"

"Sorry, Lex dear. I have to throw you now."

"Understandable. It's still preferable to having to overhear Shao Khan and Sindel's bedroom activities."

"I doubt that it's as bad as how sickeningly sweet the blonde and bartender are." Hiei muttered.

"Also, please don't call me 'Lex dear.' Joker gets… Jealous. And then he hurts me because he suspects that I'm, and I'm not kidding here, 'cheating on him.'" The air quotes were visible even despite his restrained arms.

"Noted for next time."

*FWOOSH!*

"So this is how those three idiots feel…"

"I can't believe that I didn't get to grab that boy and mold him to my liking…" Esdeath lamented.

"I'll get you a clone when we get back." Lex sighed, "Interesting story, not the first time I've been sent flying by Bayonetta specifically."

"At least you have armor!"

"Regardless, I've always wanted to do this. So keep quiet. Ahem… LOOKS LIKE I'M BLASTING OFF AGAIN!"

*BOOM!*

"Right. Natsu and Gray are duking it out… I've been meaning to ask, has Natsu ever… gotten a chance to eat the Darkness Flame?"

"No. I don't summon it for frivolous activities like that. He did track down Sasuke and bugged him into using his black fire on him, and he ate that." Hiei mentioned.

"What was that like?"

"You remember that time when that one pilot tried to eat wasabi straight?"

"Uh, yes?"

"It was very much like that. Took Sub-Zero and the orange ninja to put out his mouth." Hiei deadpanned, "It was actually quite amusing."

"Wow. The incredibly stoic Hiei found something funny. These are the end times."

"Are you really in a position to be saying that when you didn't exactly have a childhood?"

"Are you in a position to be arguing childhoods?"

"Touché."

Dude: I hope everyone's staying safe out there! And I hope that you're enjoying the story.

Wade: You're waiting on a specific character to show up, aren't you?

Dude: I want Lucy vs. Yuna so that I can write them dating just so that I can have Tifa and Lucy having a rivalry that basically boils down to "My girlfriend is cuter than yours."

Pinkie: I just want Applejack to come by. I think a baking chapter would be pretty neat.

Dude: That actually sounds like fun. Why not just do it without her?

Pinkie: I wanted it to be a team baking thing… Me and Applejack making apple cupcakes, Hanzo and Sub-Zero making a Baked Alaska-

Wade: You know that Hanzo and Sub-Zero would just basically dominate that, right?

Dude: Yeah, Hanzo cooks to relax and calm himself. Always trying out new recipes and stuff.

Pinkie: A mare can dream of beating him in a cooking contest…