The Ancient Ones: Age of Nothingness (IC)

[Skylus]

The Moon Cave, Nippon

Orochi, the eight headed terror of Nippon, was not having a good day.
He had been brought back to life by some unknown force, which was good, the bad was that he was now trapped in the Moon Cave, possibly forever.
"Oh, jooyyyyy.....What to do..."
There was still a bit of the 8 Purification Sake left, but he had drank that already.
His seven other heads were bickering to each other and the main head sighed.
Then all eight heads spotted a beam of light shining down from the roof.
"...What is this...?"
Orochi heaved himself up, making the bell on his back clang rather loudly.
"A light? But where is it coming from?"
The light grew brighter and brighter until the Moon Cave was gone.

Ponyville
(I am sorry.)
Orochi found himself in a colorful world full of walking, talking horses that were singing for some reason.
"....What...."
A few of the beasts had the nerve to walk up to him and the beast looked down at them for a few seconds, then his heads began to laugh.
"FOOLS! DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO STANDS BEFORE YOU? I AM THE GREAT OROCHI, TERROR OF NIPPON!!!"
When his words had no effect, the dragon narrowed his eyes in annoyance and was about to kill all those in his way when his world was gone.

Somewhere else
Orochi found himself in some sort of church.
There was a group of people standing nearby.
"Greetings, I can sense the want to rule over people coming from all of you. I am Orochi, terror of Nippon, who are you?"

[Truth Incarnate]

Metru Nui

Well, that was over. And it was so sudden, too. Well, frankly, nobody could complain. After all, fighting one's friends is no fun if the only "challenge" comes from one's desire not to harm. What point is there in artificial restrictions? That was something that Eridan would never come to grasp, and Vriska would never try to. But still, in the burnt out wreck of a battlefield where a fight against an omnipotent being, a robotic god, a demon from the void and then some, there was a peculiar sense of relief. And with that relief came initiative to get back to the fun.

Eridan stepped up to Vriska.

"Wwell wwhat in the hell wwas all that, huh?! Tryin' to one-up me wwith your little blue pixiesprite transformation? Nice job on that, Marquise. I'd like to see howw badly your next fight plays out noww that your "advantage" has turned to shit!"

Vriska crossed her arms, smirking. She turned away, as if ignoring Eridan, little streamers of light emerging from the ground, and coalescing near her fingertips.

"Well, the only real point here is that I was 8etter than you. We'll see a8out next time - 8ut remem8er, I don't need luck to 8eat you. 8ut we'll see next time, Ampora. I'm too out of it to get into it right now. 8esides, I think our "friends" wouldn't approve of having another fight 8r8k out."

And as Vriska strolled away to go drain some more luck from whatever living sources she could find, stumbling over inconspicuously placed rocks, droplets of water miraculously landing in her eyes and other distractions appearing from thin air, Eridan stayed behind, and looked towards Kadoor. He still had unfinished business. He was still going to put that bitch seven feet underground, and he was still no closer to doing so than when he'd first started.. He stepped up, and stared her down.

"Fine then, Pamant. Go see your precious Jacob. Wwhen you get back, just remember - I'll be wwaitin' for you."

[Arkeyana]

Bastion suddenly felt weird before staggering and falling on his knees, (Oh please no) he thought before his vision glitched to a long forgotten time on this planet. There were screams and explosions as mechs similar to F-5 charged at the natives and artillery boomed. All of a sudden he got up on his feet and his visor turned red. He suddenly snapped back to reality and reconfigured him self into a turret. He opened fire at a nonexistent target and felled several corals before returning to recon mode and marching off into the forest, his gun loaded with ammo and ready to obliterate anything in his way.

Karrakis suddenly felt ill and collapsed, his arms and legs felt like lead as he struggled back up and leaned against a coral.

[The Intergalactic Russian Empire]

Abakelia's Base

Eric grunted a bit when Ann fell into his arms, "Yeah, same here. I just want to get this wound patched up and take a nap right now." he went further behind cover with Ann, throwing an arm around her shoulder "Gah, where are those bandages when I need them?" he put his free hand onto his wound, it wasn't a very large injury, but it was bleeding quite a bit. Meanwhile, Pobeda shuddered at Bloodfyre's shout of pain, his thoughts becoming unfocused and hazy as he began to struggle to rein in his train of thought. Urgh, what's wrong with me? he asked himself as he refocused to the task at hand. The Mage slowly crept out of cover, seeing Ji-Yeong with her back turned, this was his chance. In an instant, the Troll leapt forward, tackling their foe to the floor.

Zalgo's Funhouse

Draigo struggled as Zalgo's tentacle wrapped around him "I am the Bane of His Foes and the Woes of the Treacherous," he continued to chant, releasing a burst of psychic fire and landing to the ground "Let us be His Shield," he redoubled his attack, combining his sword strikes with psychic lightning attacks "Let us speak His Word as He fuels the Fire of Devotion,"

[The New Earth Federation]

Dark Forest #FR

As the two soldiers walked though the forest quietly talking to themselves about the future and where they where the trees seem to come to life in a sort of magical way. Their roots sprang from the ground and tied the two around the ankles and legs, which they then dragged them to a nearby hole. A very creepy looking hole, as they where being dragged to the hole Chris tried his best to resist the roots as he tried crawl in the opposite direction he heard the one of the trees scream in pain. He looked over a saw that Victoria was still holding onto her shotgun and had began to fire away at the trunk blowing decent sized holes in it, Chris on the other hand had pulled out his combat knife and had begun to cut away at the roots around his legs. After cutting free he quickly moved to his rifle and begun to fire at the trees as he did so splitters of wood shot from each wound and sap dripped form it.

"FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!" Gritted Chris as he reloaded his rifle and tried to cut more of the roots that had popped up to grab him, at this point he was basically dual wielding his weapons. It was quite comical to see him trying to reload and stab roots at the same time.

"This is really fucking werid!" Yelled Victoria as she backed away after basting the roots away form her legs "This is some weird magical stuff....or just weird stuff in general. Could it be both?"

"I'm not sure!" Replied Chris stumbling away from the vines and hacking at them "If you want it tinge both then sure"

After shooting their way through the trees they ended up at a small clearing where they rest for a few minutes by checking their gear and weapons, they where running low on ammunition and sooner or later they would need to resupply that. Luckily they had their combat ''knives" more like short combat swords incase they ran out of ammunition for he most part they where running out of primary ammunition and their secondaries had significant stores of ammunition left. After resting they gathered their equipment and moved out of the clearing and as they did so they kept a open eye out for any possessed trees or other magical bullshitery. As they walked they talked amongst themselves quietly about what the hell just happened and other thing that might happen.

[The Palmetto]

Abakelia's Base

"What do you reckon you're doing!?" Secesh called out in reeponse to Bloodfyre. He rapidly ran over to to the other heroes, firing a few more rounds at the robots.
Meanwhile, Antony was whistling patriotic British tunes as several drones had their receptors melted from the inside out. He was reluctant to use this strategy against organics, but he had no other way to attack these mechanical beasts.

"Seriously, what does this knight in shining armor reckon he's doing?" Secesh asked the others, legitimately confused about the plan. He wasn't used to this sort of magic, it only looked vaguely similar to some more advanced technologies from back home.

Gallifrey

"Lemme see what I can do these star spangled powers of mine," Olisi replied to Sine, itching his chin. Ever since he had been a young kiddo, Olisi had been blessed with a variety of amazing powers. His father had trained him in his sadistic, keister-mauling ways, and also taught him that his powers could be used for reasons beyond their normal use. Portal creation could become super speed, for example. Olisi wasn't we'll known for his brains but he was well trained in the physics of his powers.
"Got it!" He said, snapping his fingers. He slowly disappeared, as if a sheet of invisibility had covered him.
"I ain't actually invisible, nor am I intangible. I made a portal all round' my body that absorbs and reflects light waves to make me look invisible. Air and small particles can go through it, but this portal as is fragile as a Yankee in a desert shoot out. A small, heavy object thrown at it could probably fracture it," he replied to her, snapping his fingers once more and having the disguise disappear.

[Prusselanden]

N-J
Julian yelped, scrambling for cover as Bastion started to shoot rounds everywhere. Frederick merely flashed out of the way and ducked behind a coral, while Newton put up a calculus shield to protect anyone near him. Peter grabbed Konrad and made his way next to Frederick and Abe followed him. After a while, Bastion started to march towards the forest and only then did Abe peek out.

Frederick had instinctively crouched down and covered his head. Peter was a little more bold and looked out from behind the coral.

"He is walking away."

"I'll go after him. The woods are my domain." Lincoln walked out from behind the coral and silently followed Bastion.

Julian lay on the ground, shaking badly and drenched in sweat. When she realized Bastion was no longer shooting at them, she slowly lifted herself up from the ground. Breathing heavily, she noticed Karrakis's sick condition.

"Karrakis!" She knelt down next to him and put her figure to his neck to take his pulse. "Please hang in there...what happened to you?"

[Prusselanden]

Wherever Ammy and Co. Are
Kalo sighed and sat down by himself in the grassland.

He had always had control over where he was going. He could never get used to the fact that he could be taken to other worlds and not be able to find a way back.

For now, all he could to was to wait for another door to open up and hope that, maybe it was the right one.

To pass the time Kalo turned to Ammy.

"So...you are a goddess. I've never met a deity before-I never knew they existed for real. What powers do you possess? I'm just curious."

[Skylus]

Wherever Ammy and Co. Are
Kalo sighed and sat down by himself in the grassland.

He had always had control over where he was going. He could never get used to the fact that he could be taken to other worlds and not be able to find a way back.

For now, all he could to was to wait for another door to open up and hope that, maybe it was the right one.

To pass the time Kalo turned to Ammy.

"So...you are a goddess. I've never met a deity before-I never knew they existed for real. What powers do you possess? I'm just curious."

The group has come back by now.

After the reunions had been made, Ammy padded over to Kalos and sat down next to him,
"Yes, I am a Goddess, the Sun Goddess, Mother of All Life...I didn't used to be a wolf, I was simply brought back to the mortal realm as one...As to what I can do....I can bring back the sun, control the very elements, create explosions, change the time of day and night, cut throug he air an things like a sword...and more."
"That's right! Ammy controls a thing that's called the Celestial Brush! I'm the seventh Celestial Envoy."
Ammy looked up at Alistair. "We should return to Don Roith soon. I can sense danger approaching."

[Prusselanden]

Wherever Ammy and Co. Are
Kalo sighed and sat down by himself in the grassland.

He had always had control over where he was going. He could never get used to the fact that he could be taken to other worlds and not be able to find a way back.

For now, all he could to was to wait for another door to open up and hope that, maybe it was the right one.

To pass the time Kalo turned to Ammy.

"So...you are a goddess. I've never met a deity before-I never knew they existed for real. What powers do you possess? I'm just curious."

The group has come back by now.

After the reunions had been made, Ammy padded over to Kalos and sat down next to him,
"Yes, I am a Goddess, the Sun Goddess, Mother of All Life...I didn't used to be a wolf, I was simply brought back to the mortal realm as one...As to what I can do....I can bring back the sun, control the very elements, create explosions, change the time of day and night, cut throug he air an things like a sword...and more."
"That's right! Ammy controls a thing that's called the Celestial Brush! I'm the seventh Celestial Envoy."
Ammy looked up at Alistair. "We should return to Don Roith soon. I can sense danger approaching."

Kalo's eyes widened. He had never ever in his life heard of such power. Sure, he had seen entire planets be destroyed and similar things, but he had never come face to face with one who could bring the sun, change day and night, or control elements. This whole adventure seemed just like a very sudden eye opener to what lie beyond the borders of his world.

But they couldn't stay anymore, since Ammy told them she could sense danger was coming. Kalo stood up. "Let's go then."

[Mundeo]

Zalgo's Palace

The last of the shadow beasts were slain, their remains melting into the ground. Zalgo screeched as he was attacked again and again by heroes. As more and more of his tentacles began to be cut, burned, or punched off, the monster began to diminish in size. A vile, black substance bubbled out of every wound on his writhing body.

"T̛͟HA̴̴T͝'S̛ ̧̢͏E̢N̡͝OU̵͝G̢͡H!̶̢́"̢̢͜

More tendrils shot put from the squirming mass, striking Draigo, Camille, and even James, kncoking everyone else away from Zalgo.


"̘̜͓̹̩́͂̇ͦ̋Î̲̩̙̫͊ͥ̉ͦͮͅͅ ̰̤̮͍̑̓̎̌͛S̖H̪̬͍̓̄ͯA͐Ḽ̹ͅL̞̹͇ͫ͒ ͙͕͛̇Ḍ̥̲̫̖̱̔̈ͧ̑E͚̠ͯ͌͊͛̋̏͗ͅS̘̱̋T͍̝̞̖̥̠̖ͨ͋ͥ̑̆R̗̤̘͔̪̿O̻̳̜̗Y͍̯̤̖̻̫ͬ̊̒ͯͬ ̝͕͈̹͓̰͐̓̔̍Y̯͒Ǒ͙̬͕̻̗͖͈̄ͣ̓̏Ü͕̩͕̫̤̎̌̅̔̒ ̠̯̰̙A̞̬̺̫̭̥̔ͧͬ͗ͮḺ̣̞̈́͂̐̀ͮ̑̇L͐̍͋ͩ"̘̔̊

All of the mouths across his body began to congregate, fusing together until they formed one, massive grimace.


"͈̝̠̪̟͓̓ͩ̐ͭ̒ͅT̃̅ͨȞ̹͎̦̺̦̙̃̐̔ͪỊ͈͖̩ͧͯ̋̒̾ͦͅS͈̝͈ͨ ̣̺̣̖͇̈́ͯ͑̂I̦̰͖͒ͨͭ̔S̩͔̫͔̫̔̀̓ ̩͙͓͔ͯT̥̟̱̲̹ͧH̃E̝̝̊̌ ͈͇̝͚̑̅̐ͣ̇̔E̩̤̺N̙ͪ̊D͖͇̗"͉ͪ́̇ͯ

A swirling mass of black and crimson energy began to form inside of the mouth. The sheer power being exerted caused cracks in the floor, walls, and ceiling to form; pieces of glass fell to the ground. To the heros, they knew what was going to happen next.

"̀̈́D̺͍̝̘́̅͛̈ͫ͗ ͔̥̰͇̰͉́͒̽̔̿ͣ̍I͉̝͕ͯ ̯̭̉E̟̞͉"̰͚̦͖͙̄̾ͧ̚

A bassive beam then fired, wide enough to fill most of the chamber. The group of heroes were cast in its crimson light...

"I won't let you win!"

Victoria stepped forward and held her arms in front of her. Her gauntlets quickly expanded, forming a metal shield just in time for the beam to crash into it. The Halfblood cried out as the initial impact pushed her back, her boots spraying sparks as they dug into the ground.

"Vicky!" James called out to his daughter from behind the barrier.

"I can't... hold on... forever..." Victoria pushed back against the beam with everything she had. "Come on, people! Do something!"

[The Dark Brotherhood of Deros]

Metru Nui
After Kongou delivered Jacob to Aicy, the AI appeared as a hologram before her with a joyful and relieved face. She quickly teleported Jacob to the medical bay whilst thanking Kongou immensely. She then turned her gaze at the ground below, and then Hanzo's lifeless form was teleported onto the Traveler in a cone of purple light. Clairus meanwhile was lost in thought as her adrenaline began to fade, making her tremble and causing a cold feeling to rush down her spine. Hana and Gaster were both out cold, with both of them breathing softly.

Aicy then contacted the remaining heroes in the city below, and suggested that those who wished to do so should board the Traveler so that they could be underway and leave the Matoran Universe. After she did this, Mata Nui thanked the heroes for their assistance.

"My universe will need time to heal after Teridax's reign, but we will do so with confidence. I will not forget you, or what you've done here. Thank you." The Great Spirit said. Then he was silent, and the stars returned to their normal order in the sky above the city of Metru Nui.

[Skylus]

Don Roith

The group exited the Metaverse to find themselves on a dirt path. Before them was an old bridge made of wood that looked to be unsafe to cross. Behind them, far in the distance, was the city.
Issun was bouncing on Ammy's head like he usually was.
"We're all the way out here? Wow, that's some neat teleportation - hey hey hey hey Po, where are you going?"
Po was for some reason heading towards the unstable bridge. The panda stopped and turned back to look at the others.
"There's food over there."
A question mark appeared above Issun's head.
"....What is it with you and food....?"
Po rolled his eyes and continued to cross the bridge.
Ammy, seeing that there was no point in not following Po, ran after him.
"Ammy, slow dooowwwwwnnnnn!!!!"

As soon as Po stepped onto the bridge, it sank quite a bit. He stopped, one paw raised and he was glancing up and down rapidly.
"Uhhhh....Maybe trying to cross was a bad idea...."
Issun was trying not to get very mad.
"...You think....?"
Ammy moved around Po and continued to walk vvveeerrryyyyyy slowly across the bridge.
She had almost made it onto the bridge when Link decided to begin to cross the bridge - and that was when the bridge ropes snapped.

It seemed to take forever for the bridge to begin to fall down. Ammy fell first, then Po, then Link. Kalo and Alistair would be left where the bridge once stood, staring down into the roaring waters of the water fall.
However, Link fell into a swirling blue portal on the way down, which closed right afterwards.
For Ammy and Issun, they would keep falling until they hit something and their vision went white.
Po, however, found himself clutching a tree branch that was connected to a live oak tree, unharmed.
"....Guys.....?"
He looked down, decided against looking down again, and began to try and reach the trunk of the oak tree.
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Sometime later, Ammy awakend to find Po and Issun looking at her.
"...We can't find Link."
All Ammy could do was sit there on the sand, water coursing from her wet fur as she looked up at Issun and Po.
"....He is alive...though not on Don Roith....."

It is Raining Somewhere Else...Wherever This Place Is*
Link found himself standing in a forest, completely unharmed.
"How is this even possible?"
Before he could even begin to move away from where he was standing, he felt the ground shake, and he felt as if there was something behind him, so he turned - only to see a gigantic bird glaring down at him, its beak poised to stab him right through.
"....Din...."

*Reference #1 In the Under-Tale soundtrack, there is a track that is named "It's Raining Somewhere Else".

[Legokiller]

Metru Nui

“To be honest, we have no clue where Octavius disappeared off too or any reason why he messed with Gaster and Hana’s head. “Touko explained to Kadoor. “The worst part, I’m not sure if this is the only thing he did to them.”

“Well I’ll be back in my world with Calem if you need me.” Serena told everyone. She then smiled at Zeta. “There’s no need to worry about that Zeta, you can trust me and my friends here. We don’t bite.” Serena chuckled quite a bit before Reaper came in to ask for his paycheck. Star quickly beamed down the checkbook, which Serena quickly wrote down her signature and the amount she owes him. Star then supplied him with a bag of cash for double payment after all this mess. “Here you go mister.” Serena then processed to happily reward her Pokemon with pokepuffs, and then return most of her team into their Pokeballs.

Star snapped her figures to beam down the warp pads. “A-lright you-u” She twitched a little. “These warp pads will take you to your desire location in the multiverse. It’s a one shot destination, so don’t pick a place you will utter regret.”

“You know where to call me.” Lego Batman said as he walked to the warp pad. “Adios.” Then the batman disappeared.

“I’ll see y’all later kid.” Guzma said to Selene as he enters the warp pad and beams out.

“I have to attend oy my crew aboard the Normandy, so I can’t stick around.” A shuttle arrived at the heroes location, which Shepard and his squad process to enter. “If you need us, we’ll be ready to face down this new threat.”

“Cool Shep.” Touko smiled. “I’ll call you if we need help.”

“Thanks Touko. Stay safe out there, and help out the team. I have to say, they have quite a rough time, but can pull something off. Now, I should go.” Shepard said. Touko and the others waved goodbye as the shuttle’s doors closed and heads off to the Horizon to the Normandy.

“How strange.” N commented. “You mention this Commander before. Shepard was it?”

“Eeyup. I hope everything goes okay for Shep.” Touko frowned slightly. “I’m not sure if he’ll return as a happy camper.” She looked at the gun she said and sighed as she tosses it back into hammerspace. While it’s fun to play with them, after these series of battles, firearms aren’t all that useful against higher powers. Now she’s going to face Octavius and his goons, guns are useless. Not to mention it can injure someone badly if she isn’t careful. Touko turned to her Lilligant and patted her gently. She, Reshiram, N, and the others friends she needs in a fight.

Mei shivered a little. “I have to thank you guys for allowing me to stick around. I do want to be friends and help out Hana. But, well I have to attend to my own matters and continue exploring the multiverse. Still, I’ll check on Hana and visit the Traveler before I leave.”

Selene let out a sigh of relief when the Great Spirit thanked the group. She then looked at Calyx. “I guess this is where we go our separate ways Calyx. But… maybe you and Vuki could come with us!” Selene smiled brightly. “I mean come on! I can to show you my world and possibly journey into other planets in the multiverse. I’ll make sure things aren’t all that bonkers.”

“I’m a little worried about Calyx and the little Matoran there.” Lillie glance back at Frucc. “They need some help to overcome their trauma Selene.” Selene nodded and looked back at Frucc. Obviously Frucc is not an ordinary matoran. “He should be just fine Lillie.” Selene reassured her girlfriend. “Lillie, are you ready to hang out?”

“Oh!” Lillie blushed a little. “Of course Moon.”

“Serena, the Forerunners and I are beaming down the rescued Matoran, and leaving this world.” Star said. “Are you ready to visit the Traveler before we go home?”

“Mhmm.” Serena said weakly. “I’m ready to step back into the Traveler.” Serena notice her silver crystal glowing slightly as she recalls the memories of the ship. The time of her first visit, the wonders of outer space, and the bad times as well. The same ship where she truly met Elizabeth, Bayonetta, Reiko, and the other strange beings from different universes. Serena hoped her visit won’t become whiplash of happiness and pure exhaustion at the same time. Already her head began to heat up and feeling quite sick from the strange energies flowing inside her.

“Okay captain. Three, two, one, GO!” Star announced. Serena, Star, Hana, Gaster, and the others willing to visit the Traveler found themselves surrounded by fairy pink energies of the Saturn’s teleportation beam, and appeared inside the Traveler itself.


Zalgo Palace

“Oh goodness, thanks Terry!” Rosa yelped as she, her Pokemon team, and Blake were knocked away by the tendrils.

Camille used her arms to help block the strikes of tendrils, and even break to smack one away. However her giant size allowed couple of the tendrils to slap her divine body. The disgusting limbs were quite painful, but that was the least of Camille’s problems. The eldritch abomination decided that playtime is over, and went out to fire a devastating beam. The only thing saving them from oblivion is Victoria’s shield, but that won’t last.

Camille notice the problem with this battleground is Zalgo having the home advantage. This gave her an idea. “I got an idea, but I need James and Damian to teleport everyone out. I intend to purify this place.”

“Uh oh.” Rosa gasped. “We better go now, since my big sister is going to do something crazy!”

Indeed Camille was as she began to grow bigger as a swirl of holy light energies radiated from the goddess. She massive size press against the glass ceiling, breaking it as the entire palace began to shake. A sphere of holy light energy surrounded Camille as her hands conjure up its awesome power. In a few moments, the sphere of holy light around Camille would go nova, eradicating the existence of Zalgo’s glass Palace and the corruption within it. The clock is ticking before a massive light explosion happens!

[Prusselanden]

Bridge
Kalo immediately flew down towards the river.
"AMMY! PO! ISSUN! LINK!" He yelled, reaching for them. Much to his dismay Link had been taken by yet another portal, and Ammy and co. had landed on a tree luckily. Kalo's first reaction was to make sure the group was ok.

He landed next to them, panting.
"I-is everyone ok? Is anyone hurt?"

Zalgo's Castle
Terry was slammed against a wall by Zalgo's attack. Cascabel landed on his feet and prepared to hit Zalgo again.

Terry did realize that their attacks weakened Zalgo considerably. She smiled and slowly picked herself up when Victoria stepped in front of them.
I don't know if my cybernetics will survive...but even so, I will.

Terry yelled and fired a large laser beam at Zalgo from behind Victoria. "You know you can't win, Zalgo! This will be a last stand in vain!"

Cascabel jumped over Victoria and fired a large fireball at Zalgo.

[Skylus]

Recovering from falling from a broken bridge
All Ammy could do was nod.
"Yes, all of us are alright. I believe Link is safe, wherever he may be now."
The Sun Goddess rose to her paws and padded shakily towards a few huts in the distance.
"There appears to be shelter there."
Po had climbed down the tree and had rejoined the others.
"Shelter? Alright! Hopefully they have food. You guys hungry for anything?"


Fighting a massive murderous bird in a new realm - part 1 of 2
The bird hadn't attacked him yet, perhaps it was seeing what Link would do.
Unfortunately for the bird, the Hylian was faster on bringing his weapon to bear and the bird's beak made a crack as it hit the blade of the now nearly painful to look at Master Sword.
"See this blade, you vile beast? You should fear it. After all, it's name is Demonslayer for a reason!"
The bird merely narrowed his eyes before lifting off into the air.
Din. How am I supposed to reach him?
Then Link remembered that he had the Slate in his possession and he pulled it out.
If I can freeze him with Cryostasis....Then perhaps I can escape...
However, Link didn't have enough time to use one of the Slate's six runes, for the bird dove upon him and all he could do was stab upwards.

[Prusselanden]

Near the Bridge
Kalo nodded. "If you are tired, we can rest somewhere. Though the settlement may provide us with shelter or medical care if one of us is injured."

He turned on his human disguise and landed on the ground as they walked towards the huts.

"After we get ourselves together we should try to figure out how to reunite with Link. Who knows what was beyond that portal?"

Metru Nui
A portal suddenly opened next to the heroes as Konny's parents leaped out.
"Konny!" Konny's mother, Rishika, spotted the girl and stormed towards her. She scowled as she pulled on Konny's ear.

"Oh shit!" Konny's face paled at the sight of her mom.

"Ulu Annika Konstantin, what are you doing! You're just a fledgling necromancer and the first thing you do is go out and fight this insane Ancient One!? You are grounded for TWO months!!!" Rishika yelled at her daughter. "What would we do if you died, huh!? Not only would the Konstantin and Argawaal bloodlines come to an end, but what would me and your dad do!?"

Rishika breathed heavily and let go of Konny's ear. She put both her hands firmly on Konny's shoulder, her eyes red with tears.

"I...we spent so much time looking for you...If you had to go...at least tell us where...."

Konny lowered her head. "I'm sorry."

Rishika hugged her daughter tightly. "I just wanted you to be safe, ok?"

Konny nodded and nuzzled against her Mom. "I know. I was...not very considerate about that."

Hes let out a small sigh of relief. He knew Konny wouldn't die so easily...but still she was young and ambitious, and any misuse of her ability could lead to her demise. When they got back he and Rishika were going to have a long talk with the young necromancer.

[Kaidou]

Don Roith
Imperial Palace

"Hex... what are you doing?"

Seishirō Akita, already confused and terrified enough as it was, broke down completely the moment Hex clicked the handcuffs round his wrists. It brought back a chilling memory of his almost nine months in prison.

Where, every single day, every last minute of his time, his wrists were locked together by heavy iron fetters, barely able to move without the sound of ugly chains rattling mechanically. How he could barely even lift up a plate, let alone eat.

And then, in the two or three weeks before the communist coup d'état by General Kyōshirō Yakumo, how the guards, kicking his cell door open at ungodly hours of the morning, would drag him down the corridors by his manacles, stark naked, to an interrogation room, where they'd dangle him from the ceiling by the wrists, beating him and screaming the vilest curses of whatever language the guard happened to speak, for no particular reason other than spite.

"Hex, please", Akita pleaded tearily, squirming and attempting to get up. His fractured rib was evidently continuing to tear apart his internal organs, for each movement he took in a feeble attempt to escape, he spluttered frothy blood. "Why... why are you doing this? Are you taking me back to... to..."

"That's enough."

Pushing past Koizumi and Strange, past Ackerman and Uska, limping over on his wooden leg to where Hex was pointing her rifle at the boy, Wong Tjin-fei bent down (with great effort, for obvious reasons), lifting the boy up to his feet and resting his hands on his shoulders, looking him in the eye.

"It's alright", he reassured the boy, who by now had broken down into irrational, searing tears. "We're not here to hurt you."

"Get away from me!"

His mood changing in an instant, Seishirō Akita wrestled himself out of Mr Wong's grip, taking a forceful step back and panting heavily, violently coughing out more flecks of blood and then collapsing onto his knees once again, his hands restrained tightly behind his back.

"The hornets..." he whimpered. "Can't you see them? They're... they're trying to get in... from the windows..."

Almost as if it were a premonition, the sound of the Dragon's voice, once again, began to boom out. Strangely, it spoke in the coarse, gritty Ucsanizangar dialect, where it had previously spoken only in the poetic and glowing Nizangar language.

Confused, Koizumi sheathed his blade and walked over to the windows, throwing them open to look out at the plains, upon which the setting sun was beginning to cast an ominous red glow. At roughly the same time, Sun Zi-xiang threw the doors open, storming into the room of stinking corpses; he seemingly did not notice any of the commotion, for something else was on his mind.

"Any of you speak that dialect?" he demanded.

"Just a little bit." Mr Wong shook his head.

"Well, I speak it", said Zi-xiang. "And I'm telling y'all it's about time we prep for another fight."

"What seems to be the problem?" Koizumi inquired.

Zi-xiang brushed his clothes and spat out a glob of yellowish-green phlegm on the ground.

"It appears the Nizangar Imperial Army Headquarters has just issued an order", Zi-xiang said, rather sardonically, "for 100,000 troops to raze Don Roith straight to the ground. God knows whatever the hell for."

Anastasia Rostova, who had followed Sun Zi-xiang into the room, stuck her tongue out playfully.

"We're screwed", she said, holding up a circle with her left hand and inserting the extended middle finger of her right hand into the hole vigorously.

...

North Kubronos (a lawless region)

North Kubronos, a large island located fifteen kilometres off the northernmost coast of the Kubronos Continent, was one of th numerous regions technically within the jurisdiction of the Nizangar Empire, but too far removed from the central seat of power for the government to actually have any control whatsoever.

The true rulers of North Kubronos were two warlords who led massive private armies of their own, each being a quarter of the size of the Nizangar Empire's already massive armies.

For nine years, both warlords had been at loggerheads with each other, but with each side knowing the repercussions of starting a war with each other, neither was willing to start active conflict with the other. Instead, they simply kept things calm on the surface, while their operatives continued spying on the other side incessantly.

That one particular day was the very first time they met each other face to face.

An entourage of thirty men dressed in black uniforms had landed ashore of the island, having sent prior notice to the warlords to meet up for a meeting of immense importance. The incentive provided in the letter was "collaboration to overthrow the Nizangar Empire and divide the land of the Kubronos Continent into three thirds".

That was an offer neither warlord was willing to miss.

...

Generalissimo
Hu Zhi-long
胡智龍 大元帥

Generalissimo
Nobuyuki Akijima
秋嶋伸之 大元帥

There was one translator on each side, seeing as neither the Chinese Generalissimo Hu Zhi-long nor the Japanese Generalissimo Nobuyuki Akijima spoke the other's language, as well as the fact that neither man wanted to speak in Nizangar to the other. Both translators were trembling in the presence of both their respective employer and their employer's nemesis.

Neither warlord seemed to be shaken by the other's presence.

"Qiudao-Shenzhi dayuanshuai", said 38-year-old Generalissimo Hu, cocking his head as he and his bodyguard of almost 100 men stopped, their weapons ready to fire. "Wo-men zhongyu jian le. Wo tingshuo ni de pigu zuole name jiu, yijing tong de yao si le."

"Generalissimo Hu... says he is pleased to meet you, sir", translated Generalissimo Hu's translator into Japanese for Akijima, trying his best to make the arrogantly spoken sentence sound as diplomatic as possible. He refrained from translating the rather vulgar second sentence.

44-year-old Generalissimo Akijima snorted.

"Ko Chiryū daigensui. Ore-mae de namaiki na kuchi wo kikunjanaizo, samonai to itaime ni aukarana", he replied. "Jikan wo muda ni shinai de, kono kuso wo susumeyō."

"Generalissimo Akijima returns the greeting", General Akijima's translator translated into Chinese for the other warlord, "and says he is eager to get down to business."

Like the other translator, General Akijima's man had refrained from translating completely accurately, knowing fully well that either one could well have started a war with the curtness of his words. Generalissimo Hu had, after all, said:

"Generalissimo Nobuyuki Akijima, we meet at last. I hear you've been sitting on your sorry ass for so long that it's been hurting."

Generalissimo Akijima's reply wasn't much better either:

"Generalissimo Hu Zhi-long. You'd better not try to take advantage of me, or I'm going to make your eye hurt. Let's stop wasting each others' time and get this shit done."

Understandably, neither translator would have dared to deliver either message accurately.

Their happy reminiscing of good times was abruptly cut short when the entourage of men in black uniforms appeared from the water, riding in a large boat rowed by the men of lower rank, who dressed in black uniforms of fine tunics and sparse decoration with dark green berets adorned with bronze insignia. Leading them was a young man who looked like he was barely in his late teens.

His uniform, unlike those of his men, had red lining instead of green, and was adorned with a liberal assortment of decorations, medals, and badges. His silver hair was like the mane of a lion, but failed to obscure his piercing turquoise eyes, which gazed outwards like lasers. For one reason or another, despite the elaborately engraved and gold-plated sabre that hung from his side, he carried a bayonet-armed rifle.

Upon stepping ashore, the young commander bowed deeply to both warlords, before walking up to them and speaking, but in the tongue of the Nizangar.

"Greetings, Generalissimos", said the young man. "I am honoured to be in your presence today. Let's begin negotiations, shall we?"

Colonel
Narhel
HV YNV-(Oak Leaves) IXA
Grandson of Count-Palatine Ireun
Acting Chancellor, Government-in-Exile of the Niril Republic
22 years old

...

[Prusselanden]

Don Roith
"Hex, let him go!" Ackerman pleaded her. "He's scared!"

When Yocchi started to cough up blood, Ackerman's concern only grew. "And he needs medical attention...quickly....he's badly injured."
Uska sighed. Maybe because his appearance changed, Ackerman couldn't tell it was him. He decided he would explain it to xer once they were in a safer place.

Ackerman knelt down by Yocchi and put a hand softly on his head. "Shhh...try not to struggle, you'll only hurt yourself more."

When Zi-Xiang told them of the Imperial army's plans, Ackerman looked up in alarm.
"Then we'll have to find Henry, if he's here, and get out fast then. We're racing against the clock here."

Uska decided to not mess around anymore and walked out of the room to search for the body of Henry. He needed a distraction.

[The Palmetto]

Metru Nui

Frucc was standing upon a pile of Rahkshi corpses, bathing in their blood.
"I radiate godly power, and the blood of thots is my deodorant," he said, before jumping out of the pile. The blood flew off him like the leaves of petals, which doesn't really make sense in any way or form, really. But regardless of what's logical, Frucc was continue his frucking quest in the multiverse, which was to fruck all thots until there were none left alive. He could never fruck them all, but for every thot frucked, a brodie was saved, and if he could save even one brodie, it was worth it.

Calyx, on the other hand, had even more corpses piled around him, me several bits of rahkshi parts on his body. His right shoulder fin even had an entire head left on it, but he quickly tore it off. He managed to shake most of the gore off of him, but some of the blood continued to stain. He let out a small sigh, and sat down on some rubble. He looke at the world around him, and thought to himself. He had once been a simple Kraata, blindly following the orders of some monster. Now, he was fighting along beings who had saved the universe, killed the Makuta, and restored Mata Nui. But now, he had a choice to make. He could carve a new, simpler life for himself, no longer having to fight. Perhaps he could become a farmer, or a blacksmith. Or, maybe he could go with these otherworldly beings. Life a life of adventure, save innocents all across the multiverse. He had lived his entire life fighting against the force of evil, and he wasn't going to stop now.

"I'll go with you, to wherever you're going on this Traveller of yours," Calyx said to the group, standing up boldly. He had made his final decision, and now, he would go down a new path in his life.

"Amateur," Frucc murmured to himself. He was quickly standing on a pedestal of corpses, waving a red flag with a golden symbol of himself in the canton, "Ever since the dawn of existence in the multiverse, it has always been a tale of resistance. The prey against his predator, the caveman against his prey, the peasant against the wealthy exploiters, the worker against those who enslaved him, and the average man against the thots. All of these conflicts, which prevent a new, better future, have been prevented by reactionary thots. The path to a better future is a path stained with the blood of reactionaries, and I will join you all to go down this path to a better future."

[Kaidou]

Don Roith

Zi-xiang shook his head.

"The bad news is that when the Dragon declares something is about to happen, we'll have an hour at the very best", he said, wildly looking out the window, as if he wanted to find a way to escape. "Which means we're probably not going to make it out, for lots of obvious reasons.

"The good news is that Nizangar Empire troops fight like shit, so unless it's an entire army of Phoenixes, I would say we can still fight our way out if we play our cards right."

In the distance, at the place where the fields touched the sky, the dust clouds of hundreds upon thousands of soldiers could be seen, tearing apart the plains and covering the green like a spreading blot of ink that would not stop for anything. The sole consolation was that no trace of red could be seen. Yet.

"Kimi ga yo wa..." Koizumi began singing quietly to himself as he stood at the window, looking out at the rapidly approaching troops. "Chiyo ni yachiyo ni..."

Turning round, Sun Zi-xiang abruptly began to walk out of the room, beckoning to Ackerman and Fukuda; Fukuda helped to lift up Akita, who by then was in a state of catatonic shock, coiling his arm round the boy's torso.

"We need to take stock of all the manpower we have right now", said Zi-xiang to Ackerman and Fukuda, as he walked. Lester, the butler, continued to dust the furniture stoically, ignoring the Dragon's message.

"As for those fit to fight, we've got me, Rostova, you two, the old man with the curly grey hair, the guy with the red cloak, the woman with the sexy figure, the butler, and that airy spirit, although I'd say that last guy is probably tied down taking care of the diarrhoea beast. I'm not going to count Mochizuki and Prabhu, those two crazy bastards; who knows where they've gone off to."

"Sazare ishi no... Iwao to narite..." Koizumi continued to sing. The armies drew closer and closer, at an unprecedented speed. One wondered how so many foot soldiers were able to march so quickly.

Mr Wong, cradling the wailing and protesting Chieko, proceeded to sit down on the sofa, beside Anastasia, who sat placidly and sucked her thumb.

"At this rate", said Lester dryly, inspecting the lacquered surface of one of the tables, "we're gonna have one hell of a time fighting."

"Brace yourselves, fothermuckers", said Zi-xiang, grinning. "We're in for one hell of a ride."

"Koke no musu made!"

At the final line, Koizumi drew his sword in one clean sweep, the light of the blade glinting in the light of the setting sun, and then leapt out the window, skidding down the roof and landing on his feet in the royal garden. From behind a bush, a Phoenix pounced at the old Japanese man, her crimson armour glittering ominously in the light of the sun. Koizumi sliced backwards, and a masked, helmeted head went rolling.

...

Battle of Don Roith

100,000 Imperial Nizangar Troops
??? Phoenixes

VS

Junichirō Koizumi
Fritze Ackerman
Stephen Vincent Strange
Yasuo Fukuda
Sun Zi-xiang
Wong Tjin-fei
Anastasia Mikhailovna Rostova
Lester
Ariel
Uska

[Skylus]

Heading towards the hidden village (not that one)

Ammy was on high alert as the group slowly picked their way through the undergrowth, ever so slowly heading towards a nearing village in the distance.
The group could see people wandering ruins of some huts as the neared the village entrance.
Ammy found herself wondering what had happened here, to these people
"...It looks like they were raided....Shame, really, they might not want to help us...."
An old woman approached Ammy.
"Hello there, have you come to seek shelter from the Dragon?"
"....What Dragon? Does he happen to have eight heads?"
The woman noticed Issun and smiled down at him.
"Look at this! A one inch tall man! No, my dear, the Dragon does not have eight heads. But his soldiers attacked our quaint village not long ago. We are trying to repair it, you and your companions may stay at my home for as long as you like." She smiled.
"Your panda friend, can he lift heavy objects? We might be able to repair structures faster if he helped us."
Po grinned, walked over to a wooden beam and lifted it over his head.
"Sure. What needs to be done?"
The old woman clasped her hands together as Po set the beam down against an oak tree.
"Lots of things, but all of you look as if you could receive rest. Come."
With this, the old woman lead the group to her home, which had escaped the raid.

[Slenderman The CreepyPasta King]

-void-

[Prusselanden]

Village
"I could help too." Kalo suggested as the old woman was leading his group to her home. He admired her. Even after soldiers raided the village, she was willing to let them in to her home. Some people would think it was stupid but he thought it was brave.

"Hey, Amaterasu, you seem to know something about this snake. Who is it?"

Don Roith
Ackerman struck Akita's nape with a chop, which would knock him out.
"..I'm sorry Yocchi...but this is so you don't hurt yourself anymore."

Xe unsheathed Jontum, but also had a semiautomatic ready at xer disposal. Xer plan was to guard Fukuda for the moment, until they could find a way out of Don Roith. Ackerman also wondered where the bearded stranger went. Xe hoped he would be ok. Thinking of him, Ackerman also realized his voice sounded a bit like Uska's.

Uska...

Ackerman closed xer eyes and sighed.
Just then, Koizumi killed an attacking Pheonix. Ackerman raised up xer saber in case anymore assailants came there way.

Meanwhile, Uska had heard the commotion and he ran back to the group. Upon spotting the helmet, he took out a combat knife.

[Skylus]

Village
"I could help too." Kalo suggested as the old woman was leading his group to her home. He admired her. Even after soldiers raided the village, she was willing to let them in to her home. Some people would think it was stupid but he thought it was brave.

"Hey, Amaterasu, you seem to know something about this snake. Who is it?"

Don Roith
WIP

Ammy looked up towards Kalo
"The Dragon she spoke of is not the one Issun and I know. No, the one we know is an eight headed serpent known as Orochi."
For some reason, the sky would darken for a quick second before returning to normal, as if someone else had made it darken.*
"...Why did the sky get dark for a second...?"
"Possibly because it is taboo to utter his name...But I do not fear the consequences."
"Of course you don't, Ammy, you're a Goddess."
Ammy then went on as she told those around her the long journey to save Nippon from Orochi's wrath.
"I confronted him in the Moon Cave, exactly one hundred years since his last defeat....If you have time, I shall retell you what happened...."
Seeing that everyone was interested, Ammy began to speak.

Here we go. Soundtrack overload incoming. It's nowhere near detailed as the game version, but ehh....

We had just defeated Crimson Helm, but alas, Waka had gotten his hands on the Serpent Crystal. He had gone off to see to Orochi and Issun and I were left to leave the Gale Shrine and make our way back to Kamiki Village.
A storm was raging when we arrived, and everyone in the village was gathered around Susano-o's house. Susano-o is a fearsome warrior, direct descendant of the warrior Nagi, who had slain Orochi 100 years prior.
The reason everyone had gathered around Susano-o's house was that he had gone and consumed the 8 Purification Sake, the same drink that had intoxicated Orochi during Nagi's battle.
After some mostly one sided conversation, a roar was heard and without a second thought, I raced over and leapt up onto a rock, staring up at the sky as 8 different colored crystals appeared in the sky. They formed the Sacrificial Arrow, which spun around in the sky for a bit before diving down, and headed straight for the bridge. It nearly killed a small boy while flying through the air, but his dog threw him out of the way and no one was injured.
The arrow struck the house of Kushi, the Sake Brewer.
Mr. Orange, the oldest resident of Kamiki Village, remained calm during all of this.
It was fate that this had occurred, after all. Kushi left to perpare herself for what was to come and all Issun and I could do was follow her.

We caught up to Kushi at the end of the Cherry Blossom trees near the entrance to Shinshu Field.
Issun and I tried to talk her out of going, but she was determined to not go against fate.
After talking to the woman some more, I decided to go ahead and bring her to the Moon Cave, so I tossed Kushi onto my back and off we went.
We arrived at the Moon Cave several minutes later, Waka showed up, broke the barrier, and went into the cave. He was then tossed out a few seconds later. Seeing only one option, I darted into the cave's entrance - only to have the barrier re seal itself.
I was forced to enter the cave, finding it in ruins, the only thing I could do was jump down into a seemingly bottomless pit.

But it wasn't bottomless, for I landed in the Moon Cave itself. After having to run around the place gathering ingredients for Orochi's appetizer, and gaining the power of Inferno in the process, I was able to reach Orochi's "throne room" and confront him.
Orochi reared his eight heads and roared a challenge.
I took it as the chance to leap into battle, and I did so.

A barrier sprung up as I began using the Brush and whatever I had on me at the time. I dodged the beast's attacks and managed to get enough hits on him to reach the bell on his back, which I attacked with everything I had. The process took a long time, but at last Orochi seemed to be defeated.
But then I spotted Kushi on Orochi's back, seemingly unharmed, but still being held prisoner. I thought she was doomed.
But then Susano-o appeared.
I learnt that it had been he who had removed his ancestor's sword from the Moon Cave and thus awakened Orochi, the two had struck a Blood Oath for some unfathomable reason.
After Susano-o made some speech of bravery, he retreated to find a way to get to my location.
Orochi then decided to fight again, but this time I was able to make him drunk via the Thunder Sake Kushi had brewed earlier.
After a bit, Susano-o found me and we had to repeat what had been done 100 years prior. I brought out the moon, Susano-o's sword was empowered and he leapt into battle, cutting all but one head from Orochi's necks.
At long last, the man leapt into the air and cleaved the main head in two.
Kushi landed in his open arms and the two talked for a bit, before Susano-o began to laugh from happiness.
We left the Moon Cave, and headed to Kamiki for the festival.
You should have seen the fireworks.

Po was the first one to speak after Ammy had finished. "...That's something else."

*4th Wall Break #1
Can't do anything about the freaky singing....stuff on the right for the Orochi fight tracks, sorry. Think of the voice as the people he killed wanting vengeance or something.