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"Look! People! Hi! I'm Midori! This is my dad, Kaze! Nice to meet ya!" Midori said happily. Kaze mumbled. "hi. Now, has anyone seen my flame shurakin?" Kaze asked

Viridi thought for a moment, as she was in complete shock. "So...you were using me, like I said." She began, trying to think straight. "But...you got really mad at Corrin when she made us kiss..."

Asuna glanced at he newly awakened girl, and smiled. "Do you want some something, sweetie?" She questioned, her voice kind.

Ryuko looked up at the commotion, waved to the not dead girl, and continued stuffing herself.

Natsu grinned at the girl before saying anything. "Why would she be dead!" He asked, his voice light.

"Dar?" Darkrai held up a small item from off the ground. It was pointy, and surprisingly warm.

"Well she didn't do anything for a while..." Henry shrugged.

dads shurakin! Dad you're shurakin!" Midori said. Kaze took it and put it away. "There. All better." Kaze said relieved

Darkrai had never seen an item like this before, but was surprised when Kaze took it, his eye widening. "Dar?"

Natsu looked at Darkrai, still grinning. ¨It's fire!¨ He said, hoping to examine it himself.

Darkrai nodded, looking back at Kaze. "Krai..." he said, gesturing to the shuriken.

"No, I wasn't... well, I was, but then I..." Dark Pit trailed off, unsure how to continue. "I... I do like you. That's why I got mad at her. I didn't understand, I still don't. At first it was just for the Power of Flight that I stayed around you, but then..."

"I...why didn't you just say then? If you think you actually like me..." Viridi also trailed off, still shocked at what Dark Pit had said.

Natsu glanced at Kaze before looking at Darkrai. "I think he wants it back!" He exclaimed in his usual cheerful voice.

"I was... afraid you wouldn't believe me, or that you would and you'd just shove me away," Dark Pit confessed. He looked away, unable to make eye contact with Viridi.

Viridi gave a slight smile, still staring at the ground. "I still might. Caring about things just makes you weak."

"I know," Dark Pit growled, clenching his fists. "It frustrates me. Why did you think I push everyone away all the time? I don't want to care about them."

Viridi winced, feeling bad for him. "I guess it's too late for that, isn't it." She began, trying not to sound too rude. "So...sorry, I think. You can leave any time you want, I won't try to stop you." She paused in realization. "I have to un-fire Phosphora, and then...I'll be fine."

"Okay, I'm sure she'll be happy with that," Dark Pit murmured.

Viridi paused, looking at Dark Pit again. "And what about you?" She responded quietly, not sure if she wanted to hear the answer.

"I don't know," he mumbled. "I'm just going to think about it for now."

Viridi nodded, understanding what he meant. She stood, stretching. She began walking away, but glanced back, calling over her shoulder. "Take as long as you need." And then she left to go find Phosphora. When she finally found her, she stared at her apologetically. "You're un-fired, if you want to be."

Asuna continued eating quietly.

Ryuko's eyes followed Viridi as she walked away from Dark Pit, biting back her curiosity.

Meliodas kept his distance from the others, quietly observing their actions.

Natsu blocked out the rest of his surroundings as he stuffed his face with as much as he could.

Ryuk left himself invisible, watching Phosphora and Viridi.

"Really?" Phosphora perked up. "Thank you so much!" She grinned. Her violet eyes were filled with happiness.

"Darkrai..." Darkrai gestured to the shuriken again.

Dark Pit watched Viridi walk away, his thoughts refusing to stray from their conversation. A sudden realization struck him: he had no idea when he'd last eaten. Seeing everyone else with food had reminded him, and he was kind of hungry. He decided to go towards them. He started walking.

Viridi just smiled, not saying anything about Dark Pit. "Just...go get something to eat." She decided to say, walking farther away from everyone.

Asuna sat up straight when she noticed the angel walking over. "There's plenty here!" She called, a smile planted on her face.

Dark Pit was silent as he sat down and began to eat.

"You know, you could say something," Jodie commented. "You know, just to confirm that you can." She watched the angel ignore her, and rolled her eyes.

Viridi continued walking until she couldn't see anyone, and she sat down against one of the 'trees'.

Ryuko glanced at Jodie, raising an eyebrow at her rudeness. "He doesn't have to talk just because you want him to." She stated, her voice lowering.

Asuna smiled as she saw the angel eating her food, happy she made something everyone wanted.

"Sure, okay," Jodie conceded.

Lucina got up and looked at Henry. "Still want to summon those Risen?" she asked. Henry nodded enthusiastically and the two began to walk away from the group.

Henry stopped suddenly. "Hey, anyone wanna go fight zombies?" he asked, his grin never leaving his face.

Dark Pit shook his head and continued eating.

Phosphora shrugged. "Maybe."

Asuna politely declined, standing and looking around at some of the others.

Ryuko jumped up, scissor blade in hand. "I'll go, it sounds interesting." She responded, a smirk on her face.

Meliodas stayed put, but also declined. "No, I think I'd rather stay and make sure nobody here dies."

Natsu jumped up, his fists on fire. "Killing things? Sounds fun!" He shouted, running up to Henry.

Ryuk remained invisible, not answering anything as he watched the scene unfold.

"Krai," Darkrai decided, going to the group that was leaving sort of.

Jodie remained where she was.

Henry led everyone who'd agreed a ways away from the others and started sketching sinister looking symbols in the dirt. He eventually said a few words to cause them to glow, and Risen- zombies- began to materialize. "Nya ha ha, let's kill 'em!" Henry cheered, readying his Ruin tome.

Lucina drew her Falchion as the Risen stumbled forward. They were in fact faster, and had the abilities of most living fighters, though they couldn't grow tired or feel pain.

"Darrrrrkrai!" Darkrai threw a Shadow Ball at a Risen, hitting it square in the chest. A few more attacks and the monter dissolved into purple smoke, before disappearing entirely.

Asuna began making some of the empty baskets disappear, cleaning up some of the area around everyone.

Ryuko followed, silently watching as Henry summoned the monsters. She smirked as they began to appear, and raised her hand to her glove. She pulled the string, a bright light going off around her. "Kamui Senketsu!" She shouted, her uniform transforming. She raised her scissor blade, jumping forward and cutting into one of the Risen, chopping it's body into little pieces until it disappeared.

Meliodas didn't move, rather just stood there and watched Asuna work her strange magic.

Natsu ran after everyone, lighting himself on fire as he arrived at the fighting scene. He threw himself at one of the monsters, causing it to burn up to a pile of ash in an instant. He turned to the next enemy, repeating the process.

Ryuk remained where he was, closely watching everyone.

{ Brb, gotta shower }

"So much fighting! Yay!" Henry grinned as he used his Ruin to pretty much explode Risen after Risen.

Lucina slashed at the Risen, killing them with swift, well-placed strikes. Her eyes gleamed like sapphires as she cut through the horde, the Brand of the Exalt in her left eye almost seeming a brighter white.

Darkrai decided to give his side an advantage by using Dark Void on the Risen. They were soon asleep. After recieving a shocked stare from Henry, Darkrai shrugged. This was normal to him.

Ryuko glanced at Darkrai as he froze the Risen, but continued cutting them up anyway. She muttered things under her breath in response to Senketsu, hoping nobody else would notice.

Natsu didn't notice the fact that the enemies were frozen, he just continued attacking them one-by-one, burning everything in his path to a crisp.

Darkrai used a few more attacks, but it was simple what with the monsters being asleep.

Soon there were no Risen left, the last of the purple smoke dispersing. Henry grinned. "That was so fun!" he exclaimed.

Ryuko nodded in agreement, her Kamui going back to it's original state. "How often can we do that? I enjoy a good fight...no matter how weak the enemy."

Natsu put his fires out, a grin on his face. "That was awesome! And I didn't know you could put things to sleep, Darkrai!"

"Dar," Darkrai said, glancing at the ground. He had no problem with putting anything to sleep, but he wished he could do it without giving them nightmares. In some cases it was helpful, but when trying to befriend someone it generally only hindered him.

"Yeah, killing stuff is great!" Henry agreed.

Lucina looked at her sword for a moment, thinking of her father. She wondered where he was, and if he was okay. Sighing, she sheathed the blade again.

Ryuko glanced around at the others. "Should we head back now?" She questioned, not wanting to get lost.

Natsu didn't respond, just waited for everyone else to cast their votes before he looked at Darkrai. "That's an awesome power!" He exclaimed, his usual cheerful grin on his face.

"We probably should," Lucina said with a nod.

"Yeah, Luci's right!" Henry agreed. "We might get lost without that food lady!"

"Rai," Darkrai agreed, nodding. "Dar... darkrai." He wasn't sure if Natsu could even remotely understand his problem, but he tried to explain anyway.

Ryuko began leading the group back to where the others were.

Natsu tilted his head, ignoring the fact that Ryuko was leaving. "You...don't like doing it?" He questioned, only semi-understanding the creature.

Darkrai paused a moment before trying to reply. "Dar." The Nightmare Pokemon shook his head. "Rai." He closed his eye for a moment, trying to come up with a gesture for "Nightmare." Easier said than done. He sort of shuddered, hoping that would work.

Natsu thought for a moment before frowning. "You...hurt people in the...wait, nightmares?" He asked, suprised.

Darkrai was honestly surprised that worked. He nodded. "Darkrai..." he mumbled, expecting Natsu to want to be as far away from him as possible. Most people did, it wouldn't be strange to him at all.

Natsu just smiled, grabbed Darkrai's arm, and dragged him back to the others.

Darkrai's eye widened. He was surprised, but in a good way. He had a friend. He thought for a moment and decided that more or less, he had a trainer.

Dark Pit got up after a while and walked in the direction Viridi had gone. He wanted to be alone to think, and he doubted he'd run into the goddess anyway. He hoped he wouldn't, for once.

Viridi froze as she heard something in the distance. She didn't say anything, and tried to remain as quiet as possible.

Natsu and Darkrai finally arrived back to where the others waited, releasing Darkrai and waiting for someone to say something.

Ryuk made himself visible again, floating over to Phosphora.

"Woah, what an awkward silence!" Henry decided to point out.

Dark Pit kept walking. He wasn't paying much attention to his surroundings, causing him to walk straight into a tree. He groaned as he took a step back. Shaking his head, the angel turned to walk around the tree. He thought he heard something, and became mor alert.

Viridi heard a loud bang and winced. She looked up and noticed Dark Pit just a few trees away from her. She tried to hold her breath, hoping he wouldn't notice her.

Asuna just laughed, looking around to see if anyone was still eating. "Is everyone okay with me fully cleaning up now?" She questioned.

Ryuko nodded, trying to avoid eye contact with the remaining bits.

Meliodas said nothing, like usual, and just stayed standing up, watching everyone from afar.

"I'm good now!" Natsu responded, patting his stomach in the process.

Darkrai shrugged. He didn't care either way.

Henry nodded.

Jodie nodded as well, lying back in the grass.

"That might be a good idea," Lucina said.

Phosphora shrugged. "I don't care."

Dark Pit kept walking, noticing Viridi out of the corner of his eye and ignoring her. He mentally cursed himself, she'd probably seen him walk into the tree. He eventually stopped and climbed a tree, once Viridi was a ways behind him.

Viridi exhaled deeply once Dark Pit had past. She remained where she was, not wanting to accidentally go the wrong way and get lost.

Asuna waved her hands again, and in a brief moment everything was gone again. She sat on the grass, pausing before she let her body fully fall, closing her eyes and lacing her fingers.

Ryuko began walking over to the one who had summoned the Risen. She gave him a mix between an angry and an excited look, before deciding what she was going to say. "How did you summon those things? How many more times can you do it?" She questioned, her voice sounding almost bored, despite her facial expression.

Meliodas began studying Darkrai from afar, wondering where he came from. On that thought, he began debating where everyone had come from, and how different their worlds were than his.

"It's pretty easy, I just draw a few magical symbols and say the magic word and poof! Risen!" Henry said, grinning. "I can summon as many as you want!"

Ryuko nodded, interested in this magic. "Can anyone learn it?"She responded, her voice deeper than usual.

"Not everyone can, but you could, probably," Henry shrugged. "If you can use a time you can do any magic in my world, but you need to be able to use a dark time for dark magic. Try using one!" Henry opened his bag to reveal multiple books, all with purple covers. Each had silver on the cover as well, a different symbol on each one. "Hang on a second. Aha!" Henry pulled out one book with a symbol resembling a diamond and two lightning bolts.

Ryuko nodded, taking the book from Henry. She glanced at him, beginning to wonder what the purpose of the book was. "What do I do with it?"

"You open it and do the magic thingy with it. Like this!" Henry pulled out a different time and demonstrated, opening it and making a gesture with his hand, causing the tree he pointed at to explode.

Ryuko nodded, copying Henry's actions, except with the book in her hand. She waited for a moment, but nothing happened. "Did I do something wrong?" She asked, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

"I dunno, maybe you just can't use tomes. Or maybe it's just dark magic. You need to be evil and stuff!" Henry's grin wavered slightly.

Ryuko raised an eyebrow, giving Henry an almost-glare. "I'm technically an enemy to humans, no matter how many times I've saved them, so talk on all you want about being evil."