BGM: That man still playing

"Progress is slow, i'm kinda wanting some help from a fellow exorcist." said Lyna applying more strenght to the Exorcism Magic, Vita them hammered a Replica away. "Leave those chumps with me, go help her." said Vita to Rin, telephaticaly, Hayate conversed with Vita. "(Say Vita, is Kaika really a Shadow Replica?)" Hayate asked. "(No, she really exists, and her energy is diferent than this faker here.)" said Vita. "(Well, we can't let it escape, since it might fool more people in the form of EMBR.)" said Hayate. "(So, want me to go for Plan B?)" Vita asked. "(Yes, i'll give you the signal if the Faker escapes.)" said Hayate.

_"Alright...Lyna I can help you with that. I am an Exorcist. My blue flames can cure possession, now let's do this"

Rin looked at EMBR. He sent a blast of Blue Flames hurling towards EMBR, which wouldn't hurt her but the person who possessed her.

-"Can you chant Mantras or Sutras Lyna? I sure do need Bon here for that, but do you know any?"

Yasu turned his head to his backside, seeing that the tailed beast bomb was right behind him. Though, the demon didn't show any sign of fear,only that sly smirk on his face. "Pathetic..." Yasu said under his breath as the vortex stopped for a moment on sucking everything in. Then....a monstrously gigantic claw of darkness immerges from the vortex, and Yasu's body is impaled by the sudden impalement of the shadowy claw going right through him and reaching out to hold the tailed beast bomb. The gigantic claw of darkness consisted of all of the dead corpses, all of the corrupted souls infected by every single existing Shadow Replica, and even the energies of the "tainted" souls of the Living. With that alone, this claw of darkness was at par to hold the tailed beast bomb in a phase of equilibrium.

"I should stop holding back, and let you inferior beings witness the power of the Spirit of the Deathly Darkness!!" Yasu proclaimed as he saw it was enough playing around with his opponents. Shadows began to intensify around him, both to slowly heal the gaping hole in his torso from the gigantic claw going through him. Large bony wings began to form from his back, with the wingspan of 10 feet. The darkness around him began to expand more and more, the amount of it was enough to kill off the forest near the area, making their surroundings become a barren wasteland with the radius of over 50 meters.

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Kaika stopped in her tracks as she felt the sudden shift of Shadow Essence far away, and could tell that Yasu was already using that much of his power already. "Shit...I need to get over there now!" Kaika said as she began to run towards the direction where she could feel Yasu.

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Slowly, EMBR was getting little and little of his control back, but Alius's presence was still quite strong in him. In that case, CEE immediately shut off all of EMBR's technology off, which included his cybernetic exoskeleton, his weapon, and even putting CEE on standby mode. At this point, Alius would had already fully "replicated" EMBR's body for future use, and began the waiting game for how she would cleverly get out of the area.

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"Oh...then where are we going to go?...I don't like this forest..." Tris mumbled, not sure where to go and wondered if Shizuru had any idea on where to go herself.

"Huh, how'd I end up here? Is my sense of direction that bad?" said a man who had just woken up in a forest very unfamiliar to them. "My head what happened" the man muttered. He started to walk forward the sound of a a chain and dragging could be heard as well though the shackle with the ball and chain didn't seem to hinder his walking at all. He saw two people up ahead (Tris and Shizuru).

"Really she did that but still it seems like a false hope. Never seen a witch myself till now but I hear they can be pretty sneaky" Chu states after Suzaku's remark. Though he was still partially drunk in a way he was letting Virgillia know he was not lowering his guard despite their safety supposedly being guaranteed in red truth.

(Now for a reappearance.)

As Trey walked through the forest with his Absol next to him he notices a lot trees die nearby with him being just outside of the 50 meter radius. "Whoa" was all Trey could say seeing the barren wasteland that it became.

[Uzumaki Naruto, Town]

-"I should stop playing around too...Kurama go back I'm going to use the Rikodou Sennin."

-"Naruto, I hope you know what you're doing for our sake."

Naruto looked back at Kusanagi.

-"Kusanagi, I need you to protect me for as long as you can, I am going to attempt something."

Naruto began to glow, as he began to change. Circles appeared all around Naruto's body.

Mephilia and Cruxis (How to Duel in Discode)

After pulling Lerafa, they seemed to be finally near the destination. However, Mephilia soon stopped. Standing in her way, her hated brother. "... Speak of the devil and you have my brother.", she said. Cruxis turned and saw both of them. He pointed his arquebus at Mephilia. "If it wasn't enough for Stella to be here, I have to deal with you. No matter, I'll wipe two more idiots out of my way.", he said.

BGM: Mirage Coordinator

Before Cruxis could even blink, Mephilia slashed him at the arm. It was like she was really fast, but she learned how to deal with her brother. "You vendetta against the Multiverse is a SIN. Therefore, it needs JUDGEMENT.", she spoke. Cruxis tried to counter her, hitting Mephilia with his weapon. However, at the time he was going to shoot, the tip of her blade blocked the hole in his arquebus. The weapon exploded, sending both away. "... You're good. But let's see if you can be good at mysteries too!", he said, pulling out a Discode card. "Not so! Firaga!", she spelled. Fire burned under Cruxis. He was hit by it and the Discode card he held was burned. The cut in his arm was still dripping his "blood", and the fire made it worse. "Don't worry, I'll eventually Discode you, Mephilia. And then, I'll kill you at my own mystery! But first...", he said. Cruxis was in pain, but he grabbed his arm, lifted it and pointed another arquebus at Lerafa. "... All witnesses have a free pass to Higan. So long, Defender.", he said, shooting.
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Reimu Hakurei (Battle at the Abandoned Inn)

What the three of them didn't imagined is that Reimu was the nearest to Lyna. She was flying at fast speeds so it wasn't hard for her. When she reached, she finally saw her.
"Hey, that's Lyna! It looks like she's OK. But that guy is possessed. Well, time to help!", she said, releasing a Spell Card.

BGM: Mystic Oriental Love Consultation

"Dream Sign "Evil Sealing Circle"!!", Reimu declared. A blue barrier formed around EMBR, preventing all the ways for Alius to escape. "Do you guys need exorcising? If so, then the Hakurei Cleansing Services is right here for you!". she said, waving to Lyna and the others. Before she could even move, she used her codec. "Hey, Peach. Scan whatever is inside him, now!", she said. An screen appeared in front of her, revealing a blonde girl dressed like a super hero. "You're still wearing that? Didn't Magio told you to remove that costume?", she said. "Let us not talk about it now. I am scanning now, so I need you to focus on maintaining the sealing circle.", Peach responded. "Alright, doing that now!", she said, putting more power on the seal.

Shizuru looked around. "I came off a path leading to somewhere...we could. .." She paused as she could sence someone approaching and once again summoned her weopon.

Hiro was about to discourage Kaika from seeking our Yasu but she had already run off. She ran after her. "Kaika wait..!"

"Hey hey I don't want any trouble ok I just wanted some directions" Free says but since he sees Shizuru summon a weapon he goes into his battle wolf fist stance but this was only a precautionary.

"Hiro wait" Kurama called out but she was gone before he could give pursuit. "Dammit" he remarked before turning to face the two sisters that had given his group the invitation and fragment. "So about my question regarding an explanation for this in further detail" Kurama says as vines from a nearby tree slowly creep to the ground being grown and controlled by Kurama's demonic energy though nothing more happened.

(Battle Wolf Fist Stance. I know it's small but it's the best I could do.)

Shizuru heard Free. "Directions?" She asked him. To her he looked suspicious but she lowered her weopon. "I'm sorry but I just got here and I do not know my way around.." She eyed him.

"Damn well I guess we're all lost together......My name well I don't remember my actual name spent to much time in witch prison but I go by the name Free" Free says to Shizuru moving out of his battle wolf fist stance. The ball, chain shackle and his striped pants were dead give away that he was in prison at one point in a way supporting his mention of witch prison. What was odd was that his left eye had no pupil. Instead it had symbols in it as well as the words 'no future' were tattoo'd right above his left eye where his eyebrow should have been.

" Seems like it. Names Shizuru. ." She introduced as she noticed her looked like he was a escapee of a jail cell but she would not comment. "As I told Tris here. ." She nodded to Tris. "I saw a path not far off."

Lerafa Oliver

BGM: Black Knight ((Similarities with Umineko Music might not be a coincidence.))

"Oh, so you're going for witness elimination huh? Typical for those who want to hide their crimes. Azure Blade! Set up!" Lerafa declared, summoning his new Azure Blade again. "Wind and Light, provide me a protection! (Wait, i wasn't supposed to say that...was i?)" he said as a barrier made of Azure and Wind protected him from Cruxis shots, then, he used the wind of the barrier on his right arm. "CYCLONE BREAKER! PIECE THROUGH!" creating a fist made of energy, he shot it like a rocket punch powered by a cyclone at Cruxis.

Battle at the Abandoned Inn

"R-Reimu!" said Lyna happy that one of her friends arrived, Hayate and Vita didn't think twice, since they knew who Reimu was ((She's that famous)). "Any help is appreciated here." said Hayate smiling. "Sorry Rin, i never needed mantras on my magic, but those flames are of great help, Light! Give me strenght!" said Lyna, appling Light Magic to her Exorsism Spell, Lyna extended her hand at EMBR, and closed it, and started to pull it, as if pulling something away. "You're quite stuborn....aren't you!" said Lyna to Alius.

Team 3 Vs Yasu

"You do know that you should hit the demon, not the one that's been possessed by it." said Midori as she Flash Stepped in front of Naruto and Kusanagi, the other members of Team 3 arriving shortly. "I can feel that he's been possessed...but, how do we purge that demon?" Kaguya asked. "Well, purging demons is way harder than purging spirits, and usually, Holy Magic is involved, unfortunately, i don't have it, the other way, is to destroy the shell that the demon is possessing...something anyone can do." said Midori pulling her cutlass. "Anyway, Miss Kaguya and Major Sanger, stay away from this fight." said Signum, both nodded and stayed on the sidelines. "All right, now time to dance with the Devil." said Saya pulling her Grenade Launcher. "Don't take him Lightly." said Signum. "Hmph, Noted." said Midori as the three woman lunged at Yasu.

[Uzumaki Naruto, Town]

-"..You guys arrived just in time, if you can keep him off me for a while!"

Naruto kept transforming. It was taking a long time. The last person to do this was the creator of the Rikudo Sennin. He was the first Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and kept all the Tailed Beasts in check. The last time Naruto used the Rikudo Sennin was against Madara Uchiha. So the transformation was going to take a long time.

Mephilia and Cruxis (How to Duel in Discode)

* = Red Truth / ° = Blue Truth

BGM: Black Knight still playing

Cruxis quickly evaded the fist before it could hit him. However, Mephilia got after him and tried to slash again. This time, Cruxis shot but Mephilia shielded herself. He knew that both Mephilia and Lerafa wouldn't let him declare a Discode game, so he decided to not leave them out of the option of entering the challenge. "°Your swords are agile like the wind. However, who doesn't possess arguments attacks with the physical.° Are you that weak?", he declared in Blue. "*Divinae's Discode 5th! The Truths are only permitted into a Discode game...* AH!!", she countered in Red, but she fell onto Cruxis' plan. He removed another Discode card. Using them against the Divinae's Discode 5th resulted in an automatic Discode challenge. "... Lerafa, stand back and watch. Learn how the Discode game works, then whenever he challenges you, the answers will be on you mind and tongue!", she said, removing a Discode card.

BGM: lixAxil

""Discode!!"", both Cruxis and Mephilia declared. She took her sword and turned it upside down. "MetaWorld, open!!", she plunged the blade at the ground. The space broke, taking her, Cruxis and Lerafa to another dimension. This time, it was an house, that seemed to be abandoned. "MetaWorld open. Discode game chosen: murder investigation and comprovation. START!!", she said as both ran. The many rooms in the house, in one of them a murder happened. The first step is for them to find the murder, while attacking the other with the Truths. "°The victim of the murder was killed in the bathroom! It was an homicide, and the weapon was a knife!°", he shot at her. "*Denied! The kitchen is far away from the bathroom. In there, exists a time gap that could make the victim escape!*", she countered. In no time, blue and red floating words appeared and clashed, like two swords would hit each other. "This is a form of Discode. Generally, the game stands around mysteries and murders, which are the favorite genre of a False Shadow.", she explained to Lerafa. "And you better start or else you two are losing!", he said. "°Lerafa is only a witness! He is not playing!°", she said. "*Denied! The moment he entered, he's a player, just like us!* So , if you want, stand there and lose like a idiot!", he countered.

Tris only gave a nod, waiting for them to get going. She was still quite shaken since she woke up, noticeable by her sudden quietness.

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Yasu immediately summoned his demonic scythe, the Rupture Cresent, and swung the weapon towards the three charging towards him. A large arc of dark energy was sent towards them, the force of it was that close to breaking the sound barrier. He raised his scythe into the air, and was going to bring the weapon down to the ground to perform a summoning feat. However, just before he would do that, a large pink energy blade was sent flying towards him, forcing him to parry the blade away from him with his scythe.

BGM - Zero-Two

"Hey! Remember what we proposed earlier Yasu, well...I'm going to beat the hell out of you," Kaika had just got there in time to stop Yasu from summoning a numerous amount of Shadow Primes. She knew this as she had fought against Yasu at his breaking point in power, and she knew she was almost killed back then due to her inexperience. However, she was ready this time. Transforming, Kaika shifted into her "Full" transformed state, donning the attire of the Energy Pact Bearer, her eyes radiating bright neon pink as well as wielding the golden broadsword, the Wing of Lucem. In a fast brink of teleporting magic, Kaika appeared right next to Yasu, swinging the golden sword at him, but being easily parried by his scythe.

"And hear this Yasu, I'll kill you one way or the other. I don't even care if I die in this fight...because I'm going to bring you down with me anyways!" Kaika exclaimed with the upmost hatred for the demon. Swiftly, Kaika leapt out of the way as his scythe was just second away from striking her down.

"Good to see that you're full of anger, all in all to make our fight interesting. Out of the many fights that I have been in and won, this one would be the most fun I've had since the beginning of time," Yasu said as he considered Kaika the only other person that was at par with his power.

"I'm not fighting only because I hate you, which I really do, but I'm also fighting to protect those that don't deserve all of this death, whether they're dead or alive. Actually...I'm really fighting to save Sota from your grasps, even if Sota and I die after this fight, we'll be at least away from whatever you have left after this..." Kaika said before both she and Yasu were drawn into fast-paced and lightning speed close combat, the clanking of their weapons echoed and ringed out.

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"Actually...I should thank you..." Alius's voice echoed out in response to Lyna as the shadowy essence suddenly came out of EMBR's body. This caused EMBR to collapse to the ground in exhaustion from the brief possession, as well as his AI CEE starting up his technological gadgets again to give him some recovery. However, Alius suddenly shifted into the form of Kaika, obtaining some of her prowess once again. Eager to escape from this barrier made by Reimu, Alius created a single transparent orb of energy, which did not emit any darkness as this was sorely alike to Kaika's own energy manipulation, and sent the orb of energy out of the barrier and possibly far away from the area.

"I had my fun and all, but all of you aren't my main priority anymore..." Alius said before using the same "teleporting" technique Kaika uses due to having a replicated body of Kaika. Actually, it wasn't teleporting, but swapping places with the energy orb that she had created earlier and sent away from the area. Surely it wouldn't be prevented by the barrier as the swapping technique consisted with the same kind of pure energy that Kaika uses, and none of Alius's dark energy.

[Uzumaki Naruto, Town]

-"I've Finally finished....I'm in Sage of Six Paths mode now! Hey you attacking that guy let me help you!" Naruto yelled at Kaika.

He ran towards Yasu and threw A Kunai with a paper bomb attached to it, he would use that as a distraction

-"Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!"

10 Shadow Clones appeared next to Naruto. 5 of them ran towards Kaika and the other five began forming the Rainbow Rasengan, which wasn't that powerful. Naruto made the Paper Bomb explode clouding Yasu's field of vision.

-"Sage of the Six Paths power can't be matched, this is a God's power!"

Shizuru looked at Tris and Free. "Shall we go then?"

Hiro caught up with Kaika just in time to see her clash with Yasu. She blinked as Naruto showed up to help. Summoning some flames she shot at Yasu being careful not to hit Kaika.

"Yeah we should get going as who knows this 'path' may led us out of this forest" Free said walking over to the two. He didn't seemed hindered at all by his shackle.

BGM: 玄月落魄

Lerafa Oliver in the Discode

"Right, i'll do my best to understand this game." he said noddingand crossing his arms, analyzing the crime scene and ignoring Cruxis taunts.

Vs Alius

Vita: Heh, we still have business with you. (And you, don't screw up you clumsy girl)

Hayate and Vita where prepared for the case Alius escaped, they worked together to create a new force field spell, which they dubbed: The Red Night, Alius would see everything around her Red, then Amita, the one that was close to the inn, but was told by telephaty to stay clear, now made an appearence. "Do you know how these kind of spells work? It puts you in another dimension, pretty much cutting any communication that you have with the external world. Also, my friends told me of your 'teleportation' spell, and now that you gave us a demonstration, it won't work a second time, why? Because this Red Night won't let you!" said Amita summoning her weapons. "Prepare yourself!" Amita lunged at Alius

Amita: (So, how did i do?)
Hayate: (You did great, we'll be there in a flash.)
Amita: (I'll try to leave some for you.)

Vs Yasu

"What? You think we're gonna lose?" said Saya as she joined Kaika in the High-Speed combat, Saya is known for being quite fast herself. (Why do you thik she wields many Katanas?), Midori threw her cutlass on the air and grabbed her Iai Blade, with a swing of it, created an air pressure that shielded her from Yasu's attack, similar to how the destroyed the Planetary Rasengan. "A World Traveler is not known for it's failures." she said as the cutlass came back to her. "And...we do never give up on living!" said Signum, transforming her sword to a bow. "Fly, My Falcon" said Signum as she shot a powerful arrow named Sturmfalken It was Signum's strongest techinique and would cause massive damage once it hit its target.

Alius sighed as she instantly shifted her body of Kaika into the body of EMBR, somewhat changing Alius's perception gender into a male. "Then I'll just have to fight you within this Red Night," Alius said as he held out the combat suitcase, having it shift into blade mode with the plasma receptors. Even if Alius copied EMBR's body, replicating his weapons and technology was also done.

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"Cover me!" Kaika shouted to the others of the fight as she leapt away from Yasu, holding out her sword as a large magic crest appeared in front of her. At the same time, Yasu was distracted by the many others involved with this fight, but let out a large blast of darkness from his body to expel any of the attacks that came near him.

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"Yeah..." Tris nodded to Shizuru, wondering where they would go to.