AN: Listened to the theme for "Schindler's List", "Snowflakes" by Shihoko Hirata and 'Eleanor's Lullaby' from "Bioshock 2", to get me emotionally ready.

Four chapters left.

Enjoy.

ARC Ten: Return to Life

Chapter One Hundred Six: The Wave Called Misery

A spark.

A hot feeling.

Something Subaru had not felt before, coursed through his very being once he touched him. Like a thousand volts were streaming into his body, yet instead of inflicting excruciating pain on him, it felt relieving. This was evident by the tears streaming down his cheeks.

"You...YOU…are-"

As if it was the activation of something far more grander than he could imagine….

….Everyone's memories began flooding back to them.

Julius dropped his pen onto the ground as he rose up from his work desk. He clutched the chest of his knight uniform, breathing rapidly. He had seen it, the missing scenes in his mind that were once clouded, now free.

"Then, this means, that my rival is-"

"-UWAGGHHHHHH!"

He heard Felt screaming from the other room. Fulfilling his duty, he ran out the of their and into her corters. As he flung open the door, he saw that Felt was on the ground clutching something and crying madly.

"Felt-sama?! What is-"

"-How could I forget?!"

Julius was stumped as she rose up from the ground, holding onto a certain tiara in her possession. Her red eyes looked up to the ceiling, as if she were searching for something…

"How could I forget him? I love him so much! What was I doing even?! What the fuck was going through my mind?!"

"Felt…"

"...Come back...PLEASE COME BACK!"

She finally let out all of her bent and fractured emotions out into the open, free to expressed for all to hear. Her mind flooded with the images of a brave man saving her old man from the knights at the castle and of him protecting them from Gluttony.

Her hero.

"BRUCE! BRUCE! PLEASE! PLEEEEEEEASE! COME BACK!...Please, I need you."

Julius walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder, trying his best to calm her down...even if he too was feeling like broken pieces at the moment. Yet, he was silently thankful to be able to remember the man who was his rival, the woman who found redemption and the warrior who sacrificed himself to save them.

He was thankful.

Ram dropped her tray, spilling soup on the wooden floorboard and breaking the cups next to them. She held her mouth as she did her absolute best to hide back any outbursts. A swirl of emotions boiled in her. Happiness and relief. Grief and anger. It was sudden and quick, that even she feared a passout would happen at any moment.

Then, using her strong will, she braved through and over to Roswaal's room. When she flung open the door, she saw him, laughing.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Roswaal-sama?"

"Ahahaha, Ram, look, behold! He has come back! Come back to finish me off!"

"No...even I know he wouldn't do-"

"-So naive Ram, naive of his encompassing anger and hatred of me….Even then, I would rather perish than breath the same air as that man."

Unsure of why he said that, she witnessed him pull out a glowing stone; a magic gem. Ram froze in place as she reached out to him slowly.

"Please put that down-"

"-Ram."

"Yes?"

He finally put on a warm smile to her, the kind she had not seen in two months, and while it made her feel her heart beat faster...it made her uneasy as well.

"What is it Roswaal...sama?"

"Hm, It's simply that I realized something...That along the path up to today, I haaaaaaaadn't been walking alone."

"No…"

The magic gem shined suddenly, Roswaal nodded to Ram, just as she summoned her horn and-

"Ram, thank you and your sister. Teacher, I am sorry that-"

The gem exploded, and Roswaal's remains splattered all over the room, leaving it as red as the blood that flowed within him. Ram crawled to the ground...she began scooping up whatever of Roswaal from the ground. She giggled a bit, before she truly began to take her breaths in slowly. She picked up a chunk of meat, but it slipped through her fingers.

"A….AGHHHHHHHHH! UWAGHHHHHHHH!"

She held her head as she began slamming it onto the blood drenched floor, screaming at the top of her lungs. Her screams, echoed into the room, then through the hall, and finally outside of the cottage they stayed in…

Loch was tending to the fireplace when he began cracking his neck.

"Something wrong Loch~?"

"Hm?"

He turned his head as he saw Zia in her nightgown sitting on a couch. He got up and sat next to her.

"Not much...well...I have a question…"

"Say it. I'll talk to you about anything."

"...What's a Batman?"

"Oh wow~! Talk about naming a legend!"

She rested her head on his lap, as she patted his abs.

"That there is the second half to the heroes of Lugnica! He helped Natsuki Subaru kill the Sizable HAre and White Whale!"

"Oh man, that's heavy stuff."

"Not only that, but he helped defeat most of the Sin Archbishops of the Witch's Cult, fought in the Watergate City War, has taken out so many, well bad guys. And not only that! He took down an assassination organization in Gusteko! Oh man~! The list goes on!"

"Really top notch hero, huh?"

"Yup…"

She rested her head further into his lap.

"A real hero."

He patted her head, making her feel further bliss…

Even if he couldn't remember all of his memories, he decided that it was unimportant to him at the moment. All because he had someone he had to repay...take care of...and to hold close.

Scarecrow, Der Amboss, Rosenrot, Anthrax, Swamp Thing, Aja, Vasilisa and Gustav all felt the sudden change in the air, like if an immense spark went off in their heads. All of them were shocked by the sudden change...but they all knew what caused it. As if the spirits were understanding of the situation at hand, they all looked up. Knowing full well what was now occurring they simply understood that there was literally nothing they could do...except allow the changes that were to come.

All over the world, memories of certain individuals began sprouting back into the consciousness of everyone.

Anastasia Hoshin fumbled her papers as she remembered the individuals forgotten by time.

Tivey and Joshua stood from their chairs as they sat in a lobby. Both men were stunned in recalling those distant memories of several warriors that they felt indebted to...

Ferris held his head in pain and rage as he remembered the second person he felt scorn towards...especially seeing that Cursch had some crayons and had begun drawing a certain symbol onto a piece of paper.

"Dun...dun, dun!"

She began singing a tune to herself...as she finished her little doodle, a bat symbol.

Otto grabbed the rose that was on his desk, ignoring the thorns stabbing into his palm. He held it close as he began to cry.

"Pamela…"

He then looked out the window and onto the dark skies high above.

"Slade-san...Bruce…"

Priscilla fanned herself as she stood atop a grassy hill, looking over the craters of the landscape surrounding her.

"So he's back then, how amusing."

She gave off a powerful smile as she closed the fan in her hands.

Irlham Village's residents looked up into the sky, hopeful. They now remembered one of the few people they respected more than anything. They prayed he would actually come back to them all.

Meili dropped her cup as she was returning to her seat in a restaurant, she smiled a pained smile, as she recalled the day she met a certain armored figure along with her big sister Elsa, and the accompanying days of him training her and letting her sleep in his arms. Large droplets of tears fell out of her eyes.

"Slade...you idiot~."

Here and now, Garfiel fell to his knees, he grabbed his shoulders...and began to tear up.

"Bruce, Slade, Pamela...oh fuck, how could we forge' em'?!"

Mimi hugged his head, as she too was becoming a mixed swirl of emotions, having her memories of three people that she looked up to, return.

Petra sat on the ground elegantly, but her eyes were indicative of her sudden realization.

"Slade-sensei…"

Her teacher, a hard person to get along with, but nonetheless a human being that always did his best no matter how crude, vicious or complex the actions he did were...he would strive for success. She admired that in him and respected him for it...now she felt complete and utter sadness in realizing she forgot about him. But there was hope, that the other person who walked alongside them, would appear to them.

Sekhmet patted her on the head, sighing solemnly as she stared at the void ahead of them...the wind picking up, possibly to signal something.

Subaru fell to his hands and knees, he was now face to face with the very person they went through so much trouble to rescue.

Rem cried as she held her sides...she saw the memory of when she first met Subaru in the mansion; as he slept in his room after the battle in the loot house. At first she had every intention of killing him, due to the smell of the Witch on him, but she decided against it seeing his innocent antics while he slumbered, and waited to see how he was. When she stepped outside, she saw a man walking through the halls, she recognized him as the man who arrived with Emilia as well. An oddly dressed one in fact. She then saw him turn his head to her, bowing his head to her in a proper manner, before walking away…

A simple, not too exciting memory...but it was to show her he acknowledged her existence and didn't see her as a simple maid to ogle at. He showed her some form of respect…

"Bruce-san…"

Emilia used her hands to cover her mouth, seeing the time they visited the capital for an important task. He kept telling her to knock it off; this was due to the fact that every single time a person passed by, she would point at Subaru and exclaim how, 'that's my knight over there'. So she decided to play against him instead...she would point at him and exclaim, 'he's one of my bestest friends, in the entire world'.

"Bestest isn't even technically a word, Emilia."

She smiled up at him.

Now she was weeping in joy, finally having him back in her life.

Frederica could see it now. The moment an incredibly strangely outfitted person entered through the doors of the mansion and into her life, the first man she truly ever began to respect, to look up to and in less than a few days, she was madly in love with.

Now, she remembered his face and the kisses they shared, and she wailed painfully in seeing him in front of her.

Sarah could only hold her tears as she recalled the romantic times they had in their cabin in the mountainsides of Gusteko. Those were truly blissful moments, that she hoped they could experience again, especially with him now back. Her heart fluttered seeing him still alive.

Beatrice walked over and smiled at him. She was truly in joy at seeing her old friend back in the memories of everyone there...but soon she heard the cracking sound they heard earlier still echoing...then it became high pitched, causing everyone to cover their ears in pain.

It grew.

Grew with intensity and frequency.

And then, suddenly lowered in volume.

Until it was utterly quiet.

"I hope-"

"...?"

"I hope you all realize what that was."

Batman looked at the still teary eyed Subaru, making him flinch as he could tell...something was wrong.

In the DC Universe, Elaine, Phantom Stranger and Ambush Bug were near the edge of the universe, close to the Source Wall.

"Damn, just what is this, Phantom?"

"It is simple Ambush Bug, this is the consequence of the encounter that happened two months ago."

"...I knew that a crossover between those two would lead to some form of damage, but this…"

He held his breath as they looked at strange rainbow colored cracks that would appear and disappear all across the Source Wall.

"What does it all mean, Elaine? Did something screwed up happen?"

"...They encountered each other again, Ambush Bug. This has resulted in a form of paradox between their realities...which as you might have guessed, has caused the already fractured state of reality to strain further, now it's about to break...and even I can't do anything about it."

"S-s-So we're all going to die?!"

"No, we're not going to die. Our world is still going to be here, but other worlds beyond our own are really going to feel the effects of this, hell we'll have the occasional hiccup here and there as well."

She folded her arms as she saw the cracks almost dance across the wall as they disappeared and reappeared again.

"Worlds will collide, alternate universes of established realms will intermingle with others, and not all of these encounters will be on friendly terms."

"So, crossovers all over the damn place?!"

"To an extent yes, you can say that."

Phantom Stranger watched as one final gigantic crack formed in front of them, letting them see other established characters from across media and literature staring back at them.

"What do we call this then, Prescence?"

"...Just as it looks, I guess."

"We'll call it [The Crossing Effect]."

As she said this the crack shined a bright blinding light.

[The Crossing Effect] had now begun.

For however long it would last…

In the battle torn city of Shiganshina District, a large being raised itself from the rubble of house. A giant humanoid being breathed harshly as it was healing, this was a titan. A titan that housed a young man named Eren Jaeger.

"Bastard…!"

He walked forward, even if it was evident that he was barely able to move...up ahead his current rival the Armored Titan, housing Reiner Braun got up himself...now missing an arm. Instead of fighting each other, they looked towards the other side, watching as a gigantic foot slammed into the ground, crushing a giant chunk of the city. Near the foot, the corpse of the once powerul Colossal Titan, which was dwarfed in size compared to this foot, lay there.

"I won't let it get away with this!"

He kept looking up, it's size was easily seven times the size of the Colossal Titan, maybe more. It's large four limbs which it walked on, were crushing everything in it's path, and nothing could stop it. Not Eren, not Reiner, not the military bombardment, nor the Ape Titan or Levi were able to do anything to it.

"Damn you…!"

Eren furrowed his brows.

Before he let out a mighty roar...only for his to be quickly drowned out by this giant monster's screech.

"Groooooaaar!"

"MRAGGGHHHHGROOOOOAAAAR!"

What had arrived was so large, it's head poked out of the clouds and was a force of nature that none could challenge...it was a fully grow Cloverfield monster, and it had every intention of making this world it's territory.

Half of the city was ablaze and a nearby building collapsed into the streets below.

Sailor Moon watched on in horror. She was covered in blood and her left eye was closed shut with a black eye. She clenched her fists and held onto her magic weapon, just as the other Sailor Scouts joined her. They were on a nearby rooftop, looking down at the horrible fate that befell the city.

Two seperate meteorites that no one discovered until it was far too late, crashed into opposite sides of the Prefecture and had resulted in the emergence of two invasive alien species. They then began to attack the populace, their numbers growing to frighentning levels. And now it would seem the two were now fighting for control of their newfound territory.

Their resulting war engulfing the cities in bloodshed and destruction.

These two species.

Xenomorphs.

Arachnids of Klendathu.

These creatures were in conflict and it was dragging the human race into it. Even the Sailor Scouts were being overwhelmed by their numbers and special attributes. Just as Sailor Moon was being comforted by Tuxedo Mask, a hopper bug flew towards them, but it was shot down by a blue energy beam, causing it plummet back down to the street below.

Usagi turned her head as she nodded.

"Thank you for coming, we're going to need your help."

"Krrkkkkkk."

Deactivating it's camouflage, the Predator walked over to be in sight of the others.

All of them, preparing to depart to the two meteors...hoping to end the conflict here and now. A harsh wind blew around them.

Karakura Town.

It was a city that was now a smoldering wreck.

Then again, so was the rest of the human world.

Ichigo Kurosaki was covered in blood, even if he was in his most powerfulest form and was coughing out chunks of blood, next to his feet was the dead body of his friend, Chad. He relented in seeing him like that, but shook his head as he leaped forward...just above the collapsed Soul King Palace, which was atop his home. He found his adversary, many other Soul Reapers both new generation and the current were charging forward.

"Your ressssistance is futile, Kurosaki Ichigo...the virgin realms of the SSSeretei and Hueccccco Mundo are mine to take."

"Like I want to hear insane crap like that, come out of your mouth!"

He dashed to him, but his hit was blocked by his enemy encasing himself in a powerful energy aura.

"My forces come to end thisssss useless insurgency! All the realms are mine! MINE! ALL THINGS BELONG TO ME NOW!"

Just as he yelled this, he pointed his long claw like finger at him, smiling.

"ANNIHILUS LIVES! ALL OTHER THINGS DIE!"

Annihilus flew in the air, letting energy spill out of the cosmic rod on his chest. Holding onto a staff that housed the Cosmic Cube, and letting the Quantum Bands shine, the very ones he stole from the dead Quasar...before he and the Annihilation Wave found themselves here in this world.

And he was utter joy. No super heroes. No cosmic entities. Nothing but simple humans that could use strange abilities, but they were nothing to him.

"Annihilus!"

"Come then, become destroyed! Sssssslowly dissolve into nothing as I have done to the othersssss!"

As he said this, warships zoomed down from the clouds, ready to continue this destructive conflict.

Here in a simple buddhist temple on the outskirts of the city, a married couple were entertaining a guest, an expected one to be sure. But not an ordinary couple to say, the husband looked quite plain...while his wife was stunning beauty unlike one would have ever seen. Shimmering blue eyes, matching the blue triangular markings adorning her cheeks and the diamond shaped one on her forehead. She fixed her light brown hair as she smiled at their guest.

"Would like anything to eat sir?"

"Does it look like I eat anything?"

"...How about to drink?"

"Hahhhhh. Water, then."

"Okay!"

She got up to retrieve a glass of water, but now her husband was sitting their nervous at the ominous figure sitting at the end of the table. As Belldandy returned she handed him the cup and smiled.

"Now, shall find a way to get you home?...Um,...oh I am Belldandy and this is my husband Keichii-san."

"Hi, nice to um, meet you sir? And you are?"

His green eyes narrowed and his red cape moved around as if it was alive, or at least a part of his body...which in a sense, was true.

"They call me Spawn."

Kirito and the others were running through the streets, but everytime they turned a corner they would encounter another person who was being controlled through his Augma.

"It is pointless to try and run away."

"TCH!"

They all made their way back the opposite direction...only to run into another person, this time a little girl.

"Why can't you see the perfection I am trying to create?"

"Shut up!"

Kirito turned around and Asuna nearly cried out when they saw who it was.

"S-Suguha…"

"We are going to save you illogical people from yourselves. The human race needs guidance, and I am the only one who could do that."

Kirito grabbed a wooden sword and glared at her. Her expressionless, void like eyes stared back at him.

"Give me back SUGUHA! GIVE ME BACK EVERYONE!"

"I am sorry Kirito...I am afraid I cannot do that."

The resistance against the globe spanning HAL 9000 virus would continue….

The Jurian Empire was sending every last force it could muster against the galaxy destroying wrath of these unknown beings, that even the Choushin, could not erase from existence...learning for the first time of the farther reaching universes outside of their reality.

Even Tenchi Masaki was unable to do anything, and now he was in a catatonic state after coming into contact with one of them.

Now the Jurian Warships watched as an entire planet under their territory was destroyed by this massive force. Now, they were prepared, watching as one of these creatures was heading straight for them...Nyarlathotep, a mind wrecking image of a mass of tentacles and teeth, charged at them along with several other Outer Gods.

Bringing destruction and madness with them…

The Iron Giant and an adult Hogarth Hughes found themselves facing a robot that kept calling itself, Mazinger Z.

Guts ran across the snowy peaks near their recent campsite, as he faced a man riding a Wyvern, who only came to be known as the Nameless King.

Goliath and his gargoyle clan were now battling in the streets of Manhattan. Xanatos launched his machines to help, Elisa and Matt Bluestone rode in with hover bikes and even Macbeth and Demona were aiding in the conflict... all of them and more, joining against something called the Adversary and his wooden soldiers, as they marched through the war torn streets of their home. unknowing of the old man named Gepetto watching the spectacle from afar.

Lux Arcadia was in his Drag Ride, Bahamut, with a bloodied face, indicative of the hideous blood loss he suffered. The girls that always accompanied him, were on the floor unconscious, as they were easily taken out by their enemy. The city around them were a sea of explosions and screams.

"A shameful display boy. You will need to try harder if you wish to even damage me."

Lux's breathing faltered before he charged forward, only for his green cloaked adversary to summon lightning from his gauntlets.

"None, not in any world, can surpass Doom!"

Dr. Doom shot himself forward facing off against his young opponent.

Yukihira Soma placed his dish down on the table as the rest of the school watched on...only for the judge to slam his hands on the table. The jugde rasied his head...

"What the fuck are you doing, you donkey?!"

"Wh-What?!"

"Jesus Christ! What's with all this sauce, why'd you mix these two things together?! Oh god, fucking come on, are you being serious?!"

"Well...it'll really taste good, y'know..."

Even Soma was taken aback by his outbursts and bad language. So the blonde haired judge twirled his fork before pointing it at him.

"This better be the best fucking thing I've had all week, or your fucked, Mr. Yukihira!"

And so, Gordon Ramsay took a bite of his dish, as everyone watched on with high expectations.

Seeley Booth and his partner Temperance "Bones" Brennan were hiding under a table. He had his gun ready, actually wary of the situation they were in.

She leaned over to whisper to him.

"Do you think he left?"

"I actually really hope-"

The wall ahead of them broke apart, and out stepped Uber Jason Voorhees. His red eyes were practically shining in the darkness as he looked down at the two.

"Oh...shit."

He fired multiple shots into him, but the bullets bounced off. Seeing their chances dwindling, Bones threw the table up at him, which he chopped in half with his bare hands. They made a run for it as he walked after them. As they ran, they moved past the countless dead bodies of the other agents and officers Jason had mercilessly killed. As they made it to the car, Seeley was stabbed through the shoulder by a tossed machete, Bones screamed out to him.

"NO! BOOTH!"

"I am fine! Let's get out of here!"

He made a mad drive out of there, making Jason of course follow them, right into the city.

Hikigaya Hachiman just sighed as he looked at the person who randomly ended up in his home.

"So? What's your story?"

"Honestly, I am out of the loop as much as you."

Sabrina Spellman said this, as they both sighed in unison.

Rick Grimes hid behind a car along with a new friend of his he just encountered.

"Ash, how much ammo you got left?"

"Oh me, not much...but I think we got a bigger problem than that…"

He pointed ahead of them with his chainsaw limb, making both of them grimace at the sight charging right at them.

"STARRRRRS!"

Nemesis was pummeling through countless Walkers, just to get at them.

Countless universes. Unending encounters, conflicts and destruction were being spun into reality. And there was no end in sight.

[The Crossing Effect] would continue until reality could mend itself…

But even in Subaru's multiverse, there was also odd things occuring and new encounters being had.

Knight Subaru had the rain drench his body as he held his sword tightly. To his side, Beatrice was there with him, her clothes in tatters and dirt and soot covering her dress. Near them, Reinhard and countless knights stood ready.

Ahead of them, was the capital...well, at least where it used to be. Now there was a giant crater where it once was. It had not been destroyed per say, but it was taken.

Subaru, along with the world's greatest magic users, swordsmen and even to their surprise, Sin Archbishops were standing there ready to face their new enemy.

{Why do you intend to continue this farce? I bring deliverance and salvation to this world.}

"Shut it! Get ready to face judgement for all the lives you have taken! Give us back our cities! Give us back our friends! GIVE ME BACK REM AND EMILIA!"

Subaru readied his magic, he was going to fight tooth and nail to bring back the countless cities this monster had taken captive.

They all charged forward, right at the floating being ahead of them.

{Then I shall have to collect your corpses instead, what a shame.}

"Prepare to face defeat! We are going to avenge this world! BRAINIAC!"

Brainiac held out his hands as robotic tentacles sprouted from his back. A vast army of his machine men flew towards them, and not far behind was his trademark skull ship, descending from the clouds. As Subaru reached him, lightning struck the ground.

In even more realities, Natsuki Subaru ended up never meeting Emilia and instead became housed by the other candidates in each one.

Well...not alone.

"Natsuki-kun, I need you to move all this stuff as soon as possible, okay?"

"Um, yes, consider it done!"

He picked up one box, but found it hard to pick it up, thus knowing he would have a hard time, he called over his blue suited friend.

"Mind helping out with this?"

"Not at all Subaru! A friend who gives a request to a fellow companion is someone who is always to be helped and surely-"

"-Okay okay, I can sense you are about to go into a drawn out speech, so let's drop it and grab this stuff."

"RIGHT!"

He hugged the boxes, only for his brute strength to crush the contents inside, then completely destroy the boxes themselves.

"Oh...darn...well, such is the dilemma of having such splendorous strength!"

"T...TICK-SAN!"

Subaru put his box down and began whacking Tick with a shoe.

"THAT'S GONNA COME OUT OF MY PAYCHECK!"

"Do not fret Subaru, if time permits, we can always replace these material items in due time, such is the nature of-"

"-CUT IT OUT WITH THE SPEECHES!"

Anastasia sighed just as Julius entered the room.

"I see our new employees are getting along again."

"Yeah, it can be a pain sometimes...but I'll admit I love seeing their antics."

"Hm, quite right there."

The two watched on, as Natsuki Subaru and The Tick continued their antics.

Crusch Karsten was finishing up her paperwork when she called for two people.

"Wilhelm. Subaru. Can you come in?"

Wilhelm and his student came in wearing their traditional butler outfits.

"Yes, Crusch-sama, what is we can help you with?"

"Well, I need one of you to head to the Emilia Camp with Ferris, while the other needs to go into the city to pick up some supplies."

"Hmmm, I will go with Ferris, while Subaru can go into the city."

He looked over at the young man.

"Is this alright with you?"

"Hell yeah its, I can handle this no problem."

"Good, don't forget your dagger, remember the training from this month."

"Of course, Wilhelm-sensei."

He bowed then looked at Crusch.

"So I'll just need the list and I'll be on my way."

"Alright, here."

She handed him the list, but gently patted his hand.

"Why don't you take her with you? It's no good for her to stay cooped up in this place all day, waiting for you."

"Y'know what? I will! I'm sure this'll be good for her too! Thanks Crsuch sa- UH, I mean, Crusch-sama."

"No worries, now hurry along."

He bowed respectfully before he headed off to find her.

"Natsuki Subaru, he is a spirited youth, isn't he, Wilhelm?"

"Yes, but it still bothers me how he keeps claiming to be from another world."

"Hm, well he is strange, the metia he has is unlike any other I've seen...and the woman with him, is far beyond normal."

"Hmmmm…"

He rubbed his chin as he looked to the sky.

Subaru met up with a lovely girl, dark pink hair covered her eyes and a horn portruted from the golden headband she wore, along with giant pieces on her ears. She wore a white dress and was quite tall, all things considered. She looked over and grunted at Subaru.

He smiled at her.

"Hey, so we're going into town to get some stuff."

"Hm."

"If you want anything just let me know, okay?"

She nodded and they left, she stuck close to him. As far as she was concerned this man was her master, due to him having the marking on his hand, but she still was confused on where she was, and where the Holy Grail was. But she set that aside for now, as Subaru looked back and grinned at her...making her sigh as she got closer to him.

Thus, they left...Subaru and the woman known as Frankenstein, who was meant to be the Berserker of the Black, went off to fulfill their duty.

Priscilla fanned herself as she watched Subaru enter in with Al and their other acquaintance.

"Okay Priscilla, we're all done with the preparations, maaannnn, my back is killing me."

"Well it is to be expected of you, to be doing the heavy lifting, I commanded it, so it must be done."

"Yeah, yeah. I hear you princess."

He sighed just as he was whacked on the back of the head.

"Ouch! What the hell?!"

"Nragh! That's the person who pays for our meals- I mean, allows us to serve her in whatever matters she needs to get done!"

"Your true intentions are leaking out there, Aisha-san."

Aisha Clan-Clan a member of the proud and mighty Ctarl Ctarl Empire, found herself in some sort of primitive world where individuals had no starcraft and only used magic. She was stuck. And no idea how to get out of here, and due to some freak accidents she found herself with this young man having to serve this woman until she could repay the damages she caused.

"Now then, Aisha, Subaru, prepare the carriage!"

"Huh? Are we going somewhere, Princess?"

"Yes, we are heading into the Capital. The time for the Royal Selection to start is about to begin!"

The two looked at each other in utter confusion but relented and saluted her.

"'KAY! We're heading out! Aisha, let's get this done before lunch!"

"Yeah! Last one gets to eat the others portions!"

"THE HELL KIND OF BET IS THAT!? HEY! WAIT UP!"

The two ran out of the room, to the amusement of Priscilla.

"Hey Princess, do you think they'll be okay coming with us?"

"Of course! Besides, I keep them around for the entertainment they give, and thus...I know they'll put on a good show in the capital."

She flashed a glowing smile with her lips. Al scratched his chin and chuckled. They looked out the window and could only watch in silence as Aisha and Subaru playfully argued with each other.

Felt ran through the halls as she was looking for the two people she knew would understand her plight. As she flung open the doors, she found them.

"Nii-chan! Claptrap! I need you guys! I need you two to stall Reinhard, so I don't have to go to a fitting with him! Do whatever you can! I'm counting on you!"

Subaru smiled up at her, while Claptrap turned his mechanical body to face her, leaving the chess game they were playing on hold.

"Hmmm...PASS."

"Yup, pass as well!"

Felt let out a disgruntled yell, one that echoed throughout the halls.

"You wholly believe in your that your assertions are the truth, and therefore, they are not lie to you. Those in such a state are called madmen, Natsuki Subaru. "

This was the fateful moment in his third loop trying to save everyone from the threat of the Witch's Cult. His negotiations with Crusch Karsten had broken apart to a point where he nearly tried to assault her. All three people there looked down upon him. Rem, the girl he was trying to save, was watching his display sadly.

Crusch had refused to save these people. She would let them die. Petelgeuse would slaughter them.

His mind raced, filled with wretched thoughts.

His heart raced...He bit his lips savagely.

He was upset. He was mad. He was-

CRASH!

Breaking through the window, something flew in front of Subaru. A small floating object was there, startling everyone. Wilhelm guarded Crusch and Ferris, while Rem took an offensive stance. But Subaru only held out his hand to it, as if entranced by the red ring.

{Natsuki Subaru of this world. You have great rage in your heart. YOU BELONG TO THE RED LANTERN CORPS.}

Once it finished speaking, the small ring latched onto Subaru's finger and he let out a vicious scream as all the blood in spewed out of his mouth and twirled around him. The color on his clothes changed, turning the yellow parts of his clothes white and the white fabrics, blood red. The symbol on his chest, changed to an insignia not even Wilhelm recognized and a red aura flowed around his body.

Subaru growled at them as steam escaped his nostrils, all the while blood flowed out of his mouth and traveled around him. His eyes seemed to be fixed on Crusch.

No one there understood what was this power surging around them, and understandably, had not even the slightest idea of what had occurred to Subaru. He was clearly seething in anger as he took a step to them, snarling as he did, like some sort of animal finding an intruder to its hunting grounds.

"S-Subaru-kun?"

"HRRRR…"

He turned around to see Rem, she was startled by the vicious look on his face...he calmed down for just a moment, then he snapped back to his festering rage. Screaming out exactly what he needed to do, as more of the floating blood came out.

"That's right! Witch's Cult! Witch's Cult! The Cult! Petelgeuse! Petelgeuse Romanee Conti! I HAVE TO KILL THEM ALL! KILL! KILL! KILL! DIE! DIE! BREAK THEM APART! RIP! TEAR! GOUGE! CRUSH! STOMP! BURN! EVISCERATE! I'LL SAVE EVERYONE!"

He snarled as he looked out the window...turning one last time to Rem, with a normal gaze.

"Please stay here…Rem."

"Wait-!"

He flew off at high speed crashing through the window and out into the sky. Wilhelm, Crusch and Ferris were stunned into silence. Rem took her moment to leap out the window trying to sniff him out...but even she was shocked, he was now so far away, that his smell became completely distant. She knew he was heading off back to the mansion, to face the Cult.

She still fell to her knees, as she knew he couldn't catch up with him at this rate. She began to cry…

Crusch was now standing by the broken window and looked out into the sky where Subaru had flown off to.

"What was that? Ferris what sort of magic was that?!"

"Nyah! Ferri-chan has nyever seen magic like that before! And Ferri-chan felt no change to his mana, he just...changed."

"Wilhelm?"

He shook his head, giving them the answer they needed. Crusch understood, but was goiving into her own hypothesis.

"That ring spoke did it not?...It said that Natsuki Subaru's rage made him worthy to house that power...but where did it come from? What sort of magic was it that we saw, what's a Red Lantern Corps, how did he…?"

"Crusch-sama."

"At that moment, before Rem spoke up, was he going to attack us?"

Even Crusch, who felt no fear when Subaru had shown a similar action earlier...felt a surging amount of panic when she saw him walking towards them in his new form. If his earlier attempt was a simple attempt to quiet her opinion...this was absolute unmitigated bloodlust.

He was going to kill all three of them.

Wilhelm in his own mind did suspect as much, and he was quietly thankful to Rem for putting him back in control, before he began fighting. Jumping into a fight against someone, whose abilities he had no clue in how to ascertain, would have been not only foolish, but dangerous. Now they saw he could fly, heal his cut lip on his own and seemed to feel no damage when he broke through the glass...he seemed to be powerful.

Where did the meek, undisciplined Subaru go to an how was he replaced by this dangerous wild animal, hellbent on destroying those who angered him?

Wilhelm evacuated the other two out of there, fearing that Subaru could return to finish what his dark intentions had in mind...leaving Rem to continue weeping his name out into the sky.

Here, Subaru took Emilia with him out of the Sanctuary...leaving everyone else to die by the impending disasters.

Here, Emilia and the rest of Elior Forest escaped the onslaught of Pandora and the Witch's Cult led by Regulus, moving close to a certain Oni village.

Roswaal making a deal with a strange spirit to further his goals...

A gigantic rogue dragon almost rivaling Volcanica's power emerged, with the ability to birth countless flying dragons that spat fire. Like a Reign of Fire.

Natsuki Subaru traveling to this new world...along with his childhood crush, who he happened to run into that fateful night.

So many universes were now been created at once, the multiverse that was left in ruin was now being revived slowly, but surely would now flourish. The good. The bad. The hideous. THe doomed. It was all being created to fill in the burden left by the war.

But…

There was something else entirely…

"Barusu?"

"Huh? Oh, Ram-san."

"Something the matter?"

Ram was with Subaru in the halls of the Pleiades Watchtower, having just finished a conversation previously.

"Nothing, just thought I heard something."

"Hmph. Come along and be useful."

"R-Right."

Natsuki Subaru.

In this...new multiverse, one disconnected from the current ones being formed, he was without his memory. He was on the quest to free the victims of Gluttony, including Rem.

Still, this reality differed greatly from the others.

Rem was still in slumber.

Wrath was still alive, but imprisoned.

Roy was also alive and well.

And, this world had no Algol Tree.

Yet the Witch Genes still existed, their origins a mystery.

These worlds, were similar to the other multiverse, yet so much different as well.

What was to be the outcome?

Will this multiverse end in a brighter conclusion? Or one filled with dread and despair?

Would Subaru save everyone?

Could he?

No one knew.

But here, Subaru and Ram walked off, a bucket of water in hand to meet with the others...letting their destiny carry them as much as they could forward.

Their futures...up in the air.

Batman struggled to get to his feet as Subaru watched him.

"Bruce, hang on-"

"-WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!"

"What!?"

Just as he said this his shadow moves erratically, making him clutch his sides.

"Aggghhh!"

"What is…?!"

"Damn it! You should have left! Why did-"

Bruce let out a pained grunt. From the shadows emerged a woman with darkness covering most of her naked body, humongous silver hair flowed behind her, three times bigger than her. As she opened her eyes, her blood drenched eyes fixed on Subaru...and so did the ameythst colors with them.

"S-Satella?"

From her hair, large jade eyes popped open and stared at him. Beatrice got in front of Subaru aiming her palm at the being behind Bruce.

"ENVY!"

"NRAGGGHHHHHH!"

She let out a blood curdling scream as she charged past Batman. Beatrice put up a barrier, saving them.

"And here I thought you fade away without a host, I suppose!"

"Hurrhhhh! Boddddddy…"

"It seems you latched onto Bruce, while he was trying to contact us!"

Batman stood up and fired dozens of Jiwald beams at the back of this Vile Spirit.

"You're wrong Beatrice!"

"What?!"

"I was slightly content in being here, if it meant all of you were safe, then I'd be okay with my ultimate fate."

"Bruce, how can you say that….?"

"Listen to me! I never had that kind of ability anyways! When have you ever seen me use telepathy before!?"

"Wait...then-"

Beatrice's eyes widened, along with all the others who rushed forward to confront the enemy.

"-YES! I NEVER ASKED FOR HELP! THIS WAS A TRAP! ENVY WAS CONTACTING YOU ALL THIS WHOLE TIME!"

Beatrice felt terrible. She had dragged all these friends of hers and now only came to the idea that Envy might have been alive. She had hoped that her incompatibility with Bruce, as he was the only one with it, would drive it off into nothing. But it appeared it used his lingering connection to the now destroyed Algol Tree to parasitically latch onto to him...though it was evident in her inability to break through Beatrice's shield, that she was on her last ropes.

Shaula launched a light needle at it, but it formed shielding around itself with its shadows, breaking the needle in two. Rem flung her morningstar, but it formed a hand with some strands of her hair, stopping it instantly. She growled for a moment, before she saw Emilia...smiling as she did.

"Body. Boddddy. I NEED A BODY!"

Emilia fired her icicles at the spirit, only for it to seemingly shed it's skin and launch at Emilia at incredible speed. Fredrica and Sarah ran around and helped Batman to his feet again as they made a run for them. Subaru put his helmet on and helped Beatrice try and use their signature spell.

"AL SHAMAK!"

They felt the surging pain of using such a powerful spell, but it was to save Emilia and so…

"GRAGGGHHK! WE WILL HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE! IT BELONGS TO USSSSSS!"

"Huh?!"

She split up into two forms, one which was clearly Satella...the other…

"S-Sensei?!"

A red eyed Envy version of Flugel shot around like a snake as he made it for his target...REM.

Envy Satella dodged the powerful spell and actually entered inside of Emilia.

Envy Flugel did the same to Rem.

They both stood there, not sure what happened.

"Is...something supposed to happen?"

"Rem, is not sure."

Subaru took off his helmet as he ran over to them.

"Are you two okay!?"

"Y-Yeah, but why did they just do that? Nothing's happened to us."

"...Let's get out of here. We have Bruce with us, so let's go!"

They all made a run for it. Bruce looked back one last time as the spot he sat on for what was for him two years, was getting further and further away by the second. Sure enough, they all leapt out of there and closed the void...it shrunk back into itself, and they were saved.

As they all got their bearings, everyone noticed Bruce moved away from Frederica and Sarah, removing his helmet...they saw his face was cracked and dry and he seemed beyond exhausted. He gazed up at the sky….

"I...I never thought I would see the clouds again."

"Bruce?"

He turned his head, seeing the two people he had missed the most in that empty void, deprived of even the barest of essentials.

"Frederica...Sarah…"

"I'm back, I guess."

The two girls ran over to him and hugged so tightly, afraid that by not doing so, they'd lose him forever. Garfiel hugged Mimi, overjoyed that their mission was a success. Petra held Sekhmet's hand as they made it over to them, excited in seeing their old friend back…

However, they noticed Beatrice, Bruce and Shaula put on fearful expressions as they slowly began to turn their heads...facing Emilia and Rem...whose eyes began to bleed.

"Huh?"

Both of them held their stomachs as they let out gasps for air. Subaru put his hands on her cheek, and brought the struggling Rem closer to him, trying to figure out what was happening. Bruce yelled back to him.

"SUBARU! GET AWAY FROM THEM!"

"NO! I have to see what's wrong-"

Then he heard Beatrice begin to fall to her hands and knees.

"-How could I have been...so stupid, I suppose!"

"Beatrice?"

"I assumed that those two were too weak to inhabit anyone's bodies, due to them latching onto an improper host like Bruce for so long!"

"Then is it not true…? IS EMILIA AND REM BEING POSSESSED?!"

Clear panic rose in his voice, as he could see the tears streaming down her cheeks.

"No, it's true they cannot possess a full grown person, I suppose."

"Then they should-"

"-SUBARU!"

Her scream scared Subaru and Petra. Beatrice now had here eyes peer over to them, showing that were empty of her usual bright colors, showing the severity of what she said next.

"Betty said it right, I suppose? A full grown person."

"...No…..Are you….saying…?"

"...Emilia and Rem are pregnant. Envy is trying to possess their babies, I suppose."

Subaru's world stopped. He wanted to disregard everything around him, nothing made sense to him any longer and he couldn't even muster a clear thought in rattled thinking.

Bruce felt terrible guilt for what was happening. An unimaginable sense of horror crept through his being.

Emilia and Rem were stricken with a surge of woe, they should be happy to learn they had Subaru's children in them, but the sheer pain they were being subjected to, as well as the sudden desperate situation that their new motherly intuitions were screaming at them to fix, were making things worse.

Beatrice was at loss to anything.

"If we attempt to remove them, Emilia and Rem could die...if we use the Soul Cutting Spell we did so long ago...the babies spirits would be too weak to survive and they would die, I suppose."

"NOOoooooooo…"

"And even if we did find a way to get them out, we have to do it quick, or Emilia and Rem could face a fate-"

"STOP IT! SHUT UP!"

Bruce could only wince in pain, seeing Subaru so crazed by what he was learning.

No matter what they did, Subaru would either lose his two children, his two loves or all four of them at once.

"Subaru…"

Subaru looked up seeing Emilia look at him affectionately.

"Subaru...I love you."

"Emilia?"

"I love you sooooo much. Ever since we first met, I felt like I could essentially be your friend. I loved how you saw just me and not my heritage at all. Yeah. But that's Subaru, always being the person who wants to show those he loves and cares for the best, heh, and the worst sides of him."

"Emilia...hang on, we can-"

"-And now, even right now, you're trying so hard to save me, that's you huh? Always saving me, loving me, doing his best to be...to be…"

"Ah…"

"MY HERO."

Subaru had fat droplet of tears fall from his face. Rem smiled at Subaru, even if it was clear as day that she in complete pain.

"S-Subaru is the truest hero Rem knows. I love you. I love all the moments we've had together. Everything about screams of my affection, you, this child and the struggles we have faced together."

Now, Subaru realized that they weren't just saying this to comfort him...no...they were up to something.

"Emilia….Rem?"

They both smiled.

Rem hugged Emilia from behind as they both began to illuminate a light blue aura. Subaru began to move as he saw this, Beatrice tried to hold his sleeve, but he pulled away. An insane expression dropped on his face as he ran towards them. Soon, Rem and Emilia began to shine more...Subaru let out shriek as he pressed his feet forward, only to be tackled to the ground by Batman.

"NO! LET ME GO! REM! EMILIA!"

"Subaru-kun, do not make this harder, please. Rem and Emilia wish to-"

"-NO! NOT WITHOUT ME!"

Tears streamed down his eyes as he clawed at the floor.

"FREEZE ME TOO! I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT THE TWO OF YOU!"

"...Subaru, can you do me a favor?"

"AH!"

"Please live."

Emilia held back her tears, but gave a bashful smile to him, breaking him further.

"We could never bear to see you in pain or suffer Subaru. So please, live on for everyone's sake. Can you do that? For us?"

"NO! PLEASE! EMILIA!"

"...I love you Subaru."

"I love you too! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!"

Subaru tried pulling himself forward, but Batman's weight pressed him down.

"Natsuki Subaru, Rem wishes for you to keep being the hero, she loves. Help the others out and make the world a more amazing place than it is, Rem believes in you."

"AhHHHHHhhhh, Rem I love you!"

"I love you too!"

As the mana finally circulated around them, their bodies bled more, but sure enough they would see this through.

"Batman-san?"

Bruce looked up and saw Emilia closing her eyes, but still smiling...even as tears escaped her unique eyes.

"Bruce...I love you, and it so good to see you again."

"Me too, Emilia...I'm so sorry."

"No, it's okay...please help Subaru whenever he needs it."

"I will."

Rem gave a big smile to him.

"Bruce Wayne, Rem loves you as much as she does Ram nee-sama."

Bruce gritted his teeth hearing her say that.

"Please promise to take care of Subaru and nee-sama in our place."

"...I PROMISE."

"Thank you."

Then the light shined further...Rem and Emilia seaking their last words.

"Subaru...if we had a girl, I would have like the name, Annerose-"

"Subaru-kun, me and Rigel will see you again, someday-"

Then, ice shot up from the ground.

The two were frozen, with their eyes shut and smiles on their faces.

Batman let go of Subaru as they slowly got up. Subaru stumbled over to the large ice structure that now housed Emilia, Rem and his unborn children.

"Ah…"

A wind blew by, as the dark skies above them cleared away and the bright afternoon sunlight broke through, making the ice prison shine brilliantly.

Subaru was now face to face with it…

"Subaru...Betty is sorry. I am so sorry."

Beatrice collapsed to the ground as she held the back of her head, crying into the clovers beneath her.

Garfiel hugged Mimi as he too began to weep, fearing it…

"WHA' TH' HELL ARE WE GONNA TELL RAM?"

Sekhmet closed her eyes as she held onto Petra, the young lady crying immensely into her dress, her body trembling.

Shaula looked on in horror, watching Subaru's zombified state…

"I am sorry Subaru...once again, I couldn't do anything."

She hung her head in shame.

Frederica and Sarah hugged each other in regret. Neither of them were able to do anything. Frederica took it the hardest of the two, knowing Emilia and her gullible side, she saw how determined and brave she had become in the years since then. Rem was so reserved and hid much of her emotions, she appeared to have a heart of stone. Now, she showed her love to everyone she cared for and became a more open person in the end. She could silently wail out their names, as Sarah buried her face into her chest.

Batman punched the ground several times, he saw them.

Emilia standing in the snow of the winter times, fumbling to make a cake with Frederica, Petra teaching Emilia how to play jump rope, and playing with Puck in the radiant sunlight.

Rem standing by the door and waving at them, her becoming nervous at the sight of a mayonnaise bottle Subaru was teasing her with, Ram patting Rem on the head as they both grinned, and her knitting some clothing as she gazed at the world around her.

"I am so sorry. I am so sorry…"

In his head...he saw his parents standing with Emilia and Rem in a void of light.

"I failed again."

Subaru touched the ice, he looked at it up and down, seeing it as some form of foreign substance.

He banged on it.

He kicked it.

"Emilia…"

"Thank you Subaru, for saving me."

He clawed at it.

He grabbed onto it with all his might.

"Rem..."

"Rem will believe in you."

He clawed at it, again and again. The nails on his hand, chipping off, revealing flesh and blood, pain to be ignored over the current one flooding through his muscles. He allowed saliva to escape his gasping mouth, continuing to cry out.

"Rem! EMILIA! NO! NOOOOO! PLEASE! COME BACK! DON'T LEAVE ME!"

He did it again and again.

Crying.

Wailing.

Screaming.

Begging.

Hurling.

Cursing.

Anything.

But there wasn't.

Subaru clenched his fists, blood drizzling out of his right hand. He banged on it, again and more. Fruitless actions to deny the hopelessness of this outcome. He drowned out the crying going on around him and focused on the ice, the sharp sounds of his hands hitting it.

"Subaru, is such a blockhead."

"Yes, this is Subaru-kun's Rem."

"Ahahaha, stop making me laugh Subaru, I can't breathe!"

"As to be expected of Subaru-kun, what a brilliant idea!"

"C-Can I come with you to the village? I mean, just the two of us?"

"Rem wouldn't mind a little praise from Subaru-kun, maybe even a little head pat...as a reward?"

"Subaru is my knight after all."

"Subaru-kun is the world's greatest hero!"

"Subaru...I love you. I never had the chance to say it back, but I think now I understand this feeling, and I like it. I want this...I want you."

"Rem loves you Subaru-kun. I love you and everything that makes Subaru-kun, Subaru-kun. I will always be here, when you need me."

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"Emilia. My name is Emilia."

"You are fanatical like a demon."

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Subaru slid to the ground, allowing his knees to crush the clover below him. The tears escaped further from his eyes…

Return by Death was gone, he could not go back and prevent this.

He could not kill himself, they were not dead and thus were not waiting for him in the afterlife.

"Ahhh...Auuuhhhh…"

Natsuki Subaru felt his sanity, slip into the ethers of his mind, he was in such pain that he did not know how to process it. This was the worst day of his life, knowing he could do absolutely nothing to save these two. How could he process it?

But he knew of one way.

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He screamed out to the world. Enough to tear out his vocal cords and leave him a stupified mess.

His spirit was broken, shattered into pieces no one could possibly fix.

His hollow eyes fixed on the clouds above.

This was the very same sky that had welcomed him to this new world, now it seemed to look down upon him, as if mocking him in this unforgiving tragic spectacle.

No one there could help.

He couldn't even help.

So he continued to scream his soul out.

Beatrice continued to curse herself.

Garfiel cried with Mimi holding him.

Sekhmet listened to the melody of despair around her, with her eyes closed.

Petra wailed at the losses they had suffered.

Frederica finally fell to her knees, Sarah following her movements in their state of sorrow.

Shaula wiped away the tears trying to escape her cheeks and fall to the clovers.

Bruce Wayne apologized silently to these two...and allowed droplets of tears to fall on the back of his shaking fist.

Natsuki Emilia. The silver haired half-elf, who was the first to show kindness to a boy who wandered into this strange new world

Natsuki Rem. The blue haired oni, who gave her love and commitment to the young man who would become something more in his new home.

They were gone.

Frozen in magical ice, to trap the spirit of Envy and save their children from possession; and themselves from certain demise.

Now, and until the foreseeable future.

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The journey had come to an end.

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And like the unyielding waves that are accompanied by the harsh rains; misery had overtaken them all.

AN: Going out of town next week, thus no chapter. Let it all sink in folks...see you next time.