AN: Sorry it's taken me so long to upload, hours at work have been killing me! I'll still continue as fast as the human will can allow. So let me get some sleep and I'll work it out! Plus I can work on some chapters for Christmas! Huzzah! ENJOY.

ARC Nine: Infinite Crisis

Chapter Seventy Seven: Antebellum

His face still bloodied and quite bruised, Subaru cautiously entered Rem's room. He took careful steps inside, only to flinch once the door closed behind him. He gazed to his side and right then and there, he saw her. One of the many people he abandoned in his reality. Yet, it seemed she took it the worst.

She stared at him unblinkingly, nor did she have a single emotion he could read on Rem, though he did note she was still wearing her maid uniform as she always did.

The awkward silence continued.

"Did Nee-sama do that to you?"

Subaru realized he still looked like a mess, so he wiped some of the blood off his face and smiled a bit.

"Nah, it was more of a combo attack between your sister and the other me."

"Which one in particular?"

"The one with the weird eye."

"...Rem sees then."

It was dead quiet again as the two looked at each other...until Subaru had enough.

"Listen Rem, I know what I did was not the kindest thing I could've done. And I know that it hurt you and Emilia quite a lot. But I want you to know, that I did it with the best of intentions. I really did."

"I-I was doing it to protect you, and everyone else at the mansion! I didn't want you to get hurt or...worse. I know the way I did our splitting up was unfair of course. However, I couldn't go back, if I did...things would've fallen apart. People would have died! Don't ask me about how I-"

"-It was Return by Death."

Subaru's mind went blank when she mentioned the one thing he was never able to discuss with anyone before. He was sure the hands were about to come out and hurt him or kill Rem...but nothing happened. Subaru just continued staring at her with fear in his eyes.

"Fate-sama and Batman-sama informed us all about Subaru's ability. We know what you were capable of doing."

Subaru began to feel nausea when Rem stopped using the usual honorific for him.

"No I…"

"Subaru, if you had abandoned Rem...abandoned Rem to save Emilia-sama, I would have been just fine. Subaru is only human after all, even he can't save everyone at times...he does his best to do so."

"...Rem."

"If you had abandoned Rem to save her or Nee-sama, or Beatrice-sama, or anyone else, Rem could've forgiven you."

Finally a torrent of emotions ran across her face, it was pain.

"But you didn't...YOU LEFT US ALL. YOU RAN AWAY!"

"Rem…"

"YOU FLED TO SAVE YOURSELF! Even with the power to redo the situation as many times as it took, you still ran away! Even when you knew we were in danger, you left us all!"

"No! I was-"

SMACK!

Subaru almost toppled over by Rem's powerful slap.

He gazed at her with a hurt expression, even as he saw tears falling from her eyes.

"Natsuki Subaru...is the person I love. I loved how he would be kind to anyone he would meet. Walk with me on times off. How he would never surrender even in the face of defeat, how he would always put others before himself. My hero. My love."

"Rem…"

"If he had run to face danger head on, then Rem would've forgiven him with every fiber and being within me."

"...I just-"

"-However, you didn't. You abandoned...all of us. Left us to die. That is something the man I knew would never do."

As Rem turned away from him, tears still trickling down her cheeks, Subaru was trying to reach out to her, hoping to stop her before she said something that would break his spirit further.

"...Rem!"

"YOU ARE NOT THE MAN I FELL IN LOVE WITH."

Subaru lost his breath when he heard the harshness in her tone and her body shivering from saying such a thing.

"Please get out."

"...Rem, please try and understand that I-"

"-GET OUT!"

"Rem."

"...Seeing the man I fell in love with...reduced to this, hurts too much to look. Go and see the others, they struggled much more than you. The one who gave you a thrashing had suffered much more than you did, just look at his eye and hand!"

"All the other Subaru-kuns fought to save Rem and Emilia-sama, Nee-sama, Roswaal-sama, Garfiel, Beatrice and everyone else! You only saved yourself…"

"But…"

"Please leave Rem alone."

"...I'm sorry."

Subaru struggled in what to say next, but he turned around and exited the room. Rem seemed disappointed in his action.

"You could have hugged Rem...anything…"

Subaru was now outside of the room, there was Ram. She looked up to his beaten face...only to spit directly in his face and bump past him. She entered the room to comfort her hurt sister.

Subaru wiped away the blood and saliva from his face, when he glanced over he saw the Ferris that was from his world. He gave Subaru a look of pity before closing his eyes and moving away from the hallways.

Subaru then saw his version of Emilia run to him and begin healing him. However, she was dead quiet, Subaru tried to say anything. Emilia looked like she was about to say something.

"Lia, let's go. We have nothing to say to this man."

Puck appeared and glared down at the beaten protagonist.

"I will not have my daughter speak with a person who would be ready to toss her aside."

Subaru had a crazed aura emanate from his very being.

"Y-You all make it sound like it was an easy thing to do! I wouldn't have just given up and done nothing! I did! I tried so many things but nothing worked!"

"...Had things gone differently I would believe you Natsuki Subaru. BUT, the evidence is all around us...many of those other Subaru's suffered just as much as you did or worse. And yet they at least tried to save Rem or someone else. You? You pushed everyone to the side to save your own skin."

"No…that's-"

"-Be quiet, you disgust me."

Puck floated away from him...with Emilia giving Subaru one last concerned look before following her spirit.

Subaru walked away in a zombified state before falling to the floor, as he began to cry immensely.

"Damn it…"

His sobs were drowned out by the music in the other room.

He was alone. More alone than when Emilia left him in the capital...HE WAS NOW TRULY AND UTTERLY ALONE.

"This sure brings me back."

Subaru looked out the window in amazement as they continued flying through the air in the Batwing.

It was now dawn for the third day of the world being Converged.

Emilia marveled at some birds that were flying by them, Rem was enthusiastically looking around the cockpit, while the two Beatrice's were gazing at the ocean below them.

"Bruce, why is this lake so large, I suppose?

"That's the ocean, we're flying over it to get to Japan."

"O-cean?"

"The massive body of water that makes up most of the world."

Emilia was amazed to hear such a thing.

"Bruce-san, you mean to say that your world is mostly made up of water?"

"In a sense, our world is shaped like a sphere, unlike yours. And I believe ours is also twice as big as yours."

"I-Incredible!"

Rem had to ask her puzzled question.

"But how does no one fall off the edges? If one were to reach the bottom of the world, they would fly off. Rem is scared of such a thing happening!"

"Gravity takes care of that, it makes sure mass gravitates toward one another. Thus, we don't go flying off into outer space. Atoms and particles-"

Batman turned around to see Rem and Emilia drifting off into their own minds. Batman chuckled seeing this as Subaru laughed it off.

"I think we can leave the science lessons for some other day."

"I think that'd be a good idea."

Beatrice and her other version tilted their heads, with both of them speaking in unison.

"What's science?"

"Well Beako, science is what in my world we use to get us by without having to struggle. A lot of Batman's weapons are made by utilizing science, my eye and hand are the same, and hell, this Batwing is the same. It's mostly a way to make our lives easier or to help us understand the universe around us."

Rem and Emilia nodded at this.

"So science is like, the replacement for magic?"

"Instead of spells and such, Subaru-kun and Bruce-san's worlds created things?"

Subaru glanced at Batman trying to get some kind of help explaining things, but he was too busy flying the Batwing. Concentration was key.

"Well, yeah. That's the case my loves, we used it to further our progress and make our lives more handable...in some good and bad ways."

"Well Subaru-kun, Rem thinks this world is truly something to admire. Especially the music and things you call 'm-ovies'!"

"Oh yeah, you and Emilia were watching some when I dozed off. Did you like them?"

"Yes, Rem enjoyed the one called 'Never Been Kissed'!"

"Oh a romance film?"

Rem blushed a bit, as Subaru winked at her. Emilia giggled seeing her cute expression, before having her opinion voiced.

"Yup, that movie was really something! Though I loved the other one Constantine-san showed us, it was really sad."

"Oh? Which one?"

"It was called 'The Bicycle Thief'."

Batman sighed loudly as he heard this.

"Of all the movies, that one?"

"B-But I still really loved it! Such amazing storytelling and um, acting right? Yeah, that! I was so moved by it. Oh, Bruce-san, what movie do you like?"

"Hmmmmm...I guess 'It's A Wonderful Life' or 'The Treasure of Sierra Madre'."

"Wow, those sound nice, I can't wait to see them!"

Batman nodded at her, though the two Beatruces sitting in the back both agreed that "Beauty and the Beast" was the superior film. The spirits asked for some classy music to played. Batman didn't have a radio player on hand, but Subaru borrowed an mp3 player that had speakers from Cyborg, so he played the one song he noticed Beatrice really liked.

"Shoop by Salt-N-Pepa."

They begrudgingly bopped their heads to the song.

The Batwing landed on top of a building overlooking the modern landscape ahead of them. Beatrice looked down to the city below them, she was still amazed by the intricacies of the new world.

Subaru took her hand and smiled at the spirit, making her relax enough to journey through the foreign landscape.

"Subaru, why are we here anyways?"

"...I want to see if, well, my parents are alright or not."

"That's right…"

Beatrice had a look of epiphany as she looked up at him, noticing his eyes were sulkin and looking away from her. Making her tighten her grip on his hand.

"If you were summoned to our world...then your parents would never know what happened to you, I suppose."

"Undoubtedly. I just want to see them one last time. That's all I want."

"Betty will help you Subaru, plus seeing your parents is something Betty is curious about."

Beatrice smiled up at him, giving the young man some comfort.

Batman took the other Beatrice's hand and they all began making their way downstairs and into the streets below.

Now walking through the city of Saitama, Rem and Emilia were enjoying the scenery, but of course Batman was cautious of anything that was bound to happen.

Many citizens who were out and about that morning, couldn't help but stare at the odd group walking around.

The young man with an odd looking eye and metal hand.

The attractive blue haired girl.

The silver haired beauty who looked like an elf.

The man seemingly dressed up like Batman.

And the two little girls who looked exactly like each other, though one was dressed in red, the other black.

Some people began taking sly pictures of them, others seemed to be puzzled by a bunch of cosplayers walking around. Some men even thought about going over and asking some of the girls out, but a sharp glance by Batman dissuaded them.

Subaru noticed how everyone was trying to live life normally, even after the world's being merged. He was surprised not much having seen much changed since he left to Lugnica, but maybe it was just him trying to ease himself. His emotions were at a boiling point. He was quite frightened.

"What if they're not my reality's mom and dad? What if they still have their Subaru? Are they mad at me? Are they-"

Subaru had both his arms hugged by Rem and Emilia, the two loves of his life gave him a tender look, doing their best to relax him. He took a big breath, in and out, before smiling back. He then gave them both sweet pecks to their lips, making the two of them red faced, but happy nonetheless.

The guys around them, only had their envy levels increases.

They continued walking through the city.

Subaru saw a vending machine, so he used what money he had left from before being transported, and used it to buy drinks for everyone.

Everyone got a can of coffee drinks, and all of them let out a jovial air of comfort as they finished their cans.

Subaru and the others tossed away their cans in the appropriate trash and continued forward. Now the morning rush was happening as people were making their way to work, Emilia, Beatrice and Rem held Subaru close, hoping not to get separated. Batman let the other Beatrice sit on his shoulders, they moved through the bustling crowd, even as they got stares and comments about their appearance. Subaru chuckled when he saw some girls swooning over Bruce, making the Beatrice sitting on his shoulders give them deadly stares. So they continued...

...right as Naoko passed by him.

Subaru instantly knew that was his mother, but he did nothing. He got cold feet. He was too scared now in seeing his mother, so he just decided to let things be. He could enjoy the day with his group and revel in the-

"S-Su-Subaru….?"

A voice. A voice so tender, but exhausted struck Subaru. He recognized it instantly, even in the noise of this morning crowd. Batman could see the panic plastered on his face, but he kept himself from doing anything. He had to let Subaru decide.

"S-Su-Su...Subaru?"

Naoko dropped her bag on the floor and turned around, she looked through the crowd and tried to find the person she could've sworn she seen. She was tired. It's happened before, when she would walk through the city crowds and think she saw her son, chase after him. Only to see it wasn't. She was so sick of it, the feeling of loss hitting her over and over again.

Every time.

"Wait…"

But this time it was different. She felt it, this was different. This could be it. Once she got sight of the distinct hair, she ran for it, pushing through the crowd, tears flooding out of her eyes.

"Subaru! Wait! WAIT!"

Subaru reeled in pain as he heard his mother call out to him, even as the girls glanced back at the woman who was trying her best to get to them.

"Subaru...that lady."

"She looks like-"

Subaru stepped up his pace, hoping he could lose her in the mass of people. She still moved forward, reaching out her hand to the one person she wanted to see right now.

"Subaru! Please! Don't go! Wait! Wait-"

Naoko lost her footing and plunged face first to the floor. Emilia was concerned as she stopped herself and ran towards the injured woman. Subaru stopped when he could hear her mother moan in pain, he glanced back and saw her forehead was bleeding. He froze in place and could feel absolute disdain towards himself. He clutched his chest tightly and watched as Emilia worked on healing her.

Batman looked over at Subaru.

"Is she…?"

"Yes…"

"What will you do?"

Subaru put up a face of worry, before it slowly went back to a brave one. He walked over through the huddled crowd and once he made it through, he saw Emilia was obscuring his mother's view of him. He could hear the pained crying from Naoko, which also brought him nothing but distress. So he calmly walked behind Emilia, and stuttered as he did.

But his voice finally came out.

"Mom?"

Naoko looked behind Emilia. The sight overwhelmed her.

Three years ago, her son went missing out of the blue. Not a trace of him left. The agonizing days of looking for him, search parties and even going on television to plead with the public to find him. Nothing worked. Her husband did everything to keep up her spirits, but even when she smiled and laughed, she was pretending. Her pain in not knowing was what did it. Was her son fine? Was he hurt? Was he scared? Doing well? Alive? DEAD?

Not knowing hurt her every day. And she was always struggling to keep her spirit from being crushed.

"Su-baru?"

"Mom."

She quickly stood up and was wide eyed as she stared at her son. It was her son. Natsuki Subaru.

He looked different. His left eye looked like something not of this world and he had a nice looking coat on. And when he moved his left hand, she flinched in fear seeing the mechanical apparatus that replaced it. She moved her hand to his face.

"Subaru? Is that really you?"

"Yes, I'm here-"

SMACK!

Subaru was surprised by a sudden slap to the face. Emilia and Rem were frightened by her actions, while Batman and both Beatrice's watched on with stern expressions.

"Ow, I guess-"

SMACK!

SMACK!

Two more powerful slaps hit Subarus cheeks, startling the crowd around them. Naoko was at this point an emotional mess, she was screaming at her son and continued and pelting him with smacks.

"Where were you?! Why didn't you say anything?! Why did you do it?! WHY?! WHY?!...Why did you leave us?! Were we bad parents?! Did someone take you?! TELL ME!"

"...Mom."

Her slaps were now weak, her strength was at its limit. She softly hugged her son as she bawled onto his chest.

"My Subaru! My baby...my beautiful son!"

"M-Mom.."

Subaru hugged her back and also began crying, he cried so much. Rem had never seen Subaru cry so much, like he was dying or something. Batman smiled seeing the reunion. They continued crying, the both of them, for at least five straight minutes.

With the crying over Naoko cupped her sons cheeks and furrowed her brows at the sight of him.

"What's wrong with your eye?"

"A lot happened these past few years."

"Then...it's not a contact lens?"

She grew nervous, as now she saw the eye move oddly, it's visor was focusing on her. She then took his left hand and somewhat trembled when she felt it.

"Cold...it's real?"

"Like I said Mom, a TON has happened."

She held her sons metal hand and even went as far as to kiss it.

"How did-"

That's when she saw his group come closer to them. Her attention fell onto the three ladies getting close to Subaru.

"Subaru...are these people with you?"

"Uh, right. Mom these are Emilia, Rem and Beatrice."

The three girls were then informed of a most important detail.

"Everyone, this is my mother, Natsuki Naoko."

Emilia and Rem went over and bowed to her.

"Hello Naoko-san, I'm Emilia."

"Greetings Naoko-sama, my name is Rem."

They both smiled at the confused woman.

"We're Subaru's fiances."

"...HUH?"

Naoko was now utterly out of the loop, now seeing that her son was engaged to two gorgeous girls. Subaru scratched the back of his head, giving a wry smile that she was all too familiar with.

Beatrice went over and did a polite bow.

"I am Beatrice, the contracted spirit with your son. It is a pleasure to meet you, I suppose."

"Contracted? S-Slavery?!"

Subaru facepalmed himself.

"No! Not like that! Er, Can we take this inside? We're getting gawked at."

"Oh sure, but...that guy behind you? Is he also with you?"

"Yeah, Batman-san is with us."

Naoko was now simply dumbfounded.

"S-Subaru, did you call him Batman? Like the guy from the movies?"

"Yeah, he's right here. Flesh and blood. Like I said, crazy stuff happened since I've been gone."

She looked up at the man, who was clearly dressed up like the superhero in question, but she simply couldn't believe it.

"No way this actually Batman. Subaru did you get kidnapped by some cosplaying cult or something?"

"No really, he's the genuine Batman!"

Subaru stomped his foot as he looked back to him.

"Show her something!"

"This is harkening back to the first day we met, huh?"

"I guess so, hurry!"

Batman sighed as he carefully placed Beatrice down. He quickly pulled out his grappling gun and fired it into the side of building and flying up into the air, once he reached the top, he kicked off of it and dove down. Naoko panicked as she thought he was going to see him die from hitting the ground...only for him to open up his cape and she watched in amazement as he glided through the air, he turned himself so he could land just a few feet away from them.

He walked back to them as everyone else around them were snapping as many photos of him as they could. Naoko was stunned into silence, she then giddly went over to him.

"Y-You're actually the real Batman?!"

"Being referred to a real and fake is something else. But yes, I am Batman."

Naoko's head felt like it was spinning as she couldn't understand how all this was happening, but she calmed down as she led the group to her home, even as people were trying to take more videos and such of them.

Subaru was sitting at the table with everyone joining him, Batman looked around at the simple apartment. With Rem and Emilia both voicing their opinions.

"So this is Subaru's old home."

"Rem never thought we'd be able to see it."

Naoko returned with some tea and snacks, she placed them down and handed everyone their own servings.

She sat down with her own cup and smiled at Subaru.

"Subaru, I called your father, he should be on the way."

"Oh, okay then."

Once again Subaru grew anxious in the fact that he was going to be seeing his dad as well, but thinking clearly about it, he calmed himself down and accepted the idea.

"Now then, Subaru...what happened to you? Why do you look like that? Why are you engaged to two lovely ladies?"

Emilia and Rem blushed intensely at her complimentary words, giving her bashful smiles.

"Why do have a little girl with you? Why is Batman sitting at my table?"

Batman took a sip of his tea as he continued listening.

"AND WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THIS TIME?!"

Subaru took his time to prepare himself.

"Okay, as soon as Dad gets here, I'll-"

The door to their apartment swung open.

Kenichi was at the door, trembling at the idea of his wife being in a bad situation. When he got the call at work of his wife pleading with him to come home, he knew it was an emergency. He was glad his bosses let him go, deep down they felt bad for him, and even hoped nothing bad happened to his wife. They felt he lost enough already. He rushed home and now was taking deep breaths, preparing himself for whatever came next.

He swung the door open with all his might.

"Naoko?! Is everything...o...kay?"

There sitting at the table was his son, Subaru. He dropped his belongings on the floor, he walked over in a daze as he kept his gaze to his boy.

He walked past everything as he quickly embraced Subaru in a tight hug.

"MY SON!"

"Hey Dad."

Subaru hugged him back as his own father was crying uncontrollably. Naoko walked over and the family got into a group hug. They stayed that way for quite a while as Rem and Emilia smiled at them. Beatrice nodded seeing this.

"Good for you, Subaru…"

Batman finished his tea and could feel a tinge of awkwardness watching the family...thinking of his own parents. But he pushed it back, while he would never forget them, he had a new family to worry about.

They let go of their embrace as Subaru looked at his parents. His father seemed to get creeped out by his new replacement parts.

"T-Those are fake right?"

"Nope, I'll explain it all in a moment. Please sit down Dad."

As his father got to his seat, he saw all the others gathered around...including of course-

"Honey, why is there a guy dressed like Batman here?"

"You won't believe it, he really is the real Batman!"

"No chance in hell."

"I'm serious! He flew through the air and everything!"

"I want to see some proof-"

Batman quickly tossed a batarang that spun around Kenichi's head and back to Batman's hand.

"I hope this settles it."

"HOLY CRAP!"

Kenichi's glasses shined as he wa able to see the most amazing thing he had seen in his life.

"So! You are really him?!"

"That is the case, Mr. Natsuki."

Kenichi sat next to his wife as he then put on a more serious expression to look at his son.

"Subaru, I'm glad you're back and all, but we want to know-"

"-Got it, I'll be informing you what happened."

Subaru scratched his nose a bit as he furrowed his brows.

"Please everyone remain calm about all the things I'm about to tell you. Rem and Emilia, you both have to hear this I guess."

The two girls nodded, while Beatrice held his hand tightly and Batman nodded.

"...Three years ago I went to a convenience store…"

And so he told them about all his experiences in the other world...including all the times he died.

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"...And that's when I met Mom waking through the streets just earlier."

Subaru placed his now empty cup of tea to the side as he looked over his family.

His mother and father were silent as they stared at Subaru, as if what they had just heard did not hit them yet.

Emilia and Rem had tears in their eyes, Rem seemed to be the most distraught by it all.

Beatrice hugged Subaru tightly as possible, hiding her own emotions from view.

Batman had his face resting on his palm, absorbing the many deaths Subaru went through even when he was there. Failing so many times to save him.

Rem and Emilia went to hug Subaru with still tears falling.

"Subaru…"

"Su...baru-kun."

Subaru now felt absolute agony for speaking about Return by Death and the countless tragedies that came with it. Rem was crying painfully, most likely from hearing how he was killed twice by her, Emilia rubbed her head on his cheek as if to comfort him from the times he was killed at the Sanctuary. Puck came out as well, further surprising Kenichi and Naoko, but after hearing their son's story, they knew exactly who this little spirit was. The spirit seemed to be quite downtrodden by it all.

"Subaru...I honestly can't express the gratitude for the sacrifices you went through for my daughter. And-And I am sorry for killing you."

"...It's okay Puck, I went through a lot with all of you. So I really don't mind…"

Then surprisingly Naoko reached out her hands to the spirit.

"Puck-san is it? Can you come here please?"

"O-Okay."

Puck floated over to her and Naoko let him sit on her hands. Smiling at him.

"Puck-san is so much cuter than even I could imagine."

"Oh, thank you."

"Everyone...I'm so happy that you all took care of my son. Emilia-chan, Rem-chan, thank you two for offering love and friendship to my hard headed boy."

The two girls dried their tears as they watched her coninute.

"Beatrice-chan, for protecting Subaru and keeping close to hum, I want to say thank you."

Beatrice now freed herself from her hugging of Subaru and looked at Naoko with small tears forming on the edges of her eyes.

Naoko continued as she closed her eyes.

"And to you, Batman-san, thank you for being a good friend to my son and working to keep him safe."

"But...I couldn't save-"

"-You did the absolute best, even if you are a superhero, you are still only human. But right now, my son is here, breathing, eating and loving these gorgeous girls. So thank you."

Batman stared at her as the other version of Beatrice held his gripped fist sofly.

"I am so glad my son is alive...and...that he is right here with me...and with his family...and…"

"Ms. Natsuki?"

"...And he...I'm sorry…hk."

Naoko closed her eyes as she gently hugged Puck, it startled the spirit for a moment, but soon he relaxed as he sensed what was going on. Naoko cried as she held the cat, her tears flooded out as she sobbed.

"Subaru...I'm sorry we weren't there for you...I wish I knew! I wish I could've been there...to help you...to hold your hand…"

"Mom."

"I love you so much….I love you Subaru! And...And…"

Kenichi put his arm around Naoko and tenderly held her.

"Honey, it's okay. He understands."

"But…"

"Look at him, look at our son."

She finally opened her eyes to look at her boy.

"Subaru is a different man than when we last saw him. He looks weirder than before don't get me wrong."

Subaru couldn't help but pout hearing this.

"But, he is also a real man now. He is been through death so many times, all to save his friends. He is a hero in this other world."

"...Yeah."

"And can you believe our son helped beat so many bad guys, that's something I'd be proud of! Aren't you?"

"Yes...I am."

"Then no more crying, please honey."

Kenichi helped to clear away some of her tears with a tissue, as she released Puck to do the clearing away herself. She looked at her son with a tender smile...both parents did.

"We're proud of you Subaru."

Those words hit Subaru like a rock, he gave one of his usual smiles and winks at them, making the family finally take in the peaceful morning.

Kenichi popped on the TV, he was amazed to hear the news reports about the sightings of strange beings, cities appearing out of nowhere and an entire section of the Saitama littered in dead bodies and destruction. Batman then walked over to see the reports as well.

"All of this happened in three days?"

"Yes, and it's going to get worse if we don't do something."

"So...Subaru said that you are going to take on the bad guys soon right? Invading their homebase or something like that?"

"That is the case here, we're hoping we can find out how they did this and return our worlds back to the way they were."

Kenichi put on a solemn face as he changed the channel to something else more comforting.

"So Subaru will leave then?"

"I am sorry, but he seems to want to live there for the remainder of his life."

"Can't blame him, he has two gorgeous girls with him and all his friends are there too. He is considered a hero and has a dragon. He only has us here."

"Mr. Natsuki, you should know well he cares about you immensely. He would sometimes tell me stories about you two and they were all amusing. I can see how he grew up to be such a good person. Don't feel to bad about him not staying here, I think he wanted to come here to say goodbye in a way...after all, he has knack for being eccentric."

"Damn right! Haha, you really do know my son."

Batman looked out the window and sighed to himself.

"Me and your son have been through a lot these past few years."

"Yeah, and now I can always say that my sons friends with Batman!"

Kenichi patted Batman on the back several times as he laughed wholeheartedly.

Naoko was getting help cooking from Rem, as Emilia chopped up vegetables. Meanwhile Subaru was entertaining the two Beatrice's with some manga he found in his old room.

"Rem-chan, Subaru is a good boy over there? He hasn't you know...done anything bad to you yet?"

"...OH! Nonononono! Subaru-kun is a gentle person, really he is! He has never forced himself on Rem."

"Good to hear."

She then turned her attention to Emilia.

"And to think you're a half-elf, so pretty. I can see why my son fell in love with you first."

"Oh um, thank you."

Emilia blushed immensely hearing this, making Puck giggle a bit.

"Are you alright with both of us being with Subaru?"

"Hm, well I wouldn't say I approve of it...but I see the way Subaru looks at the both of you and know why he's gone through the tragedies he had to."

"I suppose there is that."

Naoko smiled softly at the two.

"If Subaru is happy with Rem-chan and Emilia-chan, then who would I be if I tried to pry him away from you two?"

"Subaru-kun would probably fight back though if you tried."

"Ahaha, yes that's probably how it would end."

The two relaxed seeing that the man they loved had such an understanding then moved herself quickly to look down the small hallway

"Don't break these girls hearts Subaru! You'll break my heart if you do! OH! And I''ll also make your father give you a good sp-"

"-Oh God! Alright relax, I would never to do that anyways!"

The girls laughed at Subaru's yell, even Puck found the exchange charming. Naoko went back to cooking alongside Rem, then a thought crossed her mind.

"But also to think there are other worlds out there, and they have different versions of us there. I'd like to see the other Subaru's! You know just a motherly curiosity."

She said this as she hummed a tune, not seeing the frozen faces of fear on Rem and Emilia, even the Great Spirit Puck, was a bit troubled by it.

In their minds they all saw the image of Dark Lord Subaru smiling wickedly at them.

"Yes of course! Maybe one day."

Emilia commented this...but all three of them silently agreed that Naoko should never actually meet them. It could break her heart.

After eating and speaking some more, Subaru said they had to go. Naoko's face saddened for a moment but she gave a smirk as they all walked outside.

"Subaru do you really have to go? Isn't it dangerous right now?"

"Sorry mom, but I have to go. If I stay here the Society could come attack to get to me...I don't want you two involves in this. Plus, I can't run away from fight, I gotta keep it up playing the hero."

"...Stupid boy. When did you get so brave?"

"Heh, had two guiding stars and a bat to help me out."

Naoko smiled as she brushed her hair a bit with palms. She looked at Subaru's back...one she was sad that she wasn't able to see in three years, but at the same time she was than happy to see it stand straight and look stronger than before.

He is no longer a child anymore, Subaru had become a man before she knew it.

Now out in the front of the apartment complex, the dutiful parents were facing Subaru and his his comrades. Before Subaru could even utter a single vowel Naoko and Kenichi gave Subaru a tight hug...they didn't say anything to him, but he could tell what they had to through such a loving embrace.

After letting go of their hug, Naoko knelt down and kissed Beatrice on the forehead, making her blush immensely and get flustered.

"W-Wha-"

"Beatrice, please continue keeping my Subaru safe now, please?"

"...Yes, Betty will continue her duty in protecting her contractor, I suppose. Have no worries."

"Great."

She shook hands with the spirit who couldn't help but smile bashfully at her.

Naoko and Kenichi shook hands with Emilia and Rem, the man fixed his glasses a bit as he chuckled at them.

"You two, please give it your all with Subaru. He can be a handful, but I know he'll be great to you both."

The ladies nodded in agreement, laughing a bit as they did find him to be a bit of a handful sometimes. Naoko put a praying gesture as if pleading with them.

"And please give us lots of grandchildren!"

"Naoko!"

Naoko laughed at her husband's embarrassment; while the three in question had their faces turn tomato red.

Batman was about to summon the Batwing to retrieve them...when he got a surprise hug from Naoko.

"Uh…"

"Batman-san, please watch over my son."

"I will."

After being let go Kenichi gave him a big cheerful hug before shaking his hand.

"Best of luck to you."

"Thanks."

Naoko patted the other Beatrice on her head and smiled at the intrigued spirit. Making the spirit look up to her with a small smile, an elegant on at that.

Just then, the Batwing began landing behind their group, shocking the parents immensely.

"Oh wow!"

"See? This proves he is the real Batman!"

Batman smirked at their reaction and had Beatrice float them all up inside the cockpit, as the Batwing lifted off, Subaru waved at his parents one last time, so did the ladies. His parents happily waved them goodbye as well….Batman gave them a reassuring thumbs up and a gentle grin.

The Batwing blasted off high into the sky...leaving the two behind.

"Good luck Subaru."

"We love you."

The parents were able to say goodbye to their son and see him off as they always wanted to...even if he wasn't their actual son. It is comforting to know that they met this version of Subaru, instead of their actual son...Master Thief Subaru.

This way, they could be proud of what their son had become.

Now back at the House of Mystery, parking the Batwing in the mountains nearby. Emilia ran into Snart, they stared at each other for awhile…

"Can't we give ourselves one more chance?"

"Why can't we give love that one more chance?"

"Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love?"

Emilia and Snart high fived each other, Subaru realized they were singing the song "Under Pressure by Queen". It seemed to be something they did to test each other.

"Where are you off to Leonard-san?"

"Going to visit my sister's grave."

"Oh, care if I come along?"

"...Sure I guess."

Emilia kissed Subaru on the cheek as she left with Captain Cold through a portal.

Subaru sighed as he stretched his arms and ran into Knight Subaru.

'Hey man, how you holding up?"

"Fine, just trying to get used to everything going on is all. And...you know…"

"I heard that out of all of us, you're the most powerful of us Subaru's."

"A good of amount of luck was on my side is all. Still, it doesn't match up to the fact that you're friends with Batman. Being friends with a superhero must have its perks."

"It sure does, heh."

The two Subarus nodded to each other, making Knight Subaru walk off and wave them from behind.

"I'm going to check on my group, hopefully they settled down."

"Okay, later."

Subaru continued with the others as he noticed Garfiel was hounding on Flash.

"Yer so cool! Flash! Tell me how my amazin' self can ge' as fast as ya!"

"Um, the truth is I get this from the Speedforce, so it's nothing I-"

"-I see so an ancien' move called Speed-f-orce, tha's amazin', I gotta figure it ou' myself!"

"No no Garfiel, that's not what I meant-"

"-Okay, it's a secre' then! No worries, I'll leanr how t' get it! Thanks a bunch Flash!"

"Ah, wait...you didn't let me finish…"

Garfiel ran off with a huge grin on his face, leaving Flash to face-palm a bit, making Subaru and Rem laugh together.

Crusch and Diana were chatting away when they noticed Pamela was teasing Otto.

"It's incredible how she's changed. She was quite a different person before."

"I am aware of that...but now I see her as a sister, one that I want to keep by my side."

"You are a good person Crusch, someone who has the qualities of a leader."

"Your flattery is too much your majesty. But regardless, thank you."

"Honestly, had I met you two prior, I would have you and Rem become honorary Amazonians."

"That would've been quite the honor."

The two ladies continued chatting away.

Black Adam floated out of the room speaking with Rom and Felt, the young lady interested in what magic he was using. "Let it Rain by East 17" was playing for Frederica as she took away some trays. Garfiel came running into the room as he picked up Mimi.

"Mimi! We're gonna learn how ta become fas' like Flash! Wanna' come!?"

"Yeah! Mimi wants to have fun too! Let's be fast together Garf! Really fast!"

Garfiel hugged Mimi as they dashed off to find a way to become fast like the Flash. Frederica chuckled seeing this, just as Sarah came up behind her.

"Yes, Garfiel-kun is quite jovial, considering our circumstances."

"Indeed, but now that Mimi is his girlfriend, I feel like he is more than excited to have someone to finally share their feelings with."

"Yes, I guess we both know the feeling."

The two ladies chuckled to themselves.

"Yes, but if Garfiel-kun plays "Painkiller" one more time, I will have to end him."

"Haha, yes he likes that song too much."

They both noticed the song had come to an end, so Sarah rushed over and put on another one. So she put on her favorite, "Reach Out I'll Be There by The Four Tops". She made it back to Frederica and helped her take the dishes out.

"So...how is your stomach?"

"Oh! Very well thank you. I'm just hoping that the baby isn't too stressed by what's going on at all."

"Yes, let us hope that. I'll be patient so that I can play with it."

Sarah blushed a bit, admitting that she seems to like playing with children. Frederica only smiled warmly at her, relaxing her enough to pat her on the back.

Deathstroke sat on the couch as he took sips of coffee, only to be interrupted when Anastasia sat next to him.

"Hey what's up?"

"Nothing much lady."

"Hrr...a-anyways, I heard that you went and got a cool looking sword?"

"Yes, that right. I got my God Killer Sword back, the best weapon in my disposal."

"Is it really that strong?"

"Hell yes it is."

Slade smirked at the girl, making her nod in an attentive manner.

"So you're going with the whole invasion thingy?"

"Yup, from what I heard there is a version of me out there too, I wanna see how tough he is."

"Maaaan, I'll never understand guys like you at all."

Just then the Three Stooges came out wearing orange and navy blue scarfs, flexing as they did. Slade cringed seeing this.

"Hehe, looks like you have some adoring fans."

"Hooray."

Green Lantern was now meeting with Reinhard along with Superman.

"So I'm told you are the strongest swordsman?"

"Why yes, I am the latest in a long line of Sword Saints. They um, say I'm the most powerful one yet."

"Okay then, well you seem like someone we'll need to help us in the planned invasion."

"Very well, if it'll help set our worlds right then we should do so."

Superman shook hands with Reinhard.

"I hope we can work well together Reinhard."

"Yes indeed, let us work together Superman."

"Batman was right, you are a nice guy."

Reinhard chuckled hearing this.

Emilia and Leonard were at the grave of his sister Lisa Snart. He set some flowers down for her and knelled in front of her.

"Hey sis, been a good while since we last spoke. As you can tell alot of shit has gone down. Worlds broken and a bunch of weird bastards running around. Still, it looks like I'm with the good guys this time, funny huh? Working with the Flash feels so unreal. Anyways, I just wanted to visit and say hey. Oh right, I brought someone who wanted to meet you,"

He motioned to Emilia, she hopped over and kneeled down as well.

"Hello Lisa-san, I'm friends with your brother. He is a bit rude and foul mouthed, bu-but he is a good person too!"

"..."

"Well, I came to wish you well and let you know that I will take care of your brother. So please...rest well."

Just then Emilia summoned her minor spirits and floated around them both, amazing Leonard to no end.

"Let the spirits watch over you, Lisa Snart."

The spirits dissipated and Leonard was still left breathless by the amazing sight he saw.

"Sorry, I was hoping it would be something nice your sister would like to see."

"Nah, no problem. It was nice, she would've loved it."

As they both got up to walk away, Leonard reached his hand out to Emilia, only to pull back and put his hand in his pockets. He smiled as the breeze continued to blow around them.

"Thank you Emilia."

"You are welcome."

She rewarded his thanks with a warm dazzling smile. One Snart had never seen before, and he enjoyed it.

Subaru looked through the kitchen and opened up the freezer to find what he was looking for.

"Here we go."

"What is it Subaru-kun?"

"Ice Cream."

Rem tilted her head as he pulled out various cartons of flavors.

"I heard that Flash ran off to get some to eat, seriously though that Speedforce is amazing."

"Ah! We haven't had ice cream in a while, how smart of you Subaru-kun."

"Yeah, let's gather everyone and enjoy some."

They did so, and now everyone had come back to enjoy some. Ram and her daughter ate it with the utmost composure, while Garfiel and Mimi chowed it down. Flash ate an entire carton by himself, leaving Rigel and his father Subaru, frozen in shock. Black Adam and Deathstroke sat out of it but rested nearby nonetheless. Batman helped the younger Rem and Ram enjoy their portions, as they had no idea what ice cream was. But once they did, they both beamed with happiness.

"Wow, it's good Nee-sama."

"It truly is, I guess it wasn't so bad to be brought here."

Astronomer Subaru spoke with the Normal Subaru.

"So you never went to the other world as well?"

"No, I just stayed in my world and got married."

"Same here, though not the married part. Fascinating, so this proves the multi-world theory. When this is all fixed I'll have to remember to dot this down somewhere."

"I think we have more important things to worry about than papers."

"Oh yes, there is also photographic evidence too!"

"Jeez."

Subaru rubbed his head as Satoko giggled next to him, enjoying her own scoop of ice cream, and letting the baby rest in her arms.

Just then, Dr. Fate had returned.

"Everyone, as soon as you are done, it is time that we discussed the next steps in our plan."

Now everyone, minus the citizens of Lugnica, as they were having their turn with the ice cream, was gathered. Dr. Fate opened an ankh portal and out came Ambush Bug.

"Hey everyone-WHOA!"

He looked around at the massive collection of people gathered around.

"Oh god damnit! It's even worse than I thought."

Batman and his Kararagian Version stepped forward.

"How bad is it?"

"Tell us."

Ambush Bug scratched his chin a bit as he sighed.

"Look, things are pretty bad. We just learned that everytime one of these universes was erased, all the energy was being sent to one of the two masterminds behind this whole damn mess!"

"Who? Who's behind the Apocatastasis Society?"

"...Anti-Monitor."

"Anti...Monitor?"

"You don't know him, none of you do. This universe is quite new, so it doesn't know about the Crisis on Infinite Earths event that happened a loooong time ago. Let me just say this, this guys is bad news, he almost destroyed the Multiverse last time he was around, but got beaten back and died. However, during the Blackest Night event he was used as the battery source for the Black Lanterns. Remember? Those bright yellow eyes you saw when you busted open the Battery Core?"

"...You mean, that was him?"

Subaru and the others realized that the eyes they saw at the Pleiades Watchtower was none other than the Anti-Monitor.

"Yup, he was used a conduit for any and all universes that had the Blackest Night. Eventually you guys won and he was freed...that was when he floated around in the void of space and time and all that jazz...when he met the second mastermind."

"...Wait, you don't mean-"

"-You guys call her the Witch of Envy. SATELLA."

Everyone in the room from the other worlds lost their breath as they gasped in panic. If a being as powerful sounding as the Anti-Monitor was working with the Witch of Envy, then they may have no chance in stopping them.

But Subaru and Batman were undeterred.

"Tell us more."

"Their goal goes far beyond just destroying this mutliverse, the one where these guys are from. It's also our multiverse, and beyond that...and beyond that. Going as far as to erase any and all realities and merging what's left to one plane of existence. One where Anti-Monitor rules over it and where Satella...actually I don't know what her scheme in this is. All I know was she was the one brought Anti-Monitor to the other world, kind of like she did with you and Subaru-"

"-AMBUSH BUG!"

Ambush Bug covered his mouth, realizing the grave error he just made.

Batman and Subaru had drops of sweat fall from them...as they turned around to see all eyes were on them.

Rem stood up as she stared at Subaru's eyes.

"Subaru-kun...the Witch brought you to our world?"

"...YES."

Rem fell back to her seat as she trembled a bit. Emilia was shaking as she couldn't believe what she had heard.

"Then are you, with her?"

"No! Not all, she brought me and Batman against our wills!"

"I'm telling you the truth."

Batman got his chance to speak up.

"The truth of the matter is...Subaru is the reincarnation of Flugel Nova."

"...!"

"And it appears that Satella is obsessed in getting to Flugel. In fact, I think that's her goal in all of this...to erase all other realities, leaving only one left. One where she can have Subaru to herself, no distractions or anything else."

"Then why did she summon you?"

"...To protect Subaru. She seemed that infatuated with him, that she summoned me when i was chasing those villains six years ago."

"...!"

"And for that matter at hand, we're not the only ones she's summoned to the other world, there have been others too, all over the place. But in our case, she seemed to single us out."

All the candidates were stunned into silence as they tried to process the fact that Subaru and Batman had some connections to the Witch; that she along with Anti-Monitor were behind all this and that all their worlds were in danger of being erased.

Rem stood up and walked over to Subaru.

'Rem?"

Rem hugged Subaru tightly.

"Rem knows that Subaru-kun has no vile intentions, Rem believes in her hero and Rem believes in Batman-san. Rem is with you both no matter what!"

"Rem…"

Emilia also stood up, along with the rest of the camp.

"Subaru would never do anything to harm us, he's gone through so much to help us. I believe in him too!"

"Emilia..tan…"

"And Batman-san is one of my best friends, I trust him. Even if he keeps secrets, he does it for our own benefit, so I will trust him."

Batman was surprised to hear their opinions.

Otto:

"Natsuki-san is troublesome, but he is a good person. Just because the Witch brought him and Batman-dono here, means nothing.

Garfiel:

"Boss is Boss. Bat-aniki is Bat-aniki, nothin' much to say abou' tha'."

Frederica:

"My fiance is the hero I trust more than anyone, I care not if he was summoned by the Witch of Envy, he is not one to succumb to evil actions, he along with Subaru-sama are Lugnica's greatest duo."

Sarah:

"Yes, Subaru-sama and my fiance are heroes, and I will not be dissuaded by this new information."

Petra:

"Subaru-sama and Batman-sama are my heroes, if anyone w-wants to say anything o-otherwise then bring it on!"

Ram:

"These two fools, don't have bad bone in them. I find how they were summoned here quite troubling...but I choose to trust them."

Roswaal:

"Yeeeees, Subaru-kun and Batman-san are quite the pair. Buuuuut they are too good natured to be interested in the Witch."

Beatrice:

"Betty doesn't care if Subaru is with the Witch or not, but her Subaru is a good man, I suppose. And...Batman is Betty's friend, so watch what you say about them."

Deathstroke:

"They're both too much of a bunch goody two shoes do be doing that anyways. So let's drop it and get the talking done with."

Soon the rest of the Camps joined in as they too agreed that Natsuki Subaru and Batman were heroes and that they can trust them

Crusch clutched her swords grip, with Wilhelm right next to her and Ferris standing proudly as well.

"Natsuki Subaru and Batman-dono have both helped me in the past, and I shall do the same for them, should an entire world become their enemy me and my people will fight by their side."

"Subaru-dono and Batman-dono have my deepest respects. I know for a fact that these two would never be allied with the Witch, especially since they have dealt mighty blows to the Cult that worships her. I trust them both."

Ferris placed a hnd on his chest as he too made his opinion.

"Subaru-kyun and Batman-donyo, are good friends to us all. So I will go with Crusch-sama's will and put Ferri-chyan's trust in them."

The Ferris from the world where Runaway Subaru was from, was taken aback immensely by how much his master and her followers respected this Subaru. This world must have gone differently than even his own.

Anastasia also stepped forward, crossing her arms and her knight Julius standing next to her.

"Me too, they helped more times than I can count. So it'd only be fair to stand by partners when the time comes."

"Subaru and Batman are my friends, so I will fight with them should they ask of me."

Priscilla took her chance and put on a powerful pose.

"I respect those two highly, and that is something few in any world has. So messing with them is a grave mistake."

Felt got up and slammed her fist into her palm.

"Subaru nii-chan is a good buddy of mine...and Batman...i-is someone I care about a lot! So if you mess with them, I'll sick Reinhard on you!"

Reinhard sighed as he was being treated like a dog, but put on a brave face as to show his agreement in defending Batman and Subaru to no end.

Ambush Bug was happy to see them so resolved, mostly because he was now saved from a future beating by Subaru and Batman.

Dr. Fate continued…

"Then in two hours, a team will be venturing out to invade the area where Od Laguna has trapped the Anti-Monitor, we will dismantle the Society and deal a defeating blow to the Anti-Monitor."

"Make it sound easy, but we got this!"

"You will be coming Subaru?"

"Well me at least, I got a chance to shine in this battle."

Dr. Fate was concerned that a Prime Subject was coming with them to battle, but Batman gave a reassuring nod.

"Very well, I hope you have some sort of plan then."

With that, everyone began gathering outside.

Petra, Otto, Frederica and Sarah said their goodbyes to everyone.

"Please come back safe!"

"Natsuki-san, Batman-dono don't be too risky out there."

Subaru patted Petra on the head, while Batman fist bumped Otto. Frederica and Sarah gave Batman a goodbye kiss on his cheeks, smiling even as they heard some of the other superheroes wooing at them. The two ladies smiled embarrassed, while he put up an agitated aura. The other Beatrice took his hand and led him away, seemingly making a sour face for some reason...even while Diana was simply glancing at him from a distance.

Subaru and his team consisting of Rem, Garfiel, Emilia, Deathstroke, Ram and Roswaal, along with the Crusch Camp, Priscilla, Anastasia's Camp, minus the actual head as she would stay behind, and the Felt Camp.

The Justice League met as well, with the other members that had arrived in the two hours prep time.

Batman opened a tear in space...riding through it was the Batmobile, Garfiel and Subaru's eyes sparkled seeing what they thought was the coolest thing ever.

Dr. Fate and John Constantine looked up at the crisp afternoon sky, snow still underneath their feet.

"So it's time then eh?"

"Of course. We have to restore order."

"Quick question though, how did ya know about all this stuff with their world and shit?"

"...Years ago the JSA had a run-in with their world. We helped seal away Satella and erased away everyone's memories. However, Jay Garrick, the original Flash, seemed to regain his memories with help of the Speedforce, luckily he was an honorable man and took the secret to his grave along with my original host Kent Nelson."

"Right, your new host is his cousin right?"

"...Enough with this idle talk."

Dr. Fate flew away as Constantine blew away the rest of his cigarette.

"Touchy ain't we?"

Now Batman and Subaru were next to each other as they looked out to the whole mountain range.

"You sure the other versions will be alright?"

"We're leaving Knight Subaru with them, along with several others."

"Well, I'll guess that'll do."

With that Subaru saw Batman put his hand out to him.

"Good luck, Natsuki Subaru."

"You too, Bruce Wayne."

The two men shook hands as they were now prepared to depart.

Batman stood in the front of a large Ankh portal as he roared out to the Alliance.

"We are now preparing to venture out to invade their home-base! Everyone is to prepare themselves for anything! Keep each other safe and if you feel you cannot fight any longer, escape to the House immediately!"

"...!"

"Everyone good luck."

Subaru raised his fists up high into the air.

"VICTORY!"

Everyone was at first quiet…

"V-VICTORY!"

"VICTORY!"

Rem and Emilia did the same thing he did, soon Beatrice and Garfiel did as well. Crusch, then Priscilla and soon everyone in the alliance.

"Victory."

Batman and Superman raised their fists as well. Subaru mounted himself on Patrasche as the others boarded the Batmobile, Mimi and Garfiel sitting on the top of it. Anyone with flying powers began floating up. The Batwing flew over them with several other people inside of it. A helicopter owned by Green Arrow arrived as well and a jet made for the Justice League's use also descended from the clouds. Others were preparing departure as they got on their own Ground Dragons and Ligers. They were ready.

The Ankh Portal opened and everyone gazed forward, their expressions battle ready.

The time was now.

"LET'S GO KICK ASS!"

Subaru roared this as they marched forward.

The battle between the Justice Alliance and the Apocatastasis Society was now set to begin.

Back in the mansion, a short haired Emilia sat next to her Subaru and rubbed her head on his shoulder.

"What are you doing Subaru?"

"Nothing...just waiting…"

"For what?"

She tilted her head curiously, making him cup her chin...making her moan happily.

"For a chance, to save our world."

Just then, two other people sat close to him on an adjacent couch.

The female Roswaal and Rey sat elegantly as they scoped the area around them.

"Wellllll, it's almost about time yes?"

"Yes, Roswaal-sama."

The tired looking Subaru allowed Emilia to rest her head on his shoulder.

"Just a little longer, when we get the signal."

Right as that happened the Runaway Subaru noticed how they were acting...contemplating if he should say anything. But a quick glance from his version of Rem, who glanced away from him...which made him turn around and out of the room.

Anti-Monitor raised himself from his seat crafted out of a destroyed mountain, as Omega and two other members...Hector and Pandora; the originals...made it to him.

"They're on the way."

"THEN IT BEGINS."

Anti-Monitor walked forward, along with all the members of his Society. The stars high above them, illuminating the dark space skies, readying the vast rocky terrain as a field for battle.

At the Pleiades Watchtower, a blue haired girl was looking over the stars. Gazing at the other piece of earth floating ahead of them.

"They're coming onee-san."

"Then we need to make sure they don't make it here alive."

Shaula emerged from the back of the white room, summoning a spear of light.

"Let's get ready Meili."

Here the two sides of war, were to engage in battle; they would resist, and they would bite, until only one side was victorious.