It's been almost a month since the events at Honnouji Academy.

"Oi, you done with your inner monologue, Daniel?" Ian grins.

Daniel sighs. "I just started it, but sure, I guess."

"Good the council's about to begin in a bit."

Daniel with a deep exhale walks forward. "This will be fun." The pair enter a room and inside the room sits many of the Relics.

Roman grins. "Hey, if it isn't Star."

Alan nods. "Daniel, Ian. I see the two of you went clothes shopping."

Daniel sighs, wearing a nice suit, he takes a seat. "Had to make sure I supported my new friends, bought them at a Revoc's store."

AJ chuckles. "Ah yes, how are Young Kiryuin and Young Matoi?"

"Shouldn't everyone sit first?"

Everyone sits with AJ taking the spot of the head with Alan standing behind him. To his left Enya and Joel and behind them stands Aiden. Next to them, Asriel, and I, Ian takes the seat at the other end as on the other side starting by Ian, is Shannon, Gabriel and ends with Roman and his brother behind him.

"So, I believe we have a few things to discuss at this meeting. But let's begin with the events at Honnouji Academy." AJ states.

Daniel chuckles. "Where do I begin, we left Kuoh to look for the Relic of Time as well as find a way to split myself from Ian. I took Alan, and Skylar with me, we showed up, fought a few fights, met Alexander Flint, fought some more, then we found the Relic of Time was working with Ragyo Kiryuin, his ability was used to try and kill me, but instead he separated Ian and I from each other. A month later we fought against Ragyo and The Primordial Life Fiber, and won. As of now Satsuki will be heading up Revoc's, Ryuko's going to transfer to Kuoh, so I'm headed back there to make sure things go smoothly."

"And you, Ian?" AJ asks.

"I've got plenty of places asking for me there's, Death Weapon Meister Academy, Hakoniwa Academy,  Academy City, Hachimitsu Private Academy, Shibasaki High School, Yōkai Academy, Ouran High School, Kunugigaoka Middle School, And Hope's Peak Academy. Personally leaning towards that first option."

"All of them are good places to learn information from. I'm surprised that's the one you're choosing."

Ian shrugs. "Well, something's clearly happened, the reawakening of the witches, ring any bells anyone?"

Asriel nods. "Yes, it seems it's nearly time for his awakening, having ears there would be beneficial for all of us."

Asagi speaks standing between Enya and Joel. "There's also the matter of the new Devil Hunting Safety Bureau. Every country's forming one. It might be best to keep an eye there too."

Shannon nods. "Well, Gabriel and I are planning to join the Hellsing Organization soon. I hear they're the ones heading up England's safety bureau."

"We're gonna try to wander about we're still looking for the hosts of the gates of Eden, and the Snake." Roman leans back.

"That's the trickiest one. It disguises itself as a necklace, right?" Asriel asks.

"Yeah, and the gates are a tattoo on a person's body."

"Yes, and then there's our new friends." AJ says darkly.

Pauline smiles from her seat next to Ian. "Hello, Daniel. Nice seeing you again!"

"Hello Pauline."

"We joined this council like you told us to. I didn't know you had so many cool friends!" Pauline smiles, earning a chuckle from Asagi. "Well, I already knew you, Asagi."

"Why, yes, we did meet in the brigade, Göring."

"Please, Its Pauline." She retorts getting a shrug from Asagi.

AJ gathered their attention. "Can we focus. We still need to figure out how we can deal with our two extra friends, not to mention, the gifts for Star."

Daniel sighs. "Ah, yes, about them. Alex! Could you perhaps, introduce our friends to the lap dog?" A door opens and entering is a young blonde teen walking with another boy white haired a blue scar, several layers of blindfolds, with the word "Seal" written on it. "This lovely lad, is from another universe that doesn't have any of us in it, nor does it have many of our compatriots either. His name is Alexander Flint. And he seeks this council's assistance."

"Excuse me, Daniel, But I can speak for myself."

Daniel grins. "By all means have at friend."

Alex steps forward. "I am Alexander Flint, you see I have a Sacred Gear that inside lives a former version of myself, known as Johnathan Flint, I have two requests for this council. The first, is to separate myself from him, similarly to how Daniel & Ian have been, with each having their own body. The second request, is sending both of us back to our own dimensions."

AJ sighs, leaning forward. "Dimensional Magic is incredibly hard to perform, and to ask for two different dimensions after separating two people is taxing, this won't be done in a single day, this will take a lot of time even with the strongest magical users here like myself, and Asriel."

"How quickly can we do this, safely?" Alex asks.

"Safely? About three months for all of your requests." Asriel answers honestly.

"Okay, And whats with that boy?" AJ asks.

Daniel stands. "That boy is Jukan Yugamu, otherwise known as the Relic of Time. He sided with Ragyo Kiryuin. And is the reason Ian & I have separated. If he is allowed to use his eye I fear he could wipe out this council. For that reason, while his eye is still inactive, we placed several seals over it that will activate one after another when the previous one expires. They will last for two years in total. Someone will need to replace them when the last one expires."

Shannon nods. "We'll do it."

"I see no need to complain." AJ says from his seat.

Roman crosses his arms. "Same here."

"Of course. I don't want them." Pauline shrugs.

"If Pauline won't take him, then neither will I." Lui says.

"We'll pass." Asagi speaks, Enya & Joel nod in agreement.

Asriel shrugs. "My plates gonna be full anyways."

"The same here." AJ

Daniel sits back down. "I'm headed back to Kuoh in the morning."

Ian crosses his arms. "I will stay to train Alex in the ways of swordsman ship before joining the academy."

AJ nods. "Good. Then onto our last thing, with the pair of you now separated, we should give one of you the holy Relic, and the other will receive the Relic of Life."

Ian turns to his physically older counterpart. "Daniel? Which would you prefer. "

Daniel stands. "The Relic of Life."

"Which is why I'll be taking the Sword. After all, you can simply summon any sword, though, you no longer have Caliburn or Excalibur, how will you make up for that deficit?"

"I will improve my capabilities with other weapons such as the sisters, Black Mass, and Blackout." Daniel grins,

AJ nods. "And that's that. With everything now decided, I believe this meeting is adjourned. Good day to all."

He places a hand down and stands before bowing releasing everyone, to their own journeys.

The following day from the second council of the relics, the school day comes to a close at Kuoh Academy. As this is happening many students are leaving with several of the student council leaving as well. However a few have remained to help do paper work, among them being Sona Sitri the president of the student council, Tsubaki Shinra the Vice-President. Momo Hanakai, Saji Genshiro, and finally Tsubasa Yura. The group of five work in silence going through transfer papers many of which coming from Honnouji Academy when Momo flips through four at once with the Kiryuin Seal.

Momo smiles. "Ma'am. You may wish to take a look at these."

"If it's just more transfer papers then go through their records for a decision."

"No, ma'am. They have the Kiryuin seal of approval. These four are being recommended by the former Student Council President of Honnouji Academy, Satsuki Kiryuin."

Sona immediately glares at Momo. "Bring them here." The door slides open during all this commotion and standing there he smirks.

His uniform placed on not tight as Saji's is on him, a bit loose, almost as if it were big on him. Daniel Star. "Don't bother. Three of us are just returning home."

Sona's eyes raise as the others turn to see Daniel standing there, behind him, Alan, and Skylar. Also with them Ryuko Matoi.

"Daniel!" Tsubasa cheers, smiling.

Daniel grins. "Hey, Tsubasa."

Skylar turns to Daniel. "Should we inform her?"

"I believe we should inform the whole group. Is everyone at the ORC still here?" He asks.

Sona nods. "Yes, their meeting hasn't adjourned yet."

"Good, then follow us."

Sona remains seated, causing Daniel to turn back to her. "I'm sure you can see that we're busy, Daniel."

Daniel sighs. "You'll want to hear this. Trust me."

Sona sighs nodding before her members there follow him out of the room and make their way to the ORC club room.

"So, how do you plan to enter?" Sona asks, the boy.

Daniel grins. "With bombast, loud noises, and as a reference." He lifts his leg.

Sona perks a brow, not recognizing what he's doing. "Oh?"

"Ahem..." Daniel clears his throat, he kicks the door of the ORC open slamming it into Issei and Azazel. "WHAT HO, YOU SHIT FACES!!" He steps into the room with nothing but pride, joy, and a hint of ego written on his face as everyone stares in shock.

Lucy scoffs. "And the prodigal asshole has returned."

Gale chuckles shaking his head. "Well, I'll be."

Crystia smiles. "He's back?"

Faith cheers. "He's back!"

Immediately, Faith & Crystia rush over and hug the boy as he accepts the show of affection before looking directly at the flabbergasted, and quite frankly disappointed Rias Gremory.

"If it ain't the little tomato girl. Yuuto, Ko, Akeno, Shitsei. I'm back. And better than ever." Daniel enters the room fully.

"Why, yes. You're back." Rias sighs.

"Sit down, and shut up everyone, I've got a story to tell. Tsubasa, you're free to sit with me, I'll be seated on the desk, everyone else find a chair, couch or stand and suffer.

He sits on top of Rias' desk with Tsubasa leaning on it his arm wrapped around her shoulder. One couch is taken by the likes of Sona, Tsubaki, Momo, Rias & Akeno with the rest of their respective peerages behind them, while the other was a mad dash for those left ultimately filled by, Lucy (on Gale's lap), Cohen with Asia on his lap, Faith and Alan, with Skylar, Azazel, and Crystia left to stand. Daniel then shoves a chair forward which was caught by Ryuko wearing a white shirt, a black and white jacket, red scarf, orange aviators, and blue ripped jeans.

Rias stares at the girl. "And who are you?"

"She's the subject matter of the story, mostly. Everyone, meet Ryuko Matoi. The person who defeated Ragyo Kiryuin."

"Matoi? Like the Dr? Isshin Matoi?" Azazel asks.

Ryuko nods. "He's my father, yes."

"Anyways..." Daniel grins telling the old crew everything that happened about his time in Honnouji from his perspective. "...and that's everything that's happened.

"So, you fought crazy clothes, a woman who merged with an alien, killed her with assistance of her daughter who was also merged with clothing, and her secret sister who wasn't merged."

"Yes." Daniel answers Sona bluntly.

"And you were split from a version of you that died in order to protect those in his timeline which includes a version of most of us, but more specifically Crystia and the child he and she were about to have."

"And Xenovia." Daniel adds.

"And you didn't find any cute girls?!" Issei rages.

"I never said I didn't, I just neglected to mention them because you were here. Pervert." Daniel ignores Issei.

Koneko punches Issei. "Get ahold of yourself, perv."

Chisaki deadpans. "I will shoot him."

Rias raises her hand in front of Rias. "No! No matter how many times you ask, I will not allow it."

"One shot, I won't aim for his nuts this time." Chisaki jokes.

Akeno protects Issei. "No!"

Lucy sighs. "Please... just for a week of silence."

Rias shakes her head. "Still, no!"

Daniel snaps his fingers. "Focus, kids..."

The four continue back and forth for a bit until they hear Ryuko chuckling at the scene.

"Wow, you were right. I thought Senketsu and I argued, but this... this is nice ya know."

Crustia leans over to whisper quietly to Daniel. "I think she might be related to Naruto."

"No... she just says that sometimes. Besides she's not saying Datteboyo."

"And why would you return here? You'll be beginning your third year when you do."

Daniel grins. 'Yes, I will. I, Daniel Star have a dream. I will become the leader of Japan's safety bureau, and then introduce the human world to that of the supernatural."

Crystia raises a brow. "More JoJo's?"

"Technically, it'd be GioGio, as it's Giorno's speech."

Crystia hums. "At least it's not Kira's."

"So, you're dropping out of all events?" Rias asks.

"If I fight, it'll be to defend. Not to attack. A lesson I took great care to teach Ryuko in Honnouji was while it's great to get past struggles, there's always an alternative to just bursting straight through."

Lucy smiles. "To find another angle. Look for ways around or to make it easier, don't bother with brute force if there's another way."

Ryuko scoffs. "I get it, I get it. God you're even worse than those nudist freaks!"

"Not as bad as your sister." He retorts.

Ryuko hums. "I'll give you that."

"And with that, I hope to have a good final year with most of ya. Try to make this as entertaining as you can without starting a war."

Everyone cheers. 'Yeah!!"

Daniel smiles as he begins anew school year the following week, April 1st 2021 he becomes a third year, his final year at Kuoh Academy.

'A nice sunny day, a day without clouds, snow on the ground, and a nice breeze on my face. When was the last time I felt this on my own face.' Ian thinks as he stands near the top of AJ's base, built into a mountain,

February 14th 2014, (temporary) Star Residence, Moscow Russia (Timeline 1)

Lily: Так объясните мне еще раз, почему, черт возьми, мы живем в России? Мы чертовски немцы!

Ian: Нет, твой немец, наш папа англичанин, твоя мама немка, сестренка.

Lily: And what about your mom?

Ian: Irish.

Lily: Okay, then let me say it again... Why. Are. We. In. RUSSIA!!

Ian: Its a secluded cold place. And let's not forget your condition sis. You're allergic to your own sweat.

Lily: So?! Why Russia?

Ian: Its only for the winter. Besides, this complex is actually a place known to drive away the church.

Lily: What about demons?

Ian: Dead. Only one left is the spirit of Rasputin.

Lily: What?!

Rasputin: What the fuck?

Ian: Shut it old man!

Rasputin doesn't respond instead floating into the stove and releasing a single flame that Lily puts out with Water Magic. Ian sighs in response and climbs the stairs until he arrives at a red door, he opens it to be met by a cold breeze. His face glows with a smile sniffing in the snow filled, sunny day

His eyes open again as he looks forward seeing two Flints, Alex the first, using Acalon to attack and not allow the other, Johnathan to use two M1917 revolvers to defeat him, however, the Ace of Kuoh and the Gunslinger of Kuoh are both doing well. Ian smiles at the progress of Alex, it's been three months since the events of Honnouji, and John has only recently gotten his own body. He reaches into a pocket and grabs from it a cigarette and as he goes to place it, it's shot out of his hand and into the snow, snapped in two. He goes to stand only to see AJ standing next to him with a Walther P38 in his hand.

"It's bad to smoke, especially for someone your age."

Ian shrugs. "I'm a 35 year old man, who's soul is inside the body of a fourteen year old, I'm barely younger than you by a few years, mentally and by soul at least. You're only 41, with a soon to be eighteen year old son. And if time flows equally across both your timeline and mine, then my sons in that timeline are older than me physically by 3 or 4 years."

"Still, in your new body you shouldn't smoke."

"I didn't smoke, I didn't do drugs, and I didn't drink in my last life, and yet I died just after my 18th birthday, I never had the chance to try it, besides these are yours anyways."

AJ nods. "I know. They belonged to my father."

"Was your father also a famous doctor?" Ian asks, trying to find more connections between the two timelines.

AJ shakes his head. "Nope. Some backwater monk. His name was Fredrick Jess Koi. Now, my mother on the other hand, was a brilliant woman, unfortunately she lived before women were recognized for all the good they could do. Alexa Man. A backwater loser and a brilliant woman gave birth to me, Andrew James Mankoi. One of the last of both the Man & Koi clans. It's why I've taken both of their names. So neither can die alone."

Ian smiles. "That's sweet and all, but, you've got two months before they both get sent home, right?"

"Five months. The dimensional spell required has a lot of moving parts. One of which being universe alignment. We won't be able to make a portal to Alex's world for the next five months, then, afterwards we'll be in alignment for the next decade before the window between the two doesn't sync up for 2 billion years."

Ian huffs, another link broken. "It's ironic, the AJ in my timeline is the exact opposite of you. He's impulsive, always wanting to fight, his brotherly rivalry didn't help that."

AJ glances to Ian. "Brother?"

"Yup, his older brother Thomas. A strict bastard that one. Though, he was a good fighter. I wonder... how everyone's doing over there my last memory of that timeline... it's, uh..."

Going Supernova ACT III

Ian: I said no one else dies.

Ian stands in front of NZO, his red eyes piercing deep into the cold gaze of the purple skinned man. Who slowly falls back blood escaping from his lips while Ian looks down the fighting stoping when NZO falls dead. Ian stands with Aiden.

Aiden: (while sheathing his sword) So what now?

Ian: (after taking a moment to think) We end this.

Ian pulls out the green relic of Order as Crystia lands next to the pair along with Lily and Xenovia, Enya to the side of Aiden.

Ian: Lily, Crystia, Nova... I love you, I always and forever.

Aiden: Enya... I will forever love you.

The pair grasp the relic as a green beam strikes the pair as Rei notices the red relic of space floating off separating from the necklace along with the white relic of life on Grey's neck doing the same, Sadao separates the blue relic of time from its necklace as they float up with Ian and Aiden who float into the sky along with the pendants.

Crystia: (being blown back) What are you doing?!

Ian: I'm ensuring that no one else tries to use these to destroy your futures. This may be goodbye for now... but it won't be forever.

Ian then sighs laying back into the snow as he stares into the sky, avoiding looking at the sun by focusing on the somewhat visible moon. "I wonder, what happened to those we left there, how they're doing?"

"Well, I think they're doing fine. If anything, I think they'd be happy to know you're here, and living life anew, able to make new decisions for yourself, ones unburdened by those of a previous one."

"Heh, yeah. Thanks Dr."

AJ slowly stands. "I may not be a psychologist, but I, like you and Daniel have to deal with Asagi frequently. He is going to be my nephew-in-law in three months. I do hope you and Daniel can be there for the wedding."

Ian smiles. "I'm sure we can. If Daniel says no, then I'll force him to come, the only question really becomes who'll be my date, don't really have many options.

AJ grins. "Oh?"

Ian thinks to himself. "Xenovia, Crystia, and Faith."

"I think you're missing one, Daniel." A new voice joins the pair, standing behind them.

Ian scoffs, not looking back he already knows it's Kuroka. "Firstly, you and him aren't dating yet. Secondly, I'm not Daniel. I'm Ian, you're looking for Daniel, he's the one who promised your safety, I'm just the previous reincarnation of him."

Kuroka sighs. "Actually, I'm here for you, specifically. You see, I was contacted recently by a witch, she contacted me in hopes to try and get me to figure out who this new important student going to the DWMA was, when she said their last name was Star I immediately felt the urge to head here."

Ian shrugs. "Well, your instinct is correct. I'm the new student. Though, I don't exactly fear some wotch."

"Shes not the one you should be scared of, Ian Star. Look for a cat by the name of Blair, she'll tell you everything you need to know about a woman named, Clarissa Star. The one true threat to the "second timeline" as she put it."

Ian's eyes widen, they haven't heard from Clarissa in months, now she's some sort of threat to them? "I'll take your warning into consideration. And an FYI, Daniel's in Kuoh, if you want to speak to him, that's where you'll find him."

Kuroka smirks. "Thanks, cutie." She then vanishes through magic circle leaving Ian to turn back seeing Alex and John laying in the snow tired.

"Clarissa Star? The true threat to the second timeline, so she's the largest threat to this timeline, huh. I guess I'll learn more at the DWMA I guess, but that's an adventure that'll start next year.

A few months after his return, Daniel became a normal student, despite the many rumors about his winter in Honnouji. He doesn't answer them, unless it's the superficial, his class, where the class was in their school year, and such. He introduced Ryuko to the kendo club, he also informed her to avoid the Occult Research Club at all cost. Of course her being the rouge she was, she took to his advice as if she were a cat being scolded for knocking over a cup... needless to say, Issei is even more afraid of kendo sticks now... and scissors. However, today's the day, and Daniel travels north, to Hokkaido, his group with him is Skylar Young, Tsubasa Yura, Crystia Fuller, and Ryuko Matoi.

"Please, behave everyone, most of the people here are stronger than myself, and Ian combined, in fact, I'd hazard to say one of the people here could kill us all without even trying. So Ryuko, don't be stupid and picking fights."

Ryuko scoffs, irritated. "Why gotta single me out?"

"Cause I know you, Matoi." Daniel says knowingly.

"I... you...!! Whatever." She folds.

Daniel smiles patting her on the head. "Thats a good girl."

Ryuko growls in annoyance. She attempts to smack him with a kendo that he easily dodges and walks into the base built into the mountain. Upon entering they spot a pair of boys dueling the first being Ian using a simple sword he made in the mountain against Alex using Ascalon while he still reverts to two handed use for blocking he's able to attack with one hand mostly.

"Ding dong! The cat brought the yarn!" Daniel shouts.

Ryuko turns to Daniel. "Wait... by yarn you don't mean-?"

"You brought, Ryuko?" Alex shouts, answering Daniel, without looking.

Ian smiles, slightly. "Hi Ryuko." He dodges attack from Alex.

Ryuko glances between the elder pair. "Son of a bitch!"

They stop their duel landing before the group, with Ian smiling at the black haired girl, inspecting her for a moment before promptly standing up and walking over to Tsubasa who is slightly taller than his now 14 year old frame.

Tsubasa looks down on the third, of the Star siblings. "Can... I help you?"

"You're the first, So you'll be the queen, but you better treat him like a king."

Tsubasa leans back, blushing wildly. "Um...?"

Daniel watches on slightly annoyed. "Ian, stop. Don't scare them."

Ian then walks up to Crystia, the pair looking at each other as Ian smirks nods and moves on to Ryuko. "You're taller than I remember. Wait, no, I'm thinking of Mako. How are ya, gear eyes."

Ryuko raises a brow. "Gear eyes?"

"Yeah, your eyes look like gears. Moving on, Skylar."

Skylar stares at Ian who stares back. "Ian."

The pair nod before moving on leaving everyone else just waiting for something when nothing does. Alex speaks. "Daniel, Skylar it's nice seeing you again, but... who's she?" Alex gestures to Crystia, with a slight shrug.

Crystia smiles. "I am... the fourth wall breaking, Salty Magistrate enraging, Wattpad rewriting, Bill Cypher endorsing, Daniel Star befriending, greatest angel in all of history, Crystia!!"

Alex hums at her grand display. "Wait, but if you're an angel?"

"Not entirely, or rather, as she's a part of my special peerage set, there are special rules. But it's too complicated and annoying to talk about. The main thing is, she can do unholy acts and break the Angel rules without falling because of her unique position."

"Sounds unfair to other angels then."

Daniel hums. "Yeah... it really is."

"Well, we leave in a few hours."

"Then we'll feast today, as sort of a goodbye party." The group all look to him some excited, some uncertain, and Tsubasa and Ryuko glance to each other with raised eyebrows.

"I'm sorry, but I've never done a "goodbye party" before, what's that like?" Tsubasa asks, she's known the same group of people for years, she's never really had to say goodbye to any of her friends ever.

Daniel shrugs. "It depends where you're from really. But for me, I'd say we celebrate it with a good ol' fashioned barbecue."

"Hmm...?. Ian ponders ideas. "We need, burgers, hot dogs, fajitas, some kielbasa, watermelon, chicken not fried, and a subscription to the WWE Network."

Alex turns to Ian on the last item. "The fuck?"

"What?"

"Why the WWE Network?"

Ian scoffs. "I'm a wrestling fan. And I ain't paying for some shitty Peacock that you can barely use well when it comes to searching for a specific match."

Daniel grins. "I have said subscription, but what show are you thinking?"

"Isn't it obvious? Survivor Series, the only question is what year?"

Daniel thinks of what are his (my) favorite shows. "Here's a quick list, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019.

"Well, If this an all day thing then only the best, so... '98, '04, '19.That's about nine to ten hours of content right there." Ian hums.

Daniel nods. "Alright, choose a job, you're a cook, a drink maker, or setting up the stuff to watch the shows." He orders.

Ryuko hums. "I'll do drinks."

Tsubasa smirks. "I can cook."

Ian nods. "I'll do food."

Alex shrugs. "I guess we're setting up the TV?.

Daniel nods. "Crystia, Skylar, you're working with Ryuko on drinks!"

Crystia nods. "Sure."

The group get to work buying what they need from the nearest town they can find before returning to find Daniel & Alex with a large TV already set up, an Apple TV, the network, and the tournament match of Steven (William) Regal Vs. X-Pac.

Daniel grins. "Gotta be quick, lads!"

Ian smirks and sets up a bbq pit nearby and starts the meats before grabbing an apron that reads "Don't diss the cook, kiss the cooks hot dog." Tsubasa rolls her eyes and grabs it from him and places it in the fire.

"No... no... AAAAPPPPRROOOONNNNN!!!!"

Ryuko watches confused as Crystia & Skylar begin working on drinks the pair making several drinks, Grape Kool-Aid (the best Kool-Aid, fight me), fruit punch, strawberry limeade, and lemon iced tea.

"Hey, Dan, can you cut up the watermelons?" Tsubasa asks, standing over the grill.

He nods and hops off the couch, and summons a knife perfect for cutting watermelon, washes it and then after grabbing a large glass bowl cuts the three watermelons into large chunks and into the glass bowl and closes the lid, leaving only a dozen or so pieces out he drops eight of them into the fruit punch, and then stands next to Tsubasa while eating one of them.

Tsubasa glances up. "Did you cut them all?"

Daniel grins. "Obviously, want a piece?"

Tsubasa smiles. "Of course."

"Then come and claim it." He smirks placing the piece of watermelon in between his teeth, which only receives him a grin and an eye roll. She of course takes it, as Alan sits with AJ & Alex the trio watching the show with varying levels of interest. Alan decidedly against it. Alex somewhat interested but mostly just unsure, and AJ who's getting into the match currently showing, The Rock Vs. Ken Shamrock. Ian finally stops crying "Caesar" at a nearby rock and works on the bbq ignoring the couple next to him. Crystia watches the pair with annoyance as Ryuko watches the show while stirring a drink Skylar stirs three drinks almost at once.

"How long till the foods done?" Alan asks.

Ian shrugs. "Depends on the food! Hot dogs & burgers are done! Fajitas need a few minutes, kielbasa's done, and the chicken needs more time."

Alex leans back. "So we can eat then?"

Ian sighs. "Yes." Everyone bursts into a flurry getting drinks, plates of meat and bread. "Hey, Alex, where's John?"

"He said he was gonna take a nap." AJ answers.

"I asked Alex."

Alex raises a brow with a slight grin. "He's napping."

Ian hums in response. "Okay."

AJ stares at Ian in open bafflement. "I... you..."

"Oh, it's time for Rock versus Mankind.

Daniel & Tsubasa finally sit with the rest of the group as everyone watches the show the interest varying person to person. Daniel and AJ, invested. Ryuko, Alan, Alex, somewhat invested. Tsubasa focusing on Daniel, Ian watching the door until it opens and he cheers everyone else looks as Asriel and John walk in both dead serious.

"The stuffs ready, if um... you are?" Asriel says watching everyone cheer at the shows, hours have passed, some of them are x haunted from enjoying the shows.

Alex sighs nodding. "Yeah... lets get this done. I want to see my friends."

Daniel feigns pain. "So am I not your friend?"

"Its not that. I want to see the people who I had to leave behind for a while. I hope it hasn't been that long for them."

Asriel nods. "You'll only learn when you go back. Unfortunately we couldn't attune John here to the portal the way we hoped. He'll have to go with you back to your universe. Putting it simply, our universe isn't as closely associated with his."

Alex sighs. "I guess this is the end, huh."

Daniel shrugs. "Guess so."

The group all walk over to a large room where a large magic circle is formed on the ground and other objects are placed on the ground.

"AJ, We need to begin the ceremony immediately, the longer wait the shorter the time will be." Asriel says impatiently.

The man nods the pair now stand on opposite sides of the circle, Alex & John both enter as Ian steps forward.

"Oi, don't forget these you two!!"

Ian tosses a sword at Alex who catches it and nods. Ian grins before tossing a bag at John. He opens the bag and then glances up to Ian.

"World War 1 era pistols?" John asks.

"I stole one of those from AJ, so, yeah. Put them to good use, I know you can. And Alex, show Kiba what a student of Ian Star can do."

Alex chuckles. "Heh, I'll show more than that."

"Fucking better." Ian mutters.

Daniel smiles. "If you ever learn how to speak to someone through different dimensions, give us a call."

Alex nods. "Of course."

"Bye, I guess? We didn't talk much really." Ryuko awkwardly stumbles her way through a goodbye.

"We may not have, but I appreciate you being here anyways." Alex says.

"Don't be stranger. See ya on the flip side." Daniel salutes the two.

"Yeah, we'll see ya when we can." With that the pair vanish. Whether to their own reality or not, only the pair will ever know. Daniel closes his eyes turning away.

"You better show them how a proper man conducts battle. Farewell, Alexander Flint."

Chapter End.

Alright, so as I said before, I said I'd say it here, so thanks once again to Ace_spade789 for allowing me to use both Alex & John Flint from his stories "Guns & Glory", "The Gunslinger of Kuoh" and the remasters. They're all great reads if you're interested in Sona X Male Reader, or even DxD Harem stories. While that's what I point out, it is not the biggest takeaway from those stories, I just don't want to spoil anything if you haven't read them. But once again thanks to Ace_spade789 for allowing me to use his characters, use his ideas and suggestions, and his notes on the characters, if you wish to see the events of this story from his side, it may or may not be published by now, depends on when this is published. So to all of you reading, I hope you have a good day, you check out someone I consider a friend and a great author, and show them some love on their stories, ciao!