Hello everyone! Did you think I was not coming back? Nope, sorry I am not going out like that! Anyway, I must apologize for the delay. I meant to get this out much sooner. I am truly sorry. Okay enough of that, time to get one with the reviews from the last chapter!

Some Random Tosser: Yeah, I do apologize for those mistakes. Hopefully they are gone, or at least less of them this chapter. And yeah, I had to think of something for Wheatley do, other then you know...talk all the time.

ChromaLuke: Sorry I made you wait for that chapter. Sorry I made you wait for this chapter, if you haven't given up already. And yeah as stated above, hopefully I have less errors. And those two did not make the...well I guess you could call it the 'draw'. So anyone else you would like to try or them again?

That Courier: Yep, I know that I messed up with the last chapter. Here is hoping this one does not meet the same fate as the last two. As for your picks, I would of tried to use them, but here was the problem; I didn't know which alignment of them to use. Good? Bad? Neutral?

animeweirdo125: Thank you for liking this fic! But what do you mean be in it? As a SI...is it even considered a SI if you insert someone else? O.O

Thanks to 017Bluefield for going through and correcting what I missed. Thanks!

Now I hope you enjoy Chapter 3 of Dimension Cross A Battle of the Gods!

"Whew… We finally made it," Yuri said, as he and Noire made their way to the town entrance.

"I'm so tired… Can we find a place to sit down or something?" Noire complained as they entered the town. To Noire, it had a generic, medieval feel, but Yuri didn't seem to care very much about its appearance.

"Okay, why don't we go to those benches over there?" Yuri pointed to some benches that were facing a damaged fountain. Giving the place another look, it seemed as though something had happened, as construction to the damaged buildings was already underway.

"Seems we're late to the party," Yuri said dryly. "Everyone's gone home."

"Good. I'm too tired to fight, anyway," Noire said as she slumped down onto one of the benches.

"Ahh, looks like the Princess isn't used to traveling."

Giving Yuri a vicious glare, Noire angrily said, "I told you not to call me that! I'm not a helpless princess! I'm just not used to walking for hours, okay?!"

Yuri merely sighed and shrugged his shoulders. "If you say so."

Elsewhere we can see the two individuals talking to each other, walking down the street.

"Geez, the people were right: someone really went to town here," the brown-haired girl with the blue trench coat-like jacket said to her friend, the strange floating spherical humanoid.

"I must agree with that, Miss IF. However, it does look like those two hooligans were thwarted, given what the townspeople are saying," the strange floating figure told her.

"Wonder who did it?" wondered IF. "You'd have to be either courageous or crazy to voluntarily take on someone who has heavy weaponry with…what was it, Magolor? A pair of blades?"

"Yes, that's right. People said that the one who saved the town had two blades; and that a small bird-like figure was with him. After defeating the two troublemakers, no one knows where they went off to."

"Eh, it's probably for the best. We don't need to get caught up in someone else's business," IF stated, looking at her cell phone before placing it back on her belt.

At this point, Yuri and Noire had left the fountain area in search of information on their whereabouts. However, as the other "visitors" have discovered, the people of the town lacked any really useful information, besides the name of the town.

"Ugh, this is getting us nowhere fast!" Frustrated, Noire turned to her companion as they headed back to the benches. "Yuri! Did you find anything out?"

"Nah, just what we already know. You'd figure they'd know more," Yuri said to her, followed by a deep sigh. "Looks like we need to figure this out on our own."

"You're serious?" Noire asks in a defeated way. "All right, fine. How about we split up? We can cover more ground that way."

Yuri, thought about this, placing his hand on his chin. "Hm… Okay, I guess. We don't have any leads, and it seems as though this place is safe enough. Let's meet back here in about an hour. Just don't go shopping around and not actually look for clues," he said, smirking slightly before turning away, waving his free hand.

Piqued, Noire snapped, "Hmph! Don't treat me like some simple airhead! Whenever I have a task to do, I do it!"

Yuri just shrugged. "Okay, okay! No need to get all upset, Princess." He then continued down the street, away from Noire.

The crimson-eyed girl became just as crimson in her face as her eyes. "Ahhh! J-Just shut up and find something out!" she yelled after him. She then proceeded to storm off in the opposite direction.

Following Yuri, we see him traveling down a semi-busy street, slipping in and out of groups of people.

"This place is pretty busy. Guess whatever happened is already out of their minds," he said, scratching the side of his head. He looked up, and noted that the sky was a tinted orange and darkening. "Nearly nightfall huh? Guess I'd better hurry and—" Just then, Yuri bumped into someone, and both fell to the ground.

"Oof! Okay, guess I had that coming to me," Yuri muttered as he got up. He then turned to the person he'd run into. "Say, are you okay?"

"Ow, that hurt," said the girl he'd run into, as she sat up. "You should really watch where you're going, mister."

This young girl appeared to be in her mid-teens, with pink hair in a side-ponytail fashion. Her outfit was that of a white-and-blue sailor suit you'd typically see in anime. She also wore black stockings, long white gloves, and white shoes.

Yuri picked himself up and dusted his pants off. "Sorry about that," he replied. "Guess I had my head in the clouds there." He offered his hand to her. "Need some help?"

Nodding lightly, the girl said, "Yes. Thank you," as she grasped Yuri's hand.

Helping her up, the young man asked, "So you'll be okay, then?"

Brushing herself off, the girl said "Yeah, I'll be fine. It's just a fall, is all…" She began to trail off as she took a better look at Yuri. "You seem familiar to me… Have we meet somewhere before?" she asked him.

Yuri looked at her, somewhat quizzically. "Hm, not sure. I can't really say. My mind's a bit hazy these days."

The pink haired girl tilted her head a bit. "Really? Hm, okay. It's just you seem so familiar."

Yuri then decided that he should ask this girl a few questions, since the townspeople weren't being very helpful. "Say, where is this place? I know that this town is called Laskome, but where is Laskome? What continent is it on?"

The girl tilted her head slightly at this question. "Where is Laskome? It's on the island of Lopak."

"Lopak, huh?" he said, placing his hand on his chin. "Say, is there another town or city or something close by?"

The pink-haired girl brought her hand to her chin and looked down in thought, "Well, there is a city north of here. But you can't reach it by just going north, with the mountains blocking the way. There are two ways to go around the mountains: east and west. The west-side path will take you through a desert, while the east-side path takes you through a cave. While they're both riddled with monsters, they can still lead you to the northern city of Cruiple, the port town."

"Cruiple, huh? Alright then, thanks for the help. I'll be on my way then." And with that, Yuri proceeded to walk away, waving back to the girl with his free hand. "Later."

"Wait!" The girl shouted back to him. He turned his head back to her. "What's your name?"

"Yuri. Yuri Lowell," he said with a smile.

"Well, Yuri, I'm Kanonno Earhart. It was nice meeting you," she said, waving to him as he started to walk away again.

"Yeah, I guess. Could've been under better circumstances."

At about the same time, Noire was busy seeking information in the town's shopping district.

"You'd figure people would have information to give out, but they really don't have much to say." she said to herself, walking down one crowded street. It was then she saw a shop poster selling a costume that piqued her interest. "Well, I tried to get some information, but failed. Maybe looking at a new costume will lighten my mood a little?"

She immediately walked in and began to look around for the advertised outfit. After some searching, she finally found the costume—which happened to be the last one in stock, as a matter of fact. She felt her spirits rise as she headed to the changing room. When she exited the changing room a few minutes later, she examined herself in front of the mirror (which, for some strange reason, was stationed outside of the changing room, not in it).

The attire she changed into was a red long-sleeved coat that went down to Noire's ankles and about halfway down her leg. The coat was white with a gold trim. The sleeves, rolled up to the wrist, had white diamond patterns going down them from shoulder to wrist. The outfit also included a black mini-skirt; a large white bow, just below the neck; a pair of white gloves; and white boots with black running up each boot's "tongue".

"Wow, these are really nice," Noire said, admiring herself in the mirror.

"Ah, those clothes, huh?" a male voice said behind her. "Yeah, that style was popular for a while, but I guess people just lost interest in it."

Surprised, Noire turned around to find the shop clerk observing her. It was strange though; he didn't seem like the type to be a shop clerk in a clothing store, considering how he was dressed. He wore a white bandanna, a white shirt and red vest, tan-colored pants, and a pair of black boots.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there." Noire went back to admiring the clothes through the mirror. "So these were popular for a while, huh?"

The man nodded. "Yep, we used to have trouble keeping them in stock. Now we don't get them from the suppliers anymore since the popularity fell. Bit of a shame, really."

"Yeah, a shame," Noire agreed. Just then, she then remembered that she didn't have any money to buy them. She sighed. "It's too bad I can't afford them."

The man saw her disappointment, and began to tap the side of his cheek. "Hmm… Tell you what. Since I'm in a good mood since our town was saved, you can have this last set free of charge."

This surprised Noire. "What? Really? Aren't they expensive, being rare and all?"

"Nah, not really. You'd figure the price would go up, but it didn't. It actually went down. That's why I'm not worried about letting them go." With that, the man cracked his knuckles. "Alright Marco, time to pull out your finger and get to the source code!"

After a bit of typing on the cash register, the clerk, Marco, looked up at Noire and said, "There, all done. The clothes are yours. Oh, and you should take this backpack too; doubt anyone will buy it, being somewhat old and all," he said as he handed her a brown burlap-esque backpack with numerous pockets.

"Th-Thank you," Noire said as she tried to avoid eye contact with Marco.

"No problem. Is that all?" Marco asked.

"Yes, th-thank you," Noire said as she turned around and left the store.

Now we move to a hotel room, where we see Prinny, Edward, Wheatley, Vert, and Rita discussing how they'd arrived in Laskome.

"So you guys were found right outside of town? Man, that's convenient. Me and Prinny here just kinda woke up in town," Edward told Rita and Vert while leaning against the wall.

"Yes, that's right," Vert replied, sipping a cup of tea. "The people in town helped us recover, so when we heard that someone was causing mayhem, we naturally thought we'd help them to pay them back. However, it seems you two took care of it."

"Hey, speak for yourself. I said it was none of our business. I didn't want any part of your plan," Rita said, sitting at a table, arms crossed.

"Ah, but you came along with me anyways, didn't you, Rita dear?" Vert politely said to Rita, who took another sip of her tea.

At a slight loss for words, Rita said, "Y-Yeah, well, I figured you'd need the help, since you were so adamant about helping them and all."

Vert merely giggled. "And I thank you for your help, Rita. Now then, can I ask you two—"

"Ahem. Excuse me?" Wheatly piped up, pupil looking up at Vert. "Hi, yes, um, there's three of us. Please—please don't leave me out of this. I don't like being left out. It's… it's a real downer, you know?" Wheatley then focused on Edward and Prinny, the latter of whom was sleeping on the floor next to Ed.

"Ah yes, I'm sorry," Vert said, giggling lightly. Then, continuing from where she left off, "As I was saying, what do the three of you plan on doing?"

Ed closed his eyes for a moment, pondering what his plans actually were. "To be honest, I have no idea. We tried to ask around town for information, but uh…we ran into trouble."

Rita, who was reading a book and didn't seem to be paying attention, spoke up. "Yeah, we heard about two individuals were causing trouble earlier. One was a young boy who'd trapped some townspeople. The other was a small bird-like creature who attacked a guard. So that's you guys, huh?"

"Ehehe, well… let's just say we had a few communication problems" Edward chuckled weakly as he scratched the back of his head, slightly embarrassed.

Vert, finishing her tea, stood up. "Hmm… Alright then. Since you three seem to have no solid goals at present, you should come along with us."

"Whoa, what? You're just going to invite them to join us? Just like that? What about my opinion?" Rita asked, surprised with Vert's proposal.

"Okay then Rita, what's your opinion?" Vert asked, smiling at Rita.

Caught off-guard, Rita stammered as she tried to speak her thoughts, "I-I guess it's fine or whatever. Just don't get in my way when it comes to my research!"

Edward shrugged his shoulders. "I guess it couldn't hurt to go with you guys. After all, we don't really know where we should go next, anyway. Any ideas on where we should go?"

"We're planning to go to the port city north of this town, but we have to go east through a cave to get there. And before you ask—no, we can't just go north," Rita said. "Steep mountains block the way. There's another way, through a desert to the west, but neither Vert or I feel like trekking through that kind of place."

Picking himself off of the wall he was leaning on, Ed said, "Alright, should we go tomorrow? It's late now, and we've got no idea what kind of monsters come out at night here."

"So it's settled then. We shall leave for the cave to the east tomorrow morning." Vert got up and walked to Ed, Wheatley, and the sleeping Prinny. "As for you gentlemen, I believe you should get your own rooms for the night," she said to them.

"Alright. See you tomorrow, then," the blonde male told the two girls. He then lightly nudged Prinny with his boot. "C'mon, up and at 'em. Time to go to our rooms."

Prinny yawned, and looked around. "Hey, what's up, dood?" it said, rubbing its eyes. "Time for breakfast?"

Ed sighed, grabbed Wheatley in one hand, and Prinny's wings in the other, dragging it out of the room.

"Okay, see you tomorrow! I mean, we probably will. Unless something happens again. Then we might not," Wheatley said.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow! Stop it, please, dood! You're gonna pull them out!" Prinny screamed as the three left the room, closing the door behind them.

"Great, they're going to be a noisy bunch," Rita growled, looking at Vert. "Hope you know what you're doing, bringing them along."

"Hmhmhm, don't worry. I'm sure they'll be helpful. And entertaining, to say the least," the blonde woman said, walking to her bed. "You'd best get to sleep soon, too. Otherwise, they'll prove to be more helpful than you."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever," Rita said, again engrossed in her book.

Back at the benches, where Yuri and Noire are supposed to meet, we see Yuri waiting on his own.

"She sure is taking her time," he said to himself, watching as the street lights blinked on. "Huh, that's convenient."

"Sorry I'm late!" Noire said as she ran up to Yuri, slightly out of breath.

He shrugged his shoulders, "Whatever. So did you—" He stopped cold when he saw Noire's new outfit. "Ah, I get it. That explains what took you so long."

"W-What? I just got a little lost is all!" Noire tried convincing Yuri, to no avail.

"'Lost in a clothing store' is more like it. How much did those cost you?" Yuri asked.

Noire smiled smugly. "They didn't cost me anything, I'll have you know! The nice man who ran the store let me have them since they weren't going to sell, and they were the last ones! So there! Ha!"

"Okay, okay! Don't need to bite my head off, Princess!" he said holding his hands up in defense.

"Stop calling me Princess!" she yelled, shaking a fist at her companion.

Yuri then closed his eyes and let out a light chuckle. "Alright, alright! I won't call you that anymore. Wouldn't want the lady to hate me." He placed his hand on his hip, letting out a small sigh, followed by a shrug of his shoulders.

"Hmph! See that you don't!" Noire huffed, and turned away from him, following with a sigh. "I'm tired. Where are we going to rest for tonight?"

"Well, we have no money, so I guess we're sleeping outside tonight," Yuri told Noire as he walked toward the city exit.

"W-Wait, what?! Yuri, are you serious?" Noire asked after him in disbelief.

His only reply was "Yup," and he left the town.

"Ugh, dammit!" muttered Noire. "Yuri, wait for me! Wait when I tell you to wait!"

Later, some distance outside town, the two had set up a simple campfire. "Say, Yuri? What are we going to do about food? I'm kind of hungry."

"We'll figure something out in the morning. For now, let's just sleep," he said, shifting himself from face away from the fire.

"Tch… Fine," Noire grumbled as she did the same as he did. 'Great, I'm getting my brand new clothes dirty,' she thought to herself.

The next morning, Rita, Vert, Prinny, Edward, and Wheatley (being held in Edward's hand, of course) left the hotel. Rita and Vert had the rooms they stayed in that night because the owner felt bad about their being lost and amnesiac. Ed and Prinny tried to get their rooms by saying they were friends of Rita and Vert. When that didn't work, Prinny's pleading did.

"So now that we got the rest of what we need, why don't we get going then? Cave to the east, right?" Ed asked, stretching his arms and legs, two of which didn't need to stretch.

"Yeah, that's right. I guess you do listen," Rita said walking a little past Ed. Ed merely sighed and shook his head.

Vert then spoke up. "Now, now. Let's not start a fight, Rita. We're a party now, and parties don't fight each other. Now, shall we go?"

As the party neared the east exit, opposite of the one Yuri and Noire used, Prinny was rummaging through its bag, looking for something. It wasn't paying attention, which lead to it bumping into someone.

"Oh, sorry about that," the male said to the prinny.

"Ah! I'm sorry, dood!" Prinny exclaimed, pleading (which was obviously unnecessary) "I was looking for something and I didn't see you! Really!"

The young man had a black and white zip-up hoodie, long black shorts, rolled-up white socks, and black-and-white sneakers with some purple patterns included.

The young man sighed lightly. "It's fine. I'm not hurt or anything so don't worry to much. But you really should watch where you are going," he said to Prinny. He then asked the group, scratching the back of his head, "Say, do you know where I am? I kind of just woke up here and I can't remember how I got here."

"Ah, so he's like us! Can't remember where we come from either, we can't," Wheatley said, looking at the young man. "I'm glad you simply woke up here, and didn't fall from high up like me. Nasty business, that was."

"Hey, why not join up with us dood? We're about to go to a different town, see if we can revive our memories or whatnot," Prinny asked the man.

The man crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow. "Really? You're going to ask some random tosser to join up with you after bumping into him? You don't even know my name," he told the prinny.

Prinny, now trying to mimic the young man's stance, said, "Okay then, what's your name dood? Come on, tell us!"

"It's Jacob, Jacob Winters. But I don't know why—"

"Okay then, Jacob, you're part of our party, dood! Let's go everyone!" Excited, Prinny peg-legged off out of town, ahead of the others.

"Hey, I never said I'd—" With Prinny not paying attention to his protests, Jacob placed his hand on his face, rubbing his temples with his finger and thumb. "That little… thing, is going to be a headache, isn't it?"

"Oh, Prinny isn't all that bad, just easily excitable," Edward explained. "But are you sure you want to come with us? It might be dangerous."

Jacob thought for a moment. He then said, "Well, I guess I can follow you guys for a while. I mean, it's not like I have anything to do here anyway. Just, don't expect me to do any fighting. I don't really have a weapon or anything on me."

"That's no problem, Jacob," Vert said to him. "I'm sure the four of us are enough to handle what ever could be in those caves."

"Okay, we got that settled? Great, then let's go before we lose the idiot," Rita said, following after Prinny.

Jacob shrugged. "I guess we're off then." And with that said, the rest of them followed the two ahead of them.

Meanwhile, Noire and Yuri had both woken up and were now attempting to find food. They found a nearby tree that harbored fruit akin to apples.

"Hm, I guess these'll have to do," Yuri said as he looked up the tree at the fruits. He then managed to climb the tree and drop fruits down below to Noire. She immediately began to eat them as Yuri dropped down.

"Won't wait to see if they're poisonous, huh?" he said as he picked one taking a bite of it.

"Relax, they're just apples. Or something like them, anyway," Noire said, taking more bites of the fruit.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to say it last night because you shrieking at me, but I found out where a nearby town is," Yuri said as he sat down against the tree.

"Oh, really? Where is it?" Noire asked him, sitting down next to him.

"It's called Cruiple. Basically, it's north of here, but we have to go either east or west," Yuri said, pausing to take another bite of fruit. "I'd rather not go east, since that way goes through a cave, and I'd really rather not wander in the dark, seeing as how it has monsters. So that leaves west, which goes through a desert."

Noire crossed her arms in protest about Yuri's idea. "What?! A desert?! I don't want to go through some hot, dry desert!"

"Okay then, you can go east for the caves," Yuri told Noire.

"Yeah, like you'd let me go alone. You're too much the 'hero-type' to let me go by myself," the girl retorted.

The man merely grinned lightly at her comment. "Oh, I don't know about that. If you're lucky, maybe no monsters will attack you if I'm not there."

"Y-Y-Y-You wouldn't do such a thing!" Noire stammered. She paused for a bit before continuing. "You wouldn't… would you?" she asked, a hint of sadness and anxiety in her voice.

"Nah, I wouldn't do that. I'm not that much of a bad guy. But I still think we should go through the desert. Yes, it'll be hotter, but we'll be able to see and move around better, right?" Yuri told Noire.

She took in this information and nodded. "Hm, I guess… that's true. Fine. We'll take the desert way. But first we need to get supplies to go that way," she explained to him.

"And how do we get these supplies with no money to pay for them?" Yuri asked her.

Noire contemplated for a moment before looking around. She then noticed all the fruit that Yuri had knocked down to the ground. "Hey, do you think we could sell these to a vendor or something?" she asked, picking up one of the fruits.

"I don't know, but we might as well try anyway," Yuri said as he began to move the fruits into a pile.

"Wait, Yuri. Before we go back to town, I want to change clothes," Noire said as she ran behind the tree. "And if you peek while I'm changing, so help me…!" she told him, pulling out her rapier, pointing it at him.

"Why would I peek? What kind of person do you think I am?" he asked her in disbelief.

"Just… don't look," she stated one more time, this time more sternly.

After a few minutes of sitting against the tree, listening to the rustling of clothing behind it, Yuri saw Noire come out from behind the tree in her regular attire.

"Okay, let's go sell these," she said, gathering the pile of fruit in the backpack that Marco had given her. She then gave it to Yuri to carry.

The two made it to town, and actually sold the fruits for a decent amount of money. They asked where they could get supplies to trek across the desert and were directed to a particular store, where they bought their supplies.

"Okay, so we got everything we need?" Noire asked Yuri, eyeing her canteen, which was black with some silver trim. Yuri's was also black, with a deep blue trim.

"I think so," Yuri replied. "We'll go to the brook we stopped at yesterday, fill our canteens, and be on our way."

They exited the store, shielding their eyes as they left, adjusting to the harsh sunlight.

"Okay, let's get going then," Yuri said to Noire. Just as they were about to leave, a voice called out to them.

"Noire… is that you? You are Noire, right?"

The two turned around to find IF sprinting up to them. "Is it really you?" she asked again.

"Yes, my name's Noire. But who are—" She cut herself off as she gave IF a better inspection. She recognized her. "You're… IF… right?"

"Friend of yours, I take it?" Yuri asked.

"I think so. I mean, I know her name, and her face, and the fact that I know her. But I can't remember anything else beyond that," Noire said as she placed her hand on her chin.

IF crossed her arms, "Same here. All I really know is that we know each other. How did we get here, anyway?"

"I have no idea," Noire said shaking her head lightly.

"Damn, you too, huh? Both me and my—well, I guess you can call him my partner—we don't know how we got here, either."

"Partner? Miss IF, I thought we were friends?" a voice came from behind them.

"Ah, there you are, Magolor," IF said, turning to find her compatriot floating up to them. "Sorry for bolting off like that, it's just—"

"Ah, don't worry about it," Magolor replied. "You thought you saw your friend, so you took to the chase. And it seems to have been successful to," he said as he looked at Yuri and Noire.

"Oh, yeah—we should get to introductions," IF said to the three.

After the introductions, Yuri and Noire explained their plan to travel to the port town of Cruiple via the western path through the desert. IF and Magolor agreed that traveling with them would be better than staying in town, so they agreed to go with them. After IF and Magolor were prepared, the group left the town, gathered water in their canteens, and made their way to where the desert was. They made to the point where they could see the desert in the slight distance. They were in a small clearing that had some trees here and there. Already, they could feel a rise in temperature.

"Well I knew it was going to get hot, but I didn't expect it to be this soon," Yuri said as he shielded his eyes, looking out to the desert.

"Indeed. And unfortunately for us, it's going to get hotter where we're going," Magolor said as he hovered over to Yuri.

"You're right. It's going to get hotter where you're going. But it's not the desert!" a voice suddenly taunted the group, getting them slightly on edge.

"Who's there?!" Yuri said, looking around, gripping his katana strap tighter.

"Hehe! 'Who's there', he asks?" the voice snickered. "Why don't you look up? Or is that too hard for you?"

The party looked up to see a man floating in the air. He wore black pants and a grey vest stitched closed. His shoes were also black, along with the wrist bands he wore. His hair was ashy-white, and his eyes almost glowed a light blue. Perhaps the strangest thing about him was the floating wing-like shoulder pads at his sides. They had glowing red veins, and were connected to a jewel that floated a few inches from his chest. He then floated down to the ground, but still levitated.

"Who are you?" IF asked, preparing to draw out her claw gauntlets if this man made any sudden movements.

"Heh. I don't need to answer you little shits. But hey, I found you easily enough and that puts me in a pretty damn good mood, so sure, why the hell not?" the man said as he brushed some of his hair out of his eyes.

"All right—listen up you gutless worms!" he shouted viciously. "I'm the killer of Kings! The destroyer of worlds! I'm the best Order member that ever lived! I'm the one, the only, the indestructible Gig! Ah-hahahahaha!"

The man, Gig, then got into a fighting stance. "Alright, time to play kiddies! Bring it!" he said. The group readied their weapons, except for Magolor, who raised his hands to bring forth a purple energy.

Yuri was the first to make an attack on Gig. He dashed up to him, and tried to slash him diagonally. He missed as Gig easily dodged the attack, and as a counterattack, Gig placed his hands in front of Yuri, blasting him back with dark power.

"Guuuh!" Yuri groaned out with pain as he skidded to a stop.

"Yuri! Are you okay?!" Noire asked him with concern in her voice.

"Don't worry about me, focus on him. He isn't just hot air," Yuri said as he got back up, ready to fight. "Okay, what we're gonna need to do is overwhelm him by attacking all at once. Think you guys are up for it?"

Agreeing with Yuri, the group rushed Gig, except for Magolor, how held his hands in front of him, as if he was holding a ball.

Yuri again was the first to get to Gig, this time he went for a vertical slice, which again, was dodged and countered, this time with a kick to the face, sending Yuri to the ground in a painful blast. IF was next; as she quickly threw swipes and kicks, Gig was easily dodging her. However, this distracted him from Noire, who came in from the side, attempting a quick thrust. Gig also dodged this, but in the time he took to dodge that, IF managed to finally hit him with one of her claws, if even only by a little. Gig examined the side of his face using his hand, now bearing a fresh cut on his cheek. He smiled.

"Hehehe. Seems he was right to worry about you guys." Gig smirked. "Alright, let's have some more fun!" Gig shouted and laughed. It seemed he was truly enjoying the battle.

At this time, Magolor had conjured up a medicine-ball sized 'dark orb' and he launched it at Gig. Gig saw the orb sailing towards him, grabbing it as it came close. Landing on his feet, Gig made to throw it back like a baseball. However, Yuri came with a sliding kick, followed by a rising slash. Gig attempted to kick Yuri again, who dodged by stepping back, increasing the distance between the two.

"Gaaah! You bastard! Oh, I'm going to enjoying ripping out your entrails!" Gig shouted to Yuri as he recovered from missing his kick.

"Umm, that's pretty disgusting, you know?" said Yuri, somewhat disturbed.

Magolor then clapped his hands, causing the dark orb (which was still in Gig's hand) to detonate, hurting Gig. IF then again went in for more slashes and kicks. This time, they all connected due to Gig struggling to regain his composure after Magolor's attack. Noire joined IF, using graceful slashes over thrusts. Yuri then went in to assist the two girls as well as finish off their opponent. However, Gig had enough of being a target for them.

"Alright that's it! You miserable rats are so freakin' dead! I'm going to kill you all!" As Gig roared, IF, Noire, and Yuri found themselves blown back by Gig's unexpected blast of magical energy.

Magolor tried to throw another dark orb at Gig. Gig again caught this, and rather then holding for long it, he quickly flew at Magolor with it. By "flew", I mean he literally flew: Gig's shoulder-pad wing things actually turned into demon-like bat wings. When Gig was no more then a few feet from Magolor, he threw the orb back at him. With little time to react, all Magolor could do was take it. It sent him flying, and skidding along the ground.

"Magolor!" IF exclaimed.

"One down," Gig cackled.

While Gig's back was turned, Yuri attempted to get in an attack. It looked like it was going to work too, but at the very last second, Gig turned around and grabbed Yuri by the neck, and slammed him into the ground as hard as he could, making a small, shallow crater in the ground. He then dragged Yuri forward, still in the ground, making a crater line. Gig backed up into the sky and watched as Yuri stood up. He was weakened, his knees wobbly, and couldn't defend himself. Gig saw this, too.

"He he! I gotta hand it to you! You're tough for a human! But that ends today! Get ready to die!" Gig shouted in a crazed frenzy.

Gig then flew up even higher into the sky. He then placed his hands together, dark flames erupting between the cracks. He then began to part them slightly, a ball of dark fire formed between them. He then quickly spread his arms apart, causing the dark flame to disappear and leave a black-handled scythe with a blood-red blade at the end. He grabbed the scythe and propelled himself down fast, aiming for Yuri with his new scythe.

As Gig came down, Noire saw that he was going in for the kill on Yuri. "Yuri! Get out of there!" She shouted to him. He couldn't move, though; his body was too wracked with pain to respond properly. "Yuri!" she shouted once more, running over to him. She made it in front of him and prepared to defend him.

"What the hell are you doing?" Yuri asked, incredulous. "Get out of here!"

"And leave you to die?! No!" she snapped back.

"DIE!" shouted Gig, who was even closer now.

As he closed the distance, Noire's body glowed a bright white, causing everyone to shield their eyes—even Gig, who simply closed his. This didn't stop him as he raised his weapon for the final slash.

CLANG!

That was the noise heard by all as the bright light subsided. Gig was the first to open his eyes, and what he saw only infuriated him further.

In Noire's place was a white haired woman, who wore a black plug-suit with a design similar to that of a one-piece swimsuit. The woman also had black leggings and long gloves, made of the same material as the plug-suit, neither completely reaching the suit, leaving it disconnected at the upper arms to shoulder, and upper leg to thighs. She had claw gauntlets on her hands; and she also had various pieces of magic-driven technology floating around her, the ones at her back resembling a pair of wings. The weapon she used to block Gig's scythe was a large, two-pronged broadsword, blades back-to-back, that she was holding up with one hand.

The woman opened her eyes, revealing light-green eyes, with white pupils resembling power icons (the kind you see on game consoles and such). She smiled. "Ready for round two?" She then shoved Gig off her blade, and he backed off into the air.

The mysterious white-haired woman then turned her head to look at Yuri. "Stay back, Yuri. I'll handle this." Her voice was full of pride and determination.

"Noire, is that… you?" Yuri asked her, still somewhat surprised. She ignored him, turning away as she flew off towards Gig.

As she attacked this time around, Gig could do nothing but parry. He lifted his scythe up high for an attack, when a dark orb hit him in that back. He turned his head to see Magolor below him, back in the air (and the fight) and getting ready to throw another attack. Gig growled and dived at the small magician. As he reached ground level, IF attacked him from the side, getting in a couple of slashes with her claw gauntlets. Gig soon started to dodge her with ease, countering with a knee to IF's stomach, thus causing her to fall to her knees, holding her sides in pain. He prepared to swing his scythe down on her when Magolor again hit him with another dark orb.

"Okay, I'm getting real damn pissed with you!" Gig snarled.

He was about to move in on Magolor, but noticed something beforehand. Quickly, he turned around and defended just in time to block a heavy blow from Noire. This damaged his scythe, which was starting to crack. Noire went for another attack; Gig defended again, but this time his weapon broke in half from the impact, leaving Gig without a proper weapon and off balance just enough for the white-haired woman to get in one good slash across his chest.

"Agh!" he screamed in pain as he was flung back, crashing into the ground. As he tried to get up, he stopped when he found the woman's sword pointed at his neck.

"Give up," Noire snapped.

Gig merely spat out blood at her feet. "Go to hell, you bitch!" He snarled. He then glowed a faint white light and seemed to be beamed up into the sky.

"Where did you go?! Get back here, coward!" she shouted to the sky. Then she remembered that Yuri was injured and ran to him.

"Yuri! Are you alright?" she asked, kneeling beside him. "…N-Not that I'm worried or anything…"

"No, not really. But I'm not dead, so I guess that's something," he said, coughing a bit.

"Sir Yuri, you may want to take it easy. After all, you had quite the ordeal with that rowdy fellow. Tis a good thing we came on this trip prepared for potential injuries," Magolor said as he floated toward the two.

"What I want to know is: why the hell did he attack us? What was his problem, anyway? The way the guy fought, he was like some sort of lunatic," IF said as she got up. She was still holding her side from Gig's kick, wincing in pain.

Noire's new form disappeared in a flash, replaced with her original form.

"Well, that certainly is a neat trick there, Princess." Yuri said to her, despite his injuries. "What was that, anyway?"

"I… can't remember… But it must be something important to who I am. That much I know," she said picking herself up. "And I thought I told you not to call me Princess!"

Chuckling, Yuri said, "Ha ha. Sorry, I must've forgot. Can you ever forgive me…Noire?"

"Ugh, fine, whatever. Just shut up and rest, okay?" she told him, becoming slightly rosy in her cheeks, turning away from him.

"Ah, I didn't know you cared," he joked again.

"Ah, stupid Yuri! Shut up, shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!" she screamed to him, her face now tomato red. IF and Magolor looked at each other and tried not to laugh.

Back in the room where we first "saw" the seven figures, there are two present: the one with slicked-up hair, and the one with messy hair. They walk up to a medical gurney off to the side.

"I thought we made it very clear that we're not to kill them yet," the slick-haired man snapped at him. "We sent you to get a general idea of how strong they are, and what do you do? You nearly ruin everything."

"Hey, how about you shut up?" Gig snapped as he laid on the bed, his wounds bandaged. "I'm trying to rest here, dammit."

"You know, we coulda easily left you there to deal with them. We only brought you back because you're still useful to us," the messy-haired man said.

"'Useful'? Ha!" Gig retorted. "I'm the best killer you have! What would you do without me?!"

The slick-haired man laughed. "Ha ha ha! That's what I love about you, Giggy baby! You're always so full of fire! Just make sure to keep that fire under control next time. Otherwise, you may not be so lucky." And with that, the two of them left the room.

Gig looked up at the ceiling. "I'm going to pay you sons-a-bitches back one day," he growled to no one. "Just you wait. And those bastards down there, too. They better be ready for next time! I'm going to flat-out annihilate them! HAHAHAHAHA! Ouch!" Gig winced in pain from his wounds.

I hope you have enjoyed this Chapter of Dimension Cross. I bet no one here woulda guessed that straight from Hyperdimension Neptunia is Real!'s Jacob would join the Dimension Cross team huh?

But again must apologize for the delay. Hopefully I can get the next one out much sooner this time around. Also the 'lottery' idea were I pick two characters people leave me in a review or even a PM, is still in effect.

Also, it has been pointed out to me that I jumped around a lot during this chapter, and for that I am also sorry. However the good news is since groups have been established, I can easily dedicate a chapter to one group at a time.

If I missed anything in this one, please feel free to PM what I might of messed up. Look forward to the next Chapter of Dimension Cross: Handle with Care!