Naturally, the Feudal Era, being five hundred years in the past, did not suffer from the dark apocalypse, and Kagome and her friends were completely unaware of any of it happening at all as they slept in their guest room in the palace.

Sadly, Princess Tusyu was having a hard time falling asleep at all. How could she, after all that had happened that day-- losing more guards, Hiyoshimaru was dead, and she learned the truth of Nobunaga’s feelings.

She just lay awake in her futon, while her husband was fast asleep beside her, and she kept casually looking out the window hoping to catch a glimpse of Nobunaga’s dark angel, only to remember he had witnessed his friend, Hiyoshimaru die that day.

She saw something fly past and bolted up right excitedly, but it was only a crow.

“Princess…?” Kimo said as he awoke, but he didn’t have to ask to see that she wasn’t alright and obviously still very upset. This was confirmed when she turned to face him with tears in her eyes.

Whatever was he to do with her? He hated seeing her so upset and distraught, even he himself still retained his own remorse and stuff.

All he could do right now was comfort his wife.

Meanwhile, out in the vast fields, Kikyo was standing near the Bone-Eater’s Well, and just being next to it she could feel something dark and terrible, even her soul collectors were looking and moving uneasily as if something were bothering them.

“I don’t know what has happened,” she thought to herself “But I fear this is the great darkness I have been sensing. Even before this great darkness, I feel even Naraku’s power would be as nothing.”

She suddenly could sense another presence near her, “Sesshomaru.” She said without even turning round.

“Fancy finding you here.” said Sesshomaru “If you are near, then Inuyasha must be nearby as well?”

Kikyo acted smug, “Sorry to disappoint you.”

“I see.” hissed Sesshomaru, “Should you see him, let him know this-- that I am aware of what has been transpiring, and I will not rest until I have gained what I want from him.”

Not even waiting for Kikyo to respond, he walked back towards Jaken and Rin who were waiting for him.

“Did you get the information, my lord?” asked Jaken, but his master would not answer, and just continued to walk.

“Uhh…” said Jaken “…Very well then.”

Koga wasn’t too far away either, at his own campsite. He looked down the hill and saw, “Is that Sesshomaru? What’s he doing way out here?”

No matter for that, Koga didn’t seem to care much. He had his own little business to attend to, like getting even with Naraku for possessing him with that jewel shard.

The next morning, Inuayasha and co awoke, but when they all sat down to a royal banquet for breakfast, they noticed Princess Tsuyu was barely eating.

“Is everything alright, Princess?” asked Kagome.

Tsuyu let out a soft yawn. “Forgive me, I did not sleep well.”

Lord Kimo hung his head low, and Tsuyu’s father was deeply concerned. “Perhaps you were far too shaken from the dreadful attack in the village the other day.”

That was all he knew, he had no way of hearing about what Tsuyu had learned of Nobunaga.

Miroku then suggested, “This may seem rather rash, but perhaps a mild sedative will help the princess put her mind at ease so she may rest.”

Sango agreed, “We could gather the necessary herbs and things to make it.”

Lords Hime and Kimo agreed it was for the best, but Kagome then stood up and said, “No need, I can just head back home and bring you something that’ll work a lot better.”

“Kagome!” said Inuyasha.

“What? I just want to try and help.”

“I’m not saying you shouldn’t, I’m just saying it’d be better if we all stayed together.”

“He’s got a point,” said Shippo “What if Naraku’s out there waiting to get at us all again?”

Kagome realized this, but still wanted to help the princess, and she knew her modern world relief medicines from her time would do the trick much better.

“I’m going, and that’s that!”

Then she excused herself and headed out of the palace and took off on her bike that she had brought with her.

“Ugh! Wait up!” growled Inuyasha, and he leapt out the window, down the hill and chased after her. He wasn’t willing to let her go off into the wilderness unprotected.

The others simply ignored it and continued to enjoy their food.

“Hey, where’s Myoga?” asked Shippo.

“I’m pretty sure he’s off getting his own breakfast.” said Sango.

…Indeed, Myoga was hopping around the village, sucking bits of blood out of any beautiful woman he could find, and he managed to avoid being slapped.

Miroku could picture it now and looked dismayed, “That is one perverted flea.”

Sango and Shippo expressed low looks at him. “Look who’s talking?” grumbled Sango.

Miroku pretended to take no notice.

Suddenly, something flew past the large windows, making Tsuyu look up again, but it was just a leaf loose in the breeze.

Now everyone was really concerned for her.

Soon, Kagome and Inuyasha arrived at the well. “I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

Inuyasha nodded, and watched Kagome jump into the well.

Kagome still managed to transport through time, to her own era, but the second she appeared, she noted how dark it was-- she could barely see her hand before her face. “Hey!” she shouted, and she looked up to the opening and saw it was blocked.

“Sota!” she grumbling, figuring he had closed up the well as a prank again.

She was able to the find the ladder, climbed up the ladder and tried to push the cover off, only to find how heavy it was. “Hey!!” she called “Mom! Grandpa! Open up! Let me out of here!!”

Try as she would, it felt like a whole house was sitting over the opening.

“I better get Inuyasha.”

So she went back to the Feudal Era, and came back with him, and in one huge rush, Inuyasha burst through what was revealed to be a ton of rubble that was covering the well.

“Huh?!” cried Kagome “What’s going on? Where’d all this rubble come from?”

“Kagome!” shouted Inuyasha “Get up here, now!”

He sounded more concerned than demanding.

Kagome couldn’t get up the ladder fast enough, and what she saw next made her shout “WHAT THE (BLEEP)!!”

The shrine…! It was totalled-- hardly anything left but broken planks, fallen shingles, charred sheets, and way beyond was worse!

It was darker than night! Not so dark that couldn’t see yourself…

…but very eerie, just like the Dark Zone!

The skies were all covered in the same stormy clouds, and yet the sun was shining through them, but it was all dark, as if it had been sapped of its power. The temperature was only cooler, but as Kagome looked around, she saw her home, her neighborhood-- her entire town was in dark ruins! All the buildings were in ruins. The grounds were all beat up and as dark and eerie, and worse than that, there were a few bones and skulls that lay about.

Kagome fell to her knees as she felt her heart shattering and her stomach turning. Tears were flowing down her face, but she was so devastated that she couldn’t break out sobbing.

Images of her family passed before her eyes. There was no guessing it-- they were gone! Everyone was gone!

“What the hell happened…?!” Inuyasha wondered

Suddenly, something flew past overhead. Inuyasha looked up, and there was no questioning what he saw, “A Dark Angel? But… how can I see them?”

He was snapped out of his trance when Kagome suddenly collapsed on the ground.

“Kagome…!”

He scooped her up, and Inuyasha realized she was overcome with grief, and he decided the best chance was to take her back to the Feudal Era, since there was absolutely nothing to stay around here for.

So he turned back and leapt into the well, not even bothering to question how it survived whatever happened.

Another Dark Angel happened to be passing by and caught a glimpse of Inuyasha jumping into the well. “Mortals?” he questioned “How can that be? We have eradicated all mortals.”

He quickly flew off to inform his superiors.

In the Digital World, hundreds of thousands of Digi Destined from all over the world, children, teenagers, and even a few grownups alike, had safely ported in before what happened.

The fields were full, the beaches were crowded. It was a general population bomb!

The lead Digi Destined group all met up together.

“Is everyone here?” Matt asked.

“I think so.” answered Sora. She saw most of their friends.

Mimi was curled up on the ground, shaking with the most terrible fear, “I cannot… believe… what just happened!” she whimpered.

“I can’t either!” cried Joe “What the hell happened?”

Izzy, though he himself was battling with his own depression explained what happened with the Dark Angels after TK and Kari caused Ken’s D3 to go berserk. “The angels were angry.” Izzy said sorrowfully “They vowed to takeover, claim the worlds as their own. I knew we’d all be safe if we ported here, because the Dark Angels can’t seem to affect the Digital World.”

Much as everyone did feel ever so relieved to be safe and alive, “But… our world…!” said Yolei “Our homes, our families! What about them…?!”

“Yolei!” Ken cried as he held her by the shoulders and looked at her through his tearful eyes, “You saw it! I saw it! We all saw it!”

“…They’re gone! All of it!” Cody sobbed. Yolei and Ken huddled around him to try and comfort him, but what good it would do…?

Many tearful sobs were heard over the distance as many of the children wept for the loss of pretty much everything they loved, knew.

Tai was curled up on the ground, with his face buried into his knees sobbing softly. “Jun… Kari… Mom, Dad!”

Matt stood where he was, clenching his quivering fists, as a single tear fell from his eye. “TK…”

The gang all sat on the grass, hardly able to feel the coolness of it as they were overcome with sadness and sorrows beyond imagination!

Kari suddenly felt a cool breeze tickling her face and she slowly began to awaken.

The first thing she saw was Gatomon looking down at her. “Kari…” she cried softly.

Kari felt very weary and could hardly find strength to move at first, “Gatomon?” she asked “What’s happening? Am I dreaming? Am I dead?”

Gatomon was so happy to see her that a happy tear fell from her eye, splashing on Kari’s face.

“I am alive!” Kari cried as she rubbed the soft salty liquid from her face.

“Kari!” Gatomon wept as she jumped on her in a big hug, which made Kari find all her strength nearly at once and she hugged her back. Only to suddenly realize where she was…

“…The Dark Ocean?”

This made her remember-- how the real world was crumpling into darkness, and she and TK both ran into each other, glowing with darkness, before they blacked out.

Now Kari began to weep softly.

“Kari, what is it?” asked Gatomon, but Kari only wanted to weep and bewail.

“Gatomon…” Patamon called as he and TK came walking along the sand. TK had awoken earlier, but he too looked just as grim as Kari. Now, Gatomon was really concerned!

Patamon explained what TK had told him.

“No way!” cried Gatomon “Tell me it isn’t true?!” but judging from Kari’s weeping, and TK’s grimness, it was true-- the human world and all the worlds beyond it were taken over by the Dark Angels.

TK fell to his knees and punched the sand hard, but he couldn’t find any words to say!

The Titans were beginning to awaken. Starfire had seemed to have healed from her wounds completely, and Terra was miraculously still pregnant.

Still, they looked around this strange place they seemed to be in.

“Where are we?” asked Terra.

“We are the deceased?” wondered Starfire.

“I don’t think so,” answered Cyborg. He noted all the familiar surroundings-- The dark starry skies, tinted with hints of red. Stone pathways, arches and mazes all over, “This is Raven’s mind!”

“That’s right.” Raven said as she dropped down holding the small mirror in her hand.

“Friend Raven!” cried Starfire, and she rushed over hugging her tightly, “I am so happy to see you are safe.”

For once, Raven didn’t mind being hugged, and hugged her back. “I thought I’d be too late.”

“What happened?” Robin asked “How did we get here?”

Raven explained how after she escaped the Dark Zone, she barely managed to make it to the tower and took the mirror from her room, knowing that the realm of her mind was one place the Dark Angels couldn’t possibly ravage.

“I then teleported Cyborg and Terra here into my mind first, and then I just barely took Robin and Starfire out of the hospital before…” she paused, “…Before it happened!”

The Titans remembered, and it brought great pain and sadness to them all. “They really did it!” said Robin.

“Our worlds, our home!” cried Starfire.

Terra clutched her belly and was trying desperately to hold back the stressful feelings for her baby’s sake, but Cyborg placed his hand on her shoulder, telling her to let it out, “It’s only going to get more painful if you keep holding it back.”

Terra burst into a very soft but woeful sob, and Cyborg held her close feeling his own pains getting to him.

“Oh, Robin…!” Starfire cried, and Robin just stood where he was, overwrought with grief and extreme shock.

Raven clenched her fists, and shut her eyes tightly as a single tear fell down her face. “…It’s gone,” She muttered “…All of it! Every planet, every dimension…!”

Elsehwere, Cadance was beginning to awaken as she felt a damp cloth was placed over her forehead.

“Cadance…” Twilight called to her softly “Please wake up.”

Cadance’s eyes peeped open and she could see all the gang looking down at her.

“Thank goodness you’re alright.” said Celestia.

Cadance felt a weak smile coming to her face, “I just had the weirdest nightmare. I dreamt the world was ending and Shining Amor and Flurry Heart were--” she stopped when she noticed everyone looking at her with grim expressions, and that her husband and daughter were nowhere to be seen.

If anything, she didn’t even recognize where she and the others were-- this was a most unusual house where everything seemed so topsy-turvy.

Some furniture was on the ceiling and the walls. There were cases of three-dimensional stairs in weird directions, a chandelier sticking out of the floor, and some of the upholstery was floating about weightlessly.

Discord came out of the kitchen with trays of tea, “Well, look whose woken up.” he said at Cadance “You know, I’m still waiting for a “Thank You” for saving your life.”

Cadance began to tremble with worry. None of the others had the heart to tell her it was no dream… and they didn’t have to! “No…” she peeped sadly “Shining Armor… Flurry Heart…!”

Twilight’s blood ran cold hearing this and confirming they were gone, along with everything else she and her friends ever knew.

Discord had brought them all to his place in his own dimension, which was unaffected by the ravaging thanks to a hunch Discord had tired.

“Remember that Dark Powder Twilight made?” he asked “Well, Celestia gave it to me for safe keeping.”

The others all gawked at Celestia, and she nodded confirming it was true.

“Anyway…” said Discord “Since my reality bending couldn’t do anything, I figured, since that powder contained essence of the Dark Zone, I could spread it across parts of my own dimension, so the dark angels would think this place had already been hit… and I can’t believe it actually worked, or we’d all be as gone with the wind as everyone else was.”

As thankful as everyone wanted to be, how could they express it after what they had just went through, all that they had lost?

“Can’t you be a little more supportive?” asked Starlight.

“What do you expect me to say?” replied Discord “My being sorry isn’t going to change what’s happened. It’s not going to bring things back, and if you really think I don’t feel about this deep down…” he paused and then looked really grim “…Well, you’re wrong.”

“He’s right.” said Twilight “It’s all my fault this happened. I left the mirror activated, and didn’t shut it down.”

The others wanted to try and argue with that and say it was just a mistake, but they now realized Discord was right-- nothing that could be said or admitted to would change what they had all lost.

“My family!” sobbed Applejack “I never got to see ‘em one last time neither.”

Pinkie Pie was trembling with sadness and shaky misery as she thought of all the hundreds of friends she left behind, as well as her family, and the Cakes.

All the ponies felt this way, but none felt as horrible as Celestia and Luna.

“I can’t believe this happened.” said Celestia “After so many ages of guarding and protecting our world-- now it’s gone!”

“Oh, sister…!” sobbed Luna and the two sisters hugged and shared a soft cry.

Rarity remained as stiff as a board, with a rather entranced look of horror and sadness on her face, remembering seeing Spike among the invasion that destroyed their world.

While such actions of the Dark Angels were arguably sickening, it could not be denied that their anger was not unjustified. “Spike warned us not to interfere.” Rarity said “And we didn’t.”

“I don’t think blaming ourselves will help, Rarity.” said Fluttershy “The real question is: what do we do now?”

Rainbow sighed “We can’t go back. There isn’t a “back” to go to.”

Applejack suggested to Starlight and Twilight, “Can’t you two create some sorta time spell and head to the past and stop all this?”

Twilight and Starlight shook their heads.

“We don’t have any magical items or potions to make any possible time travels.” said Starlight “It all was lost in ravaging along with everything else.”

Everyone then looked at Discord, and he shook his head, “I’m a reality bender, not a time traveler. I can’t actually create things, I can only bend them, but what the Dark Angels did is too much, even for me.”

“Besides, it wouldn’t help.” added Twilight “Even if we could go back in time and stop the gate from blowing up, it wasn’t just our dimension that angered the Dark Angels.”

Everyone remembered the Titans’ world and the Digimon universe were behind it as well. At least the Feudal Era of Inuyasha remained untouched, that much they could tell.

It was really starting to look hopeless.

Poor Cadance was so upset, she didn’t think she cared even if they could go back to Equestria or not. She had seen her love and her child taken away by Spike.

Discord knew she was thinking this, and he felt really bad that he hadn’t acted fast enough and could have saved them all.

He felt so bad about it that he went outside to sit on the porch alone, and stare off into the swirling waves of his small, dark dimension.

Fluttershy then got up and joined him outside. “I’ve never seen you feel like this before.” She said to him.

Discord sighed, “Hey, I never thought I’d say this, but I had a fondness for Equestria. Sure, you were all a little uptight and against my little fun ways, but… well…” he tried to find what to say and only came up with “…It just felt special to me, okay? I said it!”

Fluttershy put her hoof on his back comforting him, “Thank you for saving me and my friends. At least we all still have each other now.”

Discord almost looked as if he would cry legitimately, “Yeah, I guess you’re right.”

They both just continued to sit there on the porch while the others all stayed inside, softly letting out their emotions and pondering what they could possibly do now.

The Dark Angels, they never felt so wonderful!

It felt so great not having to be restricted and follow a boring schedule anymore, or be intangible and not be able to do things like when they were alive.

True, they had ravaged every single dimension and world they could find, but now that they controlled pretty much every existence there was, they were free to rebuild and recapture a great deal.

Using their, now, unrestricted powers; the angels took the remains of every building and landscape they destroyed and re-molded and reshaped them all into eerie looking, but magical and bustling cities and lands.

Many of the buildings seemed to be giant mountains, or castle and tower shaped.

The angels used their powers to build places of fun and enjoyment, like arcades, dance halls, skate-parks, just about everything.

They even created female dark angels, out of the dark sands and infused them with dark energy for their souls. They were pretty much no different than artificial beings, or like robots. They were basically spiritless drones to help liven up the mood, as the men were all rather deprived of the opposite gender.

None of these drones represented any of the angels’ former crushes. Why would they want to create likeness of the very creatures that were largely responsible for sending them into the darkness to begin with?!

Of course there were no food stands, drink bars, big businesses, not even any currency to be exchanged, or even day or night-- though they were all behaving like living like mortals now and having fun for the first time since ever… they were still dead! Things like money, food and boring business meant nothing to them and were not needed.

There was no breeding or mating either-- again, the angels were dead, and females were artificial anyway. The angels didn’t seem to mind or care.

There was also no need to worry about over-crowdedness. Being in control of and populating pretty much every world in every realm, the angels had plenty of places to go, and room for everyone.

Every world was bustling greatly, especially for Nobunga, Davis, Beast Boy and Spike. Erebus had graciously allowed them to become, practically the mayors or generals of their own respective worlds, seeing as it was their former friends and allies that brought on the ravaging.

You’d expect being the mayors of entire dimensions was a touch job, but the Dark Angels all got along so well. There were no fights, no arguments, and no worries at all.

Even if two angels bumped into each other, they felt no pain-- they were dead.

In their eerie wind language they would express apologies…

“Please excuse me.”

“I’m terribly sorry”

…Though they didn’t have to speak that way if they didn’t wish, not that it mattered either.

There were all kinds of portals and rifts that the angels could control from the ravage that would allow them to transport between dimensions.

As for Erebus himself, he still remained in whatever was left of the battered Dark Zone, keeping watch over all the realms as the Supreme Dark Ruler!

He sighed peacefully as he sat on his black throne. “I have not felt at such ease in eons.” he muttered to himself “It certainly feels wondrous to finally rule over all creation.”

He remembered how eons upon eons ago how he and his fellow gods were to rule almost this exact way when they created creation and all existence, were it not for Kiran losing her memories which lead to his unjust imprisonment, which also resulted in all the many mortal men affected by this curse to become Dark Angels like himself-- unfairly robbed of their dignities and their hopes and dreams which killed them and sent them to the darkness.

Still, it felt great to him taking the world for all the punishment and suffering he and his clan had endured, and to him there was not a mortal left to contend with.

His lead sentry suddenly approached him and spoke in the language…

“My lord… Nobunaga has arrived and says he must speak with you.”

Erebus answered in plain English, “Let him come forth.”

The sentry bowed and let Nobunaga come forth, and he explained what his civilians had told him.

“What?!” snapped Erebus “Are you sure of this?”

“I am not, my lord,” replied Nobunaga “I was informed by the by-passer that he claims to have two mortals resembling that of Lady Kagome and Inuyasha, and that they had gone instantly.”

Erebus pondered deeply, and here he had thought all mortals had been wiped out in the ravage.

“I have my suspicions, my lord.” Nobunaga continued “Perhaps the great time warp that allows the passage from the present to my original era remains functional.”

“Yes, I believe that as well.” said Erebus “We cannot conquer what has past and gone. However, I don’t see how this can possibly be a danger to us. Even if by some miracle any mortals have survived our conquest, there is nothing they can do to change what is and what shall be.”

Nobunaga excused himself and then returned to his own dimension, leaving Erebus to continue to ponder about this more.

Nobunaga ran into the other three mayors on his way.

“What’s up?” asked Davis.

Nobunaga told them of what he had told Erebus.

“Dude?!” snapped Beast Boy “Are you serious? There can’t be any mortals left. We blew them all into darkness.”

Spike suddenly remembered how Princess Cadance suddenly vanished before he could destroy her too, and he began to fret that maybe some of the ponies in Equestria had survived.

“Are you alright, Spike?” asked Nobunaga.

“I was just wondering,” answered Spike “What if more people and ponies actually survived than we thought?”

The others did not seem so concerned, “Even if there are, they can’t stop us.” said Davis “There’s who knows how many of us Dark Angels, and our new lady drone companions.”

Beast Boy agreed, “Besides, It’s not like they can’t damage us anymore or even try to battle us-- all the dark aura absorbed over the eons-- we’re like the perfect force to not be reckoned with.”

Spike smiled and felt better. “If they have survived, let them come. We’ll show ‘em.”

The gang agreed and then left.

As the days passed, or so they would seem to pass to their being no actual time passing, the Dark Angels truly felt they were having real fun and enjoyment.

But in each of the other worlds, it was a different story!

In the Feudal Era, Kagome was still out cold from her heartbreak.

Inuyasha had brought her back to the palace where she was placed in a futon and a cold cloth was placed over her head.

Inuyasha told the group everything!

“Poor Kagome!” said Shippo “Imagine coming back home and finding it all in ruin and destruction!”

Sango clenched her fists and looked downhearted herself, knowing the feeling too well.

“Oh, I’m sorry, Sango. I didn’t mean--”

“It’s alright, Shippo.” said Sango “We should all just focus on Kagome right now.”

“Indeed,” agreed Miroku “After a shock such as she had, she could succumb to a worse illness.”

Inuyasha cringed at such a thought, and he felt really hurt for Kagome too.

Miroku then looked over at him, “You’re certain the Dark Angels did this?”

“Positive.” replied Inuyasha “I saw them with my own eyes, they were no longer intangible. They were definitely responsible.”

Nobody needed to question now-- it was obvious that something serious had happened in the present day that warrant anger and aggravation from the Dark Angels, and as such they ravaged the worlds.

“You should never anger the gods.” said Miroku “They can be capable of far more than any demon we’ve ever seen.”

Shippo began to feel very afraid, “What if the Dark Angels decide to destroy our world next?! What if they’re getting ready to right now?”

Inuyasha clunked him on the head, which he actually thanked him for.

“Shippo…” snapped Inuyasha “That happened in Kagome’s time-- centuries away. Here, we’re safe as long as nobody tries to anger the Dark Angels.”

This concerned the entire group, remembering that Naraku was probably plotting something as well, and if he angered the angels-- they didn’t want to bear the thoughts of what could happen.

Little did the group realize that Princess Tsuyu had overheard them all while she was outside in the royal garden, and now she was worried too!

“Nobunaga…” she said in her thoughts.

She couldn’t believe her ears when she heard what Inuyasha said that Nobunaga helped to obliterate Kagome’s world-- which also astounded her to finally learn that Kagome came from the future as well.

Still…

“Oh, Nobunaga, how could you do such a thing.” the princess continued to think, and then she thought back to all the times how Nobunaga despised killing, and even protected her husband from being slain by Inuyasha.

She wiped the tears that came to her eyes, and pulled herself together.

Inuyasha was right-- the ravaging hadn’t happened and wouldn’t for hundreds of years, but this did not make Tsuyu feel better, especially overheating about Naraku and his plans.

“If only I could find Nobunaga.” she thought to herself “I could warn him, and maybe… I could…”

She was snapped out of her trance by her husband calling softly to her, “Princess?”

She winced in fright, “Oh…! Oh, it’s you My Lord. Forgive me, I was far away.”

Her husband smiled at her, “I was coming to check on you and see if you were well, but it seems there are many who are lost in thought today.”

Tsuyu kept no secrets from her husband, “If I may ask, my lord.”

“Yes, Princess…?”

Tsuyu took a moment to select her words carefully, “I have overheard our friends talking, and they speak of a great danger. I fear that Nobunaga’s spirit could be involved.

…May I ask that it possible we find Nobunaga so that I may warn him?”

Kimo looked uneasy about this, and hesitated to answer.

“My lord? Have I upset you?”

“You have not,” replied Kimo “I understand your feelings-- I myself feel no different, but given all the danger we have faced so far, I fear it is far too dangerous for us to simply venture out.”

Tsuyu knew he was right, and she also thought just then that searching for Nobunaga’s spirit would be foolish. “Perhaps he would not want to hear me out… not after all he had witnessed.”

The royal couple continued to ponder over what to do.

In the Digital World, refugee camps were set up, with tents, small beds, and many friendly Digimon from around the way had gathered food supplies to feed all the starving survivors.

Digitamamon’s restaurant was working non-stop preparing meals and gathering food for the people.

“Who’s going all the dishes?!” Digitamamon groaned!

Still, it didn’t seem to be much of a problem at first. Many of the children didn’t feel like eating. They didn’t even feel alive anymore, many of them just felt like curling up and dying. Not a soul could blame them!

Some of the lead Digi Destined felt like that too, preferably Tai.

“Come on, Tai…” Agumon said “You should eat.”

“How can I eat?” asked Tai “I lost everyone I loved-- my parents, my sister, a woman I cared for… I don’t know how I can go on.”

“Tai…!” Matt said, and then he gave him a huge smack to the face to help snap him out of it.

“Matt!” snapped Sora.

“…It’s for his own good.” replied Matt “In fact I could one myself before I start whining again.”

Before anyone could say anything, Tai then bolted upright and punched him back. “Thanks.”

“Yeah, I guess.” said Tai, and then he actually took a bite from his food.

Gabumon sighed “I don’t think I’ll ever understand those two.”

Mimi had set up few small dirt mounds-- graves-- each one representing what was lost. Some of the others joined her in remorse.

“This mound is for our world.” Mimi sobbed “This one is for all our families and loved ones. This one here is for other worlds everywhere.” She then broke down and wept into her hands.

The others all huddled around her and each other.

Tai and Matt gazed at one of the mounds that was for all the people who were lost, and felt TK and Kari were among them.

Gatomon and Patamon had cooked Kari and TK a small meal, consisting mostly of seaweed, clams, and tiny fish caught from the waters, all cooked over a campfire.

Naturally, the two were not so impressed with the meal, or the taste of cooked seaweed.

“It’s not so bad once you get used to it.” said Patamon “It’s all I’ve been eating for about a year now since I was sentenced here.”

Kari was brave and at some; at least it was edible.

“So, what happens now?” asked Gatomon.

Kari looked sad again, “I don’t know. We can’t go back to our world.”

TK remained silent as he finally began to realize the error of his ways “The Dark Angels never really were evil, until I helped provoke them.” he thought to himself.

He looked up across at Kari, and she only looked at him grimly before looking back down at her own plate, making him feel worse-- for the way he had treated her, and all the others, but there was no way in this or any other world he could possibly make up for it.

Gatomon and Patamon could sense the tension between the two and didn’t like it one bit.

“Something really bad must’ve happened to them while they’ve been away.” said Patamon. TK obviously hadn’t told him of how he had acted before.

“That’s not all I’m worried about…” said Gatomon “What’s going to happen when Gennai or the four guardians discover they’re here?”

Suddenly, there was a big rumbling.

“What’s happening?!” cried Kari.

“Uh, oh…!” groaned Patamon.

Even the all the Digimon in the waters feared the shaking, and dove down into the deep.

The lead team and all the refugees around them held on tight as the Digital World continued to tremble.

“Izzy, what is this?” asked Tai.

Izzy’s laptop, still functioning inside the Digital World, looked into the seismograph, “It’s a Digital Wave Shift!” Izzy cried “There’s never been so many people in the Digital World at once before. The over-crowdedness is causing a misbalance in the weight masses.”

Everyone gasped, almost as if they actually understood him for once.

“Izzy is right!” called a voice, and that’s when Gennai appeared before everyone. All the refugees gawked in awe.

“I am sorry for not appearing before you sooner, but the four guardians and I were most disturbed by what happened to your world, and can’t begin to extend our regrets to you all.”

Everyone bowed their heads sadly.

“But what’s with all the shaking now?” asked Yolei.

Gennai explained, “We expected that survivors would come here to flee from the ravaging, but now it seems our calculations were a little off. The Digital World is shifting to meet the requirements of the weight masses caused by all your humans.”

The team was now growing nervous.

“But I thought the Digital World shifted all the time?” asked Cody.

“Normally, that is the case.” replied Gennai “But that’s only because all of you came in here so suddenly and all at once.”

He then used the explanation of an expansion bridge with cars passing over it, and how bridges could only take so much weight on them at once. “You see, bridges are made to take great amounts of weight, but that’s only in ordinary day to day traffic.

Now imagine if a huge tank carrying a large house came onto the bridge in place of all the cars. Equivalently the weight of the house and thank is the same as the ordinary traffic, but the question is… can the bridge take all that weight in one solid mass going across?”

Everyone could just see it now-- the bridge would collapse under so much pressure!

“Wait a minute!” said Biyomon “Are you saying the Digital World can’t handle all this pressure with all the people coming into it all at once?”

Before Gennai could answer, there was another tremor.

“I suppose THAT answers your question?” wailed Tentomon.

“It’s getting worse!” said Gennai “The Guardians and I will do everything we can to sort this out.”

“And if you can’t?” Gomamon had to ask.

Everyone looked at Gennai and he looked at them all with deep concern, “Then we’ll have to start sending some of you back out again.”

“Send us out?!” cried Tai “Back to our world, that was completely ravaged by darkness, where no one can possibly survive?!”

“It’s the only way, Tai.” said Izzy “If we don’t do it, then the Digital World will be destroyed, and everyone who’s in it will go too.”

Everyone felt the stomachs turn.

“Calmness!” said Gennai “Hopefully it won’t come to that, but just in case, you’d better prepare yourselves for the worst, and I’m leaving this decision with all of you.”

“Wait, what?!” snapped Matt, and before he could protest any further, Gennai had vanished, leaving the group deeply concerned and worried about their task-- choosing who would leave and who would stay.

In Raven’s Realm, the Titans were all fine. Even in Raven’s mind they were able to get food and water to keep them going, though they had all evacuated to the more pleasant sceneries where it resembled daylight, desert lands, and less frightful scenery.

The Titans even got see some of Raven’s emotional counterparts.

Pink: Happy.

Grey: Timid.

Green: Brave.

“I’m really, really sorry what happened to you all.” cried Grey “I’m really sorry it was my fault it happened, and I’m sorry for saying “sorry” all the time!”

Cyborg ushered Grey along the way, “Why don’t you just sit here by yourself a while and calm down.”

Grey looked as if she would cry, but nodded her head and stepped aside.

The Real Raven felt embarrassed by her timidity.

“Ah, cheer up.” said Pink “We all have each other, and we can live together right here, forever, and ever, and ever, and…”

Raven made her disappear.

“Why did you do that?” asked Starfire “I quite enjoyed the company of your happiness.”

Raven ignored any urges to lash out about it, “Can we please change the subject?”

“Agreed,” Robin said “…And the subject is taking back our world from the Dark Angels.”

The others all gawked at him, and many other versions of Raven from around and nearby poked their heads up in shock.

“But we can’t.” said Terra.

Robin refused to give in, “Not in my vocabulary. We’ve faced tough situations before, and we always pulled through.”

The others agreed, but Cyborg pointed out, “Somehow I think this is going to be an exception to that.

Every single world in every single dimension was ravaged. There ain’t nothing left.”

Robin still remained undeterred, “We’ve defeated Trigon, and we beat the Brotherhood of Evil.”

“Those were simple!” Starfire cut in “Trigon was merely a single demon lord attempting to control the Earth, and the Brotherhood was an army that we had countered with our own. This time, it is far worse.

We are facing Erebus: The Lord of Darkness and co-creator of all that is, and an immensely sized army of Dark Angels with powers unimaginable!”

Terra thought about the Dark Angels and their many numbers, and that Beast Boy was among them. “Beast Boy.” she murmured.

Raven stepped forth, “You know, there just might be a way to even things up.”

Everyone turned to face her, and as she began to explain her idea…

…Twilight happened on the exact same theory as Raven.

“The other Creators…!”

Celestia immediately caught on, “Yes, I remember when Erebus told us the story of the creation of everything-- that there were more like him, each responsible for the many elements that helped to create.”

Luna remembered this as well, “And among them with the Light Spirit, Kiran-- the fiancée of Erebus, and also the one responsible for his imprisonment in darkness.”

A moment of silence followed,

“So…?” asked Pinkie “What does this mean?”

“Don’t you see?” asked Twilight “If Erebus existed all these eons in some form, then it’s possible we can contact the remaining creators, and maybe we can ask for their help. We can recreate what was destroyed.”

The ponies and Discord all began to have high hopes, until Discord pointed out, “Just one thing: Where do you intend to even start looking for these “Creators?” They could be anywhere in any realm, and what’s to say those realms haven’t been taken over either by the darkness?”

“He’s right, you know.” said Rainbow “What are we going to do; search every single dimension in hopes we find them?”

Twilight looked her straight in the eye…

…Raven looked the Titans dead in the eyes.

Both she and Twilight intended to do just that!