When Inuyasha and Kagome arrived back at the royal palace, their friends were all grateful to see them again.

Shippo jumped into Kagome’s arms “I thought I’d never see you again when you didn’t come back!”

Miroku and Sango were happy to see them back too, so were the royal couple.

Miroku was feeling much better too, cured of the poison, but still remained bound to his futon. “You know, you can’t keep me like this forever.” he grumbled.

Sango took no notice.

Inuyasha then looked around, “Where’s Kikyo?”

Sango answered “She said that she had something important to do and left without much more.”

Inuyasha looked sad, and Kagome felt sorry for him a little.

“And Nobunaga…” cried Tsuyu “What happened to him?”

Kagome explained everything she could, including the thought of how to save her own time and all the realms from future destruction.

“You intend to alter the future?” asked Miroku “As bold as that may be, just how do you intend to accomplish such a task?”

There Kagome was completely stuck. She couldn’t just wait for the future to happen, and she certainly couldn’t hop through dimensions like she wanted to stop the other races from making their mistake.

“Oh, great…” she moaned “Now how am I supposed to save the worlds?”

“But there has to be a way.” cried Shippo “After all, if the ponies could come from their world and time to our world here, there’s got to be a way.”

Kagome’s eyes lit up once more, “That’s it! That’s the answer!” and then she grabbed Shippo and hugged him tightly, “Shippo, you’re so smart I could kiss you.”

Shippo gasped, and Kagome could barely control herself and tried to peck him on his head, much to his protest “Kagome, take it easy! Cut it out!”

The others were eager to hear of Kagome’s idea.

“Well,” she explained “If the Bone-Eater’s well serves as a connection to the other dimensions, then maybe there’s a way to manipulate it to send me elsewhere rather than my home-- to another time and place.”

The others didn’t know how to respond to such an idea. It was so crazy that none could actually say it wouldn’t work.

“But, how can we make it work?” asked Sango “We know that it only works to those connection with the Shikon Jewel and those connected to it.”

“Exactly!” snapped Kagome “Maybe that’s the key. Maybe I can taint any sacred jewels that we have so it’ll take me to the ponies’ world and time.”

“And just how do you intend to that?” asked Inuyasha “None of the ponies are here anymore. So can we even try to infuse their magic into the shards? How do we even know it’ll work?”

Lord Kimo was no liking Inuyasha’s negativity, but he did step forth, “I may have just what you need.”

He then held up a small jar containing a few sparkling threads of hair from Princess Luna’s mane or tail.

“My lord!” cried Tsuyu “Where did you get these?”

“…From the time when our caravan was attacked by the demon lord, Naraku. After the battle and we were escorted to our destination, I had my clothes cleaned that night and found these threads of hair upon my kimono.

They sparkled like the stars and I had kept them ever since, feeling there may be special properties within them, but until now I had all but forgotten them with all the stress and shocking revelations.

They were never observed.”

Kagome could hardly believe it as she observed the sparkling hairs closer, and she showed them to Miroku to see what he could make of them-- once he was finally released from the manacles!

“Fascinating,” he said as he observed the hairs, “I can definitely sense the magical aura emitting from these hairs, however, I am unfamiliar with this particular kind as it is from another world.”

“But will it actually work?” asked Sango.

No one knew the answer to that, and many of them were starting to feel skeptical if would ever work at all.

“What if you accidently cause something unusual to happen?” asked Shippo “Or worse, what if the well gets totally destroyed?”

Kagome thought of that, but she was still determined to try, “In my situation, I don’t really have anything to lose.” her features saddened “After all, my home is gone anyway, but at least I’ll still have this world.

Sure, it’s all dangerous and that, but at least I can stay here-- with all of you.”

Inuyasha was astounded by Kagome’s honesty, and thought to himself “She’d be willing to forget about her world and everything she knows forever?”

He gazed deeply at her, and she turned to look at him.

“Inuyasha…?”

He suddenly snapped himself out of his trance so as not to admit any softness. “Well, um… we still won’t know unless we try.”

Kagome agreed and she got out her jar of jewel shards.

Then she very carefully took Lord Kimo’s jar of Luna’s hairs, and everyone watched with nervously as she softly poked at one of the hairs with her finger…!

…Nothing happened. She was able to pick it up, and picked up a shard in her other hand.

Ever so slowly, she touched the sparkling hair to the shard, and the jewel shard began to glow brighter, and made everyone gaze in awe.

Kagome could sense the shard’s energy was now greater than ever, but she still wasn’t sure if its power would do as she wanted.

“Like Inuyasha said,” she said softly “…There’s only one way to find out.”

With that, bid their farewells to the royal couple and headed off for the well.

Princess Tsuyu clenched her fist softly while holding it to her heart and muttering, “I pray that they might successful, and that nothing serious may occur.”

Her husband could hear her, shared her wishes, and he placed his hand on her should and gave her a hopeful smile.

She smiled back at him too.

Meanwhile, Kikyo was meditating in the open fields, while her soul collectors came back to deliver her more souls to keep her life-force going.

Suddenly, her eyes snapped open, as she could sense the presence of someone near.

It was Koga, scavenging through the fields for wild animals while searching for Naraku, and wanting to pay him back for making a fool of him with that tainted jewel shard.

He saw her, “Hey, you’re Kikyo.”

She didn’t answer him, just gazed at him strangely, particularly at his legs where two shards were implanted.

“Hey, you got a problem?” Koga asked.

Kikyo stood and turned about to walk away, but she stopped a moment and finally spoke to him, “I sense a great power is near. Perhaps it would be wise for you not to remain here much longer yourself.”

Koga was confused, and before he could ask her why, she had already gone,

“That is one weird lady.” he muttered to himself.

Then he turned to head down the field himself, and saw Inuyasha and the gang far, far away.

“Kagome.” he hissed softly as he eyed her especially, “What are you up to?”

Soon, the gang arrived at the sight of the well, and Kagome held up her empowered jewel shard. “I sure hope this works.”

Kirara growled softly, and she only did that when she felt nervous about something.

“Easy girl.” said Sango.

“Don’t worry, Kirara,” added Shippo “I’m sure Kagome knows what she’s doing…

…At least I hope.”

“You sure you want to go through this, Kagome?” asked Inuyasha.

“Of course I’m sure.” answered Kagome, but really she never felt so nervous about anything before. Facing demons was a lot easier than this.

“Well, here goes something.” she said as she hopped up onto the edging, and leapt down into the well, and a bright flash of light spouted straight out from the well, making the others back away in fright.

“Kagome!!” shouted Inuyasha, and he leapt straight for the well, looking down into it, he found it was empty. “She’s gone!”

The others all stood concerned.

“Kagome’s gone?!” said a voice, and everyone turned and saw Koga standing several feet fromt eh well, much to Inuyasha’s annoyance.

“What do you want?” he snarled

Koga scoffed, “I just happen to see you kids coming this way, and then I see big flash of light. Now tell me, where’s Kagome?”

Inuyasha refused to explain. “Even if you would understand, I wouldn’t tell you anyway!”

Koga was losing his temper, and the others all looked annoyed.

“This could go on for a while.” said Miroku.

The others sighed.

In the present, Kagome appeared in the well. She looked up, and could still see the darkness through the top of the well.

“Oh, no!” she cried as she climbed up the ladder and peeked outside. Everything was exactly the same-- eerie, desolate, and miserable.

Kagome looked down shamefully at the super shard, “It didn’t work. I just ended up back here again.”

Her hopes were starting to dash once again, but then she looked on ahead and saw the group of mortals, including the ponies.

They all seemed to be grieving and mourning.

…And they were, all mourning the loss of the royal sisters, as well as all the others that were killed-- TK, Raven, Terra, Baby Gar, Rarity, Gennai, and all those Digi Destined and their Digimon too.

Discord was actually humming a soft and sad hymn.

Kagome softly approached, and Robin could hear her feet scrapping on the sand, and he turned sharply, making the others look up.

“Whoa, easy!” said Kagome.

Cadance could hardly believe her eyes!

“Kagome…?”

Kagome recognized Cadance instantly, and many of the others from their first trip to the Dark Zone.

Pinkie bounced up to her and softly poked her, “She’s real!”

Kagome was surprised to see most of the gangs were still alive. “I thought that-- I mean I--!”

“HERE YOU ARE!!” someone suddenly shouted.

Everyone looked up, and saw Nobunaga.

“They’ve found us!” cried Kari.

Nobunaga then called out for the army of dark angels to come rushing in.

“They’re going to kill us all!” said Matt.

The groups began to panic, knowing they didn’t stand a chance…

…But suddenly, Kagome remembered and said to Cadance “Remember what Princess Luna tried when I took you and the others through the well?”

“Ah!” Cadance did remember-- the spell that would let everyone attach themselves to Kagome like tattoos and she could take them through the well with her.

Rainbow remembered that too, “But Luna’s gone!” she pointed out “How are we supposed to use the spell?”

Twilight stood up, “We don’t have to. I have a spell that works just as well.”

Ken and Yolei remembered the spell she used to turn everyone into temporary jewelry that Kagome could wear on her and would still work.

“Do it! Do it now!” shouted Ken.

The dark angels were rushing forth in massive numbers!

Twilight quickly poured on all the magic that she could and her horn glowed extremely bright, forcing everyone to shield their eyes.

“Hurry!!” cried Applejack.

“Oh, for crying out loud!” snapped Discord, and he used his own power to help Twilight by turning many of the others into keychains and Twilight got the rest.

All the chains were attached to Kagome’s skirt, and she dashed for the well as the army came straight for her.

“Blast her!” shouted Nobunaga!

The angels fired dark energy pulses like crazy, but Kagome had already leapt into the well and passed through it just in time!

The blasts completely obliterated the well, rendering it completely useless now.

“Crap!” snarled Davis.

“Dude, they actually got away!” wailed Beast Boy.

“Well, let’s go after them!” said Spike.

Nobunaga shook he head, “Unfortunately, we cannot travel through time, but at least the well has been destroyed, so they may never return.”

Most of the angels realized that was right, and rejoiced that at least the last of the mortals were gone forever! Now there was nothing left that would defy them or challenge their ways…

Many others, however-- many dark angels from long ago, including Nobunaga-- even Erebus himself was very concerned with this.

“If they truly have gone back in time, they can alter the past and change what could or would be.” he said.

Now, all the dark angels looked deeply concerned, and some were starting to panic.

“What do we do?”

“We can’t let them change the past!”

Alas, there was nothing they actually could do, as was just said, they could not travel through time.

Long and extreme silence fell through every realm as the new spread fast.

The Dark Angels had no way of preventing whatever would happen now. So there was only one thing left to do…

“PARTY!!!” shouted Beast Boy.

The dark angels went wild with amusement, dancing, singing-- the works. After all, there was no sense in just sitting around and waiting for whatever could or would happen.

In the Feudal Era, Inyasha and Koga were still wailing on each other.

“What happened to Kagome?!” thundered Koga.

“You’ll have to beat it out of me, wolf-cub!” growled Inuyasha.

“My pleasure, mutt…!”

They were just about to brawl, when a huge ray of light shot out from the well and Kagome launched out of it like a cannon ball, crashing straight into Inuyasha, and they both crashed in the ground.

“Kagome! You’re back!” cried Shippo.

Inuyasha groaned and twitched in pain, “Yeah… glad… you are.” but Kagome was actually in tear and hugged him, much to his and Koga’s shock.

“I’ve never been so scared in my life!” she sobbed “I thought I was a goner!”

Koga blinked once in confusion, “You were in some kind of danger?”

The others just ignored him and Inuyasha slowly helped Kagome back up. Though he didn’t show it directly, he was pleased she was back and safe.

Kagome soon got a hold of herself and felt better.

“What are all those object clipped to you?” asked Sango.

Kagome realized, “Oh, right…” and one touch of the keychains clipped to her, and they all glowed brightly, and all the humans, Titans, and ponies appeared standing on the grass, much to the others’ astonishment.

All of them looked around, and many of them were quite astonished.

“Where are we?” asked Tai.

“Not where,” said Rainbow “But where and when.”

Cadance agreed, “We’re back in the Feudal Era of Kagome’s world.”

Cyborg scanned the place with his wrist-com, which still worked, “They’re right, we’re in the fifteen-hundreds, Japan.”

Everyone looked around in awe, especially Kari, “I remember reading about things like this in my history books.”

Izzy was more astonished than she was. “We actually traveled to another time and place?! This is… beyond words of fascinating!” Sadly for him, his laptop was dead, and even still there was no way to power it in this era.

Shippo ran over to Cadance all exicted, “I can’t believe you’re back!” he cried as he jumped into her, hugging her warmly.

“Oh, Shippo…!” Cadance cooed as she embraced him back, and Rainbow fluttered over to the rest of the gang, “What up, Yo’.” She said to Miroku and Sango, who were delighted to see her as well.

They were more intrigued however to see more of the ponies, the Teen Titans, and even other ponies, as well as Discord.

“You know, this place could use some lightening up a bit.” Dicord said, and he snapped his fingers making a few flowers and a river appear, only for Twilight to give him a strict look, telling him to undo it and not mess with the past like this.

So Discord complied and cast it all away.

“Incredible!” Miroku said as he approached him and looked him from head to toe, “A hybrid creature capable of manipulating reality, just as Kagome had described.”

Discord felt awkward, “How do you do.”

Miroku then held out his hand and asked, “Do you think you can cure me of the curse of my wind tunnel?”

Discord had heard of conditions like Miroku’s before, but unfortunately he answered, “Sorry, that’s another little thing that’s beyond my power. Only the one who cursed you can actually get rid of it.”

Miroku sighed in dismay, “It was too good to hope for.”

Sango was more intrigued by the Titans. Starfire and Cyborg were most unusual to her, but one look at Robin, and she blushed softly.

“Um… Hi, I’m Robin.” he said as he extended his hand to her.

She nervously held his hand, in a flirtatious way, “I am Sango-- demon slayer.”

Miroku and Starfire were both irked by this, and so Miroku decided to retaliate with his usual act.

“Begging your pardon.” he said to Starfire “But do you think you would consider bearing my children?”

No surprises, both Starfire and Robin gasped in shock, and Sango furiously slapped him across the face! “Can’t you ever get off that case?!” she scolded.

Miroku only sighed.

Koga finally shouted out, “Will someone please tell me WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!!”

“Yes, I think we should.” agreed Twilight.

The best place to go was Kaede’s village, which wasn’t far.

After many explanations, Koga felt his head completely spinning.

“Let me see if I get this straight…

You’re all from the future, and so is Kagome?”

Everyone nodded.

Koga then addressed the newcomers, “You’re all from a bunch of different realms that got ravaged by the Dark Angels?”

“That’s right!” snapped Inuyasha “Anything else you want to go through that’s already been said?”

Koga growled.

Kagome, however, was very upset to hear of those in the groups who were killed, so were her friends, but then again, they had also learned that each and every group was largely responsible for all the worlds being ravaged in the first place-- when they angered Erebus and distorted the Dark Zone, which caused great suffering to the angels.

The groups all felt very ashamed, and hurt for all the suffering they had gone through to pay for their actions-- especially their friends and loved ones.

“Well,” Matt said breaking the silence “At least we’re here in the past. The worlds are all safe, for now.”

Sora realized “He’s right! The ravages haven’t happened yet; maybe we can use this to our advantage.”

The others all happened on the same idea, but Inuyasha shook his head “We’ve already tried, it didn’t work.”

Kagome was inclined to agree. The fact that the future was still in ruins when she arrived told her more than her plan to reason with Erebus had failed.

“I guess, that’s it then.” she said “We’ll never save the future.”

“We shall never see our friends and loved ones ever again?” added Starfire.

Fluttershy and Pinkie felt their tears falling.

Many of the others felt crushed as well.

“No!” snapped Robin “I won’t let it be that be! Somehow there has to be a way to put things right again.”

“Well what are we supposed to do?” asked Joe “We’ve already tried everything; even altering the past didn’t work. There is literally nothing we can try anymore.”

“At least here we can be safe,” added Yolei “Safe with each other, and we won’t lose any more of our friends.”

She didn’t seem to even care of the possibility of demon attacks; at least they wouldn’t be dark angels.

“Come to think of it,” said Applejack “This here place ain’t all that bad, aside from the monsters. Plenty of farming I could do.”

The other ponies agreed that there was plenty to do, just like they did back in Equestria.

“We have all fought monsters and villains before.” said Starfire “I am certain my teammates and I would fit in well here.”

Cyborg disagreed, “Not for me, Star. I’d never survive here. Even with my solar panels to keep my batteries charged, we don’t have the right tools and materials I need to keep myself fixed up.”

Hearing this made some of the Digi Destined comply.

“If he needs power and parts, he won’t be safe here.” said Cody.

“Neither would the rest of us.” agreed Izzy “It’s virtually impossible for people like us to adapt to a world without modern day technologies and items we’re accustomed to.”

Mimi especially complained, “If I don’t find a good hair-salon or a spa soon, I’ll go crazy!!”

Robin was pleased to see that many of the others were siding with him.

“It certainly seems that there is nothing we can do to stop you,” said Miroku “But just how do intend to accomplish your tasks?”

“He’s right.” said Kagome “I’m sure the well was destroyed in the future. We can’t go back, at least not that way.”

Robin thought of that, and he still felt there was only one way, and that was to put the initial plan to work, “We have to figure out how to contact the spirits of the other creator gods. They’ll have the answer for us.”

A long silence fell and Starfire and Cyborg agreed with him.

“Contact the other creator gods?” asked Matt “You mean all those guys who worked with Erebus to create everything so long ago?”

“Yeah,” said Cyborg “We were going to try to read Erebus’ mind and see if he knew where they were, but our plans didn’t work out.”

“We tried the same thing,” said Starlight “But there’s got to be another way, one that won’t involve too much risk.”

Sango then looked at Miroku, “You can make contact with spirits, can’t you?”

“Well, yes…” replied Miroku “But these are not ordinary spirits, they actual gods. I fear the power may be beyond me.”

“Hey, maybe Kaede can help us?” suggested Shippo “She should know about contacting spirits.”

Kagome agreed, and the gang headed off, except for Koga.

“I think I’ve wasted enough time around all these sobbing stories. I’ve got better things to do. Later!” and he ran off across the fields.

“Whoa!” cried Rainbow “I’ve never seen anyone run that fast. Not even when I was here before.”

Inuyasha was very irked by Koga’s behaviour, “Never mind that wolf cub. Let’s just go.”

Soon, the groups were meeting with Kikyo’s sister, who made some tea for them all, and Kaede was most amazed not only to see Cadance and Rainbow had returned, but now there were more beings from the future as well.

“I must say, never in all my born years would I dream of such an astounding phenomenon.”

Many of the others felt awkward.

Kari sipped her tea, “Wow, this is really good. Not bad for the middle ages.”

Kaede smiled thankfully, but then cleared her throat, “As I understand it, you all seek a method of contacting ancient spirits of creation?”

“That’s right,” said Tai “It’s our only hope of restoring--” he paused and corrected himself “Make that saving the future from annihilation by the dark angels.”

“I see…”

“So, um…” said Cyborg “Can you help us?”

Kaede sat quietly, and then answered “My sister Kikyo and I used to go to the shrine in the village where we would pray to the gods for peace and guidance, but there was one instance…”

In her flashback, she was a young girl and sitting with Kikyo in the shrine. The fires were roaring softly in the pits, and Kikyo had spread a powder over the flames.

“Now, just relax, Kaede.” she instructed “Let your mind and body be one with the air around you. Clear all your thoughts except for your desire to communicate

Let the spirits feel your calling.”

Kaede only nodded softly, and remained silent and still like her sister.

They just sat there for what seemed like forever, when really it was only a few minutes, and suddenly, Kaede felt lighter like floating on air, and she felt really calm and silent, as if someone was soothing her in her mind.

…Almost as if the spirits were truly contacting her.

She could even hear the voices too, guiding her to wisdom, peace, and greatness.

Kikyo smiled at her, “Remember, the spirits will always be there. Just call for them and you can seek their wisdom.”

…The flashback ended.

“So, maybe if we try it, we can contact the spirits ourselves?” asked Inuyasha.

“There is no reason why it should not work,” answered Kaede “Especially if I were to have Miroku’s help. For with his spiritual powers as well as my own, it should be possible.”

Fluttershy then raised her hoof, like she was in a classroom, she couldn’t help it. “Um… maybe Twilight and starlight could help too?” she suggested “I’m sure their magic could help us even more.”

Twilight and Starlight agreed.

“We can use a special spell to keep everyone calm.” said Twilight.

Starlight nodded, “And even then, if we manage to contact the spirits, maybe we can talk to them directly rather than just feel their words.”

Kaede had never heard of such methods, and naturally she had no objections not knowing what to expect.

“This I must see for myself.” she said.

That night, Nobunaga was roaming about looking for dark aura, when he happened to hover over Kaede’s village, and he spotted Rainbow Dash and Princess Cadance.

“Them again?!” he gasped to himself, and he gawked more deeply as he saw all the rest of the gang-- all the other ponies, and Discord, with the Titans, and the Digi Destined.

He had never seen the other creatures before, but curious as to what these strangers were up to, he flew in closer as the gang headed towards the village shrine.

Since Nobunaga knew other villagers wouldn’t see him, he floated down closer, stopped at the doorway to the shrine, and looked in.

The fire was roaring softly in the center pit, and everyone sat around it in a circle.

Pinkie sniffed the air, “Eww… what’s that?”

“It’s burning herbs.” said Cody “My grandpa used them all the time when we prayed to spirits during kendo training.”

Discord snapped a clothes pin over his snout, “Ahh, that’s mildly better.”

“Quiet, please now.” said Kaede “We must concentrate.”

She instructed everyone to sit still, clear their minds.

“This is really uncomfortable.” muttered Matt.

“Shh…!” said Sora.

Kaede went into a trance, humming a soft Japanese melody.

Miroku tapped into his own spiritual powers, and threw some dust over the flames.

Twilight and Starlight were the only ones who weren’t sitting in the ring, and not meditating like the others, for they were both standing ready to use their spells.

For now, they kept completely quiet as the others continue to concentrate.

Every single body in the shrine were completely unaware that Nobunaga was watching from the door. “What are they doing?” he wondered softly.

Suddenly, the fire went out, almost magically.

Twilight and Starlight could feel something strange happening while the others all remained silent and still.

Starlight looked at Twilight, but she shook her head telling her, “Not yet.”

Suddenly, the flames returned, but they were whiter in color and seemed to be flaring up.

Everyone opened their eyes. No one said a thing, but they all felt strange as the flames grew brighter, like the spirits were actually connecting with them.

Twilight then nodded at Starlight, meaning to do the spell now.

They both concentrated, and their horns began to glow brightly, casting bright light on the fire, and everyone else.

Suddenly, everyone went silent and still, almost as if they were frozen in time. The only still awake was Nobunaga, and since he was already a spirit he could see what was happening…

...He could see five bright glows of light appearing in the shrine-- five spirits of different shapes and sizes.

“What is this?” he wondered.

As for the others, they were suspended in animation due to Twilight and Starlight’s magic, combined with the sacred powers unleashed, yet they were conscious in their minds.

Every one of them seemed to be standing in a stark white realm of endless nothing.

“Where are we now?” asked Joe.

Discord knew, “Our minds are in a state of shock, and this is what it looks like. It’s only temporary, it’ll wear off.”

Shippo then looked behind him, and gasped in fright.

“What’s wrong?” asked Kagome, but then she saw herself, as did all the others.

There before the groups, were giant images of enormous creatures, just floating in tubes of colored lights. All off them appeared to be the same size as Erebus-- in his smaller form rather than his monster shape, and they all had antlers on their head similar to Trigon.

At first the mortals were all too astonished to even speak, until Starfire broke the silence, “Are you the gods of creation?”

Each of the gods introduced themselves…

“I am Maona of the Red Earth.” True to his name, he basked in a tube of red light. His skin was dark grey, and his hair was short and red. He wore a light greyish robe. His voice was normal and handsome.

“I am Huo of Fire.” She was basked in orange light, and had bright red skin. Her hair was blue and flaming, and she wore a kind of gladiator suit that didn’t melt under her heat. Her voice was strong, but slightly wheezy due to the smoke form her flames.

“I am Nerio of the Water.” Basked in blue light, he was shorter and stumpy than all the other gods, and resembled that of a kind of dwarf, but still was almighty. His skin was navy blue, and he wore a wizard light blue wizard’s outfit, complete with a cute little hat on his head. Thought he sounded like a squeaky old man when he spoke.

“I am Briseas of the Wind.” She spoke in a soft and slightly slow-spoken voice, and she was a lovely sight to behold in her green light. She had soft peach colored skin, and wore a faded white and green tight suit with flowing sleeves that fluttered up in an updraft with her long waving brown hair.

…But then, there was the goddess next to her-- quite possibly the loveliest sight anyone had ever seen, even the ladies thought she was a sight to behold!

She was basked in yellow light. She had lovely skin as white as snow, and had long golden blonde hair that reached all the way down to the length of her pure silver, sparkling skirt. She had beautiful white angel wings, and atop her head sat a small golden crown.

“Kiran of the Light.” said Kari.

Kiran seemed perplexed, “How do you know that?” she asked.

Robin stepped forth, “We know many things about you all. I know it seems unbelievable, but it is true.”

The spirits remained silent for a moment, which made some of the mortals feel nervous.

“Your thoughts are quite in balance.” said Maona “You must surely be telling the truth, but how is it that you know of us?”

Inuyasha groaned, “Oh, no… do we HAVE to tell that story again?”

“Looks like it…” said Kagome.

One-by-one, everyone told the story of Erebus, the Dark Zone, the dark angels…

Kiran suddenly looked as if she was going to cry, and she was as tears fell from eyes. “Erebus…” she sobbed softly.

She looked next to her at an empty tube of purple light where her beloved would be standing next to her… were it not for her own actions.

Huo explained, “As you are aware, eons ago, Erebus of the Darkness, and Kiran were close, but there was a horrible crisis that caused Kiran to lose her memories.

Despite our best efforts, Kiran, in a fit of confusion and rage cursed Erebus-- imprisoning him within the Dark Zone, and consequently sealing us spirits away for all eternity.”

Nerio nodded, “We have been sealed away for so long, our powers have since diminished, and our spirits are nothing more than the images you see before you-- existing only outside of reality, within the minds of mortals.”

This stunned the mortals, as it seemed to be so easy all this time to make contact with the spirits.

“All we had to do was think really hard of them?” asked Yolei.

“And it cost us absolutely everything to learn that.” added Applejack “Not mention many of our friends and family.”

Kiran looked more miserable than ever, since she heard of the ravages Erebus had caused, or rather would cause in the future, “…Because of me. It is all my doing.”

That many of the others would protest, nothing would change the facts. Whether Kiran had lost her memories or not, the fact remained she did it!

“It was only long after the events that I regained my memories, but too late. Never had I felt so ashamed. I couldn’t undo what was done with my powers diminished by my own hand.

Not a waking moment did not pass that I didn’t cry myself into woe, unable to imagine how miserable and cursed Erebus could be, and knowing that more have suffered because of my folly.”

The mortals all felt horrible for her, Pinkie Pie sobbed softly, “That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard.”

Even Cadance thought it amazing too and she thought, “She still loves him, after all these eons, and even after realizing what he has become and the damage he’s done.”

“It isn’t all your fault.” said Sango “We mortals are not without our own flaws.”

“That’s easy for you to say.” said Tai “You’re not responsible for hurting anyone or making things worse, not like most of us did.”

Many of the mortals hung their heads low, preferably Kari and Twilight, for the way they treated Davis and Spike.

The Titans felt no different for all the ways they were harsh on Beast Boy.

“But wait…” said Fluttershy and she addressed the spirits “Are you saying you can’t help us either.”

“No… we cannot.” replied Briases “As was said, we are only faded spirits-- our powers are no more. We cannot undo what has been done.”

The mortals felt crushed.

“So, that’s it then. That’s really it then.” said Twilight.

“The worlds are doomed no matter what.” cried Mimi.

Robin clenched his fists, still trying to deny defeat, “There has to be a way! There just has to!”

“Erebus…” cried Kiran “My love, Erebus, I’m so sorry.”

Suddenly, Kagome remembered something, “I remember, Erebus told me…”

“He means changing the past so the future will be spared.” said Kagome.

“Um… yeah… where have you been all this time?” said Discord “We’ve already tried to change the past, even you did, and it hasn’t worked.”

“No, not really.” said Kagome “I think what he really meant was, to go way back into the past…” she paused “…Back to the very beginning!”

The mortals all froze on the spot.

“Back to the very beginning?” asked Sora “You mean when all was created from the start?”

Kagome nodded “Don’t you see. We can’t stop the Dark Angels no matter what we try. So, what we should do is stop them from ever existing in the first place.”

Starlight thought deeply, “Of course. We can stop the Dark Zone from ever being cursed, and then Erebus won’t be cursed either, and the darkness will never be a threat again!”

All the mortals believed it would work, and was indeed the absolute last chance they had.

The gods however were rather skeptical of this.

“Are you certain you wish to take this path?” asked Maona “Traveling through time is risky as it is, but changing the past can be most dangerous.”

The mortals all realized this, but were still determined to find a way.

“I know just the way.” said Robin “I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before…”

“I can take a wild guess.” Discord grumbled.

“Raven’s power…” said Robin “It has the power to open gateways through time.”

Cyborg remembered, “Back when I went into the past, Raven managed to lock onto to my communicator and pull me back home again.”

“Yes,” agreed Starfire “But how did she do it?”

“I am afraid, this is something you will have to discover for yourselves.” said Kiran “But remember what we have told you…

…When attempting to alter the past, beware of the consequences.”

The brightness started to blaze brighter and brighter, and everyone shut their eyes.

When they opened their eyes again, they were back in the shrine and fully conscious.

“Was that all a dream?” asked Shippo.

“I don’t believe so.” said Kaede. She felt she would never feel the same again, having actually seen, and heard the gods speak.

The entire gang felt the same, and now they had much thinking to do.

Little did they realize that Nobunaga had seen everything—being a spirit himself, he knew what was going on and sensed it all.

“They plan to change the past?” he said out loud, which alerted some of the others’ attention.

“Who’s there?!” snapped Ken.

And everyone looked and saw him.

“It’s Nobunaga.” cried Fluttershy.

“I don’t see anybody.” said Shippo

Most of the others were able to see him due to their still having dark power within them, leaving Inuyasha, Kagome, and their Feudal friends unable to see him.

Nobunaga was shocked out of his wits, and decided to flee while he could.

“Wait!” called Kari, and she and some of the others dashed for the door, but Nobunaga was already gone, and no one had seen where he went.

“Never mind him,” said Tai “We’ve got some serious thinking to do.”

Kari and the others agreed, and headed back inside.

In the present, Nobunaga’s memories had altered again, and he immediately told his comrades and Erebus what had happened.

“You’re sure of this?” asked Davis.

“I am positive.” cried Nobunaga “I could sense the presences of the spirits within the aura, and I heard every word as plainly.”

Erebus looked most disturbed, and shocked as well, “Kiran…” he whispered under his breath “She would still hold feelings for me after what I have done?”

You would expect the angels would fall into an extreme panic, but they didn’t. They remained as calm and as cool as ever.

“Well, even if they do succeed, we know what this means.” said Beast Boy

Spike nodded, “It wouldn’t have been good either way, but I say it’s better if they do succeed.”

The only one who felt most upset about this was Erebus, as he looked around at all his dark angels and thought of the many others beyond the realms. “My children…” he said softly, and he shut his dark eyes tightly trying to accept the inevitable…

…As did all the other angels, just standing where they were, in total silence.