Record of Ragnarok

Nine: The World Meeting

The champions of Humanity were a little surprised at what they saw when Nagisa, Jack and Puss emerged from the forest. Puss was covered in blood, while Nagisa was holding Jack's katana. It looked as though the samurai had given it to the boy, who was practising with it, swinging it at different trees and bushes. In any case, Argus was just relieved they had found the bluenette.

"Ah, there you three are!" he called in relief, making the boy, man, and cat look at him. "You were almost too late!"

"Late for what?" Nagisa asked, sheathing the sword in his belt loop.

"The World Meeting, of course!" Argus announced, sounding jovial. "Today is the day before Ragnarok's beginning. As you know, friends and family of the champions are *ahem* 'invited' to come and watch the tournament. The day before the start of Ragnarok, these friends and family are allowed to meet with their champion, catch up, talk about what's happening, and everything else on a mortal's mind!"

"So, wait, will we be allowed to meet other champion's friends?" asked Harry. "Or will it be like meeting our opponents; separate rooms, and everything?"

"No, this will be in the open! You may interact with anyone you see!" Argus said, clearly excited by the idea of mortals from different worlds talking and interacting.

"Alright. When will this be?" asked Red Hood.

"Well, considering all your friends are waiting in the arena... right now!" said Argus, and with that, the Protector of Edenia turned on his heel, and began walking towards the giant coliseum. Everyone was caught off-guard for a second, then followed after Argus.

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Inside, the champion's loved ones waited anxiously. They had been informed about everything that was happening, and were hoping to talk with their respective chosen champion.
"I don't like this" said Batman, foster father and mentor to Red Hood. "Why have these guys in particular been chosen to fight in this event? They could have chosen the strongest beings in reality, but the gods chose them. Why?"
"Maybe they have something we don't know about them" reasoned Hermione Granger, best friend of Harry. "Some sort of magic, perhaps? Or a power hidden deep within?" 
"Unlikely" cut in Nya, friend of Lloyd. "It's more of a chance that they have been picked in contrast to their opponent, like how Lloyd will fight a god of nature and energy".

"I prefer that explanation" said Tadaomi Karasuma, government agent and PE teacher of Nagisa. He was looking concerned. "My only problem; we weren't told exactly who every person was fighting. We only know Lloyd's opponent because we figured it out. The rest are a mystery at the moment".

"Well, they can tell us now. Look over there" said Kitty Softpaws, old flame of Puss. she pointed towards the entrance, where the whole group saw the champions enter the arena, looking like they were anticipating a lot of questions.  Nezuko Kamado immediately dashed forward, running into Tanjiro's arms. Tanjiro caught his sister, and held her close.

"Don't worry, I'm here. I'm fine, Nezuko" he smiled at the young girl, who looked up with worry in her eyes. She the calmed down, and hugged her brother.

"Well, this is a party!" exclaimed Vert Wheeler, looking around. He spotted his team, the Battle Force 5, who were looking expectantly at him. He dashed over to talk to them.

Nagisa looked around for any friends of his, and managed to spot class E and Koro-Sensei in the back. He nudged Jack and Puss, who both looked at where he was indicating, and nodded to the boy.

"Well, I don't have any loved ones to say hello to" said Jack, smiling slightly. "I may as well meet yours".

"Heh, yeah, why not? Come on!" said Puss, hapy to have a reason not to try and talk to Kitty. He dashed towards the students, who looked rather surprised.
Now, class E had been told that not every champion was completely human, but they were still pretty shocked to see a short orange cat wearing a hat, belt and boots running towards them with a giant smile on his face.