Inside a silver coloured plane that was flying high in the sky, the two groups that went to Europe were raving inside. A huge party was being held as they were flying towards their home: Japan. Kotaro was in the middle of the plane, being the centre of attention and glory, due to him getting Ultima and retrieving Stark from Spectre's hands.

"E-everyone...." He laughed nervously, scratching the back of his neck as almost everybody surrounded him. In his right hand was a glass of white, sparkling wine, and his left Ultima in a blue card sleeve. Around his neck was various jewellery Ryuzaki had graciously gifted him, and sitting on his hair was a paper crown Payic had made.

"Say aaaah!" In front of Kotaro was Maverick who had a spoonful of cake. Kotaro opened his mouth and took the cake with red cheeks, as people were laughing.

"T-this cake is nice... but feeding me it is a little extreme, don't you think?"

"Far from it." Serena smiled as Maverick passed her the plate. "Enjoy it!" She guided the spoonful of cake to his mouth. Opening it, Kotaro took another bite of it.

"There's nothing better than the sweet taste of victory!" Ryuzaki exclaimed as he threw himself next to Yozora, who was at the back, not involving himself with everyone else. He was on a couch, tapping away on his phone. "Japanese Justin Bieber, how are ya?"

"Um... okay, I guess." Yozora said, hiding away his phone from Ryuzaki. He looked at him with a weak smile. "How about you? I know... you're disappointed in-"

"Yozora." Ryuzaki said, putting a finger on Yozora's lips. "I promise I'll get back Dust. This won't be the end of Ryuzaki Jesus Julio Gonzalez Juan Espinoza Myoujin Mikazuchi. I will hunt after Kakashi, murder him, and finally paint his blood on that Zeroth Dragon!"

"R-right..." Yozora mumbled, taking a peek on his phone. Ryuzaki grabbed it and started reading what was on it. "H-hey! G-give me back my phone!"

"Aww, you're messaging Chiharu! How sweet!" Ryuzaki smiled as he was scrolling up and reading the messages. His face flinched midway through. "...s-sorry." He gave back the phone.

"...it's okay. I don't talk about it much." Yozora mumbled.

"From what I read... you got a memory?"

"...yeah."

"That's good! Be glad you remembered something!" Ryuzaki clapped.

"...I am glad." Yozora gave a smile, before putting a hand on his cheek.

"Liar." Ryuzaki thought.

(Opening here)

"Lies, lies, lies."

"Thank God Zak, I thought I was going to starve!" Callum exclaimed as he grabbed a bag of Calbee from Zak's hand.

"The world wouldn't be the same without 'em, right?"

"B-but that's mine..."

"There's good liars, and bad liars."

Inside the shared house of Izanoku, Zak and Callum, Zak had just returned from the supermarket with all sorts of goodies he bought for the week ahead. He also picked up a bag of snacks he was going to eat, but Callum has other plans. He ripped it open and stuck his hand into the gap; taking out a handful of the deep fried corn snack, and shoved it into his mouth savagely.

"Oh fuck yeah! Spicy! You know me too well, Zak." Callum shouted with his mouth full.

"Unfortunately for Japanese Justin Bieber over here..."

"Thanks, Callum." Zak groaned sarcastically, disgusted by him.

"He's one of the worst liars I've met in a hell of a long time."

"No problem!" Callum gave a thumbs up as Zak left to go upstairs.

"How is lying relevant to the plot?"

"What's our next plan?" Zak asked as he entered Izanoku's minimalistic room. She was on a futon, rolling around in it tiredly.

"What we're about to witness is three lying cheaters!"

"Mmm..." Izanoku groaned as she eyed Zak with a sigh. "I'm so tired... can we just have a day off... or something... mmm..."

"One of which is Masaru's small tiddy goth girlfriend. Imu probably would want to smash her, like how he wanted to stick his dick inside my big tiddy goth sister who's more dead than most of the Cray's Collapse cast!"

"A day off? We have a literal criminal inside our house though..."

"Wait, that joke doesn't work anymore. Kaiko's alive... wait, why the fuck is Kaiko alive? Did Fox really just gloss over that in the opening?! I want answers damn it!"

"Ugh, whatever.... take him to... a chicken shop or something, or keep him busy with window shopping for knives... let me sleeeeeeep." Izanoku whined.

"Anyways, Isu's still a pig for wanting to bang my dead sis. Necrophiliac no good son of a- actually, I can't be that hard on him, he kept the Mansion in good shape while we were gone. I think."

"A chicken shop? That's gotta keep his head levelled..." Zak nodded. "Thanks, Mistress."

"OH THAT MOTHERFUCKER! WE HAVE A BROKEN SINK, WASHING MACHINE AND BALCONY! I'M GONNA KILL HIS SKINNY ASS WHEN I SEE HIM!"

"M-Mistress?" Izanoku said.

"Wait, where was I? Oh right, uhhh.... we have Zak, a.k.a Astolfo Plushie Beanie guy. He's not that bad honestly."

"I-Isn't that what you wanted to be addressed as?"

"But finally... we have *that* motherfucker..."

"Well... you're my brother... isn't that a bit weird...?" Izanoku muttered embarrassingly. "You know what, who cares... let me sleep... Jet lag's a bitch and I'm on my period..."

"Kakashi Sensei Sykes. He hurt my Maverick! I will hurt him ten times harder!"

"R-Right... my deepest apologies..."

Zak left Izanoku's room, closing the door after him. He bowed and walked away, going down the stairs quietly as Callum sat at the living room watching the television. He was watching the latest episode of "White Flower", where the protagonist, Atsa was fighting against Betto.

"Shit, he watches White Flower? I love that show! Wait, I'm supposed to be beating his fucking ass... Fuck you Kakashi!"

"Betto is one big Furry Chaos Breaker if you think about it." Callum said as he looked at Zak.

"Your Villain High School is better." Zak replied.

"Shut up with your elitist bullshit... Your Villain is overhyped garbage." Callum snapped.

"Did... Did he just insult Your Villain High School? Oh, this guy's gonna get beat even more!"

"You only like White Flower since the main character uses a Demonic Shank." Zak said.

"Fuck you, you only like Your Villain since it has a bug girl!" Callum shouted.

"This is like the fourth time I've told you, it's a frog girl! There's a difference between frogs and bugs!" Zak shouted.

"They're the same!"

"No they are not!"

"THEY ARE!"

"THEY AREN'T!"

"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP OR ELSE I'M COOKING TONIGHT!" Izanoku screamed from upstairs.

"S-sorry!" Zak replied, shivering.

"...please never let Izanoku cook." Callum covered his mouth.

"Right... Chicken shop?" Zak asked.

"CHICKEN SHOP!" Callum squealed, jumping over the couch's back and landed in front of Zak.

"I HOPE YOU TWO ARE HUNGRY FOR PERIOD BLOOD!"

"And that's how I met your mother. Wait, wrong story. And that's how Kakashi and Zak went to the chicken shop in Tokyo. Now, since I'm a 4th wall breaking son of a bitch, Fox is gonna use this to the advantage since's one lazy bastard, and skip forward to the part which actually matters, by using yours truly as a cut-away. You're welcome to kiss my sweet Japanese-Hispanic ass. And I thought Shida was bad at writing..."

"Oh for fucks sake..." Callum rubbed his temples. "All I wanted a strip burger and chips."

"Basically, what's going on here... Kakashi and Zak ordered their food. Kakashi? Strip burger and chips. Zak? Six extra spicy chicken wings and chips. Being a big brain, Zak asked for sauce for both of them or else Kakashi would throw a temper tantrum over no burger sauce. What actually happened? Remember how there were masked people? In cloaks? And they were also after Zeroth Dragons? Yeah, one of 'em appeared. This thicc bitch was a female wearing a mask with a design where there was a line that split down the middle. On the right, it was painted white and had a sad face. On the left, it was gold and had a happy face. Her cloak was brown and long, and covered her big boobies and thicc ass which is sad. But hey, I have Payic to drool over. Who needs anything else?Anyways, her name? Magus. What's she doing here? She wants Kakashi's Dust... wink wink... fUCK I CAN'T CONTAIN MY SALT, THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN MY DUST! MY DUST GOD DAMN IT! I'M BEING SUPPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR! #JUSTICEFORTHEBOIS! #GIVEMEDUST!"

"What will it be?" Magus asked, staring at Callum. They were inside the shop, facing each other off dramatically. Callum pushes his sunglasses up with a sigh.

"Oh yeah, he's wearing sunglasses. Is this what they call a Shizuo Heiwajima rip off? Wait, does that mean I'm IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-KUN?"

"I'm not going to stain such a sacred building with your useless blood," Callum spoke, sitting down a table. Magus floated over, taking a seat across from him. "Which is why, I'll cardfight you." He took out his FICA from his pocket.

"Good. I'd rather keep this civilised." She replied, taking out her own FICA.

"This is the least civilised thing you can do... go on a man's territory, ask for his Dust and resolve it with a card game... you have no shame."

"Neither do you, Callum."

"BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM, MAGUS! USE THICCISHIMA AND BEAT HIS BLADE WING ASS! I BELIEVE IN YOU, YOU THICC, CLOAK WEARING, MASKED WOMAN WHO I SHOULDN'T BE ROOTING FOR! If Payic saw me like this, she'd call me a pig. Or a cow. Or a piece of shit. At least she isn't Rukia! I'm sure she would've shoved a mango punisher into my mouth and used it to torture me."

"There's one thing you should never mess with." Callum replied, shuffling his deck.

"And that is?" Magus drew five cards.

"A man who's hungry for a strip burger. If I win, you pay for my meal!"

"Deal. If I win, I take Dust."

"Fine by me bruv."

"This is gonna be a juicy Cardfight... Ah, the sweet smell of legal sacking! Oh, how I love Oracle Think Tank!"

"Stand up, Vanguard!"

"Werfleder Ordonnaz!"

"Happiness Collector!"

"...Wait... Happiness Collector is a Pale Moon card... But her name is Magus..."

"Harri? Easy! I used to eat cardboard mixed with sperm and piss for breakfast! This is nothing!"

"I GOT JEBAITED! Why would you name yourself Magus and *not* use Oracle Think Tank? That's all kinds of wrong! Anyways... MAGUS, BEAT THAT GUY'S ASS! SPREAD THOSE CHEEKS HIKARU STYLE! Wait, who's Hikaru?"

"I see. Would you prefer to start?" Magus asked.

"Nah. You give us the first turn." Callum said.

"I see. Stand and draw. Ride, Purple Trapezist and move Collector back. I end."

Magus:
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
Soul: 0
OXO
OXO

Callum:
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
Soul: 0
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw, I ride Creeper, Werfleder slides back and attack! (12000)"

"No guard."

"Drive check! (One-eyed Succubus) Critical, all to vanguard! (12000 > 17000/1★ > 2★)"

"Damage checks. (Dancing Princess of the Night Sky, Hopping Balloon) Heal, all to vanguard. (6000 > 11000)"

"Turn end."

Magus:
Hand: 5
Damage: 1
Soul: 0
OXO
OXO

Callum:
Hand: 6
Damage: 0
Soul: 0
OXO
OXO

"Stand and draw. I ride, Peryton and attack. (9000 > 14000)"

"No guard!"

"Drive check. (Moonlight Melody Tamer, Betty)"

"Damage check! (Flying Librarian)"

"Turn end."

Magus:
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
Soul: 1
OXO
OXO

Callum:
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
Soul: 0
OXO
OXO

"Stand and draw. I ride, Sykes and call Executioner! Checking top seven... shoving Assassin into soul and shuffling the rest back. Time to high roll, Sykes! (9000 > 14000)"

"No guard."

"Drive check! (Blade Wing Sullivan)"

"Damage check. (Miss Direction)"

"Executioner! (9000)"

"Guard with Peryton! (9000 > 14000)"

"Turn end."

Magus:
Hand: 5
Damage: 2
Soul: 1
OXO
OXO

Callum:
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
Soul: 2
XXO
OXO

"Stand and draw... A special show for one night only... let the star of our masquerade shine and dazzle everyone here today. I ride, Masked Phantom, Harri!" Magus exclaimed, the vanguard circle expanding dark lilac.

"Wait... did this girl ride Masked Phantom?"

"His on ride skill, checking top two cards of deck and putting one to soul! (Miss Direction)"

"THIS GIRL RODE MASKED PHANTOM! WHY THE FUCK ISN'T IT MASKED MAGICIAN?! SHE'S TRASH AT HARRI! SHE'S FUCKING TRASH AT HARRI! SOMEONE GET THAT PALE MOON CLAN LEADER FROM THE TOOOOOOOOOOOOURNAMENT ARC TO REPLACE HER!"

"Now, I'll have my Vanguard attack! (11000 > 16000)"

"Ugh, great. Now I don't feel like rooting for her anymore cuz her deck sucks more than Payic sucks me off in a single night. Too much information? I know. She's definitely going to beat me after this, but BDSM looks fun!"

"No guard!"

"Wait, why am I admitting this? Don't answer, it's rhetorical. Haha, I proved Fox's fanbase is more dumb than a bag of Shika's and that I have a galaxy sized brain, go me. Back to my main point, Magus' deck sucks big fat ass. I now have no one to root for... On one hand, I can support her cuz she's probably going to buttrape this Tokyo Ghoul reject who hurt my precious, sweet Maverick, but on the other hand she uses Phantom! I can't support someone who uses the inferior grade 3 ride!"

"Twin Drive! (Hopping Balloon) Heal trigger, healing a damage, power to vanguard. (16000 > 21000) (Moonlight Melody Tamer, Betty)"

"Wait a sec... I can root for no one and hope they both lose! RYUZAKI YOU UNIVERSE BRAIN GENIUS! I HOPE THAT THIS LINKIN PARK REJECT WHO HURT MY BIG STRONK MAVERICK AND THICC BITCH WHO CAN'T DECK BUILD FOR SHIT BOTH LOSE!"

"Damage check. (Blade Wing Sykes)"

"Turn end." Magus said.

Magus:
Hand: 7
Damage: 1
Soul: 3
OXO
OXO

Callum:
Hand: 6
Damage: 2
Soul: 2
XXO
OXO

"My turn, stand and draw. I ride, Blade Wing Sullivan!" The vanguard circle expanded black. "Skill of Sullivan, I'm gonna put three copies of Demonted into my soul. (Demonted Executioner, Demonted Executioner, Demonted Executioner) Now, Unleashing the Generation Zone!!"

"Oh god, time for Callum to jack off for 10 minutes in the main phase and have a 10 second battle phase... Wait, I think I'm thinking of the wrong deck..."

"Great Demon, Soulless Demagogue!" Slamming the G Unit on Sullivan, the vanguard circle exploded black. Coming off not only the card, but himself, a dark aura radiated from Callum, being an eerie black like his vanguard circle. His forest green eyes seemed to transform into red eyes filled with an insatiable bloodlust and hunger, while the smirk drawn across his face added to the pressure he was piling on. However, Magus put down her hand cards face down on the table, and set her hands in her lap. Outside of these strange yet simple movements, she had no signs of fear or nervousness in her body language, and kept a scarily hollow reaction to Callum's spectacle of an entrance.

"Man, if he wasn't playing vanguard, Callum would've shanked, dissected and stolen (probably her virginity) from this poor girl. I'm glad this card game meant for children exists in such a dark society. Also, check out C4 OVAs since I feel the chapter is gonna end soon and I need to plug my own books. So, do it! Do it now! Check out the C4 OVAs, since MY SWEET SEXY ASS IS THERE! But finish this chapter first. If I don't say this, Fox won't let me narrate ever again..."

"Yo, Callum." Zak walked over to him, showing off two brown bags in his hand, each with a cartoon chicken on them.

"Yeah, Zak?" Callum looked at him, abruptly standing up with sheer joy on his face. "OH MY GOD, YOU GOT THE FOOD?!"

"Yes, yes I did... while you were playing, I got our stuff ordered. I didn't know what drink you wanted, so I got an orange Tango since I see you drink those all the time." Zak explained, as Callum grabbed the bags and checked the insides.

"FUCK YEAH!" He shouted. Handing the bags back to Zak and collecting his cards quickly, Callum was giggling like a little child for the food.

"W-Wait, our game for Dust, you cant quit-"

"Nah, fuck you bitch, don't fucking tell me to play this shitty card game when I can be eating my strip burger in peace. Continue speaking your bullshit for Dust, and I'll shank your vagina you fucking hoe. While I'm doing that, I'll make sure to torture you by splitting your womb slowly so you can't have kids! So, do us all, and most importantly me, a favour by shutting the fuck up and sucking my dick!" Callum shouted, flipping her off with his middle finger. He looked at Zak and nodded, before the two left the store.

"...Wait... they both technically lost... HOLY SHIT, I WAS RIGHT! MY BRAIN IS EXPANDING BY A HUNDREDFOLD EVERY 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 SECONDS!"

Outside a large game shop, Callum and Zak sat down at the brown wooden benches, eating their food. Zak quietly ate his spicy chicken wings, while Callum was spreading burger sauce on the strip burger's insides. The strip burger in question was three, crispy chicken strips sitting on top a bed of lettuce with the two buns keeping it together. He picked it up, and began giggling again.

"I finally feel like I'm at home..."

Putting the sandwich into his mouth, he took a deep bite into it, and swallowed it. With a peaceful sigh, Callum relaxed his shoulders, slumping in his seat.

"I'm in heaven..."

"It's just a strip burger..." Zak mumbled as he took out a bone in his mouth.

"Hey! Strip burgers are very important in English culture!" Callum shouted, taking another large bite. "Besides, it's chicken. What can go wrong?"

"Salmonella." Zak replied simply, taking some fries and putting it into his mouth. "But yeah, chicken is delicious."

"Oh fuck, remember when Izanoku cooked? She undercooked the chicken!" Callum shouted, shaking his head while bits of food in his mouth fell out.

"I had to disassemble that plate of food and cook it so it wouldn't make us sick..." Zak said.

"Yeah, it's a shame." Callum swallowed. "She made the dinner look pretty and everything!"

"Well, that's our Mistress. She loves to have everything perfect."

"I wonder how she's doing at home."

"Hint hint, she's on the toilet doing blood rituals. Well, that was an enjoyable chapter, wasn't it? Yours truly narrated, we got a close look at Kakashi's ugly face and saw a new cloaked figure! This chapter had everything!"

Magus walked down a dark corridor made out of blue coloured steel. At the other end was Kai, who was walking the opposite direction. Soon, the two crossed at the middle point, exchanging a deep glance. Magus looked away, while Kai gave a small nod, passing each other to continue their walks down the dim aisle. Kai's hands turned into tight fists while Magus strode down the corridor with a lady-like posture.

"The show will always go on."

"Remember how earlier I was talking about liars? And that Yozora is one bad liar? We never went deeper. But do we really? Every man has his good secrets. Mine is that my pubic hairs are ginger. (Just kidding!) Whatever Yozora is lying for, or what dark secret he is hiding, I'm sure he'll still lead us to finding Yza. How? I don't know, do I? I'm not an oracle who can see in the future! Anyways, the search for Yza continues, and whatever Yozora is hiding, I know it'll help us find him. What is his big secret...?"

Yozora laughed, removing his hand from his cheek. Ryuzaki sighed with a small smile, giving Yozora a light pat on the back.

"Well, that I'll never know until like week 66 of this book... anyways, that's all for #23, Ryuzaki out! Toodles!"

(Ending here)

Next time on Z World:

#24: China

Riku: It's your female wind feeler, Riku here, and I'm going to give the preview for #24: China! Who am I? I'm from the Tournament Arc from Cray's Collapse! I unfortunately lost to Mai and her Gold Paladins, but after receiving a major upgrade, the troops of Thavas are ready than ever, especially on this journey where we're headed to China, to retrieve the final Zeroth Dragon! I hope you'll join us for next week! Goodbye, see you there~! *blows a kiss*

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A/N

Ryuzaki: Easily the best Z World chapter. Easily.

Really? What could beat it?

Ryuzaki: Killing Kakashi, me having Dust, OR HERITAGE HYYYYYYPEEEEEEEEEE

Oh...

Ryuzaki: I don't ask for much.

Ahuh... so, any last words?

Ryuzaki: Magus and Kakashi doujin LETS GO

Callum: Oi, oi, I only told her to suck my dick as a joke, don't actually draw her doing that!

Ryuzaki: We don't even know what she looks like tho :^)

Callum: Masks man, masks

Ryuzaki: WAIT! YOU HURT MY MAVERICK! YOU DON'T DESERVE BEING SUCKED OFF!

Callum: Don't worry, Izanoku's mom sucked me way before you were born... *rolls eyes*

Ryuzaki: ... :wat:

Callum: Anyways, this chapter is a 23/10 because I got a strip burger! Fuck yeah!

Ryuzaki: DUDE SHE SUCKED YOUR DICK LIKE WHAT

Callum: Yeah, but it's aight I don't have STIs

Ryuzaki: I don't feel bad for wanting to hurt you now

Okay, enough! We are going into dark territories! Get out! Now! Shoo!

Callum: What's in my pockets?

Ryuzaki: Ichigo is shitting in his pants as we speak

Shida don't sue me pls... these OCs have a mind of their own

Callum: Firstly, I have my phone with a screen more cracked than Zak's lips

Zak: Hey... I use Vaseline at least!

Callum: You use Vaseline as lube to jack off to Astolfo Plushies

Zak: Wtf, no I don't

Callum: Itza joke fam

Zak: -_-

Callum: Secondly, we have my most trusted shank, Atsa. I named it after Atsa from White Flower, because he also uses a shank but it has a demon inside!

Ryuzaki: Isn't that just a Black Clover rip-off though...?

Callum: Fuck you White Flower is a good show change my mind

Ryuzaki: Your Villain is better

Callum: WHAT DID YOU SAY REEEEEE

Ryuzaki: :ehue:

Callum: Thirdly, we have all the things I've stolen in my time outside of jail.

(Three hours later)

Callum: Yeah, I stole this bag of cocaine from a guy in Portugal and forgot I had it in my pockets. I'm gonna sniff the shit out of it now! Anyways, that's everything in my pockets o3o

Did we really go through 3 hours worth of stuff he stole?

Ryuzaki: *snores then wakes up* Huh who what why

Callum: Yea

...

Ryuzaki: I was dreaming about me gently gouging out Kakashi's insides while Maverick buttrapes him more brutally than Max did to Wyvon

Max: ...what

Ryuzaki: OH SHIT MAX HEY MAN HOW ARE YOU

Max: I'm good

Ryuzaki: Can I ask you a question?

Max: Ye?

Ryuzaki: Wanna join the group to find the 6th Zeroth Dragon? Fox really needs a plot for this volume

Max: Just get Payic involved if he needs plot

Ryuzaki: HAHAHAHAHA THAT'S FUNNY- on a real note tho, my genius brain has figured out the following equation: 1 Max + 1 Wyvon = Volume 4 drama. How does that sound?

Max: Sounds... decent enough

Ryuzaki: WELCOME TO Z WORLD! NOW THAT WE HAVE A PLOT, I CAN STEAL FOX'S THUNDER! THAT'S ALL, RYUZAKI OUT!

THAT'S MY LINE! FUCK YOU!

Ryuzaki: FUCK YOU TOO I GAVE YOU A PLOT DEVICE

REEEEEEEEEEEEEYUZAKIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-