Namco × Capcom/Story/S6:Pre-Stage

Shinkai - Sky Temple, High Priestess's Room

[Location: Ishtar's Temple]

Ki: "To Ishtar's temple...from Busshitsukai?"
High Priestess: "Yes...and I've also heard that there was an enemy attack there."
Ki: "No way...! Of all the worlds, Busshitsukai is supposed to have the thickest dimensional wall...!"
High Priestess: "...It is true that a crack has appeared in that wall."
High Priestess: "Now that even the 'Rift of Time' has been opened...it's not inconceivable."

[Image: Soul Edge]

High Priestess: "Including the matter with the 'Soul-Eating Evil Sword' I told you about earlier... You should know that, Ki."
Ki: "..."

(The door opens)

Klonoa: "Hey! Lolo!"
Lolo: "Klonoa-san?! What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry..."
Gantz: "There's nothin' we can do! This is bad! An army of Phantom Beasts is headin' this way!"
Klonoa: "There are some I've never seen before!"
Klonoa: "I don't know if they're Phantom Beasts or not... But anyway, High Priestess! Take Lolo, Ki, and the others to a safe place!"
High Priestess: "The deepest part of the Sky Temple... that is the safest place."
High Priestess: "If the enemy makes it that far... it's all over."
Gantz: "Tch, why are you so relaxed?"
Lolo: "Hey, Gantz! That's rude to the High Priestess!"
High Priestess: "Ki... You take Lolo and get out of here. Return to the Golden Knight."
Lolo: "High Priestess?!"
High Priestess: "We must not let that Soul-Eating Evil Sword fall into the hands of the devil."
High Priestess: "Even if... this Sky Temple falls into enemy hands...!"
High Priestess: "There's also the matter of the intruders from Busshitsukai... we don't have time."
Gantz: (The Soul-Eating Evil Sword?)
Gantz: (Besides... Busshitsukai isn't a world that's easily connected to.)
Ki: "...I understand."
High Priestess: "Klonoa-san...you too."
Klonoa: "You've got to be kidding me, High Priestess."
Klonoa: "...Lolo, make sure you get away, okay?"
Lolo: "Klonoa-san!?"
Gantz: "Ugh, I'm in too."
Gantz: "I'm not the type to protect someone or do something for justice, but I'm not gonna run with my tail between my legs."
Klonoa: "...Sorry, Gantz."
Gantz: "I told you. I just don't wanna run with my tail between my legs."
Gantz: "Let's go!"
Klonoa: "Yeah! Let's go!"

(Klonoa & Gantz leave)

Ki: "Klonoa, Gantz... please stay safe."
Ki: "Come on, Lolo."
Lolo: "I... I'm not going!"
Lolo: "Klonoa and the others are fighting outside... I can't be the only one to run away!"
High Priestess: "Lolo..."
Lolo: "Ki, I'm a priestess too! ...Well, I'm still very much an apprentice, but I'll protect you, High Priestess!"
Lolo: "So...!"
Ki: "...High Priestess, I'm going back."
Ki: "Lolo, please take care of this."
Lolo: "Yes...!"
High Priestess: "Hehe... Lolo looks like you used to."
High Priestess: "When you challenged that tower alone, you looked just like her now."
Lolo: "Eh?"
Ki: "Don't say that... After all... I ended up being turned to stone then..."
Ki: "Then I'll go too...!"
Ki: "Everyone, please stay safe... May the Goddess Ishtar bless you."

Shinkai - Ishtar's Temple

Reiji: "Five worlds...?"
Ishtar: "Yes. This world is 'Shinkai.' And those demons are from 'Makai.'"
Ishtar: "Additionally, there's 'Gensokai,' 'Moryokai,' and 'Busshitsukai,' which you all came from."
Ishtar: "...Separated by the 'Dimensional Wall,' these worlds exist in extremely close dimensions."
Kyoko: "Even in this situation... I still find it hard to believe."
Regina: "No, the dimensional wall does exist."
Regina: "Not only are worlds separated, but even the timelines of past and future are separated by this vague 'wall'..."
Regina: "Isn't that right, Goddess?"
Ishtar: "Yes..."
Ishtar: "The 'Time-Space Wall' and the 'Dimensional Wall'... They have different properties, but if a single 'crack' is created, it's possible to travel between them."

[Location: Ibis Island]

Fong Ling: "Regina, that's Ibis Island... the truth behind the 'Third Energy Runaway Accident.'"
KOS-MOS: "Shion, if all the information we've gathered so far is true..."
Shion: "Yes, that explains what happened to us, too."
Shion: "I still don't understand why it happened..."
Ishtar: "These walls are thick... neighboring worlds rarely meet."
Ishtar: "Busshitsukai... your world in particular..."
Ishtar: "However, sometimes monsters find their way into Busshitsukai through dimensional 'cracks.'"
Ishtar: "Makai... the world inhabited by various demons, is geographically adjacent to Busshitsukai."
Reiji: "I see, so that's what our organization has been fighting."
Felicia: "...Well, I guess I'm one too."
Ishtar: "Right now, various problems are occurring in our world as well."
Ishtar: "Demons from Makai have made the dimensional barriers even more unstable."
Xiaomu: "...And then, in our world, an incident occurred that caused the 'wall' to become significantly distorted..."
Ishtar: "The large-scale 'dimensional distortion' that occurred in Busshitsukai is affecting the entire wall separating each world."
Ishtar: "As a result...it's becoming even more difficult to resolve."
Ishtar: "Even I, who rules this world, don't even understand half of it..."
Sakura: "Um...are there any other people besides us who have been transported to this world?"
Ishtar: "As far as I know, you are the only ones."
Ishtar: "But..."
Jin: "But?"
Ishtar: "You...you said you were Jin Kazama, right?"
Ishtar: "It seems you are the only one who made it this far on your own."
Reiji: (So this man wasn't transported due to the effects of the 'Dimensional Seal,' then?)
Jin: "Eh? ...Me? What does that mean..."
Ishtar: "I don't know either. But...do you have any idea?"
Karin: "You're not talking about Kazuya Mishima?"
Jin: "Yeah, I don't know how it happened, but...he's in this world too...and in that form..."
Ishtar: "That demon also seems to have come from Busshitsukai."
Jin: "..."
Jin ("Demon"?)
Ishtar: "Rather than saying he came, it would be more accurate to say he was brought here by someone from Makai."
Hsien-Ko: "I see...it's Raptor."
Bruce: "That zombie guy...Come to think of it, he said he had a job... Looks like it was kidnapping."
Jin: (He was targeting me too...is that related...?)
Nakamura: "Hmm, but I don't understand...So where did those guys in karate uniforms go?"
Ishtar: "If there is a possibility, it would be the world opposite to Shinkai... Makai."
Reiji: "Makai... the enemy's base?"
Reiji: "Whether we return to our world or go to that Makai to find Detective Chun-Li and the others... we'll have to go through that crack, right?"

[Location: Sky Temple]

Ishtar: "As you may have guessed, the only place that connects to Busshitsukai and other realms is the Sky Temple up ahead."
Xiaomu: "Oh, then let's hurry there..."
Ishtar: "However... we have been unable to contact the High Priestess who rules over the temple for some time now."
M.O.M.O. "Temple...is that it?"
Shion: "High Priestess?"
Hideo: "When I think 'temple,' I think 'shrine maiden'. A woman who performs religious rites on behalf of the gods."
Momo: "Ah! You mean the shrine maiden we often see in cosplay."
Xiaomu: "That's not how you think of it!... Young people these days are so mean!"
King: "Then, Goddess Ishtar. We should head to the Sky Temple, correct?"
Ishtar: "...I don't want to cause you trouble as you are residents of another world, but... right now, all I can do is point you in the right direction."
Reiji: "That's enough, Goddess Ishtar... I'll go to the Sky Temple."
Reiji: "The dimensional distortion that occurred in our world... The responsibility for not being able to stop it..."
Nakamura: "Lies with us."
Reiji: "...Nakamura-san."
Momo: "No, Arisu-san. I haven't been feeling relaxed since then."
Momo: "...I want to save Amazona, who's been possessed by the demon."
Momo: "If that's the case... I'm scared, but I'll fight alongside you!"
King: "You have a good attitude."
Felicia: "Of course. She's my partner, after all!"
Felicia: "But Momo-chan, I've been saying this for a while now, the reason Reiji has no time for anything is because of all the women involved."
Hsien-Ko: "Exactly."
Reiji: "...I'll get angry."
Felicia: "Oh no, he's already angry."
Hsien-Ko: "I'll help you, so don't be so mad."
Hsien-Ko: "Plus, there were some weird girls getting in the way back then, so it couldn't be helped."
Karin: "It's true that we were misled by Shadaloo's agents and couldn't stop that woman."
Karin: "We can't just sit around relaxing in a place like this, caught off guard."
Sakura: "We have to find Ryu and the others too!"
Kyoko: "Then let's go."
Hideo: "That's true. It's times like these that we teachers must act with determination."
Jin: "I'll go too. Kazuya Mishima... I'll track him down."
M.O.M.O.: "Shion-san, we..."
Shion: "...We originally came from another world, so we have no choice."
KOS-MOS: "Understood, Shion."
Bruce: "As a government agent, we have to protect civilians."
Fong Ling: "That's true. Office workers, teachers, musical stars, pro wrestlers, and high school girls..."
Fong Ling: "We government agents shouldn't have to be protected by them."
Regina: "...Just hearing your titles, that sounds like an impressive group."
Regina: "You're a special agent too, so do your best, Arisu."
Reiji: "Yeah."
Reiji: "...I'm sorry, everyone. I'll definitely find a way to return to our world. Please bear with me a little longer."
Xiaomu: "That's a good deal..."
Xiaomu: "Okay, everyone, do your best, okay? Come on, let's go!"
Reiji: "You go first."
Reiji: "...Then Goddess Ishtar, we're done."
Ishtar: "Please be careful. I will do my best to help you."
Ishtar: "May light be upon your path."