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*Somewhere, very far away from the City, even farther away than the Concept Spaces... a man awakes screaming, his short, blood red hair wet with cold sweat, his red eyes wide with undiluted fear...*

Man: Jinteize...

*He bolts up in bed.*

Man: *shouts* ZERAS! ZE--

Other Man: I'm right here.

*The man turns his head, and sure enough, there is the other man-- a tall bishounen with white hair and yellow cat's eyes --in a shadow-filled corner next to the bed.*

Man: Oh.

Zeras: *chuckles coldly* Jaburanigdo-sama, going senile already.

Jaburanigdo: *huffs* Zeras. Something's wrong. Synthesis--

Zeras: --is dead? That would figure. Silly girl up and ran away while you were in that pleasant little coma. *mock sympathy* Probably got herself chopped to bits out there...

Jaburanigdo: *blink* Ran away?

Zeras: That's what I said, sir. Milord.

Jaburanigdo: WHY would she do that?

Zeras: *scratching one ear and staring at the ceiling* Well. While you were out, we were all arguing about how to bring you back proper... and since your health is directly dependant on the state of the Mazoku population, I figured the best way to revive you would be with a nice baby boom. And for some reason, dear Syn-chan didn't agree with me!

Jaburanigdo: *stares* You tried to force yourself on her.

Zeras: Well. But that's such a crude way of putting it! ^_^;

*Jaburanigdo's hair, bed clothes, sheets, etc. flare up with a sudden gust of static, and Zeras is promptly flung headfirst into a stone column about twenty feet away.*

Zeras: ...ow. @@

*He slides down to the ground; there are actually small cracks in the place he hit.*

Jaburanigdo: *eyes glowing red* I regard Hellmaster Synthesis as I would my own daughter! I ought to kill you for such impudence!

Zeras: *waving up from the ground* Oh, don't kill me yet! I have another idea!

Jaburanigdo: *loses the glow* An idea?

Zeras: *cutely* Hai hai! And this one doesn't involve knocking up the womenfolk! X)

Jaburanigdo: *muttering* That would be a first...

Zeras: *jumps up, coughs* Ahem. Anyway, I've been doing some crossdimensional research, and I've found out why we're doing so badly.

Jaburanigdo: ...Zuphied is winning the war, that's why. Even a hermit would know that.

Zeras: Right, but did you know WHY we are losing the war?

Jaburanigdo: ........... ........ *suddenly spacey in a sad kind of way* ....Zuphied...

Zeras: *oblivious* It's because this universe's Hellmaster Phibrizzo was a dragon!

Jaburanigdo: *snaps out of it and blinks* Whomaster What?

Zeras: A fearsome Mazoku found in many parallel universes to ours. He's merciless, brilliant, and powerful; he commands the dead, and is capable of killing with a mere snap of his fingers. *sheepish cough* He, uh, also has this strange thing for running around in the form of a young boy. It's kind of bizarre.

Jaburanigdo: *suspiciously* And in our universe, he is a dragon?

Zeras: *wags his finger* Not just any dragon, sir. Dragon Bishop Ketarin of the Emerald Dragons! Same fellow who wiped out the entire Mazoku population of the Western Continent. Same fellow who apparently orphaned poor darling Syn-chan.

Jaburanigdo: ...I can see where this is going, Zeras, and the answer is No.

Zeras: But--

Jaburanigdo: *sternly* If this Phibrizzo is anything like Ketarin, I don't want anything to do with him.

Zeras: JABURANIGDO! ...sama. Dynast and Endorphin are DEAD.

Jaburanigdo: *blink* ...dead?

Zeras: *quietly* The armies of Zuphied overtook Dynast at the South Pole. And Endorphin killed herself out of despair. *chuckles* Funny little irony there, actually-- Endorphin, despa--

Jaburanigdo: *giving him the evil eye*

Zeras: --um. Well, anyway, beggars can't be choosers. No matter how unpleasant this Phibrizzo fellow might be, if we can get him to work for us, we can turn the tide of this war! I'm sure of it.

Jaburanigdo: ....very well, Zeras. You may go after your Hellmaster.

Zeras: WAI!

Jaburanigdo: But you must also go after MINE.

Zeras: ...un-wai.

Jaburanigdo: Bring both of them back.

Zeras: Uhm. But what if Synthesis is dead?

Jaburanigdo: *looking scary again* Then you simply DON'T COME BACK.

*Zeras jumps at this final declaration, which echoes and reverberates through the dark halls of... wherever.*

Zeras: Aw shoe. XP

Zuphied, by the way, is female in the Jaburanigdo universe. Very beautiful in all forms, and Jab-chan has it bad for her. ...there, I've broken my obtusity rule! WHEEE! I should do that more often.

I refer you back to prison beatings for more evidence that I didn't just pull this out of my hat. :3