2.1 (XeroM52)
This was it. This was the moment that would decide everything. After hours of intense combat finally the battle would come to an end and everyone would see which army had the right to claim victory over the downed bodies of their opponents.
Yes. Everything would be decided by one final play. A kick that would send the ball through the goal and score the points the team needed to win. And the one kicking the ball was none other than the Peacock herself.
'You can do it, you can make the goal!' The goal to take the win for her team, the ASG Labs had a rough season playing against far superior teams, but with sheer determination and teamwork, the ASG Labs had gotten here, the game that would decide who goes on to the finals.
'I can do it, I can win this!' Not only for herself, put for everyone who had given their all to get this far. This final kick carried their hopes and dreams, and Peacock wasn't going to let them down.
"Patricia, you can do it." From the sidelines came the monotone cheer of their team's only cheerleader, Marie. Peacock knew that cheering wasn't Marie's forte or that she even liked doing it, but the white haired maid had stick with them and cheer for them when nobody else did so.
'Marie, this kick is also for you!' Yes. Now she knew she couldn't fail, not when Marie was also doing her best, it was only fair that Peacock would reward that effort by winning this game.
"THIS IS IT!" She yelled to pump herself up and started to run. 'This is it! I carry within me my team's hopes and dreams!' Peacock came upon the ball and lifted her leg ready to finally kick the ball. ' TAKE THIS! MY LOVE, MY ANGER, AND ALL OF MY SORROW!'
*Swoop*
"Eh?"
She…she missed! She missed the ball!
Wait, no. She didn't miss; someone had moved the ball out of the way of her kick. And because of the force behind the kick, the momentum was enough to make Peacock lose her balance and ended up falling nape first unto the ground.
"HaHa! That was a good one, eh boss?" Avery, the small green parasite bird said with a laugh.
"AVERY! YOU ASS!" Peacock stood up and threw herself at the tiny little rascal. "I'm gonna KILL YOU NOW!"
"No! wait!" Avery pleaded but it was too late, Peacock will not listen to reason. Soon enough the rest of the team tried to separate them but ended up joining the brawl instead.
On the sidelines on the seats, Sena Kobayakawa, running back for the Devil Bats, saw the spectacle down below with a worried look. "Do you think we should do something?" The small brunet asked to his friend and quarterback Yoichi Hiruma, only to notice the angry face he was showing. "Hiruma! Are you okay?" Sena asked worriedly.
"Damn, damn, damn! Why did this have to happen?" The tactical devil yelled in frustration. "I had a whole strategy designed to counter Peacock and her weird tactics, but now we have to play against the Black Egrets." His whole night of work ruined by a meddling little bird. "Damn it all." He really wanted to test his own tactical mind against one that rivaled him in cunningness.
"I see…" Sena sweat-dropped at Hiruma's tantrum. ''But still, Black Egrets are good team, I'm sure our game with them at the finals is going to be challenging too." He tried to see the silver lining on all of this.
"Yes, we won! We are going to the finals." cheered one of the Black Egrets players as they group of them walked away from the field. "That means Paunzerfaust can play."
"Yes, after that injury we thought he wouldn't be able to play, but now that he's better he can play with us again." Another player said enthusiastically. "Let's go tell him the good news!"
"No need, he is seating right there!" One of the Egrets pointed towards where Sena and Hiruma were sitting, and since neither of them where this Paunzerfaust, they turned around to look for him only to find a 10 feet mountain of a man sitting a few rows behind them.
"Okay, I'm not usually the one who would say this but…" Sena said with a twitch on his eye. "Someone ought to make that guy take an anti-doping." He worried mostly because he didn't want to be trampled under the foot of the giant.
Besides him, Hiruma had his usual devilish grin. "Oh! This just got interesting again!"
"You would say that." Sena said defeated. 'Now I'm not looking forward for the finals, anymore!'
2.2 (krspaceT)
"Give my brother back, now!"
The entirety of the Marines, from the Admirals three (Akainu the Lava Murderer, Aokiji the Ice Drifter and Kizaru the Glimmer) to the Vice Admirals such as Garp (Grandfather of Luffy and Ace), Smoker (The Chaser, as he was sometimes known, who had apparently become a Vice Admiral earlier due to some changes to the timeline caused by the Straw Hats), and Jonathan (Who seemed to only appear every other loop for some odd reason), to even lower grunts like Cody the Pink, found their entire force being stared down by one of the most feared men of the loop.
Ace, who was in chains, looked up in shock "Luffy!?"
While normally the 20ish Ace was older than the 17 year old Luffy, this loop Luffy had been older, so he appeared to be about 25 or so.
This loop was a special one, you see.
In this Variant, Luffy had longer to set sail on the sea, though many of the events that occurred in the baseline still occurred with similar time. He still fought and defeated Arlong to free Nami from equal years of slavery, still ended up in the conflict for Pluton and many other grand adventures (Bar the whole, bear paw teleporting thing), he also had time to do...more.
Enough to be declared a Yonko (after defeating Big Mama)
His crew of Nine may be few, but they all were so powerful it stumped even the wisest Marine.
Of course, the Looping helped, but they didn't know that, and it would take a while for any Marine to loop.
His straw hat, the hat of Gol D Rodgers, seemingly radiating power, Luffy turned to his eight crewmates.
"Take them down!" was the only order he needed to give as each one flew into the fray.
...
Brook the Humming, the skeleton given life once again by the powers of the fruit, breathed in deeply as he lunged at a large chunk at Marines, who all drew their swords.
Brook responded with a massive scream that manifested itself into a giant green sonic wave that blasted hundreds of Marines away.
A pair came at him from each side, to which Brook responded with two finger guns aimed at each.
"Spirit Gun!"
Green energy shots flew out of each finger, blasting them both back.
...
Whatever the Marines were expecting from a high ranking pirate, a blue haired man in a Hawaiian shirt and a speedo was not it.
The robot pulling out a glowing blue energy platelet from out of nowhere and inserting it into his arm.
"CYBER KEY POWER!" Cyborg Franky shouted as his arm morphed into a giant laser canon and let loose.
The blast left a deep crater in the ground that would later become a trench.
As Franky landed next to said crater, hundreds of Marines charged as each arm morphed into identical arm cannons.
Franky crossed his arms, as his mega blasters went flying, blasting away Marine after Marine.
"YEAH! FRANKY B-3000 IS OFF THE CHARTS!" Franky shouted before letting out a vanilla missile blast from his left arm at a Marine foolish enough to try and shoot the Man!
"SUPER!"
...
Devil Child Robin was a lot easier on the eyes than the Cyborg or the Skeleton, so the Marines she leapt at originally assumed that she was comparatively harmless.
A second Robin appearing alongside her really didn't scare them that much.
Nico just smirked as she decided to pull off that new combo with her Devil Fruit powers she had been practicing with, as her copy glowed purple and reformed into a scepter.
Spinning the scepter around a few times, she slammed it in to the ground as she landed, sending a ripple that knocked all the Marines who had been previously staring at her off their feet.
Kizaru flashed in at this point, deciding to be the first of the Admirals to make a move.
She responded by forming a pair of arms behind him, clasping those hands together as energy formed at the center of those palms and slamming them into the ground.
He was not prepared for the Glyphs to rise up from the ground and slam into him at the same time.
"Those who do not learn from history, will be doomed by it" Robin declared
...
Coby had the good fortune of encountering the Tanuki form of Tony-Tony Chopper, the Cotton Candy Lover.
He and the rest of the marines in the area assumed they got the easy Pirate to stop.
They were soon informed of the depths of their error as golden light formed in the sky above.
"JUDGEMENT!" Chopper shouted with an echo as bolts of golden energy rained down from the sky.
As Marine after Marine was judged, and found wanting, Tony began to transform.
Coby, who had the fortune of dodging Judgement, instead got the fortune of witnessing Monster Point, the massive Reindeer monster form of Tony Tony Chopper.
"They put a 50 berry bounty on that!?" a non fainted marine shouted in horror as Chopper unleashed a blue energy beam from his mouth in a moving spread, sending hundreds more Marines Flying.
Let's just say that the Marines need to stop investing in all that cannon fodder.
...
Aokiji found himself up against Black Leg Sanji, but he had to ask first...
"Any chance you can just leave? Yawn..."
Sanji responded with an enormous blast of fire from his hands.
Aokiji countered with an ice wall, which blocked the fire bending.
"...Really? I didn't ask for this giant ceremony of an execution? It would be easier to have just beheaded him quietly..."
Fire and Ice clashed once more, thus guaranteeing Aokiji would not get any rest soon.
...
"Oh, the wind carries my name
from Sniper Island far away.
When I take aim, it is straight and true,
lu lu la la lu.
Whether you're a man or a mouse:
Lock on!
I will put your heart in my sights,
LOCK ON!
No one knows what secrets hide
behind this mask and my cape.
Lu lu lu lu lu la la!
There is no escape!
(Sogeking sniper pa pa)
Sogeking aims true!"
The Marine's just stared at the masked vigilante in...confusion.
"You can call me Sniper King if you want. It doesn't really matter" Sogeking took aim with his sling shot and fired a white stringy ball into the air over his bundle of Marines.
The ball exploded over them, releasing white webbing that restrained them all in a huge spider web.
"Special attack, Parker Special" Sogeking smirked as he drew a black ball and fired it as well, up into the sky as it exploded.
"Finishing move, Rain of a Million Bats!" the black ball exploded, releasing a thousand boomerangs shaped like bats, which rained down from the heavens like a torrential rainstorm.
...
"Stupefy!"
Smoker disintegrated into smoke to avoid the orange spell from the weather witch, Nami, reforming as he studied her.
"So, you are a witch as the rumors said you were? Don't think I'm not on to you..."
"Reducto!"
He turned to smoke once again and launched a smoke arm towards her.
"You can't defeat me if you can't touch me..."
He then only noticed that she had an trident in her hands, a weapon that seemed to throb with power.
"Behold the power of the Stormbringer!"
Fun fact; Sudden wind storms blow smoke away pretty well.
Smoker found himself reforming in Water 7 a few weeks later from the miniature hurricane that Nami formed around herself.
...
The former Pirate Hunter Zorro, who occasionally was called Zolo, was a well known figure for his odd three sword fighting style.
However, the pirates couldn't even begin to describe what they saw before them.
Zorro now had seven swords; and none were in his hands.
Two were in his arm pits, one between a shoulder and his neck, one in his mouth, another in his left armpit, his right hip joint, on top his right leg and held behind his right knee.
His blades were unique; bar his three 'regular' ones, there was a blade that resembled half a scissor, a blade made of green energy from a metal cylinder, a gold blade that shined like scales and a blade that resembled a very large key.
"What the hell does he think he's doing? How could that crazy stance possible..."
Zorro promptly demonstrated how 'effective' a 'crazy stance' could be.
...
Monkey D. (Straw Hat) Luffy, found Akainu in his path.
"You will not stand in the way of Justice Pirate..."
Akainu got a punch in the face for even talking.
The fist, however, was green, and the impact sent Akainu flying into the sky with the force of an embodiment of rage.
As Akainu crashed down, a now fully green Luffy leapt up from above and began beating the living Pumice out of him.
"LUFFY SMASH!"
"What power..." Johanthan said in horror as Garp couldn't help but smile proudly at his grandson.
2.3 (LordCirce)
Luffy glared across the choppy bay. He hated showing up late. It saved him the time of getting his nakama together, but when he woke up too late, like when he woke up in the depths of Impel Down after being healed by Ivankov, it made him late to save Ace! Now, the murderer was standing next to Ace, talking about justice and threats. Luffy grit his teeth, before he bolted towards the edge of the boat.
The bay hadn't been frozen yet, but Luffy didn't care as he shot into the air, a rubber-empowered jump hurtling him skyward. Everyone seemed to hold their breath as he shot forward, crossing across the vast distance between the ship and the fortress. And then came the gasps...
He wasn't going to make it. His jump just wasn't strong enough, he was going to land several meters short of the edge. Behind, on the boat, Jinbei rushed forward, intending to jump after Luffy and retrieve him before he drowned, only to freeze at the sight ahead of him.
Luffy landed on the water. His legs seemed to glow as they slammed into the surface, the water distorting underneath him like some great blue canvas. Unseen by all, Luffy grinned as he gathered his strength. Waterwalking was awesome, it made being a sinking hammer much easier to bear.
FOOSH! The water exploded under Luffy's feet as he propelled himself skyward again. This leap was much more powerful than his first, and the line of giants blocking the way actually had to look up to watch as he sailed overhead.
Kizaru was the first to react, flashing out of his seat and into the sky. He appeared above Luffy, his hand glowing with an arrow of light, only to let out a muffled shout as a Haki-enhanced hand the size of a small building smashed into his side, hurtling him into the side of one of the giants.
Luffy landed in a crouch in on the platform, facing the two remaining admirals and the high admiral. They all looked somewhat shocked at his sudden appearance, but the murderer appeared to be building up rage.
It was actually Aokoji that attacked him first, hurtling a wave of ice at him. A lightning-quick Red Hawk tore through the frozen spears, just in time for Luffy to flatten himself to avoid a fist made of magma. The two admirals began to move in, and so Luffy unleashed the second thing he had gained in the Loop he spent with Naruto, where he was Lugetsu of the Seven Swordsman Pirates of the Mist.
"Mizu Mizu No...Nami Jet Gatling!" Luffy's body twisted as he stretched, his body partially converting to chakra water. Using this power hurt, the infused water acted a lot like Seastone and it seemed to grate inside his rubber body, but it was worth it for its effect on Logia Users.
Aokoji and the murderer had both defended themselves as he went to attack, and both barely had time to register the name of his attack before his fists, alternating between rubber flesh and chakra-infused water, slammed into and through their barriers. Aokoji had raised an ice wall, which would normally have been able to endure Luffy's strikes. However, the water in his punches disrupted his Logia power, weakening the ice, which quickly shattered. Aokoji didn't even have time to brace himself before Luffy's blows struck, hurtling him back into the row of chairs the Admirals had been sitting on.
The murderer had braced himself behind his oversized magma-coated hands. Luffy's hands stung as the heat of the magma converted some of the water to steam, but then the power of the Nami Jet Gatling kicked in. Magma chunks flew as his fists tore away at the murderer's defense, and Luffy dashed forward, pushing through the cooling lava, and blasted the murderer out of his cooling shell. Luffy didn't give him a chance to recover, pounding him with both arms, his watery blows preventing him from shifting states to avoid the blows or to counter attack.
Keeping up the barrage with his left arm, Luffy pulled back his right, swinging it behind him, where it began to swell and rotate like a drill, rubbery skin twisting as the water began to spiral. Luffy hadn't managed to get the hang of the Rasengan attack Naruto tried to show him (using energy outside of his body just felt weird), but he had managed to make this attack using some of Naruto's ideas.
"Mizu mizu no...Whale Harpoon!"
His twisting fist swung around, spiralling in a tight lance, and slammed into the murderer's chest. Luffy pushed his whole body behind the technique, and the murderer was blown away, hurtled into the buildings behind them, and then through them towards the ocean on the far side.
Luffy stood, panting for a moment, as his limbs returned to normal. He could already feel the deep aching pain that came from using that power too much, but it was worth it to save Ace.
Luffy was broken from his rest by a golden hand almost taking his head off. It was only unconscious reflex that allowed him to dodge in time. Sengoku was stepping forward, his arm glowing gold with a partial transformation.
"Straw Hat! You will not escape. Don't think your strange power can save you!"
Luffy scowled, before grinning. "OK!"
Sengoku paused stunned, and Luffy dashed past him. Sengoku regained his wits enough to turn, lashing out with his golden palm, only to realize Luffy's trick.
The palm blast struck, blasting into Luffy's inflated body, and ripped apart the stone of the platform, including the portion of the platform holding the chains binding Ace. Both Luffy and Ace were blasted back, Luffy stretching to cushion the blow.
The brothers quickly stood, and Luffy lashed out, forcing down the pain to transform his arm again and smash away the chains binding Ace. Ace stretched, then grinned.
"You've got some new tricks. You'll have to tell me where you learned them."
Luffy grinned. "From a ninja!"
Ace blinked twice. "...eh, I guess I can believe that." Ace's eyes sharpened, and he quickly grabbed Luffy, who had gone somewhat limp after answering Ace's question, before leaping off the platform they were standing on with a burst of flame. Behind them, Sengoku struck the platform, blasting it apart.
Sengoku turned, frowning at the miss. He had fully transformed, and he was radiating golden heat in his anger. As he watched the two troublemakers racing away, his attention was caught by movement in the bay.
"Oh...yeah...Whitebeard is here." The pirate fleet had advanced while the Marines were busy watching the Admirals getting beaten on by the Straw Hat, and the pirates were now tearing through their forces, Whitebeard apparently in the lead.
Somedays, it just didn't pay to get out of bed. Even for justice.
2.4 (Detective Ethan Redfield)
Lions, elephants, tigers, birds of every shape and size stampeded every which way across the island, marines running to and fro alongside tanks and mechas as they tried quell the tide of madness that ran rampant. Zoro's hand was white as it pressed against his forehead. Sanji took a deep puff of his cigarette and spat it out, "Seems like our captain's been through here."
Usopp muttered, "We could probably waltz through here in a clown suits wearing signs saying, 'we're the strawhat pirates' and no one would even detain us."
Zoro sighed, "When Luffy said he'd make a distraction for us to slip in unnoticed, I didn't think he meant he'd use Naruto's summoning jutsu to bring every island's zoos to Enies Lobby and send them on rampage."
Usopp chuckled, "Shouldn't have shown him Jumanji last loop."
2.5 (Detective Ethan Redfield)
Shortly after introducing himself and the Elder Tale Loops to the Sonic loopers, the enchanter began planning for the changes in the loop. While he thought, the looping guild members departed for the central room of the guild hall, where big guilds could hold meetings at a price. 300 gold for the day, but it was well worth it as it could accommodate his purposes quite easily. A quick call to Twilight, and the three guilds were now all gathered.
Nyanta was there as well, having traveled to Akiba by the city gate, and awake it appeared as he spoke with another werecat looper by the name Blaze. Naotsugu was also there, getting to know if Sonic was an open or closed pervert. Unfortunately, he was not awake. Shiroe, meanwhile, looked over his friend list again to see if he recognized anyone. One name popped out, Haseo. The Enchanter sent him a quick invite to the guild hall.
Shiroe's mind was working on a thousand things at once as plans were formed in a matter of seconds, It is an opportunity to meet with the members of the multiverse, to gather and share information. In Elder Tales, I would be the veteran player, but I am new to everything else, he thought to is a rare opportunity to catch up...I guess.
Haseo arrived minutes later, when the two immediately started discussing the Debauchery Tea Party, "Do you think Luffy is awake back in the real world?"
Shiroe opened his friends list and looked at his friend's character from the One Piece Loop, "He's probably somewhere in the game in Europe. I know a place, time and location where a Fairy Ring crosses Kanami's, the person Luffy's replacing, path, but who knows where an Awake Luffy will end up."
******
"Alright, everyone! We're headed for the ocean! Franky, launch the Sunny Go Mark 3!"
Franky's grin grew to the size of a shark's as he pulled several levers below deck. The cyborg had stored several versions of the Sunny Go in his subspace to tinker with in his off time. A pair of wings extended from the hull and a jet engine extended from the backside. Wheels pushed the seagoing vessel up. The ship had a clear runway ahead of them, and they were ready for takeoff. Zoro gritted his teeth, "Oh no...not again!"
One second, the vessel was secure on the ground. The next, it was just gone, with the sound of terrified screaming echoed from the sky.
******
For some strange reason, Haseo started shivering. Shiroe chuckled to which Haseo's eyes twitched, "Don't you dare laugh! You have no idea what it's like replacing Zoro for a loop! Damn pirate, hitting me into the ocean over and over again."
The Enchanter raised his hand in apology, "We probably won't see him, since his friend list was under his original character."
Haseo sighed, "So, what's your plan? Thought I saw Lelouch when coming to the guild hall."
Shiroe shrugged, "Haven't met him yet."
His expression turned serious as he called the gathered guilds around him. He gave a brief intro to using Elder Tales' status screen for those unfamiliar with this world. Upon completion, he requested the loopers' help, "Please look over your friends list. If you recognize the name, call them to Akiba. In one month's time, we're going to hold a looper conference...in Shibuya."
Murmurs rose among the Mobius and Equestrian loopers. Shiroe held up his hand, "There will be a mass exodus from Shibuya to Akiba in the next couple weeks, leaving the city available for our use. Akatsuki, Nyanta, search your friend list for anyone you don't recognize from baseline or suspect might be a looper."
Twilight replied, "Shiroe, we were originally in America. Anyone we might know will probably be over there."
A flash of light encompassed Shiroe's empty hand, and a revised copy of the Fairy Ring Travelling Guide on his open palm, "This should help you bring them to Akiba. No matter how long it takes, I'd like to gather all the loopers and meet with each one. We have at least three months for this loop if not more, since that's when the Goblin King Returns event takes place. The earliest this loop has ended is at the end of that conflict."
Twilight seemed like a child in a candy store at getting a new book. Before finishing, Shiroe had one last task to assign, "Naotsugu. I know you might be confused about what's going on. I will explain it later, but for now I need your help. I need you to record the name of every adventurer who's coming to the conference here in Akiba. Order them in three columns, first the name, then their guild, then the location they are arriving from."
And with that, everyone had their tasks and went about accomplishing them. The room became a hub of activity, similar to a call center as each looper called every name they recognized from a previous loop.
******
Fluttershy was the first to make contact, "Um...hello, is this Lemann Russ?"
The booming voice at the other end sounded delighted, "Little mother! It has been far too long since we last looped together. When we meet, we will have the largest feast in your honor...well if the food had any taste."
Fluttershy smiled as she called on her loop memories. The Marines and the Lunar Republic often had members teamed together when facing high level raids. She replied, "Just make sure to cook your food like everyday pon- I mean, people. But if your cook isn't high enough level, it will turn to black paste."
After a few more mother/son bonding time, they got down to business, "What can I do for you, little mother?"
Fluttershy blinked, remembering she had a mission, "Oh! Would you be willing to travel from the American Servers to the Japanese ones. The local Anchor is holding a conference in Shibuya and he wants all loopers to converge at Akiba."
The massive man's laughter boomed, "I would be honored to come. However, we can't travel to Japan since the intercity teleportation gates are down."
"That's alright. Twilight Sparkle has a guidebook to the fairy rings. Contact her in the next couple hours, and she'll be able to help. I hope to talk to you more soon. Bring your entire guild as well, even those not awake. Son, I have to go, but don't forget that I'm a call away."
With that, the Equine Tail reported to Naotsugu that the Marine guild would be attending.
******
It seemed that other loopers in Akiba were having similar ideas to Shiroe's gathered loopers. Sonic was in the middle of contacting a group of twins when the guild leader of the Fox Brigade, who replacing D.D.D. altogether for this loop, had contacted Sonic and arranged to meet at the guild hall. The guild leader was a Fox Tail that Shiroe did not recognize. In his wake, there were five additional loopers. Twilight recognized the guild leader and the looper to his left, "Naruto, Kakashi, Sasuke! How have you been?"
Shiroe took the opportunity to read the information data over their heads:
Naruto Uzumaki
Fox Tail
Lv. 90 Guardian
Level 90 Berserker
Kakashi Hatake
Human
Lv. 90 Assassin
Lv. 90 Tracker
Sasuke Uchiha
Half-Alv
Lv. 90 Assassin
Lv. 90 Hitman
Twilight gave them all a hug in turn. Naruto returned the hug, Kakashi just gave an eye grin and Sasuke grunted. Shiroe bowed to the three and greeted them warmly. Naruto's grin was warm as the sun, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, anchor of the 'Naruto' Loops and the Hokage Guildmaster of the Fox Brigade."
Kakashi had opened his Ichi Ichi Tactics book he always amused himself with, "Kakashi Hatake. Former Sensei to these two," referring to Naruto and Sasuke, "and Jounin Commander of the Fox Brigade."
Sasuke was curt and short, not saying anything beyond his name and position, "Sasuke Uchiha, leader of the Uchiha division in the Fox Brigade."
Twilight moved around Naruto to the other three behind them. They were clearly from the Naruto universe, as they all carried kunai daggers. They were two males and a female. The female one had an air of elegence and beauty about her, quiet and peaceful, but promising destruction if anyone attempted to hurt her friends and loved ones. She introduced herself first, "I'm Hinata Hyuuga. Nice to meet you, Twilight. I've heard good things about your Loopset and hope to visit someday."
She gave a low bow. Twilight took that moment to read her information:
Hinata Hyuuga
Elf
Lv. 90 Monk
Lv. 90 Pharmacist
Naruto had mentioned that Hinata had been looping for quite awhile, but she had not been to Equestria, nor had any of the equestrian loopers crossed her path. Before Twilight could respond, the first male walked forward. He had a haughty expression and had nine long, flowing tails extending from his backside. His eyes portrayed a darkness to him that was only mildly tempered in light. His grin was appropriate for a predator who had met his first prey and Orange red hair seemed to suit him, "How many loops has it been since the pinata incident?"
With that, Twilight finally recognized him, and giggled, "Kurama, you shouldn't have tried to destroy Everfree that loop."
The nine tailed fox player blushed and looked away, his embarassed mutterings just barely audible, "Oy! Don't talk about that here. Just trying to say hello."
Kurama
Fox Tail
Lv. 90 Summoner
Lv. 90 Berserker
The third male sighs, drawing the attention of Twilight. This was one looper she had never met. The man had wicked, cunning eyes but came off as more bored than anything else. His hair was tied into a spikey ponytail and had a black hue to it, "Why couldn't we loop somewhere quiet and boring? Then I could spend all day staring at the clouds."
Hinata patted him on the back, "Shikamaru, you spend too much time in Tea country as is. It's good to vary the things we do."
Shikamaru Nara
Human
Lv. 90 Enchanter
Lv. 90 Courier
Twilight tilted her head, "I'm Twilight Sparkle of the MLP loops. I'm afraid Naruto hasn't spoken much of you, so tell me about yourself."
Shikamaru's eyes sharpened in an instant, "Shikamaru Nara. I started looping a couple hundred loops ago or so."
Twilight absorbed that information and thought about Naruto's loop. Shikamaru was probably another Crash generation looper. Maybe Naruto would get another soon...or already has another. She'd have to ask him later.
******
While the others were chatting, Sonic and the Underground's loopers continued their calls, reaching out to more and more loopers. It was when Sally gave a call to Zelda that a new crisis arose, with the sound of Explosions and metal crashing against metal echoing in the background, "Zelda, should I call you back? You sound like your busy."
More explosions sounded, but faded momentarily like the princess had moved away from the battle, "Sakura's in Susukino!"
Those words made Sally's blood run cold. She lept to her feet and shouted for Naruto.
*End Snippet*
As always, could use any feedback. After I finish revising, I'll be sure to post this on the MLP loopset as well.
2.6 (Mivichi)
Shiroe Awoke in a mansion of some sort, holding an elegant silver tray with a bowl of soup upon it. A sickly teenaged girl rested in a bed before hand.
He checked to see if he could open his menu screen. It did not appear. However, he could still feel his powers, as he could if he were still on Earth.
A fused loop was the most likely explanation.
The girl looked at him with open concern. "Klahadore? Are you all right?"
Shiroe blinked and drug up his in-loop memories. He was Klahadore, a butler to a young orphan named Kaya. But Klahadore was actually an evil, cruel, and murderous pirate captain named Kuro who was trying to steal Kaya's fortune.
Shiroe wasn't interested in following through at all.
He carefully set the tray down. With a slight bow, he said, "I have something to admit to you, Miss Kaya."
The head of Usopp, the village idiot, popped up in the window. The boy wielded a slingshot. "Kaya! You have to get away from him! He's a pirate!" Usopp exclaimed, shooting a smoke bomb at Shiroe. As he fired, Shiroe thought Usopp said, "Shit, he's not-"
Shiroe reflexively countered with a Pulse Bullet spell, striking the smoke bomb with a small orb of magic and knocking it back out the window. Both Kaya and Usopp stared at him with hanging jaws.
Apparently, having strange abilities in this world was a pretty good indication of someone's status as a pirate; Kaya pulled her blankets closer around her in fear. "Klahadore, is it true?"
"Ack, I was wrong!" flailed Usopp. "Sorry, I'd just Awoken, and I mistook you for someone else." He paused. "Er. You aren't a bad guy, are you?"
Shiroe rethought the explanation that he had been about to give. This world seemed to deal well with the ludicrous, from what he could remember. "No, I am not," he replied easily. "Don't worry about it. I understand how confusing Awakening can make the world. I feel as clumsy as an Anchor just about every time."
Kaya shot Shiroe a bewildered look, though Usopp looked relieved. Kaya asked, "Then why do you have Devil Fruit powers?"
Shiroe shook his head. "No, that was magic," he said bluntly.
Kaya's eyes widened. "Really?" she squeaked while Usopp gave him a look of warning.
"Yes," Shiroe confirmed. Then he spun his story. "You see, I am an Enchanter from a world called Theldesia. One day, an unexpected event transported me to this one. I did not want to attract the attention of either pirates or the Marines with my powers, and in the end your father was kind enough to hire me on as a butler."
Usopp relaxed as Shiroe's half-truth skirted any hints of time travel.
"I have finally given up on finding a way home." Shiroe grimaced as he spoke. "I am told I bear an unfortunate resemblance to a supposedly executed pirate captain. Not everyone is convinced he is truly dead, which would explain Usopp's worry on your behalf."
Kaya had released her death grip on her covers. She looked at Usopp gratefully. "Oh, Usopp," she sighed, "that was brave of you." She looked at him sternly. "If he had been a real pirate, you could have gotten hurt!"
"Um, well," Usopp said lamely, blushing and looking down at the ground.
Kaya turned her gaze to Shiroe. "So you aren't a bad person."
Shiroe nodded.
"And… you are really a magician?" she hesitantly asked.
In response, Shiroe materialized a sorceror's staff in his hand. He performed a courtly bow. "Shirogane Kei Shiroe, at your service," he said, purposefully changing his name to be more in line with the world's standard. "Please, call me Shiroe."
-
Later, Shiroe had made his excuses to Kaya and searched for Usopp. The other was waiting for him not far from the mansion.
"You look different," Usopp noted with surprise.
Shiroe nodded. His hair had returned to its usual messy hairstyle and slightly different features. "I took an appearance-changing potion. I don't want to look anything like the man I replaced. I could do without that baggage."
"Can't blame you there." He rubbed his head. "So, I'm Usopp of the One Piece loops. Our Anchor is Luffy. Nice to meet you."
"I am Shiroe, the Anchor of the Elder Tales loops. I'll be in your care." He gave Usopp a friendly nod. "Do you have any advice?"
Usopp crossed his arms. "Never heard of that loop. Huh. First thing's first, we wait around until your - er, Kuro's - pirate crew shows up and take them out. Afterwards..." Usopp tilted his head as he thought. "I'm not used to Kuro being good. What you should do next… Hey, how about you join my pirate crew?"
Shiroe hadn't expected that. "What."
-
Shiroe clung to the mast of the Going Merry as it surged up Reverse Mountain.
Straw hat firmly held to his head, Luffy stood on the prow, guffawing loudly. "Hey, Shiroe!" he called back, "you ready to do it?"
Carefully peeling one arm off the wood, Shiroe gave Luffy a thumbs up.
"Ha, awesome!" Luffy cheered.
Someone else groaned, "Oh, no." It might have been Nami.
With his free hand, Shiroe planted his staff into the deck of the Going Merry. Then he hit the ship with a pre-planned selection of defense spells. For the next few minutes, the ship would not break; the crew would stay safely attached to the deck.
Finally, Shiroe unleashed as many different movement buffs as he knew, and Luffy did something Shiroe couldn't quantify.
The ship broke the sound barrier.
"SONIC MERRY-BOOM!" Luffy roared in exultation as the ship shot into the sky. Most of the others' shouts were considerably less joyous.
Part of Shiroe could not help but think, 'I'm weak against that sort of personality, aren't I?' The rest of him simply enjoyed the view for the few moments it lasted.
Afterwards, one could say his heart felt light: they experienced momentary weightlessness as they plummeted down towards the Grand Line.
2.7 (Crisis)
No one was quite sure how Eden Hall and its owner/Anchor Sasakura Ryuu kept ending up in the massive fused Loops where numerous Anchors were in attendance, but there were no complaints whatsoever. Right now, those Anchors present were engaging in one of their favorite pastimes.
Embarrassing the heck out of each other.
"And here's 'Rapid Hooves' on a date with my friends Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy while they weren't Awake," Twilight grinned, showing a picture of an extremely nervous stallion being kissed on each cheek by both mares at the same time.
"It was weird," Ranma insisted. "They both decided they liked me and they were civil about it!"
"Power of friendship Ranma-san," Twilight kept grinning. "What did you think would happen when you saved a horde of endangered bunnies using superhero-grade feats?"
The original Anchor just buried his head in the table and moaned.
"That's nothing!" cheered one Monkey D. Luffy, Anchor of the piratical One Piece Loop. "Wanna see my pictures of Naruto when he looped in as one of my crew?"
Everyone's attention was riveted. Luffy's crew was famous/infamous across the Loops for the ridiculous adventures they had and the ludicrous battles they always ended up involved in. Luffy was one of the few loopers in the multiverse who had fought Bobobo and liked it.
But before Luffy could start, the door to the bar opened and everyone present immediately conceded the embarrassing photo contest.
Kyon, the Anchor who generally rode herd on Haruhi and her home Loop, had arrived.
Not that this would stop the stories from being told of course.
2.8
Two eleven year old girls opened their eyes on a train. They stared at their surroundings, and their bodies. One was fairly tall and had somewhat spiky red hair, while the other was short and blonde.
"Where are we?" Asked the blonde one.
"And why are we human?" This came from the redhead. "No matter. We'll find out what happened, and return."
It was at this point that a black haired boy with a scar on his forehead walked in.
"Are you Loopers?"
"Loopers?" This came from the blonde.
"Is time repeating for you?"
"I suppose that would explain why we have extra memories."
"I guess I'll have to give you the talk. But first, what are your names? I'm Harry."
"I'm Merry, or Mary in this timeline.", said the blonde.
"And I'm Sunny."
-
Sunny and Merry listened intently to Hermione Granger. "Before this Loop ends, we need a way for you to assume human forms each Loop. We have a number of things to try, some from other Loops."
PATRONUS!
"Interesting... Those are our ship forms."
TRANSFIGURATION!
"Even if using Patronus in ship form would produce Human form, we can't cast it like this."
ANIMAGUS!
"Well, I guess we can't get human Animagus forms. Still, these animal ones aren't so bad."
A GIGAI!
"This might work back home, but we have no idea now."
7th year...
Sunny and Merry walked into George and Fred's prank shop.
"Welcome! Might we interest you in some of our wares? 50% Looper discount on all items! For example, this action movie charm which causes explosions to follow everything you do? Or the inanimate object transfiguration charm, which causes an inanimate object to transform into a human?"
"Are they reusable?"
"Of course!"
"We'll take 7 of the first, and 2 of the second."
Once they were out of the store they immediately rushed back to hogwarts.
"... And if we use all these methods together, it should work." Sunny finished.
"So, fuse the charm's target with a gigai and then use the charm and enter the Gigai? That should work. Hermione nodded approvingly.
THE NEXT LOOP...
The straw hats stared at the Thousand Sunny as they prepared to launch yet again. "All those memories... From all these Loops ..." Robin wistfully sighed.
"And we can finally share them with you!"
The straw hats looked up to the deck to see Sunny and Merry. Even without being told who, all the straw hats instinctively knew who they were.
Luffy was the first one to break the silence. "How?"
"We went to Hogwarts. And now, we can finally adventure with you forever."