''Only 5th place?'' Luffy scolded his team back in the inn, ''We could have done much better!''
''Well you see, we could have done much better except SANJI was in our team.'' complained Zoro.
''HEY! AT LEAST I DID SOMETHING!'' Sanji defended.
''so did Ussop, and he's not any stronger than me, but at least he got us some points.'' replied Zoro.
''YOU...'' Sanji couldn't really come back from that, he just walked out of the inn, pissed off as hell.
''Wait! we're having a party! come on back!'' yelled Franky, trying to cheer him up.
''then party on, I'll go on a walk.'' he said.
It was a starry night, and Sanji took a walk by the rivers, passing the place Fairy Tail was staying at, celebrating their victories. He passed right by, only to notice someone in the shadows. The man was skinny, wearing a top hat, he was staring right at him. Weirded out, he walked towards him to ask a few questions. But before he could reach him, the guy ran away, and a surprisingly fast speed, so he ran at equal speed to try and catch up. But before he could, he bumped into a certain white-haired woman.
''mira?'' Sanji asked, letting the shadowy figure slip away, ''What are you doing here?''
''Just taking a breather.'' Mira answered.
''Was your guild too much to handle?'' said Sanji
''pretty much, Natsu was picking fights again and at least four guys were thrown into me.''
''Why didn't you fight back? you were quite ferocious in our previous fight.''
''I would have normally, but we can't risk destroying anymore properties anymore.''
''Why not?''
''You see, the whole reason we participated in this tournament is to gain the money to pay back the council for our property damages, if we do anymore damage, not even the prize money will be enough to pay them back.''
''I see.''
''speaking of our fight, you did really good, but you never clearly established why you don't attack women.''
So Sanji explained his whole story, while switching some details, just to prevent any suspicion of their pirate life.
''so to summarize, you were discriminated by your family for not keeping up with your brother's prowess so you ran away only to find yourself on a ship working as a waiter, before the ship was raided by pirates, but the captain had a change of heart and saved you, and taught you the ways of being a gentleman, only to join a guild later on?'' said Mira.
''Pretty much, ask anyone of my guild mates, they all share a equally tragic tale.''
''huh...'' Mira thought, '' care to hear my story then?''
Meanwhile, that shadowy figure he was chasing starred at them from the roof.
''Oof, that was a close call.''
the following day...
WELCOME BACK FOLKS! THE SECOND EVENT IS UNDERWAY! YESTERDAY KICKED OFF STRONG, WITH OUR NEW GUILD, THE STRAW HATS, DISPLAYING AMAZING PERFORMANCES. BUT NOW, I HOPE YOU ARE READY FOR OUR NEXT EVENT, CONTESTANTS, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PLATE!
The chosen contestants were: Rogue, Milliana, Laxus, Lucy, Chelia, Novally, Jenny and Zoro.
''Finally, We can see what this ''Zoro'' guy is made of'' said Erza, curious to see his skills in action.
NOW ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR ARENA EVENT: DOPPELGANGER MAYHEM!
A massive floating arena appeared. To every ones surprise, they saw several guild members, including Natsu standing inside.
ALLOW US TO EXPLAIN THE RULES: THIS ARENA USES CLONE LACHRIMAS TO COPY THE APPEARANCE AND SOME OF THE MAGIC OF CERTAIN GUILD MEMBERS. THE FIGHTERS ENTER ONE BY ONE, SIMILAR TO PANDEMONIUM, OUR PREVIOUS EVENT, IN FACT, ALL THE RULES ARE THE SAME FROM THE ONES OF PANDEMONIUM: WIZARDS ENTER ONE AT A TIME AND BEAT AS MANY ENEMIES AS POSSIBLE, THE ONE WHO BEATS THE MOST WIN. AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING, IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE CLONES TO MATCH THE REAL THING. ANYHOW, LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
The contestants drew straws, and out of luck, Zoro got to go first.
''who are you gonna fight?'' asked the announcer.
Everyone was eager to hear an answer.
''Who can he defeat is the problem. he could just choose a bunch of weaklings, but i doubt he would beat Erza or Laxus...'' Makorov thought,
''No way our Erza or Laxus would lose to him!'' said some fairy tail wizards in a cocky attitude.
that attitude however, faded away, and was replaced by utter shock, along with the rest of the audience, equally as shocked when they heard Zoro's answer.
''everyone.''
''IS HE OUT OF HIS MIND?! HE'S FIGHTING EVERY MEMBER FROM EVERY GUILD!'' some wizards yelled out.
''He said it with such confidence, just how strong are you, Zoro?'' Erza asked herself.
As Zoro entered the Arena, Members of the other guilds spawned one after another. Zoro took advantage of their spawn time, and took of Beth and Risley right off the bat.
KITTEN CANON!
The milliana clone launched several black tubes at Zoro, tying up one of his hands. allowing Gray's Clone to freeze his feet to the floor, and having Ren, Eve and Jenny charge in at once.
''a multi-faced attack huh?'' Zoro grinned.
He grabbed the tube and swung Milliana into Gray, then unsheathed two swords.
NITORYUU: OO TATSUMAKI!
A giant black tornado formed, shattering the ice at Zoro's feet and sucking in all five of the clones, cutting them to pieces inside the tornado. The tornado also carried on, taking out Hibiki, Novally, Yeager, Arania and Lucy's clones. The tornado was finally stopped by Wendy, who swallowed it and shot it back, sending Zoro flying into the sky, only to get hit with a thunderbolt by Laxus, followed by a stone pillar, slamming him down. Then, Zoro came out of the smokes, with a few bruises and burns. Cutting the stones apart and kicking one into Ichiya's clone, knocking him out. Natsu and Gajeel's clone then appeared from the smokes while Rogues struck him from behind, leaving him in the middle of five Dragon slayers (Natsu, Gajeel, Rogue, Wendy and Laxus.) They all charged him at once. Hitting him from all sides.
FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!
SKY DRAGON'S CLAW!
LIGHTNING DRAGON'S BREAKDOWN FIST!
SHADOW DRAGON'S CLAW!
IRON DRAGON'S CLUB!
They all hit him at once, causing a huge explosion. Just then, They took a look at their fists, and found them cracked, some even shattered completely.
''you done?'' asked Zoro, who's arms and swords were shining black.
The five clones looked intimidated, so did the real things in the audience.
''Did you see that? He blocked all those attacks like it was nothing!'' Said Natsu.
''He's... a monster!'' Said Erza, shocked at his current performance.
The five them banded together with their mouths open.
''Could it be?'' said Gajeel, ''A five way unison raid?!''
Each and every single one of them shot their roars at them.
FIRE DRAGON'S...
SKY DRAGON'S...
IRON DRAGON'S...
SHADOW DRAGON'S...
LIGHTNING DRAGON'S...
Zoro stood still, holding up his swords.
''WHAT'S HE DOING?! DOES HE WANT TO DIE?!'' yelled the actual rogue.
ROAR!
Just then, Zoro swung all three of his blades at full force.
1500 POUND CANON!
A massive slash appeared, countering the full attack and flew straight at the clones, blowing up all five of them. The slash then continued and flew outside the arena, cutting through a large chunk of the city.
''one attack...'' Said Erza, in absolute shock.
''one attack took out all five dragon slayers...'' Said Kagura, ''so... strong...''
Just then, Elfman and Juvia charged in from behind, only to get sliced up in a second.
''I dont have time for small fries like you.'' he said Panting, '' I have real enemies to take care of. But first...''
He charged at Yuka and Toby's clone, cutting down both of then before they could react. Then he dodged a attack from chelia, and kicked her into Lyon, followed by deflecting one of Mira's dark energy blasts into them, taking both of them out.
SANTORYUU: RENGOKU ONI GIRI!
He slashed with all three of his blades, taking out Bacchus, Semas, and Mira with it.
OPEN GATES OF THE SERPENT PALACE...
Yukino yelled out, jumping out of cover for a sneak attack, only to have her arm cut off.
The only ones remaining were Rufus, Orga, Erza, Kagura, Minerva and Jura.
''only six left huh?'' bring it.
Meanwhile... somewhere outside the arena...
''Yes captain, it's confirmed, they are on this island.'' said a mysterious figure, the same one Sanji chased that night. He was talking to his captain on a Den-Den mushi.
''Do they know we're here?''
''No they don't we had a close call with black leg, but I shook him off.''
''Good... so they know nothing about our plans... Perfect... ZEHAHAHAHAHA!''
Back in the fight...
''you can't be serious...'' Said Most of the guilds in unison.
In the Arena, A heavily injured Zoro stood victorious.
HE HAS DONE IT! 10 POINTS TO THE STRAW HATS! WHAT A MONSTER OF A GUILD! HE HAS OFFICIALLY TAKEN OUT EACH AND EVERY CLONE IN BATTLE! GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE!
The crowd was going wild, and Zoro looked at the audience, flashing a big thumbs up.
''What happened?'' Said Orga, ''Our clones were kicking his ass just a minute ago, then, in just a split second, they were in pieces...''
''I couldn't memorize that.'' said Rufus
FLASHBACK...
Zoro was getting pounded left and right. The clones were hitting him with attack after attack, just then, a dark aura formed around Zoro.
DEMON AURA NINE SWORD STYLE: ASURA!
with his transformation, he pushed back every attack in half of a second, knocking everyone off balance. he then charged into the middle of all of them, raising all of his blades.
ASURA: MAKYUUSEN!
After that attack, it was over in an instant. Orga was cut in half, Jura got decapitated, Kagura got cut in both of her non-existent kidneys, Rufus's eyes were gouged out, Minerva was cut in four pieces and Erza was split in half vertically (Like how she died in death battle.)
Back to present...
''GOOD JOB ZORO!'' Said his crewmates as they ran up to him.
The other guilds however, were also glad.
''And I thought Fair Tail was the threat here,'' said Goldmine (Cerberus's guild master)
''Alright boys! we have a new target!'' cried Bob (Blue pegasus's guild Master)
''We all know what to do here right?'' asked Lamia scales's guild master (Forgot her name)
''Alright fairy Tail, we all know our opponents, now it's time...'' said Makorov.
All of the masters in unison: TO TAKE DOWN THE STRAW HATS!
TO BE CONTINUED