The Galactic Knights: Formation

The Origins Arc

Opening Theme: Undying Love by Two Steps From Hell

A/N: The Galactic Knights recover from their encounter with Pluton, but their morale is low due to their defeat. As Travis continues to search for his missing comrades, Orion suggests looking for the nearest Crystal of Power. Travis knows the location of nearest crystal, but to his surprise, he also finds three more of his comrades. Goku, Ichigo, Naruto, Inuyasha, Natsu, and Luffy agree to help Travis as his generals prepare to go as well. What awaits the Galactic Knights in their first mission? Will they work as a team? Find out in 'Chapter 6: The Search for Truth.'

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to the Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, Naruto, Inuyasha, Fairy Tail, or One Piece.

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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Chapter 6: The Search for Truth

The sunrises over a deep valley as numerous waterfalls appear at different areas of the valley. An eagle flies over the deep gorge as the green forest passes by with quick motion. Soon, the eagle comes across a large castle with numerous people running around. Men and women with gold armor stand guard on the walls as people walk across the streets talking to each other. Soon, the eagle reaches a balcony, which watches over the city. A single man walks out to the balcony as he looks down to the city. This castle is small and only holds up to thirty thousand people. He misses the view his former castle showed. The large castle used to hold over a million people. For now, the city known as Acain will be his home.

"Travis, are you okay?" asked Orion as he approaches the gold warrior.

Travis looks towards the sky as the clouds takes images of his missing comrades. He managed to save his generals, but he still six missing friends. His wife, strategists, and commanders remain in the clutches of his enemies.

"They are alive, you know that," said Orion. "Pluton wants you to hope and take that hope away. If you can save your comrades before he has a chance, then you will save them."

"I'm going to meditate," said Travis as he enters his room.

Orion sighs as he heads towards the kitchen.

"What was that?" asked a voice causing Orion to turn towards the person.

"He is afraid to lose more people he cares for," said Orion. "He already lost his parents. That memory has been engraved in his mind forever. I'm sure you understand his pain."

"Yes, I do," said Inuyasha. "However, you helped me save my friends. I lost Kikyo because of my pride. But, I never had a chance to thank you for your help."

"Don't thank me," said Orion. "Thank Travis. If he did not come up with this plan, I would have never helped you. If Travis did not convince me, I would have left you to die."

Inuyasha remains silent as he looks at the nearby double doors. Orion walks towards the door as he turns towards Inuyasha.

"Enough of this seriousness, what matters are we are alive," said Orion. "Let's enter the kitchen. It is about lunchtime anyways."

Orion opens the doors to the kitchen as his right eyebrow begins to twitch. The dining room is in ruins. How could this have happened? Suddenly, a group of waiters run passes him and Inuyasha as the two turn their attention to the waiter's destination.

"What the hell?" questioned Inuyasha.

A large table is set up in the center of the room with five men sitting in the chairs surrounding the table. In the center of the table, mountains of food lay across the wooden object as four of the five people dig into the food.

"I think I've lost my appetite," said Ichigo with a frown.

Luffy, Naruto, Goku, and Natsu stare at each other as they move their hands to the nearest food source. Immediately, the four men begin to digest numerous amounts of food as they continue their stare down.

"What's going on here?" asked Inuyasha to Ichigo.

"Food contest," replied Ichigo.

"You're just chicken," said Naruto causing Ichigo's eyebrow to twitch. "You can't beat any of us."

"Is that so?" inquired Ichigo a stare at Naruto.

Ichigo grabs a piece of meat and begins to chow down. Inuyasha shrugs his shoulders and joins the other men in the food contest. Orion sighs as he remembers Travis.

'Great, six other men with similar appetites,' thought Orion. 'We are going to starve.'

A few minutes pass as the waiters try to keep with the deep void of stomachs. Soon, Sophie, Merilyn, Jocelin, Latisha, and Teresa walk into the room noticing the six men eating away.

"What the hell? Did Travis multiple?" questioned Teresa.

"There goes our food," said Merilyn.

The other three women remain silent as they simply nod their heads side-to-side. Soon, the five women walk over to Orion, who is waiting for his meal. The women sit in the same table as they stare at the elder man causing him to raise an eyebrow.

"Is there something wrong?" asked Orion.

"Why those six?" asked Latisha as she refers to the current pigs of the room. "Why did Travis choose them?"

"Honestly, I don't know all of them," replied Orion. "However, from what I've seen, their hearts are in the right spot, even if some of them have a weird personality. You simply have to wait and see."

The women turn their attention to the six men as they notice them eating while laughing at each other's mistakes. Soon, Ichigo and Inuyasha fall over stating their stomachs cannot take much more. Sophie smiles a bit as she continues to watch their disgusting antics.

"Perhaps you are right, Master Orion," said Sophie. "We simply have to wait and see."

Waiters come to their table as the women make their orders. As time passes, more people arrive at the dining room as Naruto and Natsu wave the white flags. Goku and Luffy turn their attention towards each other as they continue to eating rapidly. However, the double doors open as another figure enters the dining room. Travis walks forward as he stops in the center of the room looking towards the group around him.

"Finish eating," said Travis. "Later today, we move onwards to the next destination."

"Did you find someone?" asked Orion.

"Yes, my commanders," said Travis.

"About time you find my husband!" shouted Teresa as she runs up to Travis. "Take me to my Kent now!"

"Eat first!" exclaimed Travis as he tries to fend off the smaller woman.

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Travis walks across the empty training room as he notices Ichigo concentrating in the middle of the room. He notices the broken zanpakuto as sweat runs down Ichigo's forehead. Ichigo opens his eyes as Travis sits nearby.

"What are you doing?" asked Travis.

"I am trying to gain answers from Zangetsu," said Ichigo. "For a while, I've been feeling something different."

"Well, perhaps you should force it out," said Travis.

Ichigo nods his head side-to-side as he closes his eyes and begins to concentrate.

Ichigo's Mind

"Zangetsu, where are you?" asked Ichigo.

"Ichigo, you've finally decided to face me," said Zangetsu as he makes an appearance. "Once again, you've managed to destroy the zanpakuto."

"Give me a break here," said Ichigo. "I didn't expect that man to be so powerful. Anyhow, I need to know something. What is this unusual power I've been sensing?"

"So, you finally noticed," said Zangetsu. "Very well. First I must tell you, my name is not Zangetsu."

Ichigo's eyes widen as the man in front of him extends his right arm.

"I am the manifestation of your Quincy powers," said Zangetsu.

"If you're not Zangetsu, who is?" asked Ichigo.

"Think about it," said Zangetsu. "Who was there to save your life? Who was there to give you their strength when your life was in danger?"

Ichigo's eyes widen as images of his hollow flashes through his mind. This entire time he has been Zangetsu.

"I tried to stop your transition to a shinigami," said Zangetsu. "I knew if you did, I would have to kill you. However, over time, I saw your determination. Your will to fight. Now, I want to help you. I want you to become stronger. Because now, we face an enemy beyond our imagination. Come, take my power and use your true Zangetsu."

A bright light appears in Zangetsu's right hand as he begins to disappear. Ichigo tries to reach out to Zangetsu, but he does not make it in time.

"No, I consider both of you, Zangetsu," said Ichigo. "From today, I won't ask you to lend me your strength, to get out of my way, or to fight with me. I now fight alone."

Real World

Ichigo opens his eyes as Travis smiles a bit.

"Looks like you got a couple new weapons," said Travis as Ichigo looks down noticing two blades, one short and one long.

Travis stands up and leaves the room as Ichigo stares at the ceiling. It is time for him to use his true powers.

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Travis walks down a large hallway followed by Goku, Ichigo, Naruto, Inuyasha, Natsu, and Luffy. He looks around a bit before turning his attention to two large doors.

"Open the door," said Travis.

"Yes sir," said a lion on the intercom.

Soon, the entire room begins to shake as the two large doors open revealing a docking area. However, this area does not dock ships that travel across the sea. In front of the group, a large metal ship stretches from one side of the room to the other. The ship has a form of an airplane with two large wings on the side and two smaller wings in the back. Two large rockets point away from the cockpit as gold paint across the upper area of the ship with gray painted in the bottom. The ship is about the size of entire city.

"W-What is this?" asked Naruto with widen eyes.

Inuyasha and Natsu share similar expression since they have never seen such a machine. Natsu has only seen normal ships, but this is something completely different. Luffy stares at the metal ship with sparkling eyes, yelling out 'cool' at every moment he gets. Ichigo and Goku remain silent. They both seen similar ships on their home planets, but this ship is far larger than anything they have seen.

"I see you guys are interested in the super spaceship," said Travis.

"Are we taking this?" asked Ichigo.

"No, we are taking that," said Travis as he points to another ship nearby.

Everyone becomes dumbfounded noticing the small ship, which is as big as a normal ship.

"But I want to ride that one!" exclaimed Luffy.

"We are not taking an army with us," said Travis. "Just us."

"And us," said Sophie as she appears with the other generals.

Sophie wears gold plated armor with snake carvings running down her sides. Next to her are Merilyn, Jocelin, Latisha, and Teresa as they wear gold plated armor with kangaroo, woodpecker, raven, and seagull carvings, respectively. Suddenly, Orion makes an appearance as he walks towards Travis.

"Don't forget, we are in this together," said Orion.

Travis smiles as the group surrounds him.

"All right, let's go!" shouted Luffy. "Let's set sail!"

"Who made you captain?" asked Ichigo.

"I am a captain!" exclaimed Luffy as he turns towards Ichigo.

"Not of me," retorted Inuyasha. "I am nobody's subject."

"Listen, I gathered this group…," said Travis.

"No you didn't," said Naruto. "Orion did."

"It was my idea!" shouted Travis.

"I don't care," said Naruto.

"Why you little…," started Travis.

"Whoa, let's calm down," said Goku before Natsu walks forward.

"I don't need to listen to any of you," said Natsu. "I'll handle this."

"Like hell you can," said Ichigo. "I'm sure you are just trying to act tough."

Natsu stops in his tracks as he turns towards Ichigo.

"What was that carrot top!" exclaimed Natsu.

"What did you call me?" questioned Ichigo with a twitching eyebrow.

"You heard me, carrot top," said Natsu.

"You're one to speak," said Ichigo. "Strawberry shortcake."

Natsu's left eyebrow begins to twitch. His stare turns serious as he looks at Ichigo.

"Orange sucks," retorted Natsu.

"Pink sucks," retorted Ichigo.

"Hey, I happen to like the colors orange and pink," stated Naruto.

"What, are you gay?" questioned Inuyasha causing Naruto to lunge at him.

Inuyasha kicks Naruto off as he grabs the hilt of Tessaiga ready to draw the weapon.

"Enough," said Travis.

"We don't listen to you!" shouted the four people.

"Fight, fight, fight," sang Luffy horribly.

"Someone shut up the rubber idiot," said Inuyasha causing Luffy to swing at him only for Inuyasha to jump back resulting in Luffy hitting Goku.

"Enough!" shouted Orion as he creates seals around the seven men. "We are getting on this ship and you are going to get along!"

The five generals sigh. This is going to be a long adventure.

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A/N: This is the end of chapter six. I know this is a shorter chapter than usual, but trust me; some chapters I plan in the future will be quite lengthy. Anyhow, thanks for reading and please review.