The Galactic Knights: Formation

The Origins Arc

A/N: The Galactic Knights arrive on Greymallow. As Travis senses his friends closer than before, he and the rest of his allies, come across a group of people, who attack them. Who are these people? Are they servants of Pluton? Perhaps, they are something else? Find out in 'Chapter 7: The Elite Guards.'

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 7: The Elite Guards

Naruto walks through the ship's corridors as he looks at the unusual technology. This type of technology does not exist on his home world. Naruto looks outside. He never thought it was possible to travel through the stars. The stars pass by quickly, not allowing Naruto to enjoy the view as he would underneath the stars. Naruto sighs as he returns to his walk. He approaches the dining room as he opens the door, only to find Travis coming out of the door.

"Hello," said Naruto as Travis simply waves his hand, walking pass the shinobi. "Hey, how come you didn't use such technology before?"

"I didn't want Pluton to discover my movements, but it seems like that doesn't matter anymore," replied Travis. "Follow me."

Naruto shrugs as he follows Travis. Soon, the two men enter a room filled with books indicating it is a library. Naruto sits down as the door opens again revealing Orion walking in with remaining Galactic Knights and the generals. In addition, Orion is also dragging Natsu with him before placing a seal on Natsu's stomach eliminating the dragon slayer's motion sickness.

"Now that we are all here," started Travis.

"What do we got?" asked Ichigo rudely. "Tell me and I'll help."

"We should attack the enemies now," said Luffy with a grin.

"Hey…," started Travis.

"For once I agree with rubber boy," said Inuyasha.

Travis clenches his hands as he shouts at the group. This catches everyone's attention as Travis stands up.

"I don't care what any of you have to say," said Travis. "Right now, we need to start working as a team. This arguing will not help!"

"A team?" questioned Naruto. "Did you really think we can do such a thing with limited time? You're rushing us."

"So it thinks," said Inuyasha.

'Kit, let me out and I'll tear that pathetic excuse for a demon,' thought Kurama to Naruto.

'No, right now, we need to find a way to work together,' replied Naruto.

"Hey, brat, are you listening?" questioned Inuyasha as he slams his fist into Naruto's head.

'On second thought…,' thought Naruto.

Naruto lunges at Inuyasha punches the half-demon in the face. Inuyasha growls as he elbows Naruto in the stomach.

"Hey, hey, hey let's calm down," said Goku as he pulls Inuyasha and Naruto.

Ichigo sighs as he sits down away from everyone else. Right now, this is simply a useless argument he prefers not to have anything to do with. Travis groans as he takes a nearby chair before sitting down. He looks around as the other six Galactic Knights argue with each other.

"Reminds me of us when we first started as a team," said Sophie as she stands next to Travis. "Naruto is right though, you're rushing everyone. However, I understand why. We are trying to save our friends, who have limited time."

Travis remains silent as he rubs the back of his neck with a frustrated expression. He sighs as he lifts his head towards the arguing group. So much has happened in the past year. Now that the team is together, there are so many issues.

A few hours later, the ship approaches Greymallow as the ship begins to land on the planet. Travis stares at the cockpit window as he closes his eyes sensing the area around him. So far, everything seems clear, but he would rather be careful.

"Violet, Eolin, thanks for coming with us," said Travis.

The two lions nod their heads as they shut down the engines. Travis turns his head towards Orion, who just arrived in the room.

"Could you tell the others to sleep for the night before we move forward," said Travis.

"You should tell them yourself," said Orion with a sigh.

Travis nods his head side-to-side as he looks towards the setting sun. This whole team is not what he thought it was going to be. Every time he tries something, the others argue with him.

"Orion, I thought it would be different," said Travis.

Orion remains silent as he listens to his former student. He knows Travis has always been wary of teams. In addition, he knows Travis has gotten used to the type of team he has had for the past few years.

"Listen, I know you are used to being a king, who has his queen, his officers, and soldiers," said Orion. "However, you have to keep in mind those six men are not used to following someone. They are used to going down their own path, making their own decisions. You cannot think of this as a king-officer relationship. You have to think of this as the relationship of equals, like your first team. How I trained you to be. Don't forget that. I understand your first team betrayed you, but these men will not do the same, trust me."

Travis remains silent as he stares at the night sky. It seems the sun went down a while ago. Travis closes his eyes taking in his former master's words. Perhaps, he still has a bit to go before he can bring peace to the universe. He has to bring peace to his, no their, team first.

"Thank you," said Travis. "I'll try my best."

"I'll tell everyone to go to sleep," said Orion. "Tomorrow, you need to take charge, not as a leader, but as a friend."

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The next morning, the group arrives outside the team as Eolin and Violet decide to stay behind. Travis looks at the group around him. He has been a king for too long, perhaps it is time to be a warrior once again.

"Listen," said Travis. "I'm sorry for trying to impose my authority upon you. Now, I understand that we need to be equals. I don't expect us to be a team from the beginning. However, I hope we get to know each other better. And over time, we can become friends."

Goku, Ichigo, Naruto, Inuyasha, Natsu, and Luffy turn towards each other before returning their attention to Travis.

"Good start," said Goku. "Now, who's ready to have some fun?"

"In an unknown world with possible monsters trying to kill us, sure," said Ichigo.

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A few hours later, the group walks out of a large forest as they enter a large plain. They look around searching for any enemies, but they find nobody.

"Is it me or does this feel awkward?" asked Ichigo.

The group stops the moment they feel something approaching them.

"It isn't evil, but it is still quite powerful," said Travis.

"Who are you?" asked a voice.

"Reveal yourself first," said Inuyasha as he takes out Tessaiga.

"Inuyasha, we shouldn't be hostile," said Ichigo.

Suddenly, numerous explosions occur causing the group to look around fiercely. Soon, the clouds of smoke disappear, revealing twenty-four people as they surround the group. The Galactic Knights prepare to fight as Orion and the generals draw out their weapons.

"Who are you?" asked Travis with a serious expression.

One of the ambushers walks forward. He has green skin and blue markings throughout his body. He wears a brown armor tunic and black pants with chainmail over it. His large body frame overshadows many of the other people. He also has short black hair and eyes.

"My name is Tonis," said the alien. "I am from the Garza race and I am here to eliminate any possible threats to our master. All of you will die for entering this place."

"Wait a minute," said Travis. "We are here searching for any shadow monsters."

"I knew it," said a female version of Tonis with black long hair. "You work with those dreadful creatures. I, Helena, wife of Tonis will kill you little man."

"Hey just because…," started Travis as another nearly slices him.

"My name is Leopold," said the short red hair man.

The man wears red-orange samurai armor as he points his spear at Travis. Suddenly, Goku attacks Leopold only for a man wearing brown samurai armor to block him with a katana. This man has brown short hair and black eyes.

"My name is Roland," said the man. "Today, your head is mine."

Ichigo, Naruto, Inuyasha, Natsu, and Luffy walk forward as they prepare to challenge the newcomers. However, the other twenty members step forward as Tonis smirks.

"We outnumber you," said Tonis.

"Numbers mean nothing," said Travis.

"I'll take care of this four," said Goku as Tonis, Helena, Leopold, and Rolando approach the saiyan.

Ichigo steps forward as four people approach him. The first person is male with black robe armor, long spiky silver hair, a large muscular body, black eyes, and a giant sword on his back. The second person is female with red samurai armor, medium straight red hair, black eyes, and a katana in hand. The third person is female with green chainmail armor, short wavy blue hair, blue eyes, and a pike in hand. The fourth person is male with brown plated armor, bald, green eyes, has a sword and a large paintbrush.

"Momoka, Anna, Tecumseh," said the first person to the second, third, and fourth, respectively. "Take this man down."

"Yes, Horace," replied the three people.

Naruto steps forward as four more people stop him. The first person is female with green plated armor, long straight blue hair, blue eyes, and has two swords flying above her. The second person is male with yellow chainmail armor, medium wave blonde hair, black eyes, and a tomahawk in his hand. The third person is male with blue gi armor, short straight orange hair, red eyes, and has no weapon. The fourth person is female with red ninja armor, medium straight black hair, black eyes, and has a snake sword.

"Yuuki, Garrett, Eveline," said the first person to the second, third, and fourth, respectively. "Destroy this man."

"Yes, Mira," replied the three people.

Inuyasha steps forward as four people stand in his way. The first person is male with black robe armor, short black hair, black eyes, a sword, a shield, a bow, and arrow. The second person is female with teal samurai armor, long wavy sky-blue hair, black eyes, and a spear. The third person is female with lavender plated armor, long straight lavender hair, green eyes, and a large scythe on her back. The fourth person is a male hybrid with tiger blood, orange plated armor, medium wavy black hair, and has no weapon.

"Akiko, Lavender, Minoru," said the first person to the second, third, and fourth person, respectively. "Let's show this demon he is no match for us."

"All right, Edgardo," replied the three people.

Natsu steps forward as four people intercept him. The first person is male and has dragon blood, red scale armor, medium wavy brown hair, black eyes, and has no weapon. The second person is male with blue chainmail armor, short spiky red hair, black eyes, and has no weapon, but ice surrounds him. The third person is male with gray robe armor, long wavy brown hair, brown eyes, and a sword by his side. The fourth person is male with black ninja armor, long wavy yellow hair, blue eyes, and dual claws.

"Sean, Eliot, Wu," said the first person to the second, third, and fourth, respectively. "Destroy the pink hair boy."

"Our pleasure Conan," replied the three people.

Luffy steps forward cracking his knuckles as the last four people steps in front of him. The first person is male with green plated armor, short straight yellow hair, black eyes, and dual swords. The second person is male with black gi armor, short wavy black hair, black eyes, and has no weapons. The third person is male with red samurai armor, short straight red hair, brown eyes, and dual tonfas. The fourth person is female with blue plated armor, long wavy green hair, teal eyes, and a long staff.

"Austin, Bernard, Sarah," said the first person to the second, third, and fourth, respectively. "The straw-hat is ours."

"Sure, Huan," replied the three people.

The two sides charge at each other as Travis raises his right hand stopping his generals and Orion from charging forward.

"What are you doing?" asked Orion.

"These people," started Travis. "I want to see who they are. Everyone, when I give the signal, you will charge in. Sophie, help Ichigo. Merilyn, help Naruto. Jocelin, help Inuyasha. Latisha, help Natsu. Teresa, help Luffy. I will help Goku. Orion, stay back for healing support, since you are the only high-level medic."

Goku charges forward as Tonis and Helena attack him from the sides. The two Garzas attack Goku with their fists forcing the saiyan to jump back, but the moment he does, Leopold and Rolando attack him from behind. Leopold attacks Goku with his spear as Rolando attacks with a katana. Goku dodges the attacks, but Tonis and Helena appear to his sides striking the saiyan with powerful hits sending Goku crashing to the ground. Goku grumbles a bit, as he stands up looking at his four opponents. Goku's eyes turn blue-green as his hair turns gold. Soon, he transforms into a super saiyan surprising Tonis and his three allies.

"This is interesting," said Leopold.

"It doesn't matter," said Helena. "We will finish this man here and now."

Helena charges forward as she creates an energy ball. Soon, the Garza female disappears and attempts to strike Goku, but the super saiyan dodges the attack as he upper cuts the Garza female sending her soaring towards the sky. However, Tonis strikes Goku in the stomach surprising the super saiyan as this man shows tremendous strength. Goku regains his composure as he hits Tonis back. The two fighters begin to exchange a series of attacks as Tonis overpowers Goku, surprising him again.

'How strong is this guy?' thought Goku as Rolando appears to the super saiyan's right.

Rolando swings his katana as Goku dodges the attack, but the brown-haired man slams his left foot into the ground causing a large chunk of earth to lift from the ground and hit Goku in the face. Suddenly, Leopold appears above Goku as he thrusts his spear. Goku dodges the attack, but as the spear hits the ground, a wave of lava erupts, forcing Goku to move away again. Goku takes a few steps back as Helena appears, striking Goku with an elbow before kicking him in the stomach. Goku flips himself in mid-air as he lands on the ground on his knees. Tonis charges forward, but he stops when Travis steps in the way.

"You seem familiar," said Tonis. "Not your appearance, but your energy. Who are you?"

"Travis Lionheart," replied the gold warrior as Tonis' eyes widen.

"Did you say Lionheart?" asked Tonis before he regains his composure. "Is that so? Very well, prove it."

Travis narrows his eyes as he draws out his swords. This person seems to know something about the Lionhearts. He will find any answer he can get.

As Travis and Goku battle Tonis, Helena, Leopold, and Rolando, another fight continues as Ichigo battles his own four opponents. Ichigo dodges an attack from Horace as the large man laughs throughout the attack.

"What's wrong?" asked Horace. "It seems like you haven't used two swords before."

Ichigo dodges Horace's large sword as he attempts to strike the silver-haired man, but Momoka appears before Ichigo creating a wall of ice forcing the substitute shinigami to back away. However, Anna attacks Ichigo with her pike as each swing creates a large gust of wind forcing Ichigo to spend more time containing his balance. Suddenly, Horace and Momoka attack Ichigo as he uses his two swords to block his enemy's attacks. Ichigo uses his larger sword to deflect Horace's attack while his smaller zanpakuto blocks Momoka's katana.

"Fool," said Anna as she hits Ichigo with her pike causing the substitute shinigami to cough out blood.

The force of the impact sends him soaring across the field as Tecumseh appears smacking Ichigo in the side with his paintbrush. Ichigo rolls onto the ground as he jumps up, but with a bit of pain.

"Getsuga Tensho!" shouted Ichigo unleashing his spiritual attack towards Tecumseh, but the man raises his paintbrush and actually draws a symbol in the air.

Ichigo's attack hits the symbol as it disappears surprising the orange-haired shinigami. Suddenly, a similar symbol appears next to him as his attacks appears hitting Ichigo. Ichigo coughs badly as he stumbles backwards only for Horace to appear, grabbing Ichigo by the foot before slamming the shinigami into the ground. Ichigo's widen as pain shoots throughout his body as Momoka appears above him.

"Goodbye," said the red-haired woman.

Suddenly, ice erupts around Ichigo blocking the ice Momoka sends towards him. Sophie attacks Momoka sending the red-haired woman crashing into the ground.

"What's this?" asked Horace as he, Anna, and Tecumseh approach Ichigo and Sophie.

"Sorry, but I cannot allow Ichigo to die," said Sophie.

"Out of way," said Horace with a grin.

"As if," said Sophie as she takes out a large hammer. "In the name of Lady Lucia, come here so I can stab you and rip you to pieces."

As Sophie aids Ichigo, Naruto jumps into the air as he uses a shadow clone to dodge attacks from Mira and Yuuki. Mira summons a large amount of light as ten swords appear around her. She throws the swords at Naruto, as the shinobi tries to dodge the attack.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" exclaimed Naruto as he creates a hundred clones.

Mira smirks as she waves her right hand forward causing the fifty more swords to appear. The swords shoot at Naruto as swords pierce some of his clones causing explosions of light. Yuuki attacks some of the Narutos using his tomahawk as lightning pierces the area. Naruto appears behind Yuuki slamming a Rasengan in the back of the blonde-haired man. Yuuki shouts in pain as the Rasengan sends him flying. Suddenly, Garrett appears in front of Naruto with flames covering his fist slamming Naruto with powerful punches and kicks. Naruto disappears in a puff of smoke as three more Narutos attack Garrett. The orange-haired man slams his foot into a Naruto as another one appears behind him.

"Giant Rasen…," started Naruto as Eveline grabs Naruto with her snake sword before cutting him in half.

Eveline slams her sword into the ground as a large amount of water erupts from the ground as the water hits numerous Narutos. One last Naruto jumps out of the way as Mira kicks him in the face. The blue-haired woman slashes Naruto across the chest as he stumbles backwards as lightning strikes him. Yuuki appears in front of Naruto smacking him with a tomahawk before upper cutting Naruto. The blonde-haired man kicks Naruto as the shinobi crashes to the ground. Naruto jumps up, but Garrett punches Naruto causing him to land on the ground again. Garrett knees Naruto in the stomach as the orange-haired man steps onto Naruto's head.

"You never stood a chan…," started Garrett.

"Garrett, come back!" shouted Mira stopping Garrett's movement, but it is too late.

A Naruto appears next to Garrett's side kicking the orange-haired man as another Naruto appears above the original. The second Naruto disappears in a puff of smoke as the original opens his eyes with toad eyes. Naruto stands up as Mira, Yuuki, Eveline approach the shinobi, but they stop the moment numerous walls of metal erupt from the ground. Mira looks to her right as Merilyn approaches the group.

"Finally, I get the chance to fight. Just the thought makes my skin crawl," said Merilyn as the general takes out a chain-sickle while licking her lips.

As Merilyn aids Naruto, Inuyasha battles against Edgardo, Akiko, Lavender, and Minoru. Edgardo charges with a sword and shield clashing with Inuyasha's Tessaiga. The two swords begin to smoke as Inuyasha jumps back, looking at his sword. The sword's demonic energy has decreased, which means his enemy is using a holy weapon. Inuyasha turns his attention to Edgardo as Akiko and Lavender run pass Edgardo with their spear and scythe in hand, respectively. Akiko thrusts her spear, but Inuyasha dodges the attack. However, Lavender slashes the half-demon across his arm causing him to grunt in pain. Inuyasha raises Tessaiga as demonic energy emits from the blade.

"Wind Scar!" shouted Inuyasha as he unleashes the attack at Lavender.

However, Lavender slams the blunt tip of the scythe as a wall of wood appears in front of her as the wood takes the attack. Lavender raises her left hand as water erupts from the ground aiming towards Inuyasha. The half-demon dodges the attack, but Akiko appears in front of him, as she thrusts her spear at Inuyasha. The two clash as they exchange a series of attacks. Meanwhile, Edgardo watches the fight from a distance as the fourth member walks up beside him.

"Edgardo, should we really be fighting these people?" asked Minoru, the half-tiger.

"We must protect our lady's interests," replied Edgardo. "Go."

Minoru charges forward as the half-tiger appears in front of Inuyasha. Inuyasha kicks Lavender sending her into Akiko, while Minoru charges at the half-demon. The two clash as Minoru hits Inuyasha in the stomach before upper cutting the half-demon. Flames cover Minoru's hands as he punches Inuyasha numerous times. The silver-haired half-demon grunts in pain as Tessaiga changes into its diamond form.

"Adamant Barrage!" shouted Inuyasha nearly hitting Minoru, but a wall of strong metal intervenes stopping the diamonds.

Akiko smirks as she lifts her left hand from the ground before charging at Inuyasha. Edgardo sheaths his sword and shield as he takes out his bow and arrows. He begins to shoot at Inuyasha as the half-demon dodges the attacks only for Minoru to return and punches Inuyasha across the face. Akiko stabs the half-demon as Lavender kicks him. Inuyasha grunts in pain as he tries to stand up sweat running down his cheeks. Inuyasha raises Tessaiga as the demonic swords begins to pulse. Inuyasha takes a deep breath as he clenches hilt of his sword. Suddenly, a bright light of sun hits Inuyasha's four opponents causing them to fall down. Jocelin appears in front of Inuyasha as she turns her head back smiling at the half-demon.

"Are you okay? Please tell me you are okay. Oh, you seem fine, let's take them together," said Jocelin as she returns her attention to the four enemies while drawing out her sword and shield.

As Jocelin aids Inuyasha, Natsu slams a fist of fire into Sean's stomach causing the red-haired man to land on the ground as Natsu prepares to blow fire at him, but Conan appears as he kicks Natsu in the face. The dragon slayer rolls across the ground as Conan unleashes a wave of fire towards the pink-haired boy, but Natsu smirks as he swallows the fire, surprising Conan.

"He can absorb fire," said Conan. "Sean, get up now!"

Sean jumps back up as he unleashes a wave of ice towards Natsu, but fire erupts around Natsu's body as he melts the ice. Conan now knows the fire the pink-haired boy absorbed made him stronger. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning nearly hits Natsu as Eliot appears in front of Natsu with a sword in hand. He swings at Natsu, but the pink-haired boy dodges the attack. However, once again, another person intervenes as Wu slashes Natsu on the back causing the dragon slayer to crash to the ground. Wu slams his feet on the ground as chunks of earth erupt behind Natsu. At the last moment, Natsu manages to move, but a piece of the earth cuts at his abdomen. Natsu grumbles again as his four opponents land around him. Conan walks towards Natsu as he stops in front of the pink-haired mage.

"You, what are you?" asked Conan.

Natsu looks at Conan as he slowly stands up. The two stare at each other as fire erupts in Conan's hands.

"You've managed to absorb my fire," said Conan. "My fire is special, for it contains the power of a dragon. However, you also have a dragon's power, but it is different. You have the power of a dragon's magic. I, on the other hand, have a dragon's blo…."

Natsu punches Conan in the face sending the brown-haired man to the ground. The dragon slayer attempts to attack Conan, but Sean, Eliot, and Wu grab Natsu before throwing him across the field. Natsu lands on the ground as ice forms around his ankles. Natsu tries to move, but the earth begins to move below him. Eliot appears above Natsu with his sword above the dragon slayer's heart.

"Fighting alone will never get you anywhere," said Eliot. "Now, you will di…."

Suddenly, a blue ball appears in front of Eliot before it explodes causing Eliot to soar backwards. Conan looks at the interfering person as Latisha lands in front of the group.

"Let's end this quickly," said Latisha as she takes out her rapier. "I will kill you all."

As Latisha and Natsu battle their enemies, Luffy moves around at amazing speed hitting Austin and Bernard, who try to keep up with Luffy's speed. Austin charges at Luffy as the two exchange a series of attacks, but Luffy overpowers Austin as the straw-hat pirate slams Austin into the ground. Bernard attacks Luffy with his bladed tonfas as he unleashes a wave of fire. Austin kicks Luffy, who tries to stand up. Austin upper cuts Luffy before grabbing the rubber man's ankle and tossing him to the ground. Luffy jumps up kicking Austin into Bernard sending the two men rolling across the field. Luffy rubs his chin, surprised these men managed to harm him.

"I noticed your rubber body," said Huan as he continues to watch the body. "You seemed to be invulnerable to regular attack. However, you must keep in mind; we use the original energy type, Ultranium to power our attacks. Your rubber body is useless."

Luffy narrows his eyes as he smashes his hands together. He has to fight for his nakama. There is no way he will lose this fight. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning hits Luffy, but he remains unharmed.

"He really is rubber all the way," said Sarah as she approaches the rubber boy with her staff in hand. "Let's see you handle wind."

The green-haired woman smirks as she raises her staff as a whirl of wind erupts around her. The wind shoots towards Luffy as the straw-hat pirate dodges the attack. However, Bernard appears with flames around him hitting Luffy as the wind increases the fire burning Luffy's right arm. The rubber pirate manages to roll on the ground putting the fire out, but Austin appears again kicking Luffy towards the sky as Sarah summons more wind hitting Luffy. Steam forms around Luffy as he disappears from his three opponent's view. Suddenly, hits Austin before kicking Bernard. As Luffy continues to move, Huan appears in front of the rubber pirate cutting Luffy with his dual swords. Luffy shouts in pain as Sarah slams her staff into the ground creating a large amount of water behind her as the liquid rushes towards Luffy.

Suddenly, the water stops causing Sarah to raise an eyebrow. A few seconds later, Teresa appears kicking Sarah across the face before raising her glaive to kill the green-haired woman, but Sarah unleashes a wave of lightning forcing Teresa to jump back.

"Aw, almost had you," said Teresa. "Get up rubber boy! Let's kick their asses!"

"My way of thinking!" exclaimed Luffy with a smirk.

'Should I be insulted?' wondered Teresa. 'Hell with it.'

The battles continue as Travis and Goku begin to overpower Tonis' group, while the others perform similar motions. Travis slams his foot into Tonis' stomach sending the alien crashing to the ground as Helena attempts to help her husband only for Goku to throw Leopold into Helena. Rolando attempts to strike Goku, but the super saiyan unleash an energy wave knocking the brown-haired man down. Tonis returns aiming his fist at Goku, but Travis kicks Tonis in the back before unleashing a wave of energy at him.

Suddenly, Anna and Tecumseh come crashing near them as Sophie unleashes a wave of metal towards them, but Momoka appears as she blocks the better with very thick ice. However, Horace crashes into her as Ichigo slams his foot into Horace's back. Horace grumbles in pain as he tries to stand only for Sophie to step on him. Horace uses all of his strength to push Sophie away, but Ichigo appears in front of him unleashing Getsuga Tensho hitting the silver-haired man.

Naruto and Merilyn attack Mira as Naruto upper cuts the blue-haired woman while Merilyn summon a wave of metal towards Mira. Mira jumps back as she summons a large shield blocking the sand-like metal. Suddenly, Yuuki and Garrett attack Naruto, but he creates two clones as the copies hit Yuuki into Garrett. Eveline attacks with a wave of water, but Merilyn creates a wall of metal stopping the water. Naruto charges forward kicking Eveline in the stomach before grabbing the black-haired woman tossing her towards Mira. Mira catches Eveline, but Merilyn appears behind Mira stabbing the blue-haired woman in the back.

Inuyasha waves Tessaiga unleashing his Wind Scar attack, but Edgardo blocks it with his shield surprising the half-demon. Edgardo charges forward, but he stops the moment Akiko lands on the ground bleeding from her left arm as Jocelin slams her foot into Akiko's abdomen. After Jocelin apologizes, she defends herself from Lavender's scythe before unleashing a wave of solar light burning Lavender. The lavender-haired woman grunts in pain as she summons water around her. Minoru appears next to Lavender as he applies healing techniques on her left arm. Lavender unleashes her water, but diamonds nearly hits her forcing Lavender to stop her attack. Edgardo lands in front of her as another ray of sunlight hits them. Inuyasha and Jocelin charge at their opponents.

Natsu exchanges a series of attacks with Conan as waves of fire erupts around them. Sean appears behind Natsu as he attacks the dragon slayer with his ice, but Natsu jumps up avoiding the attack. Conan charges at Natsu, but black lunar light appears blocking Conan's attack. A red lunar light appears on Natsu as the dragon slayer feels an increase of energy. Natsu charges at Conan hitting the brown-haired man towards Sean. Latisha waves her left hand creating a blue lunar ball of light before shooting it towards Eliot and Wu as they dodge her attacks, but Natsu appears slamming them with his fist and fire. Latisha creates a yellow lunar light hitting Eliot as the man crashes to his knees feeling weak.

Luffy runs around Huan, as he throws punch after punch nearly hitting the yellow-haired man. However, Austin appears as he tries to hit Luffy, but the rubber pirate dodges the attack with ease surprising Austin. Luffy hits Austin the stomach causing the black-haired man to cough badly while Bernard lands on the ground nearby drenched in water. Teresa laughs cutely as she ducks to avoid Sarah's staff. Sarah grunts in annoyance as she summons a bolt of lightning, only for Luffy to intervene and stop the attack with little effort. Huan returns attacking Luffy, but he grabs the man's swords and deflects Huan's momentum causing to the nearly hit Sarah. Teresa returns as she waves her glaive creating a wall of water towards the group while Luffy jumps away.

Tonis looks around noticing his team losing. Furthermore, he notices the old man with the group has not moved at all. A few seconds later, he dodges Goku's attack forcing him to jump backwards.

"I will not…," started Tonis as a wave of lightning hits the area around the fight.

"What's this?" questioned Travis as he looks around.

"Enough!" shouted a voice.

"Milady," said Tonis.

"Tonis, I want you to bring them to me," said the voice.

"But…," started Tonis.

"No arguments," said the voice. "They mean no harm."

Tonis grumbles a bit before sighing.

"Very well," said Tonis before turning his attention to Travis. "Follow us then. We are the Elite Guards, by the way."

"Us the Galactic Knights," replied Travis.

'Who was that?' thought Travis as he and the others follow the Elite Guards, but high-level tension.

"Should we trust these people?" whispered Naruto to Orion.

"I don't know, but they don't seem like enemies," said Orion. "They would have summoned shadow monsters by this point."

The group enters the forest as they head towards an unknown place. After thirty minutes, they come across another open field, but this time it is different from before. The Galactic Knights notice a beautiful house in the center of the field, but what catches their attention is the enormous energy emitting from the house.

'This doesn't seem good,' thought the knights.

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A/N: I wanted to have a small fight while introducing numerous important characters. I've never done something like this before, so I hope it doesn't feel rushed. Anyhow, I am simply setting up the characters and storyline before getting to any major fights. For now, this was a simple skirmish and there will be many skirmishes in the near future. Regardless, thanks for reading and please review.