Author's note: Update number two! Did you all enjoy the new episode of MLP? "Castle Sweet Castle" was definitely a cool episode.
Anyway, this chapter was fun to write! Last one comes out tomorrow!
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Last time on My Little Pony: Nakama is Magic…
"Who the hell are you?!" Luffy shouted angry.
"I'm Foxy! And I hereby challenge you and your crew to a Davy Back Fight!" Foxy stated determinedly.
"Trixie?!" Twilight said gasping in shock.
"Gilda?!" Rainbow Dash said equally shocked.
"Let's get our first game up! It's the obstacle course around the island, Donut Race!" announced Itomimizu.
"Let's leave them in our dust, Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash said before speeding up.
"Slow-Slow Beam!"
"The winner is the Cutie Wagon!" Itomimizu announced excitedly. "Round one of the Davy Back Fight, Donut Race, has ended! Team Foxy won! Now, Captain Foxy will pick a new crewmate from the Straw Hats! Who will he pick?"
Luffy & Twilight: We're always shining, running, forever
Sharing the best adventures together
And as we follow our dreams however crazy they seem
We won't stop until we reach the end so
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up heartbeat! We are the one! Go ahead!
My Little Pony
Nakama is Magic
The only rule that we obey is to run free
Mane Six plus Spike (chorus): We are best friends
Don't ever let a compass show you the way to go
Just pick the route that looks the most exciting!
Raise the flag and sail on full speed ahead
Straw Hat 7 (chorus): Go east, go west
It doesn't matter who or what's standing in our way,
We'll make it throughthem everyday
You won't get anywhere if you're waiting for the sun to rise
All: I can't wait
So spread your wings and meet it in the sky, leave earth below
Just follow its light and get going, go!
So as we're Shining, Running, Forever!
When all the pieces of our dreams have merged
You'll feel a joy inside that you can't explain
And that's the treasure we must find!
We're always shining, running, forever
Sharing the best adventures together
And as we follow our dreams however crazy they seem
We won't stop until we reach the end so
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up heartbeat.
We are the one! Go ahead!
"Davy Back Fight: Groggy Ring!"
The whole fair ground was in an uproar of cheering. The Foxy Pirates had pulled out a surprising victory over the Straw Hat pirates and their guests in the first event of the Davy Back Fight, the Donut Race. Though for the Foxy Pirates, it was hardly surprising. Despite the failures of his many tricks, Foxy's impressive power that seem to slow the Straw Hat team down to a crawl was all that was needed for his team to win. And now, as victors of the game, it was time for Foxy to pick his new crewmate from the Straw Hats.
But first an explanation.
"How did you slow us down? What kind of Devil Fruit was that?" Twilight shouted demanding an answer.
"Fuehfehfehfeh! It was easy, with my 'Slowmo Photons'." Foxy stated arrogantly.
"Slowmo Photon?" repeated nearly all the crew confused over the term.
"It's an atom that has yet to be discovered by scientist. Anything from life-forms to liquid and air hit by its radiation will dramatically lose their physical velocity."
"What? Does something like that exists?" Twilight said surprised.
"Wait? You understood that?" Rainbow Dash asked sounding confused.
Luffy shouted, "What kinda crap are you talking about, Split-head!"
The comment struck Foxy's ego deep. That kitsune fell to his hands and knees depressed. He mumbled weakly, "He…He called my 'Split-head'."
Porche immediately went to her captain's aide. "Poor Boss!"
"What kind of bullshit are you spouting?" Sanji asked not believing in what Foxy's statement. "Something like that ain't possible even with magic."
"Not possible!?" Foxy stated energetically as he recovered. "Haven't you learned by now that anything is possible on the great seas? Anyway, anything my beam hits will slow down. That is the power of the Slowmo Photon."
"Oh. Why didn't you just say so earlier?" Luffy said now understanding.
"That's what he said." Twilight stated.
"And after eating the Slow-Slow Fruit, I gained the power to emit these photons becoming a Slow-motion Kitsune! Behold! I shall now demonstrate! Hamburg!"
"Okay!" said the Diamond Dog as he pulled out a bazooka. He then fired the weapon at his captain.
The kitsune held out his hand forming a llama-like gesture with his fingers. A pinkish beam fired from his hand as he shouted, "Slow-Slow Beam!" As the beam hit the cannonball and Hamburg, they began to acting slower. Even while the cannonball flew through the air.
Everyone was amazed by the sight. Usopp shouted out, "Whoa! The cannonball stopped in mid-air?!"
"No, wait. Look!" Rarity said as she pointed to the cannon. "It's simply moving slowly."
"Fuehfehfehfeh! Anything hit by my beam will slow down dramatically." Foxy said as he walked up next to the cannonball. He gave the ammunition a pat as he further explained, "The effect lasts exactly 30 seconds before the object resumes its movement."
"Wow! That's amazing!" Twilight said completely fascinated by the new concept. "I wonder if these 'Slowmo Photons' are the key to spells like the age spell and time travel."
"Hey! Hasn't it been 30 seconds?" Pinkie Pie asked to Foxy.
Before Foxy could even answer, the cannonball exploded. The kitsune was burnt and sent flying back. His arrogance had made him lose track of time.
"Boss!" Porche shouted worried.
"Whoops." Pinkie Pie said before giggling.
Luckily, Foxy was a tough fox. Even after being injured, he recovered quickly if only to rub his victory back in the faces of his opponents. And in being the victor that meant it was time to pick a crewmate to join his crew. As Foxy took the stage, he had the perfect viewing of everyone. Who would he choose? The Straw Hat crew with their powerful Earth pony captain, a famous unicorn swordsman, a cute Pegasus navigator, a cowardly unicorn sniper, a tough Earth pony chef, a cuddly reindeer doctor, or a stoic archeologist. Of course, there was also the choose of choosing the seven guests of the Straw Hats; a magically talented unicorn, an energetic Earth pony, a speedy Pegasus, a cowgirl Earth pony, a fashionista unicorn, a shy Pegasus, and a baby dragon. But in the end, Foxy knew his choice.
"The first one that I will take is…" Foxy said smiling as he pointed his finger out towards the crew member. "The dragon, Spike!"
"What?!" Spike shouted surprised. Suddenly, two Foxy Pirates grabbed the little dragon and brought him up to the stage.
"No! Spike!" Twilight shouted as she tried to stop them from taking her friend and assistant.
"Oh no! Spikey-wikey!" Rarity cried out
"Spike!" Chopper cried out as well.
"Wait, Twilight…" Luffy said stopping his sister.
"Luffy! We can't let them take him!" Twilight said nearly in tears.
"This is great!" Foxy yelled out excited. "We've never had a dragon in the crew. Once this little fella grows up, we'll really be a force to reckon with!"
"And he's so cute!" Porche stated as she hugged the little dragon with affection.
"Those jerks." Rainbow Dash stated angrily.
"That's low." Applejack stated equally as angry.
"What are we going to do guys?" Pinkie Pie asked worriedly.
"We're sorry, Spike. I'm sorry we lost." Usopp shouted feeling awful.
"Now, Spike the dragon…" Foxy spoke loudly. "You are now one of us! You must swear your loyalty to me!"
"No!" Spike cried out.
"Put on the mask!" Foxy said completely disregarding the baby dragon's statement. Immedaitely, Porche placed the mask on the dragon.
"Hey! I'm not a pirate! I'm not joining any other crew other than Big Bro Luffy's crew!" Spike shouted in defiance
"Fuehfehfehfeh! That doesn't matter. You knew the risk when you decided to set sail with pirates. Now accept your fate!" Foxy stated.
Spike looked out at the crowd scared and masked. Despite his own feelings, every single member of the Foxy pirates looked excited to have him join their crew. The poor baby dragon couldn't accept this. He cried out, "I don't want this! I only wanted to join all my friends on an adventure! I don't want to join these guys!"
"Shut up, Spike! You're acting disgraceful!" Zoro shouted out for everyone to hear. He had been sitting and drinking since halfway through the Donut Race, but now stopped. He finally spoke as he heard the cries of the little dragon.
The Mane Six were completely shocked by their friend's harsh comment. Twilight was especially angry.
"Zoro!" Nami, Usopp, and Chopper shouted at the swordspony angrily.
Setting the bottle down, Zoro stood up. He continued speaking, "It was your choice to come sail with us on the sea. All of you choose this. It was all your choice alone. Don't blame it on us. We all accepted this challenge. Rainbow Dash and the others tried their best. But in this pirate world, tears won't get you anything."
"Zoro?!" Nami shouted feeling that his words were insulting their friend.
"So, just sit tight…" Zoro said as he looked back at Spike. His expression was serious as he stated, "And watch the game."
"How can you say that?" Twilight shouted angrily.
"He's just a baby dragon. You'll make him feel terrible." Fluttershy stated mad.
"Wait, guys!" Spike shouted from his seat on stage. While originally awful about being taken from his friends and then by Zoro's harsh words, but he soon understood what the swordspony meant. He rubbed the tears away and sat back down on the chair impressing the crowd. He then shouted, "I'm fine, guys! Do your best! They can boil me or whatever. I'll be tough."
The Foxy Pirates were quickly impressed by Zoro's speech. They soon began cheering for the swordspony. Zoro had left a mark on the Foxy Pirates, and now they wanted him next.
"Spike…" Twilight said still worried for her friend.
"Don't worry, Spike!" Luffy shouted determinedly. "We'll win you back!"
"You can count on it." Applejack stated stamping her hoof determinedly.
"There are two more matches left. We're not going to lose anymore." Sanji stated determinedly as he smoked his cigarette.
"Trixie! Set up the ring!"
With the conversion now done, the Davy Back Fight continued into its second game. Since Spike was supposed to be in the next game, the Straw Hat team for this game was down one. And of course, there were no substitutions. For the next game, it was a sports competition called Groggy Ring. It was a unique game in which the opposing team's ball, seated upon a player's head, must land into a goal on their side. Trixie, using her magic, set up a square playing field with two buoys on both sides of the ring and an empty circle on both sides. All together, the two crews sat around the sidelines to watch. There was also a rule of 'no weapons' in this game, so Zoro gave his swords to Rainbow Dash for safe keeping.
"Good luck, Zoro." Rainbow Dash said pumping her hoof (fist).
Zoro smirked back at the Pegasus. "It'll be over quickly."
As Zoro left to join the team, someone else joined by Rainbow Dash's side. "Hey, Rainbow." Gilda said as she joined alongside with the Straw Hats' group.
Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy who sat next to her, looked over surprised to see the griffon next to them. The cyan Pegasus replied with a frown, "What do you want? Want rub your victory our faces?"
"No. I just wanted to say…" Gilda said before blushing embarrassed. "Thanks…for saving me. Both of you. I know you didn't have to. But it was…kinda cool that you did."
"Oh! But I did! I would never want someone to get hurt." Fluttershy said happily.
"And…sorry for roaring at you…both times." Gilda said even more embarrassed.
"I forgive you, Gilda." Fluttershy said with a smile. She then looked at Rainbow Dash, who was still acting stubborn, and gave her a nudge.
Rainbow Dash huffed mad, but relented to her friend's wishes. "Yeah, whatever. Like I said, don't look too much into it."
Gilda expected as much, and for what she got she could live with. She remained seating next to the Pegasus as she waited to watch the next game.
Meanwhile, the crew was cheering for their team. "Zoro! Sanji! Go kick their ass!" Luffy and Usopp cheered out excited.
"Do your best, Chopper." Fluttershy said encouragingly.
"Win Spike back, girls!" Twilight shouted.
"We're counting on you to get Spikey-wikey back." Rarity said giving her support as well.
"They can do this." Nami stated semi-confidently. "Even without Spike, we still have a bigger team then them."
"But I wonder why?" Robin asked out concerned.
"Fuehfehfehfeh! Three will do us just fine. Our team is unbeatable in the ring." Foxy said confidently as he and Porche joined next to Gilda and the Straw Hat team.
"Huh? Did you say something, Split-head?" Luffy asked having clearly hear the kitsune.
Hearing his nickname again, Foxy fell to his hands and knees depressed. "He said it again…"
"Oh, Boss!" Porche immediately came to support her captain. She shouted at Luffy, "You are low, Straw Hat! You're immoral!"
"Buck up, Boss. Just start gloating already." Gilda said to her captain.
"Ah! Thank you, Gilda!" Foxy said becoming eager. "As I was about to say, my team won't even need any support to win. I'll just watch and enjoy the show."
"What? You can interfere in this game too?!" Twilight said surprised.
Trixie soon stepped forward. She seemed a little tired, but she stood strong. She spoke, "F-Fool. Any game…you can interfere. But it all depends on the teams. Some will want to win regardless and others want a clean win. It's all just personal standards."
"Ah, Trixie." Foxy said contently. "Good work on the ring."
"Thanks…" Trixie said before collapsing on the ground exhausted.
"And Gilda, good job on the race. I hope you're alright."
"I'm good, Boss." Gilda said coolly.
From an outsider's prespective, the Straw Hat team looked to have this game in the bag. For this game, the members going in were Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie. Between the team, they decided to put the ball on Pinkie Pie.
"I don't care who these fellas think they are, they'll won't be able to lay a hoof or paw on Pinkie Pie." Applejack stated confidently.
"Yippee! I've always wanted to be the ball!" Pinkie Pie said cheerfully.
"Don't worry, ladies. I'll make sure that they won't be able to lay a single hoof on either of you." Sanji promised with conviction.
"Don't worry over me, Sanji. Just keep the other team from getting our ball." Applejack replied still confident.
Hearing Fluttershy cheer for him, Chopper became pumped up. He transformed into his Heavy Point form and raised his arms up energized. "Rawr! Hang on, Spike! We'll get you back!"
Soon, music began playing as the Foxy team of only three was ready to appear. Suddenly, the lower jaw of the fox figurehead on Foxy's ship began lowering. Standing on the lower jaw stood three figures one bigger than the last. The Foxy crowd cheered out excited. On the sidelines, most of the group was stunned by their team's opponents. On the field, Zoro and Sanji remained calm despite seeing their opponents. Applejack looked nervous seeing the team, Chopper was completely freaked out, and Pinkie Pie looked at their opponents amazed.
"Here they are!" announced Itomimizu excitedly. "In the front is the four-paw-driven dasher, Hamburg! Behind him is Pickles, the Tackle Ogre! And standing at the rear is the half-fishpony, half-sleipnir, Big Pan, the Wotan! They are the Groggy Monsters. They are literally the monsters of the ring."
Hamburg stood first in front of the group. Of course, they already knew him. Behind him was the ogre, Pickles. He was a big, roundish, green, monkey looking monster wearing a black Foxy mask, long black gloves, and aquamarine pants. On his shoulders with big metal pans. Behind him was the Wotan, Big Pan. He looked very much like a huge fishpony, but had a unique feature; he had extra set of legs set behind where the legs are normally located. He had a light tan coat with splotches of brown across his back. He had an orange mane that grew down his back, and an orange beard. He wore a yellow Foxy mask and yellow gloves on both of this front legs. They were literally monsters.
"Half-sleipnir?" Twilight asked surprised. "I thought sleipnirs were just a myth."
"Well, he's smaller than a pureblood sleipnirs, but yes. They do exist." Robin explained to her student.
"And going against our undefeated Groggy Monsters are the two that eliminated our interference group, the violent chef Sanji and the cowgirl Applejack! There is also the pirate hunter with a bounty of 60 million, Roronoa Zoro! The ball is a spunky mare named Pinkie Pie, and assisting them all is the doctor, Tony Tony Chopper!"
"Whoa nelly." Applejack said now worried seeing the Wotan.
"Ah! That big guy has the ball!" Chopper screamed out completely afraid. Two of the opponents were more than twice his size.
Zoro smirked eagerly. "No problem."
"No wonder they didn't bother with adding two more." Sanji commented coolly. Much like Zoro, he was not intimidated by the much bigger creatures before them.
"This is gonna be fun!" Pinkie Pie said optimistically.
Pickles looked at his opponents sizing them up. He then gave out a chuckle. "Since the captain specifically appointed us to this game, I thought our opponent would be tougher than this. Right, Big Pan?"
The large Wotan raised up his hooves with only one of them reaching his ear. He spoke out confused, "Huh?"
Hamburg immediately began snicker. "He can't hear you."
A referee Earth pony then stepped forward. He called out to both teams, "Will the captains of both sides come here to decide who will start."
"I'll go." Both Zoro and Sanji said at the same time. In hearing each other speak, they both glared at each other angrily.
"I'll go." Applejack stated taking charge and stepping forward.
Sanji was instantly okay with this. "No problem, Applejack my sweet~!"
Applejack remained serious despite blushing as she met Hamburg in the middle with the referee. The pony then pulled out a coin and called 'heads or tails'. The coin landed on tails, which Hamburg had called. He then decided on whether to ball first or choose the ring. He picked the offensive 'ball first'.
Itomimizu announced, "Our Groggy Monsters chose to ball first! The ball of Team Straw Hat will now go the center of the opponent's side. Remember, the ball seal marks the two balls in the game! If you hit the opponent's ball into the enemy life buoy, you win!"
"You gonna be okay, Pinkie?" Applejack asked concerned.
"Yep!" Pinkie said cheerfully as she hopped over to the circle on the Groggy Monsters' side. Once in the circle, she looked up at her opponents surprisingly unafraid of them.
Pickles the ogre chuckled with a determined grin. "Hey, Big Pan. Let's finish this lightning fast."
Big Pan had his mouth agape. He looked completely confused. "Huh?"
Hamburg snickered and laughed. "He didn't hear again!"
Soon, all the Groggy Monsters began laughing. Pinkie Pie, who would never turn down a good laugh, began laughing as well. Despite watching on, the crowd soon began laughing as well. Foxy and Porche laughed, though more arrogantly. Even among the Straw Hats, Luffy and Usopp began laughing. Rainbow Dash tried hard not to laugh, but she couldn't help it. Gilda couldn't help but smile still sitting next to her former friend. Fluttershy just giggled being a gentler soul. Despite being on Foxy's crew, Spike couldn't help but laugh as well. On the field, Chopper couldn't help but laugh too. Sanji and Applejack were trying hard not to laugh. Zoro just looked around confused. How infectious laughter is.
Finally, Itomimizu soon began announcing. "What infectious laughter! But now it's time to get started! The game has no time limit, and only one point wins the game! Will the Straw Hats be able to win back the dragon lost in the first round? Or will the Straw Hats keep losing members? This intense Groggy Ring will start soon!"
"So, all we have to do is throw the big guy into the other ring." Zoro said eagerly.
"Are you kiddin' me? That fella's huge and got whole another set of legs on him! How are we gonna get him into that tiny goal?" Applejack said concerned.
"Just leave it to me." Sanji said to Applejack. "Just hang back with Chopper while I and the idiot take care of these guys."
"Who are you calling an idiot, you dumbass cook?!" Zoro shouted angered by Sanji's insult.
"Lost Swordsman!"
"Ero-cook!"
"You wanna fight?!" shouted both fighters together. Surprisingly, even without his swords, Zoro was able to both fight and block against Sanji.
Applejack sighed as the stallions were completely preoccupied. She then turned to Chopper saying, "Chopper, do you think you can help me in the charge."
"Y-Yeah." Chopper said a bit scared. He then transformed into his Walk Point form.
"Contestants ready?" Itomimizu announced. "Then, begin!"
Immediately, Pickles shot forward. He had his metal-plated shoulder aimed right at Pinkie Pie. "Sling Tackle!"
Pinkie Pie just smiled despite seeing a massive monster come hurdling at her. Before too long, the pink mare suddenly jumped up high over the ogre. "Pardon me." She said playfully polite as she landed and then jumped off the ogre. As she flew in mid-air, she suddenly felt her nose itch. "Uh-oh. Itchy nose." She said as she looked to see Big Pan swing around preparing to use his tail to hit her. She then pulled out an umbrella from nowhere and used it to float. Big Pan's attack then completely missed her.
"This is fun!" Pinkie Pie shouted happily as she began floating down.
"We're coming Pinkie! Let's go, Chopper!" Applejack shouted urgently as she charged forward.
"R-Right!" Chopper said nervous as he followed behind Applejack.
Sanji finally stopped arguing with Zoro as he heard Applejack shout. "Hey, wait!"
Applejack and Chopper rushed into the opponent's side of the ring. The both were heading straight towards Hamburg and Pickles respectively. They both ran up to their targets. Applejack immediately turned around to kick Hamburg apple-bucking style. At the same time, Chopper was going charge attack Pickles with his horns.
Hamburg smiled and Pickles smirked devious. Hamburg grabbed Applejack's legs as she was about to kicked out. Pickles charged at Chopper while in mid-air. Hamburg began spinning with Applejack in paw before finally letting go back towards the other side. Pickles then tackled Chopper back over to the other side as well.
Chopper quickly transformed in mid-fall to Heavy Point and landed next to Zoro. "Ow…Ow."
"I got you!" Sanji shouted as he jumped up and caught Applejack bridal-style. He landed back on the ground on his hind legs standing perfectly.
"Um…thanks." Applejack said blushing as she slipped out of Sanji's hold.
"You guys stand back. I'll handle this." Zoro said as he stepped forward.
"Like hell you will." Sanji said as he stepped forward as well. He let his cigarette drop to the ground and then stomped down on it. "You think I'll let you take all the glory and impress the ladies. Fat chance."
"Whatever." Zoro said annoyed.
"Woo-hoo!" Pinkie Pie shouted as she soon landed back on her team's line.
"Get back here, Pinkie! Those fellas are dangerous!" Applejack shouted worried.
"Okie-dokey!" Pinkie Pie said happily as she bounced over to her friends.
"Get her!" Hamburg shouted as he and Pickles charged after the pink mare.
Immediately, Zoro and Sanji, running on his hind legs no less, shot forward at the two charging monsters. Hamburg and Pickles obvious saw their opponents heading at them. Both of them ready were ready to attack. Of course, Zoro and Sanji expected this.
"Spinning Tackle!" Pickles shouted as she began spinning heading straight at Zoro. The swordspony tried to stop, but he still ran into the attack.
Sanji meet Hamburg in battle. He tried to send a kick at the Diamond Dog, but like before Hamburg caught the pony's kick. Sanji was shocked, and even more so as Hamburg jumped up carrying him with him.
"Get out…" Zoro grunted as he was repeatedly hit by the spinning tackle. He then grabbed the ogre's small legs stopping him in his tracks.
"What are you doing?!" Pickles asked surprised.
Zoro then picked the large monster up and began spinning him around. Before long, he soon let the ogre fly towards their goal. He shouted, "Of my way!"
The crowd gasped, including Foxy and his group, in amazement at the impressive feat of strength displayed by the pony. And a unicorn no less. Twilight and her friends were also completely stunned by the feat as well.
While flying in mid-air, Sanji grunted hearing Zoro's shout. "Damn that Moss-head." He said mad. He flipped his upper body up to grab Hamburg's arms. He then moved his body around and kicked Hamburg straight towards the flying Pickles. He shouted, "He stole my moment! But I won't lose to him!"
Both monsters collided in mid-air. They both were knocked unconscious, and fell onto the field. Now, the Foxy Pirate crowd wasn't just stunned by Zoro's strength, they were shocked that he and Sanji were able knock-out two monsters. Of course, Luffy and his crew cheered for team.
"So cool!" Chopper shouted in awe still in Heavy Point.
"Whoa…" Applejack said having watched them. Suddenly, she and Chopper began bouncing unintentionally. "What the hay?"
"Huh?" Zoro and Sanji said confused feeling the same rumbling.
"Um, guys." Pinkie Pie spoke out as she hopped and dodged Big Pan as he attempted to crush her under spiked boots. This was doubly worrying as he four sets of spiked boots, one for each leg. Despite being in serious danger, Pinkie Pie didn't seem worried. Just concerned. "This guy is using a weapon, right? Shouldn't that disqualify him?"
"Hey, yeah! Referee! They're cheating!" Applejack shouted towards the referee.
However, she found that the referee wasn't looking. Despite clearly standing in front of the crowd on the sideline, he was not looking on the field. He was even whistling nonchalantly.
Noticing the referee's act, Rainbow Dash soon spoke up. "Hey, Ref! What's the big deal? Keep your eye on the game!"
"Fuehfehfehfeh!" Foxy laughed arrogantly. "The referee can't see 'everything'."
Sanji quickly acted. He kicked the referee shouting, "You shitty referee!"
The whole crowd was shocked by the player's sudden act of violence. Even Luffy and Usopp were shocked by Sanji's outburst. Once he recovered, the referee gave Sanji yellow card. One more card and he would be kicked out of the ring. While the Straw Hats kept Sanji's rage in check, Big Pan was still on the offensive. Now, swinging a large ax. Everyone on the Straw Hat team was running away from the Wotan. Though, Pinkie Pie was still rather cheerful about the situation. Sanji tried to point this out, but again the referee wasn't looking. This only made Sanji even angrier. Luffy suggested he beat up the referee. Luckily, Twilight and Usopp stopped him in fear he would give them another card. With support from Rarity, Sanji soon got back into the game only to join his team in the same situation. Even Big Pan switched back his stomping technique.
"Dammit! If I knew they were going to use weapons, I would've kept mine!" Zoro grunted with displeasure.
"What are we gonna do, guys?!" Chopper screamed out afraid.
"I'll take him down!" Sanji as he stopped, turned around, and charged at the Wotan.
Zoro did the same. "I can take him alone!"
"Work together, fellas!" Applejack shouted irritated.
Zoro and Sanji charged at Big Pan. Suddenly, the Wotan began falling on his own. This shocked both stallions. They both jumped as the small giant crashed down underneath them. He chuckled saying, "Loach Scooping Slide!"
When Zoro and Sanji landed on top of Big Pan they began slipping on the giant's slippery skin. Zoro shouted confused, "What the hell?!"
"Loach Racing Circus!" Big Pan shouted giddily as he bent back connecting the back of this arms to the back of his legs. The connected to make one continuous loop in which both Zoro and Sanji were stuck in.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" shouted both stallions as the slid and spun.
"Oh no! Sanji and Zoro are trapped in that monster's trap." Applejack shouted as she stopped worried for their teammates.
Chopper stopped as well. He asked out, "What are we gonna do, Pinkie?" Chopper waited for a reply from the pink mare. When none came, Chopper looked back confused. "Pinkie?"
"Wee! Wee! Wee! Wee! Wee! Wee! Wee! Wee!" Applejack and Chopper looked back at Big Ban. Now, along with Zoro and Sanji, they saw Pinkie Pie spinning with her friends and completely enjoying it.
"Don't just join in!" Applejack and Chopper shouted.
While the whole team was distracted, none of them noticed that Hamburg and Pickles had regained consciousness. Not only that, but they also gone and brought in weapons of their own. Hamburg had iron knuckles and some sort of 'iron elbow', and Pickles had replaced his iron shoulder pads for ones with spikes. Despite something so obvious, like before with Big Pan the referee was not watching.
"Hey, captain." Pickles said smiling deviously. "These guys are really pissing me off."
Hamburg only replied with some snickering.
Seeing his comrades' gear up, Big Pan quickly understood what was about to happen. He too began snickering being very eager to start. "Alright…" The Wotan said before disconnecting the continuous loop. His arms then lead the three off his back flying into the air. "Loach Roller Coaster!"
"What's he up to?" Applejack asked confused.
"Applejack! Look!" Chopper shouted as he pointed out Hamburg and Pickles moving to attack.
"For goodness' sake. Don't these fellers know when to quit?" Applejack stated angry before charging at the two.
"Wait! Applejack!" Chopper shouted quickly transforming into his Walk Point as he chased after her.
Hamburg jumped over Pickles as the two began their attack. Pickles then used his 'Spinning Tackle' attack to launch Hamburg into the air towards the flying opponents. His target was Sanji. "Hamburger Hammer!" Hamburg shouted as he smashed his iron knuckles into Sanji sending him crashing down.
"Sanji!" shouted Rarity from the sidelines worried.
Unfortunately, Hamburg's attack was still not done. As he positioned his elbow Big Pan had jumped into the air ready to spike his team captain at the stallion. Once Hamburg was ready, Big Pan slammed the Diamond Dog downward. "Punk Attack!"
"Sanji!" Rarity and Usopp shouted in fear.
As the smoke cleared, Hamburg saw that he did not have the stallion underneath him. He looked around wondering where his target had gone.
"I got ya, Slick." Applejack said as she had Sanji's tail in her mouth smirking.
Though bleeding from being slammed into the ground, Sanji was recovering quickly. Once he was up, he immediately thanked the mare. "Thank you, Applejack. That was a close call."
"It's not over yet." Applejack stated as she looked over at the other two Groggy Monsters.
With Hamburg's combo having partially failed, Pickles and Big Pan moved into another combo. Pickles cartwheeled up onto Big Pan and intentionally landed in the Wotan's mouth. Big Pan then aimed Pickles towards Zoro, who was still recovering. He then shot Pickles at the stallion. "Ogre Cannon!"
"Ugh." Zoro said nauseated and dizzy. "I feel like I'm gonna barf…" He was completely unaware that Pickles was hurdling straight at him with his spiked shoulders aimed at him.
"Zoro! Move!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
"Rumble!" Chopper said as he crunched down on a yellow candy. Still in Walk Point, Chopper jumped in front of Zoro. "Guard Point!" Chopper shouted before transforming into a big, brown puff ball.
"Chopper?!" Zoro said surprised.
"So fluffy~!" shouted Pinkie Pie and Porche as they adored Chopper's new form. Though she wasn't vocal, Fluttershy too was in awe over how cute her friend was now.
"Whoa! He transformed into something else!" Rainbow Dash said amazed.
"Sling Tackle!" Pickle shouted as he collided with Chopper.
Chopper was bounced back like a ball. "Waaah!" He screamed out surprised.
"Chopper!" shouted Fluttershy from the sidelines worried.
Hamburg dashed across the field waiting for the 'Chopper Ball' to reach him. "Size Attack!" Hamburg shouted before he jumped up into the air. He then hit Chopper back. "Small!"
Pickles maneuvered his shoulder so Chopper would collide with it. Chopper did, and then was sent flying upwards. Pickles smirked replying, "Medium!"
Chopper spun up into the air making the poor reindeer dizzy. He could not see the Wotan jump up into the air after him. Big Pan then spiked the reindeer down at the team. "Large!" The giant pony said finishing their attack combo.
"Guys!" Twilight shouted worried.
As the dust settled, everyone soon saw the Straw Hat team. All of them were, for the most part, completely unharmed. Even Chopper, who took the full blunt of all the attacks, was only ruffed up thanks to his Guard Point's great defense. The crowd was completely shocked that the Groggy Monsters' attack had done little to knock out the Straw Hat team. On the other hand, the Straw Hats and everyone were cheering loudly for their team.
"That was a close one." Pinkie Pie said as she walked over to Chopper. She then began hugging the fluff. "All thanks to our fluffy pal."
Immediately, Chopper transformed back to Brain Point. He walked out of the crater looking very dizzy. "Y-Yeah. But I don't want to do that again…"
"You won't have to, Chopper." Zoro said serious. "We're going on the offensive."
"Really?" Applejack said surprised.
"Finally, something smart comes out of that moss head of yours." Sanji said being both mocking and serious standing on his hind legs. He then took out a cigarette it lit it. As he took a breath from his cigarette, Sanji spoke, "But could you give me some time. I want to teach Applejack something."
"What?" Applejack said surprised.
"Sure." Zoro said as he walked forward towards the Groggy Monsters. "Chopper, Pinkie, do you think you can help."
"I'll do my best! For Spike!" Chopper said determinedly as he transformed into Heavy Point to show his power.
"I love to help!" Pinkie Pie said cheerfully as she hopped along with Zoro and Chopper to handle the Groggy Monsters.
"What are you going on? What are you going to teach me?" Applejack asked concerned.
"You've got amazing kicking power, Apple-chan, but you don't have the technique to use it for a fight." Sanji stated.
"Well, this is certainly no bar fight." Applejack stated. "But what are you gonna teach me? I know how to fight."
"But now," Sanji said as he walked up to Applejack. He grabbed the mare's shoulders gently and pushed her upper body up until she was standing upright like Sanji. "You're going to learn to fight on two legs."
"Oh…" Applejack said blushing.
Meanwhile, Zoro, Chopper, and Pinkie Pie soon got started. Since Pinkie Pie was the team's ball, it certainly made it easy to get the Groggy Monsters attention. Even more so since she was pretty much untouchable, especially with support from Zoro and Chopper. Forgoing their previous weapons, the Groggy Monsters came at the group with physical force. The tried smashing, catching, grabbing, sideswiping, crushing, diving, and even asking politely. But the Straw Hat team did their job of keeping attention off Sanji and Applejack. However, distractions can only last so long.
"That's it! I'm tired of this horsing around!" Foxy shouted having become frustrated by the antics of the players. He soon shouted to his players, "Hey! Listen up, you three!" All the Groggy Monsters stopped as they heard their captain speak. The all turned forgetting the chase as they listened to the kitsune's order. "Give me a monster burger! On the double!"
Immediately, every Foxy pirate member, minus Spike for being new, gasped in shock. Even Gilda and Trixie were speechless. The Straw Hats and the Mane Six looked at the crowd confused. "Eh. What's going on? Are we ordering lunch?" Luffy asked confused.
"You don't understand, dude." Gilda said showing legit shock and even some fear. "When the captain orders a 'Monster Burger' death for a team in inevitable."
"Death?!" Twilight and her group gasped in shock.
Hearing their captain's order, the Groggy Monsters soon got to work. Somehow, each monster pulled out a different pair of weapons from their pants. Hamburg pulled out to large, iron clubs. Pickles pulled out two sabers. And Big Pan pulled out two large, metal pans. Only Oda knows how they were able to hide them. And as they brandished their weapons they even began to cheer a rather unique chant.
"Grind 'em up like a burger patty…" sang out Hamburg as she began beating the ground with his clubs.
Pickles chuckled as he twirled his sabers. "And slice 'em good like fresh pickles…"
Even the Foxy crowd sang out. "And who are the guests!?"
"Green Lettuce…" In reference to Zoro. The swordspony wasn't amused with the crowd's chant.
"Yellow cheese…" In reference to Sanji. The chef remained calm as he blew smoke.
"Brown hay..." In reference to Chopper. The poor reindeer was a little intimidated by the chant.
"Orange sauce..." In reference to Applejack. The Earth pony wasn't paying much attention as she tried keeping her balance upright.
"And pink onions!" In reference to Pinkie Pie. The pink mare was overly enjoying the song.
It was now Big Pan's turn. He laughed as he sang out. "Use the big pans and squish'em in between and you get..."
"…a Monster Burger~!" screamed out nearly every Foxy pirate member with cheer. The three Groggy Monsters lined up behind each other in pose. Hamburg slammed his clubs on the ground. Pickles spun around with his sabers out like some kind of spinning top of doom. And Big Pan bashed his big pans together.
"Hey! This is totally against the rules!" Twilight shouted at the referee.
Again, the referee wasn't looking. He was instead doing stretches. This got Luffy angry as he prepared to punch the pony. "You stupid faker!"
"Don't Luffy!" Nami shouted while she and Usopp kept Luffy back from attacking.
"I hope she's ready." Zoro asked serious.
Sanji smirked. "She'll do just fine."
Applejack blushed hearing how confident her mentor was despite having only a few minutes of training. She smiled confidently as she continued to stand upright. She looked ready. "Bring'em on!"
"Good! 'Cause here they come!" Pinkie Pie shouted excitedly.
All three Groggy Monsters charged at the group in a line one behind the other. Each one wielding their weapons threateningly. In front was Hamburg, and he was aiming for Pinkie Pie, but Sanji quickly stepped in between. Hamburg laughed out in glee not caring who the target would be, "Time to turn to you into mush!"
"Allow me to go first." Sanji said politely towards the mares. He then turned back to the Diamond Dog. "Tch. For third-rate material like you…" He then began to do flip towards Hamburg quickly. It was too quick. "Troisième Hachée" Sanji shouted as he attacked Hamburg's face with a flurry of kicks. Hamburg was completely defenseless against the attack. However, Sanji was far from done. He landed on his front hooves and then shot back up using both back hooves to hit Hamburg's chin. "Bouquetière Shot!"
Hamburg was sent flying back over Pickles. The ogre stopped spinning and watched Hamburg fly towards Big Pan and his clanging of pans. He shouted out, "Hey! Big Pan, stop! You'll crush the captain!"
Unfortunately, Big Pan did not fully hear Pickles shout. He looked to be completely enjoying his banging and clanging. So his only response was, "Huh?" He didn't even notice when Hamburg fell into his pans or when he flattened him thin.
Pickles immediately became angry and began spinning again. "I'll avenge you, Hamburg!" He shouted as he aimed for Sanji.
Luckily, Zoro shot out in front of Sanji. Even without his swords, he was a swordspony in truest spirit. He was able to stop Pickles charge as he ducked under his blades. He stated to the ogre, "Don't forget. This is a team match."
"Damn you!" Pickles shouted as he moved his blades to strike Zoro below.
"Sword-less style…"
"I'll slice you into pieces!"
"Dragon Twister!" Using his very spirit, Zoro was able to perform his whirlwind-like attack. It sent Pickles flying back as well as slicing him as if Zoro really did have his swords on him. It even kept him spinning too. He sent the spinning and slicing ogre straight to Big Pan. The Wotan screamed out in pain. Pickles tried to stop his attack though the damage was already done by the time he could.
"Get him, Chopper!" Zoro shouted.
Chopper dashed behind Big Pan in Walk Point. He soon stood right behind the Wotan as he began falling back. "Only a few more seconds left." Chopper said referring to the effect of the Rumble Ball. "Jump Point!" The reindeer transformed into his jumping form. He launched himself at Big Pan's back. "Arm Point!" Again, Chopper transformed in this strengthening form. He then prepared his attack and launched it. "Cloven Roseo." The attack landed and sent Big Pan back up now standing in a half-conscious state. After that moment, Chopper was forcefully transformed back into Brain Point form.
"Go, Applejack!" Zoro shouted.
"Yee-haw!" Applejack shouted determinedly as ran towards Big Pan on all fours.
Quickly, Pickles soon stepped between Applejack and Big Pan. He held his sabers shouting determinedly, "I won't let you pass!"
"Hey~, Pickles!" The ogre looked to his side and saw the Straw Hat's ball, Pinkie Pie, next to him with a small, colorful cannon aimed at him. In her hoof was the string to fire the cannon.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Weapons aren't allowed! Referee!" Pickles shouted towards the somewhat distracted referee.
Pinkie Pie laughed. "Oh, this isn't a weapon." She then pulled the string. The cannon shot forth confetti, streamers, and balloons at Pickles. "It's my patented party cannon!"
Pickles was caught completely off guard. The surprise party materials made the large ogre fall back and allowing Applejack to pass.
"Good job, Pinkie!" Applejack said as she charged at Big Pan.
"Hey!" shouted the referee. "No weapons allowed! That'll be a…"
"I don't think so." Twilight said as she interjected the referee's calling. "A 'weapon' is defined as a thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage. That is a 'Party Cannon', and it does anything but hurt anyone. Do you really think he's hurt from that?"
"Well…" the referee said as he couldn't fault Twilight's logic. However, as a Foxy pirate, he could easily find a way around it. "However, it looks like a weapon, so you'll receive a red card…" As he was about to pull out a card, he found that he didn't have any of his cards. "What?! Where are my cards?!"
Nami snickered as she held up the two cards, yellow and red. She then stuck her tongue out cheekily at the referee. "Looking for these?"
"Oh, Nami. You're so bad." Rarity stated cattily approving of the mare's tactic.
Foxy was shocked as his crew's tactics had been turned against him. However, Gilda couldn't help but laugh with Rainbow Dash at the turn of events.
In the ring, this game was about to be over. As Applejack raced towards Big Pan, Sanji was there to provide a crucial lift. Standing on his two hind legs, Sanji lifted on his legs up. He smiled asking, "May I provide the mare a lift?"
Applejack smirked. "Well, aren't you sweet?" Applejack then hoped onto the stallion's leg.
Sanji smiled. He then swung his leg shooting Applejack towards the top of the Wotan. "Armée de L'Air Shot!"
Applejack flew through the air. She was completely focused on her target. 'Alright, Applejack, remember what Sanji-kun told you.' She thought to herself before went into a tucked flip. Just as Big Pan came too, it was already too late for him. Once she reached his head, she shot her hind leg forward to attack. "Apple Crumble!" She shouted as her kick connected with Big Pan's chin.
Sanji smiled giddily as he gave the mare a figurative thumb up. "She used the name. Good."
"Is that all you taught her?!" Zoro shouted angrily.
Everyone watched on amazed as Applejack's attack began pushing the large Wotan back. The Foxy pirates were completely stunned. Foxy was entirely stunned. The Straw Hats and Twilight's group cheered out in victory. Everyone could see it. Applejack's kicked completely knocked out Big Pan as well as pushed the Wotan backwards towards the Foxy team's goal. Soon, the Wotan crashed to the ground and his head and ball landed entirely in the goal.
Applejack then landed safely on the ground landing on two legs before returning to four. He hat was off just slightly, but she quickly fixed it. "And that's that." She stated confidently.
"Goal! Goal! Goal!" Itomimizu announced excitedly.
"Yes! We're getting Spike back!" Twilight shouted happily before hugging Luffy out of joy.
"Thank you, guys~!" Spike shouted out overjoyed as well. Suddenly, a pair of pony arms wrapped around Spike caressing him affectionately.
"No!" Porche shouted sadly. "You can't take my Spikey!"
"Excuse me, but he's our Spikey-wikey." Rarity stated glaring at the Earth pony hogging the baby dragon.
"Excuse me, sir." Nami said speaking to the referee. She handed him back a whistle. "Hurry, blow the whistle."
"Y-Yeah." The referee said stunned as he took the whistle from the Pegasus. He then blew the whistle.
"The whistle has been blown. They game is over! The Straw Hats win the second game of the Davy Back Fight!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Author'r note: Yeah! New terms and species! You never hear much of sleipnirs. Well, maybe because it's just one 'Sleipnir'. He is Odin's horse in Norse mythology. It's pretty vague (to me) about its size, but it's a god horse so its to be big and gets to be the pony representation of Giants. I've actually seen a few MLP 'sleipnir' pics and they're cool. Though, we have yet to see a pure-blood one, which we will. I also thought it would be cool to throw in an ogre because Pickles kind looks like one (without a Scottish accent).
Until tomorrow!