The Darkness Saga: One Piece

by LordUnicron

In the universe, there are three boys, each one holding a power from Creation: Time, Space, and Darkness. After being taken from their World, they find themselves in the World of Pirates. One is betrayed by two, so he joins the ranks of the Straw Hat Pirates. By fighting along side them, this boy unknowingly follows a predetermined path that leads to his ultimate fate.

14. Conquering Fears

Anything that is obviously owned by the Toho Company, LTD is owned is owned by that company.

A character appears in the story that resembles Freddy Krueger, which belongs to… I don't know, Wes Craven? Why not? It sounds right.

I don't own the terms Dacra, Sister of the Light, or the name Verna Sauventreen. These belong to the great Terry Goodkind, my favorite author.

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Chapter 14 Conquering Fears

I never went to parties back in my world. This was a great experience for me. Even though the party at Fishman Island was bigger, I was more concentrated on eating than dancing. That, and Nami sent me to get that treasure. Anyway I was having a great time. Nami was having fun too surprisingly, as she was teaching me how to dance. She swung me around and… I don't know what else. It was all kind of a blur after she kissed my cheek. She then went over to dance with Usopp. I stood there with my hand on my cheek with a really red face. Sanji threw some food at me, but Luffy stretched and grabbed it so he could eat. I guess Sanji was jealous. Everything was going great until the fire erupted.

"What the hell?" I said. The fire had shot out and hit several houses. I needed to stop the fire, so used the water spell. "Watera!" I sent out streams of water into the sky and made a small rain.

"Let me help!" yelled Nami. "Rain Tempo!" she made rain clouds come out of her Climatic and caused a descent sized rain. The houses on fire were put out.

"Enjoying your party?" said the raspy voice. Shaman emerged from the shadows with a smile on his face. "I hope you did, because it's the last one you'll ever get!"

"You again?" I asked. "You're really annoying."

"You talk big now, but when you are a lifeless corps under my foot, I'll be the one laughing." said Shaman, with a tone of cockiness in his voice.

"Really now." I said. The others were gathered around me, ready for a fight. "Cause I think Usopp would be able to take you down without a problem, and he is the weakest member of the crew. Oh, no offense."

"None taken." said Usopp. He must have been distracted by Shaman.

"How about you fight me one-on-one?" suggested Shaman. "Unless you're too scared."

"Trust me; I'm not scared of anything." I said. "Especially some pathetic excuse of a magician."

"Then step forward." he said.

"Caeruleus don't." Luffy said.

"Let me take him on." said Zoro. "I'll slice him up."

"How about I filet him?" asked Sanji.

"No, Let's just ignore him." I said. "Besides, what can he do to me? Look at him, he's a nuisance. I would never go all out against him. Honestly, what can he do to me?" Everyone nodded, but had a worried look on their faces. We then turned out backs to him.

"Don't you dare turn your back against me, Filth!" screamed Shaman. "Voodoo Wind!" He swung his hand above him and caused a powerful wind. He kept swinging his arms and pushed the wind in every direction. The wind pushed and sliced the villagers.

"No!" screamed Robin. "Mil Fleur- Pull!" She sprouted so many arms and each arm had grabbed a villager to pull the away from the upcoming fight.

"Why hurt you own people?" asked Franky.

"They're not my people!" said Shaman. "The Shobijin banished me remember! Now, fight me Dark One! Pyros Mystisa!" He shot out that fire attack that he used to torture me. The crew dodged the attack and I ran to him.

"Black Spear!" I yelled, forming the rod of Darkness. Before I could ram the spear into his stomach, he lifted his staff and blocked my attack. I smirked. "Have you been holding back on me?"

"Now, why would I do that." said Shaman. He then pulled out the knife that he was going to execute me with earlier. Before he could stab me, I jumped away.

"You're fast, aren't you?" asked Shaman.

"Haki is a great thing to have." I said. I was angry; it was like he was toying with me.

"That doesn't mean you'll beat me!" screamed Shaman. He then ran towards me, throwing fireballs. I countered with the water spell. The spells collided and it made a heavy steam. I could tell that he was heading at me with the knife because of my Haki. He thrust his arm that had the knife at me, but I was able to hit his arm so it just went past me. He the kneed me in the stomach and jumped back.

"All Mighty Push!" I yelled as I stood back up. I put my hands in front of me and caused a black pulse to head towards Shaman. He saw how the pulse was tearing up and repelling the ground and everything else, so he jumped away towards the ground. I saw my chance to end this fight and jumped in the air. I then 'borrowed' one of the moves Sanji uses during his fights with Zoro. "Shadow Mimicry- Concasse!" I swung my leg out and came crashing down towards Shaman. He saw what I was doing and rolled out of the way. When I landed, the ground had a small crater left in it.

"I thought you said I wasn't worth you going all out." he said.

"You have been holding back on me." I said. "Give me all you got!"

"Gladly!" said Shaman. "Voodoo Barrage!" His staff then glowed and he released many multi-colored lasers from it. I dodged the lasers by doing a back flip. After the lasers disappeared, I saw him running at me with the knife again. I didn't have enough time to dodge the blade completely, so he stabbed me in the side.

"Argh!" I screamed. I looked directly at him and focused my newly acquired fire magic. "Fira!" I shot a large sphere of fire at him and he caught on fire.

"Aurgh!" screamed Shaman in pain.

"Had enough?" I asked.

"Not yet!" yelled Shaman. He took out a strange looking root and smeared my blood that was on the knife and said a spell. "Kono ketsueki no kyofu kara, akuma ga shojiru mono to shimasu! Daku hitotsu no kyofu no ichi jisshi keitai ni watashi no fomu o henkan! Watashi daku one o korosu tame ni chikara o ataeru!" He shoved the entire root into his mouth and ate it all. He then started coughing up a black substance. I then started glowing in a yellow light.

"What the-!" I started. Then the light shot at Shaman and he absorbed the light.

"Gugh!" Shaman grunted. "AUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!" he screamed louder and louder. Then he burst into flames. I didn't know what was happening, but my heart was beating faster. I then saw his flesh melting away. His hands started growing long claws along each finger. In the end of his transformation, there stood an incredibly burned version of the Shaman. "Oh, this power. It's perfect!"

"Ah! Ah! AHHH!" I screamed. I never felt so much fear coming from me. I fell to the ground and tried to back up as far as I could.

"Caeruleus!" cried Luffy.

"Are you all right!" said Nami who crouched next to me. I knew she was trying to comfort me, but I couldn't stop freaking out.

"Let me have him." said Shaman. He swung his arm and caused a powerful wind to blow away the crew. He walked towards me and raised his clawed hands, about to strike me down. I couldn't move, I was too afraid. I couldn't focus at all. I couldn't use my powers.

"Time to die, Filth!" said Shaman.

"Santouryuu Ogi-" started Zoro, drawing his swords. He formed his stance and attacked. "Rokudo no Tsuji!" Shaman then had six large slashes appear on his body and was bleeding profusely.

"Hell's-" started Sanji. "Memories!" Sanji's body lit on fire and he kicked Shaman, causing him to be lit on fire as well.

"Augh!" screamed Shaman.

"Gomu Gomu no-" started Luffy, going into his gear second mode. He ran towards Shaman and hit him right in the heart. "Red Hawk!" The punch landed and caused an explosion to appear from Shaman's back. Shaman was then sent flying.

"Caeruleus, get up!" said Luffy. He grabbed my arm and got me to my feet. "Snap out of it!" I couldn't speak. I was catatonic.

"Was that it?" asked Shaman. We turned around and saw that he was healing. The wounds that the Monster Trio gave him were gone in the matter of seconds. "I was hoping for a challenge." He then appeared right in front of us and swung his arm around. Then Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji had many slashes on their bodies and the force of the attack caused them to be thrown away from me. He then looked right at me and smiled. He crouched down and grabbed me by my shirt. I could smell his burnt flesh. "How does it feel, Dark One Filth? How does it feel to be so close to death, knowing that nothing can save you?" He then stabbed my left shoulder.

"AHHHHH!" I screamed. I had tears running down my face.

"You're pathetic!" said Shaman. He threw me away from him. "Oh, I can't wait till I kill you."

"That's not going to happen!" said Robin.

"How sweet! Fresh meat!" said Shaman, grinding his bladed fingers together.

Robin then crossed her arms. "Viente Fleur- Twist!" Twenty arms then blossomed on Shaman's torso and twisted him, causing his back to break in several pieces.

"We will not let you hurt one of our friends!" yelled Usopp. "Midori Boshi: Impact wolf!" He shot a Pop Green towards Shaman and it formed a large, green wolf. Shaman collided with its nose and the impact created a shockwave around Shaman. He coughed up blood and was sent flying.

"We are like family!" cried Nami. "Black Ball: Raiun Rod!" She made a long chain of small dark clouds and swung it around her, making a long chain of lightning. This caused Shaman to be thrown back to the ground.

"We will always protect each other!" said Chopper with angry tears. "Arm Point: Kokutei Roseo Metel!" Chopper grew taller and his arms became more muscular while still keeping his hooves. He ran towards Shaman as he stood up and repeatedly hit him over and over, leaving sakura petal-like impressions.

"Together, we will build new friendships with many people and have great adventures!" said Franky. "Franky Radical Beam!" He made a circle gesture with both of his hands and fired a laser beam that hit Shaman and caused an explosion.

"When we are together, we can overcome any fear we have!" yelled Brooke. "Kasuriuta: Fubuki Giri!" he appeared behind shaman and re-sheathed his sword. Then a large vertical cut appeared right down the middle of Shaman. The blood that spurted forth then froze. The crew was breathing really hard. They must have put it a lot of effort to protect me.

"Herrrrnnnn!" mumbled Shaman who was frozen. His body then radiated a strong heat and he unfroze. He spun around and blades of fire came at the crew. They got cut and burned at the same time. "I actually felt something there. Now, time to die, Dark One." He stretched his arm and was about to stab me in the heart. I still couldn't move. Before he could hurt me, Luffy stretched out his arm and grabbed Shaman's wrist.

"Don't you dare hurt my brother!" cried out Luffy. He threw a punch at Shaman but Shaman retracted his arm so he was right next to Luffy. He had an angry look on his face.

"Don't get in my way!" Shaman screamed. He elbowed Luffy in the face and grabbed his head so he could knee him in the face. He lifted Luffy up and stabbed him in the stomach, sinking more and more of his metallic claws deeper into Luffy. I then felt my mind snap like it did at Marineford. I then heard a voice, a voice that I haven't heard since Marineford.

"Is this what you want to happen, boy?" said the dark voice. "I have given you full use of my power, fractured as it is, and yet you can't knock up some courage to save your new family? I thought I created you better."

"No, I want to fight but-" I said

"But nothing!" screamed the voice. "I created you! You belong to me! I created you so I can be whole again! I must be able to make Darkness rise! You want to be able to save your cousins! Be braver! Because if you're not brave ad willing to do what is necessary, you will die before you can save your family! You must-"

"STOP IT!" I said, allowed this time. Shaman looked at me and threw Luffy of his hand. My body had the black aura emanating from me. I leaned down and my hand touched the earth. "Shadow Pike!" Black spikes then appeared under Shaman and impaled him. They then retracted.

"You bastard! That hurt!" cried Shaman. He ran towards me, but I disappeared and reappeared behind him. He turned around but I attacked.

"Quatzequatel Spear!" I focused the lightning magic that I had been given and stabbed him in his pathetic excuse of a heart and shocked him with over a million volts of electricity. He was thrown back by the force of the attack, but I appeared behind him again.

"Impressive!" said the voice. "I was wrong about you! You're in luck; I reward those who do well in my opinion. I shall give you a technique that I developed when I was whole." He gave me the basics of the attack and I understood it perfectly.

"Fallen Angel Technique!" I said, bringing my arms closer to me. My dark aura then formed into the vague shape of ten wings. "Paradise Lost Punch!" I then rapidly threw punch after punch at Shaman at an incredible rate. I couldn't even see my arms, they were moving so fast. They were even faster than Luffy's Jet Gatling attack. I could hear every single last one of shaman's bones being broken. I then kicked him in the jaw and sent him straight into the air. I appeared above him and grabbed his legs and put my legs on his elbows. We then dropped at a great speed. Before we hit the ground, I let go of him and he made a large crater on impact.

"Luffy!" I said as I ran to him. "Are you alright? Oh my God!" Luffy was losing a lot of blood. I took of my cloak and pressed it firmly down against his wounds to try to stop the bleeding. "Chopper! Chopper help me! Chopper!" I didn't know where our doctor was, but I still kept calling him. "Luffy, it's going to be alright. You're going to be fine, just stay with me!" I looked back to Luffy's face to see his eyes go wide.

"Caeruleus!" warned Luffy. "Behind you!" But it was too late. I felt blades bury deep in my left shoulder, and something grab my left wrist. I turned my head and saw Shaman, still healing but alive none the less. He smiled and pulled on my arm while pushing his clawed hand that had impaled me in the same direction. The next thing I saw was my entire left arm in his hand, ripped off at the shoulder. Blood was spurting from my arm and my shoulder. An intense pain then came to me and I grew scared, fearing of what was going to happen next.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" I screamed.

"ZA HE HA HA HA HA HA HA!" laughed Shaman. He then made me stand up. He swiped his clawed hands across my face, severely cutting my face on both sides and cracking my jaw bone. He then pulled back and stabbed me in the chest, between the ribs, stabbing me in the lungs. He kicked me off of his blades onto the ground.

"Gugh!" I grunted, with blood spilling from my mouth.

"I have won!" said Shaman. "Yes! Now is the time for the end of Mothra's life as well!" He then laughed maniacally, and threw some fire around the area. The surrounding trees and huts caught fire. Shaman kept laughing and then caught on fire himself. He then started to float and turned into a stream of fire that headed in the direction of the Holy Shrine. I felt my heart slow down, till it stopped.

For a moment, I thought I was floating. I was in a pitch dark void. I couldn't see anything. I tried to move, but I couldn't at all. I then heard the dark voice.

"You're pathetic." said the voice. "After all that, you still weren't able to kill him."

"I tried-" I said.

"Trying means nothing!" said the dark voice. "I give you full use of power, and yet you still lose!"

"He heals faster than I can hurt him!" I told it. "Even with the knowledge the Shobijin gave me and your power, he is able to hurt me… I lost one of my arms."

"You weak little brat!" said the dark voice. "You're lucky that I created you and you are my vessel! If you die, I die. I WILL not die! I will become whole again! Even though he is able to hurt you and negate your regenerative abilities, I will keep you alive. You must do the rest by yourself. Use what you have learned to defeat this enemy. Conquer your fears! If you can't defeat this one being, how are you going to beat Kyle and Brett?" There was a lot of shaking and I was looking at Luffy. I wasn't breathing, but I could see and hear everything.

"Caeruleus! Caeruleus wake up!" said Luffy's voice. I was being shaken awake.

"Luffy don't!" cried Chopper. "You'll open up your wounds and make things worse!"

"But he isn't dead!" said Luffy with tears. "I already lost two brothers, I'm not losing another!"

"Stop it Luffy!" said Robin as she slapped him fiercely. "We need to get to the Holy Shrine. That's where Shaman went. He said something about killing Mothra, so the Shobijin must also be in trouble."

"I won't let him die!" yelled Luffy. He then slammed his fist into my chest. I then sat up and took a deep breath in.

"Oh my God!" cried Nami.

"You're alive!" said Brooke.

"Look who's talking." I said as I was trying to get up. I was then pushed back and was being treated by Chopper. He bound my wounds.

"Caeruleus, I need to give you a blood transfusion, but I don't have your blood." said Chopper.

"Don't sweat it, I'm a universal receiver." I said. Robin then offered up some of her blood and I accepted. Chopper then started the procedure.

"Everyone, we need to save the Shobijin. They're in trouble." said Luffy.

"You will not go." I said. "I need to defeat him." I tried to get up again, but I felt searing pain and Chopper urged me down.

"You are in no condition to fight." said Chopper. "You will stay here and try to heal. You don't even have an arm!" I widened my eyes and reached over to where my left arm used to be. It was wrapped in bandages.

"We will go save the Shobijin." said Luffy. The crew agreed and started to walk away.

"No!" I said. "I will not let you risk your lives for something like this. Let me stop him!" They just ignored me and continued walking, but then Luffy stopped walking.

"Chopper…" started Luffy, "Make sure he is alive when we get done." He then walked on.

-Holy Shrine-

The Shobijin were sitting on their moth in a meditative state. They were in peace. They were also conversing with Mothra. They were being sent visions.

They saw Caeruleus fighting a red tiger and a blue phoenix. They were seriously hurting him. He was then blasted across a forest. The smoke cleared and there was the Straw Hats running towards Caeruleus. But the Tiger and the Phoenix appeared before them and shot out an energy blast that caused a large explosion. Caeruleus saw it and he started to change shape. He turned into black energy and became a black dragon.

The three being then fought. They each hurt each other severely. The scene shifted to the three of them colliding energy beams. There was then a shadow in the shape of an angel blocked the vision. Its eyes opened, revealing red eyes that emanated power before them. The shadow then spoke, saying in a voice that frightened the Shobijin to the very core of their Hearts. It said, "I awaken."

The Shobijin then awoke from their meditation. They felt a dark presence enter the Holy Shrine. They didn't need to turn around to know who entered the shrine.

"Why are you here?" asked the Shobijin.

"Simple." said Shaman. "To kill Mothra!" He formed a large fireball in his hand and threw it at the Shobijin. Before it landed, a barrier of light formed and protected the Shobijin. Shaman kept on throwing the fireballs, but the shield of light was protecting the Shobijin. "I can do this all day!"

"We will not let you hurt Mothra." said the Shobijin. They then sang.

"Ia ie hao ra

Uha e ka Mosura ya.

Ia ie hao ma

Roha e na Mosura ha

Kiri e jina hi

Mele wona Kamai ka."

The Shobijin raised their hands and sent out a ray of light. The light hit Shaman and he screamed in pain. He jumped out of the way of the light and healed.

"I will not be defeated." said Shaman. He focused his magic into a larger, more powerful fireball. He through it and it caused the shield to waver and cracks to be seen. "Soon you will die with your goddess Shobijin! Akuma no hono no Hebi" He focused his power and formed a demonic snake and sent it at the cocoon. When it hit, the shield broke apart, knocking the Shobijin to the ground. "Time to die." he was about to throw another fireball, but he was kicked to the ground.

"You will stay away from them!" screamed Luffy.

"Again?" asked Shaman. "Didn't you learn last time that you can't beat me?"

"We won't know until we try!" yelled Zoro. "Kiki Kyutoryu: Ashura- Ichibugin!" Zoro then formed four more arms and two more faces, which had a sword in each. He then ran forward and sliced Shaman. Blood erupted from his wounds. Nami then ran up and pointed a piece of her Climatact.

"Gust Sword!" a small bubble appeared and out came a thin gust of wind that impaled Shaman through his forehead. Before Shaman could slice her, Luffy stretched his arm around her waist and pulled her out of the way. He then jumped above Shaman and went into his gear third mode.

"Gomu Gomu no," started Luffy as he blew air into his thumb, "Elephant Gatling!" Both of his arms grew to a massive size and turned black. He then rapidly punched Shaman over and over. When he stopped, Shaman stood back up, healing his wounds and popping his bones back into place. Before anyone else could attack, Shaman released a shockwave of flame that only Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji dodged. The three of them attacked Shaman at once.

"Santouryuu Gomu Gomu no Diable Mouton Jet Roppyaku Pound Cannon!" They said all at once. Sanji's leg lit on fire and he rapidly kicked Shaman in the back. Zoro swung his swords creating three blades of compressed air that caused huge gashes to appear on Shaman. Finally, Luffy used a Haki infused version of his Jet Gatling attack to rapidly hit Shaman's chest.

"Enough!" cried out Shaman. He swung his arms and his flame blades sliced and burned the Monster Trio. He then formed a giant fireball and threw it at Luffy. Luffy had lost too much blood and couldn't move. Luffy then saw Darkness.

-Village, 15 minutes earlier-

"We will go save the Shobijin." said Luffy. The crew agreed and started to walk away.

"No!" I said. "I will not let you risk your lives for something like this. Let me stop him!" They just ignored me and continued walking, but then Luffy stopped walking.

"Chopper…" started Luffy, "Make sure he is alive when we get done." He then walked on.

They were out sight in a matter of minutes. Chopper decided to give me fresh bandages after putting medicine on my wounds. He was telling me on how bad the damage was. It was bad, really bad- broken bones, punctured lungs, and drastic loss of blood before the transfusion.

"Tell me how you came back to life?" asked Chopper. I just stared at him. "Your wounds were really bad, and you had no pulse for about five minutes, then Luffy hit your chest and you sat up. No one should be able to survive what happened to you."

"The Darkness…" I said.

"What?" asked Chopper.

"The Darkness, the dark Dragon, that Shaman fears," I said, "it made sure to keep me alive. It, it wants me to help it become whole again."

"Why does it want that?" asked Chopper.

"Power more than likely." I said. "Superiority is another reason. Remember that, according the Shobijin, it was once one Entity before it split into three."

"That's scary." said Chopper.

"Yeah." I said. I then realized something. "What did you just say?"

"I said scary." said Chopper.

"Scary…" I started, "fear. The Dragon said to conquer my fears."

"But you said that you didn't have any fears." stated Chopper.

"Well, that may be tr-" I said. "Actually, I do fear something."

"What is it?" asked Chopper.

"I'm afraid… I'm afraid that I will have to take my cousins lives." I admitted. "They are willing to take my life, but I can't consider taking theirs. I'm afraid of taking a life, for it might turn me to the evil side of Darkness"

"I don't know what to tell you, Caeruleus." said Chopper. "I wouldn't consider taking a life, but if it what must be done, you need to accept it."

"I know." I said. "I accept that, but, they are still my family." I then clutched my chest in pain and chopper gave me an anesthetic. The pain went away, and then I decided what I must do. "All of you are also my family, and no one will take you all from me." I stood up and threw Chopper behind me. I needed to get back the Holy Shrine as fast as possible, so I turned into black spectral energy and headed straight for the Shrine.

"Caeruleus!" cried Chopper. He was in his walking point, which is his natural reindeer form. He was running after me as fast as he could. "Your wounds haven't had the chance to heal! Get back here!" His words fell on deaf ears; I was too concentrated on getting to the Shrine.

I got to the entrance to the Shrine way ahead of Chopper. I looked ahead and saw the Monster Trio attack Shaman all at once. Zoro swung his swords and sent three blades of compressed air at Shaman which caused three gashes to appear on his test. Sanji had his leg aflame and was rapidly kicking Shaman in the back. Luffy was in his Gear second mode and rapidly hit Shaman in the chest.

"Enough!" cried out Shaman. He swung his arms and his flame blades sliced and burned the Monster Trio. He then formed a giant fireball and threw it at Luffy. I could tell Luffy had lost a lot of blood, and that he couldn't move. I then ran as fast as I could and stood in front of him.

"Dark Shield- Sphere!" I yelled. I swung my only arm around and created a black sphere that encompassed me and Luffy. Shaman's fireball hit the shield and we were protected. The shield was lifted and I instantly disappeared.

"Caeruleus!" screamed Luffy. I then reappeared behind Shaman and I formed a Nexus Blade. I rammed it through his back, straight through his heart.

"Guh!" grunted Shaman. "You're alive?"

"Here's a hint!" I yelled. The Nexus Blade retracted and formed a ball of dark energy that turned into black fire. "Dark Fira!" I shot the blast and he was covered in black flames.

"Argh!" screamed Shaman. He backed up and shot out flames of his own. I countered with Watera, making steam. He grew angry and started to randomly throw his trademark blades of fire. I kept dodging the blades. I then jumped in the air and used Concasse again. Shaman sensed the attack and grabbed my foot. He threw my across the chamber, but I landed on my feet.

"Black Spiral!" I yelled. I swung my arm and black energy spiraled around me. It then went towards Shaman but he blocked it with his clawed hands. I then formed a small ball of dark energy. "Black Lotus- Petal Barrage!" The black petals blasted forward, but Shaman jumped out of the way.

He ran towards me and started slashing his claws at me. He then started to throw fireballs again. He was really mad that I wasn't getting hit. The stretched his arms and tried to impale me, but I dodged his attack and he got his arms stuck in the wall. I jumped on his arms and started to run across them. I got to his head and I kicked him in the face with a kick infused with Haki. He started to fly backwards, but his arms got unstuck from the wall and un-stretched his arms, and then grabbed my ankle. He caught his footing and threw me to the ground.

"Ah!" I screamed in pain. "Shadow Cannon!" I shot out three balls of dark energy that hit Shaman. He let go of me and I jumped away from him. Shaman wiped the smoke away. "I'll end this! Black Star-" I formed a sphere of black energy. "Super- argh!" The sphere dissipated and my wounds opened up. Blood came spouting out.

"Demon-" Shaman started, "Slasher!" He ran past me and caused many more gashes to appear on my body. Even more blood gushed out of my body, and then I fell. "Now, stay down!"

"Caeruleus!" I heard Chopper cried. I was able to see Chopper ram into Shaman, but Shaman was able to grab onto his horns. He then lifted Chopper and kicked him in the stomach.

"No one can save Mothra now!" cried Shaman in a victorious tone. "Now, Mothra, you will die! Akuma fureimuhidora!" His mouth opened wide, so unnaturally wide, and he spat out six demonic snakes of fire. They twirled around each other and headed straight for Mothra's cocoon. But before it could hit, I shielded the cocoon with my own body. The flames directly hit my chest, causing massive damage.

"AAAHHH!" I screamed in incredible pain. I looked down and saw the damage. My shirt was destroyed. My chest was so burnt and damaged that I could see my own organs. I could actually see my heart beating.

"Caeruleus!" screamed the crew.

"You're not human!" cried Shaman. "Nothing in this world should be capable surviving that kind of damage!" I didn't say anything for a minute.

"Shaman!" I said, breathing hard. "You are an abomination of this world. I cannot allow you to kill the Beast of Purity. I cannot allow you to live."

"Really?" asked Shaman. "What can you do to me in our current state? You weren't able to kill me when you were at full health and had both of your arms."

"Let me show you." I said. "Varan Black Tornado!" I focused my powers and caused three black tornadoes to rise from the ground and attack Shaman at once. They blew him up into the air and slammed him down, hard.

"That's it?" asked Shaman.

"Manda Dark Tsunami!" I cried I summoned the water in the air and formed a wave of black water. It turned into the shape of a Japanese dragon from my world and rammed into Shaman, then it turned into a sphere of water that trapped Shaman within. "Ghidorah Shadow Thunder!" Three black electric dragons appeared from my back and attacked Shaman. Each head not only shocked him with 100 billion volts, but they also bit him in three different places. The water attack I did before was increasing the electric damage. There was an explosion that caused Shaman to fall to the ground. The crew and the Shobijin stood there in awe. They could tell that I was actually hurting Shaman. They were cheering me on to beat him.

"You think, ugh, that, that that was eno-enough to kill me?" asked Shaman. He was in intense pain. His wounds weren't healing as fast as usual. He then jumped up in the air and created a large fireball, about half the size of Mothra's cocoon. "Die!" he then threw the fireball at me.

"Prepare to enter oblivion!" I yelled. My body was surrounded in the dark aura again. "Flaming Roar of Godzilla!" A red and black sphere of fire then appeared in front of my mouth. I released the energy and created a powerful beam attack. The beam hit Shaman's fireball and pushed it back. It collided with Shaman and he was pushed against the ceiling.

"NO!" cried out Shaman. "I CAN NOT DIE! I CAN NOT DIIIIEEEEEEE!" The attacks melted through the ceiling and pushed Shaman out of the Shrine. It reached high up into the sky and caused a massive explosion, effectively killing Shaman.

"YEAH!" cried Luffy.

"You did it!" said Nami, jumping up and down. The crew was cheering me one, and congratulating me. But their celebration was premature.

"Blagh!" I gagged. I was a coughing up an immense amount of blood. I then fell backwards to the ground, but Luffy caught me and laid me down.

"Caeruleus!" yelled Luffy. "Chopper! Get over here! He needs help!"

"I'm coming!" said Chopper, as he was running towards me as fast as he could. The rest of the crew and the Shobijin rushed over to me. But when he got to me, Chopper looked discouraged. "Luffy, I'm sorry."

"What do you mean?" screeched Luffy. "You need to help him!"

"I can't." he said with tears falling down his face. "The damage is too extensive. I couldn't do anything even if I tried."

"That's fine!" yelled Luffy. "He will heal then! Come on, Caeruleus heal!" My body wasn't healing. I was focusing as hard as I could despite the blood loss, but I couldn't at all. "Why- why aren't you healing?" He started shaking me.

"Stop it Luffy!" cried Robin as she slapped him. Luffy grabbed his cheek and looked at Robin. "We don't want him to die either, so please calm down." She had tears on her face, as did the rest of the crew.

"Shobijin! Why isn't he healing!" asked Luffy.

"The attack that he was hit with," said the Shobijin, "it was filled with absolute hate and wrath. He wanted to see Caeruleus die so badly, that he unknowingly put a curse on him. This curse caused Caeruleus to be unable to heal."

"Can you heal him again?" asked Luffy in desperation.

"We're sorry." said the Shobijin with solemn tone. "We alone can't heal that extensive of damage. Caeruleus, forgive us."

"I do." I coughed out. "Thank you for enlightening my history. Everyone, I'm sorry that I didn't get to stay with you all longer than I have. I wish I could, you guys are so much fun, and you are the best friends I could ever have. Actually, more like a family. Luffy-"

"Yes?" asked Luffy. He had tears flowing down his face.

"Don't fight them." I said.

"Don't fight who?" he asked.

"Don't fight Kyle and Brett." I said. "I don't want you, any of you to die. Good bye, brother." I then took my last breath in this world and my heart stopped.

-Third person POV-

"Caeruleus? Caeruleus!" screamed Luffy. "NO!" He then started bawling. He was devastated. Just like when Ace died. The crew was mourning as well.

All of the sudden, Mothra's cocoon started glowing. The Shobijin noticed and headed over to it. The crew had questioning faces. Luffy didn't care though, as Caeruleus died in his arms. The Shobijin then started glowing themselves and nodded at the cocoon. They turned around and came to the crew.

"Everyone!" The Shobijin said with happy faces. "Mothra has talked to us!"

"And what did she say?" asked Brooke.

"There is a way to bring Caeruleus back to life!" said the Shobijin.

"What?" said the crew.

"You mean-?" Luffy started to ask. The Shobijin nodded.

"We can bring him back to life!" said the Shobijin.

"How?" asked Chopper. The Shobijin then frowned.

"Through a sacrifice." said the Shobijin.

"You can't possibly mean-" started Usopp.

"That one of us-" said Nami.

"Has to-" said Franky.

"Die-" said Sanji.

"To save-" said Zoro.

"Caeruleus." said Luffy. The Shobijin nodded. Luffy stood up and placed his hat on Caeruleus's head. "I offer my life."

"But Luffy-" started Nami.

"I'm doing it." said Luffy. "I will not lose another loved one ever again."

"No!" said Zoro. "I'll offer myself."

"You can't!" said Nami. There was a large argument as to who was going to be the sacrifice. No one agreed, everybody was too concern with the one offering themselves.

"Silence!" The Shobijin ordered. The crew looked at them and became quiet.

"You all have pure hearts, willing to sacrifice yourselves for the sake of another, but also protecting the other members from taking their own lives." said the Shobijin. "If each of you're all willing to sacrifice a small piece of your Light, then that would be enough for Caeruleus to live again."

"Really?" asked Luffy.

"Yes." said the Shobijin. "Please, circle around Caeruleus and take each other's hands." The crew did just that. Then the Shobijin flew closer the cocoon. The cocoon started to glow again, but in a rainbow glow along with the gold one from earlier. There was a wind that went throughout the Shrine and gave a sense of magic in the air. The Shobijin then started to sing.

"Sora to mizu no aida ni,

Anata wa umareru,

Sora no ao sau tsusu hoshi no,

Misori no daichi ni.

Mosura Reo,

A ra wa re i de yo sekai.

Sora to mizu no aida de,

Anata wa madoromu,

Ikuoku ikusenmanen no,

Yume o tsu mu ide.

Ma yo naka no taiyou ga,

Mori o terasu,

Ma hiru no tsuki no shizuku ga,

Inochi o narusu.

Mosura Reo,

Ha ba ta kii de yo inochi.

Sora to mizu no aida de,

Anata wa mezameru,

Kaseki no sakana no mure no,

Nemuri yabutte."

The cocoon started to glow more brilliantly. It then released ninemoths made of pure Light. They flew around the Shobijin a couple of times until they went to the crew. Each moth circled a member of the crew. Then, at the same time, the entered each Straw Hat through their back and reemerged from their chests. They were glowing brighter than before they entered the Straw Hats. The moths flew around each other, and then they flew into Caeruleus's chest.

There was a bright light that encompassed Caeruleus. His wounds healed at an accelerated rate. In mere moments, all the cuts and the hole in Caeruleus's chest healed. Another second later, his arm was regrown as well. The then light dissipated into Caeruleus's chest. Caeruleus then took a breath in and sat up.

"Caeruleus!" cried the crew with tears of happiness. They then jumped on Caeruleus and gave him a large hug.

-Next day, Caeruleus's POV-

I was shocked to be alive. Moreover, I was surprised about how I was brought back to life. I didn't want anyone to sacrifice anything for me, but they all willingly did. They sacrificed pieces of their own Light to make sure I would live. I got on them for that, but in the end, I was grateful.

The crew was getting supplies for our departure. It was mostly food, consisting of fruit and dried meat, but as we lost all of our other food in the storm a few days ago, we needed as much as we could keep. Some of the villagers were helping Chopper put medical supplies in the ship. The villagers were sad that we were leaving, but they were grateful for defeating Shaman. The Shobijin wanted to see me before I left, so I was in the Holy Shrine, waiting for them. After about ten minutes of waiting, the Shobijin came on their moth, which was carrying an old box. The moth laid the box at my feet and I saw that it had ancient writing on it.

"What's this?" I asked.

"A way for you to win your upcoming battle." said the Shobijin.

"What upcoming battle?" I asked.

"With Kyle and Brett." said the Shobijin. I caught my breath. "Open the box." I followed their orders and found two silver blades. I took one in my hand and I realized that I could open them. When opened, it took the form of a large, three pointed-star made up of oblong rings. "That is called a Dacra."

"Dacra?" I asked.

"A tool made centuries ago by a group of women, a sisterhood if you will, who followed the Light." explained the Shobijin. "These women loved life, and never wanted Darkness to overcome the worlds. You see, these women have been in every world, and have protected the worlds until they died out."

"What do you mean 'died out'?" I asked.

"To be precise, it was more like they were hunted down and killed." said the Shobijin. "You see, the beings that have used Darkness for evil hunted them down and destroyed them. Those Dacras belonged to an old friend of ours, Sister Verna Sauventreen. She was the last of the Sisters of the Light."

"So why give them to me?" I asked.

"They are magical weapons." stated the Shobijin. "With them, you can absorb the magic from another being."

"You mean-?" I started.

"Yes." said the Shobijin. They knew what I was thinking. "We believe that you will know what to do when the time comes.

"Thank you." I said. "I can never repay you, Moll, Lora." I then bowed to them and then turned to leave.

-The Thousand Sunny-

I got back to the ship pretty quickly. Everyone was ready to leave. We all said our good byes. Everything that we needed was packed up and in either the fridge or in the storage area. We raised the anchor and lowered the sails. As we were pushing off the shore we waved and screamed good bye to the villagers.

-The Holy Shrine-

"Moll, what's wrong?" asked Lora. She was concerned for her twin sister.

"I'm worried about Caeruleus." Moll said. "So you remember the conversation we had with Mothra before we healed Caeruleus?"

"Yes, but she said not to worry." said Lora. "She said that it is part of Caeruleus's destiny, as well as our own."

"I know, but I wouldn't wish what's going to happen to him on anyone." said Moll, growing more fearful. Her voice was wavering. "Remember what Mothra made us see, Darkness covering not only this world, but all worlds. She made us watch as he killed Caeruleus. He will make Darkness rise, and then cause Silence. Remember what he said- "Silence will Fall!"

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