Broken Log Pose

by tmb1112

The Straw Hat crew finds themselves with a broken Log Pose on the middle of the Grand Line. They are forced to wander until they come across a strange island with the Kingdom Hearts characters on it. Destiny Islands. Starts at the beginning of Kingdom Hearts One, and right after Alabasta for One Piece.

20. Chapter 20

BLP 20:

"I hope everyone's had a good night's sleep and are all ready for this upcoming round of matches!" Rick the WMAT announcer shouted.

"Doesn't look like it," Krillin muttered from back in the waiting room. He turned and looked at the boy not far away from him who was a year younger, but almost a foot taller than him. The bald boy with six dot-shaped scars on his forehead started snickering as he stared at Sora, passed out with his back against the wall not far away. The bald kid turned to Goku who was on his left and he shrugged his shoulders, "Guess it wouldn't be much of a fight anyway. Hahaha!"

"I don't know Krillin, I don't think it's that weird he's tired after training the whole night," Goku said, oblivious to why his friend was bragging.

Luffy looked a little confused as well and he stared at Sora, "Hey Sora, are you awake?" He questioned the boy who was in here when he arrived a few minutes ago.

Sora snored to answer Luffy's question and the pirate captain sweatdropped. He heard Rick start speaking up again and Luffy readied himself. He took a few deep breaths while Krillin and Goku walked up to him. "Good luck Luffy," Goku told the older teen. "I hope you win."

"Me too," Krillin said, though he looked more nervous as he did. "I sure wouldn't want to go up against the guy who beat Jackie Chun though."

"Yeah, be careful Luffy," Goku added, also feeling nervous for their new friend after seeing what Smoker could do the day before.

"Shishishi, don't worry," Luffy said and he grinned confidently. "I've got some tricks up my sleeve."

"Cool! Are you gonna knock him out like you did everyone else yesterday?" Krillin asked excitedly.

Luffy scratched the back of his head and chuckled, "Actually, I don't know how I did that."

"Then how are you going to beat him?" Goku asked.

Luffy shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know." He clenched a fist and held it in front of him and continued, "But I plan to win.

"So will contestants Monkey D. Luffy and Smoker please come out to the arena?!" Rick shouted into his microphone for all to hear. His friends wished him 'good luck' (except for Sora who was still passed out), and Luffy started walking towards the stage. Rick's voice continued to echo around the WMAT arena, over the cheering crowds, and all the way into the waiting room, "Both of these contestants are new to the tournament, but trust me when I tell you that these are some incredible fighters we have for you today."

When Luffy stepped onto the stage, louder cheers rang out from the very front row and he looked over to see all his friends gathered there. Robin smiled at him from all the way on the left while next to her Nami and Usopp both waved fists in the air and cheered for him, the two of them being very close to each other while they did. A tired-looking Goofy was between their group and their new friends, and he also waved at him and called out his name with a cheer. On his other side there was Master Roshi, Oolong, Launch, Bulma, and even Puar who said that Yamcha wanted her at the tournament so she could return later and tell him all about it. While he looked at them all, something flickered in his vision and he spun his head to the left.

All of the cheering died down and mostly gasps were heard as out from the sky dropped a cloud of smoke. It crashed into the arena and puffs of white, and oddly darker gray smoke shot out all around the side of the stage opposite Luffy. The man who ate the Plume Plume Fruit was in the middle of all that smoke billowing around him. The smoke around the top half of his body dispersed and his face became visible to the spectators, most of whom gulped at the look the white haired man was giving his opponent.

Luffy almost said something cheerful, he almost called the man 'Smokey' and asked what was wrong, but he didn't. Instead, he took off his straw hat and he tossed it to the side at a surprised, but ready Nami who caught it. Luffy closed his eyes, and when he snapped them open he looked a lot more serious than a second ago. "Smoker, I don't know what happened to you, but the look in your eye is different now," Luffy said, while he held up his right hand in front of him. He spread his legs apart and thought, Keyblade. He did not think some crazy summoning like he normally did when he commanded his Keyblade to appear, and when it showed up he did not stare at the cool white hilt or the black key-shaped blade sticking out of it.

"Ah! So this is what the judges told me about," Rick called into the microphone, getting the crowd to look at him before questioning what Luffy was doing. "It seems the tool contestant Luffy is using came from his own body, and though unconventional, it is within the rules for him to use." A few people in the crowd muttered disapproval of the use of a weapon, but most people just nodded confusedly as they wondered where that weapon came from. Rick continued quickly after his announcement, "Now, fighters are you ready?" He saw Luffy give a small nod and grab the hilt of his Keyblade with both hands. He turned the other way and gulped at the look Smoker was giving Luffy, and he could tell that man was ready to go as well. "Okay! Then, let the second match of the twenty second World's Martial Arts Tournament, begin!"

Cheers erupted through the crowd and the fighters shot off towards each other. As soon as Smoker punched towards him, Luffy knew it was smart to pull out the Keyblade as he actually managed to block the Smoke Man's attack. Smoker growled and he bounced off the fist, before spiraling up in the air as Luffy swept at his lower body. His entire form looked like a spring as he swirled up higher and higher. Luffy snapped his head up and he frowned deeper seeing the darkening color to the gray smoke.

"Does, Smoker seem a little, gray?" Nami questioned, and she rubbed her eyes wondering if she was seeing things.

Usopp had a bad feeling in his stomach and he muttered, "Yeah." What the Hell is he doing? Could he have, no… but, those Heartless yesterday, he wasn't there fighting with us. And- Usopp's thoughts scattered and he dropped his jaw as Smoker punched both fists down at Luffy and though his captain jumped backwards, the fists followed after until one collided with his Keyblade, and the other with his face.

The fist that slammed into Luffy's head knocked him backwards, but it did not hurt the man made of rubber very much. The hand opened up though while it pushed him back and Luffy's eyes widened as the man's fingers wrapped around his face. Smoker's fist changed directions and slammed Luffy straight into the ground. All of the smoke in the arena shot back up into Smoker's body that became full for the first time since he dropped from the sky onto stage. He fell out of the air and pulled his right fist back, snarling angrily and making his entire fist cover in black.

"Is that darkness?!" Nami exclaim-whispered at her friends.

Usopp thought the same thing for a second, but then he felt that same strange energy he felt while watching some of Smoker's previous fights. "No," he replied and shook his head, "but, I don't know what it-" Every one of them dropped their jaws as the man slammed that black fist down into Luffy's stomach, and their captain's head snapped up with blood splashing out of his mouth. His eyes bulged and turned red and his chest felt excruciating pain.

"A Marine Captain having that power is quite surprising," Robin spoke up and both Nami and Usopp turned to the black haired older woman. She saw their looks and though she continued to watch she stated, "Haki, Armament Haki." She turned to her comrades, "While working for Crocodile I needed to learn ways to stop him knowing that he would one day turn on me. I learned about his weakness to water, however I also learned of this technique called Haki. It is a technique that can stop even Logia Devil Fruit eaters. It was too difficult for me to learn, but it seems Smoker has some experience with it."

"So he can hurt Luffy, even though he's rubber?" Nami whispered, fear in her voice. She watched as Smoker took the hand he had Luffy's face wrapped with and lifted the pirate up above the ground, before slamming him back down much harder than before and cracking some tiles.

On the left side of the stage, Tien stared in with wide-eyes. The man who defeated Chiaotzu is getting tossed around like a ragdoll! How am I going to beat a man like- NO! I am the strongest! I will defeat him! I will find a way!

Luffy finally managed to swing his Keyblade across his body and break Smoker's arm of smoke with it. The hand around his face faded and Luffy flipped so that he landed down on a foot and a knee. He was panting hard as his mouth and nose had been covered up for a while there, but he pushed himself to his feet after a few seconds and stared across the arena at Smoker who continued glaring at him while making guttural growling noises. His chest hurt a lot and he had no idea how Smoker hurt him so much while he was made of rubber, but he ignored that for now and instead pointed his Keyblade at his opponent. "Oi Smoker," he started, and he frowned at the Marine. "Why are you trying to kill me?"

A few of the spectators who were shocked by the powers and talking loudly to each other quieted down. They stared in with shock just like Luffy's own friends who were stunned to see Luffy like this. Smoker clenched his teeth so hard they felt like they might break. His fists clenched so hard that they turned into smoke to stop his fingernails from cutting into his palms. "Why?" Smoker growled out loud in his darkest tone. "Do you even need to ask?" His eyes were full of rage and he took a step towards Luffy while smoke continued billowing up around him, dark gray smoke. "I am the only Marine left. I will serve Justice!"

Smoker's top half shot off of his lower body and he flew forward. Luffy was faster in his base form now than ever before though, so even without going Gear Second he still managed to dodge and Smoker tried wrapping some of his smokey body around him. Luffy bounced around the stage dodging Smoker's attacks, and he finally pointed his Keyblade forward and called out, "FIRE!" The tip of his Keyblade glowed red while Smoker charged him, and the crowd gasped as a ball of fire shot off of the weapon towards the flying Smoke Man. Smoker's body opened up in the middle though and the fireball went straight through him, making Luffy lower his bottom lip a little, though he was still able to get over it fast enough to dodge Smoker's counterattack.

"Didn't think that would work," Luffy muttered as he landed. "You've seen what the Keyblade can do, so I didn't think you would fall for it twice. You're too smart for that," Luffy continued to frown even as he talked to his opponent.

"Shut up," Smoker growled. "I don't want to hear compliments from a pirate."

"Pirate?" Bulma wondered aloud. She turned her head and saw Nami watching the fight worriedly, not really looking much like a pirate. Though they did call Luffy their 'Captain,' she realized.

"Why are you so mad Smoker?" Luffy asked, still not referring to him as 'Smokey' anymore.

"You know damn well," Smoker snarled. Haki of the Conquering King, a Devil Fruit, powerful enough to take down a Shichibukai, he opened his mouth and said in a deep tone, "You must be stopped."

"Yeah, but I thought we were going to wait until we got back-"

"NO!" Smoker shouted at him. He hunched over and out of his back exploded a huge amount of smoke that wrapped around an entire half of the arena across from Luffy who actually took a step back at the sight of it. Its size was not what made him take a step back, but the swirling black wisps that came out of the cloud that was a darker gray than any smoke Smoker had made before. Smoker did not even notice it though, he just kept glaring ahead at the pirate not ten yards in front of him. "Everyone in the world! EVERYONE! Why do you get to be here?" Smoker shook his head and he looked down a little as he continued to speak in his deep tone, "Millions gone, but you and your crew, you got to survive. Why only you?!"

"You did too," Luffy pointed out, though his eyes were mainly focused on the growing wall of black behind Smoker. "And what about that girl you're looking for, umm, what was her name-"

"TASHIGI IS GONE!" Smoker roared. His dark cloud doubled in size and turned completely black.

The crowd started panicking a long time ago and some were already fleeing, but now even Luffy's friends were backing away from the edge of the stage with scared looks on their faces.

Krillin fell back over the other side of the wall he and Goku were leaning over. He stumbled backwards and yelled up to his best friend, "Goku! Get away from there!" Goku just stayed where he was though, staring at the two competitors he might have to face in a later round.

Sitting inside the waiting room, a young boy leaning against the wall opened up his eyes.

Luffy faced Smoker and he called out, "How do you know that? We found my crew out there, your friend could be-"

Smoker shook his head and did not even feel like explaining it to the pirate in front of him. Actually, the only thing Smoker felt at the moment was rage, and finally he noticed the huge cloud of black coming out of him and filling half of the arena. He had literally darkened the day and everything was covered in shadows. He looked down at his own fists and tried to focus Haki, only for it to work immediately. "So this is what Roronoa meant by the power of darkness," he muttered in a voice loud enough for Luffy and the other three pirates at the edge of the stage to hear him.

"You saw Zoro?!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Zoro was here?!" Nami shouted. She saw movement next to her, and she and Robin watched Usopp clench his white toga around the area of his chest with a pained expression on his face.

"Yes," Smoker snarled. He rose off the ground with black smoke coming out of the bottom of his feet. He rose higher in the air and he continued in a dark tone, "And he only confirmed what I heard from Maleficent. They told me that Tashigi is gone. Her heart, destroyed!" Smoker's look of rage took on another emotion for a second but his anger quickly overcame it. Plumes of smoke started flying down at Luffy who saw them coming at him way to fast and he pressed his hands down on his knees. The pirate bent his legs and pumped his blood to make his entire body start steaming.

"Gear, Second!" Luffy shouted, and he vanished as the smoke collapsed in on him. The black pillars followed him up in the air though as they knew where the fast pirate was going. Luffy still had his Keyblade in his hands as even though he was faster and stronger now, it would mean nothing if he could not hit Smoker. "Jet Key Pistol!" He shouted, and he punched a fist that crashed into the big wall of grayish black smoke behind the Marine and actually cut into it, making Smoker wince.

The announcer on the sidelines of the match was shouting the entire time about how crazy this all was, and how he wished he could run away like most everyone else. Rick ran over to Usopp and was now reporting while leaning over the muscular man's left shoulder, making sure someone strong was in the way of any stray attacks so that he may be able to block them. "And in an amazing turn of events folks, those of you who are still with me, competitor Luffy has actually managed to get a strike in on Smoker. This is truly one of the strangest fights I have ever witnessed folks, and that's saying something!"

Fists of rubber moving faster than the eye could see traded blow for blow with fists of black smoke flying out of Smoker's cloud. The Marine was shrinking down, not because he was getting weaker, but because he knew his surface area was making it easier for Luffy to hit him. He shrank himself down and then shot forward almost as fast as Luffy was moving in his Gear Second form, which startled the pirate who thought he had a huge speed advantage. Smoker's fists kept hitting him, and even though he did not focus Haki into all of them, their was something else causing Luffy pain now. The darkness.

"Now that," Usopp began, his voice sounding deep and serious. He reached up and grabbed the hilt of the broadsword back on his back for today. "That is not Haki," he stated, seeing the wisps of black that came off of Smoker's arms as the man stopped moving for a second. He faced off against Luffy who was down on his hands and knees now that Gear Second had faded off.

Luffy coughed a few times and blood splashed out of his mouth. All of the hits combined were pretty bad, but the pirate captain felt like the one Smoker hit him with first, before he was wary of the Haki, was the most devastating on his body by far. I should have been more careful, he thought, aggravated at himself that he planned out moves that he did not think Smoker had seen before, but did not plan on there being attacks he had not seen Smoker use yet in battle. "Well, time to get serious," he began, his mouth curling up into a bloody smirk as he pushed himself off the ground.

Smoker saw Luffy's smile and instantly his look of rage grew more intense than ever. It faltered though as he heard Luffy's voice, "I won't die here." He looked at the pirate in confusion, and Luffy continued confidently, "I have to find Sanji and Chopper, and I've got to help Zoro if he's in a situation anything like yours Smokey."

"WHAT?!" Smoker yelled.

Luffy's face became more serious and he stepped towards Smoker, yelling loudly, "Snap out of it Smokey! You're supposed to be a good guy!"

"I am a Marine!" Smoker growled loudly at the pirate. "I stand for Justice!"

"Then why are you using the darkness?" Luffy asked just as loud, making Smoker hesitate. "Isn't that what you're so mad at anyway?"

"I'm mad at you!" Smoker roared.

"Why?!" Luffy yelled back. "I didn't take everyone you care about! I didn't defeat your men back in the gorilla world! The darkness did that, and now you're helping it!"

Smoker's furious expression twitched and the man's eyes darted to either side where plumes of black smoke were rising up around him. He heard the insufferable pirate captain in front of him keep shouting, "We were helping you get your friend back. You don't know that Tashigi is gone," Luffy continued and Smoker's face took a look of surprise that Luffy actually remembered his Sergeant's name this time. He was also surprised by what the pirate just said about her, but Luffy kept shouting, "Just because Maleficent told you she was, doesn't mean you should believe her. Bad guys lie a lot!"

Usopp dropped his jaw as from the second Smoker mentioned how Tashigi's heart was gone, he felt bad for the man, but suddenly he realized that he just like Smoker were believing the words of a witch. "And Zoro," Luffy continued, but his speech broke off as he called out his swordsman's name. He was the member of his crew who he had known the longest, the very first person he got to join him on his adventure. "He may have told you, that she, but he…" Luffy faded off.

"Zoro's in a dark place right now!" a voice shouted on Luffy's right and Smoker's left. They spun and saw the opening in the back of the stage that led up to the waiting room had a boy standing there. Sora stood right in the middle while Krillin and Goku looked at his back, the bald one from up near the waiting room where it was safe and the other from where he was leaning over the wall on his right. Sora continued loudly to the group he was traveling with, "But we'll get him, and Tashigi back, Riku and Kairi, and Chopper and Sanji too! We'll save everyone!"

The black smoke coming out of Smoker's fists and from his back started flickering back to dark gray, and occasionally down to even lighter gray or white. Sora stared at the man who was standing there with clenched eyes and fists, fighting an internal battle over what to believe. "Smoker, you are a good man. Please, remember what happened to Clayton?" Smoker clenched his eyes shut even harder and the boy talking him down finished, "You can't use the power of darkness Smoker, it isn't right. If you really do fight for Justice, then do the worlds justice by helping us instead of fighting us, by saving innocent people, by rescuing those lost by the darkness, and by putting everything back the way it should be. That's what I'm trying to do," he told the man, "and though Luffy might not be trying to save the worlds, that's what we've been doing all this time."

"What are they talking about?" the blond-haired announcer questioned as he turned to to people next to him.

Nami flashed a nervous smile and looked at Rick, "Oh don't worry about them, they're crazy." She put a finger next to her head and spun it around a few times which made the announcer and most of their new friends sweatdrop at how stupid an explanation it was, while also being really the only explanation that made any sense at the moment. Master Roshi shook his head a few times at how careless these people were being with keeping their secrets hidden, but it seemed to be worth it as the dark aura surrounding Smoker had almost completely vanished and was getting weaker every second.

All of the smoke finally cleared, and Smoker stood there panting very hard. His heart was racing and he was taking deep breaths trying to calm himself down, What the Hell happened to me? I could barely push that darkness out, it was like it entered my very soul. It almost took over… I can never get that out of control again. Smoker took one more deep breath and then opened his eyes to look across the stage at the pirate still facing him. Luffy's eyes lit up and his mouth curled into a smile, "Smokey!" Smoker frowned and grumbled at the nickname, but his annoyed face had none of the fury shown on it from before. Luffy lifted back up his hands and his Keyblade appeared in them again, "Alright, let's finish our-"

"I forfeit," Smoker muttered. He turned away from the rubberman who dropped his jaw and just stared at the Marine's back as he walked away. "Go ahead to the next round, win us some money. That's what we're here for right?"

"Ehhh?" Luffy asked in a high-pitched voice, now more annoyed than anyone. "Where're you going?!"

Smoker waved him off. It was not a very serious wave so the others figured he would be coming back, he just needed some time to think. The man in a white toga dropped off the side of the stage and walked right by the tall, muscular, bald man who started snarling and glared with all three eyes at Smoker's back. You forfeit? YOU FORFEIT?! How can I test my strength against you now? What was that power you obtained?! He turned back and looked at Luffy who Rick called out was the winner and instantly got swarmed by his friends while he collapsed down to his butt in exhaustion. The one who defeated Chiaotzu must pay, as must Goku who murdered Tao, he saw the kid with spiky black hair running out to congratulate Luffy too, and his rage only grew more intense.

Tien turned around and started walking away, right past Shen and Chiaotzu who saw their pupil and friend respectively marching away. "Tien," Chiaotzu whispered with worry in his voice.

Shen barely followed his apprentice though, his eyes darting back to the stage much quicker. The night before, he planned on going to the hotel Son Goku was staying at and assassinating the boy for his role in murdering Tao, but before he could leave, he got a knock at his door. Roshi, he thought, remembering the old man who he used to call friend, who he trained with under Master Mutaito, the man who passed to them many secrets of their world. Those brats are the Keybearers? Absurd! No matter. Soon, they will leave this world, but in the meantime, I will have my revenge against you, Son Goku.

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"Welcome back folks! For those of you who left during the intense previous matchup, contestant Luffy has made it into the semifinals!" Everyone who only saw Smoker turning into a giant black cloud dropped their jaws as they realized that the opponent was the one who won that matchup. Rick continued announcing to the crowd, "Considering the amount of time we have left, we will have two more matches today, thus finishing the quarterfinal bouts!"

A lot of people started cheering, though some people and animal creatures were too caught up talking about previous matches to pay too much attention. "Now!" Rick shouted as they had waited far long enough for this next match while they tried to regroup their spectators. "Will contestants Krillin and Sora please come to the floor!" He shouted it and Krillin came walking out of the door with a fist raised. Rick started listing off Krillin's previous achievements from the year before while the little man grinned and laughed about it. While Krillin was laughing though, he, and a few other people, were looking around for Sora.

Just outside of the WMAT tournament viewing area, behind a tall wall that blocked them from sight, Sora stood with Luffy and the others next to a fully-finished Gummi Ship. "It's been days! Wack-wack-wack! How have you not found it yet?!" Donald exclaimed between angered quacks.

"Well there's this tournament," Usopp mumbled.

"And there's a big prize," Nami added sheepishly.

"Me and Luffy made it to the finals," Sora continued.

"And now I'm in the semifinals!" Luffy exclaimed.

"The Keyhole could be anywhere," Robin mentioned to the duck. "It may be difficult finding it on such a big world."

"Well then," Donald quacked. "It's time to go. Everyone on the ship." He motioned at the vehicle behind him that definitely looked sturdy, but was less aesthetically pleasing than when they left Traverse Town after receiving the additions to it.

"Aw, do we have to leave now?" Sora complained. He heard his name get called out again and he looked at Donald pleadingly, "Hear that? They're waiting for me."

Donald seemed to think about it for a few seconds, but he started shaking his head. "We've been here for too long," he said and crossed his feathered arms in front of his chest. "We need to get back to searching for the King."

"And Kairi too," Goofy added to the boy standing next to him.

Sora smiled at that addition and he sighed with a smile on his face, "Yeah, I guess you're right-"

"I'm staying," Luffy stated, and everyone spun to the pirate captain. He grinned and continued, "I want to win the tournament first."

"Luffy-" Sora began.

"Who knows when we'll ever be able to come back here?" Nami mentioned. "This world was not even on the map."

"Yeah, but neither was Bikini Bottom," Usopp mentioned.

"And how did we get there?" Nami asked the muscular man standing on her right. "Oh yeah, we crashed." He frowned and nodded his head, agreeing that this was pretty similar to when they crashed on Bikini Bottom.

"But we have to-" Donald began again.

"I'm not going," Luffy stated firmly.

"Gawrsh Donald, the King said to follow the Key," Goofy began to the duck.

"Then, looks like we're staying here a little longer," Sora said with a shrug, though he did not look too disappointed about it. He heard his name get shouted again, this time with an ultimatum about how long he had until he forfeited his match. People were starting to boo and he spun around, "In that case, wish me luck!" He called it out while already running off.

Donald threw his arms up exasperatedly, but as everyone else turned and followed Sora, he quacked at them to wait for him and chased them down. The duck only stopped to turn on the ship's cloaking mechanism so no one would find it before joining up with the others. The group pushed through the crowd at stage-side with many people moving out of the way when they saw Luffy with them, after seeing or hearing about his win in the previous matchup. Luffy threw his arms over the stage and grabbed the opposite wall with his rubber powers, shocking many people who still were not used to it, and he threw himself over Sora and Krillin who were both now on the stage.

"Haha, I didn't think you were going to show up!" Krillin laughed over at Sora.

"Wouldn't miss it," Sora bragged, though a bead of sweat did roll down the left side of his face considering he almost did miss the fight. He held his right and left hand down to the right side of his hip and a flash of light glowed there for a second. In his grasp formed a Keyblade, Three Wishes, with a curved hilt and a gold color coating the entire weapon.

"Another one," someone in the crowd behind Usopp whispered.

"What are those things?"

"How does he make it appear like that?"

Krillin was staring at the Keyblade nervously but he turned back to Sora and smirked at him again. Both boys had beads of sweat on their faces, but Krillin looked the more confident of the two. "I've seen what that thing can do. Don't think you're going to get me like you got Nam."

"Haha," Sora laughed. Trying to sound cool, he said, "I know. I'll beat you some different way." His words made Krillin frown and the shorter boy in an orange gi snapped his hands up in a fighting stance. Sora could see barely any holes in Krillin's stance, and the bald kid's face took on a much more intense look to it.

Sora rose up his Keyblade a little from his regular stance, getting nervous by the look of Krillin's stance and wondering if he should protect the top half of his body better. He could hear Rick in the background calling out that the match was about to begin, but he was focused on his breathing, and the breathing of his opponent. Krillin's strong. You saw his last fight in the preliminaries. He defeated his opponent with one hit, and I almost lost. I need to go with it from the very start.

"Then let the match-" Rick was about to finish shouting when Sora's body surrounded in bright light and when it was gone the boy was now holding two Keyblades, his Three Wishes and the one he received from the Deep Jungle, Jungle King. His clothes were all red, and he had a more confident look on his face. He shot Rick a look, and the announcer holding a hand up in the air said, "Oh yeah," he brought down his arm and yelled into the microphone, "Begin!"

The two fighters vanished. At least to most people they did. Nami lowered her bottom lip as she lost sight of Sora. She had seen him use Valor Form before, but never before had she seen, or not seen, him so fast. When he and Krillin reappeared they were in the center of the stage, Krillin pressing his right elbow up against one of Sora's Keyblades. The bald boy who was almost a foot shorter than Sora was not struggling too hard to push back against the weapon, and when Sora swung down with his other Keyblade, Krillin took a small step to his left making the weapon miss and slam down into the stage below.

Usopp's eyes widened at the dodge Krillin made. He had time to dodge much further, but he only dodged the amount he needed to in order for Sora to miss. No unnecessary motions. He's good. Even better than Yamcha I'd say. Usopp's assumptions were proven true as when Sora tried swiping back up with that one and across with the one Krillin was already parrying, Krillin dodge-rolled to the left and hopped up just as fast, kicking sideways for Sora's head. Sora barely ducked under it and his brown hair got swiped through by a leg, and Sora had to cross his Keyblades right away as Krillin came back down with a left punch. The younger teen realized too late that Krillin's punch was a feint and that another kick was coming from Krillin's other side this time.

The leg knocked Sora back a few feet and the boy oofed, but he still rose his Three Wishes and blocked Krillin's follow-up punch. The smirking Turtle Hermit student who thought he had gotten Sora lost the smirk, but stayed focused as he hopped up over Sora's Keyblades and tried punching down at the top of the kid's head. Sora pointed both Keyblades up though and he called out, "Fire!"

Krilln's arms that were punching down he brought back up and crossed in front of himself for protection as he continued over Sora's head. He had his eyes clenched shut since he thought he was about to be burned, but after a second he opened his eyes in surprise seeing that Sora was over ten feet away from him. He landed the next second down on a knee, but he pushed himself up to both feet just as fast. Sora smirked at him and Krillin pointed a finger, "Hey! What was that?"

Sora shrugged, then said, "Hey, just because I said 'fire' didn't mean I was actually going to use it." The kid started chuckling and he sweatdropped as that was really just an excuse, he had kind of forgotten about the "no magic during Valor" rule. He's so fast and strong. Even in Valor I can barely hold him off. Sora calmed himself down and he held back up his two weapons. Need to keep fighting before Valor runs out. He was the one to charge this time, and an annoyed Krillin lifted up his arms to defend as Sora reached him. This time though, Sora brought both Keyblades in on the left side and Krillin tried to block with only his right arm. The force from both magical weapons while Sora was in Valor form pressed against Krillin and knocked back his guard, surprising the boy right before the blunt blades slashed across his body and made him yell out.

Sora slashed back and forth for a second, but he couldn't even finish his combo before Krillin ducked down beneath one of the attacks. Sora kept swinging anyway though and as Krillin leapt backwards to dodge him, Sora swung one very hard swing of his Keyblades right as one started to vanish. His clothes lit back up and turned their normal half-red half-white colors, but meanwhile a giant slash of air was flying at Krillin who was descending towards it and looked like he had no way to avoid it.

Krilln's little black pupils widened for a second in panic. "Krillin!" Goku called out, not seeing a way for his best friend to avoid the attack. Master Roshi frowned as it looked like his student was already defeated, and in such a short time. Sora's friends grinned, and then everyone dropped their jaws as Krillin opened up his mouth and sucked in the biggest breath of air he could. His body filled up more and more, and he turned into a round ball-shaped person falling slower out of the air so that Sora's slash went right below him.

"Whoa! What?!" Sora shouted.

"He stole the Gum Gum Balloon!" Luffy accused.

"I have no idea how he did it without a rubber body, but I'm impressed," Nami said.

Krillin landed on the ground and he let out his air. Roshi stared at his pupil in amazement and Goku cheered his friend on from the wall where he and Luffy were watching the fight. They were the only two in the back area, except for the semi-finalist named Gurgle who was standing closer to the entryway to the stage, staring straight at Sora. Sora told Krillin it was a nice move, and Krillin smirked, saying it was only one of his many awesome moves he'd learned over the last three years.

"Three years?" Usopp wondered aloud. "He's been training for this for that long?" He turned to Master Roshi who was standing on his left just past Goofy.

"That's right, and I believe Krillin has improved the most of my three students. Watching him now he's like an entirely different fighter from three years ago," Roshi nodded his head at his pupil who returned to his fighting stance to face Sora who only had one Keyblade now, his Three Wishes again. "I don't think Sora will be able to face him without using that form of his. Its time limit really is a hindrance."

"Oh no," Nami whispered.

"Go for it Krillin!" Bulma cheered.

"You can do it kid!" Launch shouted as well.

Nami looked over and saw Bulma smirk at her and then rub her fingers together showing she was still looking forward to that bet. Nami gulped and looked back at the stage, "You can do it Sora! Win!"

Usopp smiled at the orange haired woman next to him and then pumped a fist up in the air as well, "So-ra! So-ra!"

Nami joined in with him and then Luffy as well from over at the other side of the arena. Bulma was not going to be outdone though and she started chanting, "Kril-lin! Kril-lin!" The audience split half and half and everyone started cheering out the name of the fighter they wanted to win.

"And listen to how into this match the crowd is folks! Well, actually I guess you don't have to listen since you're the ones shouting!" Rick announced.

Krillin took a deep breath and then grinned over at Sora, "That was a good move, but it's over now that you used up your trump card."

"Oh you think so huh?" Sora questioned back, keeping a smile on his face that kind of threw Krillin off.

The smile Sora had threw more than just Krillin off, as some of the spectators just talking about this gained confused looks. Roshi could tell the kid was not bluffing, but Usopp and Nami looked at each other confusedly. Krillin called Sora out for being a liar, and he sprinted across the arena towards Sora, then kicked with his left leg. Sora rose his Keyblade and blocked the leg, then pushed the Keyblade to the other side and blocked Krillin's next kick, then back, then back, blocking every kick the shorter boy swung at him. He slashed with his Keyblade and Krillin ducked, then the bald boy punched with his left hand, only for Sora to block with his free hand, actually catching Krillin's hand and pushing it away in one motion. He slashed down at Krillin's head but Krillin moved slightly and caught the center of the shaft by wrapping his elbow around it. Sora punched forward with his free hand though to make Krillin loosen up his grip and he tugged the Keyblade out, only to be hit by one of Krillin's legs, one that made him wince, but snap right back forward and slash at the boy who had to block his Keyblade once again.

"Whoa! How is he doing that?" Usopp exclaimed, actually shocked by what he was seeing. I spent three years training on a world with Gods and Demigods walking among the people. But Sora, he's, he's progressing faster than I can imagine!

"Well," a voice spoke up between Usopp and Roshi who were both staring in shock at the fight in front of them. They turned inwards and saw Goofy standing there with droopy eyes, and the tall dog-guy yawned before continuing, "Sora and me were up all night fighting the Hear-" he stopped as a still-annoyed Donald slammed his wand down into Goofy's shin to get him to shut up before he revealed anything about the Heartless.

"Oh, Donald," Nami began in a whisper while Goofy yelped and jumped around on one foot. "Master Roshi somehow knows about the Heartless already," she informed the duck who missed their talk with him the day before. Donald spun to the old man in surprise and Roshi nodded at the creature in a serious way before turning back to the fight. Donald figured he could question the man more about it later and he turned to the stage as well to continue watching Sora's fight.

Although Sora was managing to keep up with Krillin, once Krillin got over this fact it was hard for Sora to match him. Krillin had trained in martial arts for much longer, and much harder than Sora had. The kid with a shaved head quickly learned that Sora had little experience making feints, or judging when Krillin himself was making one. Krillin started faking two, three attacks each time, some of which seemed obvious to Luffy, Goku, and some of the more skilled martial artists watching, but difficult for Sora to determine. The kid's increased speed and strength did not save him from a barrage of punches that ended with two kicks that sent him sprawling to the floor and tumbling across the arena floor.

Krillin started laughing and he was about to say something, but Sora pressed a hand down on the ground and slowly pushed himself back up. He looked across the stage at Krillin, and now that they had some distance he pointed his Keyblade up in the air, "Thundara!" A black cloud opened up above Krillin and five lightning bolts dropped out of the sky around him. The kid tried dodging them all, but one hit him in the left arm and while he was shocked, another zapped him on top of his shiny bald head.

His whole body filled with static and he stumbled around for a second, only to heard the word, "Blizzara" get shouted much closer to him. He focused in front of him and saw a blurry figure running at him, but a wall of white and blue blocked him out from Sora for a second as the blizzard from his attack slammed into the front of Krillin's body. The boy shivered and he jumped backwards to get away from it, only to see a ball of fire flying through the ice.

Once Sora sent the fireball flying, he took a few deep breaths and muttered, "Cure." He had barely any MP left, but that was why he saved using Cure until the very end. He wouldn't be able to use all that other magic if he had wasted it on Cure in the beginning. He felt a little rejuvenated once the green magic soaked through him, and he smirked through all of his fading magical attacks to look for Krillin on the other side of it. The shorter boy was there alright, but he was not lying on the ground moaning like Sora was hoping for.

Magic! Dodon Rays! Why can I only use my fists… well, I mean Goku can do it, so why not try? He held his hands out to the sides and mumbled, "Kamehameha," and pushed his hands forward. Out from his hands came a small puff of blue light and Krillin's eyes opened wide as he realized he really did have the potential for it. The bald boy covered in a few burns and scratches looked across the arena to his opponent who was panting pretty hard, "I'll hand it to you Sora, you can pack a punch. But now it's my turn," Krillin put his hands down at his right side and put his wrists together, "KAME-"

"What is he-" Nami began, but stopped as someone started shouting near her.

Everyone around them looked in at Master Roshi who was panicking and shouting at his pupil, "You can't Krillin! You aren't ready for the Kamehameha Wave!"

"What would that be?" Nico Robin questioned.

"Oh you'll see," the pig named Oolong said and he rubbed his hands together. "My man Krillin there has got this match in the bag."

"HAME!" Krillin shouted, and in between his palms formed a ball of blue light.

"You can do it Krillin!" Goku shouted, while Luffy looked at the bald boy in amazement.

"Krillin NO!" Master Roshi shouted.

I need Valor Form back now! That attack looks way too strong to handle! Come on, didn't I take enough damage! Didn't I deal enough myself to fill back up the Drive Gauge? Come on! Sora panicked and took a step back, and another one as the ball of light in Krillin's hands grew even larger still as Krillin slammed his hands forward. "HAAAA!" Krillin yelled.

A ball of blue light flew away from Krillin and left a beam flying after it from Krillin's hands all the way to the ball at the end. It moved faster than most people could see, a five foot diameter ball of energy tearing straight at Sora whose eyes opened wide in the second before it hit him. Suddenly, the idea of the tournament and having fun wiped from the minds of all of Sora's friends. Even Krillin himself dropped his jaw and Goku shouted at him to stop this time instead of Master Roshi who looked down ashamedly.

"I never should have shown them that technique," he said in a depressed tone. No one around him even heard his words though, they were too busy staring at the giant explosion that filled up almost half of the stage and rose higher than the walls on the back of it.

Luffy's eyes grew wider and wider and the pirate leaned over the wall he was on towards the heat of the explosion. "SORA!" He shouted.

"WAAWAWA!" Donald quacked at the top of his lungs and he ran at the side of the stage with Goofy.

Krillin lowered his hands and he looked down at them in shock. Donald and Goofy grabbed the side of the arena. Rick shouted something and most of the audience were either staring in shock or wincing and looking away as they thought of what remained of the boy inside that explosion who looked so nervous right before it hit him. Then everyone froze. A gust of wind rushed through all of the animals' fur and feathers, and humans shivered as the gusts flew by them. Luffy stopped trying to climb off the wall, Donald and Goofy stopped trying to climb up, and Goku, Krillin, and Master Roshi all looked at the stage in confusion.

A huge cloud of smoke covered the area where the blue explosion faded, but now that smoke was getting pushed around and swirling back and forth. All at once, the smoke shot out in every direction. Spectators lifted their arms to protect themselves from it, and people started coughing as smoke filled their lungs. Coughs sounded over the speakers as even Rick seemed to have breathed in some of the smoke.

"Ladies and, ack ack, gentlemen," Rick shouted and he started rubbing his sunglasses with one hand while he spoke. "In some sort of strange event, the smoke has cleared, and-" he hesitated as he finished wiping his glasses, and then the announced dropped the microphone in his hands.

"Wh-Wh-Wh-What?!" Krillin shouted, taking a step back as he looked at the creature ahead of him. The beast looked just like Sora, well, it kept his body and hair shape. It had turned entirely black though. Sora looked down at his hands and feet. Drive Form kicked in, but I went into this strange Anti-Form again. I thought it had to do with me being angry last time, but maybe, maybe it's just because I've used Valor form too many times in a row. I never did ask Merlin what caused this. Sora lifted up his head and looked at Krillin who took a step back and stared scared back into Sora's eyes. Use his fear, the black creature thought.

Without Keyblade in hand, Sora shot across the arena at Krillin even faster than he did while in Valor Form. Krillin was still panicking so he barely managed to bring up his left arm in a block, but then yelled out anyway as Sora's hand had sharp claws of darkness sticking out of them. His entire body was covered in wisps of darkness that kept rising and fading away in the air. Sora slashed once at Krillin, then swiped back and forth like crazy before doing a flip and coming down with a kick.

"Is that Sora?" Goku asked Luffy who was staring down with his lower lip still dropped.

The pirate heard the kid's question and turned, then looked back at the stadium and nodded his head a few times. "Yeah, that's him." Wow Sora. You really are strong. I can't wait for the championship match. I want to fight you the most!

Sora was relentless. He was like an animal, and Krillin could barely dodge and block fast enough. Krilin saw an opening though and he jumped forward, slamming a fist into Sora's unprotected chest. The black form flew backwards and tumbled across the floor a few times, before Sora slammed his hands and feet into the ground and skid back, dragging claw marks through the solid tiles. Krillin gulped as he saw how easily Sora cut through the ground, and he looked down at his arms that were now covered in scratches.

"Is that really you Sora?" Krilin asked as the creature got back up on all fours again. Sora looked at him with a face like one of those of those monsters that attacked them the day before. "Alright then," Krillin said. He frowned angrily over at the boy who not only survived the Kamehameha, but made Krillin worry about him too. "Then I'm going to keep fighting!" He charged again, not risking another move that he had not perfected, and going with the techniques he had trained for years. He charged and punched and kicked at Anti-Form Sora who may have been as fast and strong as him, but had none of his magic from earlier.

Sora frowned mentally as Krillin seemed to notice this weakness in his form and went on an even harder offensive. Sora saw Krillin charging from his left, so he did a three-sixty spin with his claws out that managed to catch Krillin on his right when the bald boy tried faking and jumping to his other side. The front of Krillin's gi got torn open with three cuts through it, and some trickles of blood came out the front of his uniform. Krillin lifted up a hand and grabbed his chest, then looked in front of him in panic as Sora brought his arm back again. Sora swung his claw forward, and he smacked an open, white, palm into the center of Krillin's chest.

Both Krillin and Sora looked down at Krillin's chest for a second and at the human hand planted firmly against it. They lifted back up their heads and looked into each other's eyes realizing at the same time that Sora was no longer in Anti-Form. Sora jumped backwards and Krillin did the same, both of them panting heavily, and both falling down to one knee as they gained distance from each other.

Rick ran back up to the stage and grabbed his microphone from the side of it. "Well folks, that was weird! But it seems like Sora's strange technique was not enough to stop the powerful Krillin!"

Krillin heard that praise and smirked, standing back up to his feet. He kept panting and was looking over at Sora in annoyance, but he wiped some blood from his lip and stated loudly to the kid still on his knees. "Alright, counterattack!" He pointed his head down so the shiny part was facing Sora and he charged, swinging his arms madly at the boy who had to stagger up to his feet to try and stop Krillin.

Sora tried blocking the attacks that definitely seemed less coordinated than before, but Krillin was too much for him even in an angered, cloudy state. Sora made his original Kingdom Key appear in his hands and he tried blocking as best he could. Blood splashed out of Sora's mouth as Krillin landed a heavy punch into the side of Sora's jaw. The boy went spinning through the air, but he mumbled out, "Cure," and green light surrounded him, making him feel just a little better before he slammed into the ground and got hurt even more.

Krillin frowned as he saw a cut on Sora's arm fade, while his cuts were still bleeding bad. He looked at his own chest and some more sweat appeared on his face as he realized those cuts Sora's dark form got him with were deeper than he originally thought. All the adrenaline was taking his pain receptors down, allowing him to focus on the fight instead of his injuries. The same could be said for Sora though, who was staring back at Krillin with one droopy eye, blood trickling out the corners of his mouth, and shaky legs.

I need a plan! I, I could go Valor again, my Drive Gauge doesn't feel like it went down at all for becoming Anti-Form. Guess it's more of an annoyance than anything considering I can't heal during it. But, I can't heal in Valor either. It won't be enough anyway. I can't use magic and that's been what's most effective against him! Sora saw Krillin catching his breath and he could tell from the look on the martial artist's face that Krillin meant for this next attack to be the final one.

If he keeps healing himself I'll run out of stamina before him. I need to end it here, no matter what. Krillin pulled one arm down to his side with a clenched fist and lifted his other hand in front of his body with two fingers curled outwards.

He's not just relying on strength and power. Valor can't defeat a fighter like Krillin. I need something that can! I need strategy. I need wisdom, and intelligence. What if, what if those other forms Merlin talked about… what if they can be taken on just like Valor form? Sora's eyes lit up and he held up his Keyblade in a more determined way, staring forward at Krillin as if daring him to attack. Think Sora! He thought while Krillin started charging at him. I need powerful magic! Magic, and a strategy to beat Krillin. Give me strength, Drive!

A bright white light surrounded Sora as Krillin was almost at him, and the short teenager with six dot-shaped scars on his forehead slowed down a little. He hoped not to see the dark form appearing again, though he was ready to charge that one or the red one if need be. What he saw though made him hesitate, and that hesitation gave Sora the chance to look down at his body in amazement. His clothes had changed color to blue, including his yellow shoes that were now bright blue. Though he was still just holding his Kingdom Key in his right hand, the end of the weapon was shimmering white light. He looked down at his feet and watched as they lifted off the ground a tiny bit, and his shoes and legs covered in a blue light.

Krillin stopped hesitating and decided to charge his opponent, yelling out a war cry as he did. Sora tried backing up, and his eyes opened wide as did his friends' as his feet literally glided across the top of the arena. The bright lights around his legs shimmered and he jumped up in the air as he slid away, doing a flip in midair and pointing his Keyblade at Krillin. As he pointed it, a beam of white light shot out of his weapon and flew down into the bald boy who was still chasing him. The attack hit Krillin in the forehead and the kid got knocked back on his butt. His pupils lifted up and went cross-eyed at the burnt point in his forehead.

"Coool!" Sora exclaimed as he landed back on the ground and kept sliding around like the entire stage was made of ice. He started racing around and around while pointing his Keyblade at Krillin, I needed a form for long-distance, and I got it! I can feel the Drive Gauge going down fast though! Need to finish him quick. He charged at Krillin and yelled out, "Fire!" right as Krillin was getting up. Instead of firing a fireball at the short man, two streams of fire surrounded Sora's body and started spinning around like crazy right as he crashed into the shorter boy.

"Ahh!" Krillin yelled and got knocked back in the air. Sora pointed up his Keyblade and fired a few more white beams of light, then did a flip off the ground that he could not stop gliding on and yelled out, "Blizzard!" Instead of a cloud of ice shooting at Krillin, four larger chunks of ice shot in different directions, then all seemed to lock onto Krillin who they flew towards and slammed down into the ground.

"Thunder!" Sora yelled, but Krillin started rolling out of the way to dodge. "Thunder! Thunder! Thunder!" Sora yelled, not worried about his magic bar as he felt confident his new power was going to take him all the way to the end of the fight without needing to recharge. He could barely feel any Magical Power getting drained from him, but he did notice every time he used an attack his Drive Form's time limit would go down faster. Need to end this now! Sora thought, and he lifted up the yellow hilt of the Kingdom Key above his head and shouted, "THUNDER!"

The bolts Krillin was dodging at fast speeds were coming down all over the place, but the boy knew what he had to do. Just wait out his form and defeat him with your next attack! You can do it Krillin! He cheered himself on, but when he heard Sora yell out that last attack super-loud, he looked up in the air and dropped his jaw. There was nowhere he could run. So much lightning fell from the sky that it looked like rain. And as Krillin got zapped in all that raining lightning, he could barely hear Goku calling out his name for him to dodge, and his eyes stayed closed as the silver blade of Sora's weapon slammed into his face, knocking him up in the air, and out of the battlefield.

Sora landed down on the floor of the arena and his pristine, bright blue clothing suddenly faded back to his normal, beat-up and dirty attire. He stared off the side of the stage and watched as Krillin landed down on the grass outside of the ring. Rick, just like everyone else, stayed quiet for a second. Then, right before the roars of applause started, the announcer lifted up the microphone to his mouth and shouted, "Krillin is outside the arena! Sora wins the match!"

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A/N Whoohoo! Luffy and Sora both win their matches against some fierce competition. Having Smoker come along with the crew was inevitable after the Deep Jungle, but I felt just having him have some petty squabbles with the crew on the occasional world was not really enough conflict and he needed real character development to get him to be more at peace with his current situation. Now though, Smoker will have calmed down and def be more compliant, however the Dragon Ball Z world is not over yet. The tournament is coming to an end, Tien is looking for a way to become more powerful, and Zoro is still lurking about. The Gummi Ship is fixed but the crew decides to stay just a little longer. This world has lasted a great many chapters but there's only 1 left (1 and 1/2 really), but the next chapter is the climax so I hope you're excited. Anyway, thanks for reading! 'Till next time!