Chapter 26: Spirits Of Hope
In Hinata's mindscape, Naruto noticed the Gem and then turned around and looked Hinata and Steven in the bubble.
"What's going on?" asked Naruto.
"This is a dream." Said Steven.
"Yeah a dream!" agreed Hinata blushing bright red.
"So that's what you look like now?" asked Gem Hinata, "Can't say I'm not impressed, but that's nothing if you haven't gotten stronger in the past 5 years."
Naruto glared at Gem Hinata.
Meanwhile in Mirajane's mindscape.
"Did I hear you correctly?" asked Gem Mirajane, "You just lost to Gray?"
"I didn't lose to him!" yelled Natsu.
"Oh angry… what did you beat you in becoming an S Class?" asked Gem Mirajane.
That was when flames surrounded Natsu.
"He just got lucky!" yelled Natsu.
Gem Mirajane's eye ticked.
"Didn't see that coming." muttered Gem Mirajane.
Meanwhile in Nami's Mindscape, Luffy stared at the Gem Nami.
"Why is there an evil clone?" asked Luffy.
"Long story." Said Nami.
"Who's the kid?" asked Luffy.
"This is Steven, he's my new friend…" said Nami.
"Hey! It's so great to meet you!" said Steven with his eyes sparkling.
Gem Nami scowled and knew she couldn't use her staff on him. She decided to punch him. However Luffy caught it.
"What do you think you're doing?" asked Luffy with a look in his eye that was only reserved for his toughest opponents.
Gem Nami managed to get out his grip.
"I don't know who you are or why you look like Nami… but I'm going to kick your…" said Luffy.
"Little kid!" yelled Nami.
"Oh what! I used all the time when I was his age." Said Luffy.
"Yeah, but considering your grandpa I wouldn't be surprised." Said Nami.
Gem Nami scowled at the bickering then got an idea.
She used a mirage to disguise her presence.
However Luffy noticed she was gone however he looked at where she was.
"Gum Gum Pistol!" he thought punching the air.
"How did you know where I was?" asked Gem Nami.
"I've gotten a lot stronger in the past three years." Said Luffy.
Gem Nami stared at Luffy, she would have to come up with a plan to beat him.
Back in Hinata's mindscape.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" called out Naruto.
Gem Hinata scowled.
"Stupid Shadow Clones." Muttered Hinata, "I can't ever tell which is which…"
The clones began to attack Gem Hinata.
As she fought off the clones, Natsu gauged Gem Hinata's attacks.
"Man I have to go easy on her." Sighed Naruto.
"What do you mean go easy on me?" asked Gem Hinata.
"Hey! That's not fair!" yelled Steven.
However Hinata knew what her meant.
"Naruto's gotten a lot stronger in the past few years." She said blushing, "Something tells me I can't measure up to him…"
Steven looked at Hinata and nodded.
Back in Mirajane's mind space.
"Fire Dragon Roar!" called out Natsu.
Natsu breathed fire at Gem Mirajane , however she summoned her wings and flew away.
"That's not going to be enoguh Dragneel." Said Gem Mirajane.
"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" called out Natsu jumping into the air and giving a fiery punch to Gem Mirajane.
"I've gotten a lot stronger in the past few years." Muttered Natsu glaring at her.
However Gem Mirajane recovered.
"But will it be enoguh to beat me." Gem Mirajane who sent out a purple beam at him.
The beam sent Natsu flying.
Mirajane and Steven watched him.
"This is bad…" said Mirajane, "I don't know what the power level comparison is…"
"Come on Natsu you can do it." Cheered Steven.
Natsu managed to get up.
Back outside in the real world, with Garnet and Amazonite's fight. Amazonite was breathing heavily.
"I won't lose!" cried Amazonite.
Garnet looked at the Homeworld Gem.
"How old are you?" she asked.
Amazonite began to blush.
"What?" asked Amazonite, "Why are you asking that?"
"You bought it up a few times that you're young." Said Garnet.
"That's none of your business." Said Amazonite.
Garnet just started at her.
"Fine…" said Amazonite who mumbled something.
"What was that?" asked Garnet.
"I'm under a millennium! Okay!" yelled Amazonite.
Garnet was shocked.
"You're a child." Said Garnet.
Amazonite didn't respond.
Back in Nami's mindscape, Gem Nami started a barrage of attacks involving punching Luffy.
However Luffy dodged each punch like they were nothing.
"How can you be this strong!" yelled Gem Nami.
"Hey! Nami!" called out Luffy turning to Nami, "You didn't get my message?"
"What message?" asked Nami.
"You know the one I sent the second time I went to Marineford." Said Luffy.
"You're open!" yelled Gem Nami trying to punch him, but he dodged.
"You went to Marineford… TWICE…" muttered Nami.
Luffy turned towards Gem Nami.
"Okay! I'll take you more seriously!" said Luffy who seemed to be sweating.
"Seriously…" said Gem Nami.
Steven saw Luffy's reaction.
"I think he's more scared of you than he is of her." Said Steven.
Nami's only reaction could be a face palm.
Back in Hinata's mindscape.
Gem Hinata began a barrage of attacks. However Naruto just dodged them or sent his clones.
Many of the clones did mange to get good hits in.
"Tell me now! What do you mean go easy on me!" yelled Gem Hinata who felt really insulted.
One of the Narutos decided she needed to talk to her.
"Look I'm sorry, but I've gotten really strong." Said Naruto.
Gem Hinata began to tear up.
"Burt I've gotten so much stronger… isn't that enoguh?" asked Gem Hinata.
"I'm sorry…" said Naruto.
However Gem Hinata gave an evil smirk and attacked Naruto's heart.
However he suddenly went poof.
"Another clone!" yelled Gem Hinata.
"I learned something." Said one of the Narutos, "That when a Shadow Clone goes poof it retains its memories..."
Gem Hinata gritted her teeth.
"I'll have to be careful incase you do that again." Said Naruto.
Meanwhile in Mirajane's Mindscape. Gem Mirajane started using Darkness Stream while Natsu punched them away.
That was when Natsu got an idea.
"Hey! Evil Mira!" yelled Natsu.
"What?" asked Gem Mirajane not liking the nickname.
"You want to know when Elfman and Evergreen are going to get married." said Natsu.
"What?" asked Gem Mirajane.
That was when Natsu got a really good punch in.
"Why you…" muttered Gem Mirajane.
Steven stared at this… then Mirajane started crying.
"What's wrong?" asked Steven.
"I know it was probably just a dirty trick… but the thought of Elfman and Evergreen having a baby…" said Mirajane.
Steven stared at Mirajane, started crying again.
"Don't cry Mira." Said Steven.
What she pictured was a very ugly baby.
Back in the real world Garnet looked at Amazonite who looked really embarrassed.
Garnet didn't know what do ask first.
Amazonite sighed and cleared it up.
"Thanks to my unique abilities it was decided to have me enter missions much sooner than most gems." She explained, "Maxixe is nice to me… she understands that I'm young. I'd probably get in less trouble than Eudialyte and Danburite if they were the ones that the Hybrid escape."
"I see…" said Garnet.
"So don't you dare underestimate me just because I'm a little kid!" pouted Amazonite.
She summoned many of her chakram and threw them all at Garnet.
"Let's get back on track!" said Amazonite.
Back in Nami's mindscape.
Luffy started to fight back against Gem Nami.
As Gem Nami was flung into a wall Luffy realized something.
"Hey! Nami what's going on?" asked Luffy.
"You finally ask now?" asked Nami.
Luffy laughed at her reaction.
"You're in my mind." Said Nami, "That evil version of me is a personality that evil aliens created to take over my body. I can't fight her so Steven brought you in to fight for me."
"Okay…" said Luffy, "Wait… aliens are involved?"
"Yeah." Sighed Nami.
"So if I beat her then she won't take over you body." Said Luffy.
Nami nodded.
"Okay it's time I get really serious." Said Luffy with a determined looking his eye.
In Hinata's mindscape Naruto sighed and one of his clones went up to Hinata and Steven.
"Okay what's really going on?" asked the Naruto clone, "Because this doesn't seem like a dream."
Hinata sighed.
"I was abducted by aliens right before you left and she's an evil personally they created to take control of my body." Said Hinata.
The clones' eyes turned to dots.
"What?" he asked.
"We're in my mind right now and Steven somehow brought you." Said Hinata.
The clone looked at Steven.
"So if I beat her you'll be okay?" asked Naruto.
Hinata nodded.
The clone went poof.
"All right it's time to get serious." Said the real Naruto as he was joined by two clones.
Gem Hinata looked at the real Naruto and his clones.
"This doesn't looks good." said Gem Hinata.
In Mirajane's Mindscape things were looking good for Natsu.
"What running out flames already?" taunted Gem Mirajane.
"Why you." Muttered Natsu trying to punch her however Gem Mirajane caught the punch.
She then kicked him hard into a wall.
"You're a bit stronger than we last saw each other, but still not strong enoguh." Said Gem Mirajane.
Both Steven and Mirajane watched the fight.
Both of them were worried.
"get up Natsu!" cheered Steven.
Mirajane on the other and was thinking.
"Steven I have an idea!" said Mirajane.
"What?" asked Steven.
She whispered it to him and he nodded.
They put their hands together and soon a fire that was a mix of pink and white erupted.
Natsu managed to get up and he noticed the fire.
"Natsu! Catch!" called out of Mirajane tossing the fire at Natsu.
Natsu caught the fire, he looked at the flames and nodded.
Gem Mirajane saw the fire and began to get scared.
"Those flames are created from their love and admiration…" said Gem Mirajane she began t panic., "If he eats those flames…"
Natsu ate the flames.
Natsu smiled, "That had to be the sweetest fire I ever had… all right now I'm all fired up!"
Steven's eyes were sparkling, he had wanted to see Natsu eat fire ever since he heard about that ability plus he heard about his catch phrase.
However something unexpected happened, some of the skink around Natsu eyes and arms became scale like.
"You have got to be kidding me!" yelled Gem Mirajane.
Back in in Nami's mindscape , Gem Nami watched as Luffy's arm became black and shiny.
"What… how is he able do that?" asked Gem Nami.
"You didn't hear about my training." Said Luffy.
Gem Nami began to shake.
Back in Hinata's mindscape she watched as the two clones helped Naruto form a Jutsu.
It was a swirling ball of what looked to be chakra that was mixed with wind.
"That attack! It looks really powerful! I thought you said you were going easy on me!" said Gem Hinata.
"I am." Admitted Naruto, "This is hardly my strongest Jutsu."
"What?" asked Gem Hinata who was in shock.
Back in Mirajane's Mindscape.
"With a flame on the right hand and a flame on the left hand!" said Natsu as flames appeared on his hands.
Gem Mirajane however started trembling in fear.
"When you put them together!" called out Natsu as he placed his hands together forming a gigantic fireball.
Both Mirajane and Steven watched amazed.
"Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" called out Natsu.
He sent the fireball at Gem Mirajane who screamed as the fire engulfed her. Once the flames died down it was clear she went poof and all that was left behind was her gemstone.
Outside in the real world the conversion gems attacking the walls near the field.
"None of this is working!" yelled Erza.
However that was when suddenly the machine with Mirajane's gem caught on fire.
The fire destroyed the machine but left Mirajane's gem untouched.
"Why did is suddenly catch on fire?" asked Lapis as she didn't leave Steven's side.
"It can't be…" said Lisanna.
"That should be impossible." Said Erza.
Both of them sensed that somehow those flames belonged to Natsu.
In Maxixe's office she laid little attention to the fights between her underlings the Crystal Gems but only paid attention to the status to the programing.
That was when she got the notice that Mirajane's failed.
"What… it failed… how?" asked Maxixe.
Back with Pearl and Danburite.
"Looks like one of them failed." Said Danburite.
Back in Hinata's mindscape Naruto was done charging the attack, which was a ball of spinning Chakra with small wind blades coming out of it.
"Wind Release: Rasengan!" called out Naruto.
Steven and Hinata were amazed at what they saw.
"Oh wow!" yelled Steven.
"He's gotten so much stronger." Said Hinata blushing a little.
He slammed the attack in Gem Hinata's stomach. The attack created a tornado like vortex.
This of course made her go poof leaving behind the gemstone.
Outside in the room that held the machine, the one holding Hinata's gemstone was also breaking down, it looked like blades of kind of invisible force was tears it apart as well as flashes of something blue.
"That's chakra…" said Tenten surprised.
"It feels… familiar…" said Sakura.
Meanwhile Maxixe was on her computer when she got the alert saying it failed.
"What… again…" said Maxixe.
With Pearl and Danburite.
"And there goes the second." Said Danburite.
Back in Nami's Mindscape Luffy was readying his arms.
"Armament Hardening!" called out Luffy.
Of course Steven and Nami.
"Oh wow! I wonder how he's doing that." Said Steven.
"I don't know… but whatever he's so much stronger…" said Nami with a smile.
"Gum Gum Gatling!" called out Luffy.
He began a set of rapid-fire punches onto Gem Nami, all could do was take the hits.
Soon she went poof and all that was left was her gemstone.
Back in the real world the machine that held Nami's gem suddenly was beaten up in a way as if someone was punching it hard.
"Why does remind me of…" sighed Vivi.
"Well that's interesting." Laughed Robin.
With Maxixe was working on fixing everything.
That was when got the alert.
"No… no… all three of them failed! How!" yelled Maxixe.
With Danburite and Pearl.
"So all three of them failed." Said Pearl.
"That is correct, I do not know who was in there but they were powerful, I have a feeling I know saved Citrine and an inkling who saved Milky Quartz and White Moonstone…" said Danburite.
Pearl nodded having heard the stories.
"Tell… how you going to handle Homeworld?" asked Danburite.
Pearl gritting her teeth.
"I was just asked for certain reasons." Said Danburite with a smirk.
Back inside Mirajane's Mindscape.
Steven ran towards Natsu.
"Oh wow! That was so amazing! It was just as the stories said!" said Steven.
"I've told him a lot about you." Said Mirajane, "He loves the stories."
"Is that so?" asked Natsu who was used to being admired by kids.
Mirajane smiled.
"So… are…" said Natsu.
"They are." Said Mirajane, "Natsu… I don't know we'll be able to go back…"
"Oh yeah tell me the reason why?" asked Natsu.
"For one thing I'm on another planet…" said Mirajane.
Natsu stared at Mirajane.
"What?" he asked.
"Hopefully this might give us the chance to go back… but if not… please tell Elfman and me and Lisanna are sorry for leaving him alone." Said Mirajane.
Natsu nodded.
"I will." Said Natsu.
That was when the Gemstone that was left behind started to glow.
"It looks I have to regenerate now." Sighed Mirajane .
"What…" said Natsu.
"It's kind of hard to explain…" sighed Steven.
"Do you have an idea for a new dress?" asked Mirajane with a smile.
Natsu didn't know why but he suggested of something.
"There's a new thing going on called the Grand Magic games…" said Natsu, "Maybe you imagine what you would wear to that…"
Mirajane smiled.
With that Mirajane disappeared in a flash of light.
In Hinata's mindscape Steven was dragging Hinata to Naruto.
"Thank you Naruto…" said Hinata blushing.
Steven motioned for her to do something.
"This is my only chance." Thought Hinata.
She took a breath as she blushed.
"Naruto… I've always been in love with you." Said Hinata. "It was you the one who gave me the courage to keep going no matter what."
Naruto didn't know how to respond.
"Well…" said Naruto.
That was when Hinata gulped and decided to take the plunge.
This might be her only chance after all.
She went and kissed him.
Steven's eyes began to sparkle.
"She did it!" he cheered.
"Sorry…" she said.
Naruto blinked.
"I didn't expect that…" he said as he turned red.
That was when the gemstone started glowing.
"I think it's time." Said Hinata.
She turned to Steven.
"I think I should change my look." Said Hinata.
"Maybe…" said Steven.
"What do you mean change your look?" asked Naruto who now had dot eyes.
"It's hard to explains…" sighed Hinata.
"Wait…" said Naruto, "Do you think you could keep the hoody…"
Hinata blushed.
"You're just not you without it…" said Naruto.
Hinata nodded and disappeared.
In Nami's mindscape Nami walked over to Luffy.
"Nami…" said Luffy.
However that was when Nami decked him and sent him flying.
"Nami why did you punch him!" cried Steven trying to get her to stop.
"You seriously went to Marineford!" yelled Nami, "Do you know how stupid that is!"
"How do you not know about this?" asked Luffy.
"I was abducted by aliens… I haven't been on the planet for three years." Sighed Nami, "So everything is news to me..."
Her eyes trailed to the scar.
"Is Ace…" said Nami.
Luffy nodded.
"I'm sorry…" said Nami.
Luffy sighed and nodded.
"However…" said Nami, "If I'm ever able to see you again I'm going to punch you a few more times…"
"Why?" asked Luffy.
"Because what you did was so stupid!" yelled Nami.
"But the second time was Rayleigh's idea…" said Luffy putting his hands in defense.
"Oh…" said Nami, "Seriously?"
Luffy nodded.
Before he could say any more the gemstone started glowing.
"I have to go." Said Nami.
She looked at Luffy and Steven.
"Any ideas what I should wear?" asked Nami.
"Something piratey!" said Steven.
"I don't know what that's about but I agree!" said Luffy.
Nami sighed and then disappeared.
In the waking world due to the face all three machines failed the gem-destabilizing field went down and soon after the three gemstones started glowing and they all floated.
Mirajane's was the first to take form, once she took form they saw she now wearing a dark pink dress that had a white ruffle at the top and another neat the skirt, around her waist was a sash that lighter in color, the dress also had long sleeves and the skirt was rather long. There was the Fairy Tail symbol on the skirt, however behind that was a star.
Lisanna knew right away that it really was her sister and not under the control of Maxixe.
"Mira" she cried out.
Lisanna hugged her.
"I thought I lost you!" cried Lisanna.
"It's okay." Said Mirajane.
That was when Hinata took form, she now wore a short white skirt however she was also still wore a hoody, which was a very pale lavender. Of course she wore her ninja headband but also on one of the breasts was a star.
"You all right?" asked Sakura.
"I'm fine." Said Hinata.
And it was then that Nami took form, she was now wearing a white over coat of some sort, underneath was a short orange dress. Just above her wait was a belt that had a belt buckle that was shaped like the straw hat jolly roger also she had on a n orange hair that had light orange feather sticking out of it and around the brim were stars.
Robin giggled.
"I like your hat." Laughed Robin.
"I'm never listening to those two for fashion advice again…" sighed Nami realizing the hat might have been a bad idea.
That was when she remembered.
"Steven!" she realized.
"Oh right." Said Mirajane.
"Is okay?" asked Hinata.
He began to wake up.
"Oh man... I have a headache…" said Steven, "It's like I had three dreams at once…"
That was when he realized.
"That really happened!" he shouted as he shot up.
He saw that three.
"You're okay!" said Steven.
"Thanks to you." Said Nami.
"I guess he helped all three of us." said Mirajane.
"Wait are you saying he helped you." Said Lapis.
The three nodded and began to explain what happened in their minds.
Maxixe's office she began to tremble.
"All of it failed… it all failed." Said Maxixe;.
She got up form her seat…
"It finally time I step in…" she muttered to herself.
Maxixe left her office determined to end this once and for all… and no matter what she was going win…
After all she had to yet to show even once of her powers…
Next Time: Maxixe real veal her full l abilities and she's stronger than all of them thought... what the Conversion Gems do? Find out next time!
A/N: Yep, they recreated... okay, so Hinata's is basically her trademark hoody over a short dress... I thought I was copying something but I made a mistake... anyways both Nami and Mirajane's are canon (or Canon-ish in Nami's case) Mirajane's is based on her dress from the Grand Magic Games while Nami's is a variation from the Wake Up opening except with her pre-time skip hair. So yeah...