Author's note: It's been a while since I last wrote on this story. I have recently begun getting interested in returning to this world. As promised, this chapter will give us a picture of what happens in Songen, the city of the imperials. I was inspired by these songs from Assassin's Creed: Home in Florence, City of Rome and Echoes of the Roman Ruins while writing this particular chapter, as well as Chapter 13: Life of the Rebels. I don't own any of the characters! They belong to their respective owners.
Chapter 54: Dissatisfactions Part 2
The great city of Songen, at the archipelagos of Kamehameha, Southeastern Nipponichi
Whereas Eien was located at the beginning of the Amehito waterfall, Songen, the city of the Toriyama clan and its allies was built upon an island that was raised from the depths and formed like a crater, thanks to the wish Goku got from the great dragon Shenron. While it was completely naked and rocky to begin with, it soon became a bustling site of activity, as well as a floral paradise, almost like it was a city in Hawaii. There was a long beachline, as well as palms and a beautiful mountainous hill dotting the landscape of the island. From the city, many ships and boats sailed from there to the archipelagos, or even faraway places, that was not under the threat of Yagami and his tyranny. From the wondrous palace of Kibo, Goku watched over Songen and had vowed to protect it from any threats, whether they came from the mainland, or the ocean. Now ow about we go and see how the people of Songen are doing?
In a district that had mostly European-inspired architecture, Jotaro Kujo, a renowned senator and member of the Ryu Join had was now standing outside one of the districts most successful cafes: Rabbit House. It was driven by the Kafu family. The serious-looking man sighed deeply and opened the door, trying to lean down, in order for him to enter the café. As Jotaro entered, he simply decided to find a seat, without as much as to say any words. He sat still with his arms crossed.
"Well, this should be peaceful" Jotaro noted in his head and adjusted his hat.
The young man could suddenly notice one of the waitresses approach his table. It was a young purple-haired girl named Riza Tedeza, who was one of the café's employees. She smiled at him, despite Jotaro not giving one in return, as he only eyed her with his serious glance.
"Welcome to Rabbit House, sir!" Riza welcomed him gently. "Can I take your order?" she then asked while treating Jotaro like a normal customer.
Jotaro, who was still not smiling, simply raised one finger while his arms were crossed. "A cup of coffee….without sugar….plus a buttered toast" he said while sounding not as pleasant.
Despite being spoke to this way, Riza smiled and even giggled by hearing his voice, much to Jotaro's own confusion. "Okay! I'll be back shortly" she told him and made her move towards the counter.
Jotaro simply fixed his gaze upon the window beside him, he could see the pale blue skies above the buildings. The young man was known to be somewhat silent type, and he possessed a somewhat cold and tough attitude, even to his family. But then again, his fighting talents was undeniable, which only explained why he was elected into Songen's senate.
Meanwhile, Riza was preparing Jotaro's order happily, while two fellow employees, Cocoa Hoto and Chino Kafu, watched the young man with somewhat curious eyes, as they had never seen someone like him before. Cocoa was the girl with the strawberry blonde hair, who had been working in another form of business for her own family prior to working at Rabbit House. Chino was the granddaughter of the owner of Rabbit House, as well as the daughter of the café's bartender: Takahiro Kafu. Chino was always known to carry the angora rabbit named Tippy on her head. Tippy was Rabbit House's own mascot. Even though Tippy was described as being female, it behaved like that of a male.
"For some reason, this man looks familiar. I don't think he's ever been to Rabbit House before" Cocoa noted with a curious glance directed at the customer.
Chino only glanced at her friend with narrowed eyes. "You shouldn't be staring at him like that, Cocoa. It's rude" she pointed out to him.
This made Cocoa snap in embarrassment. "What? I'm not staring at him. I'm….making sure that he has what he needs" she came up with an answer, much to Chino's confusion.
"I don't care what he is, he's still a customer" Riza told both girls while putting the buttered toast on the plate. She then faced Chino with a smile. "Okay Chino, would you be so kind as to give this gentleman his order? I need to prepare another dish for that table over there" she told her while pointing her finger at the table near the door.
Without hesitating, Chino grabbed the board, and went over to the table were Jotaro was sitting. The young man turned his attention towards her as she laid the plate and cup of coffee at his table. She then nodded at him with respect. "Here's your order. Enjoy" she said, considering that the young girl was not much of a talker.
"Thanks…..." Jotaro said lowly, but before he could begin eating or drinking, his stern eyes were concentrated on Tippy, who was only glancing at him with his fluffy face and smile. For some reason, Jotaro could not take his eyes off that thing, but he eventually decided to say something to Chino. "That's an odd plushy you have on your head, girl. Aren't you getting to old for those?" he suddenly quizzed him.
Both Chino and Tippy dropped their jaws by hearing the serious man's question, as they did not expect him to say something like that. However, Jotaro raised an eyebrow, as he noticed how Tippy was actually doing the same thing as Chino did.
"Actually…...this is a rabbit" Chino said after getting back to her senses. "His name is Tippy" she added, while Jotaro simply glanced with a raised eyebrow.
Tippy surprisingly nodded at Jotaro while smiling. "Nice to meet you" the fluffy rabbit suddenly spoke up with an elderly man's voice. Chino then walked back to the counter, with Jotaro only pondering on what he'd just heard.
"A talking rabbit…why am I not surprised?" Jotaro noted to himself, considering that he was not necessarily surprised by seeing this.
The customers that Riza was preparing the order for were sitting by a table near the door. They were two teenage boys, who had previously known some members of the Council of Yuu. They were Sakura Kusakabe and Sanpeita Kobayashi. They had also noticed Jotaro's entrance.
"Hey, is that who I think it is?" Sanpeita asked while whispering to his buddy.
Sakura simply nodded in return. "Yeah, that's him. Jotaro Kujo" the brown-haired boy whispered back. "I wonder what he's doing here?" he then asked in his head, but both he and Sanpeita made sure not to stare at him too much. They focused their attentions on Riza, who arrived with their orders.
"Okay, two cups of cocoa and two croissants for you two" Riza said while delivering them their order. "Enjoy!" she told them before heading back to the bar.
While they were eating, Sanpeita decided to ask his friend something. "Anyway, what made you wanna come with me, anyways?" the black-haired boy asked his friend while munching.
Sakura sighed deeply. "You know me. Sometimes, it's good to be away from Dokuro-chan for a while. She won't be bludgeoning me as long as I'm out with friends" the kind-hearted boy answered.
Hearing this made Sanpeita slump his head, as he was quickly reminded about some problems of his own. "Yeah, I think I have the same problems with Mei/Kemeko. I wish that girl would get rid of that damn thing" the black-haired boy remarked while thinking about the pink-haired girl, who was piloting Kemeko.
"Speaking of which, are you going to the festival taking place in this district?" Sakura suddenly asked him, much to Sanpeita's own surprise. "Well I'm definitely going, and I plan on doing it with Shizuki-chan" he then revealed to him while his cheeks blushed red.
"A festival?" Sanpeita wondered and suddenly rested his head on his hand. The black-haired boy eventually sighed deeply. "I really want to join, but you how embarrassing it is when you got two girls like Izumi and Mei argue like crazy" he then told him, making Sakura drop a sweat in return.
"Well, that sounds very complicated if you ask me" Sakura told him.
At another table, three classmates: Kagami Hiiragi, Ayano Minegishi and Misao Kusakabe were enjoying their own meal, not paying attention to what was happening all around them. In fact, Misao just had ordered some meatballs and was liked it. But she did eat them pretty fast, and this only resulted in her losing the last meatball on the floor.
"Hey Misao, you dropped something" Ayano told her gently, causing Misao to look beside her chair.
The moment Misao got a glimpse of what it was, the expression on her face changed into that of sadness and she picked it up. "Awwww nooooo, not my meatball!" she said as tears streamed from her eyes.
Kagami only glanced at Misao in a smugly manner. "What happened to that 3 second rule of yours?" she asked the brunette, who was still streaming tears.
"I already told you, it only applies to certain situations" Misao answered, causing Kagami to only laugh in return, much to the brunette's own embarrassment. "Quit laughing, will ya?" she asked her.
Ayano only closed her eyes and smiled sweetly at her classmates. "Don't worry Misao, we can always order some more food if you're still hungry" she pointed out.
"I'm not hungry anymore" Misao simply said while watching the meatball. "The germs on this meatball made me lose my appetite" she added to her explanation.
"Same here" Kagami said while pushing her plate slightly away from her.
Back at the counter, the three friends were suddenly joined by Cocoa's older sister: Mocha Hoto. She looked quite similar to her younger sister, only that she was more beautiful and had longer hair. She was currently only visiting Rabbit House, as she had her own home in Sengoku.
"Well, how goes the service?" she asked them sweetly.
Cocoa smiled at her sister. "It's going smoothly, big sister. We have even new customers visiting Rabbit House today" she told her while slightly pointing her finger to where Jotaro was sitting.
Mocha was stunned by seeing the young man sitting there by himself, as he enjoyed his buttered toast and cup of coffee. She fixed a bright smile and ran towards him, much to the confusion of the three waitresses.
"Hey Jotaro! It's really you!" the stern-looking man was surprised and looked sideways to see Mocha, who was only giving him a sweet smile in return. "What are you doing in Rabbit House?" she then asked him.
Jotaro only raised an eyebrow slightly. "Mocha Hoto…..from the Ryu Join…you live here?" he lowly asked her.
Mocha only giggled at him in return. "Off course not, silly. I'm just visiting. You see my sister is employed as a waitress here" she said as Cocoa suddenly walked up beside her.
"Big sister, you know this man?" Cocoa asked with curiosity.
Mocha nodded in return. "He's a senator in the Ryu Join, like me. His name is Jotaro Kujo" she told him and fixed his eyes upon the stern-looking man, who was still not smiling. "So what brings you here?" she then asked Jotaro.
But he seemed kind of annoyed by having her standing by his table. "Quit gagging up on me. Can't you say I'm trying to eat?" he lowly but rudely requested her.
"Always so introverted" Mocha remarked by seeing him.
Both Riza and Chino had overheard Mocha's explanation and they both widened in surprise by hearing about Jotaro's title. "So that man…...is a senator?" Chino wondered while watching the man continuing his eating and drinking.
But Riza suddenly fixed a couple of gleeful eyes, as she was filled with admiration of Jotaro. "I am utterly speechless…yet completely happy!" the purple-haired girl exclaimed.
Outside the café called Ama Usa An
Out in the streets, a couple of blocks away from Rabbit House, there was a preparation for a drinking festival and that was not surprising, considering that people in Songen were celebrating the anniversary of Emperor Totoro's rule. The streets had been decorated and large kegs of beer had been established, almost as if it was the Bavarian Oktoberfest. The café of Ama Usa An had been contributing greatly to the preparations. Right now, Chiya Ujimatsu and her friend: Syaro Kirima were decorating just outside the café, at the same street the drinking festival would take place.
"Look at all those people making preparations" Syaro remarked, as she could see the wizard from Fairy Tail: Mirajane Strauss, carrying kegs alongside a spikey white-haired man named Ban. "It's gonna be a huge festival indeed" she noted.
Chiya turned around and faced the scene with a great smile. "Yes, I can see that" she noted.
There had been established long tables in the middle of the street and there were plates and kegs placed on them as well. Mirajane put some on and fixed a smile upon seeing Ban.
"Thank you for helping us, Ban" Mirajane told him sweetly.
Ban only smiled smugly in return. "Eh, it's nothing. Besides, the beer served at Boar Hat is some of the best in all of this country. The captain sure knows how to run the business" Ban said while thinking about his captain, who was Meliodas. "Anyways what do we do about the large barrels of beer?" he then quizzed her, only for them to hear somebody approach them.
Turning around, they could both spot the aggressive gourmet hunter, as well as one of the Four Heavenly Kings named Zebra carry two large barrels with his strong arms. He then clapped off his hands like the work was done.
"Solid work there, Zebra. I knew that you were the right man for this job" Mirajane complimented him while giving a thumbs-up.
The gourmet hunter only grinned viciously. "Heh, this is gonna be fun! It's been a while since I attended a drinking festival" Zebra noted to himself.
But Ban only faced him smugly while putting his hands in his pockets. "Hey Zebra, how good is your drinking?" the pike-haired man asked him while fixing a foxlike grin, considering that Ban was in fact, the Fox Sin of Greed among the order of knights called the Seven Deadly Sins. "Don't forget that during the drinking contest, you still have me, Zoro and Cana as your competitors" he said while mentioning the swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, as well as another wizard from Fairy Tail: Cana Alberona.
This caused Zebra only to glare at him, although Ban did not seem to back down from what he just said. "Boy, did I just catch you getting cocky with me?" Zebra asked while cracking his giant knuckles. "Bad idea to test me, you smartass fox" the purple-haired man added to his explanation.
"Heh, I am a fox, remember?" Ban simply pointed out while showing Zebra his symbol, which was located on his left hip.
Mirajane suddenly stepped in between them and calmed made them both stop their urges to fight. The two eventually minded their own businesses. However, both Chiya and Syaro had been watching this from the sidelines and they were impressed by seeing Zebra showing himself in this district.
"Z-Zebra is here!?" Syaro remarked while sounding uneasy about it. She then faced her friend, whom she noticed was only finding his amusing. This made the blonde-haired girl snap. "Aren't you at least worried that the most aggressive of the Heavenly Kings is here in Songen!?" she snapped out in frustration.
But Chiya simply smile at her sweetly. "But what does it matter to us, Syaro? There won't be any destructive fights in a city like Songen. Emperor Goku is always watching us" she explained to Syaro, although she was still not sure about to accept Chiya's answer. But Chiya suddenly looked over the blonde-haired girl's shoulder and became surprised. "Hey, who are those three people?" she asked while pointing her finger towards the group that was heading towards them.
It was three members of the Straw Hat Pirates, Roronoa Zoro, Nico Robin and Brook. They were apparently taking a stroll in the district and suddenly noticed Ban, Mirajane and Zebra standing there at the table. The three pirates then headed towards them.
Zoro was surprisingly smiling, albeit smugly. "So, this is where the drinking festival will take place?" the green-haired man asked them.
Ban nodded his head in return. "Sure it will! I hope you're prepare for the drinking contest, Zoro! Because I'm gonna beat you fair and square" the white-haired man said while challenging the swordsman, who grinned cockily in return.
"Tch, smartass" Zoro said while putting his arms in his pockets.
Suddenly, both Chiya and Syaro joined in the conversation and wanted to ask all of them about something, although it was perhaps Chiya who asked the questions. "Ummm….I was just wondering, do any of you know about someone that can assist with cooking the meals, as well as fixing on the music? You see, we at Ama Usa An have been ignorant about those things" Chiya asked while smiling, although Syaro simply dropped her jaw in outrage.
"WHAT!? YOU HAVEN'T HIRED A BAND AND THE CHEFS YET!?" Syaro asked while being paranoid, although those around her didn't seem to care.
Robin only smiled sweetly at the girls. "We of the Straw Hat Pirates would be more than happy to contribute" the black-haired woman told the girls. "In fact, our ship's cook Sanji would be more than happy to assist you" she added.
Brook suddenly lifted off his hat in respect. "And I would be glad to help you with the musical settings. I myself am a musician" the talking skeleton said.
While Syaro felt paranoid by seeing Brook, Chiya smiled sweetly in return and thanked them both for offering their help. "Thank you so much. Tonight's festival will be the greatest!" she assured them all.
"You'll need more than one cook on this festival, girly" the voice of Zebra could be heard as he stood and faced them with his grin. Once again, Syaro freaked out while Chiya simply smiled sweetly. "A young cook I know may be the perfect solution to your problems. And he is definitely not a cocky person" the aggressive gourmet hunter told her while thinking about the talented cook named Komatsu, who also happened to know all the Four Heavenly Kings.
Inside a hospital, Songen's more modern district
Inside a tall hospital in Songen's more modern and business district, many citizens of the city were treated for their injuries, as they were either survivors from the battles of the mainland or an accident in the sea. Lucky for them, there were enough talented doctors to help the injured or sick. However, there were some questionable choices when it came to some of the doctors.
Among them was the blonde-haired gothic shaman named Johann Faust VIII, who was currently having a "education" in front of three different patients in a hospital room. He was actually sitting beside a skeleton and was pinpointing every bone on it while facing the patients with his usual cunning glance.
"As you can see here, this is one, fine skeleton. And let us see if it can dance as well" Faust told them and all of a sudden, the skeleton began moving and the blonde-haired man immediately fell in love with the skeleton. "Oh, such a beautiful and irresistible creature! I just can't stop loving you!" Faust added while hugging the skeleton.
While two of the patients, the blonde-haired man named Alibaba Saluja and the black-haired boy with pointy ears named Kirito watched this with nothing but utter disgust, the third patient, the meister named Death the Kid only raised an eyebrow by what he was seeing.
"You call that a beautiful and irresistible creature?" Kid asked and suddenly pointed an angry finger towards him. "Idiot! That thing is not something to be so proud of, I mean look at it! It's arms and legs are almost crunched and destroyed, which makes it not look symmetrical!" he shouted in anger, although Faust seemed to simply ignore the young boy's antics.
Both Kirito and Alibaba simply raised eyebrows at Kid's statement. "Symmetric? What is he talking about?" the black-haired boy wondered in his head, not getting what Kid's deal was. He then decided to focus on the ceiling. "I hope to get checked out of this hospital soon. I don't feel particular sick anymore" Kirito added to his thoughts.
Alibaba only crossed his arms and looked away. "Damn it! How did I end up getting myself into this?" the blonde-haired boy wondered and then rested his chin on his hand. "This is the last time I ever join Aladdin on his crazy trips" he then concluded, but suddenly noticed something on his mind. "Hold on…...three days have passed, yet none of them have visited me!" he remarked while feeling slightly angered.
Kid crossed his arms while huffing. "How could father have done this to me? Sending me off on some suicide mission, only for me to almost get killed?" he muttered to himself in anger. "And of course, neither Liz or Patty suffered serious injuries, so I'm being sent here on my own! Damn them!" he added with an angered tone.
"Hey you! How about you shut up and quit interrupting me on my explanation!?" Faust suddenly demanded him, but Kid did not back down.
"You shut up!" Kid hit back and a fight was starting to escalate between the two.
Outside the door, the meister from the DWMA named Dr. Franken Stein overheard the bickering and sighed while hearing this noise. He then used his lighter to ignite the cigarette in his mouth and proceeded to move on. Despite his hidden insane persona, Stein was a reliable asset when it came to being a doctor, which was probably one of the many reasons why he was appointed to work at the hospital.
"Hmmm…...some fools never learn, do they?" he remarked while thinking about Kid's antics.
In another hospital room, the young doctor named Leorio Paladiknight was checking out the condition of an elderly man named Roshi, who was actually Goku's mentor during his childhood. He was currently checking out Roshi's blood pressure and he was dumbfounded.
"Now this doesn't make any sense at all! How the heck can someone like you lose that much blood? I mean, are you hemophiliac or something?" Leorio quizzed the man with sunglasses.
But Roshi stubbornly crossed his arms and looked away. "What are you babbling about!? I don't any disorders!" he said, but his large sunglasses suddenly caught something of his interest and he chuckled like a pervert. Blood also began draining from his nose. "But I do have an irresistible love towards nurses, eh heh heh!" he then said mischievously while touching the behind of the wizard named Lucy Heartfilia, who was working part time as a nurse. The blonde-haired woman shrieked in fear.
"EEEEK! GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF ME, PERVERT!" Lucy angrily shouted and slammed Roshi's face, thus sending out of the bed and towards the wall crashing, taking Leorio along with him. Both men felt painful and they landed on the floor unconscious. Lucy came back to her senses and snapped in fear. "Oh crap, what have I done!? I overreacted again!" Lucy ran towards the two men and checked out their conditions. "Please don't die on me! Stay alive! I can't lose another job!" she begged both the doctor and the old patient.
Lucy's patient, the shaman named Chocolove McDonell, watched the scene that had just taken place with nothing but shock, as he was sweating. "Man, this must the power of the bitch slap…never knew that it was that powerful" the afro-haired shaman noted while seeing how stressful Lucy was feeling right now.
All of a sudden, the door to the hospital room opened and in came Tony Tony Chopper, the doctor of the Straw Hat Pirates and Dr. Franken Stein, a meister from the DWMA. Chopper's reindeer jaw dropped onto the floor by seeing this.
"What the…...what just happened!?" Chopper asked Lucy, who was on the verge of crying.
Stein only facepalmed by seeing this and shook his head. "Not again!" he said before facing Lucy. "Really Lucy? Two times in a row and you manage to injure a patient and a co-worker once again!" the meister expressed his annoyance of the situation, while Lucy eventually cried hysterically.
Inside a building standing beside the hospital
Someone had been watching the kafuffle with binoculars from the building next to the hospital. That building belonged to the International Gourmet Organization, or IGO for short. It was a building which probably housed the most expensive restaurant in all of Songen. But watching Lucy from one of the windows was the perverted boy named Issei Hyoudou.
"Ah man! Please don't fire that blonde-haired chick! She's so hot!" Issei pleaded while having watched Lucy getting scolded by her co-workers. While he was actually working for the senator Rias Gremory, Issei also had a part-time job as a cook.
"Come on, Issei, just cut it out!" the brown-haired boy turned around to see two friends of his, who were also working as cooks in the kitchen. They were Tsukune Aono and Raku Ichijou. "We need to clean up the plates, remember?" Tsukune reminded him of their job. The young boy was actually in a relationship with Moka Akashiya, who was also a former member of Team Z.
"And we best do that before the head chef comes back! He's gonna flip out if he finds out we've been goofing off!" Raku joined in while expressing his worries. Despite this young boy being a senator in the Ryu Join, Raku also had this part-time job in order for him to pay for his luxurious needs, although he didn't necessarily earn that much.
But Issei simply scoffed at his friends' words. "Screw that! I'm sick of standing in this kitchen doing the dirty work, so shut up and let me have some fun for now!" the young boy said and proceeded to peek with his binoculars, his mouth drooling with pleasure. However, his jaw dropped as he stuck himself out of the window. "What!? That blonde nurse isn't there anymore! Tell they didn't fire her!" Issei exclaimed in outrage over seeing that Lucy was nowhere to be seen in the hospital room.
Tsukune felt embarrassed by seeing this, so he tried to pull Issei back in. "For crying out loud, Issei! Stop shouting!" he begged him while trying to pull him inside.
"Let go of me, Tsukune!" Issei said in return and proceeded to remain focused on watching with his binoculars.
Raku was about to assist Tsukune, until he snapped I fear by seeing the head chef approaching them. The blue-haired boy backed far away from the scene and resumed his work, while Issei and Tsukune were still fooling around at the window.
"YOU DAMN IMBECILES!" Sanji, who was also the cook of the Straw Hat Pirates shouted angrily while kicking both boys on their heads, thus knocking them out cold. Both Issei and Tsukune had big bumps on their heads. Sanji only sighed in annoyance and leaned against the wall to calm himself. "I'm barley gone for 10 minutes, yet you're still goofing off as usual!" the blonde-haired man with the curly eyebrow remarked irritatingly.
The blonde-haired man was soon joined by Komatsu, who was also a chef in the same kitchen. The young man simply gasped in surprise by seeing Issei and Tsukune lying on the ground.
"Sanji…...don't tell me that you killed them!" Komatsu exclaimed by what he was seeing.
Sanji simply glanced at him with dispassion. "I caught them once again, fooling around during work, so I had to punish them" the blonde-haired man simply replied and then looked over at where Raku was standing. "At least Raku is more reliable than them" he then admitted.
Raku chuckled by hearing this, and pretended did he was flattered to hear Sanji commending him.
Komatsu suddenly looked at Sanji with a smile as he was usually known to have. "Anyway, I've been asked to assist the Ama Usa An with prepartions for the food. You know, for the festival" the young cook revealed, much to Sanji's own surprise. "The owners have also asked for your assistance as well. I say we go and help them, for the festival's sake" he suggested with confidence in his voice.
Sanji was puffing some smokes from his cigarette, but he eventually formed a smug smile with his mouth. "A festival, huh? Sounds like fun. And at the right time, considering that today's the anniversary of Emperor Tororo's rule in Nipponichi" the blonde-haired man remarked, as he was interested in joining this festival and help with the cooking.
In a barbershop, besides the IGO building
Right beside the IGO building lied a barbershop, in which was quite popular in Songen, all thanks to it's smart, yet flamboyant owner, Leeron Littner. Although Leeron was a mechanic by profession, his homosexual style made people not think of him as such. To them, he seemed more suitable as a hairdresser.
Although Leeron could be serious and was willing to go back into mechanics when there was conflict beyond the horizon, he much rather preferred to work as a hairdresser in Songen and he seemed to like the job.
Right now, Leeron had just finished cutting some hair belonging to a young boy named Gasser, and the stylish man was now showing Gasser his spikey hairstyle with the help of a mirror. "Let me just tell you this, Gasser. You look.…...FABULOUS!" Leeron exclaimed while admiring Gasser's hairstyle, while the young boy simply glanced at the mirror with narrowed eyes. However, Leeron suddenly smelled something awful and began spraying some perfume all around Gasser, causing the white-haired boy to cough. "OMG, you really need to buy some deodorant, handsome! This smell does not suit you!" he added while continuing spraying.
Gasser coughed and got off the chair, not liking the stench of the perfume. "What the heck did you just spray on me!?" he demanded while continuing coughing. "It's in my mouth now!" he added while sounding irritated. But he suddenly caught something from Leeron and it was a deodorant, causing Gasser to snap in outrage.
Gasser's friend, the pink-haired girl named Beauty approached the white-haired boy and felt herself in love with the scent. "Oh my gosh, Gasser. Your scent is delicious!" she exclaimed and then handed Leeron some money before exiting. "Thanks for cutting our hairs, Leeron! We appreciate it" Beauty said and waved, as she and Gasser exited the doors.
"Bye, bye, beautiful!" Leeron said in return while waving back at the two teenagers. The flamboyant man then focused his attention one his next customer: the shy and dim-witted senator named Junta Hinamori. Leeron simply made a gesture for him to come and sit on the chair and the young boy did as he wished. "Well Junta, I do have to admit that your hair pretty much looks the same to me. Would you like me to just cut the sharp tips?" he asked Junta while putting his face near his
"Yes, I would like that" Junta replied with a smile of his own, not minding being that close to Leeron.
Leeron chuckled by hearing this and suddenly began poking Junta's nose in a friendly manner. "Silly boy, you always make my job so easy" he said and began doing his work.
Junta liked coming to this barbershop. He was even more happy by the fact that Leeron was not an attractive woman, considering that the poor boy had a terrible allergy towards cute girls, which always made him vomit whenever he stood near them. Even as a senator, the young boy still had problems with getting used to sit in a large assembly, which were also crawling with beautiful women. But for the past years, Junta had been able to withstand his sickness.
"I'm still gonna find me a girlfriend!" Junta thought to himself and an idea suddenly popped inside his head. "Of course, the festival!" the young boy remembered and thought about attending it in order for him to socialize with other people. "People across the city's gonna be there! So here's my chance to give everyone a new impression of myself!" he added to his thought in a gleeful manner.
"Are you planning on going to the festival, Junta?" the young boy suddenly snapped by hearing Leeron ask him. The flamboyant man only winked to him at the reflection of the mirror before them, much to Junta's own confusion. "There's no reason for you to be so shy, gorgeous! Even I have plans on attending it" he pointed out.
Seeing this only caused Junta to fix a slight smile. "Yeah, I am going there tonight! Hoping to at least one girl to be better acquainted with" the red-striped teenager said with determination.
Inside the Capsule Corp. building, Songen's business district
In the business district of Songen, another point of interest was the building of the Capsule Corp. The Capsule Corp. was one of the leading indurstrial organizations in all of Nipponichi, currently driven by Bulma Briefs, who was currently married to Vegeta, an important member of the Imperial Guard. The building almost seemed like a giant igloo, although it had windows running around it as well. Since the loss of Tokyo, the Capsule Corp. had moved their headquarters to this new city, in hopes of keeping the business ongoing, as well as assist Emperor Goku with reclaiming the country.
Inside a conference room, Bulma was currently sitting at the end of a table, surrounded by important peoples, as they were CEOs of other companies. There was the purple-haired man named Sinbad, who was the current CEO of the Sindria Trading Company, Mei Mishima, a senator in the Ryu Join as well as the new CEO of Mishima Electronics, Joseph Joestar, CEO of Joestar Industries, and the blue-haired man named Iceburg, CEO of the Galley-La Company, a company of shipwrights.
The bluenette in red dress smiled at her guests and decided to begin the meeting. "I'm so glad that all of you could come to this meeting. The Capsule Corp. greatly appreciates the partnerships we have between our organizations" Bulma started to opening while facing her guests.
Sinbad smiled while sitting on his chair. "It is only a pleasure in being here, Bulma. Furthermore, your picked the right time, considering that the anniversary of Emperor Totoro's coronation is today" the man with big earrings remarked while facing Bulma.
Iceburg smiled as well. "Perhaps we should celebrate later" he suggested before fixing a frown with his mouth. "But I don't think you called us all out here just to remind us of about that, did you?" he asked Bulma, who immediately nodded her head at him in return.
"You are correct, Iceburg. There is something I would like to show you all. Something that we caught with one of our hidden aquatic cameras in the ocean outside the archipelagos" the woman revealed to them.
Bulma pushed on a button at the table and a hologram was showed for everyone to see. They were intrigued by what the hologram was showing, as it was a picture of a ship out in the ocean
Iceburg sweated ins hock over seeing this. "This ship…this isn't one of Galley-La's!" he exclaimed. "It's a frigate!" he added with discomfort.
Joseph was watching this carefully. "Hmmm…...based upon sailing so far out in the open ocean, it looks to me that this ship must belong to the Imperial Navy of Yamishi, am I correct?" the elderly man remarked while looking closer.
"It is as you say" Bulma revealed. She then pushed on another button and made sure that some details emerged alongside the hologram picture. "The Capsule Corp.'s aquatic cameras are able to scan and pick up what information it can catch about approaching objects. And we have found out that the frigate's name is Shadow Shark" the bluenette went on explaining.
"How this be?" Mei wondered in slight outrage. "Somehow, this doesn't make any sense. If the frigate's crew knew that they were sailing past Songen, then why did they chose to ignore us? They could've launched an attack on us, considering that Yamishi knows about the city's location?" the pinkette pondered about the situation.
Bulma suddenly pushed the button again, this time showing her guests another hologram picture, this time of a bomb or some sort. But as they got a closer look, everyone seemed uncomfortable by what they saw.
"Oh my god….." Joseph uttered out lowly in shock by what he saw seeing. "That is no ordinary bomb…it's a nuke!" he exclaimed in outrage.
"A nuke!? How in the…." Iceburg was filled with shock over what he saw. He then faced Bulma. "Have you informed the emperor about this!?" he asked with distress, to which Bulma nodded her head as a yes.
"I know. When we discovered this at first, Emperor Goku was in panic, even deciding to check out if the Shadow Shark was not seeking to dock at the archipelagos" Bulma revealed to them and then sighed out deeply. "Fortunately, he found no traces of Yagami-loyalists. Therefore, he decided not to share this information with the Ryu Join" she added on while specifically facing Mei.
The pinkette simply nodded in understanding, as she respected the emperor's decisions. Mei then faced the hologram once more. "But if their destination is not Songen…..then where? You don't suppose that they could be headed towards Eien, do you?" she shared her thoughts with her fellow CEOs.
"Although we cannot take that hypothesis off the table, I doubt that Yagami would be targeting Eien" Sinbad suddenly spoke up his mind on the matter. Everyone faced the young man. "Yes, Eien is located more inland in Nipponichi…..however they could be seeking to dock the Shadow Shark at a city on the eastern coastline" the purple-haired man remarked.
Joseph's eyes suddenly snapped in surprise. "Hold on! The largest city on the eastern coastline not under Yagami's jurisdiction…is Roanapur" Joseph spoke up but then scratched his grey hair in confusion. "But Roanapur is run by crooked criminals and corrupted politicians, although I do believe that they could be seeking to dock the frigate there" the elderly man noted in his thoughts.
"You may have a point there, Mr. Joestar. And let us not forget what has happened around Nipponichi recently. Emperor Light Yagami has begun a campaign to conquer the clans of the north, off the coast of Northern Nipponichi" Bulma suddenly spoke up while agreeing with Joseph. "The clans have of course responded to the attacks by fighting back, but they are gradually losing the fight" the bluenette added to her statement.
Iceburg suddenly shivered by hearing this. "No…...the nuke…..and the clans of the north" he slowly began uttering the words. "Could they be seeking to test it on them? With a nuke at their disposal, they could wipe out an entire city off the map!" he added to his fears.
Sinbad nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah, that may be the reason for this frigate carrying this nuke" he admitted to his friends, although he soon began thinkning about something else. "But on the other hand, I don't think that Yagami would necessarily seek to annihilate what can become his loyal subjects when he has conquered the clans of the north" Sinbad then spoke up, coming with a new hypothesis.
"Whatever their objectives are, the fact that Yagami has used resources on building nukes only makes our mission quest to dethrone him only more complicated" Bulma told them, but suddenly switched off the hologram and fixed a slight smile at her visitors. "But listen everyone. Even though Goku felt like he should've warned all of Songen's citizens about this, he felt like there was no need, as he didn't want all of us to not feel safe in this new city he desparetly had wanted for all of his people" the bluenette revealed.
Joseph only chuckled while hearing her words. "Heh, I sort of figured that out. But I fully understand Goku's decision. He did that in good faith" the elderly man remarked while resting.
Iceburg was also smiling. "I agree. And besides, after so many hardships and tragedies we have had to endure, we the free people of Nipponichi deserve to celebrate tonight. It is time for all of us to come together and laugh at all the good times that this nation have been happy to experience" the blue-haired man explained.
"Well said" Mei said while also smiling.
Sinbad then faced Bulma. "Are you planning on attending the festival, Bulma?" he asked her and the woman smiled back at him.
"Of course, I am. Besides, me and Vegeta haven't been doing anything together lately, so we deserve to have som…." The bluenette stopped speaking when the door to the conference room slammed wide open.
Standing by the doorway was Vegeta, who was simply crossing his arms while looking disinterested as usual, until he lashed out against his wife. "Bulma! What the hell have you done to the gravity room!?" he angrily demanded from her.
Bulma rose up from her seat and fixed a similar glance towards her husband. "Damn it, Vegeta! Can't you see that I'm in the middle of something here!?" she hit back.
"Screw that! Why has the gravity room been shut off?" Vegete deflected and demanded at the same time.
Bulma only crossed her arms and faced him stubbornly. "I have switched it off so that you can come along with me and Trunks to the festival tonight! You won't be staying him this time!" she declared.
Vegeta was about to angrily react to this, only for him to give in, although the black-haired Sayian was not necessarily proud about this situation. Grumbling angrily, the spikey-haired man walked away, leaving Bulma very satisfied of her win against her husband.
"Heh! I got this under the bag!" the bluenette remarked with confidence in her voice.
Later, at the European-inspired district, Songen
As the sun went down and the evening was descending upon the city and its surrounding archipelagos, lights and colors could be seen in the streets of Songen's European-inspired district. The festival to celebrate Emperor Totoro's coronation was now beginning. People were lining up the streets, as they were looking to buy sweets or any other kind of souvenirs from the local stands. Even now, so many people were having fun with selling stuff.
"Fresh, cold ale from the Boar Hat! Only for a quarter!" the talking pig named Hawk shouted while walking pass the people, while carrying a big barrel of beer on her back. There was even a tapper on the barrel.
The talking pig was eventually approached by a friend of his, the silver-haired girl named Elizabeth Liones. She smiled as she held a board with many kegs on it. She had also been selling beer to thirsty customers.
"Any luck with getting any customers so far, Elizabeth?" Hawk asked the girl.
Elizabeth smiled and nodded her head. "Sure! Just look at the board. Only three kegs left. Many were happy to see someone sell drinks in the lines" she remarked and looked around. "People sure are happy tonight" she then remarked.
Hawk nodded in understanding, but he decided to ask Elizabeth about something. "Hey Elizabeth. Do you miss Meliodas?" the pig asked her.
The young girl was surprised to hear it at first, and her cheeks also blushed. But she eventually looked down and smiled at Hawk. "To be honest, I really am not that worried about Sir Meliodas" she admitted to Hawk. "Yes, I do fear for his safety sometimes, but knowing him, he always knows when to get out of trouble. That is why I have faith in him" she added to her statement.
Hawk simply nodded at her in return. "Yeah, I feel the same way you do about that lousy pervert" the talking pig admitted.
In another corner of a building, the woman dressed in pink named Tina was standing in front of a crew of cameramen, with her Carrier Balloon Pigeon Kruppoh. She was a news anchor working for Gorumet News, which was a TV station owned by the IGO. The brunette was facing the camera as she held her microphone close to herself.
"I'm now live here in the European-inspired district of Songen and the festival is in full swings!" Tina said while facing the camera. "Now as we move on, there are reports of an annual drinking contest being held near the café called Ama Usa An. But first, let me show you my recommendation for what to buy in these stands" the young woman said as she leaned down to pick up something, much to the confusion of her cameramen.
One of the cameramen was the perverted and four-eyed boy named Ryouta Minamino, who was simply enamored by just glancing at Tina doing her job. The other cameraman was the teenaged werewolf named Ginei Morioka, who was always popular with the ladies, yet perverted as well.
Tina returned to facing the camera and suddenly held up a picture of a banana split dipped in chocolate sauce. "This is my recommendation: a sweet banana spit, dipped into chocolate so delicious that it will make tongue feel satisfied. This is Tina reporting you for Gourmet News!" she explained with encouragement. But she suddenly began licking her lips while her cheeks blushed red. "I want that thing in my mouth" she said while licking her lips once more.
Tina's words and seductive voice caused both Ryouta and Ginei to nosebleed endlessly, and they both flew away after hearing this. The young woman then discovered that the camera they were holding was still recording her and she got furious over seeing this.
"YOU PERVERTS! IS THIS CAMERA STILL ROLLING!?" she angrily asked and began chasing after her two cameramen, with Kruppoh following after her owner.
At a corner, Chocolove was now trying to impress a gathering of attendants with some comedy. Hopefully he would attract an entire audience. Even now, the young shaman was standing on a crate, pretending that he was standing on a scene.
"Okay guys! Now listen to this. What is the similarity between Naruto Uzumaki and Spongebob Squarepants? Simple, not only are they yellow on the top, they're also annoying homos!" he said and laughed in order to add fuel to his comedy. But unfortunately for him, none of the people in front of him seemed to laugh with him. "What? Don't you get it?" he wondered.
The green slick-haired knight named Howzer was among those who were not impressed by what they heard. "Man, what's with the homophobic language?" he asked while crossing his arms. "I mean, Nipponichi is generally one of the countries that is generally tolerant of homosexuality, just to fill you in" he went on explaining.
"And I can't help but to feel slightly offended by your joke!" the Gourmet Hunter named Sunny said while narrowing his eyes at the young shaman. Sunny was also one of the four Heavenly Kings. "Do I look like an annoying homo to you, perhaps!?" he then angrily asked Chocolove, who was simply sweating by hearing this.
"Chill! It's just a joke. There's no reason to be butthurt about it" Chocolove told them. "And besides, I'm not a homophobe" he then insisted to the gathering.
"But the joke you just told us was kind of homophobic and rude" the brown-haired girl named Kosaki Onodera spoke up.
The blonde-haired girl beside Kosaki named Chitoge Kirisaki only huffed and turned around to walk away. "Come on, Onodera. We are wasiting time with this stupid stuff" she told her friend, who decided to follow her.
"Wai….uaaaahhhh!" Chocolove suddenly lost balance and fell off the crate, landing his head at the end of a table. The table flipped upwards and threw a big gateau that had been standing on the other side of the table.
The gateau eventually hit Vegeta in his face, as he was walking in the street along with his wife and their son named Trunks. Both Bulma and Trunks were surprised by seeing this, but as soon as the gateau fell off, Vegeta's furious gaze could be seen in the white cream and he angrily looked at Chocolove, who had already started to run away.
"Oh crap! Gotta scram!" the shaman ran as quickly as he could while panting between his words. "I don't wanna end up in the hospital again!" he thought while running.
Vegeta flew after him in his anger. "GET BACK HERE, YOU LITTLE PUNK!" Vegeta shouted as he chased Chocolove.
Bulma and Trunks joined up with the small group and laughed at the chase scene. "Now that's what I call comedy!" Howzer remarked and everybody laughed with him.
Across the spot where the laughing was taking place, three young shamans had been watching the kafuffle with different reactions. These were members of the Five Elemental Warriors, along with Chocolove and Yoh Asakura. They were Tao Ren, Horokeu Usui aka Horohoro and Lyserg Diethel. They were currently sitting on a bench, drinking.
"For crying out loud" Horohoro said while facepalming. "How many hospital visits does it take for Chocolove to reconsider his stupidity?" the young shaman wondered, still not getting their friend's personality.
"What do you expect?" Ren said while crossing his arms. "But then again, the idiot just got chased off by Vegeta, a member of the Imperial Guard" the stern-looking shaman said, a slight smirk forming across his mouth.
Lyserg simply smiled in a kind-hearted manner and didn't generally seem to find Chocolove's antics annoying, unlike that of his comrades. "Maybe he will learn someday. But I still consider him a friend, nevertheless" the green-haired boy said.
Both Ren and Horohoro only shrugged at his words, pretending they were not interested in what Lyserg just said. But all of a sudden, Ren formed a slight smirk as he caught the glimpse of Death the Kid passing by, along with his weapon partners: Liz and Patty Thompson.
"Hey, how did you enjoy getting treatment from Faust?" Ren suddenly asked the black-haired boy with white stripes, who simply stopped and faced the shaman with a stern glance of his own. In fact, the two were having some kind of a staring contest, with each gazing at one another in a stern manner.
"I suggest you shut your, spikehead. I'm in no mood to be bothered by spoiled brats like you!" Kid said, his expression never changing.
Ren simply scoffed at him in return. "Look who's talking! Our mission would've been successful if you would've just done what I told you!" the young shaman hit back and rose up from the bench.
Kid only twitched in anger over hearing this. "Screw you, Tao Ren! The only reason I accepted your assistance was because my father had hired you!" the hit back, and a fight was about to escalate between those two.
Liz only facepalmed, while Patty only stared at the confrontation in confusion, as did Horohoro and Lyserg. "What happened between them?" Horohoro suddenly asked the two women, he faced him in return.
Patty seemed obliged to answer. "Oh, I remember it! You see Kid and that shaman was trying to….." her voice became muffled due to Liz holding her mouth.
"Just can it, Patty! I told you we wouldn't been telling this to anyone!" she scolded her sister and then faced the two shamans with a stern glance. "Trust me, you really don't wanna know the answer" she insisted to them, although they were slightly starting to get curious about the reason why.
Near the Ama Usa An, a stage had been placed and standing on it was a band playing rock and roll for the audience. Even now, the majority of the people were now dancing to the music, with some of them dancing as couples. The band that was playing consisted of Brook, playing on guitar, the wizard from Fairy Tail Gajeel Redfox, also playing on guitar, the Music Hunter Melody playing her flute, the young girl named Ritsu Tainaka as the drummer and the charismatic man named Parco Folgore as the singer and dancer. Together, they made quite the music for everyone to hear.
Among the couples that were rocking and rolling before the stage was Zoro and Mirajane, who had only agreed to dance just this night. They were having a great time so far, although Zoro kind of felt awkward, due to the fact that he was no good dancer. But Mirajane enjoyed the dancing and giggled.
"You're a good dancer, Zoro" the white-haired woman admitted while facing the moss-haired man.
Zoro simply sweated in embarrassment, but fixed a slight smile regardless of what he felt. "Thanks…...I could say the same thing about you" the pirate said, trying to sound like he was enjoying the dance as well. "But are you comfortable with me dancing with you, Mirajane?" Zoro suddenly asked her.
Mirajane simply giggled by hearing Zoro's concern for her. "Don't worry about me, I'm having a good time. And besides, I deserve to see what kind of dancer you really are, not just Erza" the white-haired woman replied mischievously and winked at Zoro, who did not know how to respond to this in return.
Another couple that was dancing was Tien and his date, Launch. They were also having a good time, although the bald-headed man was feeling worried about his girlfriend switching over to her bad persona. But the beautiful bluenette was smiling at her dance partner.
"Isn't this just great, Tien?" Launch asked her boyfriend, only for her to feel the need to sneeze, much to Tien's own shock. But surprisingly, she did not sneeze and retained her cheerful and sweet personality. "Sorry about that. I just couldn't help myself" she apologized sweetly.
Tien simply sweated by hearing this. "No…..it's fine Launch" the man with three eyes assured her and fixed a supporting smile at the bluenette. "In fact, I am proud that you have mastered to control your sneezing" he complimented her, causing Launch's cheeks to blush red, as she was not used to hear Tien give her compliments.
The pink-haired knight named Gilthunder was having a dance with the pink-haired woman named Ren Kougyoku and they seemed to be having fun as dancing partners. While dancing, Kougyoku noticed how reserved Gilthunder was behaving, as he hadn't said much.
"Is there something on your mind? You look kind of silent" the purple-haired woman asked him.
Gilthunder snapped out of his thoughts and fixed a gentle smile at the young woman. "I am sorry. But being a knight, I tend to be not so much talkative, although I do have comrades in the order I serve" the pink-haired man told her, as honest as he could.
Hearing this answer only caused Kogyoku to giggle, as she knew that Gilthunder spoke the truth. "It's okay. I too am not so good at making friends" she admitted to the knight, who was slightly surprised by hearing this. Nevertheless, Gilthunder only accepted her statement with a formal nod.
While the dancing was ongoing, Sanji was working at a shock that served food, and he glanced sternly at Zoro, as he was dancing with Mirajane. Apparently, the blonde-haired man could not stand seeing his rival dance. The cook of the Straw Hat Pirates puffed some smokes as he did his work.
"That mosshead! How the hell did he manage to get Mirajane as his dance partner!?" he wondered angrily in his head while cleaning some dishes.
"Tch, this is so stupid" the chubby, black-haired man named Yajirobe muttered while resting a hand underneath his fat chin. "What's the point of having this festival when there is a genocidal maniac ruling the mainland!?" he wondered aloud.
"Easy there, Yajirobe. We all deserve to take a break from war and conflicts" the pirate named Usopp told the chubby man as he was sitting on the stool beside him.
Yajirobe only snickered in return and took a bite of his bread. "Whatever you say. But I'm still not feeling 100 % safe and sound" he said in response.
But all of a sudden, Lucy and a fellow wizard from Fairy Tail: Erza Scarlet now took their seats beside Usopp, and Sanji's only visible eye immediately changed into that of a heart. True, Sanji always had a soft spot for attractive and beautiful women.
"Hey Lucy, Erza! So glad of you to drop by!" the blonde-haired man leaned onto the counter, only for Erza to push him back with her hand.
"Back off, perv! And while you're at it, give us chicken on spears!" Erza barked at the cook, who quickly got back on his feet and saluted at her in return.
"Your wish is my command!" Sanji said and began working on the food.
Lucy was gradually feeling downed and she faced the counter with disappointed eyes. Usopp took notice of it and decided to ask her nicely.
"You seem kind of sad, Lucy. Did something happen today?" he simply asked while not trying to sound very curious.
Hearing this caused Lucy to face him with a slight smile. "Don't worry, I am feeling slightly better" she insisted to him and then faced the counter while sighing. "It's just that I lost my job at the hospital today" she revealed to him.
This caused Usopp to frown in return. "That's pretty tough to hear. I mean, you were quite popular at the hospital" the man with the long nose said.
Lucy nodded in return. "Yeah, but I was always targeted by the perverts. And earlier today, an old white-bearded man with sunglasses touched my butt. I lost my cool and just slapped him to the wall. But sadly, one of my co-workers were dragged into my attack as well" the blonde-haired woman went on explaining.
Yajirobe suddenly snapped by what he was hearing from Lucy, so he looked at her. "Hold on. If you said an old white-bearded man with sunglasses, then you are obviously talking about Master Roshi" the black-haired man said in return.
Usopp, Lucy and Erza faced him with wondering eyes. "Hold on, you know that old coot?" Lucy asked Yajirobe.
"Know him? Huh, Master Roshi was one of the emperor's mentors. He used to be a great master of martial arts, but now he's just a lousy old pervert living on his own" Yajirobe answered and took another bite of his bread.
Lucy immediately fell into depression. "I…..I injured one of Emperor Goku's mentors?" she wondered while being fully ashamed of herself. She also came to a realization and her face slumped in defeat. "No wonder why Dr. Stein fired me" she added while slamming her face at the table.
The food belonging to Lucy and Erza was finished and both girls began eating, although Lucy was sort of slow in eating hers. But Erza suddenly began noticing something stranger and she decided to ask Sanji about it.
"Sanji…...have you seen Zoro?" she sternly asked him.
The blonde-haired man simply slumped in defeat and pointed his finger over her. "He's over there dancing" he told her and Erza turned around to see the direction in which Sanji was pointing his finger.
The scarlet-haired woman's eyes snapped in both surprise and anger over seeing Zoro dancing with Mirajane, and she could not believe it. "That idiot…he was supposed to be dancing with me!" she angrily thought and suddenly grabbed Sanji by his hand and dragged him with her. Sanji was only feeling satisfied over being dragged by Erza. As they reached to the dancing spot, the two began dancing, causing Sanji to almost nose bleed. "Come on, Sanji. Let us see how your friend will react when he sees his rival dancing with me" Erza told him in a mischievous manner.
But suddenly, the band stopped playing and the audience lauded it with applause and cheers. Brook simply stood and bowed his head to everyone he could see. The tall skeleton then pointing his bony finger at the long table with all the big, wooden kegs and plates, as well as the large mugs.
"Ladies and gentleman, the drinking contest is about to start over at this table. For those of you who are interested in competing, find a chair and wait for further instructions. The band here will not be playing any more rock and roll at the drinking contest, but I will be over there to play my violin. Yohohohohoho!" Brook told everyone while laughing at the end of his explanation.
After hearing his explanation, all the people looked to the long table with all the plates, wooden kegs and big mugs. There was plenty enough seats for those who wished to compete, although the majority chose to stand and watch how things would turn out.
But there was someone who really wished to try. One of them was Krillin, a close childhood friend of Goku, who was also attending the festival along with his wife Android 18 and their daughter Marron. The small bald-headed man could not help but to feel keen on entering it.
"Hey 18. I think I'm gonna try this one out. It's been a while since I last entered a contest like this" Krillin said and began walking towards the table. "You stay back and take care of Marron. Heck, you might as well come pick me up if I'm knocked out or something" the small man looked over his shoulder before finding a seat.
18 simply stroke her blonde hair while sighing in annoyance over seeing this. "Alright, do your best. Just don't make an ass of yourself, that's all I'm asking for" she told him, although she could see that Krillin was too confident to listen.
Another one who was interested in entering was Leorio Paladiknight, who had narrowly avoided suffering serious injuries earlier thanks to Lucy's attack on Roshi. But now, the young doctor wanted to try something new, so he took a seat and waited patiently.
"This should be interesting. I can only imagine what the winner prize will be" the four-eyed man noted gleefully to himself as he looked around at the table.
Even Chocolove, who had narrowly escaped Vegeta's wrath, decided to join in and found a chair, while making sure he was not followed by anyone. The young shaman sighed deeply in relief. "Ah, at least I don't see Vegeta standing around here. Phew, that was a close call, I almost had my ass busted up. Hopefully he won't find me here" Chocolove thought while thinking this was a safe spot to be.
The teal-haired meister named Black Star found himself a seat and grinned cockily at being able to participate in the drinking contest. "Alright! I'll win this contest with ease! I mean, it can't be that bad" he though to himself while waiting.
But Black Star's weapon partner named Tsubaki Nakatsukasa only dropped a sweat by seeing her partner sitting at the table. "Why do I have a feeling that this will not go the way he expects?" she wondered in her head while seeing Black Star getting ready.
Among those who sat by the table were Zebra, Zoro, Ban, the wizard from Fairy Tail named Cana Alberona, the teacher named Yukari Tanizaku, the swordsman named Sharrkan Amun-Ra, the young guitarist named Yui Hirasawa and the weird jelly-like creature called Jelly Jiggler.
Mirajane smiled by seeing everyone seated and then held a microphone. "Okay ladies and gentlemen. The rules of the dinking contest are simple: you pass out, you lose. The winner of the contest is the last on standing.….I mean sitting of course. Silly me" Mirajane explained the rule and she suddenly reached for a small stopwatch and held it in her hand. "Alright! Once I have pressed on this stopwatch, the contest will begin, but when I press on it again, the contest is over. And we will see which one of you are worthy of being the King of Jugs. Now the contest begins…NOW!" Mirajane declared and the contest was on.
The spectators began cheering and supporting for the contestant they knew or wanted to win. Zebra and Cana drank up to large mugs, while Zoro, Ban and Sharrkhan drank up their kegs quickly, before resorting to larger kegs of beer. However, Yui, Krillin, Black Star and Yukari passed out on the table, not being able to stand more beer. In fact, Krillin and Black Star threw up, almost hitting the spectators, who were left disgusted. Only Jelly Jiggler, Leorio and Chocolove were determined to last longer, but they also failed. Leorio and Chocolove also threw up, although they did that on the table, much to everyone's disgust. Near the end, it was a drinking dual between Zebra and Cana, and after 5 minutes, Zebra emerged the victor, as Cana could not jug the last mug.
The spectators cheered for Zebra, as the aggressive Gourmet Hunter slammed on his stomach, eventually letting out a loud and supersonic burp. Considering his sound-based attacks, the burp sent soundwaves so loud that they shattered the glasses of the windows, as well as destroying the hearing to some of the spectators.
Zebra stood victorious on the table and raised his arms up in the air, with Mirajane happily announcing the winner. "We have a winner! Give Zebra some well-deserved applause, as he is now crowned the King of Jugs!" she announced and Zebra grinned with satisfaction.
Zoro only grumbled underneath his breath and he turned his attention to Ban, who was only glaring back at him in return. "This is your fault…asswipe!" Zoro said in his drunken manner.
"My fault!? You're way over your head you…dickhead!" Ban replied, barley possessing the ability to speak properly thanks to the alcohol. But the white-haired man's cheeks became bloated, as he tried to cover his mouth, only for the young knight to throw up on the table.
Zoro, who also had bloated cheeks, began throwing up as well, and most spectators were left disgusted by what they were seeing. However, some of them were laughing their butts off, as they saw almost all contestants lying on the table drunk, as it was filled with puke and beer, as well as empty kegs and mugs.
Brook had been sitting by the sidelines and played his violin. And he too was slightly disgusted by what he had seen. "Hmmm…...this is very disturbing indeed. They could almost have thrown up their insides. But I don't need to worry about that, considering that I'm a skeleton. Yohohohohohohohohoho!" the musician of the Straw Hat Pirates remarked while laughing at the end. He like everyone else was enjoying this spectacular night.
To be continued…
Author's note: Now that was a funny chapter. I just wanted to write something fun about this chapter, a stark contrast to the previous one. The next chapter will take us all back to Roanapur and tell us about the situation that has become. In this chapter, we saw characters from Dragon Ball, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Toriko, Hunter x Hunter, Soul Eater, Shaman King, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, The Seven Deadly Sins, Magi and other series like Kemeko Deluxe, Bokusatsu Tenshi, Sword Art Online, Gurren Lagann, Nisekoi, Highschool DxD, Azumangah Daioh, DNA², Rosario + Vampire, Azumangah Daioh, Bobobo-bo-bobo, Lucky Star and a new one I got interested in: Is This Order a Rabbit. Hope you enjoyed it? See you around.
