TNST
The City of Forgotten Legends
Disclaimer: I don't own One Piece.
"Please..." The crew watched with confusion, "Let me be your ally!" Eneru wasn't being the 'almighty god' he was when they first met.
"If you want to be our ally..." Luffy said breaking the silence but
"Luffy, we can't trust him!"
"What if he tries anything on us!?"
"Even if he does, I won't worry because I have you guys with me." Luffy managed to calm down, silence, and restore his crew's faith in order for them to listen to their new acquaintance.
"Please Pirate King…" Eneru started all over again, "I wasn't trying to harm you! I already have my home under attack! Everyone is gone!"
The Strawhats were amazed on how an enemy had defeated a foe that only their captain could stand at and beat when it was on Sky Island. Still, it was the only road they can walk on so they let Eneru lead them to a city; it looked like someone built inside a giant hole with stairs ascending and descending along the walls around the city. Those were the ones that the pirates and former god used to enter the area.
"What a creepy place." Nami pointed out with a shaking Usopp and Chopper on her husband's back to prove that; it was a cute and not a cute sight to say the least. Still, the Strawhats went on into the city; it was falling apart, buildings with clearly missing parts also crumbled and broken, the roads were cracking like eggs that hit a rock, and the atmosphere was dead and dark to match the layout of the establishment.
The weirdest thing was that the roads were like in a maze: dead ends, ups and downs, and circles; it was like it was designed to confuse travelers to walk in eternal lost. All it needs is an army of minions to attack them;
"Get them!"
"Raahh!"
(Wow, I'm good.)
A few hours later, the scene is hard to describe to be any different than the last; the only difference is the pile of defeated people near another group of standing but panting pirates and former god.
"What is with these punks? They were supposed to be small fry!" Zoro said in his ragged breath seemly surprised.
"Well I told you not to underestimate them!" Luffy yelled at everyone, I mean everyone, "You will get killed!"
"Okay! Okay, captain…" Chopper said with his hands in defense stance looking scared and scarred with wounds, "We are sorry." Luffy was angry that he crew were acting like they just met a group of average marines or something and he had to act like their shield while they got their workout.
"What kind of sorcery they used to cancel out my lightning and actually harming me?" Eneru asked, completely unaware of Haki in the arms kind that was used by the solders; the crew just chuckled in their minds at how ignorant and different the 'god' has become over the years.
"Anyway…" Hook said to grab the crew's attention, "Let's just find this person who led us to this place."
"O-of course…" Eneru tried to say under all the wounds he received both from the duel with that figure and now these so called 'push-overs'. He pointed to a tunnel opening that had signs of battle all over it, like some small army was fighting it along with another army because the bodies there don't match the pile of minions; in fact, they looked like Chopper: small, walking and talking animals. They are Eneru's new army and part of his crumbled, second empire on the moon.
After tying up the soldiers to the columns made of disfigured stone and any other material used for the buildings, the Strawhats were taking a break after such a long journey and a hard battle of which was the topic of recent discussions,
"I guess that an organization like the Saceris should have such an army of minions…" Zoro brought up another object of interest in the topic, "If those losers can put up a real fight, the ones that made to the higher seat have to be stronger."
"Exactly why I told you not to underestimate them Zoro," Luffy spoke in response with a rather frustrated tone, "They destroyed a city like Water Seven because they were grouchy about their pay."
That was very shocking for the crew, and at the same time was an explanation for the ruins they made camp in. The next thing to do is decide what to do about it all.
After enough time to recover, the Strawhats with Eneru in toll venture into the tunnel, it was like the one that lead them to the moon in the first place only it was total darkness so Nami and Robin and Flora practically attached themselves to their husbands which left Sanji with the Cowardly Duo clinging to his back while everyone else is giggling at the cook's embarrassment and bad luck including Eneru.
Not long after, the tunnel enlightened to show pictures of beings doing daily life, working, exploring, and inventing. Inventing beings of gears like those at the front of the tunnel will the purpose of acting like workers that can speed up the progress of their inventors since they can carry out tasks that are otherwise can only be carried out by them.
As the pirates agape at the drawings, Luffy was hearing from Eneru that he also found these and explained what they meant not even bothering to deal with the peeping crew until,
"And these..." Eneru halted when he set his eyes on another drawing that seemed be in the same type but it completely changed the subject showing a group of people arriving at the moon and an army lying at their feet. "Odd, I never seen a image of any of this in my life" Eneru stated.
"Perhaps you had no way of knowing since you or anyone under you drew this..." Luffy stated that once again made a load of sense to his crew and even Eneru agreed as they continued down the tunnel until they saw a door with whispers on the other side speaking of the Blue Seas and destruction.
End of Chapter 50
*Hello everyone! Here is the latest chapter in the New Strawhats! Remember, i got the moon surface from the cover comics in the actual One Piece manga about Eneru's adventures there. Have a nice day!*
