Chapter 19: A great warrior. The history of Magellan, Lucci and Neo.
After the fight against Whitebeard, Sonic, Luffy and Ruby find themselves on the deck of the Sunny with many bandages. Even though it had cost her life, Ruby was very happy. Not for nothing: he had earned the respect of the strongest man in the world! Although there was something that tormented her.
Flashback.
Whitebeard: "Ruby, you are equal to your mother."
Back in present…
Ruby: "How did he know I look like Mom?" Did he ... do him really meet her? "
You find yourself shaking your head.
Ruby: That is impossible. Mom didn't know anything about Grand Line. But I have the Haoshoku Haki... Could it be...?
At that moment, Luffy goes on deck, as happy as ever.
Luffy: Yahoo! I'm ready! But I'm hungry... Oh, Ruby!
Ruby turns around and sees her brother.
Ruby: Luffy, you're awake! Goodness! And Sonic?
At that moment, a blue breeze surrounds them to finish seeing Sonic, hovering on one of the edges of the boat.
Sonic: You're already awake, aren't you Luffy? Oh Ruby! You are finally awake.
Ruby: Yes... Hey, how are you?
Luffy: Exhausted, but fine!
Sonic: What surprises me is that no bone has been broken.
Ruby: I'm with you...
Then all three start to smell something strange.
Sonic: You guys smell that?
Luffy: Yes... The truth is that it doesn't smell good.
Ruby: It comes from the helm.
The three go to where that smell comes from, when they see a red liquid.
Sonic: T-This is...
Ruby, Luffy and Sonic: Blood!
The three of them run to the helm and discover a horrible scene: three bodies lie before them.
Ruby: Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Two hours later...
Everyone heads to Holoska, with news of the discovery of three characters. In the medical wing of the Ocean Tornado, Marco was with the patients.
Marco: This is incredible...
Yang: Marco, how are you?
Marco: The miracle is that they are alive. The wounds they have are fatal.
Weiss: Could it have been the Destroyer?
Sonic, Luffy and Ruby: The Destroyer?
Zoro: Oh right. You were in treatment.
And Nami and Pyrrha tell them about the Destroyer.
Luffy: That is impossible! That is my technique!
Ruby: And no one has two equal Semblances!
Sanji: That is what Smoker said, but he assures me that he is not lying.
Sonic: I don't like this. This "Destroyer" is a danger.
Then they hear voices that start to wake up. Everyone heads to the medical wing beds to see familiar faces (for RWBY and Straw Hats): The first was a woman wearing a wide, wide-tailed white jacket with a pink interior, collar, a single gold button and large pink cuffs. She wears brown pants with a dark belt that has a gray buckle and an additional narrow belt underneath. Beneath his jacket is a brown corset, curved in the middle and at the bottom, exposing his hips. She also wears a multitude of black bead necklaces, which hang randomly around her neck. Neo also wears stylish below-the-knee black and white low-cut boots along with black gloves.
The second person is a robust man who looks like a big devil. He has big bat wings; with a gargoyle-like face. It has horns as decorations on the head, which can be used as weapons. You can see the scars on the left side of his face that covers his cheek and eye. Also, its left wing and horn are broken and have been repaired with metallic material.
The latter is someone closely related to Luffy and Robin: he is a very tall and thin man; however, he is a muscular man, with arched eyebrows and a carefully shaved goatee. He has wavy, shoulder-length hair that he sometimes ties with a ponytail. He wore a pristine white suit with a purple flower and a medal on his chest, to match a white top hat. And next to him, there was a dove with a white tie by his side.
Luffy: Pigeon Guy! The poison guy too!
Robin: Rob Lucci...! What is he doing here!?
Yang: This is the one that beat me up on the train!
Nami: That girl...?
Ruby: Yes, he works with a criminal in Remnant.
Usopp: The question is...
He runs to hide.
Usopp: ... what the hell are the warden of Impel Down and the cat boss of CP9 doing in this world?!
Weiss: The warden who almost killed Luffy with his poison?
Blake: CP9 ... You mean the head of the assassination organization of the World Government?!
Nami: That's right... The last time we saw him he fought Luffy and lost the fight. I didn't think I would ever see him again.
Robin:...
Sanji: What a colorful and beautiful girl!
Zoro: Idiot.
Suddenly, the demon man wakes up in pain.
?: Agh ... Damn ... huh? Straw Hat?!
Luffy: Poison guy, you're already awake!
?: You ... I should have assumed that you were to blame for that ambush!
Luffy: What the hell are you talking about?!
Lucci: Damn... Straw Hat... and Nico Robin...
Robin: ...!
Lucci: I had another mission, but I can finally finish you.
RWBY stands between Lucci and Robin.
Lucci: What...?
Yang: They've already told us all about you. We won't let you touch her.
Lucci: It doesn't matter what you say: I will chase "that woman" to the end of the world if necessary.
Ruby: I don't think so.
Ruby points to the Sea Stone handcuffs on her wrist and that they are holding him in bed.
Lucci: Ha... Smart move, I admit it.
The woman stands up in pain and sees Team RWBY and immediately stands guard. However, Luffy approaches her, concerned.
Luffy: You are awake too, thank goodness!
The girl blinks in surprise and pushes him back. However, as Luffy is made of rubber, it does not harm him.
Luffy: Hey!
Sonic: The fault is yours, you've been a brute.
Then he addresses all three at once.
Sonic: Well, Warden Magellan, Rob Lucci and, uh, I don't know your name.
The girl takes a pencil and a sheet of paper and writes something. She gives it to Sonic.
Sonic: Neopolitan, huh?
Luffy: I'll call her Neo. It is easier.
Sonic: Well, what are you doing here and what happened to you?
Magellan: Do you think I'm going to talk to a Straw Hat ally?!
Lucci: All right.
Magellan: But, Mister Lucci...!
Lucci: It's for the sake of the mission, Warden. At this time, it is better to obey.
Neopolitan, Magellan and Lucci are incorporated into the beds to be able to speak better.
Magellan: All right. You see, the Navy HQ sent a message to all Grand Line law enforcement agencies, saying we should unite to investigate a "strange whirlpool out of nowhere."
Lucci: Of course, we thought it must be a joke.
Weiss: "Who would blame them..."
Lucci: But the moment they said the name "Straw Hat Luffy" we knew we should take this seriously.
The Beacon Hunters, Sonic, Tails and Chip look directly at Luffy, who has his head to one side.
Luffy: Hey, what's up?
All: Nothing, nothing. "What has he done to make the world go after him?"
Lucci: So we decided to cross into that other world, to discover that it was broken in several parts.
Magellan: Shortly after arriving, we found this woman at sea, waiting to ambush us. I attacked her with my Doku gumo, but she blocked it with her umbrella.
Lucci: Fortunately, I went with him, so I was able to reduce it without much effort... when he appreciated.
Flashback.
Fight the Knight - Sonic and the Black Knight (OST.) [Destroyer (?) Theme]
On the Navy ship, the same type appears that saved Sonic and company, from Doflamingo.
Magellan: "Who are you?"
Destroyer (?): "I'm just a pirate and a hunter, and you shouldn't be here."
Magellan: "Who do you think you are? Hydra!"
Magellan summons a three-headed dragon that is composed of corrosive liquid and deadly poison that causes nerve paralysis and melts victims at the same time. The Hydra's heads try to eat him, but the Destroyer somehow uses a combination of Yang's Semblance and Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Rifle, covered in Busoshoku Haki, causing him severe damage.
Lucci: "Ha, not bad. Soru!"
Lucci stands behind the Destroyer and smiles.
Lucci: "Shigan «Ōren»"
This attack is simply a faster version of a simple Shigan that hits the enemy multiple times. However, the Destroyer moves through a combination of Ruby's Semblance and Sonic's speed.
Lucci: How...?
Destroyer (?): "Bien Cuit: Grill Shot."
The Destroyer kicks the Diable Jambe, burning the part affected by the kick. Lucci receives such a kick; however he uses Tekkai to protect himself. Lucci manages to reduce the damage, although he spits out some blood.
Lucci: "D-Damn you..."
Lucci changes to his hybrid form and runs after him.
Lucci: "Don't underestimate me. Rankyaku "Hyobi"!"
Lucci creates a large, powerful Rankyaku in the form of a whirlpool.
The mysterious individual smiles and lets him be beaten... only to see that he was a shadow clone, or rather, Blake's Semblance.
Lucci: "How did he do that?!"
Destroyer (?): "Ha, how bad..."
The Destroyer uses his Haoshoku Haki, intimidating everyone including Lucci. Then a sword is pointed at him. Neo was smiling very confidently.
Destroyer (?): "Are you the one left? Okay fine, this will be fine."
BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle OST: Neo's Theme (One Thing)
Both begin to fight, Neo with his umbrella and the Destroyer changes his mechanical hand to the blade sword mode and they begin a duel of swordsmen. Neo tries to skewer him, but it blocks him and he jumps back. The girl tries to go after him, furious.
Destroyer (?): "You need to calm down, you know?"
Neo uses her Semblance and creates Grimms illusions but the Destroyer just laughs, making her more furious.
Destroyer (?): "He, he, he. What if I tell you that there is a device that does exactly the same as you, but better?"
Neo loses his temper and runs to stab him, when he cuts it and kicks it, sending it to the side of the boat. When he is trying to get up, he uses the Haoshoku Haki, destroying illusions and terrifying Neo.
Destroyer (?): "Have you finally seen how different we are? You are just another person's pawn; I am... a monstrous weapon."
The Destroyer grabs Neo's umbrella, Hush, and takes it away, leaving the criminal alive and seeing the devastation of at least 5 Buster Call-sized ships, terrorizing her before collapsing.
Magellan: "It's ... a monster..."
At that moment, the Destroyer hits Magellan several times, until he almost killed him, while he enjoyed it a little.
Destroyer (?): "That's... Suffer."
At that time, they call him for a hand-held Den Den Mushi.
Destroyer (?): "Yes?"
?: "Hey, you hollow head! May I know what you are doing?!"
Destroyer (?): "That voice ...! Asahina, is that you?"
Asahina: "Of course it's me! I thought the old man told you NOT to kill anyone!"
Destroyer (?): "And I-I-I-don't..."
Asahina: "But I DO hear you laugh for miles! Really!"
Destroyer (?): "S-Sorry".
Asahina: "Geez... Well, the rest and I are waiting for you. And don't forget the umbrella!"
Destroyer (?): "I'm going there."
Back to the present...
Magellan: ... And that's it.
Everyone was shaking like a flan except for Luffy, Sonic and Ruby.
Yang: This is crazy...
Weiss: You can use our Semblances, Luffy's and others' powers, not to mention his combat capabilities...
Neo begins to cry over her loss when Luffy approaches her.
Luffy: Hey, is that umbrella very important to you?
Neo nods quickly and Luffy places his hat on top of her head. Neo looks at him, puzzled.
Luffy: Don't worry, I'll kick his ass, and I'll give you your umbrella back. It sure is amazing!
Neo looks him in the eye and blushes.
Luffy: Hey, are you okay?
Sonic: Don't worry about her, it's okay.
Jimbei: Guys, we will arrive in Holoska at night, you better get warm.
Everyone prepares to get to the frozen town, as the sun goes down.
To be continue...