A/N: All right! It's Nephrite's time to take over... enjoy the latest arc...
Chapter 7: A New Tactic
Nephrite stood before Queen Beryl… giving his plan to gather energy.
"I have figured out a way to get energy from people, Jadeite gathered from crowds of people at once. I have figured out a way to gather from one human at a time… however there is a catch… these humans are no ordinary human…" said Nephrite.
Queen Beryl smirked "You're talking about Devil Fruit eaters… aren't you…"
"Why yes… it also helps that 4 of the Straw Hat pirates have eaten them as well…" said Nephrite.
"Did you forget that a Devil Fruit Eater can paralyze a Youma?" asked a voice.
A flurry of cherry blossoms appeared in mid air… out of those cherry blossoms was a man… or was it a woman? Who really knew… anyways he… she… was annoyed with Nephrite.
"Zoisite…" muttered Nephrite bitterly.
The person known as Zoisite said "If you think draining them will be that easy you should know you have another thing coming…" said Zoisite.
"You should stay out of other people's business…" said Nephrite.
"Zoisite! Nephrite! Stop fighting right now!" yelled Queen Beryl.
"Yes my Queen…" said both.
"I will have to agree with Nephrite for now… we won't know if it will work or not until he does it…" said Queen Beryl.
Nephrite smirked, Zoisite looked annoyed.
"I will not fail you… my first subject will be the Straw Hat himself of course…" said Nephrite with a smirk.
Meanwhile on the Merry Go, the sun still hasn't risen… Luna had a feeling that Jadeite wouldn't return so she took out the mirror and deiced to file a report.
"Kitty stalks by moonlight…" said Luna.
"Pass word confirmed…. Status report Luna." said Central Control.
"There was a fight between Jadeite just a little while ago… I have the feeling he won't be back…" said Luna.
"Interesting information Luna… I have some new information to give you: First I discovered that the tiara can only hide the identity from the enemy…" said Central control.
"That makes sense as it seemed Jadeite was surprised by the fact Usagi, Ami and Rei are the Sailor Senshi…" said Luna.
"Also I have discovered more about the enemy… they go by Dark Kingdom…" said Central control.
Luna nodded to this new information.
"I have given you all the information I have… good bye…" said Central Control.
The next afternoon there was a small meeting.
"so it's called the Dark Kingdom…" said Rei.
"It certainly sounds evil…" said Usopp.
"What else what there?" asked Nami.
"Nothing else, other than the fact that those of the dark kingdom can't see though the tiara's magic." said Luna.
"So that's how it works…" said Luffy.
Everyone stared at Luffy.
"Is it true that when Usagi first transform he couldn't tell the difference?" asked Rei.
"It's true…" said Nami.
Later the landed on the island, Luffy went to explore by himself. The wind began to blow hard and it blew away his hat. He fallowed it and saw it fly by… it was Nephrite using a disguise.
"Is this yours?" he said bending over to pick it up.
He place his hand on it somewhere and a mark appeared… "No my Youma… suck him dry when his energy reaches a crucial point…" he thought.
Picked it up and handed to Luffy who put it back on his head.
"Thanks." said Luffy.
Nephrite gave an evil smile.
Luffy felt a little strange… but shook it off.
That night it was dinnertime… midway though… everyone became worried why… because Luffy wasn't there…
"I wonder where Luffy is…" said Ami.
"He's the at the figure head, he said he wasn't hungry." said Robin.
"Luffy…" said Usopp.
"…not hungry?" said Chopper.
"IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!" yelled both Usopp and Chopper.
Both began to freak out… the more sane members sweatdroped… expect for Usagi, if she had known Luffy for about a week or two longer she would have freaked out too.
"Aren't you over reacting?" asked Ami.
"Just because Luffy isn't hungry doesn't mean the world is ending…" said Nami.
"Though you do have to admit it is strange…" said Robin.
"Yeah, he didn't even bother me once while I was cooking." said Sanji.
"I'll go see what's going on." said Usagi.
She left the galley and went over to Luffy.
"Luffy is everything all right…" asked Usagi.
Luffy mumbled something, something Usagi couldn't hear.
"What did you say?" asked Usagi.
"I SAID I'M FINE NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!" yelled Luffy.
Usagi was little scared, she left. Had she been there longer then she would have been worried as Luffy had never raised his voice like that.
Over the course of the next few days Luffy acted stranger and stranger. He never came in contact with any of the crewmembers they knew he was there as they saw at his spot. At around the 5th day of this Luffy left the ship for some reason… the others held a special meeting about Luffy's behavior…
"Why are we doing this?" asked Usagi while her and the others watched Raye perform a strange ritual over the stove… if it weren't for her Devil Fruit Powers everyone would think she's insane…
"I think she can figure out what's going on with Master Captain…" said Robin.
"I just hope she doesn't burn down the ship…" said Usopp.
Almost at if the flames were fed more gas they erupted largely and a picture of a strange figure looming over Luffy appeared then the flames died down… there was an awkward silence.
"What was that?" asked Usopp.
"It means that something is possessing Luffy…" said Rei.
Everyone gasped…
"What do you mean "Possessing Luffy?"" asked Usagi.
"She means that some sort of evil force as taken over the idiot…" said Sanji.
Rei nodded, "Not only that but something is going happen today…" said Rei.
"We should split up and look for him!" said Luna.
Everyone nodded, they broke up into 5 groups of two (including Luna), Usagi and Sanji, Nami and Ami, Robin and Luna, Zoro and Rei and Usopp and Chopper. They spilt up to different parts of the city. Usagi and Sanji managed to find him… doing something that no one would ever though they would see Luffy do… beat up a innocent person for money…
"O-okay I'll give you all the money I have!" said the man he was beating up.
"Luffy stop it!" yelled Usagi.
Luffy turned around there was a strange look in his.
"So you two want to have a mutiny?" asked Luffy.
Both stared at him.
"No…" said Usagi and Sanji at the same time.
"Then leave me alone!" yelled Luffy starting to glow red with a glowing mark on his hat.
Else where Nephrite felt the energy within Luffy… it had reached it peak.
"Go Gomu!" said Nephrite psychically.
Back with Luffy the glow took the shape a Youma as Luffy collapsed.
"Luffy!" said Sanji.
"Moon Prism Power Make-up!" said Usagi.
Usagi began to transform… Sanji cover his bloody nose.
"Why does that always happen?" asked Sailor Moon when she finished, she realized something.
"Where's the monster?" asked Sailor Moon.
"I don't know…" said Sanji.
Butcher shop happened to be nearby… and there was a crash.
"I think that answered our question…" said Sailor Moon as she picked up Luffy and put him over her should. Both ran towards the butcher shop. They found the monster tearing it up and stealing all the meat.
"Great… we're fighting a monster with his eating habits…" said Sanji.
"Hey you!" yelled Sailor Moon getting monster's attention.
"What?" said the monster eating a steak.
"You hurt my captain and my friend. On behalf of the Moon I will punish you!" said Sailor Moon.
"You should know what my powers are!" said the monster.
The monster sent a rubber punch towards Sailor Moon… she managed to doge though.
"No way!" said Sanji.
"She has his powers…" said Sailor Moon.
"That's right… and I've been studding his attacks!" said the Youma. "Gum Gum Rapid Fire!"
The monster began fire hundreds of rubber punches per second Sailor Moon couldn't dodge… she was glad Luffy was unconscious and mad of rubber. She fell to the ground.
"Sanji… can care of Luffy…" said Usagi.
Sanji nodded as he took Luffy off her back.
"All right Sailor Kick!" said Sailor Moon kicking the monster in the face… however.
"Silly Sailor… I physical attacks can't hurt me…" said the monster.
Sailor Moon let out a small growl… thankfully a rose flashed past the monster and cut her cheek.
"Damn it's Cape Boy…" said Sanji.
"Tuxedo Mask!" said Sailor Moon.
It was indeed Tuxedo Mask… "Sailor Moon… this monster is a physical manifestation of Luffy's energy and power… every devil fruit has weaknesses…
"That right… The Gum Gum Fruit is pointy and sharp thing…" she thought. She noticed a noticed a butcher's knife. She grabbed it and managed to cut the monster's arm…
"Why you Gum Gum Pistol!" said them monster however the monster hit Tuxedo Mask before she could hit Sailor Moon.
"Tuxedo Mask!" said Sailor Moon.
"Hit the place you cut her!" said Tuxedo Mask.
"Right! Moon Tiara Action…" said Sailor Moon as she took off her tiara, aimed for the arm she cut and the monster disengaged.
"Usagi… that was perfect…" said Sanji doing his little dance.
"That's good Sailor Moon..." said Tuxedo Mask who jumped to a building and jumped away.
"He's so cool!" said Sailor Moon.
Luffy began to wake up… "What happened?" he asked groggily, "This isn't the place I was earlier!" he said.
"What do you remember?" asked Sailor Moon.
"Well I remember when I was 4, Ace…" said Luffy.
"That's too far back!" yelled Sanji and Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon sighed "I meant what was the last thing you remembered?"
"Oh I remember I dropped my hat and this guy picked it up then… everything was blur…" said Luffy.
Sanji and Sailor Moon looked each other.
Meanwhile Nephrite felt what happened.
"So Gomu failed…" he said.
Later on the Merry Go they were telling Luffy what happened.
"So I was possessed by a Youma?" asked Luffy surprised.
"Yes…" said Luna, "What concerns me is that Youma had the powers of the Gum Gum Fruit…"
"So what your saying is that they started targeting people who ate Devil Fruits…" said Ami.
Luna nodded, "And I know who the next three targets will be…" said Luna.
"Really who?" asked Luffy.
There was an awaked silence as they stared at Luffy.
Robin broke the silence by saying "How are we going to get past this?"
"I have no idea yet… we don't even know how it happened…" said Luna.
Meanwhile Nephrite was upset about one thing but happy about another. There was a laugh.
"Zoisite…" said Nephrite.
A flurry of Cherry Blossoms appeared, "See I told you it wouldn't work…"
"On the contrary… you told it wouldn't work because of the Devil Fruit Powers… it did work and all I have to do is get rid of those Sailor Brats, those meddlesome Pirates and their dumb cat…" said Nephrite.
Zoisite scowled, "Well you shouldn't underestimate… that was Jadeite's down fall…" said Zoisite.
"I know that… after all my next is said to have god like powers…" said Nephrite.
Next Time: The next target is Robin... Rei figured out she's possessed however she too busy... with what? Let's just say a certain jerk is around she's interested it him...