Sanya: This year is a very special year.
Varvula: Why is that Sanya?
Peace: Is it something to do with the tigers?
Shiho: Oh, it's Zodiac system in some countries. Tigers are respected of their strength, bravery, and skills.
Gwen: That didn't seen like it with Haku.
Yang: Let it go Gwen.
Freddy: She's still hates the fact that Wendy destroyed Haku in the manga.
Shiho: Anyway, since Sanya magic represents a black cat. She mean her special year for her feline heritages.
Varvula: Oh, I get it~! Well Sanya congratulations on your feline year~!
Sanya:...I didn't know that this was the year of the tigers...
Gwen: Then why do you think this year is special?
Sanya: This is the first time celebrating Elia's birthday coming up on the 20th in February.
Peace: Oh, we should have a party~!
Yang: Dibs on getting the cake~!
Freddy: Yeah, like we trust you anywhere near cake.
Yang: Dude, what do you take me for, Gwen?
Gwen: What's that suppose to mean?
Yang: It's cake, you're a kid. Do the math~!
Varvula: While you guys argue about party preparations. I'll be the first to say...
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Yang/Gwen/Shiho: JUST SAY IT ALREADY~!
Varvula: A-Alright you don't have to shout... CUE THE THEME SONG~!
Theme song: Fatally by Kotoko (See Profile for Link.)
Tachibana Hibiki slowly awoke and found herself staring at the ceiling. Gritting from the pain, she remembered the one-sided beating she had received from Shizuka. She slowly sat up and noticed Manatsu, Cynthia, Awatsuki, Jackal and four strangers; three guys and a redhead girl, in an unfamiliar room.
"H-Hey guys…" Everyone turned to Hibiki, surprised that she was up.
"H-Hibiki," Cynthia said, a bit uneasy. "I'm glad you're alright…"
"Yeah I'm fine...?" Hibiki was a bit confused by Cynthia's uneasiness. "Um, did I miss something?"
"Hibiki~!" Manatsu comically announced happily. "We were saved by these guys called Luminous Tail, and Awatsuki accidentally drank a Devil Juice giving her Devil Fruit powers~!"
"So blunt~!" Cynthia and Jayden exclaimed in unison.
"Oh...I see," Hibiki slowly nodded. It took a few seconds before her eyes widened. "...WAH!? YOU HAVE DEVIL FRUIT POWER~!?"
"A-Apparently," Awatsuki said, still stunned.
"From what we've witnessed," Yozura silently theorized. "Her body was floating in the air, yet she was visible. So this what it means by moonlight…!"
"Moonlight?" Manatsu repeated oddly.
"I think the Devil Fruit that Awatsuki drank is capable of turning her into moonlight," Simon thought out loud, his hand on his chin. "That was my hypothesis when I analyzed the juice."
"Aww~! I was hoping that she would turn into a giant moon," Eguchi pouted.
"That would be scary," Cynthia said with a sweatdrop.
Awatsuki focused her eyes on her hands. Even though her hands felt different, they looked the same to her eyes.
"It doesn't look that different," Hibiki stated, observing her hand.
"T-Touch her hand!" Manatsu persuaded eagerly while grinning.
"...Okay," Hibiki awkwardly replied. The girl tried to hold onto Awatsuki's hand. But was startled when she phase through it. "AH~!" Hibiki quickly retracted her hand back, looking stunned. "W-Why did my hand...?"
"So that's what it meant by Moon," Yozura theorized, a bit stunned. "She's able to make certain parts of her body into harmless moonlight."
"Wait, how did she get Devil fruit powers?" Hibiki asked.
"She drank it thinking that it was medicine," Cynthia replied.
"And I was the one that gave it to her!" Eguchi announced proudly.
"Don't act happy about it!" Jayden snapped before turning to the others. "I'm really sorry for this idiot's mistake."
"D-Don't blame him, Jayden," Yozura pleaded. "I-I was the one who told him to find the medicine..."
"I apologize for the misunderstanding of my friends here," Simon bowed sincerely.
"No it's okay. It was a accident," Awatsuki said with a nervous smile. "I...I just need to get used to my new powers."
"What does Devil Fruit juice taste like Awatsuki?" Hibiki asked excitedly.
"It wasn't a pleasant taste," Awatsuki answered.
"Just like the medicine," Eguchi said.
"Which you're supposed to be giving her in the first place," Jayden muttered.
"Is there...anyway to get rid of the Devil Fruit?" Cynthia asked nervously.
"There is one way that I know of," Simon replied sadly. "When the Devil Fruit user passes away, the Fruit reappears in a different place."
"You mean...?" Awatsuki said, trembling in fear.
"Death," Jackal finished eerily. He had a grin like a maniac, causing Awatsuki to tremble in fear.
"Don't scare her like that~!" Cynthia whipped her feet into Jackal's face.
Chapter 27: The Ordeal of Balls
"This is a really weird place," Kuroko said while glancing uneasy at the scenery. After a 50 feet drop, the rescue team was slowly riding along the Milky Road. Since they entered the Ordeal of the Balls they were surrounded by white floating spheres everywhere.
"There are sphere's everywhere," Kirika gazed in awe.
"These spheres must've been made of Island clouds," Kuroko commented.
"They look more like giant snowballs," Luffy eagerly said.
Sanji glared ahead beyond the float spheres. "The Milky Road seems oddly laid out. The level is constantly changing."
"I wonder what kind of ordeal would be in this place?" Papaya asked.
"Yeah, these balls seem to be harmlessly floating around," Kirika stated.
"Well, it would be nice if nothing happened," Sanji sighed.
"Did we pick the right one?!" Luffy said looking excited. "I mean we'd probably be suffering some gruesome fate now if we had chosen another path!"
"AH~! You're right," Usopp blinked in realization. "That's probably true~!"
"How laid back can you idiots be?" Kuroko huffed. "We shouldn't let our guard down!"
"She's right, just think about it a little! There may be more traps like the ones earlier!" Sanji added. "We need to stay sharp and keep moving with that in mi-"
"I'm thirsty," Luffy suddenly announced. "Let's have some tea~!"
"Wait, we brought tea?" Kirika asked.
"Yup it's in my backpack," Luffy answered.
"It's not a bad idea," Usopp added. "There should be some rice crackers in there as well. Let's have some of that too~!"
"Yeah, I'm starving desu," Kirika said.
"Is this really a good time to be eating?" Papaya asked, however she found her words being ignored as Luffy, Usopp, and Kirika were already pulling out a pack of crackers and some tea.
"Seriously guys," Kuroko facepalmed. "I doubt sissy would act like you three barbarians."
"Okay I guess I'm taking the wheel here," Sanji sighed a bit annoyed. "You guys be useful and keep a lookout in all directions."
"Aye Sanji~!" Kirika responded by saluting.
"This is getting strange," Kuroko mumbled surveying the area. "Pagaya mentioned that there were four priests assigned to each trial, but everything here seems quiet and peaceful…"
"Yeah...a bit too peaceful," Sanji agreed.
"OI~! Usopp~!" Luffy called out with a rice cracker in his mouth. He vollied a nearby Cloud Sphere over to Usopp.
"I got it!" Usopp answered as he received it to Kirika. They both had a rice cracker in their mouths.
"Here yah go Papaya~!" Kirika called out, bouncing it towards Papaya. She was startled that she ended up joining in on their game.
"THIS IS NO TIME TO PLAYING AROUND~!" Sanji and Kuroko comically raged at the group.
Kuroko suddenly detects something odd about the clouds. 'Wait it's moving? That's impossible unless…!'
"GET DOWN~!" Papaya along with the others was startled. Kuroko pushed the Pretty Cure down just in time as a snake sprang out of the cloud sphere biting the area where Papaya's face would be.
"EH~~~!?" Kirika and Luffy cried out in shock.
"What the~!?" Sanji was startled but managed to calm himself and kick the cloud sphere, launching the snake far away from them.
Papaya panted as she stood up. "Thank you...Kuroko."
"Guy's there's another one coming in the front~!" Usopp announced, noticing another cloud coming towards them.
"I'll handle this~!" Kirika got out her scythe. "I'll slice the snake before it even gets a chance~!"
Kuroko got the same strange feeling again and called out to Kirika. "Wait Kirika~! That's not a-."
BOOOM~!
The second Kirika's scythe touched the sphere, it exploded upon contact, leaving everyone on the Little Crow to be comically smothered by the rupture.
"...
…
…WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE SPHERE!?" Usopp exclaimed, confused.
"And how did Kuroko know that something was inside them?!" Kirika added.
"I don't know but…" Kuroko said. "But for some reason, I can vaguely tell what was inside with my esper powers…I never knew I could do that before."
"~Hoh-Hoh~!" A sudden laughter got the others to tense up a bit. "Silly fools~! It's fun knowing what'll come out~! They're called Surprise Clouds~!"
"Surprise clouds?" Kuroko asked.
"Who are you? Show yourself~!" Sanji called out.
Sitting on top of one of the surprise clouds was a round shaped human with dark red hair. He was clad in a white full-body jumpsuit which had a vertical line of golden rings that ran from front to back and had an orange hat, gloves and shoes and golden sunglasses. Just like other skypian he had wings on his back.
"Heso~!" He laughed. He playfully dances about on top of his cloud sphere. "Welcome to my Ordeal of Sphere~! Hoh-Hoh-Hoh-Hoh-Hoh-Hoh-~!"
"...A talking dumpling?!" Kirika gasped in disbelief. "...With glasses!?"
"That's what shocks you!?" Usopp exclaimed.
"...I'm not going to even say it," Kuroko facepalmed. "...But one thing for sure...this is somehow Lucy's fault."
"Why? She's not even here?" Papaya said with a sweatdrop.
"That's a priest~!" Kirika said, looking a bit surprised.
"So this is your Ordeal of Sphere!?" Luffy asked angrily. The priest ignored them and continued his silly dance.
"Would you quit dancing and tell us who the hell are you!?" Sanji comically yelled at the man. However, he still continued to ignore them.
"Gotta say...he's not as bright as I expected," Usopp whispered.
"Still we shouldn't let our guard down," Kuroko warned them. "Looks can be deceiving."
Tired of him dancing, Kirika called out. "Hey Dumpling man~! Where are the others?!"
"You mean the sacrifices?" The man questioned with a cheerful voice. "Who knows they're probably dead. However, even if they escape they'll still die."
"What did you say!?" Sanji growled angrily.
"Hoh-Hoh-Hoh-Hoh-Hoh-Hoh~! You should be more worried about yourselves," The man declared. He then bounced off of his cloud and launched towards the Crow.
"HE'S COMING RIGHT TOWARDS US~!" Usopp screamed, hiding behind Kirika. "GET EM GUYS~!"
"I hope you're ready for this~!" Luffy yelled as he whined up his fist. "Gum Gum…"
"Hoh, you're going to stretch eh?" The priest announced as he shifted his body to the left.
"...? Pistol~!" Puzzled, Luffy shot his fist at the dumpling man missing horribly. The man opened his right palm near Luffy's head face.
BING~!
One minute Luffy was on the Little Crow then the next, he was suddenly spiraled backward off the crow and slammed into a tree with his hat flying in the air. His eyes rolled back in his head as he slumped on the ground unconscious.
"...What the!?" Kuroko gasped in shock.
"LUFFY~!" Sanji exclaimed in shock as well.
"T-This is impossible~!" Usopp gaped. "How can Luffy get hurt by a simple punch like that~?!"
"HEY DUMPLING~!" Kirika called out angrily. She was just about to swing her scythe at the man. However he appeared right in front of her with his palm open on her face.
BING~!
"...!" Papaya gasped in shock. She watches helplessly as Kirika was launched out of the Crow and into the same direction Luffy went. Kirika tumbled on the ground landing sprawled on her stomach with her scythe landing a few feet where she was.
"Kirika~!" Papaya stuttered in disbelief. Two of her friends were already knocked out by one person.
"You should be worried about yourself missy," The man chuckled as Papaya noticed his palm in front of her face. Her eyes widened in horror as she realized she was about to end up like Luffy and Kirika.
Papaya suddenly disappeared from sight and reappeared on the branch with Kuroko next to her. "Thank you Kuroko."
"No problem," Kuroko answered. "What's the deal with this guy?"
"You bastard~!" Sanji snapped as he prepared to attack the man.
"Hoh~! Right foot, high kick," Satori predicted.
"Collier-?!" Sanji trailed off in confusion as the dumpling avoided his kick.
"Only the most well-trained are granted the power of mantra," The Priests chuckled from behind Sanji.
'Impossible, how could he have predicted my attack?' Sanji thought for a second before feeling a sudden pain in the back. The man appeared with his hand on Sanji's back. He soared past Usopp ending in the same fate as Kirika and Luffy.
"Even Sanji?" Papaya gasped.
"He's able to read our every movement," Kuroko explained. "We need to catch him off guard when he attacks Usopp."
"GAHHH~! NOOOO~! SANJI!" Usopp screamed.
"I warned you, didn't I?" The man said from behind Usopp. The sniper shivered in fear as the priest was about to extend his hand onto Usopp.
"Now~!" Kuroko teleported her and Papaya up in the air and the two prepared to unleash a double dropkick right down at the priest. He anticipated their movement by grabbing Usopp's nose, pulling him forward to the position of the attack.
"...!" Before Usopp could react, he was kicked in the face by both Papaya and Kuroko. He was comically launched off the boat and crashed right between Luffy and Sanji.
"U-Usopp~?!" Papaya shouted. Kuroko gritted her teeth as she was about to teleport around the priest to confuse him.
"You're trying to teleport behind me trying to confuse me," The man extended his hand to where Kuroko was about to appear behind.
'He can even read my calculations?' Kuroko thought in her mind. She tried to teleport in a different direction to attack, but his hand made contact with her face, launching her next to Kirika coughing up a bit of blood before laying still.
"This is different from a simple punch," The priest explained as he extended his arm at the frozen Pretty Cure. "The shockwave of an impact dial causes damage directly to your body~!"
Her body ached as she was launched to where Kirika and Kuroko were with her mind utterly blank and dark.
Luffy was able to regain consciousness right after Papaya was rocket back by the rounded Priest. "Damnit~! Is everyone okay?"
"Y-Yeah," Sanji coughed as he steadily rose to his feet. Usopp was coughing hard in response.
"Wh-what's going on?!" The boys can hear Kirika calling out. "How did we end up off the boat?!"
Papaya slowly stood up as well but noticed Kuroko lay motionless. "Kuroko? Please wake up~!"
Sanji ran up to Kuroko checking her pulse. "Thank God, she's not dead. But she'll be out for a while."
"Stupid priest grabbing my nose," Usopp growled rubbing his nose.
"Hoh-Hoh-Hoh-~!" The man laughed. "My name is Satori of the forest and I am one of the four Priests of the Almighty Eneru who watches over the Upper Yard~! This vearth in this Forest of Illusion is under my control?"
"Illusions?" Luffy repeated.
"That's right~! In this forest one of the illusions is...Your boat," As Satori said that he uses his foot to activate the Little Crow causing it to move.
"The boat is moving by itself~!" Kirika exclaimed.
"From now on your boat will drift aimlessly on the Milky Road and it will eventually exit this forest by itself~!" Satori explained. "I'm sure you already understand that with this dial boat you can't get to the Sacrificial altar~! Of course, you can try to get on it before it happens but you'll have to beat me and my Surprise Clouds and I will not allow you to succeed."
"So this is the ordeal we have to go through?" Papaya asked.
"That's right, Welcome to the Forbidden Holy Land Upper Yard! This Forest of illusion, the chance of survival is 10% This is the Ordeal of Sphere~!"
On the altar, Lily, and Chopper were fixing the ship, while Laura watched in the distance. Happy, Tsubasa and Charla were scanning their surroundings. Index, Last Order and Levy were inside the sick bay, treating George.
"Do you see anything?" Chopper asked.
"Other than those Sky Sharks swimming around, nothing new," Happy answered. "I wish I was strong enough to catch and eat them."
"I bet Zoro would catch one!" Chopper said, attempting to cheer him up.
"Honestly Happy, we are in the middle of enemy territory and all you care about now is fish?" Charla questioned.
"I guess you can call it stress eating," Happy chuckled.
"Speaking of which, there's something I want to ask you Chopper," Laura realized.
"What is it?" Chopper asked.
"You said you were a reindeer that ate the Human Human fruit, right?" Laura questioned. "If you don't mind me asking, how did you become a doctor?"
"I was taught by Dr Kureha who was known as a witch in my hometown Drum Island," Chopper replied. "She taught me everything about medicines and becoming a doctor."
"A witch you say?" Tsubasa repeated with a sweatdrop.
"So how did you get involved with Luffy and the others?" Charla asked.
"Well the first time I saw him, he was climbing up the mountain with Nami and Sanji on his back," Chopper thought back. "It was crazy honestly. His hands had frostbite and blood and yet he climbs the mountain with his bare hands, during a blizzard."
Tsubasa, the Exceeds, and Laura were speechless. The fact that their captain wasn't bright but carrying two of his crewmates while climbing a mountain with his hands during a snow storm.
"Why would he go so far to do that?" Laura asked.
"Because Nami was very sick and they needed a doctor," Chopper answered. "And since doctor at the time were banned in Drum Island, we were the only o-"
CRUNCH~!
Chopper was interrupted when he accidentally smashed the hammer into his fingers.
"You okay?" Lily asked, concerned.
"I'm fine, nothing that a little ice won't fix," Chopper nodded slowly. The three noticed the hammer at the bottom step of the altar...which was close to the sea full of active Sky Shark.
"...Oops,"
"HOH-HOH-HOO!" Satori continued laughing as the Little Crow sailed away on the Milky Road without the six of them on it. "You six better catch her~! She's getting away!"
"He's right, guys~!" Usopp realized, "We need to get moving now before we lose sight of her~!"
Usopp was already running to the direction where the Little Crow was heading before anyone could stop him.
"Usopp wait!" Sanji called out while carrying the knocked out Kuroko behind his back. "Finding each other won't be easy either!"
"Don't worry, I'll help him out~!" Kirika announced and she chased after him.
"Damn it," Sanji cursed. "I can't leave Kuroko here with this lunatic."
"You guys go on ahead without me," Luffy answered while cracking his knuckles. "I'll deal with the ball guy."
"I'll help too," Cure Papaya nodded as she brought up her fists.
"HOH-HOH-HOO!" Satori laughed. "This should be amusing. Do you really think you two can beat me?"
"I guess someone needs to deal with this pot belly freak,' Sanji thought to himself. "Don't do anything reckless that would endanger Papaya's life! I'll be back as soon as we get the boat!"
"Great," Luffy grinned while winding his arms around. "Get ready for a beatdown Dumpling~!"
Luffy shot his arm up to a branch while Papaya ran past Satori and leaped upon one of the branches, opposite of her captain.
Luffy flew up in the air and wind pulled his fist back. "Gum Gum!"
"Same move as before I see," Satori predicted.
"Pistol!" Luffy aimed his fist at Satori who spun around to evade it. Satori then grabs onto Luffy's vulnerable arm and begins to swing him around over and over again before the priest smashes him into a tree.
Once she was at a safe distance, Papaya brought her earrings to her eyes, "Papay-"
"Firing a beam out of your eyes," Satori predicted and kicked the closest Surprise Ball towards her.
"Beam~!" The second the yellow beam made contact with the Cloud ball, it exploded in a cloud of smoke.
"Oh lovely, a fog ball~!" Satori chuckled.
"Huah!" Papaya emerged out of the fog towards Satori, with her right fist pulled back. Satori extended his arm to block her punch with the palm of his hand. "W-What?!"
"You're wondering why your punch didn't even hurt me, aren't you?" Satori cackled. He snatched her hand, swung her around like Luffy, and launched her toward a tree. Luckily Papaya was able to land on her feet, skidding back on the large branches.
"HOH-HOH-HOOO~!" Satori laughed, mocking the two. "What's the matter? I thought you two were going to take care of me~!"
"We will!" Luffy growled as he recovered from hitting the tree by wrapping his leg around the branch above. He stretched his arm past Satori and grabbed onto a vine that was wrapped around a tree behind the Priest. While climbing onto the tree, Cure Papaya watched in a distance for an opening as Luffy yanked himself towards Satori. "This time I won't miss! Gum Gum…!"
"A feint punch followed with a kick," Satori stated.
Just like he said it, Luffy faked the punch and lashed his leg at him. "...Whip!"
Satori jumped over Luffy's stretched leg and landed on his surprise cloud. Luffy zipped by him but quickly spun around and lashed his leg out again. "And again!"
The priests caught Luffy's foot with ease and pulled him towards him. Luffy drew back his fist back preparing another attack, but Satori extended his open palm aimed at Luffy's face.
BING!
Papaya launched herself the moment Luffy was blasted back. Satori knew she would advance so he grabbed Luffy and hoisted him over his head and swung him around towards Papaya.
It happened so fast that Papaya didn't have the chance to react. Satori used Luffy's body to swat Papaya into a tree while Luffy smashed head first into another tree. Satori jumped off his cloud and dove towards Luffy, landing multiple hits on Luffy with his palm, drilling him deeper and deeper into the tree.
Cure Papaya recovered to notice Satori's menacing attack on Luffy. 'This is bad. He's predicted every move we make! How are we supposed to fight someone like that…!"
Getting an idea, Papaya leaped towards one of the cloud balls. "Let's see how you like it!" She called out right before she kicked the ball towards Satori.
"Oh~!" Satori, who knew Papaya's plan, playfully jumped out of the way of the incoming cloud ball. The cloud exploded into some green slime that covered Luffy.
"Hey what's going on out there?!" Luffy asked while trying to pull his head out of the tree.
"S-Sorry!" Papaya apologies with a sweatdrop. Once she landed on the ground the Pretty Cure noticed Satori was gone. "Where did he go?"
"HOH-HOH-HOO~!" The second she heard his laugh, Cure Papaya quickly turned back and separated herself from Satori. "Your mind is like an open book~! Your plans and ideas are interesting to say the least. But none of them will work~!"
Cure Papaya lunged at Satori blindly, trying to land a hit. However Satori was able to block every fist and kick with his hand. 'Why is he blocking everything with his right hand only? Is there a weapon behind his gloves?'
Her thoughts were interrupted, when Satori grabbed Papaya fist with his left hand and pulled Papaya closer into his open right palm. In a split second, Papaya saw the dials on his palm. 'A dial?'
The force of the impact dial was enough to launch the Pretty Cure into a tree, all the wind knocking out of her lunges. She didn't even get a chance to recover as Satori appeared and delivered the same treatment he did to Luffy. Unfortunately, Papaya couldn't handle the blow from the second assault and she slumped unconscious.
"That's two of them down," Satori said as he jumped on one of his surprise clouds. "Now where have the others scampered off to? If they got away, that would be a disappointment!"
"See anything Usopp?!" Sanji asked. He was carrying Kuroko on his back while Usopp and Kirika were on top of one of the branches.
"Hold on…" Usopp mumbled as he scanned the Milky Road until he saw the Little Crow in the distance. "AH~! There it is~!"
"Wanna tell me where~?!" Sanji asked again.
"It's straight ahead~!" Usopp shouted. "Climb up onto the third tree and then you can jump on when she passes beneath~!"
"Got it!" Sanji nodded as he leaped up to the third tree.
Kirika looked behind to see how Papaya and Luffy were doing, only to find the priests himself on top of a cloud ball. He then got off it and kicked it in their direction. "D-DEATH~! I-Incoming Surprise Cloud Guys~!"
"What?!" Sanji asked as he stopped climbing and noticed the surprise ball heading towards him. "I thought Luffy and Papaya were dealing with him!"
Sanji was preparing for the worst, but didn't Surprise ball zipped past him and ricocheted to the left after hitting another Cloud Ball.
"I'm going to cut whatever inside the Cloud ball desu~!" Kirika declared. She brought her scythe up to prepare to swing at the Cloud Ball heading towards her.
"GHAYY! DON'T DO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOURSELF KILLED!?" Usopp screamed. The surprised cloud ricochet again after bumping onto the tree Kirika was on and was aiming at the sniper. "AHHH IT'S GOING FOR ME!"
"USOPP!" Kirika and Sanji shouted as Usopp comically jumped off of the branch to avoid it.
'This is the end...well at least I died as a man,' Usopp wept as the surprise ball was touching his nose.
POP!
A small flower popped out of the ball, causing Usopp to gawk in shock. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN POP!?"
"Huh, it was just dud," Satori sighed in disappointment.
"Crap!" Usopp screamed as he fell directly onto the ground, knocked out.
"Kirika, behind you~!" Sanji yelled as he watched another cloud ball zoom towards her from behind.
"I'm not going to jump out like Usopp!" Kirika stood her ground determined. She prepared herself and swung her scythe horizontally, slicing the Cloud Ball in half.
"Hoh-Ohoho~! Oh my, you were able to cut it!" Satori announced amusedly. "But that won't help you I'm afraid."
"Desu?" Kirika glanced at her scythe realizing her scythe was stuck in the middle of the ball. She tried to pull her scythe out, but it wouldn't budge. Kirika tried to shake off the ball cloud, but it would not move. "Get off! Get off! GET OFF~!"
Fuming in rage, Kirika planted her feet on the cloud trying to free her weapon. Unfortunately, it only made it worse for her as her feet were now stuck on the cloud. "OH COME ON~!"
"...Ow," Cure Papaya was able to regain consciousness as she rubbed the back of her head. The last thing she recalled before being knocked was a white Dial on Satori's right palm. 'The only thing I saw was a dial…!'
Papaya quickly got up and jumped up on top of the branch, wondering where Satori or Luffy were. She noticed Luffy heads still stuck on the tree. "Luffy!"
Luffy used all the strength he had and successfully pulled his head out of the tree, landing on the same branch Cure Papaya was on. "Oh hey, Papaya, do you know where that ball creep went?!"
"I think he's going after Sanji and the others," Papaya answered, scanning the area until she noticed him in the distance. "Oh, there he is!"
Just as Papaya finished her sentence, Luffy leaped onto a tree branch and dashed after him. The Pretty Cure quickly followed after him.
"ALRIGHT THAT DOES IT YOU'RE MAKING ME MAD YOU DUMPLING GUY!" Luffy roared as he jumped onto a ball and leaped up towards Satori. "GUM GUM GATLING!"
Satori was able to dodge the barrel of fists Luffy unleashed. However, Luffy was able to hit the surprise ball that Satori was on, creating a massive chaotic mess as the Surprise Clouds were bouncing everywhere.
"AH~!" Papaya jumped out of the way as a surprise ball was coming in her direction landing on the branch she was on. A scorpion tail with two pincers popped out. "Scorpion Cloud?"
"Damn it, that idiot is making things worse!" Sanji growled. He barely avoided two cloud balls that slammed on onto the branch. One fired off multiple sharp spears while the other grew two giant red pincers and crab legs. Sanji while still carrying Kuroko leaped in the air to evade the pincer and landed on the forest floor. "Spears and crabs?"
"Come on Come on!" Kirika grumbled trying to free herself from the glue that was seeping out of the cloud ball, but the more she struggled the more she was stuck. Her body was glued on the branches, her limbs dangling down. Kirika slowly noticed a cloud ball coming towards her. "D-Death~!"
Kirika closed her eyes as the surprise ball came in contact with her. After a few minutes of waiting, Kirika opened her eyes to herself covered in green liquid. "What the?!"
The glue surrounding Kirika's body was slowly melting away. Freeing herself and her weapon from the branch. "I'M FREE! DESU~!"
"Kirika are you okay?!" Sanji called out.
"Hell yeah~!" Kirika announced. She jumped down to meet Sanji. "I'm going to cut that sphere guy in ha-?" She paused when she noticed Sanji's expression. His eyes were widened and nose started to bleed. "Sanji? What's the matter?"
Little did she know, the green liquid also melted a bit of her armor, making it more revealing. Sanji couldn't help as his heart turned to eyes and fainted. Kirika just stared at Sanji with a sweatdrop.
"AH~NOT FOUR AT ONCE!" Usopp screamed as he noticed four surprise balls coming at him. However, instead, they stuck together and out pop up four birds.
"Ba-Caaaaw!" Cried the red bird.
"Baa-Caaaaaw~!" cawed the bluebird in a higher pitch.
"Baa-CAW~!" Cawed the yellow bird with a higher pitch than the blue bird.
"BAA-CAWW~!" Cried the green bird.
"What the-? Another dud?" Usopp questioned. "Wait, I'm not that lucky."
"BAA-CAWWW~!" The four birds sang in unison.
"YOU GOT ME FREAKED OUT FOR NOTHING?!" Usopp exclaimed comically. "...Wait, maybe this is part of the ordeal. Well if it's a singing challenge you want then get ready! They don't call me Golden Voice Usopp for nothing!" Usopp was about to take a deep breath to prepare to sing.
DING~~! The pink bird rang the bell that was beside it.
"Hey, I didn't even start yet!" Usopp replied. Before he could react the four birds surrounded him and started comically beating up the sniper.
"HOT HOT HOT!" Luffy yelled as he ran along the tree branch with his shorts on fire from a Fire Cloud Ball. He jumped off the branch heading towards the Milky Road. Little did he know a small gray sky shark emerging out of the Milky Road with its jaws opened wide. Luffy landed right into the shark's mouth.
"OUCHY~!" Luffy screamed as he launched himself out of the shark's mouth, and went through the river of clouds. The good news was that his fire shorts were put out, the bad news was that he went through the canal.
"He went straight through?!" Papaya exclaimed while dodging another Surprise Cloud by backflipping across the branches.
"Luffy catch yourself quickly!" Sanji called out. "None of these rivers have a bottom!"
Luffy shot his arm out and was able to snatch a vine that was wrapped around a tree branch over his head. He flew up after his arm, but the vines went loose, sending Luffy swinging through the trees. "WAH!"
Luffy quickly jumped on another vine to avoid contact with the surprise ball. He continued swinging on vines avoiding multiple surprised balls. Luffy was so into it that he began to let out a Tarzan cry. "AAAH-AAAH-AAAH-AAAAH~!"
"..." Papaya stared at Luffy in the distance with a deadpan expression. "Tarzan-cry?"
"You idiot~! Stop fooling around~!" Sanji comically yelled.
"AAAH-AAAH-AAAH-AAAAH~!" Kirika yelled as she was also swinging on vines just for fun.
"K-Kirika!?" Papaya stuttered blushing by Kirika's revealing gear. "W-What happened to your clothes?"
"You look amazing Kirika-swan~!" Sanji called out with the same heart-shaped eyes.
"Seriously?" Papaya sweatdropped at the cook's reaction. "We have more important things to focus on here."
"Like me for instance right?" Papaya jumped back when she heard the rounded priest behind her. She brought her arms up ready to face him. "You really should just give up! Your friends are long dead by now."
"You're wrong~!" Papaya said as she prepared herself.
"Hohohoho~! Well, then I guess I'll just have to show you what happens to those who defy us!" Satori laughed before launching himself towards Papaya.
The orange Precure didn't move from her spot, knowing full well of Satori's dial trick. When Satori extended his palms out towards Papaya's face, she duck underneath it with quick reflexes, and swung her fist into Satori's stomach, launching him far away from her.
"That takes care of them," Usopp panted heavily after dealing with the four songbirds who were laid on the ground with comical sized lumps on their heads. He then noticed Cure Papaya landing a punch on Satori. "Nice you got him Papaya!"
"Oh did she?" Satori chuckled. The priest's backflipped onto his feet. "That hit you did only push my momentum launching me. I didn't feel a thing!"
"Wait, so you didn't dodge on purpose?" Papaya asked.
"HOHOHOHOHOHOHO! Correct! You've already been dealt with, so there's nothing to worry about!" Satori laughed.
"What do you mean?" Papaya asked, puzzled. She was unaware of the vine wrapped around her ankle in a noose. Before could do anything, Satori launched at her again, causing Papaya to jump out of the way. Unfortunately, the on her ankle tightened causing Papaya to fall and hang upside down.
"Ooh, that's what he means," Papaya mumbled dryly.
Usopp noticed both Kirika and Luffy swinging on vines and laughing. "Oh that reminds me, it's time to try on my new arsenal," Usopp started climbing back up on the tree with equipment.
"What's up Usopp?!" Sanji called from his tree branch. "You have an idea?!"
"Do I ever!" Usopp boasted. " They don't call me Usopp the Technologic Wizard for nothing! BEHOLD MY LATEST INVENTION!"
Usopp put his hands on his hips, presenting a belt around his waist. It was red and brown and had a large hole in the middle of the belt. "USOPP-AAAH-AAAH-AHHH-AHHH!"
Papaya sweatdropped, overhearing Usopp's inventions name. "You really need to come up with a better name, Usopp."
Usopp lowered his goggles, spotted the boat sailing away. "There's the Little Crow, Perfect alignment!"
The buckle shot out a grappling hook with a long length of rope and flew on the branches over Usopp's head. It swung around the branch a few times until it hooked onto the rope. Usopp pulled the rope a bit and tightened it.
"Hmm? What are they up to now?" Satori wondered while sitting on a cloud ball.
"Now I'll just have to swing over there and catch that Little Crow!" Usopp announced. "But I gotta time this perfectly, if I miss it then it's all over!"
"Oh not bad!" Sanji remarked. "But what about the Surprise Clouds?"
"Just let me worry about that!" Usopp answered. "Leave everything to me!"
"You can do it Usopp!" Papaya cheered while stills hanging upside down.
"Here goes! Usopp AHHH-AHHH!-AHHHH!" He yelled after he jumped off of the branch and swung downward, avoiding the Surprise Clouds and was close to catching the Little Crow.
"He's doing it!" Papaya cheered.
"That's it Usopp!" Sanji called out "Now all you have to do is drop straight down!"
"Huh?" Satori looked surprised.
Usopp tugged on the harness as he prepared to drop down on the boat. Unfortunately, the sniper was struggling helplessly on taking out the harness around his waist, causing the Little Crow to float past him missing his mark.
"What's wrong Usopp?" Papaya asked.
"He realized that his rope is attached to his belt, making it impossible to get off," Satori answered.
"...What?" Papaya blinked stunned as she watched as Usopp swung back. He tried depressingly to grab the branch near him but failed and ended up swinging longer.
"Look who's joining the fun!" Kirika laughed as she and Luffy were swinging, staring at the depressed Usopp. The three let out a Tarzan yell although Usopp was more of a whimper shout.
"You still look amazing Kirika~!" Sanji gushed out.
"...Guys," Papaya said with a dumbstruck expression on her face.
"Your friends are something you know?" Satori commented.
"Yeah they are," Papaya nodded with a deadpan look and a sweatdrop pouring down her head. She didn't like to sympathize with the enemy, but she could do anything since she was hanging by her feet.
"Well I would love to ruin their fun and all, but it seems that your teleporter friend will take care of it!" Satori chuckled.
"What do you mean...?" Papaya asked, but froze and realized who he was talking to.
Sanji was too busy admiring Kirika's outfit while swinging on vines to notice a powerful dark aura behind him.
"Sanji…" Hearing the voice caused the cook to freeze in place and turned around to be greeted by a certain pigtail teleporter. "...Care to explain what's going on while I was unconscious?"
"O-Oh Kuroko!" Sanji hesitated. "I-I'm sorry~! W-Well we are trying to get to the Little Crow, an-"
Kuroko didn't let him finish as she teleported above him and kicked the cook off the branches and landed on the forest floor. Papaya, who was far ahead, flinched and noticed Kuroko's eyes glaring at her.
Before she knew it, Papaya was back on the ground after Kuroko teleported her out of the vine trap. "I'm sorry," Papaya apologies, bowing down, "I was fighting the Priests and caught me off guard."
Kuroko glared at her before disappearing and reappearing with Luffy, and Kirika who pouted. She then disappeared again and got Usopp.
"Oh thank goodness!" Usopp sighed in relief. "I was so worried that I was going to swing their endles-"
Varvula: We interrupt this story due to some graphics that will probably be too gruesome for viewers so-
Yang: Hey Varvula look what I'm writing! (Yang was writing "Loser" above Usopp's head.)
Varvula: Yang! We're not supposed to draw anything here!
Yang: Relax, Dovan wouldn't know! And besides this is a fanfiction. All you're doing it just writing this down!
Varvula: Okay...Just don't try to put yourself in it acting like a hero and all.
Yang: I'm just saying, I totally can take that Dumpling guy.
Varvula: Let's just get out of here before you do something else stupid like telling the viewers about a crossover that's about to happen in the next few chapters!
Yang: Didn't have to, you already told them…
Varvula...Dang, it! Quick, hide the evidence we were here!
Yang: Fine, and I did a perfectly good artwork go to waste! (Yang wiped all the market out until it was gone before rushing out.)
Kuroko was standing with her arms crossed glaring at the five victims of her assault. Luckily Papaya was only dealt with only a lump on her head while the remainder had fat lips, black eyes and multiple lumps on their head.
"Now let's just forget that despicable display I just saw," Kuroko said, glared at them.
"We're sworry," Luffy mumbled through his swollen lip.
"Yweah sworry," Sanji and Kirika mumbled.
"W-What they said…'' Papaya and Usopp added weakly.
"Okay then, first we need to focus on defeating that dumpling priest," Kuroko replied. " The faster we beat him, the faster we get the boat before it leaves this area."
"OH~! Don't be so sure~!" A voice called out of nowhere.
The others look around for Satori, cautiously. "Where did he go?" Luffy asked.
All of a sudden, Sanji noticed Satori behind Kuroko and with quick thinking, he shoved her out of the way just in time as Satori slammed his palm into Sanji's chest. "IMPACT!"
"SANJI~!" The five shouted in horror as Sanji was launched backward into a tree, unconscious.
"They said life is a pain…" Satori said, chuckling. He then turned to the five of them with a glimmer of his glasses. "Now who's next…"
On the other side of the island, a little girl ran through the giant forest. She wore a fur hat under her short black hair. Behind her back were two short white wings. The little one ran into a large cave which was made by two big roots. Just as the girl disappeared though an unusual figure slithered on top of the roots. Its scaly snake eyes glaring at her and then at Robin who appeared in it's line of sight, scanning the scenery.
Inside the girl went on her knees with a happy look on her face and gathered some dirt into her sac.
Chopper was steadily walking down the stairs of the altar with her sword and shield in hand to gather the hammer at the end.
"This is insane," Charla said, scowling a bit.
"Tell me about it," Laura agreed. "This is just suicidal. It's just a hammer."
"Are you sure you don't need any help Chopper?" Levy called out.
"No," Chopper shook his head. "I w-was the one who dropped it. So I s-should be the one to retrieve it."
"You don't sound brave," Happy commented.
Chopper continued downward, nice and easily, trying not to provoke the sky sharks below. He was luckily able to reach the bottom no problem and retrieved the hammer. "Okay, I got the hammer, now just to get back u-"
CAWW~!
"GAH~!" Chopper screamed startled by the instant bird sound.
"That was close," Charla mumbled.
The moment she said that, a Sky Shark emerged from the sea of clouds, leaping into the air and diving down towards Chopper with its jaws wide open.
"GAH~!" Chopper gawked horrified.
"CHOPPER~!" Happy, Laura, Lily, and Charla yelled out. Lily immediately prepared to fly off towards Chopper and prepared to attack the sky Shark, until something happened.
"Ice God; Subzero,"
The Sky Shark was quickly encased in black ice, stunning everyone minus Lily, Charla, Happy and Levy who recognized the element. Chopper slowly opened his eyes to reveal the Sky Shark ice statue. Chopper took this time to scurry back up while still staring at the frozen sky shark.
"W-What was that?" Laura asked in shock. Soon, Tsubasa and Levy went on deck, wondering what was going on while Lily flew down and retrieved Chopper before any more Sky Sharks emerged.
"That was my Ice God Slayer magic!"
Everyone on the Going Merry were stunned to find a tall looking man, standing in the center of Cloud Sea on top of another frozen Sky Shark. He has short red messy hair, and wore a white coat with a black shirt and shorts. The man glanced at the group with a serious look on his face, yet with confidence.
"Is that guy, standing on the Sea Clouds?" Happy asked in shock.
"I don't think so," Lily answered, glancing closely. "It seems he's froze another Sky Shark."
"W-Who are you?" Chopper asked, frightened.
"Allow me to introduce myself," The man announced with a calm demeanor. "My name is Moses Reynaldo, and I'm a member of a rebel group called Luminous Tail~!"
Freddy: Okay, after careful thinking, we decided on who's in charge of what for Elia's birthday party.
Gwen: Which will be in two weeks.
Freddy: Shiho and Peace will be in charge of the cake, Yang and Gwen are decorations, Raven and I are in charge of entertainment. Finally, Varvula is going to be in charge of Gift bags.
Varvula: Isn't it just us being there? sixteen gift bags right?
Freddy: Don't forget Reika and her friends which leads twenty.
Raven: Do we have to invite them?
Sanya: Don't worry, she trusted Dovan after she heard his story. She won't try to kill him.
Yang: Next Chapter: Tsubasa vs the Ultimate God Slayer.
Freddy: Oh, and Varvula. Don't put raw fish into the bags.
Varvula: Why would I do something like that?!
