Anime Party

It was finally time for the event to occur. The guests had all arrived at the location.

Neil stood in front of a huge crowd and cleared his throat. He smiled as he announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you here today to see the anime characters of the world clash! Our teams have finally arrived; hence we can get this game underway!"

"Our first team came all the way from the grand line to be here today! Presenting the Straw Hat Pirates of Team One Piece!"

Luffy entered the stage followed by a loud array of cheers. The rest of the crew also took a stand on the stage and waved at the crowd.

Neil nodded along with the cheering and announced, "The next team comes to us from Japan! I am proud to bring you the leaf ninjas of team Naruto!"

Naruto entered to have rows of fan girls showing them their official Naruto headbands. Naruto gave them the thumbs up and exclaimed, "It's a great fashion statement, isn't it?"

Neil silenced the crowd and announced, "Our next team comes from Domino City! We bring to you the greatest duelists ever; team Yu-Gi-Oh!"

Yugi received more cheers than the last two team captains did. Fan girls were now trying to leave their seats so they could hug him. Jonouchi came out and called out, "Hello, public!" He would have gotten a lot of cheers, as his fandom shows, but since Yugi was there, he was skewing pious.

Neil silenced the crowd once more and announced, "Finally, we bring you the last team! You fan boys will love this! I bring to you the Mews of teams Tokyo Mew-Mew!"

Ichigo received many heart-filled eyes from the men and cheers from the impressionable teenaged girls.

Of course, all of the parents in the audience never gave the characters support, but rather clapped just to set a good example. In fact, some parents had the nerve to ask, "Who are these people?" and "Ichigo? I thought her name was Zoey." And the most annoying one of all, "His name's Zolo, isn't it?"

This caused Neil (Who had a device so he could hear the audience) cringe but he pretended not to hear the oblivious parents but rather explained it as if he hadn't heard them.

"Okay, some of you may have spent your lives living off of what the dubs told you. Let me give you a little news flash! These names you'll be hearing are their original names, meaning that you won't hear them in the dubs! Even the kids out there will get to see how much better the original was compared to the dub."

The audience nodded along and said stuff that showed that they understood. Anyway, Neil gave the teams their own dice. These were ten-sided dice, so the maximum number on each one was obviously ten.

"These are your game dice. You will be playing on a giant game board. You must roll the dice, and depending on what you roll, you and your team must follow you to the right space you rolled! If you find a fork in the road, take the path you think will work best!"

Ichigo raised her hand and asked, "Is this going to be just like Mario Party?"

The Straw Hats just glanced at each other and shrugged. In fact, team Yu-Gi-Oh was the only other team that understood.

Neil nodded and said, "In a way, it is exactly like Paper Mario. You will be teleported to a mini-game area after all four of you move, and the prize is ten coins. You need twenty coins in order to claim the key item that will allow you victory. Now, the key item is not a star, but rather an item that depends on where you are! There are five different maps, and whichever team finds the key item in two of them will win the grand prize of $5,000."

Nami looked over the letter with the info on it and said, "Now it makes sense."

Neil grinned and said, "Since I am a huge One Piece fan, we will be starting in a One Piece-related course, better known as a Mario Party-sized version of Foxy's ship! Your goal is to find the treasure chest within Foxy's basement and pay twenty coins for it! Now, if you land on a question mark space, you could lose coins, so beware of those spaces. Some of them could earn you coins, and you can use those coins for the next map! Plus, you may need those coins to buy power up items from the little stands located on the ship. They'll help you reach the treasure chest more quickly. Also, don't forget that an exclamation point space can allow you to steal from your opponent and that duel spaces can allow you to either lose coins or rob your opponent blind! There is also a danger space with Bowser's face on it! That will not activate Bowser, but rather force you to battle the strongest villain of that area. Lose the fight and you lose half your coins. We all set on the rules? Good. Now roll your dice to see who goes first!"

(Sorry for the long paragraph. I was trying to avoid that.)

Even though team One Piece didn't fully understand, team Naruto learned quickly and the other two teams had played Mario Party. Of course, they had played it with microphone mini-games.

Any-dang-way, it was time. Luffy rolled the dice and grinned. "Yosh! I rolled a perfect ten!" he exclaimed. It was official. Nothing could top that.

Naruto managed to roll six while Yugi rolled eight. At that time, Ichigo rolled four.

"It is decided!" announced Neil. "Team One Piece goes first! Team Yu-Gi-Oh moves second, team Naruto is third and team Tokyo Mew-Mew is forth!"

Ichigo rubbed the back of her head and said, "Sorry, guys."

The game officially begun as the teams were all teleported to Foxy's ship. They noticed a row of hovering cannonballs leading to the basement.

Neil showed up and explained, "The thing about the cannonballs is this. The first and third teams to get there can easily access the basement! See, once one team crosses that path; those cannonballs will fall and be replaced by cannonballs that lead in the other direction. The people who have to cross the other way have to a few spaces just to go into a cannon and blast themselves onto the correct side. Begin!"

Luffy rolled the die and it landed on five. He and the team moved five spaces and landed on a blue space. Three coins popped out of the ground under their feet. Luffy took them as Nami explained, "Apparently, landing on a blue space gains you coins while landing on a red space causes you to lose coins. That's very creative."

Zoro nodded and said, "It also makes this complicated."

During their talk, Naruto had managed to roll a perfect eight. To make things worse for the other teams, they passed a shop and spent 5 coins on an Impact Dial. Apparently, this item could allow a person to move twice the spaces he/she rolled during the turn it was activated. "Wow, you did a good job, Naruto," complemented Sakura.

Kakashi nodded and stated, "This item could prove handy."

Sadly, they took one step forward and ended up on a red space. A hand reached into their pockets and swiped three coins. Now they were down to two.

Yugi didn't have the Dungeon Dice expert with him, so he had Jonouchi roll the die. "Yeah! I got us ten spaces!" he exclaimed as they passed the shop, bought a King Wapol Trashcan Form for ten coins, and landed on a blue space."

Ichigo rolled the dice and managed to roll 4. The team moved four spaces and managed to land on a question mark space. A pirate ran past them as a sign showed up saying, "A pirate just stole 5 of your coins. He ran to the following space. You must catch him before the others do!"

Suddenly, a screen appeared in front of team TMM and revealed the location of the thief. This was really bad. It was only five spaces away from Team Naruto and three from Team Yu-Gi-Oh.

Anyway, it had been four turns, so the four teams were teleported to Turnip Village's forest.

Neil stood in front of them and explained, "There is hidden pirate gold buried in this patch of dirt you are standing on. Whoever can find the treasure first wins ten coins! But, be warned, for the treasure you find could be fool's gold or, even worse, Gaimon! Anyway, good luck, have fun, and try your best. Right now, Team Naruto should be praying for a victory."

Neil stood at the sidelines as he explained, "Each team must choose one member to look for the treasure!"

Everyone on team One Piece looked at Usopp and said, "Usopp's the master digger. Let him do it."

Chopper raised his hand and volunteered, "I'll do it! I can dig really fast in my speed point!"

They thought about it and agreed that Chopper may have been the better choice.

Team Naruto chose… well… Naruto, because he resembled a dog in many ways while team Yu-Gi-Oh picked Jonouchi for he had been a dog for a while. Team TMM chose Zakuro because she was technically a wolf.

Neil held up a timer and said, "Ready… set… go!"

Chopper transformed into his speed point and started digging away. Naruto dug twice as fast, and in a matter of seconds, he had already found a chest. He opened it as a man who looked like a shrub popped out of it and shot him with a fake bullet.

Gaimon laughed hysterically and buried himself again.

Chopper managed to dig up a chest of his own, but it had fool's gold in it. He glared as Jonouchi picked up a chest with a Veggie Pirate named Carrot, who bashed him over the head with his frying pan.

Zakuro didn't feel comfortable digging with her delicate hands, and Minto agreed that a super model shouldn't be doing dog's work. Suddenly, she pulled out a violet luminescent whip and blew a hole in a ground. Lucky her. She found a chest, and it had the treasure in it.

Neil blew his whistle and announced, "Zakuro… wins! That means Team TMM gets ten coins! Come claim your prize!"

Ichigo walked up to Neil and collected the coins gracefully. "Okay, we now return to our originally scheduled game!"

The players all returned to the board and were now ready for another go. They were beginning to like this game.