I do not own any ideas taken from One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball, HunterXHunter, Yu Yu Hakusho or Rustage's One Piece D&D. Eiichiro Oda, Masashi Kishimoto, Tite Kubo, Akira Toriyama, Yoshihiro Togashi and Rustage are the brilliant minds behind those stories and I'm simply using them to set the stage for my story! It's all for fun so please enjoy!
Chapter 23: Dragon on the Ground
Yasui, Zika and Hama sat on the edge of Shuhei's bed as Shuhei sat up against the wall. They had brought him some food after Yasui's fight and they ate together in the room.
"I watched your fight." Shuhei stated between bites.
"I can't believe I fought that slippery chick again." Yasui groaned.
"Yeah, that's sour luck." Shuhei said.
"I lucked out in my fight." Zika said and smiled slightly.
"It was a close one though!" Yasui nodded and said, "That guy with the nunchucks was crazy."
"Yeah but he wasn't very skilled with them." Zika stated.
Shuhei chuckled, "I can't wait to jump into another fight."
"When can you register?" Yasui asked.
"The old man told me to wait fifteen days." Shuhei stuck two fingers up, "Two more days."
"Awesome!" Zika excitedly said, "How do you feel?"
"I'm fine now." Shuhei nodded and said, "As long as I don't fight Hisoka any time soon, I'll be alright."
"Any time soon?" Yasui asked.
Shuhei grinned, "I'm gonna get him back."
"What?"
"Really?"
Shuhei nodded and said, "I can't explain it. But I'm gonna fight him again someday."
"Asuka is dead set on taking the clown down." Zika stated and Hama barked quietly.
"Yeah." Yasui nodded and said, "He and Master Roshi have been training ever since your fight."
"Han or cho?" The dealer asked the room.
Mugen looked around at the other four players and looked at the cup on the floor. "Three-hundred thousand Beli on cho."
"I'll match that." One of the other players said.
"Match." Another said.
"Three hundred thousand Beli on han."
"I'll match that."
The dealer lifted the cup and revealed two six sided dice on the floor. "Cho!"
Mugen and the other two players that bet on cho cheered as the money in the pot was divided between the three of them. Mugen collected his five hundred thousand Beli and grinned widely.
"You're gonna get us in trouble." Bulma whispered to him.
"Don't be so paranoid." Mugen whispered back to her.
The two losers of that round sat up and left the room after they lost. The dealer looked at Mugen and the other two men, "Are you gentlemen in?"
"Yeah." Mugen answered.
"Mhm." A thin bald man in a kimono answered.
"Yessir." A stocky man in fine clothes answered.
The dealer placed the dice in the cup and shook them up before slamming the cup on the floor, "Han or cho?"
The thin man giggled, "One million Beli on han."
"One million Beli on cho." The stocky man said.
"One million on han." Mugen said and slid the money forward.
The dealer lifted the cup and looked at the dice, "Han!"
Mugen and the thin man collected their one and half million winnings and the stocky man shouted and stood up quickly. "Y'all are cheats!" The man screamed.
"Don't be a sore loser." The thin man said and giggled.
"Agreed." Mugen said and nodded.
The stocky man pulled a pistol from his belt and waved it around the room, "Give me all the money!"
"Put our money in your bag." Mugen whispered to Bulma and he stood up.
The stocky man aimed his pistol at Mugen, "Sit the fuck down!"
Mugen moved quickly and pulled his sword from its sheath, he sliced up the stocky man's chest. Blood sprayed out and the man hit the ground. Bulma stuffed the money in her bag and jumped up to her feet. The two of them ran out of the room and out of the gambling establishment. Guards spotted Mugen with a bloody sword and assumed he was a thief, they chased after the duo.
Asuka and Master Roshi had locked every entrance to Roshi's floor and have been training intensely for almost two weeks. Asuka and Roshi leapt around an arena exchanging heavy blows as they trained. Roshi kicked Asuka in the side and slammed a palm strike into his forehead. Asuka slid back and hurled a Chop-Chop Rocket that Roshi Shaved passed and he slammed a palm strike into Asuka's stomach.
Asuka jumped back and yanked his arm at Roshi's from behind. Roshi effortlessly dodged the flying fist and Asuka reattached his arm to his body. Roshi dashed forward and Asuka clashed against him, they exchanged a flurry of heavy blows and Roshi slammed a palm strike into Asuka's chest.
Roshi sighed and said, "Put the blindfold back on."
"What? I can hardly land a hit on you as it is." Asuka protested.
"Put it on." Roshi insisted, "I've been beating your ass for two weeks. You need to go through hell or else you'll die young."
Asuka groaned and pulled the blindfold from his pocket, "Wait a second!"
Bulma and Mugen dashed through the streets away from the gambling hall and lost the pursuing ran through a narrow alley and came out to a wide street with stalls and vendors were everywhere. Everyone in the street murmured loudly and suddenly dropped to their knees and bowed their heads.
"What the?" Mugen looked around at the kneeling people.
Bulma looked down the street and spotted a man in white robes with a glass helmet around his head. He walked slowly down the street with four marines right behind him. "Oh shit." Bulma grabbed Mugen and pulled him to the ground.
"What are you doing?" Mugen asked.
"That's a Celestial Dragon!" Bulma nervously uttered.
"A what?" Mugen asked slowly.
"A World Noble." Bulma stated.
The Celestial Dragon stepped down the street humming and dancing stupidly. He and the marines walked down the street between the crowds of people, moving slowly down the street. There was a small sound and a red rubber ball bounced into the street followed by a small boy running after it. The boy picked up his ball and a gunshot rang out. A bullet ripped into the back of the boy's head and erupted from his nose, his face exploding outward and he hit the ground in an awkward position.
"No!" A woman shrieked and threw herself next to the corpse of the boy and sobbed loudly.
"Who do you think you are?" The Celestial Dragon shouted, "You filth have no right to cross the path of a God!"
The woman screamed and cried loudly as the marines quickly approached her. Two of the marines grabbed the woman and pulled her up to her feet. "What should we do with her?"
The Celestial Dragon giggled and danced closer to the woman, "She can be my forty-sixth wife!"
Mugen moved incredibly quickly and swung his sword at the Celestial Dragon, one of the marines moved faster and blocked Mugen with his own sword. Mugen and the marine exchanged a wicked flurry of blades as another marine ushered the Celestial Dragon back. Bulma reluctantly jumped into action and blasted the marines holding the woman with a gust of wind, they stumbled back and Bulma blasted them again.
The marine swung his sword at Mugen, he ducked and cleaved the marines left leg off at the thigh. The Celestial Dragon aimed his pistol at Mugen and fired at him. Mugen zipped passed the bullets and the marine beside the noble kicked Mugen in the chest and knocked him back.
"Mugen! Let's go!" Bulma shouted and took off running down the street.
The marine sent a Tempest Kick forward and Mugen deflected it with his blade. He Shaved down the street and chased after Bulma. The two marines that Bulma struck with wind dashed after the duo as they ran off, the last marine staying with the Celestial Dragon.
Bulma turned down an alley and Mugen followed close behind her. They ran out into another street and were faced by a group of marines running together. The two pursuing marines came out of the alley and shouted, "Those two attacked Saint Douglas!"
The unit of marines opened fire on the duo and Bulma blasted the bullets upward with a gale of wind. Mugen grabbed Bulma's arm and they ran down the street and turned down another alley as they ran off. Shouts and screams filled the streets as the duo dashed through the streets. They emerged from an alley and came to a large open square where dozens of marines were stationed. Mugen let go of Bulma and raised his sword up as he looked around at the marines.
A tall broad shouldered marine took a few steps toward the duo. The man had large metallic arms and his eyes glowed a ferocious red. The man stopped walking and said, "The report of an attack on Saint Douglas just came in. And here I find Nefeltari Bulma. Kill the boy, capture the girl." The surrounding marines cried out and charged at the duo.
Bulma twirled her Climate Baton in her hands and blue and red bubbles popped out of either end. The bubbles flew at the marines as they charged forward. The blue bubbles held cold air and the red bubbles held hot air, when the bubbles collided they erupted with sudden force and blasted into the charging marines.
Mugen dashed forward and ripped into marines with savage strokes of his sword. He used Iron Body and slammed his fist into a marine's nose and broke it with a sickening crack. He dropped to the ground and spun in breakdancing fashion as marines surrounded him and he sliced their feet off with precise slashes. Mugen jumped back up to his feet and deflected a hail of bullets with his sword. He Shaved forward and swiftly cut down marines.
"Weather Ball!" Bulma created a crackling thunder cloud from her baton and waved it up into the air where it began expanding. She aimed her baton and shot a tiny ball of lightning into a crowd of marines. The thunder clouds in the air became attracted to the ball of lightning and struck down on the marines.
The red eyed marine took a few steps forward and aimed his left arm at Mugen, small missiles launched from his arm and zoomed at Mugen. The missiles struck the ground around Mugen and exploded wildly. Mugen was blasted to the side and hit the ground. The red eyed marine laughed and thrusters shot from the back of his legs, he flew at Mugen and kicked him in the chest as he moved to get up.
Mugen rolled and jumped up to his feet, he gripped his sword tightly and stared at the red eyed marine. Mugen Shaved forward and slashed the marine up the chest with little effect. The marine slammed his right fist into Mugen's chest and knocked him back hard.
Bulma dashed up and blasted the red eyed marine with a powerful gale of wind and knocked him back. Mugen leapt forward and twisted around as he sliced into the marine's left shoulder, "Iron Reaper Soul Stealer!" He shredded into him and exposed wiring and metal plates. Mugen skipped away from him as more marines charged at them.
Bulma waved her Climate Baton and shot more thunder clouds into the sky as Mugen cut down the charging marines. The red eyed marine skipped forward and slammed his right fist into Mugen's head and kneed him in the stomach. Mugen used Iron Body to try and protect himself but was knocked back hard.
"What the hell are you? A robot?" Mugen asked with a sly smile.
"I am the Cyborg Commodore, Francis!" The marine shouted at Mugen.
Bulma shot a ball of lightning that struck Francis in the back and the thunder clouds rained down on him and the surrounding marines as Mugen dashed away.
Commodore Francis seemed to malfunction as he stumbled and hit the ground next to the fallen marines. Mugen cut down three marines as they charged at him and he looked to Bulma and shouted, "Let's go!"
Bulma blasted down two marines with a gale of wind and dashed toward Mugen. The duo took off running again as shouts echoed out across the city. They headed for the tower as the Navy presence on the island began increasing.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Zika asked and Hama barked quietly.
"Yeah, it'll be fine." Shuhei assured him as they walked. "Are you sure this is the right arena?" He asked.
Yasui nodded and said, "Yeah I'm sure. Kastro versus Hisoka."
The group of them walked into the stadium and made their way to seats in the middle row of a section. They sat and waited for the fight to begin.
Shuhei sat and stared at the arena, he wanted to scope out Hisoka to see what he could do. He held back grossly in their fight and Shuhei was embarrassed greatly.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" The referee shouted. "A long awaited rematch between these two! Kastro has a record of four victories and one loss. Hisoka has six victories and zero losses!"
Hisoka and Kastro jumped into the arena and stared each other down. Kastro stood at six feet tall, the same as Hisoka. Kastro had long silver hair and wore a yellow cloak with a white gi beneath it.
"First to ten points, is this agreeable?" The referee asked into his microphone.
Kastro shook his head, "To the death."
"Okay." Hisoka responded, his wide smile visible from where the group sat.
"Then, let the battle begin!" The referee shouted and backed away from the fighters quickly.
"What's this?" Roshi asked with a raised eyebrow.
Asuka and Renji approached the arena where Roshi sat. "Same question." Renji said and turned his head to Asuka.
"Pervy Sage wants me to train with a blindfold on." Asuka explained as he pulled the blindfold from his pocket, "Renji can help me do that!"
"Oho! That's smart." Roshi said and stroked his beard.
"That's why you dragged me here?" Renji sighed, "You want me to help you train?"
Asuka nodded his head, "Mhm."
"Why would I? You and I may end up fighting here someday."
"I need to beat Hisoka." Asuka stated simply.
"What? Hisoka? That man has a nasty aura about him." Renji said and nodded, "You're better off not fighting him."
"I don't care. I'm gonna kick his ass, he picked a fight with me." Asuka explained.
Renji shook his head, "I don't know."
"I'll give you a ride to Yorknew City. After I fight Hisoka we can set sail on my ship and head there." Asuka said and smiled.
Renji thought for a second and said, "Get in the ring."
"Then, let the battle begin!"
Kastro jumped away from Hisoka and took a stance. He stared at Hisoka and said, "I've been itching to take you out."
"Go ahead and try." Hisoka replied and giggled.
Kastro used Armament Haki to harden his arm and he Shaved at Hisoka, he stepped up and struck Hisoka in the chest with a savage punch. Kastro kicked Hisoka in the side and slammed his hardened fist into Hisoka's left cheek. Hisoka stumbled back and laughed wickedly.
Kastro smirked and suddenly split into two of himself! Both Kastro's Shaved forward and barraged Hisoka with a flurry of hardened blows. Hisoka kicked one of the Kastro's back and lunged at the other with a hardened fist. The Kastro's jumped back and stared at the clown.
Hisoka placed his right index finger and right thumb together to form a circle, he moved his hand and placed the circle in front of his mouth. He blew out and a large pink bubble formed and floated towards the Kastro's.
"So you ate a Devil Fruit?" Hisoka asked with an amused tone in his voice.
"Anything to kill you." Both Kastro's responded in unison.
"You're still too weak to beat me." Hisoka said and grinned.
The Kastro's Shaved forward and Hisoka snapped his fingers, the pink bubble popped and thick gum attached to both of them as they moved. Hisoka dashed forward and slammed a kick into a Kastro and punched the other in the jaw. The Kastro's ripped off their cloaks and freed themselves from the gum. They charged at Hisoka and hardened their arms, the two Kastro's Shaved around and struck Hisoka in the chest and back with wicked strikes!
The Kastro's jumped away and stared at Hisoka, who laughed and coughed blood. Hisoka smiled and pointed his finger at one of the Kastro's, a rope of gum launched and attached itself to his chest, "Bungee Gum."
The other Kastro Shaved forward and Hisoka attached the other end of his Bungee Gum to his chest. Hisoka slammed a hardened kick into the second Kastro's chest and sent him flying back, "Contract!" The Kastro's zipped toward each other as the gum contacted and they slammed into each other hard. Hisoka Shaved quickly and slammed a Finger Pistol into both Kastro's skull!
One of the Kastro's faded away and the other hit the ground slowly as blood poured from the hole in his head. "The winner is Hisoka!" The referee shouted and the arena erupted into cheers. Hisoka licked the blood from his finger and walked out of the arena.
To Be Continued