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 33: Skirmish
Brasco slammed a left hook into Zika's jaw and kneed him in the stomach. Hama pounced and Brasco ducked beneath him, Zika and Brasco exchanged blows and leapt away from each other. Zika and Hama leapt and bounced around the walls of the alley and slammed into Brasco's chest and stomach.
Zika grabbed a handful of shuriken from his pouch and hurled them at Brasco as he stumbled back. Brasco dodged to the side and Hama bounded at him and leapt up and Brasco kicked him aside into a wall. Zika dashed forward and exchanged a flurry of heavy blows and Brasco struck Zika in the chest with two Finger Pistols.
Zika gasped and gripped his chest and Brasco swiftly kicked him in the stomach. Hama leapt at Brasco and bit down hard into his left calf. Brasco shook his leg violently and Zika sprang at him and barraged furious fists into Brasco's chest and knocked him down. Brasco landed on his back and the ground beneath him opened like a trap door and he dropped down into the sewers.
"Shit!" Zika explained as he stared down into the sewers and Hama barked.
After a minute the trap door in the ground closed and Zika sniffed the air trying to find the assassin's scent. Hama barked loudly and tugged on Zika's pant leg with his teeth hurriedly.
"We can't just leave Hama." Zika said as he looked around. Hama turned and quickly ran out of the alley as he barked. "Hey, wait!" Zika yelled as he chased after Hama.
Leafa, disguised as Bulma, walked down the street with Mugen. She stole an apple from a cart and bit into it happily as they walked. "So, what do you wanna do?"
Mugen shrugged and said, "This was your idea."
"Oh, yeah." Leafa laughed. "I just needed to get out of the hotel."
They turned down an alley and walked around piles of garbage as they made their way to some steps and descended them.
"Hey, there's Vice-Admiral Norrington." Mugen said casually.
"Hm?" Leafa looked around and stared at Mugen, "Where?"
Mugen grinned and pulled his sword from its scabbard on his back. "Who are you?"
"What are you talking about?" Leafa asked and took two steps back.
"What have you done with Bulma? I had my suspicions about you in the hotel but I just needed to be sure." Mugen pointed his sword at the imposter.
Leafa touched her face with her left hand and returned to her original form. She smiled and said, "You're no fun."
"You're bad at pretending to be Bulma." Mugen said and smiled.
Leafa Shaved at Mugen and barraged a flurry of Finger Pistols that Mugen dodged away from. He swung his sword horizontally and Leafa leapt back and sent a Tempest kick slicing through the air at Mugen. Mugen knocked the Tempest Kick upward and Shaved at Leafa, he swung downward at her and Leafa Shaved to her right to evade the strike. Leafa sent two Tempest Kicks flying at Mugen and he twirled between the slices and dodged as they ripped through the surrounding buildings.
Mugen Shaved forward and swung horizontally at Leafa's head and she ducked beneath the attack. Leafa jabbed Mugen twice in the chest with Finger Pistols and kicked him in the stomach. Mugen skipped back and she Shaved after him, Leafa barraged Finger Pistols at him and Mugen used Iron Body and took the hits.
"Iron Reaper Soul Stealer!" Mugen leapt forward and twisted in the air as he sliced into Leafa's left shoulder. He landed on his feet behind her and blood exploded from Leafa's shoulder. He pointed his sword at her and said, "Tell me where Bulma is."
Leafa grabbed her shoulder with her right hand and staggered around in the alley. They heard shouts and the blowing of whistles from the street. Leafa touched her face with her right hand and took Bulma's appearance again. Seven rough looking men descended down the steps brandishing weapons and they looked at the two of them.
"Help! He attacked me!" Leafa screamed.
The men charged at Mugen as Leafa grinned at him.
Asuka ducked and dodged a punch and took a kick to his right side. Asuka spun around and barraged punches that hit nothing but air and Feitan slammed a swift punch into Asuka's jaw. Feitan swept Asuka's legs and slammed a savage punch down into his chest and knocked him down hard into the ground.
Asuka hit the ground and coughed up blood, he rolled to the right and dodged Feitan as he slammed his foot down. Asuka skipped up to his feet and Shaved forward, he barraged a mad flurry of punches and Feitan skipped away and dodged.
Feitan Shaved around the gym and kicked at Asuka's head. Asuka ducked down and slammed an uppercut up into Feitan's chin. Feitan flickered and stumbled back and Asuka barraged a flurry of mad punches into his chest.
They exchanged savage blows and Feitan struck Asuka down to the ground with a swift kick. Feitan skipped away and became transparent again. Asuka skipped up to his feet and took a deep breath as he focused on his surroundings.
Somewhere in the left hemisphere of Asuka's brain, something snapped and his focus sharpened greatly. Asuka Shaved to his right and kicked at Feitan, who blocked the kick and the two exchanged a mad flurry of blows as they leapt around. Feitan skipped back and scooped up a thirty kilogram weight and hurled it at Asuka.
Asuka dodged to his left and Feitan Shaved at him. They exchanged blows and Feitan slammed Asuka in the face with another thirty kilogram weight that he had turned invisible with his ability! Asuka stumbled back and Feitan hurled the weight into his chest.
Feitan skipped at Asuka and sent a kick flying at his head. Asuka ducked beneath the kick and slammed his left fist into Feitan's chest. Feitan skipped back and Asuka hurled a Chop-Chop Rocket flying after him. Feitan caught the arm by the wrist and Asuka launched his index, middle and ring fingers into Feitan's left shoulder with Finger Pistols.
Asuka yanked his arm and fingers back as Feitan became transparent again. Asuka breathed deeply and scanned the gym, the blood that fell from Feitan's shoulder wasn't invisible once it left his body! Asuka watched the specks of blood and focused his concentration on movements around the blood.
Renji and Shuhei sat in a pub drinking wine and juice at a table. They chatted quietly in the corner as a man with wild red hair guffawed and hollered at a table across the pub.
"The auction is fast approaching and Toriyama hasn't gotten a hold of us." Shuhei said between sips of juice.
"I'm sure he'll contact us soon. He asked us to stay in town and wait for the auction to start." Renji said slowly.
Shuhei sighed and said, "Yeah but this is lame as fuck."
"It's better than being his bodyguard day in and day out." Renji said and shrugged. "It gave us time to explore the city."
"And we've had the time to train I suppose." Shuhei finished his juice and said, "I'm just stir crazy."
"I get you. I've been anxious this entire time." Renji said and finished his wine.
"The long calm before the storm." Shuhei said slowly and nodded.
"I feel as if I may die here in this city." Renji clenched his fists and said, "If I can kill all of those bastards then, I'd be happy to die."
"You aren't gonna die here, okay? None of us are gonna get beat by the Akatsuki if we play everything smart." Shuhei said and smiled.
Mugen sliced through thugs and chased after the fake Bulma as she ran down the street. More and more rough looking men appeared to save the damsel in distress and Mugen ripped into them swiftly as he went.
Leafa rounded a corner and Mugen chased after her. Mugen turned the corner to see Ensign Leorio pinning the fake Bulma to the ground with Commodore Francis and a unit of marines behind him.
"Fuck." Mugen muttered and gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.
"Well holy shit!" Francis exclaimed and activated the thrusters on his back and legs and launched at Mugen.
Mugen dodged to his right and skipped away from Francis as the cyborg fired tiny missiles from his left arm, they exploded around Mugen and sent debris flying all over the street.
"Take the Nefeltari girl and go!" Commodore Francis shouted to Ensign Leorio and the other marines. They had the fake Bulma in regular handcuffs and dragged her down the street as Francis grinned at Mugen.
Mugen grinned and said, "I don't have time for you."
Francis aimed his right arm at Mugen and unloaded his machine gun at him. Mugen dodged around and deflected bullets as he dashed at Francis. Mugen leapt forward and twisted in the air, he shredded through Francis' right shoulder with his Iron Reaper Soul Stealer. Mugen landed behind Francis and dashed away from him and turned a corner.
Mugen ran toward the Hotel Bayloke and barrelled through civilians as Commodore Francis chased after him. Mugen made sure to stay in crowds of people so the Commodore wouldn't fire his weapons. As he turned another corner, Mugen spotted Zika and Hama bounding towards met in the middle of the street as Commodore Francis charged after Mugen.
"That guy?!" Zika exclaimed as he spotted the cyborg.
"We need to get back and check on Bulma!" Mugen called out as he grabbed Zika and pulled him into an alley. They dashed off with Hama bounding behind them.
Commodore Francis ran into the alley and aimed his right arm at the three as they ran. Zika dropped a smoke pellet and thick scentless smoke erupted and swallowed Mugen, Zika and Hama. Francis fired his machine gun arm into the smoke as he charged down the alley and into the smoke.
Mugen, Zika and Hama ran out into a street and dashed towards the Bayloke. Zika turned to Mugen as they ran and said, "Some asshole with golden teeth attacked Yasui and he locked Yasui in another world."
"What? What?" Mugen asked with an eyebrow raised. They stopped in the middle of the street and Mugen said, "Some chick shapeshifted into Bulma and tried to kill me."
"Huh?" Zika gaped and Hama barked.
Commodore Francis ran out into the street and stopped ten meters from the three in the street. He aimed his arms at them and said, "Are you punks ready to throw down or are you gonna keep running?"
"I had a weird feeling in the gym earlier." Mugen said to Zika and thought for a second.
"What do you mean?" Zika asked.
"There may have been something in the gym with Asuka." Mugen said and sighed.
"Don't ignore me!" Francis shouted.
"This guy, his weak spot is his back." Mugen said and nodded his head at Francis.
Zika nodded and leapt in the air and twisted with Hama and they bounced around in the street as Mugen charged at Francis. Francis blasted the ground around Mugen with mini missiles and both Hama and Zika slammed into Francis' back with their Fang Over Fang!
Francis was slammed hard into the ground and Mugen, Zika and Hama dashed down the street and away from the Commodore.
Asuka ducked beneath a kick and he barraged a flurry of mad punches that missed their target as Feitan jumped back. Asuka spotted droplets of blood hit the ground and he Shaved at them; Feitan blocked Asuka's initial kick but Asuka slammed his right fist into Feitan's chest. They exchanged blows and Feitan kicked Asuka in the chin and brought the heel of his foot down onto Asuka's forehead.
Asuka hit the ground and rolled to his left as Feitan stomped at him. Asuka launched a Chop-Chop Rocket that struck Feitan in the jaw and prevented him from turning invisible. Asuka Shaved at Feitan and yanked his arm back, they exchanged savage blows and Asuka began to overwhelm Feitan with a barrage of mad punches.
Feitan leapt up and spun around and kicked off of the ceiling, he flew down at Asuka and spun again as he kicked Asuka in the side of the head and sent him crashing through exercise equipment. Asuka scrambled up to his feet and Feitan slammed a swift punch into his stomach.
They exchanged another mad flurry of punches and Asuka detached his left arm at the elbow and maneuvered it behind Feitan. Feitan slammed a savage punch into Asuka's face as his detached arm jabbed Feitan in the back with five Finger Pistol! Asuka stumbled back as Feitan grunted, he took a solid step forward and slammed his right fist up into Feitan's chin and lifted him off the ground!
Asuka leapt up and sent a powerful kick into Feitan's head while he was still in the air and knocked him down hard into the ground. Feitan rolled and skipped up to his feet as Asuka landed and reattached his left arm. They stared at each other, both smiling as they raised their fists and Feitan became transparent.
Asuka grinned and breathed deeply as he focused on the destroyed gym. He felt killer intent to his left and dodged back as Feitan kicked at him. Feitan Shaved at Asuka and barraged a flurry of swift punches that Asuka barely managed to dodge as they skipped around. Asuka clenched his fists and grinned as he struck Feitan in the chest one powerful punch after the next!
Feitan was rocked back as Asuka slammed into him with his furious flurry. Feitan stumbled back and Asuka slammed one final left jab into his forehead and knocked him down onto the ground. The assassin was motionless, unconscious on the ground of the gym.
Asuka grinned and searched Feitan's pockets. He pulled out five bounty posters and he tore them to shreds, the tattered pieces of paper raining down onto Feitan's chest and face.
"That was an awesome fight." Asuka said to the unconscious Feitan. "But you better leave my friends and I alone."
Asuka popped his neck and walked slowly toward the door of the gym. A rush of fatigue flooded through his body as he walked through the door and out into the hallway. He stumbled forward a few steps and hit the ground.
In the Air Dimension, Brasco ran behind Mugen, Zika and Hama. With the swordsman in the mix, Brasco didn't feel confident in attacking them head on. He Shaved ahead and looked around for a good ambush spot. He looked and saw Mugen, Zika and Hama dashing towards him and he readied himself.
Yasui appeared suddenly and slammed a furious kick into the side of Brasco's head! Brasco hit the ground hard and rolled away from Yasui. He jumped up to his feet and flashed his gold teeth at Yasui.
"I've been chasing you forever." Yasui said between pants. "I won't let you hurt my friends. It's just you and I, motherfucker!" Yasui dashed forward and exchanged swift blows with the assassin!
To Be Continued