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 41: Requiem
Haku and Kitana stood behind Gabriel as he unloaded his machine gun fingers and shot small rockets at pedestrians and vehicles. Screams of panic and urgency erupted as people fled the scene.
Two cars pulled up and armed guards leapt out of them and aimed their weapons at the three Akatsuki members. Kitana dashed forward and the guards fired their guns, the bullets passing through Kitana as she Shaved at one of the cars and struck the guards down with Finger Pistols.
Haku Moon Walked into the air and sent Tempest Kicks flying down at the other car and cut the guards in pieces. He landed on the ground beside Gabriel and Kitana walked over to them.
"Should we stay here?" Kitana asked.
"Nah, let's keep moving. They'll keep coming to us." Gabriel said and spat on the ground.
"Let's head that way." Haku said and pointed south.
The trio set off from the destruction they had caused in the street as more armed guards came to respond.
Machi used her Parasite Strings to take control of armed guards and used them to gun down pedestrians and other guards. The men screamed as they mowed crowds of people down and Machi laughed at them. She waved her arms and cut down four armed guards with her strings and their blood sprayed around the street.
Hisoka blew large pink bubbles that popped and flung chunks of gum all over the road and sidewalk. Fleeing people and vehicles became stuck to the gum when they touched it and Machi cut them to pieces. Hisoka grinned as two cars sped towards him, he blew four blue bubbles that erupted with the force of grenades and blasted the cars to smithereens!
More armed guards charged down the street and Machi waved her arms, "Parasite!" She took control of the armed goons and used them to gun each other down as they screamed and panicked.
"You think this will work?" Hisoka asked.
"If this doesn't attract the chain user and his friends then we'll have to hunt them down. This way is a lot more fun." Machi said and smiled.
"I agree." Hisoka said and smiled at the carnage around them.
Jinpachi twirled his swords in each hand and cut down armed guards and pedestrians alike as he Shaved around the street. Six armed men with machine guns unloaded their weapons at Jinpachi and he deflected them back with swift swings of his words. The bullets zipped back and shot the six men down.
"Shikigami Dance." Faye erupted into slips of paper and twisted around rapidly, cutting down surrounding armed guards and pedestrians. Armed guards fired their weapons and they blasted straight through Faye. She reformed into herself from the waist up with angel-like paper wings. She waved her arms and hurled a hail of paper shuriken that ripped up the armed guards with swift slices.
Bullets ripped through Faye's chest and she turned to face a large man with an equally large machine gun. He blew her apart as he unloaded his weapon and she quickly reformed into her paper angel form.
"A paper Logia?" The man gaped and Jinpachi appeared beside him and decapitated him with a swift cleave.
"This is letting off a little steam but it won't suffice." Jinpachi muttered.
"It's not your responsibility to bear the guilt of Raizen's death." Faye said carefully.
"He was my friend, we were always a team. I should have been on the team that went to the auction hall." Jinpachi said and looked up at the cloudy night sky.
"Nobody could have expected that Raizen would be defeated and killed." Faye said slowly.
An Air Door appeared suddenly and Franklin stepped out into the street beside them.
"You didn't stay with the boss?" Jinpachi asked.
"He told me to come help out on the street." Franklin said and closed the Air Door.
"Then c'mon, let's go kill some more of these losers." Jinpachi said and began walking off down the street.
Volcier walked down a hallway on the sixteenth floor and dropped several armed guards with swift Finger Pistols. He stepped over corpses and a buff man in a purple beret Shaved at him from behind. Volcier ducked beneath the swing of a machete and he swept the man's legs out from under him.
The man hit the ground and Volcier plunged a Finger Pistol into his forehead. Volcier wiped off his finger on his kerchief and continued down the hallway. For the briefest of moments, Volcier felt the presence of two powerful people roaming around the building. He lost the sense as fast as it had come.
His Transponder Snail began ringing as he walked up the stairs to the seventeenth floor and he answered it, "Yo."
"I've just arrived in the city." The person on the other end said simply.
"How long will it take you to find them?" Volcier asked as he continued up the stairs.
"I'm not sure, not too long I hope. My dad and grandpa may kill you before I can take out the Ten Dons."
"Oh? I thought you said three of your family members were already in Yorknew City?" Volcier asked with a slight smile.
"Ah, yeah. My sister went with them but she's not on the job."
"I see. Well, good luck with your mission." Volcier said and ended the call.
Volcier walked through the door and came across nine armed guards who immediately opened fire on him. Volcier burst into a flurry of black feathers and turned into six large crows that flapped and cawed around the bullets as the men fired.
The crows slammed together and Volcier reformed behind the men and shot them down with Flying Finger Pistols. The men hit the ground and Volcier smiled. He turned and walked down the hallway as he heard shouts and the pounding of footsteps coming toward him.
A dozen armed guards appeared down the hall and Volcier sent a large Tempest Kick that cleaved the men in two and shredded through a large portion of the structure. He continued down the hallway and put his hands in his jacket pockets as he went.
"I'm gonna go out there!" Asuka declared as he stared out of the window at the fires and explosions spreading throughout the city streets.
"You said that we should lay low." Bulma said quickly.
"They're killing people!" Asuka clenched his fists.
"This could be a trap to lure us out." Yasui said matter-of-factly.
"You said that Bulma blasted one of the Akatsuki away when she got too close. She could have spotted each of you at that moment." Shuhei said slowly.
"Except for Shuhei and I." Mugen nodded.
"It's too dangerous." Bulma insisted.
"I'm gonna go." Asuka said again.
"No, let me and Mugen go." Shuhei said and put up his hand.
"I know you're the captain, Asuka, but let us do this." Mugen said.
"If it is a trap, or they already know where we are then some of us should stay here." Zika said and Hama barked in agreement.
"The assassins found us easy enough." Bulma said and nodded.
"Shuhei, Mugen, be safe out there." Asuka said and smiled at them. "We'll hold the fort."
Shuhei and Mugen rode the elevator down to the lobby and made their way out of the building. They ran out into the street and heard screams and gunfire nearby.
"Which way should we go?" Mugen asked.
"Hm, this way." Shuhei ran to the south and Mugen followed.
Unbeknownst to the duo, a figure began following down the street as they ran toward the action. The figure kept to the shadows as they tailed the two boys.
Volcier shot Flying Finger Pistols through the knees of a tall Longarm man. He screamed in pain and fell to the ground as Volcier Shaved at him and pierced his skull with a Finger Pistol.
Two men with swords Shaved at Volcier from either side and he exploded into eight crows and flapped quickly around the room. He reformed down the hall from the swordsmen and they charged after him.
Volcier shaved at them and hardened his right index finger as he dodged swift swings from the swordsman. He struck them down with swift Finger Pistols to the throat and wiped off his finger as their bodies hit the floor.
He walked through a door and came to a large fancy office. Volcier closed the door behind him and walked across the dimly lit office and approached a large mirror that took up an entire wall. He stared from the twentieth floor window down to the city where he saw explosions flash all around.
Volcier hardened his left arm and shattered the window with a swift punch. The glass exploded and flew down to the ground as the wind and sounds of gunshots were sucked into the office. He heard the faint screams of the dying and explosions sounded off every few seconds.
He smiled and asked aloud, "Can you see this, Raizen? Can you hear the requiem that we're playing for you?" A single tear rolled down Volcier's cheek as he stared out at the city and he wiped his face with the back of his hand.
Volcier had experienced this moment in a dream several months ago. Well, not a dream. Volcier had never slept, not once in his life. He sat through the night reading and studying the world, seeing his affliction as a blessing rather than a curse. Though sometimes his mind seemed to zone out and go somewhere his body wasn't. That was the closest he came to dreaming.
He turned around and slowly crossed the office and opened the door. He stepped out into the hallway and the wind pulled the door shut with a loud thud. Volcier walked down the hallway and turned the corner. He could feel them again, just up ahead.
Volcier continued down the hallway and came to a set of double doors. He opened them slowly and stepped into a large empty dining hall. Two white haired men stood in the center of the room waiting for him. One was tall and muscular, the other was short and older in his years.
Volcier closed the doors behind him and took a few steps toward the men and stopped. He stared at the men and looked at the taller of the two, "Oh, it's you."
"You remember me?" Ishiin asked.
"Of course, you killed one of my people." Volcier said slowly.
"Be careful dad, this man is a taboo." Ishiin said.
"Of course he is, I know who his father was." Zeru said and scoffed.
Volcier stared blankly at the two assassins as Zeru took a few steps toward him.
"You should still be on alert, dad, this guy has multiple Devil Fruits." Ishiin warned.
"Oh? Then we should go for the kill quickly." Zeru said simply.
Volcier smiled.
Shuhei and Mugen dashed down the street and found bodies littered all over. They heard an explosion go off and rushed in its direction. They came across three figures standing amongst the chaos and stared at them.
One had a topknot and wore a blue kimono, he wielded two swords and cut down armed guards as he leapt around. One was a broad shouldered bald man in a red gi, he stood looking at the corpses on the ground with a stoic look on his face. The third was a woman with angel-like wings that flapped in the air above the other two.
"That must be the Akatsuki, eh?" Mugen pulled his sword from its sheath.
"Looks like it." Shuhei said and cracked his knuckles.
The duo dashed down the street to confront the Akatsuki. The figure that was following them Shaved around quickly and snatched Shuhei in mid-air and dashed down an alley with him! Mugen charged down the street and leapt at the man with the topknot. They collided blades and leapt around quickly as they clashed.
"What the hell? Where did he go?!" Mugen looked around quickly.
"Huh? I'm right here." Jinpachi said and raised an eyebrow.
"Not you, idiot!" Mugen barked.
Faye moved to hurl paper shuriken at Mugen and Jinpachi stopped her, "Let me take this guy. He's got spirit."
"Alright. Catch up to us." Faye said and flapped away with Franklin as he moved down the street.
Jinpachi skipped at Mugen and they clashed blades quickly. Mugen skipped up and swung down with a two handed strike. Jinpachi smacked his blade away with one sword and swung up at Mugen with the other. Mugen twisted in the air and evaded the swing, he landed behind Jinpachi and they clashed blades again.
They skipped away from each other and Jinpachi said, "You've lasted longer than any of these other chumps." He motioned around at the surrounding corpses.
"Simple, I'm not a chump. My name is Mugen and I'm gonna become the World's Greatest Swordsman!" Mugen declared.
"Ohohoho." Jinpachi laughed, "That's quite a dream. I hate to break it to you kid but you can't beat me. And I don't even have the Number Two Headband!"
"You're just another swordsman in my way. A stepping stone on the path to the number two and then the number one." Mugen said and grinned.
"Ohohoho. I like you kid. Try not to die too quickly!" Jinpachi Shaved at Mugen and they clashed blades wickedly as they danced around the street.
"Let go of me!" Shuhei called out and swung at the figure that grabbed him. They tossed him through the air and he landed on his feet in a small courtyard between two alleys. Shuhei turned and looked at the figure and gaped at her, "Tatsuki?"
"Hello little brother." Tatsuki said and smiled devilishly. Tatsuki stood at five-foot-five, she had long black hair and fair skin. She wore a bright pink kimono under a large black cloak with well polished black boots on her feet.
"What the hell are you doing here? How did you find me?" Shuhei asked, still in shock.
"I have contacts all over Paradise. I've been looking for you for a while now. I heard you were in Yorknew City and then dad and grandpa took a job here." Tatsuki said and smiled.
"Dad and grandpa are here?"
Tatsuki nodded and said, "Finding you was easy enough. I asked around, walked around the city until I met this rather tall man in a leather outfit. He was reluctant to tell me anything and tried to run away from me, he almost got away because he turned invisible. But I caught up to him in the end." Tatsuki threw the large black cloak onto the ground and stretched.
Shuhei saw she was wearing her sword on her back, horizontally above the belt of her kimono. "Okay, what do you want?" He asked.
"You made mother very sad. You broke her heart when you ran away from home. Do you even care about your family?" Tatsuki raised an eyebrow.
"I don't want to be an assassin! Fuck the family, I don't want to be a part of it!" Shuhei shouted and clenched his fists.
"Oh, little brother, you're breaking my heart." She pulled her sword from its sheath and said, "I'm gonna drag you back home so you can apologize to mother."
Tatsuki Shaved at Shuhei and swung her sword at him, he skipped away from her and she followed after him. He evaded a barrage of swift swings and kicked up at her, she skipped away from him and shot four Flying Finger Pistols that he quickly dodged.
"I don't have time for this!" Shuhei called out as he Shaved at Tatsuki and barraged swift punches at her. She used Paper Act to dodge his attacks and sliced him up the side with her blade. Shuhei winced and skipped away from her.
"Make time." Tatsuki said and grinned.
To Be Continued