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 43: Cause and Effect
The explosion rocked and shook the auction hall as it erupted. The dining hall had been obliterated and the entire floor was ruined. Lights flickered and dust and debris flew all around as the building settled.
Ishiin slowly approached a pile of rubble and watched for movement. A Transponder Snail began ringing and Zeru popped out of a pile of rubble and patted his shoulders. Volcier stood slowly and stretched as Zeru answered his snail.
"Yes?" Zeru answered.
"Is my client still alive?" The voice spoke through the snail.
Zeru looked at Volcier and said, "He is."
"Well, yours aren't."
"Alright. See you at home." Zeru ended the call and walked away from Volcier.
Volcier chuckled and said, "This may be your only chance to kill me. You should take it."
Zeru looked over his shoulder and said, "We don't enjoy killing. It's a profession. Our clients are now dead so we have no business with you."
"Oh? What about Madam Wakaba?" Volcier questioned.
"She may be the Warlord that helps this city run but she's nowhere close to being in charge. The Ten Dons hired us and they're gone." Zeru explained as Volcier and Ishiin stared at each other.
Zeru and Ishiin walked slowly away from Volcier and disappeared from view. Volcier sighed and fell onto his back. He laid still for a few moments as he caught his breath and an Air Door opened beside him.
Machi and Franklin stepped through the Air Door and looked down at Volcier.
"You alright, boss?" Franklin asked.
Volcier sat up and smiled, "I had a good fight."
"Are we robbing the place?" Machi asked.
Volcier shook his head and said, "Tonight is for Raizen." He stood up and cracked his neck and said, "We control Yorknew City now." He stepped into the Air Dimension and the other two followed him.
The Air Door shut and the Akastuki walked slowly through the Air Dimension as armed guards flooded into the dining hall, just missing the pirates.
The next morning, Bulma stood watching Renji, Mugen and Shuhei as they recovered in one of the suites. The three boys looked so different, so young. Each of them had been roughed up badly and the heaviness of the situation suffocated Bulma as she thought about it.
Bulma turned and left the suite and walked into the living area. Asuka, Yasui, Zika and Hama sat on couches talking about the auction.
"The auction is still on?" Bulma asked.
Asuka nodded and said, "Madam Wakaba claims that the Akatsuki have been dealt with."
"I don't believe it." Zika said and crossed his arms.
"Me neither." Yasui nodded.
"We should lay low and skip town while we can." Bulma suggested.
Asuka shook his head and said, "No way. Three of my friends are beyond fucked up and I'm gonna beat some ass."
"Exactly." Yasui and Zika said in unison.
"And what makes you think the Akastuki are still alive and will attack tonight?" Bulma asked.
"I ju-" Asuka's sentence was cut off by Renji's Transponder Snail ringing. Asuka grabbed it and answered, "They aren't dead, are they?"
"No." Hisoka responded.
"Tonight?" Asuka asked, vaguely.
"Tonight. The Akatsuki are leaving Yorknew City after tonight."
"What?!" Asuka exclaimed.
"It's our last chance to strike. I'll see you there." Hisoka said and ended the call.
"Well that settles that." Zika said and nodded his head.
"I don't like this." Bulma muttered.
"Bulma, you can hold down the fort and make sure the guys are alright. The four of us are gonna go to the auction tonight." Asuka said and smiled.
"You hear that, Hama?" Zika asked and chuckled.
Hama barked and wagged his tail happily.
Bulma remained silent.
Zoldyk Yusuke sat in the middle of a large round table. Yusuke wore a bright blue vest with a yellow undershirt with blue pants and black boots. He had long black hair put up in a ponytail and a pointy nose.
The Ten Dons' Transponder Snail began ringing and Yusuke took the form of Don Toriyama. He answered, "Hello, Madam."
"We've got everything in motion for tonight. What did you do with the corpses of the Akatsuki?" Wakaba asked.
"We riddled them with bullets and incinerated the remains." Yusuke said and grinned.
"Damn, I wanted to hang up their bodies in the auction hall." Wakaba said and sighed.
"I'm sorry about that, Madam Wakaba." Yusuke apologized.
"No matter. We'll be starting the auction tonight at seven o'clock. Will you be joining us in the auction hall tonight?"
Yusuke shook his head and said, "We'll be joining in via Projector Snails this evening."
"Alright, then. Then tonight will go off without a hitch and we'll all be much richer by the end of the week." Wakaba chuckled.
Yusuke switched between the voices of the Ten Dons as he spoke, "Well said!" "Sounds good to me!" "Have fun tonight, Madam."
"See you gentlemen later." Wakaba ended the call.
The door to the chamber ended and Tatsuki walked slowly into the room. She crossed her arms and asked, "What are you doing?"
Yusuke changed back into himself and said, "I'm still on the job."
"Where are dad and grandpa?" Tatsuki asked.
"They left." Yusuke said and stuck his tongue out at his sister.
"Boo. It's so much quicker to fly with grandpa." Tatsuki pouted.
Yusuke shrugged and asked, "How's Shuhei?"
"We scuffled last night and tore each other up." Tatsuki said simply.
"Oh? He doesn't wanna come home?" Yusuke asked and raised an eyebrow.
"He said he doesn't care about our family."
"Oh. Are you gonna fight him again?"
Tatsuki nodded and said, "Duh. I'll bring him home."
"Well, I'm on the job with two separate clients so I can't help you." Yusuke said slowly.
"I don't need your help." Tatsuki said and stuck her tongue out.
"We'll arrive as the auction starts and make off with the merchandise. We'll cause a commotion as we leave and disappear." Volcier explained slowly.
"Why bother making a commotion?" Machi asked.
"It's the right thing to do. Franklin will handle it." Volcier said and nodded his head.
"And what about the chain user?" Jinpachi asked.
"Were we able to lactate him and his friends?" Gabriel asked.
Haku shook his head and said, "Nope."
"We're just gonna leave town without snuffing him out?" Jinpachi asked angrily.
"If the man seeks vengeance then he'll come after us. Fate will cross our paths again." Volcier said and smiled faintly.
"The auction starts in an hour." Faye said quietly.
"We should head out soon then." Kitana suggested.
"We can use the Air Dimension to travel through town and infiltrate the building." Franklin said and nodded his head.
"And then it's as easy as grabbing the loot." Haku chuckled and said, "I'm excited to get my hands on the Mirror-Mirror Fruit."
"Speaking of Devil Fruits, what are we going to do with the Swamp-Swamp Fruit?" Machi asked.
"Oh, that's right. Do any of you want to eat it?" Volcier asked and smiled.
"Pass."
"No thanks."
"It may be a gross concept but it's still a Logia. We can sell it for a good amount." Faye suggested.
"We'll find a buyer when we sell the loot from the auction tonight." Volcier said and stood up. "Everyone get ready for tonight. We'll leave and meet back here one last time before we leave the island."
Asuka, Yasui, Zika and Hama walked down a large hallway in the auction hall. Fancy looking people chatted excitedly about tonight's auction as everyone made their way to the auction hall.
The four of them took seats in the very back of the hall and looked around for suspicious activity as the chatter continued.
"See anything unusual?" Yasui asked.
"Just these people." Asuka said and chuckled.
"Hama and I don't smell anything off." Zika said and nodded.
"I guess we'll wait." Asuka muttered.
The auction started and the auctioneer began to show items to the audience. A large Projector Snail on the ceiling projected images of the items up for auction as bids were thrown around for them. Murmurs and shouts echoed around the auction hall as bidders waged war to claim ships, weaponry and so-called 'bottom shelf' slaves.
"Hey, Yasui, it's that Sakura girl." Zika said and pointed at her sitting near the stage.
"Oh yeah, look at that." Yasui said as he looked over at her.
"And there's Richter." Asuka said as he pointed out his wild red hair a few seats behind Sakura.
"So we may have some backup when shit hits the fan." Zika said and smiled.
About ten minutes into the auction a smoke bomb erupted on the stage of the auction hall and panic quickly spread throughout the audience. Asuka, Zika and Yasui shot up and watched as both Sakura and Richter dashed through the smoke and behind the curtain of the stage.
"Holy shit are they robbing this place?!" Zika exclaimed.
People began to rush out of the auction hall when a mighty explosion erupted from several floors above and the building shook violently. The sound of shattering glass and bending steel echoed over the screams of the audience as chaos erupted all around.
Five minutes earlier, the Akatsuki arrived on the ruined twentieth floor through the Air Dimension. The nine of them set explosives all over the twentieth floor before reconvening in the dining hall.
Hisoka set off for the top floor to eliminate Madam Wakaba as the others set toward the auction hall vault.
Franklin led them through the Air Dimension down to the backstage of the auction hall and they slipped out into the real world.
"Make it fast, Franklin." Volcier said and winked.
Franklin remained in the Air Dimension and shut the door as the other eight walked silently through the backstage looking for the merchandise.
"Do you reckon they'll use the vault this time?" Haku asked.
Volcier nodded and said, "They're arrogant after believing we were killed. It'll be there."
The group of them arrived at the vault and Haku began cracking the vault. He opened it quickly and the door swung open loudly. The eight phantoms stared at the merchandise inside the vault and smiled.
"Told you so." Volcier said.
Just then, screams echoed from the auction hall and clouds of smoke billowed backstage. Gabriel pulled the detonator from his pocket and set off the explosives on the twentieth floor! The building shook and the top floors were blown free from the building and plummeted to the city streets.
A woman in pink hair landed backstage and crossed her arms, "Mil Fleurs!" Arms sprouted inside of the vault and along the ceiling above the Akatsuki. The arms inside the vault juggled around the three Devil Fruits and tossed them to the arms on the ceiling.
As the arms on the ceiling tossed the Devil Fruits around, a man with wild red hair burst backstage and blasted an explosion at the Akatsuki! A shockwave shook the Akatsuki and Haku leapt up after the fruits.
Asuka, Yasui, Zika and Hama bounded through the smoke and passed the curtain into the backstage area. Zika lobbed three smoke pellets that erupted around the Akatsuki and bullets flew from the smoke.
Haku grabbed hold of one of the Devil Fruits and swatted the other two to the ground. Haku landed on the ground as Machi and Kitana burst from the smoke and at the rookies. Machi swung strings that Asuka, Yasui and Zika dodged as they leapt around. Richter's left arm swelled up and erupted as he threw a punch at Kitana, "Buster Cannon!"
Arms popped out of the ground and threw the two Devil Fruits at Sakura. She caught them and the arms poofed into flower petals. Haku Shaved at her and sent a high kick at her head; Sakura ducked beneath the attack and Shaved away from Haku.
Bullets and missiles flew at Richter and he Shaved around as he dodged and the missiles exploded. Machi appeared beside Zika and sent him flying through a wall with a powerful kick. Asuka and Machi exchanged rapid blows and she cut him into pieces with her strings. Yasui struck Machi in the side with a swift kick and she leapt away from them.
The smoke began to dissipate and Franklin appeared beside the Akatsuki. Volcier and Faye stepped out of the vault as they dropped DynoCaps into a leather pouch. Sakura fled the scene with the two Devil Fruits and Richter chased after her, "Hey one of those is mine!"
Asuka, Yasui and Hama stared at the eight Akatsuki members in silence for a few moments until Volcier spoke, "Where's the chain user?"
"Doesn't seem to be here." Gabriel responded.
"Hey Franklin, what fruit is this?" Haku asked and showed the fruit to Franklin.
"The Mirror-Mirror Fruit." Franklin said as he glanced at it.
"Sweet! I got lucky!" Haku exclaimed happily and bit into the Devil Fruit.
Zika burst from some rubble and hurled three giant shuriken at the Akatsuki and he bounced around the room quickly. Yasui and Asuka charged at the Akatsuki as Hama joined Zika in bouncing around the walls.
The Akatsuki deflected the Shuriken and Franklin opened an Air Door. Zika and Hama bulleted at Volcier with their Fang Over Fang, he struck them down to the ground with swift strikes. Zika took the hit and slipped Sea Prism handcuffs around Volcier's wrists!
Asuka and Machi exchanged blows as Haku dodged several kicks from Yasui. Dozens of armed guards appeared backstage and fired the weapons at the crowd in front of the vault.
Grenades and missiles went off and Zika set off several more smoke pellets. Smoke swallowed the backstage once again and several explosives rocked the area as the floor crumbed away beneath them all.
To Be Continued