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 47: Succession
Atop the Red Line sits Marie Jois, the utopia of the Celestial Dragons. Fleet Admiral Aizack sat at a large round table in a large room in Pangea Castle. Aizack was tall with broad shoulders and long black hair that hung over the back of his chair. He had dark eyes and a thick black mustache.
He shuffled through a stack of papers as marines walked around the room and set chairs around the table.
"Sir, the 'Rookie Crusher' has arrived at the port." A secretary spoke quietly as she entered the room.
"Very good. Have him escorted up." Fleet Admiral Aizack said with a nod.
"We're sending a few more units down to the port to watch his crew as well." The secretary said.
"Hm, that's a good idea. In case they all bring their crew with them, make sure the port is well over-manned." Aizack declared.
"Yes, sir." The secretary said and bowed as she exited the room.
A few minutes later, five armed marines entered the room with one of the Seven Warlords, Hitsugaya Neji. Neji stood at six and a half feet tall, he had jet black hair and an evil smile on his face. He wore a black trench coat with baggy blue pants and sandals.
"Heh heh heh, good day." Neji said to Aizack as he walked around the table and sat across from him.
"How's work, Neji?" Aizack asked and raised an eyebrow.
Neji grinned and said, "Busy as usual. There's so many rookies to destroy."
"Good work."
"I read the newspaper, is that what this is about?" Neji suddenly asked.
Aizack nodded.
About thirty minutes later, ten armed marines walked into the room escorting two more of the Seven Warlords.
The first of them was William "Billy" Kid. Kid was a shorter young man, standing at five and a half feet. He had a comely face and chestnut brown hair that fell to his shoulders. He wore brown pants and boots with a faded blue vest on his bare chest. On his belt were two pistols and ammo pouches.
The second of them was Don Quixote Deucelion. Duecelion stood at six and a half feet tall. He had bright blond hair and wore a fuzzy black scarf that covered the lower half of his face. He wore a purple robe that was open in the front with white pants and shoes.
The two of them sat across from each other and looked at Aizack and Neji.
"Bonehead, infant." Neji said and grinned.
"I'll take you on any day, fuckface." Kid said and gave Neji the finger.
"You'd die pretty quick." Neji stated.
"Both of you are idiots." Deucelion said and chuckled to himself. "If one of you killed the other, the Fleet Admiral here would likely throw you in Impel Down."
"I'll throw you in Impel Down if you don't stop acting like imbeciles." Aizack said grumpily.
The three Warlords laughed and Kid asked, "You think anyone else is coming?"
"The Fishman and the blood sucker aren't gonna show up." Neji stated.
"Rosalia is somewhere in the New World. She probably isn't coming." Kid said.
"And I read that Wakaba got taken out five days ago during her auction." Deucelion added.
"What? Really?" Kid asked.
"You don't read the newspaper?" Aizack asked.
Kid shook his head, "It's boring."
Neji laughed and said, "Of the seven of us, I always imagined Kid would get taken out before anyone else.
Kid quickly drew a pistol with his left hand and fired at Neji. Neji raised his hand and the bullet turned to goop as it touched his palm. Neji and Deucelion laughed and Aizack slammed his fist down on the table.
"If nobody else is showing up then, let's get down to business." Fleet Admiral Aizack said and handed the stack of papers to his secretary. She walked around the table and handed the three Warlords the papers and returned to Aizack's side.
"What's this?" Deucelion asked.
"First of all, there's a target that we need to capture. Nefeltari Bulma. She's the daughter of Nefeltari Brief, one of the World Government's top scientists." Aizack explained.
"And the others?" Neji asked.
"Bulma has joined a pirate crew, some kids calling themselves the Misfits. One of whom, the Captain, is the one who defeated Wakaba." Aizack said slowly.
"Heh heh heh, Senju D. Asuka?" Neji stared at Asuka's wanted poster.
"Uh oh, the 'Rookie Crusher' is getting a boner." Kid scoffed.
"Each of them has a bounty. Is this all of them?" Deucelion asked as he waved the papers in his hand.
Aizack nodded and said, "To our knowledge, that's all of them. We only raised a few of their bounties after this incident in Yorknew City. But, only Bulma is wanted alive. The others can be killed."
"I'll definitely be looking out for this kid." Neji said and nodded his head.
"Sir!" The secretary called out suddenly.
"Good day, gentlemen." A voice spoke softly.
The four men turned to see a tall broad shouldered man standing in the window. The man wore a strange white suit with black boots and a large fur coat draped over his shoulders. He smiled and hopped down to the floor and walked slowly toward the table.
"I didn't sense this guy show up." Deucelion muttered.
"Who the fuck are you?" Kid and Neji asked at the same time.
"What are you doing here?" Fleet Admiral Aizack asked as he stood up to his feet.
"My name is Gaara, I'm here on behalf of my Captain. He heard that there was an opening in the Seven Warlords and he would like to fill the position." The man spoke happily.
"Your Captain?"
Gaara grinned and said, "Clark Gamble."
"Oh, shit. That guy?" Kid raised an eyebrow.
"He wants to be a Warlord?" Deucelion questioned.
"Clark Gamble? After all the damage he's done to the Navy over the years?" Aizack shook his head.
"My Captain says that he wants to bury the hatchet and aid the Navy in future events. You'd both be assets to each other." Gaara said slowly.
"He'd be a better addition than Wakaba." Neji said and laughed.
"What's his bounty?" Deucelion asked.
"Seven-hundred-million Beli." Aizack answered.
"God damn." Kid muttered.
"So, what'll it be?" Gaara asked.
After five days, Asuka finally woke up. He was covered in bandages and his right arm was wrapped in gauze. He slowly sat up and winced as his arm screamed in pain. He got out of bed and stumbled around as he went up to the deck.
Asuka stumbled onto the deck and shouted, "Meat!"
"Asuka!" Yasui and Bulma called out as they ran up and hugged him.
"Ouch!"
"Sorry!"
The others ran up and surrounded them as Asuka walked across the deck.
"Holy shit, you're finally up." Shuhei said and smiled.
"Yeah, how long was I out?" Asuka asked.
"Five days." Zika said and Hama barked happily.
Asuka grinned and said, "I slept really well but I need some food."
"Check these out." Mugen said as he handed Asuka a few papers.
Asuka looked down at the wanted posters. They read; Senju D. Asuka, Dead or Alive. 100,000,000 Beli Bounty. "Vagabond" Mugen, Dead or Alive. 40,000,000 Beli Bounty. Kurta Renji, Dead or Alive. 30,000,000 Beli Bounty. Zoldyk Shuhei, Dead or Alive. 30,000,000 Beli Bounty. "Holy shit! Awesome!"
"Yeah, a hundred million is crazy!" Bulma exclaimed.
"Oh!" Asuka turned to Renji and asked, "Are you gonna join my crew?"
"Do you even have to ask?" Renji smiled.
Asuka laughed and called out, "Let's party! Food and drinks for everyone!"
"We already have some food prepared in the kitchen. I'll keep watch up here and will join you guys in a little bit." Bulma said and smiled.
The boys and Hama went below deck and entered the kitchen. They sat down at the table and grabbed booze, juice and food. Asuka served himself a large chunk of pork roast and two baked potatoes. They ate and drank and laughed at the table, Bulma joining them twenty minutes later.
Bulma sat down to eat and Yasui, Zika and Hama went above deck to take up the watch. Mugen, Shuhei and Renji drank grog as Bulma and Asuka ate.
Bulma and Shuhei stayed up to look out for ships and islands as the others went to sleep or trained. Mugen sat at the stern with his sheathed sword in his hands. He stared at Fantoma and sighed, anger and sadness flooding through him.
Mugen shook his head and groaned, "No use crying over a broken sword…" He thought about his father's words and muttered, "Passed down through the family for generations and I got the damn thing broken."
"I'm not broken you fool!"
"Huh?" Mugen looked around, confused.
"I'm not broken!"
Mugen stared at his sword and slowly drew it from its scabbard. The entire blade slid out from the scabbard. The blade was no longer broken but marked where the break occurred. He gaped at the repaired sword as a ghoulish green glow shone from the blade.
"What the fuck?"
"You've released me. After all this time. I only needed to be broken…"
"Are you..?"
"Fantoma, yes."
"You repaired yourself?"
"Every sword holds a reflection of its creator's soul. I was fed a Devil Fruit long ago, the Revive-Revive Fruit. I needed to be broken for the powers of the fruit to be truly awakened."
Mugen smiled and said, "So I didn't actually fuck up."
"Not at all. We have a lot of work to do. Now that my true powers are obtainable, we can get the Number One Headband..!"
Laruex Lucky leapt from his small ship and landed on the port of a small island in the New World. Lucky was a tall and round man, he wore a tight yellow shirt and blue pants with sandals. He dashed up a hill and down the street, making his way to the bar.
Lucky barrelled through the door of the bar and waved a paper in his hands, "Dosu!"
Dosu sat at the bar in his patchwork trench coat, he spun around on his stool and drank the beer in his hand. "Yo."
"Dosu, look at this!" Lucky ran across the bar and handed a wanted poster to him.
"Hey, guys!" Dosu called out to everyone in the bar and laughed. "Asuka has a bounty of a hundred million!"
The bar erupted with cheers as the Patchwork Pirates laughed and banged on their tables. "We've gotta celebrate!"
Dosu looked at Lucky and asked, "Who did he take down?"
"Inoue Wakaba..!" Lucky exclaimed.
Dosu grinned and said, "Way to go, kid."
"And he's traveling with that Nefeltari girl." Lucky said quietly.
"Hm? Brief's daughter?" Dosu thought for a second and said, "He's gonna have a hell of a time on the Grand Line. Asuka being the son of Siegfried and having Brief's daughter on his crew will attract a lot of attention."
"He's shown that he can handle himself well enough." Lucky said and drank from his beer.
"I can't wait to see how far he goes." Dosu said and laughed.
The Misfits sailed southeast following their Log Pose. The sun was setting and Bulma controlled the helm as the others roamed around the deck.
"Something is weird, guys. I think a storm is coming!" Bulma shouted.
"What are you talking about? I don't see anything." Shuhei said and shrugged.
"Look at the water!" Bulma shouted.
Asuka and Mugen stared down at the water and saw choppy waves pulsing around the ship.
"I don't see anything weird." Mugen muttered.
"Just water." Asuka added.
"No, something feels weird!" Renji called out.
Hama began barking and ran below deck as Zika shouted, "There's something beneath us!"
"Grab hold of something!" Yasui shouted as the ship began shaking violently an intense beam of water erupted from the sea and shot the Whore up into the sky!
"Holy shit!" Asuka shouted as he fell down on the deck.
"What the fuck is happening?!" Shuhei and Mugen exclaimed.
The powerful current of water blasted the ship further and further into the sky and propelled it up through the clouds..!
"We're gonna die!" Yasui cried out.
"Holy fuck!"
"Shit, fuck, balls!"
The Whore began to fall and landed firmly on the clouds and began moving slowly across the White Sea. The Misfits laid on the deck of the ship, hearts pounding, and slowly began to get up.
Asuka looked around and grinned, "We're in the sky!"
To Be Continued