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 62: The Red Ribbon Army
"We shouldn't all go." Renji sighed, "More soldiers may show up here in the village."
"Hm, well I'm gonna go." Asuka said and nodded.
"Me too." Mugen grinned.
"You should stay and help me defend the village." Renji stated, "We were the ones that fought the soldiers and brought negative attention to the people here."
Mugen groaned, "What? No way."
Yasui chuckled, "I'll stay and watch the village with you, Renji."
"Alright, then I'm going up the mountain." Mugen said and cracked his knuckles.
"Anyone else gonna stay?" Yasui asked.
"I'm gonna go with the guys." Bulma smiled, "I'm curious to see what kind of tech they're working with."
"Tech?" Asuka questioned.
Bulma nodded and explained, "I heard they stole equipment from Dr. Urahara and began their own experiments."
"Hama and I are absolutely gonna head up the mountains." Zika grinned and Hama barked happily.
"I'm gonna go too." Shuhei nodded.
"Are you all sure about this?" Elyse asked.
Asuka nodded, "Of course."
Shuhei chuckled, "We'll be back in no time."
"Be careful!" Alice smiled, "And please save my daddy!"
Bulma nodded, "We will."
The five Misfits threw on their winter coats, scarves and mittens and walked out into the snow, leaving to face the Red Ribbon Army.
High up in the mountains of Clockwork Island sits Muscle Tower, one of several bases occupied by the Red Ribbon Army. Muscle Tower was made up of eight floors and stood at a height of thirty-two meters. It was one kilometer in diameter and home to a thousand men…
"Colonel Beige, we sent a unit to Jingle Village but they haven't checked in or returned." A soldier spoke through a Transponder Snail.
"Hm. Send more men down there then. Send some of the dogs with them too." Colonel Beige grinned.
"Yes, sir!" The call ended.
He may be stuck on this miserable island but at least he was in charge. Colonel Beige had wanted a life of fame and power but abandoned the marines after he was persecuted for so-called ill mannered actions in the field.
After months on the run he ran into the Neo-Marine group, the Red Ribbon Army. On some small island in the Grand Line, Beige met the leader of the RRA and fought hard to keep his laughter at Bay. Commander Red stood at four-foot-nine inches with fiery red hair and goatee.
Beige, whose name was Beck back then, was taken into the RRA and slowly rose through the ranks of the organization. He was given the name Beige and eventually made his way to Colonel. That's when he was sent to the frozen hell that was Clockwork Island.
At least he was in charge here…
Asuka, Mugen, Shuhei, Zika and Hama trudged through the snow as Bulma floated beside them on the Flying Nimbus. They marched through the dense forest and up the mountain at a slow pace.
"Gah, this sucks." Asuka muttered.
"No kidding, now this is cold." Mugen said as he exhaled a steamy breath.
"So tell us more about the Red Ribbon Army." Zika said slowly.
"Hm, they're Navy defectors and Neo-Marines." Bulma stated.
"Neo-Marines?" Asuka and Zika asked.
"They take things to the extreme and kill all that opposes them, especially pirates." Shuhei said matter-of-factly.
"And their leader is a former Marine Admiral." Bulma stated simply.
"Really?" Mugen raised an eyebrow.
"That could be a problem." Shuhei sighed.
"Do you think he's here?" Zika asked.
Bulma shook her head, "I doubt it. I think I heard that their main forces are in the New World."
"Heh, so we're dealing with small fry?" Mugen chuckled.
The group of them marched onward and heard the distant sounds of engines whirring and people shouting. They dashed forward and burst from the treeline as two units of soldiers sped down the mountain in trucks and snowmobiles as packs of dogs galloped alongside them.
"Hmm." Asuka sighed.
"Yasui and Renji can take care of them." Mugen said and nodded.
"There are a lot of these guys." Shuhei muttered.
Bulma peered up the mountain, "Let's keep moving."
The group of them continued their march through the snow.
"Thanks for the hot chocolate!" Yasui grinned as he set his cup down on the table.
Elyse smiled weakly, "Of course…"
"Don't worry, mommy, they're gonna bring him home." Alice said and smiled.
Tears welled in Elyse's eyes, "I just can't believe you kids are gonna fight back against the Red Ribbon Army."
Renji smiled, "Yasui and I have a Forty-million Beli bounty between us. The others will be fine."
Yasui nodded, "But most of that is Renji's." He scratched the back of his head.
"F-Forty-million?!" Elyse gaped.
"Hell, Asuka by himself is a hundred-million." Yasui laughed.
Elyse remained silent as she seemed to be thinking things over, starting to believe that the Misfits could actually save the island.
"You guys are so cool!" Alice cheered.
"We should head into town and walk around." Renji suggested.
"You think the soldiers are gonna rush straight here?" Yasui asked.
Elyse spoke quickly, "They love to bully the villagers here. They'll come…"
"In that case, let's go." Yasui nodded.
The two boys wrapped themselves in their brown winter jackets with white beanies and mittens. They had another cup of hot chocolate each and walked out of the door to stand guard over the village.
"This sucks." Asuka groaned as the group of Misfits walked up the mountain, snow crunching beneath their feet.
"It's not so bad." Bulma stated from atop the Flying Nimbus.
"Yeah but your feet aren't getting soaked." Asuka debated.
Mugen chuckled, "Shaddup, you don't hear us bitching."
"Eh? But you and Zika are used to the snow. Your feet are probably all gross and frostbitten." Asuka grinned.
Shuhei laughed and said, "My old man had us trek through the snow with barely anything on to train our bodies."
"Just let me complain about my cold and wet feet." Asuka laughed.
"I hate the feeling of wet socks." Zika mused, "I get what you mean, Asuka." He chuckled and Hama barked as he walked gracefully on the surface of the snow.
"Do you think there are more Yeti out here?" Shuhei asked as he looked around at the surrounding patches of trees.
Asuka smiled, "I hope so!"
"Maybe we'll meet Alice's friend. What was his name?" Mugen questioned.
"Sully." Bulma answered and nodded.
Hama bared his fangs at the trees ahead of them and growled as he peaked up. Zika sniffed the air and a burst of gunfire erupted from the trees! Snowmobiles and soldiers charged out of the treeline and at the Misfits.
A large pack of cybernetically modified dogs bounded through the snow and lunged at the group of them as the chaos of battle swallowed them. Mugen drew Fantoma swiftly and cleaved one of the cyberhounds in half with a single swing.
Bulma zoomed up into the air and twirled her Climate Baton in her hands, "Storm Cloud Sorcery, Weather Forecast!" A flurry of black crackling clouds were conjured from her baton and swarmed over the horde of approaching soldiers. She fired a bolt of electricity down at the ground and a hail of lightning bolts rained down on the soldiers.
Zika and Hama leapt into the air and spun rapidly as they came crashing down on the soldiers with their Fang Over Fang. They smacked snowmobiles onto their sides and slammed soldiers into the ground as they bounced around savagely.
Asuka and Shuhei dashed forward and collided with the onslaught of Red Ribbon Army grunts. The two of them beat through soldiers and cyberhounds with brilliant ferocity as Mugen leapt around slicing soldiers up.
The tide of the battle was shifted heavily in favor of the Misfits and the skirmish was over in a matter of minutes.
Mugen cleaned the blood off of his blade with the coat of a dead soldier as Bulma tinkered with a couple of the snowmobiles.
"What're you up to, Bulma?" Shuhei asked.
"I was looking for Transponder Snails." She presented three Baby snails to the others, "Bingo."
"I see. Just in case they send out a message, we can pick it up." Shuhei nodded.
"Mhm."
"I wanna ride these snowmobiles up the mountain. Do they still work?" Asuka asked.
"Yeah, they're fine." Bulma said and smiled.
Shuhei and Mugen shared a snowmobile, as did Zika and Hama while Asuka had one all to himself. Bulma remained on her nimbus as the group of them sped onward toward the winter fortress of the Red Ribbon Army..!
A group of soldiers stood in the middle of Jingle Village as they tried rousing the unconscious soldiers that Mugen and Renji had roughed up earlier. The soldiers turned to look at the duo and aimed their guns at them.
"Looking for us?" Renji asked.
"Reckon we are." A soldier spat.
People stared out of windows and cracked doors to watch the encounter in the street play out. Yasui looked around at the onlookers and Renji suddenly tensed up.
"Behind us!" Renji snapped and the two of them leapt either direction as a pack of cyberdogs lunged at them from their blindspot.
"Robot dogs?!" Yasui exclaimed and the soldiers opened fire at them as the dogs bounded after them.
A cyberdog pounced at Yasui and was swiftly kicked to the side. Yasui turned his feet into wheels and slipped around as he sped through the icy streets. He slammed a series of powerful kicks into the cyberdogs and a bullet grazed his left arm as he spun.
Renji spun his Power Pole around and beat back the cyberdogs as he dipped and dodged the incoming spray of bullets. He Shaved around quickly and slammed heavy blows into the cyberdogs as Yasui kicked them around.
Yasui zoomed at the crowd of soldiers and ripped into them with a Wheel-Wheel Hurricane. He spun around wickedly as he delivered savage kicks into the soldiers and Renji used his elongated Power Pole to vault into the crowd.
Renji hurled chains from his left arm as he twirled his staff around in his right. His chains restrained and entangled as his staff slammed soldiers down into the ground. The two Misfits shredded through the crowd of soldiers as a flurry of fresh snow began falling on the village.
Five cyberdogs popped up from the ground and growled as small missiles were launched from their backs. Renji hurled chains forward and they collided with the missiles, detonating them all and causing a small but powerful explosion to erupt!
Renji and Yasui were sent flying back and rolling around the ground as their ears rang violently. They boys rose quickly as the cyberdogs came barreling towards them and pounced in unison. Yasui turned his hands and feet into wheels and sped under the leaping dogs as Renji extended his Power Pole and vaulted himself up into the air.
Yasui spun quickly and zoomed at the dogs as Renji hurled chains downward and restrained them with thick steel links. The dogs struggled against the chains as Yasui slammed into them with powerful kicks that sent them sprawling.
The duo looked at the still bodies of soldiers and hounds and breathed for a moment as they heard the sound of snowmobiles speeding through the village. The sound grew closer and closer as reinforcements for the soldiers arrived.
The group of Misfits sped up the mountain and the looming tower at the top came into full view. The three snowmobiles whirred loudly as the group of them moved and Bulma looked around the area from atop her nimbus.
Bulma stared up at the tower and shook her head as snow fell onto her face. One of the Baby Transponder Snails began ringing and she answered, "Hello?"
"Unit Six, what's your position?" A voice asked through the snail.
"We're heading toward the tower now." Bulma said slowly.
"Why the hell are you coming back here?!" The voice exclaimed.
"We ran into trouble and need our vehicles repaired." Bulma replied.
"Unit Twelve is coming to meet with you, over and out." The call ended.
"That was horrible, Bulma." Shuhei stated.
"Well, we'll be seeing some of our new friends soon." Bulma smirked
"You're a really bad actor." Mugen laughed.
Bulma shrugged and stared ahead of them as they trekked onward, watching as the tower on the mountain grew larger. She watched intently at the trees surrounding the tower and saw a pack of snowmobiles racing toward them.
"That was fast…" Shuhei muttered.
The Misfits raced onward as the Red Ribbon soldiers sped through the treeline and approached them quickly. The unit of soldiers opened fire and a hail of bullets rained around the Misfits as another skirmish kicked off.
Yasui spun around rapidly and beat down soldiers with savage kicks as Renji slammed his staff into others. The sounds of gunfire erupted through the streets as the duo continued to rip through the soldiers.
"I hate these guys." Yasui said between breaths.
"There's a lot of them, that's for sure."
More soldiers and cyberdogs rounded street corners and dashed toward the boys. Yasui sped forward and kicked down two cyberdogs as Renji entangled the others with thick steel chains. A hail of bullets zipped passed the duo and two slammed into Renji's side.
Renji spun around and Shaved at the soldiers as Yasui continued to beat through the cyberdogs. Renji spun his Power Pole around and smacked the soldiers in the head and shoulders, the blows resulting in sickening crunches and cracks.
The cyberdogs began to self-destruct and exploded violently around Yasui, sending him skipping awkwardly across the icy ground. Renji vaulted himself up into the air and slammed heavy kicks into approaching soldiers, sending them sprawling across the ground.
Renji conjured more chains and wrapped up the soldiers on the ground. He held his side and grimaced as his bullet wounds screamed at him. Yasui slowly stood up beside Renji and popped his neck.
"There are more coming." Renji muttered.
"You gotta be fucking kidding…" Yasui groaned.
To Be Continued