The castle was continuously engulfed in battle. Some soldiers and samurai stopped to notice the flames Orochi had lit as they worked with whatever water they could find to try and put them out.
"This could be troublesome." Yuri said.
"No kidding. A fire to the castle and we're high above the ground with no access to water." Balthus said. "Seems someone wants everyone here to burn to death."
"I don't know if my ice spells could stop this spreading blaze." Constance said.
"All we can do now is…" Yuri said as he quickly raised his sword as Rugul clashed with him. "Well well…"
"Impressive reflexes." Rugul said.
"Ah…one of the self styled Shadow Knights. Pleasure to meet you." Yuri said. "Surprised you have time for this considering the castle may go down in flames. Oh that's right. Doesn't matter if you die so long as your boss survives."
"Yes. Cursed to a fate worse than death." Rugul said.
"Well…how about I relieve you of that." Yuri said. "Balthus, Constance. Continue on without me. Get as many of our guys away from the fire as possible and get any injured down to the performance hall."
"Are you certain Yuri?" Constance asked.
"Yeah…this guy looks like he has been in a lot of fights." Balthus said.
"What a coincidence…so have I." Yuri said as Balthus and Constance continued without him.
(Cue- Caius's theme- FFXIII-2)
"Interesting. Show to me your strength as leader of the Abyss and the Ashen Wolves." Rugul said, holding his sword in a reverse grip in front of him.
"He's using…hmm…Nosferatu!" Yuri said, casting light magic on the man and draining his energy.
"You are not going to start with your blade?" Rugul asked.
"No…cause you'd use any sword skill I use on you against me." Yuri said. "Your power is…copying your opponents skills."
"Very astute, you are correct. I bear the titles of the Gladiator and Blue Mage. But my official Moniker is the Paragon Knight." Rugul said as his sword glowed. "Missile!" he called, firing a few missiles that launched towards Yuri.
Yuri countered by throwing a few enchanted knives at the missiles as they exploded on contact.
"(Using sword skills won't do me good if he can use them against me. Thankfully…I have magic.)" Yuri thought. "Nosferatu!" he said, draining more of Rugul's energy.
"Veil of the Whorl." Rugul said, as a pink hexagonal barrier formed around him before vanishing. "Protean Wave!" he called, slamming his blade onto the ground and launching a burst of water towards Yuri.
"Hmm…you aren't too bad." Yuri said, tossing some knives as Rugul blocked with his shield.
"Neither are you." Rugul said.
"This…is going to be fun." Yuri said.
In another part of the castle, Orochi continued to set fire alongside Fukurokuju before seeing the samurai in his way.
"Kin'emon?!" Orochi said.
"Orochi?!" Kin'emon said.
"My lord. We have been seen. We need to retreat." Fukurokuju said.
"Where would we even run to? We're in the middle of the damn sky." Orochi said.
"Besides, running is not an option." a voice said as Cheetah and the other wild cats approached from behind.
"More minks…heh…but I'm not worried. The samurai were softened up by Kaido. And these raid guys have been fighting nonstop. This is my chance!" Orochi said as he changed into a large monstrous creature with seven heads.
"Just as we thought. He really does have this form." Roxy said.
"Seven heads, seven of us… Sounds pretty even to me." Belladonna said.
"That thing is HUGE!" Al said.
"Gyhahaha! I have nothing to fear from you samurai or foolish house cats! I will devour you all and end this 20 year long nightmare." Orochi said.
"You poor conceited fool." Cheetah said.
Kin'emon and the other samurai drew their swords as the cats drew their claws before each side leapt at the monster. In almost a sudden flash, six of the monster's heads were sent flying as the body collapsed.
"Damn it… That means he still has one left." Aslana said.
"We'll worry about that later. For now, though…" Cheetah said.
"Not…one step." Fukurokuju said.
"I must say, my opinion of you has risen." Raizo said. "You stayed loyal to this fool to the end."
"I would say the same to you. Besides matters of revenge, you and I were always fated to fight. Is that not right, Raizo?" Fukurokuju said.
"All of you, continue without me. This is a battle between two ninja." Raizo said.
"Understood." Nesma said. "I think I'll go assist the girls against that Black Maria person."
"I'll go with you. She won't suspect a thing." Roxy said.
"Me? I'll head over to the Cat Cafe and see if Jimbei and Taiga need some backup. Glacius, you do what you can to put out the fires." Esmeralda said.
"Got it. What about you three? What are your plans for now?" Glacius asked Cheetah, Belladonna and Aslana.
"I shall work to assist Edelgard in reclaiming Adrestia." Aslana said.
"I'll send Kareem and Bassam to back you up." Nesma said.
"Right… Let us meet up again when it is time to assist Edelgard." Aslana said.
"Suppose I should…" Cheetah said before seeing Orochi's body was gone. "Fled. Least he won't be causing trouble for a while."
"Yeah, he's only got one head left. He won't get far." Glacius said.
"For now…let's help the others." Cheetah said.
Back on the roof, the fight against Kaido and Big Mom continued.
"Mama, I'm coming!" Prometheus said, slipping away and off the roof.
"Wait for me, Prometheus!" Napoleon said, following after.
"Guys? Where are you?" Zeus called from inside the box.
"They're not coming to get you, and you're not going back to Big Mom either, Zeus." Hope said. "I dunno even know why you'd choose Big Mom over Nami. Was all the black balls and weather eggs she fed you not enough?"
"Well…I was created from Mama's soul so…" Zeus said.
"Doesn't mean you don't have a choice. She's got lots of soul. She'll easily replace you." Hope said.
"No…she'd…she'd never do that." Zeus said.
"Hey, blue haired boy!" Kaido said. "This is no time to be talking to Linlin's little weapons!" Kaido said as he tried to club Hope.
"Room." Trafalgar Law said switching with Hope. "Injection Shot!" he said, stabbing Kaido in the throat.
"Thanks, Law!" Hope said.
"Hurry up!" Killer said as he, Kidd, Hope and Mark ran to the edge.
Big Mom continued to fall until Prometheus caught her.
"Oh Prometheus. My sweet baby. Who does Zeus think he is? He's useless." Big Mom said.
"That's what I keep telling you, Mama. He's a dunce and a dope and he's holding us back. Think I could ask you a favor in that regard, Mama?" Prometheus asked.
"Huh? What is it?" Big Mom asked.
Up above, the clouds thickened in the sky.
"What the heck is going on?" Kidd said as lightning surged from them.
"Dang it. Zeus must have gotten back to her." Hope said.
"No…he's still in the box." Killer said seeing the box shaking.
"So if it's not him, then it must be…" Hope said, looking back to where Kaido was.
The Aforementioned Emperor of the Sea stood over Luffy, who was knocked out.
"Wrororororo. Look at him. I hit him with my Conqueror of Three Worlds: Ragnaroku, knocking him out, and yet he's still staring me down." Kaido said.
"Hey…don't go near…my captain." Zoro said. "Deadly Nine Sword Style! Asura!" he said as he ran at Kaido. "Asura…Dead Man's Game!" Zoro said as he cut through the warlord, inflicting a major scar as Zoro soon collapsed.
"Conqueror's Haki…this wound he's left me will never fade. You fools from this generation and those from beyond this world, if you'd had joined me, we could have conquered the worlds together." Kaido said.
"Join you? That's a laugh." Jexi said as he stood with Luffy.
"We'd never join you. We love the samurai." Luffy said. "Mark our words…you're going down!"
"Those are the words of dead men walking!" Kaido said as both Jexi and Luffy countered his attacks before Luffy landed a punch to him without touching him.
"Law…take Zoro and get off this roof. And let everyone know…we'll be beating down Kaido." Jexi said.
Meanwhile, on the edge, the others saw Big Mom flying back up as lighting surged around her.
"That can't be good…" Hope said. "Looks like I was right. Big Mom just got herself a new cloud."
"Mamamamama! Show me what you can do, Hera!" Big Mom said.
"Oh ho ho ho! Yes, mama." a voice said.
"Fulgora!" Big Mom said, bringing down lightning on the quartet as they were sent through the roof.
"Huh?" Zeus said as the box came undone as he went looking for Big Mom.
"Damn…time to go." Trafalgar Law said as he and Zoro vanished leaving both Jexi and Luffy to face Kaido.
"I've noticed this from you two…the more precarious the situation…the bigger you both smile…isn't that right?" Kaido said as both just smiled.
Both sides then charged at one another as their energies clashed.
The third floor…
"Ugh… oh man…" Hope said as the quartet recovered. "Mark, Kidd, Killer, you guys okay?"
"What?!" Mark yelled. "Oh, uh…sorry! My ears are ringing!"
"That blast took us all the way down to the third floor… so much for rendezvousing with Siege and his team." Hope said. "Big Mom didn't follow us."
"She probably can't tell where we landed." Kidd said.
"Whoa hey!" Siege exclaimed as he ran up, having just reached the third floor himself. "What are you guys doing here!?"
"What?!" Mark yelled.
"Ask Big Mom." Hope said. "She made a new Thundercloud Homie and zapped us with it."
"Ouch. Oh, also." Sam would say as he walked up to Mark. "This should cease the ear ringing!"
WHAP!
Huge hit from the hilt of his blade!
"Ow!" Mark yelled, rubbing his head. "Thank you, but also, seriously?!"
"Hey, if one part of you hurts, stub your toe. It'll stop hurting." Sam joked.
"Sound advice…" Mio said sarcastically.
"If we live, I'm so getting you back…" Mark grumbled. "But that comes later."
"Yeah. We split Big Mom and Kaido up, and we know how powerful they are together. We can't let them link up again or Luffy and Jexi are doomed up top." Hope said.
"I still have one more Spell Card I can use. Basically calling a small army of powerful forces if you will. Sam and I will go fight Big Mom using it." Siege said.
"Hey, there they are!" shouted a number of soldiers.
"Oh come on!" Hope said.
"Move!" a voice said as a sword waved passed them and nearly hit the group. "Straw Sword!"
"Wait…" Kidd said as they saw a blond man with markings stepping out. "Hawkins…so you finally come slithering out, traitor."
"This guy's a traitor? He looks the part." Siege said.
"Yeah, he joined the Beast Pirates to save his own skin." Hope said.
"Apoo betrayed us first. I simply picked the solution without fighting a losing fight. But Kidd, you should feel lucky surviving such a battle." Hawkins said.
"Well he did help us back in Orsterra." Roy said.
"You know Hawkins, I honestly thought that after we defeated Galdera together, you'd have second thoughts about serving Kaido." Hope said.
"Well, you thought wrong." Hawkins said. "I only allied with that man because there was a 76 percent chance I would survive."
"Oh, yeah?" Mark asked. "Then why did you just take out that group of Beast Pirates?"
"He needs extra lives, Mark. He knows he can't beat us with just one." Hope said. "But, seeing as how Big Mom is roaming around, we can't waste time on him."
Killer was silent as he stepped up.
"He's right. You all go on." Killer said. "I can handle this guy."
"Thanks, Killer." Hope said. "Seige, your choice. Hawkins, or Big Mom?"
"I'm going for Big Mom, Sam and I are." Siege said, turning to Noah and Mio. "You two can either stay here with Killer or go for Queen."
"We'll track down Queen. I have a feeling Killer here has this fight all under wraps." Noah said with a smile.
"You got it." Siege nodded.
And so the group split into different directions, leaving Killer and Hawkins alone, the latter entering Demon Face form.
"I appreciate that.. I could not have beaten all of you together." Hawkins said.
"Least you know your role. You make a good lapdog." Killer said.
"Call me whatever. Your chances of dying here are…92 percent. Poor Hitokiri Kamazo." Hawkins said.
"Fortune favors the bold. Fwa fwa fwa!" Killer said.
"Best of luck to you." Hawkins said.
"Go to hell…I don't need an ounce of your luck." Killer said.
The Second floor….
Even though Page One and Ulti let Siege's words into their heads, they didn't let that stop them from continuing to chase down Nami, Usopp and Tama.
"That kid…getting in my head like that." Page One growled. "No way Kaido would think lowly of us." he said.
"Hey…get off!" Usopp said, poking the guy with his slingshot.
"If I can just get to the performance stage, I can give a command and turn everyone who ate the dumplings to our side. After that, I don't care what happens." Tama said.
"Don't say that. Me and this old guy will protect you." Nami said.
"Hey! I'm only 19!" Usopp said. "Special Attack…Green Star! Flower Fireworks!" Usopp said, firing flowers that exploded right in Page One's face.
"Why you…" he said.
"Green Star: Exploding Pinecones!" Usopp said, firing pinecones that exploded. "Ha! How do you like those cones?"
"Come on…we need to…" Nami said as they came across a door, and opening it was Big Mom herself.
"Big Mom! You gotta be kidding!" both of them said.
"It's you two… the cat burglar and the long nosed one! You're Straw Hat's crew mates!" Big Mom said as Usopp and Nami cried in fear.
"Olin!" Tama said.
"Ah! Tama…so nice to see you." Big Mom said.
"Great. She goes into Mother Mode every time with little kids." Prometheus growled.
"I wanted to thank you for restoring my memory. And that nice serving of Oshiruko from that Okoboro town." Big Mom said.
"Oh…it's…not there anymore." Tama said.
"It's not?" Big Mom asked.
"Kaido's forces burned it down after the people lied about eating all the food given to the samurai." Tama said.
"They…did that?" Big Mom said in anger as Page One closed in.
"Big Mom…this is perfect. The emperor's are our allies. Quick…block them off!" Page One ordered.
"Not him again! Run, Komachiyo!" Otama exclaimed.
"Too late!" Page One said going for a bite.
"Don't you know that even in a cruel world of pirates…there's still a code of honor, you clowns?!" Big Mom said as she landed a Haki infused punch to Page One's neck.
"But…why would…you…" Page One gasped as he collapsed and fell unconscious on the ground.
Siege and Sam arrived to see the scene as they stopped dead in their tracks, seeing Page One.
"No…." Sam said in shock.
"Damn…" Siege said.
"Pay-Pay…" Ulti said in disbelief, having witnessed it all herself.
"It was you who burned down Okebore town, wasn't it?" Big Mom asked the downed Tobbi Roppo member.
"Grrr…You all…I'm gonna make you all regret doing that!" Ulti said as she charged in.
"NO! DON'T!" Siege exclaimed as he ran towards Ulti to try and stop her.
"Siege!" Sam yelled as he gave chase.
"This is perfect… we can have Big Mom take them both out!" Usopp said.
"She's like a goddess all of a sudden!" Nami said. "Olin! She did the thing that made you sad! (Whatever it was…)"
"Don't even try it. After her, I'm going to wipe all of you out next!" Big Mom said.
"AS IF!" Siege yelled as he jumped up, Yato-Ragnell revved and slashing down for Big Mom's back side.
"Siege?! What are you doing, stop!" Usopp cried to no avail.
"Uh… Ulti! You talked it out with Siege before, right? Help him take down Big Mom!" Nami said.
"Shut up! After her, I'll be going after all of you next!" Ulti said.
"Don't you get it!?" Sam yelled. "They hate Big Mom same as you! Let's take her out, for your brother, mi amiga!" Sam said as he cut at Big Mom's legs after sliding past to the front side of her.
"He wouldn't have been hurt…if those three had just surrendered!" Ulti growled.
"Let's get outta here!" Nami said.
"I said…stay…right there! Ulti-Mortar!" Ulti said, hitting Komachiyo's head as the komainu collapsed.
"Son of a… ULTI! Do you think they would be fighting you if they already had intentions of doing so!? They surrendered the moment they ran from you! You have more important matters than them- DAMN IT!" Siege yelled as he barely held Napoleon from striking Ulti.
"Please. Don't hurt my friend or anyone…" Tama said.
"Shut up!" Ulti cried in anger as she smacked the child.
"Oh you didn't just… HNNNGH!" Siege exclaimed, feeling Big Mom increase in force seeing Tama get smacked. "ULTI YOU DUMB DINO! YOU'RE GONNA GET US KILLED!"
"Who cares?! She smashed my little broth-!" was all Ulti could get out before she was struck by lightning.
"Who said…you could hit Tama?" Nami said in anger.
"Sam… what did we freaking walk into…" Siege growled.
"One hell of a mess, amigo… but we're used to this sort of thing, no?" Sam smirked.
"I suppose you're right. Time for the cavalry!" Siege yelled as he knocked Big Mom back. "DECLARE… SPELL!"
Siege pulled out a spell card as he choked a bit at using it, considering the personal attachment to him… but it had to be done. "My Sign: Remember the Fallen."
Four bolts of lightning struck around the area, summoning forth people who fell that meant a lot to Siege in his adventures.
The first, a samurai woman who had a hole in her chest signifying how she went out. She looked young, yet experienced in her own right as she pulled out Venge Katanas, much to Sam's shock, as he himself got attached to her before her passing.
"H-Hana!?" Sam exclaimed.
"Hee hee! Told ya I couldn't be kept down! That's not the samurai way!" Hana giggled.
The next, a woman atop a wyvern, holding a large battle axe, a hole through her abdomen to show how she had passed, as she giggled seductively.
"Are these fools being naughty, Siege~? Let me teach them a lesson." The woman said with a smile.
"Hey Camilla…" Siege solemnly said.
"Quit with the sentimental shite. Ya summoned us tae fight for ye, did ya not?" A Welsh voice called out as out came Nia from another portal opening, a hole through her hands and her chest.
And the last one to come out was a woman with one eye missing, hidden by her hair that was lit in blue flames, as she was dressed in a sleeveless black jacket over sarashi and traditional samurai leggings, flaming katana in hand as she walked alongside Siege.
"...Hey…" Siege solemnly said, choking up the most at seeing this woman. His former beloved…
The Eternal Samurai
Geina
"Glad you finally decided to use the spell card I gave you." Geina giggled as she looked at the surroundings. "Oh dear… I cannot leave you for a second, can I Siege?"
"Guess not. You all ready to kick some ass!?" Siege called to his fallen allies, returned by the spell card.
"Anything for you, Siege!" Hana smiled.
"Any time, dear~" Camilla smirked.
"I've been waitin' to hear those words ever since I thought I'd never get tae fight again." Nia chuckled.
"Always Siege." Geina smirked, frowning as she pointed her blade to Big Mom. "And this one's first."
"Always got something up your sleeve, eh boss…" Sam chuckled. "Now then. Let's dance."
(Cue - Rules of Nature Special Edit by Tyrus Sparda)
Camilla was the first to act, flying over Big Mom and charging straight down, intending to cut Big Mom deep with her axe.
"You're trying so hard to take me down, aren't you, boy? You just don't give up, do you?!" Big mom said, swatting Camilla aside.
She merely swatted the wyvern, Camilla crashing down with a massive Axe Swing to the shoulder, as Hana and Sam blitzed around Big Mom with slashes in a storm of cherry blossom petals, as Nia leapt on Big Mom's face.
"Try this on for size, ya overgrown beached whale!" Nia laughed as she clawed Big Mom's face viciously.
"Mamamama! Do your worst! I don't even feel a thing from those attacks!" Big Mom said, not even paying Camillas strike, Nia's claws or Hana's swords any mind.
"My, my, someone's acting tough~" Camilla giggled as the pain set in after she pulled out the axe, which caused a massive blood spray!
Camilla Personal Skill:
Rose Thorn
"Aww, you're bleeding a bit, dear~" Camilla giggled. "Do I need to get you a band-aid?"
"Does it look like I'm in pain to you?" Big Mom smiled back, not even bothered by the wound as it wasn't even close to deep.
"Hmm… that just means I get to play rougher~" Camilla giggled as her wyvern returned and took her aflight again, as Hana and Sam stopped slashing, looking at the damage they didn't do.
"What in the world is she made of!? Titanium!?" Hana exclaimed.
"No, tougher. Even my blade could cut Titanium." Sam growled.
"I've got the perfect trick. But I'll need to charge it. Buy me some time and I'll reduce her defense to nothing in a snap." Geina said.
"Of course." Siege nodded as he charged in.
Meanwhile Nia was still the annoying cat on the head, which eventually led to Big Mom trying to swat her. Unfortunately, with Nia's agility, she could evade the blows where Big Mom hit herself instead of Nia.
"Oop! Hah, ya missed! Quit hittin' yerself ya big idiot!" Nia laughed as she avoided Big Mom's swats.
"Get off of Mama, you weird talking catgirl!" Prometheus said, breathing fire right at Nia.
"Oi! Keep ya damn flames to yeself!" Nia yelled as she chucked her ring at Prometheus and hitting home for a powerful stunning blow!
…Or so she thought, as the rings just passed right through him.
"What in the bloody 'ell!?" Nia exclaimed.
"I'm a living sun, you idiot. You can't harm a sun!" Prometheus said.
"Hah! Joke's on you, mr. Sun." Nia laughed as she brought out a tome. "I killed a sun before! Or at least someone who had sun controllin' powers… and all I gotta do is chill ya doon some!" Nia smirked. "FIMBULVETR!" She yelled, firing the ice.
Prometheus melted some of the ice as he shivered and backed off.
"Enough of this! Prometheus! Napoleon! Hera!" Big Mom said calling all three to her side. "Combine!" she said as all three combined on Napoleon.
"Crap! Nia get off!" Siege yelled.
"Aye!" Nia yelped as she hopped off quickly.
"Maser Cannon!" Big Mom called out as she fired off a powerful beam of energy as the warriors dodged as it shot towards Ulti, as Koyomi arrived at the scene, after being exhausted from fighting countless Gifters to catch up to Nami and Usopp, before she saw the charging beam.
"Look out!" Koyomi exclaimed, before she then tried to tackle Ulti aside with a powerful kick, as the pink beam hit the both of them, with Koyomi getting shot through her side, while Ulti took the shot to the shoulder, as the force knocked them both to the ground, as the beam continued to hit a bunch of pursuing Gifters that were utterly obliterated by the beam.
"W-what…?" Ulti muttered, before seeing Koyomi on the ground, collapsed on the ground with pooling blood, as the deinonychus therianthrope tried to get back up. "You idiot… Why the hell did you do that..!? I'm your enemy!"
"...I don't know…" Koyomi weakly stated, before she turned towards Ulti. "...But I simply can't let you get killed like this… Even if you are savage… that doesn't mean you should die without any purpose… because… Because I understand that much,when I also had no-one to rely on."
Ulti was surprised at what she was hearing, as she fell onto the ground.
"Damn it…" Ulti cursed, as she was too emotionally perturbed to stand for the moment.
"Damn…" Siege growled.
"I'll go give de healin's…" Nia groaned as she headed towards the duo.
"Da ha ha ha! We did it, Mama!" Prometheus declared with bluster. "The combo attack was a success!"
Big Mom was silent, as she didn't know what to do, as she too was stunned at what she did towards Koyomi.
"What did I…" Big Mom muttered, seeing how Koyomi was only a year older than Otama, and yet she was wounded like this, leaving her in a stupor where she couldn't react.
"Not quite." Geina's voice said as she flared in massive blue fire. "BANE TO DEATH: JUDGEMENT'S DECISION!"
Geina unleashed a massive Judgement Cut on Big Mom, which was a massive streak of blue flame cuts that hit Big Mom on all sides.
"NOW! EVERYONE! GET HER NOW!" Siege yelled.
In a unifying battle cry, Camilla, Siege, Hana, and Sam all rushed and blitzed Big Mom as well, before those still in the fight gathered together, charging a unified attack.
"UNIFY AS ONE! KAMEHAME… HA!" They yelled as each member stretched an arm forth, blasting Big Mom in a huge blue wave.
(Theme end)
"That oughta take her doon! If it dinnae, nothin' will!" Nia said, as she was healing up Koyomi and Ulti.
"If we just did it… this whole thing with Ulti will be over." Siege panted.
"Grrr…you…rotten brats." Big Mom called out as she stood there in anger.
"You gotta be sparkin' me!" Nia exclaimed.
"How… how in the actual…!" Siege said in shock.
"Siege… what's our options!?" Sam exclaimed.
"...Pray." Siege gulped.
"Because of you…I fired at that poor girl. She's so young. You all will pay a heavy price for this!" Big Mom said, as her anger flared.
"That girl's our friend!" Siege exclaimed in fear, but tried to make it sound like anger. "So we're just as upset that you hit her with that shot!"
"M-Mama… what's going on here? What am I seeing?" Zeus asked, peeking out. "I see…those guys…the girls…Nami and…huh?" he said seeing a new cloud homie, pink with flowing cloud-like hair, known as Hera.
"Oh her? She's only here because I asked Mama for a girlfriend." Prometheus said.
"Oh…well we'll be an incredible foursome and…" Zeus said.
"Wrong Zeus. I don't need you anymore." Big Mom said.
"What?!" Zeus asked.
"You left Mama to die!" Prometheus said.
"And you screw up all the time." Napoleon said.
"Hera…go and eat Zeus. His soul will make you stronger." Big Mom said.
"With pleasure, Mama." Hera said as she bit into Zeus. "Thank you so much, Mr. Zeus."
"Ah! Please! Make it stop! Please! I'll go away and I'll never bother you again!" Zeus said.
"Then you'll just be a soul thief. If you're truly sorry, then let her eat you and become newfound strength." Big Mom said.
"Waah! Save me, Mama!" Zeus pleaded, as Hera continued to consume him, sapping his own strength out bit by bit.
"Right, Otama?" Big Mom remarked, with a sugary tone, before noticing Usopp trying to carry Tama out of the battlefield,as she simply grabbed Tama from his arms with two fingers, as the young girl struggled. "This will be dangerous, Tama, so let's put you somewhere else. You'll be safe along with that other girl."
Koyomi tried to get up to back away, only to find herself being dangled by Big Mom's fingers as well, as they were placed behind her, where they couldn't get hurt.
"You two should not be around dangerous people like them. Especially you, young lady." Big Mom said to Koyomi. "How old are you, exactly? I'd wager at least 10…maybe middle school age?"
"11 years…" Koyomi reluctantly admitted.
"Oi! I was in de middle of healin' 'er! If yer really that concerned aboot 'er then let me finish me job before ya yank her to safety!" Nia exclaimed.
"Huh? I can heal her once I take her back home with me after this fighting is done." Big Mom said.
"Why trouble yerself when I'm doin' de work for ya? Honestly it's free help and then ye get tae blast me as ye please. Fair trade fer ye, is it not?" Nia asked.
"Oh…I've got a better idea. I don't have your race in my kingdom. So I'll be taking you too!" Big Mom said, grabbing her.
"Eep! I dinnae mean fer ye to grab me ye bloody whale! Poot me doon!" Nia exclaimed as she wiggled in her grip.
"Nami! Guys!" Zeus called out.
"Zeus?" Nami asked.
"I'm sorry I tried to kill you all earlier! I was a coward who didn't want to die! I'm just a sniveling no good coward! I know you won't accept me as a friend, but they're gonna kill me! I'm all alone in the world now! Its fine if you all don't forgive me. But just watch!" Zeus said as he turned black. "I'm rebelling for the first and last time! Run, all of you! This is how I want to be remembered!" he said charging at Big Mom.
"Ah bloody 'ell!" Nia exclaimed, wiggling more.
"...Run where!? The exits are blocked!" Siege exclaimed as he looked around.
"Doesn't matter anyway." Big Mom said grabbing him with her free hand as she drained his soul as she let the depowered Zeus drop. "Hera!"
"Zeus! Hang on!" Nami said letting loose some black weather eggs before Hera bit down on both Zeus and the Clima Tact. "She…she ate him…"
"Everyone, let's get away!" Tama said. "I know you wanted to beat Olin, Sir Siege, but there's no way you can now. You're all out of power!"
"...Damnit…" Siege growled as he looked at the situation. With Big Mom ready to strike again, Nia taken captive, and only one way out… what way was there for them to do anything about it?
"...Nia, I'm sorry." Siege apologized. "Guys, let's-"
"Darling…" Camilla said with a smile as she pat his shoulder. "Don't worry your little head about Nia, Koyomi, or even Ulti. Focus on running."
"...Camilla. You know what happens if you die now. I can't-" Siege tried to retort, only to be shushed.
"It will all be alright dear…" Camilla smiled before she rode her wyvern up. "I haven't done this in a while… Anankos, bless me…"
Camilla suddenly formed a Dragon Vein out of thin air, and the moment she did, she went over and used it.
"CAMILLA NO! THAT'S HOW-!" Siege yelled.
"I know… but it's the only way." Camilla smiled.
"It makes me sad when people run away! Cause then…I have to kill them!" Big Mom said as the roof started to cave in.
However, the Dragon Vein wasn't meant for anyone in the room. It was meant for Big Mom. Big Mom was suddenly lifted up, causing Koyomi and Nia to fall, to be caught by Siege and Sam, as she was lifted up.
"Grrr…" she said trying forcing herself down.
"Punk…" a voice called out as a large metal arm smashed her down. "Gibson!"
"Hey guys, sorry we're late!" the voice of Mark called out as he, Hope, and Kidd came in. "Don't know what that move was, but it sure helped Kidd get an opening. Thanks!"
"Boy you sure picked the greatest of times…" Siege bitterly said to the arriving group as he looked over to Camilla, whose veins pulsated from the overcharge of power as she dropped, Siege rushing over to her.
"Move." Mark said as he got close to Camilla. "Alright, let's try this…Sin of Wrath…"
"Darling… don't waste your time on a dead woman like me…" Camilla groaned in pain.
"Don't say that. We're all getting out of this…without a single casualty!" Hope said.
"...Healing Barrage!" Mark finished as he rapidly punched Camilla, the veins beginning to stop pulsating violently as she felt her heart rate returning to normal, as she gasped.
"...How… how were you able to…!?" Camilla asked.
"Authority of Wrath, power from the Witch of Wrath from a world in the Magic Universe." Mark explained. "It heals people by drawing mana from the world, but since mana's not that common here, I had to substitute my own Ki reserves. Looks like it worked."
"Darling… it's true, I'm already dead… merely bound by Siege's spell card…" Camilla said, sitting up and showing her wound. "In a matter of time, however big his reserves are, I'm not going to stay here anymore. Why waste your energy on me?"
"Because your Siege's friend." Mark said like it was obvious. "Which means you're my friend too. What other reason would I need?"
"Mark…" Siege said as he ran up and hugged Mark tightly. "You're a legend man, you're an absolute legend…"
"Uh…you're welcome…" Mark said.
"Siege. You and the others did great. Thanks so much." Hope said. "Leave this to me, Mark and Kidd now. We've got this."
"No." Siege said, standing up as Camilla did as well. "I made a commitment to fight this long… I'm not backing down any time soon. Besides, after all my friends and I did, you guys are giving us that second wind. I need to make the most use out of this spell while I have the chance. The people I've summoned may be the extra manpower we need to bring down Big Mom for good. So we're staying and fighting. If you got any Senzu Beans for me, now would be a good time for me to snack on them."
"...Wow, you're a hard man to keep down." Hope smiled. "Mark, you have a Senzu on you?"
"As a matter a fact…" Mark matched his friend's smile as he pulled out a pouch. "I have six."
"I might need two at the most to fight and keep this spell going at the same time." Siege said.
"Hey, you've been holding out on me!" Hope said.
"We can talk about it later." Mark said, handing two off to Siege.
Siege chomped one down for now, saving the other for later as he burst in power. "Alright… Let's take her down!"
"Nami, Usopp, Tama, continue with the plan! Big Mom's ours." Hope said.
"Right!" Nami said as the three headed off.
Hope then turned back to Big Mom as she was getting up. "I've been waiting a long time for this. Finally… I get to give you a piece of my mind!"
"Piece of your…you and your little friends destroyed my castle and ruined the tea party!" Big Mom said.
"Oh, how tragic. I'll play you a sad song on the world's smallest violin." Mark said. "After we all kick your ass, of course."
Meanwhile on the rooftop dome….
"Ugh…it feels like I've made a grievous error. I should have announced both of your defeats." Kaido groaned. "Now all those people inside will keep thinking…that you have a shot a beating me." he said as Luffy and Jexi were unconscious and falling off the island.