"Where's Sanji?!" Nami shouted as she got to the dock and looked ahead. The wooden platform was covered in the little black monsters and they were seriously freaking her out.
Chopper and Usopp were trying to push the creatures back but they couldn't see Sanji at all. He would still be on the deck... if he was still there. That thought went through all three of their minds and they looked at each other in worry before turning around and realizing they were completely surrounded.
I-I, I'm going to be brave! "Chopper, Nami, listen to me," the long nosed sharpshooter started as the enemies closed in all around them. "I'll hold them back here," he said in a shaky voice. "S-Sanji probably disappeared just like Zoro did, and you guys have to tell Luffy. Chopper use a Rumble Ball and jump out of here!"
The monsters chose that second to attack and Usopp started sniping each one with his slingshot as they got close. The explosions were just enough to knock back the monsters. "Usopp no!" Nami yelled and reached for him before feeling two long arms wrap around her.
"I'm sorry Nami," Chopper said as he jumped up high in the air.
"No! We have to go back for him, we have to go back!" She looked up at the tall form of the reindeer in anger before softening when she saw the tears pouring out of Chopper's eyes. He probably spent more time than any of them with Usopp, and he just had to make the choice to leave him.
The two looked back down and saw the creatures stop attacking Usopp. The man put his weapon down a little as darkness started coming out of the ground and covering his legs. "USOPP!" They shouted back at him before landing and staring at the sniper.
"P-P-Proud Captain Usopp," he shouted back at them as the dark tendrills climbed up and around his body. "Shall never be defeated. W-We'll meet again!" The darkness covered him and he was gone.
Inside the secret cave, Sora and Luffy ran down the passage and into the opening. "Kairi!"
"Robin!" The woman was standing next to the girl and both were in front of an odd looking wooden door. Luffy could feel a dark presence coming from inside the door and he shouted at his friend, "The others are waiting outside. Zoro got taken to another world and..."
The two females in front of the door started to turn around and Luffy froze as he saw Robin's eyes. They were completely glossed over, and Kairi was the same. The girl stumbled around for a little, "Sora," she muttered and started lifting up her hand.
"Luffy," the older woman looked back at the man who saved her when she wanted to die. He was the reason she was alive right now, and she looked at him in fear as the door behind her shot open. The boys had to cross their arms to protect themselves from the dark wind that shot out of the open door.
They lifted their heads up and Luffy watched as the small girl flew towards them in the wind, slamming straight into her friend who held out his arms to catch her. She vanished as soon as she touched him and then Robin lifted off and started flying towards Luffy. He didn't see the kid on his right get taken by the wind and tossed back down the passage because he wanted to do what Sora couldn't and he took the extra step, stretching his arms out and grabbing Robin before she disappeared.
As soon as his fingers touched the woman's arms, she vanished. Then the pirate captain was lifted off his feet as well and carried by the wind all the way to the entrance of the cave where he was thrown out into complete darkness.
"Luffy, Luffy get up," Sora shook the pirate who was inches away from the edge of the cliff. The rubber man got up and looked down over the side of the sand where the island's edge was getting pulled apart and into a dark abyss below them. There was no more sea, only darkness.
"LUFFY!" The captain looked up and saw the Going Merry spinning around in the sky. Chopper was holding onto a rope on it for dear life and it vanished up in the sky.
"My home," Sora said in fear as he looked ahead. Nothing remained of his world except the small bit of sand they were standing on. Everyone I know, they're all gone. And the world, it's being destroyed.
"Sora," the kid snapped his head up and saw the pirate captain standing next to him, still with a smile on his face. "Don't worry, we'll find your friends, and mine."
"Luffy help me!" The two of them turned around and saw a giant black monster standing in the middle of the island and Nami was in one of its hands.
The two looked at each other and nodded before charging ahead. They only got two steps before a light flashed and the two Keyblades reappeared in their hands. They dropped them when the black wind hit them, but now the blades were back and helping them fight.
The battle lasted a while, with the giant shadow form that looked a little like Sora attacking them in any way possible. Smaller monsters from before came out of its hand while dark balls shot out of its mouth. Sora and Luffy were both panting and covered in small scratches when the monster finished its attacks and collapsed to one knee, bending its head.
They hit the beast in the head a few times more, trying to make sure it was really down for the count. When they hit it, it reared up and roared, still holding on to the ever-screaming Nami. "Don't worry Nami! We'll find you!" Luffy called up at her as the monster was ripped off the ground and torn towards the enormous purple and red ball in the sky.
"Luff..." she was pulled with the monster into the darkness and vanished, a pang of hurt going through the captain who was now without any nakama.
It was like the center of gravity on the island disappeared because it wasn't large enough any longer and Sora could feel himself getting pulled away as well. He ran fast to a piece of wood on the floor and grabbed onto it, Luffy running over and grabbing the same piece. A few seconds later they were lifted up and thrown into the sky, the last piece of island shattering below them.
The rubber man grabbed onto Sora so they wouldn't be separated. He looked at the kid who stared around at all the broken pieces of island with a sad and scared look. "Don't worry," he said and smiled at the boy, "everything will be fine. If your friends are like my nakama, they can handle themselves."
"I guess you're right," Sora said as they flew up into the red sparking sky.
"Whoopeeeee!" Luffy said, enjoying the ride until he felt his fingers slipping. "Wait, Sora! Hold on!" The brown haired boy tried his best to hold on but the pirate slipped through his grip and the wind in the cloud tore them away from each other.
In a town on a distant world, a duck and a dog wearing clothes were walking down the street. A bad feeling went down Goofy's spine and he looked up at the sky, "Donald!" he pointed and the duck looked up as well. "Look, a star's goin' out!"
One of the stars in the sky flickered for a few more seconds, and then poof. It was gone.
"Come on, let's hurry," Donald exclaimed. They had no time to waste in their mission if more worlds were being destroyed as they spoke. The duck waddled around the center square mumbling to himself, "Where's that key..."
"Hey ya know," Goody suggested, "maybe we ought to go find Leon."
They were about to turn to walk up a staircase when they heard something and stopped moving. "What was that?" Donald asked and they both heard it again, looking up in the sky slowly. Their eyes went wide as whatever it was, was falling right towards them.
The two dove out of the way, right as the thing falling from the sky landed where they were just standing. "What was that hiyuk?" Goofy said as he stood back up.
"Wawawawa," Donald quacked annoyingly as he stared down at the feet sticking out of the ground. There was the entire bottom half of a person there, "Come on Goofy, let's pull him out quick!"
The two went to either side, "One, two, three," they pulled hard and plucked the person out of the ground like he was a vegetable. "Whoa, who are you?" The large dog in the green undershirt asked. Neither of them saw the yellow dog they were with a second ago, Pluto, had just run off and was now walking down an alleyway where he found an odd boy leaning against a wall.
"Ugh," Sora said after getting a lick from the dog on his face, "where am I?" He saw a dog in front of him and started asking it for directions. Unlike Goofy though, this dog couldn't talk and just licked him again.
Back in the square, Luffy was looking around amazed at all the bright lights around him.
"Who are you!?" Donald shouted. The duck was wearing an all blue jacket and a blue hat to match his friend's yellow one. He stared at the boy with a straw hat on his head that somehow stayed on even after he was plunged into the pavement.
Luffy looked around and saw a few other people in the lit up area. It was night time high above him, but there was so much light in the town, whoa! He turned to the guy yelling at him to respond before blinking a few times.
The pirate captain was staring at a... dog-person, in the face. He looked down at the one yelling at him and was just as surprised to see an oversized duck staring back at him. "I'm Luffy," he answered the cool animal's question. "I'm gonna be the King of the Pirates!"
"What's that?" The dog thing asked him and the pirate blinked a few more times with a straight face.
"You," Luffy lifted a hand and a wide smile came over him, "what are you? You're so cool!"
"Well garsh," the dog standing on two feet in large boots said with a blush on his face. "I'm Goofy..."
Donald suddenly remembered they were trying to find Leon, not this guy! "Let's go Goofy! This is the place where the lost from the broken worlds gather. We can't get caught up with him," Donald whispered the last part because they weren't supposed to mention things about the other worlds in front of people.
"Oh yeah, ok Donald," he lifted his head to the smiling teen in he red shirt. "See ya Luffy," he waved at the guy who was disappointed to see them go, but remembered he had something to do too.
"That's right," he punched his left palm with his other fist making a loud slap sound. "Nami! Zoro!" He shouted out, about to call out the rest of his friends' names.
"Shut up!" A woman shouted at him. She was leaning up against a pillar outside a closed restaurant. "No one likes a loud newcomer."
He stared at her for a few seconds before lifting back up his head and shouting, "Robin! Sora!"
"Luffy!" The rubber teen spun around and saw the last person he called, running straight towards him. Sora jogged over with a smile on his face. The yellow dog he was with wagged its tail a few times before running off. The kid was looking for Kairi and Riku, but was glad he saw at least one familiar face here. "Where are we?" Sora asked him and the pirate looked over at the woman who was still glaring at him.
"Hey where is this?" Luffy shouted at her.
She grunted and calmed down a little, "You're in the first district of Traverse Town."
"What about the island?" Sora asked her and the woman had a blank expression and just turned away. The twelve year old wasn't deterred. He turned and saw a store right behind them, "Hey Luffy, let's go check this place out. Maybe we'll find Riku and Kairi if we look around. Oh, and your friends too." He added at the end and Luffy smiled at him.
"Yeah sure," he looked around at the weird town. He'd never seen a place like this before and it was really cool. Thoughts of his friends were put in the back of his mind, he knew they could take care of themselves. So for now, he just wanted to explore this new place.
Maybe it's a different world! That would be awesome! He followed Sora into the door of the shop and there was a man behind the counter.
The blonde guy with spiky hair had large muscles and spun to look at the new customers. "Hey there, how can I-" he stopped after taking a look at them, "ah it's just a couple of kids."
"Hey I'm not a kid," Sora yelled at him and stormed up to the counter. Luffy meanwhile was looking around the building in surprise. There were lights coming out of the ceiling and there wasn't any fire in them. He wondered how that worked.
Sora asked the man about his island and his friends. "Name's Cid," the guy said with a nod at them. "And this definitely isn't your island kid. Don't know where you came from, but we get new people here all the time."
Luffy introduced himself in his normal way to the guy who sweatdropped. The older boy seemed less mature than the smaller one. Neither had any money the man would accept, but he said before they left, "If anything happens, come to me. I'll take care of you guys." He tossed them little pouches for the money in their world as an extra parting gift.
"I can take care of myself," Luffy said with a wave. Sora just grinned at the man thankfully and followed his new friend out the door.
"Where do we go now?" Sora asked. Luffy looked around before pointing a direction and Sora looked to see that would lead them right back to the square they were just at. "Ok, I guess I'll lead. Follow me," he turned and ran down a passageway next to the general store.
"Who's that?" Luffy pointed at a fat man standing on a ledge. His eyes went wide as he was drawn to someone else standing in front of the second floor door to Cid's shop. "What is that!?"
"The second floor is under repairs," the small white thing said.
"Oh," Luffy said and turned around towards Sora. The younger kid was waiting in front of a large door that had the words, 'Second District' written on a large sign. Somehow the light was illuminated and it made Luffy's eyes sparkle. "This place is so cool."
Sora saw his friend coming and opened the door. I've got to find Riku and Kairi, they could be anywhere. He stepped through the door and then stopped right away as a frightened man came running into their path and fell to the ground.
"Oi! Are you alright?" Luffy shouted over at the guy.
The man was wearing a nice collared shirt with a blue vest over it and he turned his head towards them slightly. The look of absolute horror on his face made the other two freeze and they watched as his mouth widened and his chest started to glow.
Sora couldn't move, but Luffy ran towards him to try and help. The light emitted a weird sensation of dread that both boys felt, but it was only when his chest opened up and a pink heart came out, did Luffy fall back on his butt. "Ah! A heart!" He was surprised, he'd heard that hearts didn't actually have that curved shaped with the dip at the top.
The man below the heart stared up at it in fear as darkness sprouted beneath him and purple bubbles gathered around him before he faded away. His heart flew a couple of feet away towards a black ball with spinning red and orange disks around it. The orb absorbed the heart and a creature formed from it. It had a black face and yellow eyes just like the giant they had to fight and the small monsters, but this one was wearing a coat of armor and Luffy's eyes turned to sparkles.
"So cool!" he said before the thing did a frontflip and disappeared in a new black circle it created in front of him.
"Cool?" Sora asked as he stepped forward. He gave the older teen a mean look and Luffy stopped smiling as he thought about the man on the ground a few seconds before.
"That thing took his heart?" Luffy started in a low tone.
"I think that was his heart," Sora replied, calming back down. Before they could talk about it further, a group of the small monsters from Sora's island sprouted out of the ground in front of them and looked ready for a fight.
Luffy pulled back both arms and tried a Gum Gum Gattling Gun at the five creatures in front of him. All but one sank down into the floor and his punches missed, while the fifth was hit by a few and knocked backwards, only to get back up and start charging in again.
Sora held out his hands to the side and wished he had that Keyblade from before. Just as he thought that, the blade appeared in his hands and he blocked the first creature that dove at him. All I need to do is think about it and it's there! He smirked and spun the key in his hands. He held it with both hands since it was a pretty heavy weapon, but it felt so right as he ran forward and slashed across two of the things before dashing and impaling one of them. He jumped up in the air and sliced down with the weapon, causing the creature to explode into a bunch of dark bubbles.
Something fell out of the creature and as Sora got closer, he saw it was the same kind of money that Cid showed them earlier at the store. "Hey Luffy," he called out to the rubber man behind him who tried a Gum Gum Stamp on the next enemy, "If you hit them hard enough, they drop money."
"How did you make that thingy pop up in your hands?" Luffy asked. His foot hit one of the creatures square in the face, but all it did was knock it backwards. He knew it did damage, but not nearly as much as his friend's weapon was.
"Just think about it," Sora told him as he finished off another enemy, only for more to appear in front of him.
"Think? But thinking is hard," Luffy mumbled and then closed his eyes as he thought the word, Keyblade. The black key appeared in his hands and he wrapped his hands around the white hilt, clutching it hard before swinging his arms. "Gum Gum Scythe!" He shouted and his swinging arms held the Keyblade at the end, slashing through several enemies in front of him and doing enough damage to take a few out.
"Nice," Sora said as there were only a few left. Then that number doubled as more black circles appeared on the floor. The pit in his stomach grew as that number then doubled and more were climbing up the stairs to their right. "Let's go back to the first district," Sora suggested and turned as he was scratched by one of the black things' claws. He started sprinting back at the door they just came in and turned back to Luffy. "Come on!"
The pirate was standing in front of a few dozen creatures and he was smiling at them. "You guys are strong huh? I'll be back, and I'm going to kick your asses when I do." He turned and started running after Sora. When he cast a look back though, his eyes went wide as he realized they weren't just going to wait for him to come back.
The swarm of monsters started chasing him and Sora held the door barely open enough for Luffy to squeeze through. As soon as the man was through, the fourteen year old slammed the door shut and put his hands on his knees, panting hard.
"Shishishi," Luffy laughed and panted a little bit too. Sora looked up at him, does nothing phase this guy? We almost died there!
"Uh Luffy," the kid started and stumbled backwards while staring at the ground behind the pirate in the straw hat.
"What's wrong Sora?" Luffy asked and then saw the kid start backpedaling faster.
"Run!" The brown haired boy shouted and turned, sprinting back towards the square from before. The black beasts on the other side of the door were sliding under it and Luffy panicked as well, thinking they were in a safe haven. As they ran, they saw a few people watching from second floor windows, but no one was in the passageways anymore.
They got down to the square and it was emptied out, but finally the monsters stopped chasing them at some point.
The two tried catching their breath finally. "They'll come at you out of nowhere." A voice started speaking and the two of them looked up at the staircase in front of Cid's shop where a man was standing. Luffy dropped his Keyblade back when they were running but Sora was still holding his and held it up on guard. The pirate held up a fist and grabbed his bicep with his other hand.
"Who are you?" Sora asked.
"And they'll keep on coming at you," the man continued as he stared at the younger boys. He had long brown hair that spiked out of the back unlike Sora's which stuck straight up. He had on a white undershirt and a black jacket opened down the middle. The man lifted his right hand which had a black glove on it and pointed at Sora, "as long as you continue to wield the Keyblade."
Luffy was staring at the cool metal necklace on the Mystery Man's neck. It had a silver cross and eagle at the bottom of it and didn't move an inch while the rest of the man did. "But why? Why would it choose a kid like you?" The man put a hand up to his head in annoyance and this pissed off the other two.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!" Sora asked angrily.
Luffy looked the other way and saw a large door at the opposite side of the square. "Hey Sora, let's go look for everyone past that door."
"You can't go past that door," the man told Luffy who snapped his head back at him with a frown.
"Don't tell me what I can't do," the pirate growled at him. Pirates were free, no one put rules on them.
"Nevermind," the man said and then started walking towards them, "Now let's see that Keyblade." He looked prepared to take it and his large muscles showed he wasn't playing around.
Maybe I couldn't hit those black things with my fists, but I can take this guy. Luffy held up a hand and Sora held up his weapon, neither willing to give up without a fight. "There's no way you're getting this!" Sora shouted at him.
The man stopped walking towards them and Luffy was stunned to see a weapon appear in the man's hand just like Sora's and his could. Maybe they don't have sheaths in this world, Luffy thought and watched as the man slung his heavy looking iron sword over his shoulder. "All right, then have it your way." He slashed across his body fast with only his right hand and didn't drop the huge sword, showing off his strength.
Luffy punched his fists together and spread his feet apart. Sora started running forward at the same time as the taller man and they both swung their swords at the same time. Whoever this man was, he possessed inhuman strength and his sword knocked right past Sora's Keyblade, knocking it out of the way so he had a direct slash on Sora's body.
The boy flew backwards and landed next to Luffy who sprinted ahead now with both arms pulled back behind him. The man he was fighting didn't have that usual first move mistake when he showed off his powers. He had been fighting all types of enemies for years, so seeing a kid who could stretch his arms wasn't going to surprise him now. "Gum Gum," Luffy shot his arms forward just as the man leapt up in the air. "Bazooka!" His arms extended out and almost hit the jumping man's feet, but that was what the taller man was aiming for.
He landed gracefully on Luffy's outstretched arms and started running forward. The rubber man snapped his arms back into place, but that only pulled his enemy closer to him faster and the man plowed the point of the blade into Luffy's chest. For a split second, the teen panicked. Pain shot through his body and he thought it was over, until he realized that the blade wasn't actually pointy, but rounded at the tip. It was still sharp at the edges though and he felt his skin get scratched as he was thrown back by the force of the blow.
Leon smacked his sword back down to his right and turned to Sora who was staring at the rubber man who flew into one of the tables outside the empty restaurant. The man frowned, he looked like he was stronger than this kid, but he fell for an attack like that? He held up his left hand as Sora sprinted at him and the boy didn't have time to react as a fireball shot out from Leon's fist and slammed into him head-on.
This time, the kid had a much harder time pulling himself to his feet, I'm on my last legs here. Luffy, what are you doing?! He looked over and watched as a wooden table flew up in the air and high into the sky as it shattered. Leon looked over as well, not expecting the kid to be defeated in one attack.
Steam came out of Luffy's nose like he was a bull and he ran forwards while holding an arm back. His right arm twisted over and over as he ran and his opponent turned to him, seeing all the force that was going to be put into that attack. He knew he shouldn't try to dodge it, so the man used speed he hadn't demonstrated in the fight so far, and he raced forward to meet the teenager with the pulled back arm.
Luffy was about to call out a new powerful attack when his enemy appeared right in front of his face. "Shi..." his bottom jaw was kicked up by one of Leon's feet, he didn't know which one. The man jumped up and slammed the backside of the sword down on top of Luffy's head, sending him crashing down into the cement. He tried to bring down his sword again to knock the guy out, but as his sword was descending, the younger kid reached him and held out his Keyblade.
Somehow, this time, Sora was able to keep the weapon in his grip so that the tall guy's blade wouldn't get to hit his friend. "Oh no, you, don't!" He shouted and pushed up hard, knocking the opponent off balance for him to finish off with a combo of attacks and one final swipe that knocked the man flying backwards.
Leon skid on the pavement and then kicked his legs up and landed back on his feet. The man smirked at the kid and then ran back forwards. This time when he struck, Sora jumped backwards to avoid his attack, he's learning, the man thought as he held up a hand and the boy instinctively dodged, knowing another fireball was about to come.
Luffy pushed himself to his feet and shook off some dirt on him as he growled back at Leon who was in a heated battle with Sora. "Gum Gum," he shouted and got the man's attention as he stuck his leg out to the side.
"You really shouldn't announce when you're going to attack," Leon yelled at him and shot a fireball right in the path of where his leg started to whip around.
"Mu... OW! Hot hot hot hot," Luffy's leg burst into flames as he started his whip and he let his leg snap back so he could pat it down and put out the fire. He felt someone right in front of him and looked up fast, seeing that whoever he was fighting wasn't playing around any longer.
Leon frowned, the Keybearer wasn't as weak as he looked, but he wasn't what they needed either. And this guy, he was just plain annoying, "Sleep," he commanded and swung the back of his blade into Luffy's neck. The pirate thought his head would extend out to the side so that he could snap it back with a Gum Gum Bell, but when the metal hit his skin, he felt pain, real pain. Then it was gone as his knees crumpled and his eyes closed.
The glowing blue light on the edge of Leon's blade disappeared and he held the blade instead of the hilt before slamming it back between his arm and torso. The hilt sticking out slammed straight into the chest of the kid charging at him. Sora oofed and then stumbled backwards on his feet.
Kairi, he thought as his eyes closed and darkness surrounded him.
A/N Hey everyone and thanks for reading another chapter. A few things I'd like to mention. One: Don't be mad that Luffy got his butt kicked. Remember, he was in a new world fighting people whose abilities he'd never seen before. Also, he just came from Alabasta, the Rifle was an attack that he was trying for the first time here, which yes! It does mean that he will still be improving his Devil Fruit Powers even if he can use a Keyblade. Who knows, maybe he'll get Gear Second or Third sometime soon too :). Two: I'm really into this story right now so I'm going to keep writing and posting every day if I can, so enjoy, there are a lot of chapters coming!
Also, I'd love to hear some reviews telling me what you guys think of the fight scene and predictions/ideas you have for the story.
