Chapter 14: The commander of the 1st division! Eggman's idea!
Already in the temple, the team is receiving care from Chopper.
Nora: Thanks, Chopper.
Yang: You are a top doctor!
Chopper D-Don't think what you're saying makes me happy, miserable!
Blake: And you say it while you dance.
Chip: You are so weird.
Upon reaching the center of the temple, the barrier was already activated.
Devil Rose: I wonder who it will be this time...
GAME OST EXTENDED | One Piece Burning Blood | BMG 2
Suddenly, something engulfed in blue flames quickly descends from the sky. Everyone covers their eyes, to later see a tall, muscular, blond man with a somewhat numb look on his face. He wears an open purple jacket and a light blue sash adorned with a gold colored belt. He has long dark gray pants and black sandals; wearing on his left leg what appears to be some sort of straw decoration. His chest was bare, while in his subsequent appearances he has a cross and the symbol of a mustache. Luffy smiles when he sees who he is.
DN Luffy: Pineapple head!
"Whitebeard Pirates 1st Division Commander, Marco the Phoenix."
Zoro: ...! That is...!
Robin: The commander of the 1st division of the Whitebeard Pirates, Marco "the Phoenix"!
Marco: Well if he's Ace's little brother. You have grown a lot.
Weiss: Him, a phoenix? That's...
Devil Rose: Devil Fruit, isn't it?
Marco: Look where you are. You are Straw Hat's new sister, right?
Devil Rose: Yes, my name is Ruby Rose. It is a pleasure.
Marco: "Rose? That last name sounds familiar to me." You're quite polite, that's fine.
Sonic: Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm sorry if my brother has bothered you.
Marco smiles when he sees Sonic, it reminds him a lot of Ace.
Marco: Don't worry, it was a pleasure.
Sonic: Let's fight with you, right?
Marco: That's right. I hope you know how to fight.
Devil Rose: Wait. Luffy, Sonic, let me and my friends take care of him.
The two look at each other before nodding and smiling at their sister.
Sonic: Heh. Be careful.
DN Luffy: He is very strong, I assure you.
Devil Rose smiles and her friends stand in front of the 1st division commander.
Yang: Let's do it!
Yang starts shooting at him, when he discovers the true extent of his power.
Young and Reckless - One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 OST [32]
Marco: You can't go crazy without having a plan.
Marco smiles at the amazement of the practicing hunters: Instead of arms, he had blue fire wings and Yang's bullet holes were closing.
Weiss: Those danm fruits... how many are there?
Marco transforms into a complete phoenix and flies towards them at high speed.
Marco: I'm ready for everything!
It focuses on Nora, who lifts her up into the air and hits her several times in the air until the latter plummets, sending her to the wall.
Ren: Nora! You're good?
Nora stands up excited.
Nora: This is great; it's time to get serious!
Nora pulls out her hammer and throws Yang in a combo, as she hits Marco, who fights back with a kick.
Marco: It hurts a lot.
Yang: Yes, of course!
Marco kicks her back to the ground, just as Blake has him within range. He shoots him while Marco laughs.
Marco: Have you forgotten that your bullets don't do anything to me?
He goes to where Blake was but it turns out to be a shadow clone, she appearing in a different direction. However, Marco turns the situation around, flies behind her and kicks her towards a column, when she throws the tape at that column and sways, gracefully falling to the ground.
Marco: Wow, you caught me off the hook. But it's not enough.
Blake: Damn, it's unbeatable in midair.
Devil Rose: But what if he falls to the ground?
Weiss: Good idea.
Devil Rose: Ren, could you predict where he will attack?
Ren: I will try.
Ren is concretized to the maximum and sees Marco throwing Devil Rose to later chase her and stamp her on the ground. Then he tells it to Devil Rose and she devises a plan.
Marco: I already have you, Straw Hat's sister.
Marco kicks her to the sky, chases her and in that instant...
One Piece - Can't Escape, Fight! (Straw Hat Pirates Mix)
Devil Rose: You are already ours!
Devil Rose catches Marco off guard and cuts off his left wing, crashing him to the ground. Next, Blake and Ren surround him and shoot him, exhausting his remaining strength, and finally, Yang and Nora punches him in the stomach, revealing that they had unlocked the Busoshoku Haki.
DN Luffy: Incredible, Ruby!
Zoro: That is a well thought out plan.
Nami: Maybe Ruby IS a good influence on Luffy, after all.
Jimbei: I am very impressed; these young people have been able to with Marco-san.
Marco: Ha, ha, ha. It's not bad at all!
Yang: Thank you, you are also good.
Devil Rose: No less expected from the 1st division commander, right?
Marco: It shows because you are the leader of your team.
Weiss: Hey, if you were from the Whitebeard gang, what was Ace like?
Marco: Well, it was a little reckless and I try to kill the old man about 100 times.
RWBY: 100 times!
Marco: But he was a good boy, and the life of the party.
Sonic while putting the second Emerald, is red with the power of a thousand fires. From space it is seen that one of the pieces returns to its place. When the doors close, Sonic and DN Luffy take them all and take them to the stage where they fought with The Dark Gaia Phoenix, while Marco flies through the sky.
Chip stands in front of Sonic, who pulls him aside, to reveal the Gaia Phoenix, to see that he has beautiful bright multi-colored plumage, complete with a golden torso, neck and tail, violet wings with a gold trim, and a green head and red with violet eyes.
Chun-nan (Night) - Sonic Unleashed [OST]
Zonshen: When the temple lit up, the beast woke up. It appears he´s come back to his senses.
Sonic: I see.
Devil Rose: It has given me something that your job was to protect the Temple of the Chaos Emerald.
Weiss: You should have berserk when the Emeralds lost their power.
Chopper: And Dark Gaia's energy consumed you, enraging you.
The Gaia Phoenix screams, understanding them.
Chopper: It says, "Thanks for saving me and my old friend."
Ren: You're welcome.
Chip: Well I'm glad you're back! Do you want chocolate?
The Gaia Phoenix accepts it and takes flight.
Chip: So long!
Devil Rose: It is magnificent.
Nora: Well, the important thing is several things! First: my best friend has the Kenbunshoku Haki! Second: we have defeated an incredible veteran pirate! Third: Yang and I have the Busoshoku Haki! And fourth: we have restored the second part of the world!
Blake: Not forgetting to have saved the two guardians.
Nami: But those precious Emeralds...
Sonic: Hey, Nami...
Sonic shows him a bunch of Rings, leaving Nami open-mouthed.
Sonic: In all my missions I always get a large number of...
Nami kisses Sonic on the cheek, surprising everyone.
Nami: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! Come on, the rest, you're already late in giving me all the Rings!
All: HEH?
While at Eggman's base...
Eggman's Idea - Sonic Unleashed [OST]
The robots did not stop working, while Teach and Eggman were sitting watching how things are going. Then Orbot appears with a giant sandwich and a huge cherry pie.
Orbot: Your dinners, Doctor and Captain.
Eggman: Thank you.
Teach: Hey, thanks. Let's see how it is ... Mmm, its good!
Eggman: What´s the progress on the Dark Gaia-powered Eggmanland construction system?
Orbot: The current status is... 27 percent complete. Progress is significantly behind projected timetable. Presumed cause of the delay... is the expansion of Dark Gaia across the globe.
Teach: So, my fleet of ships powered by Dark Gaia energy...
Orbot: Current status: 15.7% Possible cause: the same.
Eggman: Oh, of all the lazy... Here I take the trouble to waking that Dark Gaia thing up and cause nothing but delays!
Orbot: Dark Gaia has not reached maturity when he was at the core of the planet. Ergo, was still incomplete at the time of his awakening. Ergo was unable to maintain his weight gained after launch. Ergo, it scattered throughout the world. Ergo, the world energy balance situation triggered the creation of two interdimensional portals.
Eggman puts a hand to his head as Teach laughs.
Teach: Ha, ha, it seems you didn't think twice, partner!
Eggman: Shut up! And you, I don't want to hear about its weight issues! So what if I gave him a sudden awakening?! This is unacceptable!
?: Don't complain, this happens by acting rashly.
Eggman: What was that?! And who are you?
She was the woman we saw in Ruby's nightmare, accompanied by three people.
The first was a young woman with medium brown skin and dark red eyes. Her hair is light mint green with straight bangs and bangs, as well as two long locks on each side at the back. She wears two bronze colored rings on her middle fingers, as well as a pair of strappy heels. Her outfit consisted of an intricate white blouse and an olive green blouse, on the back of which is her personal emblem. This emblem has the shape of a carved gem, probably referring to its name. It was intended to be accompanied by white shorts, decorated with what appears to be a gold coin-plated belt with four gold chains hanging around his back from two of the coins and what appears to be a green loincloth. Her name was Emerald Sustrai.
The second was a pale, well-formed young man with gray eyes and, while covered in shadows, somehow gray hair, partially combed back while unarmed in the front. She also wears a slate gray and black partial zip two-tone jacket that covers her upper body. He appears to have prosthetic legs that meet up to mid-thighs. These legs are generally hidden from view because he wears pants and a pair of shoes. His armor hides what appear to be oddly shaped scars on the outer sides and back of both arms. The name is Mercury Black.
The last companion was the most bizarre: he was a huge and very muscular man. He has big arms and small legs compared to the rest of his body. Her hair is wavy and light purple. She is wearing a black mask with some orange decorations on it that covers her face revealing only her eyes and mouth. He is wearing a black tank top, black bands on his elbows and white pants with fringes. He also wears an outstanding champion belt that wrestlers obtain after having won numerous battles. He was Jesus Burgess, first comrade of Blackbeard.
?: Hey, Captain!
Teach: Oi, Burgess! I see you found them!
Burgess features various scratches and bullet holes.
Burgess: They are good, Captain.
Cinder: So you are Dr. Eggman, right?
Emerald: A lot of "great scientist", but in the end...
Eggman: How dare you, brat?!
Mercury: "Uh, look at me, I'm the big Egg-Loser. I always lose, buuaa, buuaa, buuaa."
Eggman: You will be... Arrgh. I'm already having a bad enough day as it is... First that teacher runs off with the Gaia Manuscripts, and now the planet's coming back together!
Orbot: That, Doctor, is the result of the power of the Chaos Emeralds, which you discarded along with Sonic. Ergo, another repercussion of your precipitated actions.
Emerald and Mercury laugh softly, while Cinder and Teach smile.
Eggman: W-quiet, you junk head and the others! That was, uh, part of the big plan! Part of the great picture! Where is the fun of my plans being successful without any challenge?
Orbot and Burgess stare at Eggman, while Emerald and Mercury fight not to laugh.
Cinder: "That's why you make a plan, not to fail, stupid!"
Eggman: Ahem! A-anaway, what´s the status of the remaining Temples of Gaia?
Then a screen appears indicating the temples and the countries where they are.
Orbot: Eggman's forces and the Blackbeard Pirates have secured all locations. Defensive preparations are nearly complete.
Teach: What about the guardians of the Grand Line?
Orbot: All selected and in their positions. Although the third and sixth temple have a peculiar situation.
Eggman: That will keep Sonic and his annoying friends busy for now, which leaves us with the problem of Dark Gaia. It would be difficult to collect every piece scattered around the world.
Orbot: Searching conventional banks of wisdom for topical advice... "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." "Slow and steady wins the race." "Nobody likes a whiner."
Eggman: Hmm, isn't there a more efficient way? Somehow ... oh, I don't know, get them all together at once?
Then Eggman's light bulb turns on.
Eggman: Wait, that's it! Of course!
Eggman's chair then goes to a desk.
Eggman: Eeh hee hee hee. With this ... This! All of my plans will be realized!
Mercury: Wow, the old man when he wants, knows what he's doing.
Emerald: What you say.
Teach: Anyway, leaving the good doctor with his "thing", when will your boss send the Grimm?
Cinder: From what she told me, she will send the Grimm at night, thanks to the fact that the fragments of Dark Gaia bring out the worst in people.
Teach: Fine, but will you act against the Red Reaper and her team? She and her friends are helping to Straw Hat and also its two leaders have the Haoshoku Haki.
Emerald: Don't fuck with me! The same thing that Salem and Cinder have?
Teach: That's right.
Cinder: It doesn't matter; I can crush it without much effort. Still, thanks for the warning.
When Cinder and his two minions leave, Teach and Burgess walk alone through the hallways.
Burgess: Captain, you have kept quiet the most important thing.
Teach: I know.
Burgess: What?
Teach: But don't you see it, comrade? Who was going to imagine this could happen! Things will get very interesting. Zehahahahahahahaha!
To be continue...