AN: I am back early since I will be out for this week, but I will try to update as soon as I can. Also, for an added effect, listen to this song while reading the chapter since this is the song I was listening to when making this chapter.

Castlevania Lords of Shadow Music - Final Confrontation (not mine, obviously)

Death - Faded Scene is my fiction I based this from, I can't open my first account which is why I decided to rewrite it :)

Zorin - Kakao - Thank you so much for your support and reviews. I hope you enjoyed reading the story :)

Here it is as promised... Chapter 16

The Twelve Gods of D'tiole

In an unknown location where the clouds are, everywhere lays a majestic Grecian palace made with white marble and pure gold. The palace seemed ethereal as the clouds moved freely, passing through the Greek-style pillars that littered the whole estate. Its white color accented with the gold moldings made the palace stand out even more as it reflected the shine of the full moon on its side.

Sculptures of warriors with golden armor and shields littered the palace courtyards, while the walls are filled with Grecian pillars that supported the ceiling of the palace, which was filled with intricate paintings of Gods and Goddesses.

The palace has countless levels situated everywhere as it covered the whole maintain top, while sparkling rivers littered the base of the palace falling to the sides of the mountain.

Inside this majestic building, the royal guards of the Isle roamed around guarding the palace halls from invaders, as the flames of torches served as the only lighting of the passageways of this majestic building.

In a dark room located on the very top of the palace, lit only by the flames of torches lies a throne where an unknown man is sitting. There inside the room the silhouettes of six unknown figures entered the large golden door engraved with expensive gems and jewelries and walked towards the center of the vast area.

"We are here as you summoned my liege." A man said briefly as the remaining figures kneeled down on the floor, as the presence of the unknown man lingered in the entire room.

"The Queen of D'tiole, where is she?" The unknown man in his distinct low tone asked as the six figures remained silent looking at the marbled floor of the palace. "You see my liege she declined being the new queen of the land." The man named Lance said faintly as he looked at the unknown man.

Hearing what the man replied, the unknown man stared blankly as he sat on his throne looking at the six figures. "Why did you not bring her here?" The unknown man said as he stared at the six figures.

The six figures remained silent as the presence in whole room suddenly changed, "Yo.. You see my liege we tried to force her to come with us but her companions stopped us." The sickly man named Luke said as a terrifying sound suddenly echoed in the room.

"GYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The six figures suddenly yelled in pain as the man sitting on the throne looked at his subordinates.

"Why did you come here empty-handed?" The unknown man said as he stared at the six figures who are screaming in pain, "We… We.. Arghhhhhhhhhh." Lance said as he kneeled down the floor as he held his head.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH… We… we are.. SORRY my Liege…" A man said as he tried to argue but before he could say another word, the unknown man stared at him as he felt an excruciating pain on his head that stopped him from talking.

"SILENCE!" The man ordered as the six figures tried to contain the pain they are feeling. "I want you to get my future queen!" The unknown man said as he continued to stare at the six figures that are already lying on the floor.

"I don't care about the others kill them if you may, but I want my Queen to be taken here alive!" The man ordered as the six figures screamed in pain even more. "GYAAHHHHHHHH!"

The man stood up from his throne as he looked at the six figures. "Failure is not an option, if you return here empty handed I will not hesitate to have you all killed!" The unknown man said as he looked at his subordinates who were still screaming.

"Ye.. Ye..YES my Liege! Th.. This time w.. we will not Fail you…" The Six figures said as the unknown man sat on his throne as he looked at the full moon. "We will give you your Queen my liege, this we commit as the members of the Twelve Gods of D'tiole!" The six figures said briefly, as they suddenly disappeared from the room living only the unknown man.

Back at the house of the little girl named Anya, the Strawhat's looked at each other as they heard what the old man said to them, "We are in Danger?" The young doctor said as Franky looked at the old man who nodded at Choppers question.

"Yes, you are all in danger if you stay here on this Island." Harold said as the front door slowly opened as Usopp and Brook entered the house.

"We can't go by the main gate, those royal guards are all over the place." The sniper said as Brook looked at everyone." Yohohohohoho. We even had a hard time in going back here since the guards are checking everyone who passes there." The tall skeleton said as Nami and the others looked at him.

"What should we do then?" Chopper asked as Luffy looked at his crew, "Let's leave this place." The young captain said as Sanji and Zoro looked at him. "How? You heard what Usopp and Brook said?" The blonde cook said as the raven-haired captain placed his hand on his chin.

"Let's charge the main gate and get to Sunny as fast as we can and leave. Shishishishi!" The raven-haired captain said as he looked at his crew, while the others looked at him with a dumbfounded expression on their faces.

"Luffy, we can't leave just yet. We need to make a plan rather than charging to the gates!" Nami said as she looked at the raven-haired captain who was looking at her with a dumbfounded expression.

"Are you even listening to what I'm saying stupid?" The orange-haired maiden said as she punched the young captain's head. "I'm hungry Nami, I can't understand anything you're trying to say." The raven-haired captain said as the navigator sighed at what she heard.

"You just ate the whole pile of Bread they gave us and now you're saying you're hungry again?" The orange-haired beauty said as she placed her hand on her face and sighed again.

"Just stay here for the night young ones." Anya's father said as he sat on the chair as he looked at the Strawhats. "Nevertheless, I suggest you all leave the Island before dawn while it's not too late." Harold said as he looked out the window and saw countless stars and the full moon shining.

"What do you mean too late Mister?" Usopp said as Chopper and Brook nodded, "I know you have heard about the stories about this Island guarded by Gods." Anya's father said as he held the hand-rest of the chair he was sitting on.

"Yeah. What about them mister?" The young sniper asked as Anya's father looked at Luffy and the others in a serious manner. "They are truly monsters; you lot won't have a chance in winning against them if they decided to take your companion with them." Harold said as he sported a worried expression on his face.

"The hell if they think we will let them have Robin!" The green-haired swordsman said as he looked at the raven-haired beauty that was standing across the room. I won't let them get Robin! Zoro thought as he held his swords.

"We can protect Robin mister, if you haven't noticed we are the Strawhat pirates, and I am the famous king of snipers!" Usopp proudly said as Chopper looked at the young sniper with sparkles on his eyes. "That's so cool Usopp!" The young reindeer said as Harold looked at the two.

"You got it all wrong! I know you are strong pirates but… Those people are just like Gods, that's why pirates and marines call them the twelve Gods of D'tiole." The old man said as he paused from talking while Usopp, Chopper and Brook looked at him.

"They are the twelve individuals who protect our Island from invaders." Harold said as his face sported a very worried expression on his face. "Don't worry mister, we ran across many strong pirates before and our captain managed to take down three of the Shichibukai!" Usopp said confidently as Chopper and Brook nodded to his comment.

"Yeah, and we managed to fight two of your Gods earlier." The blonde-haired cook said as he started to smoke as Luffy and Franky nodded. "Yeah, those two are super-strong but we managed to slip away from them! Hahahahaha." The cyborg added as he looked at the father of Anya.

The old man was shocked to hear what they told him as he looked at everyone, "We can take care of ourselves Mister! Shishishishishi." The captain said as he grinned at the father of Anya.

Taken aback at what he heard, the old man looked at the pirates in front of him with a worried expression, as he knows all too well the strength of the Gods of D'tiole possess.

"Our Gods have ranks that separate the members in terms of power and strength, the Shikkusu Tenshi No Kamigami is the protectors of our country. They serve as the Island's first line of defense against the pirates who decided to attack the Isle. They are strong…" The old man said as briefly as he looked at the group

"Each one of the Teshi No Kamigami can defeat a platoon of normal soldiers with ease." Harold continued to explain as he looked at the young captain who is already listening to him wholeheartedly.

"You might stand a chance against them however, the other six are a whole different story." The man said as his hands started to shake. "They are true demons when it comes to combat, I'm afraid you will all die if all six will fight you guys." The old man said, as he looked rather worried thinking of what might happen.

"Don't worry mister, like we said we managed to defeat strong pirates before so you don't have to worry." Usopp said confidently as Harold did not listen to him and looked back at the long-nosed sniper. "I heard you but… Those six are different." Anya's father said briefly shocking the group.

"Only a few of us saw them fight…" The man said as he paused as he remembered the scene that happened six years ago. "Kaidou already defeated the Tenshi No Kamigami and was about to be killed when the other six appeared from nowhere and everything changed. They managed to turn the battle on their side and defeat Kaidou and his crew with very little damage." Harold said, as everyone was shocked at what they heard.

"Since then Big Mama, Kaidou, even Blackbeard tried to attack our Island. However, with the protection of those six, no one succeeded in taking over our land." Harold said as the Strawhat's eyes widened hearing the explanation of the old man, Ace on the other hand formed a fist as he continued to listen to the story of Anya's father.

"The six individuals, who people on the island named as the, Shikkusu Akuma Kamigami… The six of the most powerful among the Twelve Gods of D'tiole, each of the six members of the Akuma Kamigami are said to possess abilities as strong as or even stronger than a Shichibukai and their leader, a man called King is said to have the ability and power to match a Yonkou." Harold said as he held his head as he remembered the scene six years ago.

"The one you fought on the Arena earlier, Lance-sama and Luke-sama belongs to the Tenshi No Kamigami." Harold said briefly as Nami, Sanji, Franky and Zoro eyes widened on what they heard. "You mean those two are part of the weaker six and there are six more people, who are even stronger than they are?" The cyborg said as the old man nodded.

Everyone was shocked after hearing the things Harold said to them. "A.. Are you serious?" Nami said as she stood up from the chair she was sitting on, "As strong as?" Usopp said as he started shaking, "Stronger than a Shichibukai?" The young doctor said faintly as he looked at his nakamas.

"Has an ability to match a Yonkou? Are you sure about how strong they are mister? Isn't that too much?" The blonde-haired cook said as he walked towards the others and started to smoke.

"I haven't heard of people as strong as that ever since I was part of the executive family of Doflamingo before." Viola said as she came out of the room where she was resting. "However, I don't see any lies from his story." The raven-haired beauty said that shocked everyone even more.

"Viola, you're awake already." Robin said as the dancer smiled and nodded. "I am sorry if I caused trouble earlier. But the old man is speaking the truth." Viola said that surprised everyone inside the room.

"EEEKKKKKKK! If Viola cannot sense any lies, that mean what Harold is saying is the truth!" Usopp and Chopper said as they started to shriek even louder. "So how strong are they mister? Do you know what they look like and how they fight and where they are?" The young captain said enthusiastically as the others looked at him in a questioning manner.

"We haven't seen them and saw how they fight directly since once they fight the Mist of dreams covers the entire country which is rather unusual since the mist only covers the seas around the Isle, however after each battle. The lands are in ruins and scorched by black flames." Harold said as he tried his best to remember how the Gods looked like.

"Their Identity is a mystery. Nevertheless, people from the Island gave them names from the armor they left behind when they fought Kaidou." The old man said as he looked at everyone. "We are not sure if these are their names. However, the names engraved on the golden armors are King, Angel, Knight, Bishop, Queen and Joker." Anya's father said as he looked at the Cyborg who immediately stood up from the stool he was sitting on.

"Angel?" Franky asked as his eyes widened. "I saw two people looking for a person named Angel earlier, they said if they don't find that Angel person, a guy named King will get mad…" The cyborg said as Harold's eyes widened.

"That means, the Akuma Kamigami are on the city? You have helped my family a great deal and I know you don't mean any harm to this country… That is why I am telling you to leave this Island while it's not too late!" Harold said as he looked at everyone with a nervous expression on his face.

"Let's leave here then before they find us!" Usopp said as he started to panic while Chopper started to shake uncontrollably. "This place isn't safe for us anymore; especially they want Robin as their Queen." Sanji added as he took a long drag and exhaled the smoke he inhaled.

Zoro just glanced at Robin who was in a deep thought while Luffy clenched his hands. "If they try to get Robin, I will fight them and defeat them." The captain said as Usopp and Nami looked at him.

"Didn't you hear what Harold said? They are strong enough to take down one of the Yonkous!" The young sniper said as he grabbed Luffy's shoulder. The captain on the other hand didn't talk as he just looked outside and back to Usopp.

"Best way is to avoid a fight at this moment Strawhat-yah." Law finally said as he looked around. "We should escape from the city while we still can." The raven-haired man added as Usopp nodded to his suggestion.

"Luffy we must leave here, I still have the map that the guard outside gave when we arrived." Nami said as she started to look at the map looking for an escape route. Franky and Chopper went to the navigator as Robin just looked at her Nakama.

Zoro on the other hand remained silent as he stood still on the corner of the house as he glanced at Robin. Shit! I won't allow anyone to get her, I will protect you Robin. The swordsman thought as he held his katanas tightly.

As everyone was panicking, Ace looked at the red-haired maiden who was standing next to him. "You will come with us Rosa. I won't leave you here again." The raven-haired man said as he held her hand tightly.

A gentle smile formed on Rosa's face as she nodded, "Ye…" The red-haired maiden said but before she could finish her statement, she immediately turned her head towards the door.

"Do… Do you fe.. Feel that gu.. Guys?" Usopp said as he started to shake as Chopper and Brook nodded to his comment.

"No… They're here…" Rosa said faintly as everyone felt a strong presence outside the house, "Huh?" Ace asked as he looked at Viola who was also looking outside.

"Viola? Did you see anyone getting close?" The raven-haired man said as the raven-haired maiden shook her head. "I didn't see anyone getting close to the house earlier when I went out the room." The raven-haired maiden said as Usopp and Chopper shrieked. "EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKK!"

Luffy on the other hand looked serious as Zoro and Sanji Prepared to fight. "Don't fight those people young ones; you will get yourselves killed..." Harold said as everyone inside the old rundown house heard someone talk from outside.

"How long do you intend to keep on hiding huh?" A man wearing a black hat, a white military suit and red shirt said as four unknown figures slowly approached the old house.

"They must be scared of us already, what a lousy bunch of cowards." A beautiful blue-eyed woman wearing a short black fitted dress added as she fixed her long blue hair, which was tied in a double ponytail.

"Jiahahahahahahaha! If that is the case, I think their reputation preceded them. They should call themselves Coward Pirates. Jiahahahahaha!" A tall muscled man wearing a black suit with black sunglasses said as he cracked his knuckles.

"You really don't know how to give good names." The man with a black hat commented as he sighed heavily as he started to hold his head. "What' did ya say Oliver?" the muscleman said with an irritated look on his face. "What would ya call them then?" The man added as the man with black hat looked at him.

"I will call them as the pirates who never had the chance to win so they decided to hide from us pirates." Oliver said with a smile as the others looked at him with a dumbfounded expression and remained silent.

The group stared at the man with a black hat, "Speechless because the name I gave is better compared to the one Alex gave?" He briefly said and smiled at them.

"Ughhhh.. That's even worse!" The woman with blue hair said, "Blalalalalalalalala! Oliver can really give good names!" Lance said as Luke looked at him with a serious face.

"Don't praise him, he might think too highly of himself!" The sickly man said as a man slowly approached from behind.

"What are you doing? We are here to get the Future Queen of D'tiole, we have no time with petty arguments within our ranks." A cool looking man said as he approached the other five.

Everyone looked at the cool looking man who was wearing a black fur coat serving as his cape exposing his chiseled body and black slim pants and black boots, he sported a multi colored Mohawk hair.

"Kahn? I don't think you are needed here. As you can see, they are a bunch of cowards." The woman with blue-hair said as the man named Kahn looked at the beautiful maiden. "Are you ordering me around Rina?" The man with a multicolored Mohawk hair said as he started to smoke.

"Ughhh. Forgive me for my disrespect." The blue-haired woman said, "Don't underestimate the enemy! That is the first rule in combat, since if you do they might caught you off guard. Just like these two bozos over here!" The cool looking man said as Lance and Luke remained silent as they watched him walk closer to the old house.

"Strawhat Luffy and Strawhat Pirates, I give you until the count of five to hand over Nico Robin, if not you will force us the Shikkusu Tenshi No Kamigami to impose Heaven's Judgment to you and your whole crew." The man ordered as the other five looked at him with smirks on their faces.

"Why give them up to five Kahn? It is better if we take her and leave. If they fight, we kill them." The blue-haired woman said as the rest smiled at her comment. "Yeah that's a brilliant plan Rina!" Luke and Lance said as the muscleman grinned at her.

The man called Kahn however remained silent as he suddenly grabbed the neck of the blue haired woman and forced her up. "Such insolence coming from a person with a lower rank than I, you should learn to respect the decision of others my dear Rina!" The man with a multicolored Mohawk hair said with an emotionless tone shocking the rest of the Gods.

"Ughhh.. I.. I.. I'm sorry…" The blue-haired woman said as she held the hand of the man and tried her best to open it. "Kahn, I can't breathe…" The beautiful maiden said as the rest looked at them with a worried expression on their faces.

"Tsssss. Your attitude is the reason why many believe we are heartless monsters!" Kahn said briefly as he released his grip on the woman's neck, dropping the woman called Rina.

"Shit, what do we do Luffy?" Usopp asked as he started to shake while Chopper and Brook looked at the door. "Until five?" Nami said as she looked back at Luffy who looked at everyone with a serious expression on his face.

"The hell if they think we will hand Robin to them." The captain said as Sanji and Zoro looked at their captain with smirks on their faces. "Let's see what this heaven's judgment looks like." The green-haired swordsman said as he held his swords.

Sanji on the other hand took a long drag and looked at Robin as he smiled. "Don't worry Robin-swan. We won't let anyone touch you!" The blonde-haired cook said as he continued to smile while Robin smiled at the Youngman who was standing in front of her.

"One…" The multi-colored Mohawk man said as Usopp looked at Luffy.

"Nami… You, Robin, Chopper, Usopp and Viola go at the back door and escape, we will try to stop them as much as we can." Zoro ordered as the orange-haired navigator looked at the archeologist and back at the green-haired swordsman.

"NO! We should fight them together! I am one of the reasons why Robin joined the completion in the first place! If I didn't ask her to join she wouldn't have won and we won't be in this kind of mess." The navigator said as Viola walked beside Nami.

"I will not run, you need all the help you can get." The raven-haired beauty said as Robin walked towards the door right beside Zoro and Luffy.

"I won't run too, I am the one they want. I will fight with you, and my nakama." The raven-haired beauty said as she stood beside Zoro. "It is better if we stick together and fight them as a group rather than us splitting up." Robin said as the green-haired swordsman smirked at the comment of the archeologist.

"Yeah I guess." Zoro said as he smiled at the raven-haired beauty. "We will protect you!" The green-haired swordsman said as Robin chuckled. "I don't need protection." The archeologist commented as the both looked at each other.

"See, I told you.. Something is really going on between those two." Usopp whispered to Chopper as the young reindeer nodded to his comment. "What's wrong with those two?" The tall skeleton said but before the sniper could react; they heard the multi-colored Mohawk haired man.

"Two.."

"Shit!" The green-haired swordsman said as Usopp, Chopper and Brook suddenly stood their ground. "I.. I will fight too! I… I won't leave…" Usopp said as the young doctor and the skeleton nodded.

"We won't let anyone touch Robin! We are also her nakama! We want to protect her in any ways we can!" Chopper commented as Brook held his Kane while Luffy smiled at his nakama.

"Yeah!" The young captain said as they prepared themselves for the fight. "Rosa, you stay here and wait until I say so! I will help my nakama in protecting Robin!" Ace said briefly, as he walked towards his younger brother while Law held his sword and sighed. "I guess it can't be helped, I will join you Strawhat-yah!" The surgeon said as Luffy grinned at them.

"Three."

"Let's go show them what the Strawhat pirates can do!" Franky said as everyone nodded, "YEAH!" The group yelled as they rushed out the door of the old house. Outside, the group saw the six individuals levitating off the ground. "I… Is what I am seeing true?" Their feet are not touching the ground. Usopp said as Brook and Chopper nodded to the young snipers comment.

"Jiahahahahahahahaha. They finally showed themselves." The tall muscled man said as the man named Kahn looked at them as he took a long drag of his smoke. "Are you going to hand over our Queen?" The man named Kahn asked as he stared at Luffy.

"The fuck if you think we will let you get our Nakama!" The young captain yelled as everyone prepared to fight. "They look strong!" The cyborg commented as Sanji looked at the only female warrior floating on top of them. "Be... Beautiful!" The blonde-cook said as his eyes turned to heart as Nami looked at him. "FOCUS STUPID!" The navigator yelled as Sanji snapped out of his trance.

Rosa looked outside the window as she saw the six individuals floating, "No.. Kahn is there…" The songstress faintly said as she saw the group braised themselves for the possible confrontation with the members of the Gods of D'tiole.

"Ace…" Rosa said faintly as the red-haired songstress slowly walked out the door revealing her signature ruby colored hair to everyone outside the house.

The maiden then walked as her hair moved as the wind blew while Ace looked at her. "Go back inside Rosa!" The raven-haired man yelled which caused the Gods to look at the maiden.

The members of the Tenshi No Kamigami started to panic seeing the beautiful songstress. "Rosalia-sama, why are you with the Strawhats? Are you betraying us?" The blue-haired woman said as everyone from the crew looked at the red-haired maiden.

"Huh? Betray?" Luffy asked as Nami looked at the young captain. "Rosa is the songstress of the Island, she was at the parade with the Gods earlier. But she was the one who helped us in the Arena earlier." The young navigator said as Luffy nodded at her comment.

"Ahhhhh! What's a songstress?" The young captain asked as everyone heard him looked at him with a dumbfounded expression on their faces. "Yeah, what's a songstress?" The young reindeer said as they looked at the red-haired beauty.

"Rosa will not come with you!" Ace yelled as he prepared to fight the Gods who are in front of him. His flames started to appear on his body as he looked at the six individuals with a serious face.

The songstress on the other hand just looked at Ace and the others as she clenched her hands on her chest, "Ace..." She said faintly as she watched the raven-haired man started to shield her.

"This is dangerous if they have, Rosalia-sama on their side." The blue-haired woman said as the muscled man looked at the red-haired maiden with angst and sorrow.

"SHIT!" The arrogant muscleman added as Luke started to cough. "This isn't good." The sickly man said as he continued to cough.

"We can't beat Rosa… Shit!" The man with the black hat commented as the other five looked at him, "Even if we fight all at the same time she will definitely kill us in no time!" Lance said hysterically as Rina, Oliver and Luke looked at the man named Kahn.

"Angel-sama, as the ranked number two of the Shikkusu Akuma Kamigami, we cannot fight you! However, if you stop us, we will be force to fight even if we will break the rules of the Gods!" The man named Kahn said as the Strawhat's eyes widened.

Everyone was shocked at what they heard, "What did he say?" Nami said as Luffy and Law looked at the red-haired maiden. "Akuma Kamigami?" Law said briefly, "I didn't see anything about her being a God!" Viola commented as the others looked at her.

"Huh? Ra.. Rank two?" Usopp said as he started to shake as Chopper looked at the red-haired maiden. "Rosa? You're an enemy too?" The young doctor said as Rosa clenched her hand on her chest and looked at the others.

"Akuma Kamigami, she is one of the people who defeated Kaidou?" The orange-haired beauty said as Luffy and the others looked at the red-haired maiden with disbelief.

"I… I…" The red-haired woman said as Ace looked at her, "You are one of them?" The raven-haired man said as his face looked dejected. "I'm sorry, I did not inform you Ace…" Rosa said as she immediately stopped as she felt an ominous presence heading their way.

"No... Ve… Vergil…" The songstress said as a handsome silver haired man with giant black wings hovered above everyone as Luffy immediately looked up as his eyes widened.

"I know that Guy!" Luffy said as he looked at the man flying above them. "I saw him walking earlier there on the city. He is the one that I am talking about guys!" The young captain said as the Strawha'ts looked at him.

KING! The members of the Shikkusu Tenshi No Kamigami said as they bowed their heads to give their respects to the man hovering above them, while the Strawhat's eyes widened hearing the name of the strongest man in the twelve Gods of D'tiole.

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