A/N: I'm back again with another chapter! Lemme just give a shoutout to DeltaKnight777 and some guest user named Jack Whitty for giving me my first two reviews. This really means a lot to me, thank you for sharing your insights on my first story and for that I thank you. So in honor of that I will respond to your comments. DeltaKnight777 your question on whether the Eds would be trained by the anime characters to become fighters is not really what I'm aiming for bit they may learn some things from them but nothing that requires tests or anything like that. As for you Jack Whitty I don't know what anime you were referring to for me to add to the story and I have never heard of it, but I respect your request, however, I must decline it because I am more familiar with the mainstream anime and hopefully you would understand and that you would be okay with it. As for all of you who would like to give me requests on what to add to this story, I encourage you to do so, but I would like to write this story on my own terms. I may ask you guys what you want to see as this story develops every once in awhile but other than that, I have my creative freedom, you have yours, it's all good. Now, let's read on shall we?
Chapter 1: Close Encounters of the Ed Kind - Part 3
Edd's House
As the sun shines over the Cul-de-sac, the bright rays of light peeked through the curtains of the guest bedroom which housed the two teens, Edward Elric and Eren Jaeger. One of whom, Edward in particular, was awakened by the light shining in his eyes. His eyes fluttered open and winced from the shining light. He sat up in his bed, rubbed his eyes and looks over to see Eren still asleep in his bed.
He glances at the digital clock beside his bed which read seven o'clock in digital font. He was curious of this strange technology that was new to him, but paid no interest in the clock as he quietly climbed out of bed so as to not awaken Eren.
He slowly opens the door and slowly closes it and walks down the hallway, making his way down the staircase. The smell of food entices him as he heads to the kitchen where Edd was in there making breakfast for his guests.
"Ah, good morning, Edward!" greeted Edd holding a plate of food. "Care for a balanced breakfast?"
The alchemist sees that the table was neatly prepared for the morning meal. He takes a seat at the table and fills his plate with the food set out for him.
"This looks delicious, Double D." Edward complimented, taking a bite out of a biscuit.
"Well, we do have long day ahead of us and we can't make progress without any nourishment." Edd said while organizing his table setting.
Eren then enters the kitchen, rubbing his eyes to see clearly. Edd sees the young soldier and greets him. "Well, look who is awake this morning! Did you sleep well last night?"
"Yeah, I was. I did have this weird dream that woke me up, though." Eren said groggily as he sat down across from Edward.
"I had a dream last night, too. In my dream I was in a Russian ballet and my teeth were falling out." Edward said jokingly as he sipped his juice.
"It wasn't really a dream, though, it was more like a nightmare." Eren explained.
"A nightmare? Do tell us, Eren, I am quite the novice when it comes to dreams. Perhaps I can analyze the symbolism behind it." Edd asked insistently.
Eren hesitated for a moment before answering. "I… it's… kind of personal, actually, and it's very gruesome. I don't want you to have the same dreams as I do."
"Oh come on, it can't be as bad my teeth falling out." Edward said reassuringly.
"It is that bad. And if you must know, it's about the Titans."
"Titans? Yes, you've mentioned them last night at dinner didn't you? What are they exactly." Edd asked sitting down at his seat.
"Well, where do I begin?" Eren started as he pondered for a bit. "It was about a hundred years ago when the Titans first appeared out of nowhere. They're giant human-like creatures that eat other human beings. The entire human race was near-extinction because of them. Fortunately though, humanity was able to survive by building walls to keep them out. We've been kept inside those walls for many years, that is until about five years earlier." Eren stopped for a moment, looking downward as if he was remembering something. Whatever he remembered, it made him very tense.
Edward took notice of this and expressed concern. "Hey, you okay?"
The scout snapped from his trance and looks up to Edward. "I'm fine, it's just… it's kind of hard to talk about."
"Then maybe we should stop for now, if you don't want to talk about it then you don't have to." assured Edd, giving a tender smile.
"Yeah, you're right. We should probably eat instead, I am pretty famished." Eren smiled as he took a bite of his sausage.
"You read my mind!" Edward smirked scarfing his eggs down like a mad man.
Edd giggled seeing the two boys eat frivolously. I"Who knew food can bring joy to everyone?" He thought for a moment as took a bite of his biscuit.
Suddenly, Luffy comes bursting through the screen door, tearing the screen on the door. "I SMELL MEAT! Have you got any meat, Double D?"
This aggravated Double D to an extent after seeing his screen door torn right open. "Luffy! Have you no manners?! The least you could've done was knock on the door!"
Ed soon dropped by along with Goku. "Hey, Double D, do you have any Chunky Puffs?"
"Why yes, Ed, it just so happens that I have a box, it's in the pantry. There's also some milk in the fridge if you need any." Edd directed Ed as the lumbering knucklehead galloped to the pantry to get his favorite cereal.
"Oh Goku, could you help me fix the screen door for a moment?"
"Sure thing, Double D, whatever you need!" Goku smiled. "That is, if you have any tape I could use."
Ed and Luffy sat with Edward and Eren as they started chewing on their morning delicacies, much to the latter's disgust.
"Luffy, do you think you can chew with your mouth closed, it's really unsanitary." asked Eren politely to which Luffy responded with a stuffed mouth, spitting food all over Eren.
Edward became even more grossed out by Ed, whose body odor whiffs of something foul. "Ew, Ed! When was the last time you took a bath?!"
"Halifax! Wicky-wicky-wicky!" Ed hollered, unleashing his morning breath, which made the blond teen want to hurl.
Meanwhile, Goku and Edd finished fixing the screen door with tape and screwing the door hinges back on. "Well, it looks like the door is fixed and as long as nobody uses too much force on it, it will stay intact."
This was short-lived, however, as Natsu kicks the door down with extreme perversion. "GOOD MORNIN' EVERYONE! What are we havin' for breakfast?!"
Naruto followed Natsu into the kitchen with Eddy not far behind. "Mornin', Double D. Say you got any eggs? I was going to make an omelet, but I ran out."
"Eddy, look at what Natsu did to my screen door! I just fixed it!" complained Edd but Eddy brushed it off as he went to the fridge to get some eggs.
Edd was completely winded by all this nonsense that he is about to pass out from it. "How long must I suffer this endless dejá vú of insanity?" Edd thought as he started to suffer from the migraine inflicted upon him.
"Hey, Double D, do you think we need a stapler for the door now?" Goku asked carrying a stapler. "You okay, Double D?"
"I think I need to go lay down for a minute, Goku." moaned Edd, exiting the kitchen to clear his head.
"But the day has just started."
"Well, now I need an aspirin."
Later that morning
Sometime later, the heroes, along with the Eds, went out back to Edd's backyard to do some training exercises as per their daily routine. Edd, who had finished cleaning the kitchen after breakfast, was in his garage working with Edward on his automail, which was damaged from yesterday's fight. Aside from the dents and scratches, his automail arm and leg was still repairable. That is if Edd wasn't taking it apart piece by piece.
"What are you doing? I thought you were fixing it." Edward asked curiously.
"Well you see, Edward, when it comes to technology, I must know how it works, and to do that I have to disassemble it to see how the mechanics work," Edd explained as he took apart Edward's arm and studied its complex ingenuity. "I must say, though, this is a very intricate design!"
"Yeah, it is pretty advanced. My friend Winry usually fixes it for me. Let me tell ya, she's pretty tough when it comes to handling herself." dreamed Edward, blushing as he thought of his so-called 'friend'. 'She might actually be perfect to marry one day, if I was the right guy.'
"I see," Edd smirked knowing full well what he meant by it. "You know, I think I might be able to help make your automail more versatile in combat."
"How so?"
Edd then brings out a tool box and sets it on the work bench. "Well, by adding some modifications to the design of your prostheses. If you don't mind."
Edward thought about it for a bit before agreeing to it. "Okay, as long as you don't put something out of place. Otherwise, Winry will kill me."
"Rest assured, Edward, this won't take but a half-hour. At most." Edd assured the alchemist as he puts on a welding mask and lights his blowtorch.
Meanwhile in the backyard, Goku, Luffy, Naruto, Natsu and Eren were out sparring while Ed and Eddy were lounging. Eddy was reading his magazines while Ed was still eating his box of Chunky Puffs.
Natsu and Naruto were sparring with each other and it seems as though it might reach a stalemate. "You can't run forever, Naruto, you may be fast, but I can be faster!" He keeps striking the ninja boy who was dodging every move he made until he finally makes a jab at him.
"HAHA! YES! I finally got-" He then sees that he was once again outsmarted by one of Naruto's clones. He looks behind him to see the shinobi appear out of nowhere and kicks him from behind. He then spirals straight into the ground and gets slammed into a tree.
"Are ya kidding me?! You used the shadow clone thing again! That's still not fair!" Natsu hollered with aggravation.
"You really gotta work on your strategy a little more, Natsu, that way you wouldn't be beaten up so much." advised Naruto.
"Big deal, I've fought a lot dark mages without any strap-titties!" recanted Natsu angrily.
"He's got a point," Goku chimed in who was spectating the fight. "He fought really well when he went crazy and tried to beat me.
"See, the saiyan knows what I'm talking about!" Natsu pointed to Goku.
"What's he saying, Eddy?" Ed asked dumbly.
"Shut up, Ed."
"OKAY! Who wants to fight me!" Luffy volunteered.
Eren stepped into the makeshift battlefield. "I guess I'll go, but I wanna fair fight, so don't do that stretchy thing you do."
"Right, no Gum-Gum, just hand-to-hand." agreed Luffy who got into a fighting position.
Eren was about to step onto the field before being stopped by Eddy. "Hold on there, Rocky. Lemme give you a few fighting tips before you hurt yourself. Ed, get over here!"
Ed lumbers his way over to Eddy. "You called, your most Eggs Benedict?"
"Allow me to show you a few wrestling moves that I learned," Eddy walks up to Ed to demonstrate by doing as such. "First you put him in a choke hold, then you throw him down onto the ground to stun him and then you finish him off with a pile-driver and you bury him into the ground! Ya got it?"
"Thank you, Eddy, but I've done plenty of hand-to-hand combat in my training." Eren proceeded to the field as Ed got up from the ground.
"Luffy's gonna squish him like a tadpole, isn't he, Eddy?" asked Ed who finished laughing from Eddy's demonstration.
"Eh, we'll just wait and see."
Eren then turns to Luffy and gets into a fighting stance. Naruto was standing beside the field refereeing the fight. "Are you ready?"
The two opponents nodded indicating the start of the match. "Fight!"
Luffy throws the first punch at Eren but was able to maneuver around the pirate, grabs him by the arm, judo flips him down onto the ground, and pins him with his foot while he is still holding his arm.
Some silence prolonged for a while before Luffy let out a hearty laugh. "Wow! That was a good move, Eren, you're really strong! You gotta teach me that move! Also could you get your foot off me? I can't breathe."
Eren lets go of Luffy's arm and takes his foot off his chest so that Luffy could let in some air. He coughed a bit before sitting back up.
"Man, you really put the hurt on him, HAHAHA!" Eddy guffawed from excitement.
"Are you okay, Captain Luffy?" Ed asked concernedly.
"I'm fine, Ed, just a little winded. Boy, am I thirsty. Does anybody have anything to drink? Like rum maybe?"
"Double D might have somethin' to drink in the fridge." Goku suggested.
"But he said we're not allowed in there anymore, especially after what happened with his back door at breakfast." reminded Naruto.
"I'll get the refreshments, new friends! And awa~ay with Ed!" cheered Ed as he ran inside.
"Hurry back, Lumpy! The heat's killing me!" Eddy hollered.
"Really? I don't feel so hot, do you?" Natsu asked.
Meanwhile in the garage, Edd has just finished with the modifications in Edward's automail arm. "There, that should do it. Now, time to test it out. Try aiming at this apple, Edward, and see if it works." Edd places an apple on the workbench as a target.
Edward aims his arm at the apple and switches out a lighter in his palm which shoots out a flame and incinerates the apple into ash. This astounded Edward greatly. "Whoa, that was amazing! What else can I do with it?"
"Well, a flamethrower is all that I can manage, especially since your automail design has very unique engineering. But I was able to create a blueprint specifically for your arm and leg so that I could install other future equipment."
Ed then walked by the open door which led into the house carrying the fridge over his head. Edd took notice of this and was about to question Ed.
"Ed! What are you doing with my fridge?"
"The pirate king has sent me on a quest to retrieve the sweet nectar of the gods so that our warrior friends can wet their whistles!" Ed explained which received blank expressions from both Edd and Edward.
"I can see that. But do you really have to take the ENTIRE fridge?" Edd inquired; Ed thought for a moment before nodding.
Edd sighed. "Very well, go ahead. But don't forget to put it back when you're done!" Ed then carried on with the fridge.
"So… why…?" Edward asked before Edd finished his sentence.
"'...does he have a very different mindset?' Well, the only logical conclusion that I could possibly muster up is: 'I have no idea.'"
"Those aren't the exact words I was gonna say, but whatever. Wanna get a drink?"
"I guess since I am a little parched from working on your arm, sure, why not?"
The two then went out into the backyard where the others were waiting for them. Ed brought out the fridge which was laid across the grass as it was opened up and emptied of its contents. The heroes and the other two Eds were drinking soda from the fridge. They were all sitting in the lawn chairs relaxing with the radio playing.
The Ed-boy and the alchemist both sat down in an empty chair and grabbed a bottle of soda. "Sorry we're late, I was working on something in the garage with Edward when we saw Ed take my fridge."
"Whatever, Sockhead, just keep it down, my favorite song is on." Eddy grunted as he turned up the volume on the radio.
"So how was sparring, guys?" Edward asked.
"It went great actually. Me and Natsu sparred and he got mad at me for using my Shadow-clone technique." Naruto laughed which made Natsu glare at him.
"Well, it's not like I don't know any other techniques than you do!" Natsu retorted.
"Speaking of techniques, I know some moves that I can teach you guys." said Goku, sparking Natsu and Naruto's interest.
"Really?" Naruto asked.
"What kind of moves?!" exclaimed Natsu.
"Well, there is this one move that's pretty advanced. It's called the 'Fusion' technique. It's where two fighters are fused together with combined Ki energy." explained Goku.
"How interesting." Edd said with intrigue.
"How do you do it?" Natsu asked.
"It goes like this." Goku gets up, spreads his legs out, stands on his tippy-toes, walks with his arms out sideways, folds his knee on his other knee, waves his arms over his head and points both index fingers. "Fu~usion HA! Like that! But it has to be done correctly and simultaneously so that both fighters can achieve a combined form."
Naruto and Natsu both gawked at the awkward form.
"Are you sure that's how it's done? Cause that looks kinda weird." Naruto asked awkwardly.
"Yeah, if it's more of a ballet routine than a fusion form then there's no way that I'm doing that!" blunted Natsu.
"I always wanted to be a ballet dancer." said Ed after being quiet for so long. Everyone gave Ed a weird look before Edd changed the subject.
"So um… Ed? How's your sister, Sarah?"
"Oh, I didn't see her this morning." Ed said nonchalantly.
"Say, come to think of it, I don't think I've seen Jimmy, or Kevin, or Nazz." Eddy said.
"Really? I haven't seen Rolf since yesterday." said Edd.
"What about that bald kid that Naruto kicked and his wood friend, what's his name, Pete? No, Plank! That's his name! Plank!" Luffy said trying to remember Plank's name.
"I kicked who now?" Naruto asked not knowing who he was referring to. "I mean, I remember meeting Sarah after I... accidentally crushed her friend."
"Did she hit you with the playground slide?" Ed inquired.
"Yeah." Naruto said sheepishly.
"Haha, yup, she did that to me last Tuesday." The shovel-headed Ed-boy chuckled which received a blank stare from Naruto.
"Speaking of not remembering things, what happened to me, Naruto and Natsu?" Eren asked.
"I dunno know, it can't be alchemy so that's out the window." Edward assumed.
"I think it must be the work of a dark mage. It was probably a curse put on us to make us kill each other." Natsu surmised.
"Or it could be another ninja that used their jutsu on us," assumed Naruto.
"I'm telling you, Double D, first these guys fall out of the sky, then half of them try to kill us, and now all the kids in the neighborhood are missing!" Eddy pointed out to Edd. "I swear there's something weird going on here!"
"SHUSH! The static-y man is talking!" Ed shouted turning up the radio to listen to a news briefing.
'Breaking News: The entire East Coast is currently being plagued by multiple hurricanes and tropical storms ravaging densely populated areas including the city of New York and Miami Beach. Hold on... what's that? This just in... multiple earthquakes and fissures has destroyed most of the West Coast as well other parts of the world including parts of Europe, the Middle East, half of China and Asia, 3/4 of Australia and New Zealand, Africa and Canada. Also, Hawaii has been completed devastated by volcanic eruptions. The number of casualties have not yet been listed, although it has been estimated that it may be in the millions. The United Nations has declared a worldwide state of emergency, advising all citizens in all afflicted countries to be aware of all unnatural anomalies including the following: tornadoes, massive sinkholes, sand and snow storms, the plague, tsunamis, locusts, raining blood, spontaneous human combustion, random nuclear explosions and the sky... the sky falling? Am I reading all this right? Although it is not confirmed, experts say that all these catastrophes may be a sign of the end of the wor-'
The broadcast suddenly goes static for a while until it finally goes dark. The everyone who paid attention to the broadcast went wide-eyed. Eddy dropped his drink which landed in the grass, spilling out its contents. Edd was close to passing out from the shock. Goku was left speechless as well as Luffy and Natsu. Naruto nearly fell down. Edward slowly sat down and put his hand onto his forehead. Eren was shaking with sadness. Ed, however was hardly phased by it, which wasn't surprising to anyone who knew him well.
Naruto was the first to speak. "That didn't happen. Please tell me that could not have happened!"
"Yeah, it's probably just a joke! HAHAHAHAHAHA… see I'm laughing! HAHAHAHA!" Luffy laughed nervously before stopping abruptly. "Ah, who am kidding?"
"Wait, maybe he's right. It has to be some kind of prank, right? You know how radio DJs are, they like to poke fun with people!" Eddy said reassuringly.
"This is just like that movie I watched; 'Devastation IV: Revenge of Mother Nature'." Ed said dumbly.
Eren then stood up and glared angrily at Ed. "Didn't you hear what he just said?! This isn't some made-up story, millions of people have died and it's all because this world is ending so you're just gonna have accept it!"
"Eren scares me, Double D." whimpered Ed hiding behind Edd.
"Eren, calm down!" Goku calmed Eren. "We don't know for sure if the world is ending."
"Maybe I should try the local radio station, perhaps they might be playing the emergency broadcast." Edd turned the dial on the radio to find the local station for Peach Creek. He tunes in to the station which was giving out an emergency frequency.
"This is probably a bad sign." Edd said worriedly.
"Try the other stations, Double D." said Eddy. Edd tries the other stations and they all play the same emergency frequency.
"This is DEFINITELY A BAD SIGN!" panicked Edd who was beginning to spiral out of control.
"Konoha…" Naruto whispered to himself. "Guys, we gotta get back to our homes! It's the only way we can keep the Eds safe from harm!"
"How though? We don't even know how we got here let alone where our homes are." reminded Natsu.
"We'll figure that out sooner or later, right now we need get to safety!" said Edward. "Double D, we're gonna need our stuff, now!"
"Right, I'll go pack our necessities, immediately! Ed, Eddy, you do the same!" Edd ordered the two.
As Edd returned, the heroes' clothes and items, he goes to pack his extra clothes and toiletries in his backpack in a neat order. Ed and Eddy packed their things as well, but in a less calm and orderly fashion. Eddy had trouble trying to pack his magazines and other paraphernalia in his bag while Ed was packing everything in his room into one bag.
The heroes were able to put on their clothes and collect their gear in time before the first earthquake hits the Cul-de-sac. As the ground shook beneath them, causing car alarms to go off, pavement to crack, and nearby houses and buildings to collapse. The heroes and the Eds rendezvous out into the street where the whole neighborhood began to crumble all around them. The wind started to pick up as several structures were collapsing all around suburbia.
"My word! I have never seen this much destruction since… well since the last time we destroyed the Cul-de-sac!" Edd exclaimed with panic.
"Okay, we got all our stuff now let's take the next bus to Whoville and get the heck outta here!" urged Eddy.
"It's not that simple, we still need to know how to get back to our homes!" Edward explained.
"Oh right, cause you morons don't know JACK DIDDLY SQUAT!" Eddy shouted throwing his bag down in anger.
"Guys, stop! You hear that?" Naruto shouted to get the group's attention.
The group began to hear a rumbling sound in the distance. The rumbling sounded similar to the sound of ice breaking. They all look up to see the sky cracking like a broken windowpane. Pieces of the sky start to rain down in the form of shards and broke into smaller shards upon hitting the ground. The broken sky left a void that was filled with TV static.
"What the hell?! Are the clouds made of glass or somethin'?!" Natsu exclaimed.
"THE SKY IS FALLING! AGAIN!" screamed Ed.
"Oh come on! We just fixed that sky episodes ago!" Eddy shouted in aggravation.
"TAKE COVER!" Luffy shouted, grabbing the Eds and saving them from being crushed by a piece of the sky.
The falling sky debris keeps coming down from above nearly crushing the heroes and the Ed-boys with every piece falling down on them.
One piece crashes and shatters right next to Eren as he braces himself to protect his face from the shards but failed to keep one large shard from embedding his shin. He screamed in agony and falls onto the ground, writhing in pain.
Naruto runs over to the fallen scout and helps him up. "Eren, are you alright?!"
"There's a piece in my leg! I don't think I can walk!" screamed the injured Eren.
"Eren's hurt! He's needs help, right now!" Naruto called to his other friends.
"I don't think I can provide any medical assistance at the moment!" Edd shouted as he dodges another piece of the sky.
"We're all gonna die!" Eddy panicked before being slapped by Edward to regain sanity.
"Get a hold of yourself!" Edward shouted.
"Did you really have to go all Joan Crawford on me?!" Eddy snapped.
"Look guys! Li~ight!" Ed pointed as he stargazed at the bright light that appeared before the group.
"Light good for Ed!" Ed exclaimed as he ran towards the light and disappears.
"Guys, follow that bright light! It might lead us to safety!" Goku ordered the rest of the group as they all head into the light.
Eddy and Edward went through the light with Edd following close behind them. Naruto, carrying Eren on his back, goes into the light as Natsu and Luffy enter next leaving Goku to enter last.
As went through the light, they find themselves inside a room. Which was pretty spacious despite being a small room. Upon closer inspection, the room is quite similar to the interior of an elevator.
Edd becomes enamored by how clean it was. "My word, this room is beyond spotless! I wonder what kind of cleaning supplement they use in here?"
"Uh, Double D? We're in a mysterious room with no friggin' clue where we are and you're more concerned about how clean it is?" Natsu asked sardonically.
"But it's so perfectly purged of any microscopic specs of bacteria! You can even see your reflection!" Edd sighed with affection as he inspected the floor with his magnifying glass.
"This is weird. How did we get here?" Goku asked curiously.
"Hello, there!" said a feminine voice.
Everyone looked to the corner of the room to see a young girl of about sixteen with long white hair whose long strands are hued pink and had hot pink eyes. She is wearing a white school girl uniform with a pink trim and pink bow. She also has white stockings with pink white-trimmed shoes.
She has a rather joyful appearance and had a very adorable smile to her.
She smiled and waved to the newcomers that have entered the room. "Nice to meet you all! It's a good thing I got to you guys in time! I've been looking all over for you!"
The heroes and the Eds were very confused as to who this girl was and why's was she looking for them in the first place.
Finally, Goku spoke to the young girl. "Excuse me, but who are you?"
"Oh, my name is Yuna. I'm one of the Guardians of the AniManga Multiverse!" she responded with a hint of glee in her voice.
"Guardian of the what now?" Edward asked.
"The AniManga multiverse! It's where all your home worlds are!" explained Yuna.
"What the heck is a multiverse?" Eddy asked.
"A multiverse is a hypothetical set of possible universes, including the universe in which we live in. Let me explain this in a more simple term; let's say that a multiverse is a bag of candies, the bag represents the multiverse, the candies in the bag are different universes and each flavor of each piece of candy has a different reality, like one candy would be cherry and another would be grape." Edd explained as simply as possible.
"Universes sound delicious, Double D." said Ed licking his lips.
"Right, and the room that you are in right now is The Space Lift. It's basically an elevator that can travel to and fro across the entirety of Space and Time!" Yuna went on further.
"Wait, if we are in an elevator, how come I'm not getting motion sickness?" Natsu asked.
"That's because we are so adrift between various realities and timelines, that you can hardly feel it move at all."
"Good, cause if I did feel it move, this place wouldn't be clean at all." Natsu smirked with humor, making Edd shudder with sickness.
"I think I can understand all that, but how is it that you know who we are?" asked Goku.
"Well I am a cosmic being, and being a cosmic being means that I know all the little people that live in each little world in each little universe." Yuna continued. "Especially their names and who they are."
"What's my name?" Luffy asked, testing her knowledge.
"That's easy, you're Monkey D. Luffy and you're captain of the Straw hat Pirates."
"She knows me so well!" Luffy blushed profusely.
"Although, I don't think I've ever heard of these three before." Yuna pointed to the Eds.
"Gee, ya think for being the guardian of a multiverse, you'd probably think she knows who we are." Eddy whispered to Edd.
Edd was the first to introduce himself before he started blushing as he saw how beautiful this girl was. He stuttered for a moment before answering. "Hi… I'm... Double D."
"Double D? What a coincidence! My breast size is a Double D! I think." Yuna exclaimed pointing to her large breasts.
"My… that is... a wonderful… set of cleavage… you have." Edd stuttered before being interjected by Eddy.
"My name's Eddy, and you can call me anytime ya want, sugar lips." wooed Eddy before being interrupted by Ed.
"HELLO, I'M ED!"
"It's nice to meet you all!" greeted Yuna.
"Look, with all introductions aside, why are we here and why were you looking for us?" Edward asked bluntly.
"Hmm? Oh yes yes yes yes! Your worlds are ALL in trouble! Like HUGE end-of-existence trouble!" informed Yuna with high energy. "All of your past enemies have been causing havoc in your universes and it's affecting other universes as well!"
"Does that mean that the universe we live in is trouble also?! All the disasters that have plagued Peach Creek as well as the rest of our world, is all because of this strange anomaly?!" Edd asked with concern.
"Yes! There is this new kind of negative energy that is affecting many universes and it's all traced back to somewhere in the AniManga multiverse!" Yuna continued.
"Let me guess you want us to find this source and destroy it?" deduced Natsu.
Yuna nodded. "That's why I've been trying to locate all the strongest heroes in this multiverse, but they have all somehow scattered across Space and Time! But luckily, I was able to find all of you!"
"So that's why we were all transported to the Eds' universe! Whatever negative force is affecting our worlds, it brought us together!" Naruto realized.
"Well, now that you are all together, you are the last line of defense we have in order to fight this force!" Yuna proclaimed.
"Whaddeya think guys? Should we do this or what?" Goku asked the group.
The group was somewhat hesitant at first, seeing as how they are all processing thus whole multiverse thing for the first time. Eren, however, with great pride and bravery, stood up with his injured leg wobbling. "I don't know much about Space, Time or whatever, but if there are other forces more volatile than Titans out there, then I wanna be there to fight til my last breath!"
He extends his hand out to indicate a team bonding. Then, Goku puts his hand in as well as Luffy, then Naruto, then Natsu, and Edward. The group looks to the Eds as if they expect them to join in.
"Well, you with us? We are a team, aren't we?!" Goku asked enthusiastically.
Eddy then spoke up. "Okay, wait! You mean to tell me that we are going to help a monkey man from space, a ninja, a rubber pirate, a dragon wizard, a half-pint nerd, and a flying, fancy acrobat soldier, along with a cosmic being dressed as a school girl, to help save a bunch of universes from the forces of evil?!"
"Well, if you put it that way, it's sounds like a bad thing." Edd said halfheartedly.
"It sounds like a tagline for a fan-fiction!" Ed said dumbly.
"Wait, am I the half-pint?!" Edward asked angrily.
"Come on, guys! There's still room in our crew!" Luffy urged the Eds.
Ed joined the team with ease. "Teamwork good for Ed!" He sticks his foot into the group.
"I guess I might as well throw my hat into the ring, so to speak." Edd agreed, putting his hand in with the others.
"Well, it's not like I have anything else to do, or any choice in the matter." Eddy said begrudgingly as he put his hand in the huddle. With the team complete, and their vows made, Yuna prepares the elevator for departure.
"Okay, boys, it's time to get to work! Our first stop is getting to Goku's Universe. I've found a trace of the dark energy somewhere in Dragon World and since this is Goku's home and he is more familiar with his world, I believe it would best if Goku would lead this mission." Yuna suggested.
"Well, it is my home after all, who else but me?" Goku said enthusiastically.
"Wait, a mission? What are we some kind of Shonen Squad or somethin'?" questioned Natsu.
"I'm not very partial to that name, but we'll work on that." assured Yuna as she puts in the coordinates on a keypad and pulls the large lever, sending the lift to its destination. "Hang on! We may experience some zero gravity as we move!"
Sure enough, everyone began to float in mid-air. Some of them seemed to enjoy floating, especially Ed, Goku, Luffy and Naruto, who were bouncing off the walls and off of each other.
"Ding-Dong!" Ed and Luffy said simultaneously as they slammed into on another as they laughed.
The others however aren't exactly enjoying this anti-gravity spectacle. Edward nearly gets hit by Goku's flying body. "Hey, watch where you're going you- AAH!" Edward then gets bumped into by Ed causing him to fly right into the nearest wall. "Well, that's one concussion!"
Natsu wasn't exactly a happy-camper as he started to feel sick from floating in the air. "Hey, Yuna, I thought you said I wouldn't get sick in here!"
"Did I say that? I thought you meant before we started moving?" Yuna giggled feeling slightly embarrassed.
"Oh, you lying-" Natsu held back the rising bile in his throat which made it hard to speak.
"You guys might wanna strap yourselves in with these safety belts. I don't want you all to be flying all over the place. Like what you're doing right now." Yuna said blankly.
Eren, Edd, Natsu, Edward and Eddy strap themselves in as such. Edd looks over to Eren and sees the wound on his leg that he got from a piece of the sky that landed near him back in the Cul-de-sac. The glass-like shard was missing which was probably removed sometime earlier.
"Eren may I see your leg for a moment, the wounded one." Edd asked politely.
Eren lifts his leg up to inspect it noticing that the leg was healing up very rapidly. "Interesting, the wound in your leg is healing rather quickly. It's almost as if you had some sort of fast-acting healing factor!"
"You could say that." said Eren vaguely.
"However, such injuries require treatment and should always be sterilized and and bandaged to prevent further festering, possible infection and lethal contamination." informed Edd as he pulled out his first aid and applied rubbing alcohol and bandages on the wound, which made Eren wince a little as Edd finished healing the wound.
"There all better." Edd said happily.
Natsu began to feel even more queasy in which Eddy took notice of. "Hey, if you're gonna hurl, do it on someone that's not me! I don't wanna have to take two showers today!"
The gravity then came back on making the other unfastened passengers land face-first onto the floor, which indicated that they have arrived at their destination.
"We're here! Hey, you guys okay?" Yuna asked the passengers on the floor.
"Third floor: Underwear and Bacon!" Ed said jovially.
The doors in the lift slid open revealing a different environment. The heroes and the Eds exit the elevator and took a good look at their surroundings which was a city that was enveloped by a dark atmosphere which gave an eerie ambiance to the deserted city which was void of any life whether person or creature.
Goku took in the war-torn view as he looked around the area. "Geez, what happened here? I was only gone for half a day!"
"Is this where you live? What a dump." said Edward bluntly.
"It wasn't a dump when I left it."
"Where is everybody? It's like a ghost town here." said Naruto.
"Like I said, a lot has happened since you guys were gone. Oh, Double D, take this!" Yuna tosses a small device over to Edd.
"What is this?" Edd asked.
"It's a wristwatch for when you need help. Just press the button on the device and it will let out a beacon that will trace back to you so that I could come and get you in case you are ready to leave. You can also use it to communicate with me if you need me to bring you back-up. Until then, just keep me in touch!" Yuna was about take-off before Eddy stops her.
"Hey, where do you think you're goin'?!" Eddy hollered to the girl.
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on you guys, just let me know how it turns out!" Yuna calls out before closing the elevator doors and disappears along with the Space Lift itself.
"That's just great! What are we supposed to do here, anyway?!" yelled Eddy.
"Well, I guess since Goku is in charge, it's his call." Luffy suggested.
"Right, the first thing we should do is probably look for my friends and family. They may be around here somewhere." ordered Goku.
"SHIP!" Ed yelled all of a sudden
"Ed, I don't think now is the time to be pairing couples at the moment!" reminded Edd.
"Actually, I think he's talking about that kind of ship, Double D." Naruto said as he pointed to the sky.
The group looks up to see a giant, menacing, red and black spaceship looming over the city. The ship began to descend upon the city square before stopping to project a hologram. The hologram was the image of a young boy's face, who looked quite familiar to the Eds. The only difference in appearance is that he was wearing a spandex suit, a cape and a hammer-shaped helmet which beared the number '1' on it. His eyes were also red with black pinpricks.
'Greetings, wormy mortals!' The hologram spoke. 'I am Leader 1, and I am the head ruler of this land you call 'Dragon World'! What is your business here?!'
Edd finally realized who this figure was. "Rolf? Is that you?"
'Rolf? HAHAHAHA! Rolf is no longer here! For Leader 1 is dominant! You three, however, are the Ed-boys, yes?'
Edd hesitated before answering. "Y-yes?"
'Ah, what perfect opportunity for Leader 1! He-who-is-superior-to-Leader, has been looking for you Ed-boys!'
"He is... who is to... what? What's he talking about?" asked Eren.
"Ah, that's just Rolf. He talks nonsense all the time." explained Eddy.
'They-who-accompany-the-wanted-Ed-boys, surrender them to Leader 1 so that Leader 1 shall have honor bestowed to him by the Miracle Worker, and so that you may also receive mercy!'
"What makes you think we'll just hand them over to you? Especially not without a fight?!" challenged Natsu.
'Is that so, He-who-wish-to-butt-heads-with-Leader 1? Very well, if it is combat you desire, then look no further! RELEASE THREE OF LEADER 1'S STRONGEST WARRIORS!'
The ship releases a transit beam which transports three figures upon the ground. One of them in the middle was a man with spiky black hair and looked to be middle-aged. The one on the left was another spiky black-haired man, but he looked younger than the other two men. The last one on the right was a green man with two antennae on his head and he looked more alien than human. They all had the same red eyes and the same red and black spandex suits as Leader 1.
Goku realized who they were. "Gohan? Vegeta? Piccolo? What have you done to them?!" shouted Goku angrily.
'Leader 1 picked these three warriors for Special Prosperity, and they're all a part of Leader 1's army! So now, Goku-boy, prepare to cry like wee babies! KISHI O KOROSU HIKARI O KOROSU!
The three fighters gave out a grunt and enveloped themselves in a dark-red aura.
Goku, Naruto and Luffy get into position as they are ready to fight these new combatants.
"My meat and two veggies are sweating with excitement, guys." Ed said randomly.
A/N: Well, looks like we're up to a great start here aren't we? That's pretty much the end of Chapter 1, officially. Seriously, most of the chapters are comprised of separate parts, the order in which the story will be made up of from now on. As for the new character introduced earlier in the chapter, Yuna, as you already know, is a cosmic being who watches over the AniManga multiverse. She is very bubbly and charismatic and she is also handy when it comes to using the Space Lift and also knows how to fix it when it's broken. But like most girls she has personal preferences, especially when she is being manhandled she would get angry and smack the first person who manhandles her. She can also transform into a cat and a chibi version of herself. She has a pretty big part in the story, so you'll be seeing her a lot. That's pretty much the run-down on my first OC so don't forget to read and review!
***This chapter has recently been revamped for all intents and purposes of improving story quality for first-time readers***