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Ouroborousdragon – Nah basically just scrap like 90% of that and look at it like this. Grimmjow is an Arrancar right so it starts there, releasing his Resurreccion basically bumps him right up to about Ichigo full Bankai with the Hollow Mask which he got rekt by in Bleach itself.
That is meant to show how strong he's become right since his Resurreccion is now on par with something that railed him before but the next bit is a bit more complex. Basically in Bleach Brave Souls Grimmjow was given a new form that transcends Resurreccion, the very same form Ulquiorra has I believe its pronounced Segunda Etapa, don't quote me on the name that off the top of my head but basically this is a Post End Of Story Grimmjow using that form so he's leagues stronger that Ulquiorra was with it.
That form is what puts him on the level of a Vasto Lorde Form however what I was referring to regarding the Vasto Lorde Class Menos was something else. Basically in the lore of Bleach the Arrancar are all meant to have a hole in them right to basically signal whats missing from them well the lore says that a Vasto Lorde Class Menos has the potential to appear completely human, no hole at all and that is what Grimmjow did both right before his death and when he initially met Natsu.
Trust me this stuff hurts my head too, this is why I won't touch the Bleach Verse further than introducing characters on occasion as Servants or just Aizen who shows up to troll because if I go in there I'm gonna give myself an aneurism trying to power scale properly, get the forms and transformations in the right order and it'd probably kill me.
But hey screw Fullbringer though right!
Anyway on with the story!
I do not own Fairy Tail, One Piece or the Nasuverse.
The Monster Trio Versus God's Enforcers
/Natsu's POV/
"We really did a number on this place didn't we," Natsu sighed prompting Ahnkseram to snort in amusement.
"Well what did you expect goading Grimmjow to reach his strongest form; naturally the area was going to be decimated."
Feeling squirming in his coat pocket Fou popped out and jumped onto his shoulder, licking up some stray blood from a long since healed wound.
"Oi don't lick that I don't want you going all feral on me!"
"Fou!"
"Yeah I know," Natsu sighed as Fou began nuzzling the side of his face earning a gentle pat in response. "You know it was rather lucky you stayed in my pocket when Grimmjow started laying into me otherwise you could've been killed."
"Fou!"
"You think you're an immortal too, I'll believe that when I see it," Natsu replied with a grin only for it to falter as the Shandians began to quickly emerged from the smouldering ruins, surrounding him in a circle formation. "Well now this should be good …"
"You are the one I saw out on the White Sea!"
"And you are the one who tried attacking us on our way in," Natsu replied as the Shandian removed his mask. "Care to explain that?"
"To an outsider like you, why should I?"
"Enough Wyper, we all agreed not to continue hostilities against this man!"
"You all agreed Raki, I did not!"
"You were overruled Wyper, the survival of our people is more important that your pride!"
"You go too far Raki-!"
"Raki is right Wyper, antagonizing this man will do us no good in our fight to reclaim our home."
"Kamakiri, you too decide to side against me in this foolishness?"
"It is clear that this man can help us take back our home Wyper, can you not put your hatred aside for five seconds and see that," the woman known as Raki snapped prompting Wyper to turn his weapon on her.
"You dare question me Raki, as always put other things before your own people-!"
Wyper was shocked when his rocket launcher was suddenly snapped in half as Natsu appeared before him, grabbing him by the neck and lifting him into the air.
"You would point a weapon at her just because she opposes what you say, tyrant?"
"I am not the tyrant, Enel is!"
"If you treat your own people like this then you are no better than Enel with the only difference being that you are far weaker."
"P-please put him down," Raki said wrapping her arms around Natsu's own which held the struggling Wyper. "We wanted to speak with you and ask for your aid, Wyper may not have agreed but he was the only one but even still we do not wish harm upon him!"
"Fine," Natsu said as he released Wyper only for the Shandian to try and punch him with an audible crack signalling the shattering of the bones in his hand moments later. "I still haven't calmed down from my previous fight yet so my hardened scales are still moving beneath my skin, the punch of a weakling like you against my body is similar to you punching a brick wall."
"Thank you for letting Wyper go," Raki sighed as Wyper was escorted away to get treatment for his hand. "We all want to fight for our home however Wyper has grown to distrust outsiders ever since the previous God failed in his promise to return our land to us."
"Hold on a second, previous God?"
"Fou?"
"Of course you wouldn't know about him since you arrived only recently however there was another who once ruled over Skypeia as its God."
"Compared to Enel that guy was actually a decent guy," Kamakiri sighed. "Wyper's mistrust of outsiders combined with his rather unique attitude makes him look more like a mad beast rather than a leader but we all know he's doing his best for us so don't judge him too harshly please?"
"Even if he sometimes goes too far," Raki concluded as Natsu eyed Wyper who was having his hand looked at by some Shandian shaman, at least that's what he assumed. "But back onto the topic of the former God you've probably already met him."
"He's still alive?"
"Yes though he isn't anywhere near powerful enough to stand up to Enel which is why he lost his position as God."
"I see," Natsu said as he took a deep breath before sighing. "So you want my help beating Enel do you?"
"You are strong; you defeated one of the Trial Masters and despite being torn apart appear to be relatively unscathed afterward. Enel commands frightening power that we don't really have a hope of combating yet you might just stand a chance."
"You know you lot are lucky because I planned on looking into Enel anyway," Natsu replied as many of the Shandians breathed a sigh of relief. "But I will warn you if he is anything like me then the devastation that just occurred here will only be the beginning, you all realize this right?"
"We understand," Kamakiri said in a sombre tone. "This is our home however Enel continues to keep us out. The forest and the land can eventually be restored however Enel and the lives he continues to take from our people cannot."
"Do whatever you must to ensure Enel's defeat outsider," Raki said with a slightly shaky voice. "Without our home we have no future anyway so do what you must."
"I understand," Natsu sighed before looking to Fou who licked the tip of his nose in response. "Well are you ready for this?"
"Fou!"
"Yeah I figured as much, you and I versus the wannabe God," Natsu replied with a grin. "I'll send you after him to soften him up first how's that sound?"
"FOU!"
"Do you … do you understand that strange creature?"
"Yeah," Natsu replied as Fou jumped onto his head and curled up like a furry hat seemingly glaring at the Shandians. "Not sure exactly what kind of animal he is but honestly I don't think it really matters considering how adorable he is."
"I see …"
"Fou?"
"Yeah I'm fully regenerated Fou don't worry about it."
"Fofou?"
"Yeah you'll have to hide out in there a little longer; I think I can send some food your way if you go back in quietly though how's that sound?"
"Fou!"
Opening his coat Fou leapt back into his pocket baffling the Shandians who didn't understand where he had vanished to in such a small space however they decided not to comment in case it offended Natsu in some way.
"Well then I suppose I'm off, hopefully you guys survive this."
"So do we," Raki replied as Natsu began to lazily walk off in the general direction he felt Enel's signature.
/Luffy's POV/
"The crazy tremors and lightshow died down a little while ago, do you think Natsu won," Usopp asked as the trio crossed a small stone bridge.
"Natsu won, no way he'd go down without a fight," Luffy replied confidently.
"That was still rather crazy to see though not to mention whatever that thing was he was fighting, that thing wasn't human," Sanji added whilst taking a drag from his cigarette. "Not gonna lie I'm interested to see what he's gonna teach us when we get some time."
"Do ya think he'll teach us how to fly," Luffy asked excitedly.
"I don't think that's quite possible for us Luffy, Natsu is a God remember."
"But if he's a God then couldn't he just like bestow the ability of flight on you guys," Usopp pointed out prompting Luffy and Sanji to share a look.
"You know that actually is a fair question but something tells me it still isn't possible," Sanji sighed as they came upon a clearing that had been set ablaze. "Damn looks like Natsu and that thing really went to town on this place."
"Indeed they did Pirate and Lord Enel will deal with Natsu Dragneel in due time, you lot however are our job!"
"Hey who's the ball looking guy," Luffy asked bluntly prompting said ball looking guy to face plant into the ground.
"You disrespectful brat, I am one of the four servants of God! Not to be confused with the actual Servants assuming a primitive like you even knows about them!"
"Calm down Satori you know they are just trying to rile you up."
"I know Shura but you are well aware about how I feel about my body shape, I can't help it damn it!"
The sound of screams followed by a stray aerial slash attack drew the attention of both parties as an amused Zoro emerged from the flame coated ruins, blood dripping from the two blades in his hands.
"You," Shura growled. "I thought Ohm was dealing with you!"
"Never send underlings to do any important jobs," Zoro replied licking his lips as a massive dog smashed through a nearby building charging right toward him. "Case in point-!"
Spinning around Zoro fired another aerial slash attack this time aimed at the dog which slammed into it leaving a large gash across its face and causing it to fall over howling in pain.
"-exterminating enemies that can actually fight back!"
"HOLY!"
"Ah crap another one showed up," Usopp cried as Ohm ran to the large dog's side. "You'll pay for that outsider!"
"And just what are you gonna do, send more underlings after me? Pretty sure I cut through a good forty or fifty of them on the way here so a few more won't mean much," Zoro replied as he moved to Luffy's side.
"Is everyone else alright Zoro?"
"Chopper got a little injured by one of the Servants but someone is taking care of him now from what I've been told."
"What about the ship?"
"Beat up bad but it can be patched up," Zoro replied with his eyes moving toward Usopp who seemed rather angry all of a sudden. "Robin and Nami are with Chopper at the ship for now so we're better off taking these idiots down and regrouping with them to plan our next move."
"You think we're just going to let you leave here," Shura growled as Zoro drew his third sword and placed it in his mouth before undoing a piece of cloth on his arm and wrapping it on top of his head revealing it to be a bandana.
"You think you can stop us," Sanji asked as he slowly raised his right leg whilst simultaneously lighting a new cigarette.
"If you wanna try then by all means stand in our way or don't, either way we're gonna come after you guys for messing with our friends," Luffy said as his straw hat cast a shade over his eyes barring them from view.
"Trying to act all intimidating isn't going to work on us," Satori snapped.
"Brats like you don't even have Mantra, you don't stand a chance," Ohm added as he entered a defensive stance with the massive blade in his right hand.
"Zoro, Sanji," Luffy said as he cracked his knuckles. "Make it quick."
"Right," the duo said in unison as Zoro began walking toward Ohm whilst Sanji walked toward Satori leaving Luffy to face Shura who was still standing atop a giant bird.
"Do you know who you're messing with brat, they call me Sky Rider Shura, you don't stand a chance against me from down there!"
"Oh really," Luffy said cocking his arms back behind his body prompting Shura to smirk.
"You think you can just 'brawl' me, what a joke-!"
Shura's eyes widened seconds before Luffy began his attack however it was too late for him to avoid what was to come.
"Gum Gum: Bazooka!"
Stretching both arms backward before flinging them forward Luffy's fists smashed into the chest of the bird prompting it to cough up blood and fall to the ground with Shura jumping off of it at the last moment.
Bringing his arms back Luffy sniffed at the downed bird clearly unimpressed before looking back at Shura who was now seething with rage.
"You … how dare you harm one of my pets!"
Looking down at the ground Luffy noticed something had fallen out of the bird's mouth and picked it up before turning to face the stunned Usopp.
"Oi Usopp here's one of those dial things, think you can figure it out?"
"Uh, sure Luffy," Usopp said cringing in disgust as Luffy tossed the dial at him which was covered in bird blood and saliva. "Excuse me as I go wash the thing and my hands first though."
Grunting in response Luffy turned around to see Shura entering a ready stance with his javelin which began to glow a faint red colour along the metallic portion of its length.
"You might have been able to hit my pet outsider but I'm another story, my Mantra combined with my Heat Javelin will ensure that this place becomes your graveyard!"
"Talk all you want, doesn't change the fact that you'll be searching the place for your teeth after I'm done with you," Luffy shot back as he clenched his fists.
"Futile," Shura said several seconds before Luffy attacked.
"Gum Gum: Gatling!"
Luffy began to throw a rapid fire barrage of long range punches however Shura simply dodged them all as if he were a reed in the wind, lazily moving left and right with what appeared to be minimal effort.
To anyone else this would appear like he was fast however Luffy wasn't stupid when it came to fighting techniques, he'd seen this before.
/Flashback/
"Luffy you remember that attack you hit Crocodile with?"
"Yeah that was my Gum Gum Gatling," Luffy replied prompting Natsu to nod as the pair stood up.
"Do you think you could attack me with that as fast as you can without damaging the ship?"
"Yeah that shouldn't be a problem," Luffy replied with a grin. "Oh yeah by the way I'm a rubber man in case you didn't know why I can stretch."
"I kind of figured that out," Natsu chuckled in response as the pair stood at the centre of the deck with Natsu maintaining a casual stance. "All right now all three of you pay attention to what I'm about to do because one day you three should be able to do this too."
"So do you want me to attack?"
"Yeah fire away Luffy."
"All right here goes, Gum Gum: Gatling!"
Luffy unleashed a barrage of punches which left several visual afterimages however Zoro and Sanji couldn't help but gape in shock as Natsu stood there stock still with all the punches going around him.
"H-how!"
"This isn't some kind of trick I mean he's standing right there!"
"Actually if you want to be technical I've been moving from the start but you three were simply too slow to see me do it," Natsu replied as he began walking forward until he tapped Luffy on the nose. "Hit."
"How the hell did you do that!"
"It was like the attacks were simply phasing through you!"
"Heightened awareness will allow you to perform feats that might seem impossible for regular humans," Natsu said as he appeared behind Zoro and Sanji to tap them on the shoulder only to vanish and reappear next to Luffy the moment they turned around. Believe it or not but people can swing swords as fast as I moved just then to tap you guys on the shoulder or possible cripple you with a barrage of punches in a matter of seconds."
/Flashback End/
'This guy has that same awareness ability Natsu does, but it looks like he's nowhere near as good at it as he is,' Luffy thought with his eyes widening slightly remembering the look Shura had moments before he struck the bird out of the sky. 'He saw it was gonna happen only a few seconds before it actually occurred which means that's how he's dodging all my attacks! He's able to see what I'm gonna do several seconds before I do it and dodge it before it comes his way!'
Ceasing his attack moments before Shura began charging forward to strike with his lance Luffy now began to think about how to work around what he'd figured out. Shura could predict his attacks several seconds before they happened so the question was how do you hit someone who can read you like a book?
'Natsu's definitely teaching us this shit after we're done with this place,' Luffy growled inwardly as he narrowly dodged the spear strike from Shura which cracked the ground leaving a scorch mark in its place.
"Do you like my Heat Lance outsider? I put a Heat Dial inside of it which grants it incendiary properties, this means that anything my lance touches get burnt almost instantly!"
"Yeah that's great," Luffy replied jumping out of the way of several more lance strikes before finding himself with his back to a hot wall.
"Nowhere left for you to run outsider," Shura cried as he came in for a thrust attack prompting Luffy to try and jump out of the way.
To his shock however Shura's lance managed to graze the side of his torso leaving a light burn prompting him to trip over a rock, shocked by the sudden pain he was feeling and inadvertently kick Shura in the ribs sending him flying off into a ruined building.
"Holy crap … I actually hit him, not that I meant to though!"
It took Luffy a few seconds to realize what he'd done which then led to him figuring out the weakness in Shura's 'Mantra' as he called it.
'I managed to land a hit because it wasn't intentional, he couldn't react because it wasn't something he could predict! How do I keep pulling off stuff like that over and over again though, ARGH I wish Natsu had explained this crap more!'
And then he realized that in a small way Natsu kind of did explain some of it albeit in an obscure way.
/Flashback/
"So how does one train to increase their awareness?"
"Well the way I did it involved meditation," Natsu explained as the three gained curious looks. "Basically you first need to hold the confidence within yourself to actually avoid the attacks, even should you get hit by some."
"So you need to be confident and believe that the enemy won't be able to scratch you before the first blow is even on the mind of a combatant," Zoro asked for clarification prompting Natsu to nod furiously.
"That's exactly right however you must ensure that you do not allow that confidence to trick you into thinking that you are beyond your opponent! To believe too much in your ability to naturally avoid attacks you will succumb to overconfidence and set yourself up for a fall."
"So technically this is a controlling your emotions thing," Sanji asked.
"Emotions play a large role yes for you see when Luffy threw those punches I walked in believing that there was an even chance of me dodging the attacks as well as being hit by them."
"With that level of speed yeah right," Zoro scoffed as the four began to chuckle quietly.
"I know that I'm on a whole other level but I'm being genuine when I say that, I truly went in believing that there was a fifty fifty chance of Luffy hitting me."
"So that's how you balance it out is it?"
"Its part of it but you should all keep in mind that you are your own people and what works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another. For Zoro he might instead thing that his opponent won't be able to block his swords but has a fair chance of disarming him after a combo which means he will subconsciously refrain from performing them in battle."
/Flashback End/
'Could it really be that simple,' Luffy wondered as Shura emerged from the destroyed section of the ruins clearly angry and shocked at being struck. 'If I can figure out how to disrupt his concentration, getting him to trip up, could that really put me on an even playing field?'
"I don't know how you managed to hit me outsider but it won't happen a second time," Shura spat as he twirled his lance around himself before entering an offensive stance and charging forward. "This time I'm not going to go easy on you!"
Instead of responding Luffy attacked with another quick burst of Gum Gum Gatling, watching Shura closely as he weaved through the attacks already noticing the ever so slight change in his movements.
Ceasing his attack Luffy jumped out of the way to avoid Shura's lance and did a flip in midair whilst tucking his legs into his chest.
"Gum Gum: Stamp!"
Swiftly extending his legs downward Luffy narrowly missed Shura who jumped out of the way at the last moment with the area hit caving in leaving a large hole in the ground as Luffy's legs retracted back to their regular size.
"You damn brat!"
Landing on the ground Luffy ducked and avoided a swing from Shura's lance before spinning around whilst extending his left leg forcing Shura to jump in midair.
"Gum Gum: Whip!"
Before he finished his own attack Luffy already began another keeping up the pressure now that Shura was in the air as he unleashed another Gatling prompting him to begin spinning his lance in a circular motion using it as a shield as the fists rained down upon him.
'Just a bit more!'
Ceasing his attack as Shura began to fall back down to the ground, his lance now a darker shade of red than before Luffy began to run toward him with his right arm extended over ten metres behind him, twisting into a screw like motion before he threw the punch.
"Gum Gum: Rifle!"
Shura grit his teeth as Luffy's attack smashed into his lance, his fist being burnt a small price to pay as his lance was shattered from the force with the fist hitting him right in the chest as Shura spat out a large amount of blood.
The attack sent Shura flying across the flame coated area as he smashed through several ruins before coming to a stop imprinted in one of the last ruins before what remained of the forest. Luffy brought his arm back to him and winced at the dark red burn on his fist but shook his head knowing that it was better to take the damage and destroy the lance rather than let Shura keep a deadly weapon like that in play.
But the question was did he knock Shura out for good or would he get back up?
Luffy's question was answered when Shura pulled himself from the wall coughing up several more globs of blood before wiping his mouth as he dropped to one knee.
"How! How did you actually manage to hit me even though I was using my Mantra!"
Luffy didn't respond instead he was already charging toward the injured Shura who was quickly rising to his feet, his arm cocked back once again with the intent to end Shura before he could regain his bearings.
"Gum Gum: Rifle!"
Throwing his punch Luffy was certain it would hit however Shura stumbled at the last moment as his punch missed his face by mere inches with it striking the ruined wall behind him blowing it apart as he quickly retracted his arm, Shura once more on his feet.
"I don't know how you've done it," Shura growled. "But I won't let it stand!"
"I'm taking you out here and now, once you're down Enel is next!"
"You think you can beat Enel," Shura scoffed. "You're an idiot! Enel has power beyond anything this world has ever seen, the power of a God! What is a man to a God!?"
Luffy who was still running toward him jumped in the air whilst tucking his knees into his chest sneered at Shura before unleashing his attack.
"What's a God to a nonbeliever, Gum Gum: Stamp Gatling!"
Shura wasn't able to avoid every strike from the barrage of kicks being sent his way quickly found himself beaten into unconsciousness as Luffy's barrage smashed his body deep into the ground breaking many bones in his body ensuring he was out of commission permanently.
Landing on the ground next to Shura Luffy looked down at him and shook his head at the man knowing full well that had Shura been as good as someone like Natsu using the awareness trick he wouldn't have even been able to land one single blow.
"I just hope Zoro and Sanji are doing alright, who am I kidding of course they are. Those two probably figured it out just as fast as I did!"
/Zoro's POV/
Like Luffy had done, Zoro had quickly come to the conclusion that Ohm was a user of the same ability Natsu had shown them however unlike Luffy Zoro was forced to contend with a swordsman with a rather unique blade.
"Do you like my blade outsider," Ohm asked as he twirled it around in his fingers making it appear as if it were weightless. "My blade is known as Eisen Whip, I installed an Eisen Dial into it which supplies it with a constant stream of Iron Cloud allowing me to do all sorts of unique techniques like this one!"
Zoro tensed as he raised his blade, watching as it morphed into a giant fork before it was sent hurdling toward his location prompting him to dive out of the way.
"Eisen Fork!"
Retracting the blade it reassumed the look of a standard katana as Ohm casually walked forward, spinning it around in his hand once as the end of it morphed into a giant spear which he thrust toward the location Zoro was set to end his roll.
"Eisen Fleuret!"
"Shit," Zoro growled as the edge of the spear slashed his side leaving a deep cut behind which quickly began to bleed.
"You'll pay for hurting Holy outsider but you'll pay for defying God Enel even more!"
"Oh yeah," Zoro growled in response. "Well here's what I think of your precious God! Santoryu: 108 Pound Cannon!"
Spinning around Zoro fired a powerful aerial slash attack at Ohm who's simply flicked his blade forming a solid wall to defend himself with.
"Eisen Back!"
Zoro's attack slammed against the wall causing it along with Ohm to skid back a considerable distance however it didn't not break with the attack dissipating moments later. Frowing Zoro watched as Ohm's blade reformed before morphing into a fan like blade which he swung across the area in front of him.
"Eisen Fan!"
Zoro grit his teeth as slashing winds tore into him from the fan leaving a series of cuts across his body however he was prepared for Ohm's follow up attack as his blade reformed before quickly turning into a literal whip which came down from above.
"Eisen Whip!"
Raising two of his blades Zoro blocked the attack but found himself cracking the ground beneath him as the weight of the attack came bearing down on him full force. Looking at Ohm he grit his teeth around his third blade knowing full well Ohm was still calm and collected about the whole situation.
'If I could just find a way to mess with his concentration all I'd need is one good shot …'
Then an idea struck him, it wasn't a particularly nice one however he was a Pirate so playing by the rules wasn't exactly something he was obligated to do. Zoro's eyes wandered off to the side where Ohm's dog that he seemed to care so much for lay wounded from his earlier attack seemingly recovering.
'Well I suppose I'm doing this,' Zoro sighed inwardly as he began to run toward Ohm making it look like he was going to attack him directly.
In response Ohm attacked him with another Eisen Fork which Zoro managed to avoid much easier since he knew what to expect from it this time. Jumping out of the way in the direction of Holy Zoro continued to feign approaching Ohm until he was almost next to the dog.
"NO," Ohm cried as he saw what Zoro did mere seconds before it occurred with his blade already moving to strike however it was too late.
"Santoryu: 108 Pound Cannon!"
Zoro's attack hit Holy quicker than Ohm's blade could get there to stop it, striking the dog's neck slicing its head clean off as Ohm froze in shock and horror.
"Holy …"
Not even hesitating for a moment Zoro sprinted toward Ohm who was still processing what Zoro had just done already poised to strike.
"Santoryu: Oni Giri!"
Ohm was slashed across the chest by all three blades as blood splatter flew everywhere however he did not fall instead stumbling back, using the attack to bring him back to reality as he spun around swinging his blade in anger.
"You bastard … I'LL KILL YOU! Eisen Fleuret!"
Zoro rolled and narrowly avoided the spear like attack, using the roll to turn around to face Ohm who retracted his blade and charged toward Zoro with his blade already morphing into the whip like attack he'd managed to block earlier.
Blocking the whip like attack Zoro still found himself thrown violently into the nearby ruins as Ohm continued to assault the general area with the whip like attack in a maniacal fashion. Due to this a large amount of smoke and dust was coating the area from the flames and the dirt being kicked up obscuring Zoro's actual position from view giving him an opportunity to vanish from sight.
"You can't hide from me outsider scum; you'll pay for what you've done!"
Raising his blade above his head it retracted back into its regular form before suddenly expanding to a size larger than some of the ruined temples as he brought it down with a pained cry.
"Eisen Cleaver!"
The attack cleaved apart the ruined temple along with everything behind it as Ohm began to retract his sword however he was shocked when at the last moment, as he began to regain some sense of calm, his Mantra warned him of an attack from behind.
"Santoryu Ogi: Sanzen Sekai!"
Ohm barely managed to turn around to see Zoro mere metres before him spinning the blades in his hands against one another in a windmill like fashion. Moments later Ohm felt excruciating pain as Zoro landed his attack before everything went black as his body was severed from the stomach down.
Halting in place Zoro spun two of his blades around and placed them back in their respective sheathes before taking the third out of his mouth and placing it back in its sheath and turned to face Ohm's corpse just as it hit the ground.
"When we kill your precious God I'll be sure to tell him to send you my regards," Zoro said as he walked off into the smoke whilst taking off his bandana, wrapping it back around his arm once again.
/Sanji's POV/
"Hoho, you'll need to do much better than that if you want to hurt me outsider," Satori said cheerfully as he pranced out of the way of another of Sanji's kicks.
"Just stand still you ball looking bastard," Sanji snapped back prompting Satori to giggle in amusement.
"It truly is a shame I didn't have the time to set up my own Trial of the Orb here, seeing you struggle against it would have made for a most amusing spectacle!"
"You think this whole thing is funny," Sanji growled. "First you kidnap Nami and Robin then you have the nerve to joke around in a serious fight, you're gonna pay!"
"Ho ho hooo! How will I pay when you are too pathetic to even break through my Mantra outsider, defeating me I don't think you're quite capable of!"
Sanji's eyes narrowed as the sphere shaped man before him, like Zoro and Luffy he knew Satori was doing a much more pathetic version of what Natsu showed them however he didn't have experience fighting a foe like that yet much less the know how to take one out quickly.
Breaking Satori's concentration was key and yet the area they were in provided few distractions to use to his advantage. Creating one from scratch was most likely out of the question since Satori would see it coming, no he had to be creative yet unpredictable which was a rather tricky combo to pull off.
"Big Brother we've brought some of the spheres in for you!"
"Now you can show this pathetic outsider whose boss!"
"Ho ho hooo! You two have done well taking such initiative, what a proud big Brother I am Hotori and Kotori!"
'Eugh, those two are mini ball bastards,' Sanji thought in disgust as they guided in a cluster of strange spheres. 'So these must be those spheres that idiot was talking about earlier for his Trial of the Orb, I should be careful around them."
"Ho ho hooo! Now that my spheres are here the real game can begin," Satori cheered as he hopped up onto one of them and sat down with a sadistic grin. "Let's start things off with a simple one shall we? Bikkuritama Tsuki!"
Jumping up off of the ball Satori kicked one of the ones above him at Sanji with surprising speed.
"You wanna try matching me with kicks huh, fine then," Sanji replied jumping upward and kicking the ball only for it to explode sending him flying backward as Satori, Hotori and Kotori burst into laughter.
"You foolish outsider, these are no ordinary spheres for you see each and every last one is full of a deadly surprise! Some hold explosive gunpowder, others are filled with raw flame and some are ready to spew forth hundreds of deadly blades ho ho hooo!"
Sanji landed on his feet and skidded to a stop only to jump out of the way as Satori kicked another sphere at him which also seemed to be an explosive one.
'So I can't kick the damn things, can't defend against them either so what do I do!?'
"Ho ho hooo! How long will your luck hold up outsider," Satori jeered as he kicked another ball in his direction.
"Not long!"
"Not long at all," Hotori and Kotori teased as they jumped around playfully which only served to annoy Sanji even further.
'If I ever get my hands on those little shits-! Wait a minute, those two idiots might just be my ticket to get this guy! If they are his younger Brothers then what'll happen if they get hurt by his own attack!?'
Sanji began to run prompting Satori to laugh even more as he fired a barrage of balls at him which began exploding, firing off deadly flames and bladed weapons however Sanji managed to avoid them all as he closed in on Satori.
"Take this you stupid ball bastard, Black Leg Style: Collirt Shoot!"
Jumping high into the air Sanji aimed a kick at Satori's neck however using his Mantra he easily avoided it whilst also kicking a ball in his direction. Before he hit the ground Sanji landed on his right hand and extended his legs outward and spun around striking the sphere at the last moment in the exact same spot Satori had kicked it sending it flying off in Hotori and Kotori's direction.
"Impossible, how did you figure it out!"
"Just because you say it'll explode on contact doesn't mean it will," Sanji replied getting back onto his feet. "Why would you be able to kick it but I'm not, you couldn't have made it any more obvious if you tried!"
Hotori and Kotori jumped to either side as the ball sailed past and slammed into a wall before exploding prompting Satori to lose his up until now ever present grin.
"You've already started ruining the game yet it's only just begun, attacking my younger Brothers like that have you no shame!"
"Pirate," Sanji replied lighting up another cigarette. "That's code for go fuck yourself."
"Grr, you'll get it now outsider! Hotori, Kotori, we're doing it now!"
"So soon?"
"But the trial just started!?"
"I said now, this one has to die right this second!"
"Fine!"
"Let's do this Bro!"
The spheres in the area began to all form up into a single file line, quickly connecting together as a larger ball with a dragon like mask placed over it appeared at the front which Satori jumped onto and sat down.
"You'll regret targeting my Brothers now outsider trash, this is usually my last resort technique but you get it for being an extra large pain in the ass! Tama Dragon!"
"Shit," Sanji growled as he began to run with the massive spherical Dragon chasing after him firing all sorts of attacks centred around what was inside of the balls.
As he ran Sanji found himself reaching a more intact section of the ruins and quickly began jumping up to the top with Satori hot on his heels. Once he reached the top Sanji did a back flip in an attempt to try and land on the Tama Dragon however it was then that Satori spun around and leapt at him directly.
"Impact Dial!"
Sanji grit his teeth as a sonic blast ripped through him sending him flying away back down toward the burning ground below.
"Did you really think it would be that easy!?"
Regaining his bearings Sanji used the momentary height advantage to quickly scout out the area and almost immediately noticed Hotori and Kotori who were trying and failing to hide themselves from view.
'Bingo!'
Adjusting his downward momentum Sanji spun around in midair with his right leg raised high above his head before beginning to spin around in a circular motion.
"Black Leg Style …"
"DON'T YOU DARE! HOTORI, KOTORI, ABOVE YOU," Satori screeched as the two younger Brothers of the resident ball bastard looked up only for one of them to receive Sanji's foot to the top of their skull.
"Concasse!"
Hotori dropped like a sack of potatoes as a loud cracking sound froze Kotori and Satori in place. Kotori screamed in horror as blood began to pour out of Hotori's eyes, ears, nose and mouth as Sanji concluded his attack which shattered his neck as his head met his shoulder blades.
Before either of the Brothers could react Sanji used Hotori's corpse as momentum and jumped back into the air whilst extending his right leg outward as he spun around in a full circle.
"Black Leg Style …"
Landing a powerful blow to Kotori's right side the sound of his ribs shattering upon impact seemed to snap Satori out of his shock as the other younger Brother was launched into the side of a flame infested building.
"Veau Shot!"
Screams could be heard moments later as Sanji landed back down next to Hotori's corpse as Kotori felt not only the pain from having all of the ribs on his right hand side shattered but being burnt alive as the building collapsed on top of him.
"A bit of tomato and onion and he'd probably make a good mince patty," Sanji said with a devilish grin as he took a drag from his cigarette whilst meeting Satori's horrified eyes.
"Y-you … what have you … my Brothers!"
"Don't worry you spherical freak because you're about to receive a full course that'll make those appetizers a distant memory."
"You bastard … HOW DARE YOU!"
Satori charged toward Sanji blinded by rage as he began firing out countless amounts of the spheres which quickly began to cover the area in craters, blades and even more flames however to his annoyance Sanji wouldn't stand still long enough for him to get a good shot on him.
"JUST STAND STILL AND DIE!"
"Yeah right," Sanji scoffed as he leapt up and used a half destroyed wall to propel himself up to the same height as Satori who was already stanced up with his Impact Dial ready. "This is it for you!"
"DIE OUTSIDER! Impact Dial!"
Making a palm thrust like motion Satori blasted Sanji right in the chest with the Impact Dial causing him to cough up blood however this time he was ready and didn't find himself blown back.
As Satori moved to use the same palm thrust like motion with his left hand Sanji's foot slammed his arm down prompting it to hit the Tama Dragon instead as the massive spherical beast began to shake violently.
With his left foot pinning down Satori's hand he used the split second he had to quickly strike Satori in the neck, his foot easily penetrating it before blasting the circular man backward into one of the regular balls which exploded impaling his back with over a dozen bladed weapons as he fell down into the fire below.
"Poitrine Shoot," Sanji panted as he landed back on the shaking Tama Dragon which was quickly falling down to meet Satori.
Jumping off of the Tama Dragon Sanji braced himself and rolled at the last moment upon touching the ground before turning around to watch as the Tama Dragon detonated setting off a large explosion.
The flames from the explosion stopped merely a metre from where he was standing prompting Sanji to relight his cigarette using the flames before turning around and beginning to walk away.
"Zeff always taught me to never waste food but you three, you three are worse than the off cut."
/Elsewhere In The Upper Yard/
As the fights raged on around the Upper Yard one man stood in his yard looking down upon the chaos below with a saddened expression. He knew such chaos would come one day yet there was no way he could prevent it, Enel was simply far too strong for him to handle.
"Quite lively these Pirates are aren't they?"
Turning around the old man sighed as he met the eyes of another old man, one far older then he was based on the look of understanding in his eyes.
"Did Enel send you to kill me Caster?"
"Call me Netero," Netero replied waving his right hand. "And from what I can tell I'm far from being on Enel's list of favourite people."
"But you are one of his Servants are you not?"
"Oho, is that what he would have you believe? No I refused to be bound to the man and we came to an agreement, one which was most recently voided when I aided some of those Pirates."
"So if you are not working for Enel then why did you come?"
"I can see the look in your eyes, it's the look that says you wish to do something to put an end to the madness yet you lack the strength necessary. I came to offer you a deal."
"A deal?"
"I will form a contract with you, use you to fuel my power as I challenge Enel," Netero said shocking the old man. "As I am now without a Master I cannot sustain my powers against a foe like him however you might just be able to give me what I need."
"Y-you would fight Enel in my place!?"
"Of course," Netero replied with a beaming smile. "Helping others is one of the many tenets we as human beings must live by otherwise we are no better than the beasts we claim to be apart from! Of course you wouldn't know much about being human though would you, God Gan Fall hmm?"
Gan Fall sighed as he turned his gaze back toward the trashed Upper Yard watching as explosions went off all around it, feeling the lives being cut short down there as he suppressed a shudder before turning back to face Netero.
"How do we do this, form a Master/Servant Contract I mean?"
"Simply take my hand as if you were giving me a handshake and state that you would like to form a contract with me," Netero said as he held out his hand which Gan Fall clasped firmly.
"I, Gan Fall, former God of Skypeia do hereby seek to form a contract with Caster …"
"Isaac Netero," Netero supplied with a smile prompting Gan Fall to nod.
"To form a contract with Caster Isaac Netero!"
"I, Caster Isaac Netero do hereby accept the contract knowingly and willingly binding myself to former God Gan Fall as his loyal Servant, instant death should I ever willingly turn my hand against him and a stain upon my Spirit Origin should I betray or kill him for my own personal gain!"
Gan Fall winced as he felt a burning sensation on his hand as the Command Seals flared into existence, blood pouring from them like an open wound until they ceased glowing.
"The contract has been forged," Netero said as his age seemed to recede to that of a man in his late forties rather than that of a man in his late sixties. "How may I serve you Master Gan Fall?"
"Enel," Gan Fall said weakly as he felt the power brimming from Netero. "Kill God Enel!"
"By your command Master," Netero said as he faded away leaving a shocked Gan Fall to turn and face his ever constant companion.
"Oh what have we done Pierre? I feel like I've just made things worse rather than better …"
"Pierre," the disgustingly pink Pegasus whinnied in response as the old God turned his eyes back toward the Upper Yard with a gut wrenching feeling that the worst of things had yet to begin.
Hope you all enjoyed that and I'll see you in the next one!