Hi guys Azza here!
Just a quick thing I kept forgetting to mention this but I fixed a critical error in Chapter Seven regarding the bounties of some of the Knights of the Round Table. In it I had Sir Tristan down twice where the Saber was actually Sir Lancelot but I've since corrected this. Sorry if this caused anyone any confusion.
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Dragonborn2704 – Well I've already introduced Archer Emiya Alter but there is another Servant on Enies Lobby however they won't appear right away.
Erasenpai946 – The quote on quote 'distraction' for Natsu is a Servant however as you'll find out this chapter the World Government are quite aware of who he is and how powerful he might be. They aren't entirely believing the stories they are hearing about him however the Five Elders know full well what they are dealing with in Natsu.
That being said his bounty will likely always be higher than Luffy's since he will be blamed for quite a lot of things just so the Five Elders can jack up his bounty to try and get people to go after him. They will also likely assume that he is teaching the other Straw Hats what he knows so all their bounties will be much larger than in canon because of this.
Anyway on with the story!
I do not own Fairy Tail, One Piece or the Nasuverse.
Enies Lobby Here We Come
/Luffy's POV/
"And here it is kids," Kokoro said cheerfully as her hand grabbed onto a cloth which covered a large object. "The prototype Sea Train, the Rocket Man!"
Pulling the sheet cover off everyone was surprised to see a man dressed in a janitor outfit sitting on an overly large chair reading the newspaper. Looking up from his paper the man sighed and shook his head.
"Rocket Man's over that way," he said as he pointed to the real Rocket Man which was currently being worked on by Iceburg of all people.
"Iceburg, what are you doing here," Zoro asked in confusion.
"And why are you working on the Sea Train in your condition," Nami added prompting the seriously injured Mayor to cease his work and sigh.
"I have a number of reasons however my main one is making sure you all can safely get to Enies Lobby."
"Why would you want to help us now?"
"Cipher Pol have been here for years, yes I knew all along that some of them were Government dogs however what could I alone do against them? Now they've roped your friend Robin and … Franky into this."
"But you wanted Robin dead before didn't you?"
"When she first shot me that was my natural reaction however she told me something before Blueno took her away using his Devil Fruit power, something that you all need to hear."
"Really?"
"She told me that Cipher Pol's leader, a right bastard by the name of Spandam, was given quite the devastating power by Admiral Aokiji of the Marines. Should Robin not comply with their demands Cipher Pol was authorized to use what is known as a 'Buster Call' on Water Seven."
"What's a Buster Call," Luffy asked in confusion only to see Nami's mortified look. "What?"
"You seriously don't know what a Buster Call is!?"
"Grew up with mountain bandits Nami, remember?"
"Oh right, well to put it simply a Buster Call is basically an automatic death sentence for wherever it is called on. An entire fleet of ships, each headed by someone of the Vice Admiral rank or higher is assembled depending on the threats located at the location and they wipe out everything at the location until nothing remains."
"They murder everyone!? Even the innocents!?"
"Not just people Straw Hat," Iceburg replied with a grimace. "They go so far as to have the island itself destroyed just to make sure whatever it was they were after is completely and utterly annihilated."
"But that's …"
"No wonder Robin wanted to get away from us," Zoro said in an even tone. "I have to admit when I heard she tried to leg it I thought why not just let her go, but now …"
"We're going to get her back aren't we," Nami asked as she looked to Luffy who was looking up through the glass window out at the raging thunderstorm.
"Robin's trying to sacrifice herself for our sake so of course we're going to get her, hell Natsu's already on his way as it is so we might as well catch up."
"And I've got to settle the score with Archer," Mordred replied walking into the room sporting a new appearance.
Gone was her more vibrant casual clothing and in its place were a pair of blue jeans with a pair of black combat boots, a black form fitting t shirt complete with a dark blue and black bomber with fingerless white gloves.
The only sign of her injuries was bandages wrapped around part of her face which had been scorched earlier by Archer's attack however her piercing emerald green eye could still be seen which gave her already chilling gaze even more bite.
"You'll get him," Zoro replied as he examined Mordred's form. "I know that look in your eyes well, don't lose sight of your goal."
"I won't," Mordred replied with a stiff nod. "Chopper is just packing up his things so we should be good to head out in a few minutes."
"WAIT!"
"Oh yeah forgot to mention that these guys were hanging around outside wanting to speak with you Luffy so Chopper and I let three of em in."
Looking to where Mordred was pointing everyone was surprised to see three members of the Franky Family standing in the doorway looking rather nervous.
"Please Straw Hat you've just gotta let us come along with ya!"
"We've gotta save big bro Franky!"
"Fine."
"Wait really, you'll let us come along just like that!?"
"I don't see why you can't; you wanna save Franky just like we wanna save Robin. Sure we were enemies at one point but if we're gonna pull this off we're better off working together."
"AWESOME," the trio shouted. "We'll just go get the rest of the guys it'll only take a sec!"
"Come on let's get on the train."
"Luffy are you sure we should let these guys come along," Zoro asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Look at it this way Zoro, worst comes to worst we have some disposable cannon fodder now don't we?"
Zoro smirked and clapped Luffy on the back as the pair entered the train with Mordred and Nami following close behind as the final preparations were made. Several minutes later with everyone on board the train began to depart from the warehouse with Kokoro gently steering it onto the tracks explaining that once the Rocket Man really began picking up speed it was virtually uncontrollable.
"So basically kids this is both figuratively and literally your one shot at saving your friends, better make it count!"
Nodding as the Rocket Man practically exploded into action everyone was thrown back against the far wall as the train embodied its name and shot off like a rocket.
/Sanji's POV/
Meanwhile on the Puffing Tom Sanji was making his way through the various train cars in an effort to save Robin. Having just killed several agents of Cipher Pol Aegis Six in the previous car without much issue he was confident he could handle what came next with ease. Opening the door to the car he was shocked to find only two guards keeping watch over Usopp and Franky who had now regained consciousness.
'Well this shouldn't be too hard,' he thought to himself as he entered a crouched stance before shooting off toward the closest agent.
"Black Leg Style: Collier Shoot!"
His blow struck the agent in the back of the neck, snapping his spine on impact and knocking him through the wall of the car and out into the ocean and alerting the other agent to his presence.
"Hey-!"
"Black Leg Style: Epaule Shoot!"
Jumping off of a nearby chair Sanji raised his right leg and brought it down hard on the man's shoulder as a loud snapping noise was heard causing the agent to cry out in pain before a subsequent blow to his face sent him flying through the door into the next train car.
"Sanji," Usopp cried out in shock.
"Hey Usopp," Sanji replied before kneeling down to untie him. "I'm honestly surprised to see you got captured so easily."
"Yeah well I was with Franky when those agents came in and grabbed us."
His eyes shifting to Franky for several moments Sanji tossed up what exactly he should do about the man until, to his shock, Usopp of all people began untying him.
"Are you sure you want to do that Usopp?"
"Franky and I have had a fair bit of time to talk Sanji, he's not as bad as you think."
"Bad enough to condone having you beaten to a bloody pulp though?"
"Hey I won't deny what I did was messed up but right now we don't have the luxury of picking who we team up with do we," Franky replied bluntly. "Those agents that took us are way stronger than these scrubs, especially Lucci."
"Oh my word, soldier are you alright!?"
All three snapped their heads to face the door before nodding to one another and falling back through the car Sanji had entered and jumping onto the train car roof. As they hid atop the previous train car they caught a glimpse of the one who had shouted earlier and were shocked to see an almost dead looking man walk into the car Franky and Usopp were held in.
"That's T Bone," Franky whispered. "Apparently he's a well liked Marine Captain and also really strong to boot."
"Should we fight him," Sanji asked prompting Franky to shake his head.
"He'll probably go back to the other carts you came through to check out the other soldiers you took out, he's super into helping his subordinates."
"Alright then I guess we'll pause here for a moment since I've got to make a call to the rest of the crew to let them know what's going on here," Sanji said as he pulled out a tiny Transponder Snail from his pocket and began to dial the number.
"Hello?"
"Nami, it's Sanji."
"Sanji! Where the hell are you!?"
"You didn't get my note?"
"What note, when would we have possibly had the time to get a note?"
"Never mind it's not important," Sanji sighed. "I managed to sneak onto the train Robin was taken on, Usopp and Franky were on board too but I've freed them and I'm here with them now."
"You managed to get on board!? Listen Sanji those CP9 guys are crazy strong, one of them took out Luffy with ease and one of their Servants beat Mordred so don't go doing anything crazy!"
"What, Mordred got beaten!?"
"Oi Sanji it's Luffy!"
"Oi Luffy is what Nami said true?"
"Yeah it's true but ignore what she said about not doing anything crazy."
"Huh?"
"If it weren't for Robin we, along with all of Water Seven, would have been killed by the World Government. Rescuing Robin is our top priority Sanji so do whatever you have to do to at least get her free from CP9!"
"You're damn right I will," Sanji replied with his eyes gaining a steely look. "I want a more thorough explanation of what you're talking about later but for now I'll do what it takes to get her back! But what should I do to get us out of here?"
"Natsu's on his way toward you guys and he seems really pissed off for some reason so he should be able to handle things once he gets there so for now do what you can to get Robin back to us Sanji!"
"Roger Captain," Sanji replied as the snail fell silent.
"All right guys it looks like we've got our work cut out for us."
"Damn right we do," Franky sighed. "Those CP9 guys won't be easy to get around."
"Yeah well you guys can count me out," Usopp said as he rose to his feet.
"Usopp what the hell are you talking about," Sanji snapped as he too rose to his feet. "Why aren't you gonna help us save Robin!?"
"I'm not a member of the Straw Hats anymore remember so there's no reason for me to get involved let alone declare war on the World Government!"
"But Usopp-!"
Before Sanji could say anything Usopp jumped off of the edge seemingly falling into the treacherous waters below as both Sanji and Franky looked at each other with a grimace.
"Let's just save your friend."
"Yeah …"
Climbing back down into the cabin both Sanji and Franky found themselves face to face with a shocked Marine who appeared to be struggling to say something.
"Uh …"
"They're-!"
"Special Attack: Mettalic Star!"
Being struck in the face with an exploding projectile the Marine was knocked out instantly as both Franky and Sanji spun around to confront the newcomer only to realize who it was.
"Hello there friends, Sogeking has come to the rescue! Never fear for brave warrior Usopp has already explained the situation to me several seconds ago declaring that this was a situation best suited for none other than myself!"
"You know who this is right," Franky whispered to Sanji who nodded sadly. "What do we do?"
"Let's just play along for now, I'd rather not hurt his feelings any more than they already are."
"Yeah I guess you're right," Franky replied whilst sending a pitying glance toward Usopp. "Hey there Sogeking, thanks for the … save."
"It was no trouble Franky after all we are all in this together! Now let us move on and save Nico Robin!"
"I think that we should first think of a solid plan before we proceed," Sanji said prompting both Sogeking and Franky to nod in agreement. "We know that this T Bone guy is strong and there are plenty of Marines and Cipher Pol agents running around so our best bet is to try and get them into one spot and finish them off."
"I might have a better idea Sanji," Sogeking declared proudly as he brought the pair closer and began to whisper unnecessarily.
/First Car Of The Puffing Tom/
As Sanji, Sogeking and Franky prepared to combat the Marines and Cipher Pol Agents the members of CP9 sat in the front car seemingly unfazed by the events occurring in the other train cars.
Rob Lucci sat silently in the corner seemingly content with observing the rain outside until Archer walked in and sat down in front of him.
"The intruder was one of the Straw Hats just as I predicted."
Your thoughts?"
"Detatch the rail cars, only ours is necessary to complete the mission," Archer replied prompting Lucci to shake his head.
"We need Cutty Flam as well otherwise Spandam will throw a tantrum again."
"A pathetic pawn that Spandam …"
"Indeed however he is our superior and we are merely servants of the World Government."
"Also true," Archer conceded. "You did ensure the appropriate countermeasures were taken to slow down Dragneel didn't you?"
"Of course I did however given your intel on him I doubt it will do much to slow him down, Spandam is an idiot after all and doesn't believe Dragneel to be as strong as you claim Archer."
"So what has he allocated to try and slow him down?"
"Eight Man O Wars and Four Frigates," Lucci replied in a disappointed tone."
"You truly should let me dispose of him Lucci, no one would ever know …"
"It would be far too obvious it was one of us Archer, the head of Cipher Pol Aegis Nine being assassinated would almost immediately draw eyes onto us."
"Not if he were to be seen falling off of the Tower of Justice in broad daylight willingly."
"Could you-no we can't do that, not yet anyway."
"I will win you over one of these days Lucci," Archer replied before turning his attention toward Robin. "So what is so important about the girl anyway that it warrants all of this?"
"Yes I suppose it is only fair to learn why the girl is so important, her story is one quite rarely spoken of even by the upper brass," Lucci replied as his gaze settled on Robin. "To put it simply she is a wanted criminal not because she committed any real crime or because she is a runaway slave, no she is a criminal just because she knows how to read the Poneglyphs."
"Those strange cubes that speak of old history?"
"The ability to read those texts is a forbidden one and anyone caught with it should be immediately executed however Nico Robin has managed to avoid that fate for over a decade, until now that is."
"How interesting," Archer mused with his gaze lingering over Robin for several more moments before shifting away. "The speed of our train has increased; some of the cars have been detached."
"Yeah, I felt it too," Lucci replied as his gaze drifted to Blueno. "Have Nero check things out."
"Of course," Blueno replied as he opened a door and vanished.
"We're almost there, keep vigilant Archer."
"Was already on it, Master."
/Luffy's POV – Several Minutes Later/
"Oi guys we're coming up on a train," one of the members of the Franky Family shouted prompting the others to frown in mild confusion.
"This thing's fast but there's no way we'd have caught up with them yet," Nami pointed out as the group looked out the window. "There are two train cars on the track!"
"Get them out of the way Zoro," Luffy ordered as the swordsman nodded and opened the window, hopping on top of the fast train as he placed a hand on his top blade.
"One Sword Style: Rashomon!"
To the shock of everyone not familiar with Zoro's skills both train cars were easily sliced in half allowing the train to pass by safely. As he was about to get down Zoro noticed a rather unusual sight and paused mid step.
"Dead Sea Kings? Someone strong is just up ahead …"
"Oi Zoro there's a zombie on the tracks," Luffy called out prompting Zoro to stand up and narrow his eyes on the barely visible path ahead.
Sure enough there was a man who definitely resembled a zombie walking along the tracks, his sword stained with fresh Sea King blood as he turned around to face the oncoming train.
"H-holy shit!"
"What is it," Luffy asked turning to the member of the Franky Family who was now shaking like a leaf.
"On the tracks there, that's the Ship Cutter!"
"Ship Cutter?"
"He's a Marine Captain from Headquarters, Ship Cutter T Bone! The man slices up Man O Wars like they're steak!"
"Really? Man that's pretty cool," Luffy replied to the shock of the Franky family members.
"What the hell do you mean it's cool, I don't wanna die today! Boys get the cannons ready!"
The sounds of cheering rang out over the thunderstorm as the various members of the Franky Family began climbing up toward the cannons only for Luffy to silence them.
"Oi stop!"
"Huh, what do you mean stop!? We stop and the Rocket Man is gonna become nothing more than scrap metal!"
"Were you guys asleep a minute ago," Luffy replied as he motioned toward Zoro who was unusually stiff. "Leave it to Zoro, don't interfere."
Looking at the oncoming car for several moments before he spoke Zoro prepared himself for the inevitable fight.
"Oi I'll only say this once, get out of our way!"
T Bone grit his teeth as he thought about the way he had just come, the severed train cars which held his precious subordinates would have been in the direct path of the train so there wasn't a chance in hell they didn't collide at some point.
It then occurred to T Bone that they must be the ones Lucci spoke of earlier, the Straw Hat Pirates meaning they were Nico Robin's crewmates looking to take her back. The man at the front must be Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro, a criminal of the highest degree!
"I am a Marine Headquarters Captain," T Bone shouted as he drew his blade from his back. "These tracks lead to the very root of Justice, I will not be disgraced! I'm going to slice every last one of you neatly in half!"
"I can't let that happen," Zoro replied as he put on his bandana. "Because what we're after is straight past you!"
Drawing all three blades Zoro narrowed his eyes at the man almost as if he could feel the killing intent seeping from the Marine.
'This guy's strong …'
"Come," T Bone cried as he began sprinting toward the Rocket Man. "I hate crooked swordsmanship! One Sword Style: Right Angle Flying Bird-!"
"Three Sword Style: Ox Demon!"
Mordred, who had been watching Zoro's actions with mild interest was shocked at the faint Crimson glow in Zoro's left eye which seemed to give him the power to propel himself faster than the Rocket Man.
"-Giant Bone Bird!"
T Bone fired the largest aerial slash attack Mordred had seen in this world so far by a regular human that easily eclipsed the track and was shocked further when it began to zig zag around before locking onto Zoro's location.
To the shock of everyone however Zoro shattered the attack with one swing, zooming past its dissipating form as T Bone entered a ready stance.
"Die Pirate Hunter!"
The pair clashed however Zoro easily riposted the Ship Cutter sending his sword flying into the ocean depths, shocking the zombie like Captain as another blade stabbed him through the shoulder sending him flying off of the track.
As the man flew he just so happened to fly past everyone who was standing on top of the Rocket Man, all bearing gaping expressions as they watched such a legendary figure fly past having been defeated so easily.
Zoro jumped into the air and landed back on top of the train, sheathing his blades before turning to Luffy and giving him a stiff nod.
"Good job Zoro," Luffy said with a grin. "See I told you guys to just leave it to Zoro didn't I?"
"How the hell did you beat the Ship Cutter so easily," one of the Franky Family members shouted in disbelief.
"Well it was actually quite simple really," Zoro replied as he took off his bandana and wrapped it back around his left arm. "I was just more skilled than he was."
At Zoro's declaration Mordred had to suppress a snort knowing full well how he pulled off the feat. During Water Seven there was no conceivable way he could outpace something like the Rocket Man and there was no way he could suddenly improve to such an extent to where such a drastic increase was justifiable.
No Mordred knew just how he'd done it however it brought into question why it had occurred and why so soon? Was it thanks to Natsu subtly exuding his Aura onto them in the hopes it would awaken their dormant power or was it perhaps the result of the training he'd put them through? Either way the upcoming battles at Enies Lobby were shaping up to be interesting to say the least.
"We shouldn't be too far from Enies Lobby now guys," Kokoro's voice called out over the intercom as the group turned to face the front of the train, steeling themselves for what was to come.
/Sanji's POV/
Closing the door to the cabin Sanji sighed as he clapped his hands together. He had just defeated the chef of the train, a man by the name of Wanze who for some inexplicable reason could utilize ramen in a unique fighting style aptly dubbed Ramen Kenpo all without a Devil Fruit, at least in his opinion.
Taking several steps forward he found himself jumping backward as the body of a badly beaten agent came crashing through the roof with Franky following soon after. The man was out cold and Franky had some minor injuries but he was otherwise alright.
"You alright?"
"Yeah I'm fine but this bastard was a member of CP9, a guy by the name of Nero I think he said his name was. How'd your side go?"
"Beat the shit out of a midget named Wanze who could manipulate Ramen to fight for him somehow."
"Kind of wish I got to fight that guy now," Franky sighed. "So where'd your friend go?"
"He slipped off when the fights started so who knows where he ended up," Sanji sighed shaking his head. "For now there's only the rest of CP9 between us and Robin though so we're almost home free."
"You say that like its gonna be easy!"
"Indeed, you act as if defeating us is going to be but a mere chore."
Both Franky and Sanji were shocked as Blueno appeared behind them and kicked Franky in the side, knocking him into Sanji as both found themselves blown across the room.
"You actually thought you had a chance when even your Captain couldn't beat us," Blueno snorted in amusement. This pathetic farce ends now."
"Franky!"
"Right I've got your back," the cyborg replied as Sanji jumped into an upright position and charged the man who simply sighed and shook his head.
"You lot never learn do you, Tekkai!"
Landing a kick to the agent's side Sanji was shocked to find it did no damage whatsoever. Franky twisted his right arm revealing several chambers in his arm opened fire on the man with a hail of bullets however even those proved to be entirely ineffective with Blueno looking at the pair clearly bored.
"You might have beaten Nero however he was but a rookie to the Six Powers; we are masters of the Six Powers and are far beyond you pathetic pirates."
In the span of a few seconds Blueno had landed multiple blows to the pair with Sanji getting knocked through the window, his foot barely keeping him on the train as he caught himself on a handle outside.
"Now as for you Cutty Flam, Chief Spandam still needs you …"
"Special Attack: Mettalic Star!"
The attack struck Blueno in the back of the head leaving nothing more than a slight trail of steam from where he'd been struck as he turned around to face the shocked Sogeking.
"You are the sniper of the Straw Hats; go the way of your friend!"
Grabbing onto Franky Blueno vanished through a door with Sogeking being sent flying through the air several moments later as he crashed through several nearby chairs.
"Your futile rescue attempt ends here."
Looking over to the doorway Sogeking noticed that Blueno had disconnected the train car as the Puffing Tom began to gain distance between them. Helpless to go after them Sogeking moved toward the window and helped Sanji get back inside.
"Are you alright Sanji?"
"That guy hits like a slab of metal, what the hell even is he," Sanji grunted as he ran a hand over his ribs. "Nothing broken at least just a few minor scratches."
"So what do we do now?"
"There's only one thing we can do," Sanji sighed as he looked out the window at the faint light in the distance. "We wait for the others to catch up and continue toward Enies Lobby with them."
/Puffing Tom Rail Line – Five Minutes From Enies Lobby/
The train went completely uninterrupted as it flew past a Marine blockade, the Man O Wars and Frigates all positioned and ready to try and halt anyone trying to reach Enies Lobby without authorization.
The fleet was briefed on the nature of their mission and came fully prepared with the latest tech given to them via the Vegapunk Science Labs and the high tech Servants who also had begun manufacturing tech on behalf of the World Government.
The man in charge of the operation was a decorated Marine, a veteran from what many would call the old era. Vice Admiral Krant was a man who had fought against countless Pirates from the old era and lived to tell the tale so Marine Headquarters were certain he could get the job done despite advice to the contrary from their Servant counterparts.
"All right men it's time for the hourly check," Krant said as his words were broadcast across to the fleet via Transponder Snail.
"The Puffing Tom passed by earlier Vice Admiral but other than that it's just the storm as usual."
"Hold on a minute," another Marine said putting the rest on edge. "Look at the horizon!"
Krant pulled out his binoculars and was shocked at what he saw. Moving so fast he'd not only split the sea Natsu was charging right toward them, steam almost obscuring him from view until he seemed to notice the blockade up ahead and suddenly stopped in place.
"ALL HANDS WE HAVE VISUAL CONTACT! I REPEAT ALL HANDS DRAGNEEL HAS BEEN SIGHTED, PREPARE FOR BATTLE." Krant roared over the snails as all the lights on the ships were directed toward the now collapsing oceanic ravine he'd created.
Looking at them with a steely gaze Natsu allowed himself to be swallowed up by the ocean putting the Marines on edge since he was likely trying to approach them from underwater.
"Stay calm men," Krant ordered sharply. "He's trying to unnerve us!"
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!"
To the shock of all the Marines one of the ships began to rise from the water as black tentacles began to envelop the hull in frightening numbers. The Marines on board quickly opened fire on them and attacked them with everything they had however with each tentacle destroyed two simply took its place as they began assaulting the crew.
Eventually the massive grotesque tentacle was revealed to be Natsu's arm which had split off into several large tentacles that had wrapped around themselves before shooting upward in order to wrap around such a large mass as the Frigate. Lifting the ship high into the air Natsu turned to face the fleet and threw at two others which had drifted close together effectively destroying all three in one move.
His arm reverted to normal as he vanished and reappeared on the deck of one of the Man O Wars, steam still emanating from his body as he stalked forward, arms converting into claw like appendages as his eyes began to glow Crimson Red and Galaxy Blue.
"OPEN FIRE!"
Vanishing from sight Natsu appeared behind the group of Marines that tried to shoot him, their upper bodies having been torn apart faster than they could react.
"Fire upon the Frigate," Krant ordered as the Marines hastily moved to comply as all the guns were aimed in Natsu's direction "FIRE!"
Dozens of cannonballs were hurled Natsu's way at high speed however he simply raised his right claw hand and froze them in midair before gathering them all into one single pile and tossed them into the side of one of the Man O Wars.
"Vice Admiral, your battle suit is ready," one of the Marines cried out over the hail of gunfire and screaming as Natsu moved onto the next ship.
"Well done, keep holding this monster off until I'm all set up!"
Back with Natsu he was tearing apart the assembled fleet, butchering the Marines and crippling their ships without suffering so much as a scratch. Vanishing from sight he appeared atop the last Man O War and raised his leg high above his head with it converting into a blade.
The Marines were shocked as the blade rapidly began to extend to the point they could no longer see its end as Natsu brought to down upon the Man O War, slicing it clean in two before redirecting it toward the last Frigate left.
"That's far enough Dragneel!"
Turning around Natsu was surprised to see a Marine clad in a strange stone like armor complete with a sword standing on what remained of the Man O War.
"You've gone far enough Dragneel but it ends here now that I have my Seastone Armor on!"
Turning fully to face the man Natsu entered an offensive stance prompting Krant to adopt one of his own before charging the Hybrid.
"No one has ever survived my Seastone Armor," Krant shouted out as he raised his sword high above his head, the familiar black substance that was Armament Haki coating his blade forcing Natsu to lean backward to avoid the strike.
Krant believed that Natsu being forced to dodge meant that he had indeed gotten the upper hand early on and so he began to try and attack Natsu with a wild flurry of slashes with some slicing apart not just the ship they were on but several others as well. It wasn't until the sound of a clash that Krant snapped out of his momentary stupor.
Natsu had drawn his own sword with his other hand having returned into that of a normal human, surprising Krant that he could match his Haki infused Seastone Blade with a regular one until it dawned on him.
"You're using an advanced for of Armament Haki all the time aren't you … that's how your attacks pack so much power!"
Natsu didn't even bother to answer as he pushed Krant back and went on the offensive with his blade whilst leaving behind tiny droplets of his Demonic self with each step.
"You are powerful Dragneel I'll give you that but we're not about to lose here, this armor is made from Seastone and not even the strongest attack can pierce it!"
True to his word Natsu began focusing power into the stone armor and was surprised to find that not even his Crash Magic could shatter it. The Man O War the pair were fighting on was mostly sunk with what little remained being torn apart as the pair fought one another throwing attack after attack with little effect.
"You see Dragneel even your power can be tamed!"
"What do you know about my power," Natsu growled as he paused mid swing. "You think THIS is the extent of what I can do!?"
Krant was shocked as Natsu kicked him off of the ship and into the water below, his seastone armor adapting to the water quickly however it was too late for what was to come for the poor Vice Admiral.
"You want to see a taste of true power Vice Admiral? Enjoy the last pathetic moments of your existence from the depths of the sea!"
A force slammed into Krant that propelled him underwater, his form quickly smashing into the bedrock at the bottom. Although his helmet was sealed he was still in trouble since he had a limited air supply and the force clearly wasn't going to go away anytime soon however things only got worse once his vision adjusted to see a bright blue light just above the water.
The light vanished as Natsu appeared mere inches before Krant, his entire body coated in a purple Aura with dark blue sparks of lightning crackling around his form.
"This is it for you Vice Admiral," Natsu's voice echoed throughout Krant's mind. "This is what happens when you try and stop me from doing what I want!"
The blue sparks began to intensify as Krant felt the volts begin to enter his body through the unsealed portions of his armor. With his body convulsing Krant could only scream however he was fortunate enough to have hit an emergency switch on his person given to him in case Natsu was far too much for he and his squad to handle.
Just as his vision began to fade Natsu suddenly retreated several metres away as the water around them began to heat up. Looking back to Krant he saw the man desperately trying to flee and dismissed the strange actions as being his doing and instead focused on trying to locate the source.
"So you are the one I've been told could destroy entire countries single handedly eh?"
Spinning around again Natsu swam forward toward a large ravine and was shocked as a massive ebony sphere began to emerge, its size easily eclipsing a Man O War with its form covered in navy blue and white neon lights.
"You think we weren't prepared to hold you back Dragneel, you and the revolutionary scum on Eden aren't the only ones with access to Servants and their technological marvels!"
Natsu's eyes widened as the sphere opened its outer shell and began firing beams of condensed blue lightning which caused a chain reaction in the water effectively frying Natsu where he floated.
The singular eye portion of the sphere blinked twice before it began to glow a dark purple colour and fired a massive beam that shot Natsu back up to the surface and into the air, blowing a hole clean through his chest as he crashed through the mast of a half sunk Man O War and caught himself in its net.
"What … what the fuck is that thing," Natsu coughed violently as large splotches of blood stained the deck of the ship.
"A technological marvel of the partnership between Doctor Vegapunk and the countless Servants the World Government has at its disposal that's what!"
Forcing the wound in his chest to regenerate faster Natsu rose to face the sphere as it rose from the depths, its neon lights shining across the area as another navy blue set of lights turned on to show not only the symbol of the World Government but the Celestial Dragons as well.
A Product Of Vegapunk Labs
Advent Of The Celestials
Servitor Overmind Barbat0s Prime MK I
"You actually thought we would let you stop us from enacting Justice on Nico Robin," the cocky voice taunted through what Natsu assumed were built in speakers. "Many of our Servants have told us all about you, about the mighty King Of Balance who would rally the neutral and enemy Servants under the flag of Eden and move to overthrow us so we've decided to eliminate you now before you become a larger threat in the future!"
"You think that fucking floating toy is gonna be enough to stop me," Natsu growled as the steam began to rise from his form again, thunder roaring and lightning cracking behind him as he rose to his full height. "I've killed GODS, what is your little sphere going to do to me!?"
"It seems you haven't noticed it yet have you, what Barbot0s is made out of," the sphere operator taunted as Natsu took a closer look.
"I-impossible!"
"Wahahaha! Yes indeed we have acquired the aid of one of those so called Gods, one who knows you all too well! It took the use of Command Seals but we had them begin producing this high quality ebony material all you higher beings boast about and have created technological marvels with them such as Barbat0s here!"
"Who the hell are you," Natsu asked through grit teeth as the person controlling the sphere laughed again.
"I suppose since you'll be dying here it couldn't hurt to tell you. I'm Spandam, Director of Cipher Pol Aegis Nine and the man who will be known throughout the world as the man who finally caught and passed Absolute Justice upon Nico Robin!"
"Cipher Pol …"
"Wahahaha! I can see your form trembling even at the mere mention of our mighty organization, unfortunately for you the order for your execution has already been passed down from the Five Elders themselves so there will be no escape!"
"You think I'm trembling," Natsu said quietly as the wood beneath him began to splinter and crack under the force of the power he was trying to hold back. "I'm not scared, I'm pissed off!"
"What-!"
Spandam was shocked as Natsu flew up into the air above the sphere and began to form a sphere of flame that rapidly expanded into something far larger than Barbat0s' own form.
"What the hell is that!"
"You Cipher Pol bastards already pissed me off but now I'm starting to feel my own self control slip! I'm gonna trash this sphere and then I'm coming to Enies Lobby, the place won't have a living soul left in it once I'm done!"
"You think you can just threaten me like that! Barbat0s, ATTACK!"
Barbat0s made several beeping noises as its form began to shift as it fired the large beam at Natsu again however this time he was ready as the massive flaming sphere in his own hand doubled in size.
"Hybrid's Aura: Flame Monarch's Supernova!"
Launching his own attack at the beam the two attacks began to struggle against one another however Natsu vanished and appeared behind the sphere, a smaller version of the attack already beginning to form in his hand which he launched at its back.
"Hybrid's Aura: Flame Monarch's Destabilizing Nova!"
Barbat0s made several loud beeping noises as a navy blue coloured shield appeared around it however it was too late as Natsu's Crash Magic infused attack shattered it effortlessly.
"IMPOSSIBLE," Spandam cried as the Nova blew a hole through the sphere with it coming out the other side.
"Better get ready Spandam because now I have your name I won't stop until Robin is free," Natsu growled as he appeared in front of the single eye on the sphere. "You'll also be telling me where this Servant you have enslaved is so I can free them, you lot won't be having your way anymore!"
"THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, THE EBONY HAS NEVER BEEN DAMAGED BEFORE BY ANYTHING ASIDE FROM SEASTONE! HOW CAN THIS BE!"
"See you soon Spandam," Natsu replied with a chilling grin as his jaw unhinged to reveal a third flaming sphere at the base of his throat which he fired directly into the eye of Barbat0s, blowing yet another hole through it as the sphere slowly floated backward and began to shake violently.
"YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS DRAGNEEL! THE WORLD GOVERNMENT WILL-!"
The audio was cut off as the sphere exploded as pieces of ebony rained down around the rail line below leaving Natsu to contemplate just how drastically this world had been altered.
"I'm going to have to have a long meeting with Shanks after this," he sighed before taking off in the direction of Enies Lobby once more.
Tales From The Tale Verse
Alucard's Worldwide Tour – Now With 80% More Vampire Nazi's I
Das Ist Gut Ja?
/Alucard's POV/
"And now Alucard we shall finally end this long and storied war between us! The climax I've been waiting for is almost within reach I can almost-!"
"Yeah I'm gonna have to say no homo to that one buddy, big tittied Draculina at home waiting for me and all that. No offense of course!"
"Are you really making jokes when I'm about to have you killed Alucard? Honestly I must commend you … NOW LET THE FINAL CLIMAX COMMENCE JA!"
So you guys probably have no idea what's going on right now huh, I mean this is ME we're talking about after all so I can't say I blame any of you for falling off of the wild ride that is Count Dracula's life.
I suppose since we've got some time I should tell you about the time Major McDonalds captured me in an attempt to commit genocide of the human race. Yeah bet you guys weren't expecting that one huh I mean that fat fuck actually managing to capture me!?
For real though let's get this story started shall we …
So there I was sitting at home minding my OWN business when suddenly …
"Alucard are you in here?"
"What is it now Seras?"
"Our butler went rouge and tried to kill me again."
"Again? Where is Integra picking these chumps up from," Alucard sighed not even looking up from his book. "What wackjob group is this guy from?"
"…"
"It was the Nazis again wasn't it?"
"No …"
"Seras please tell me it was the Nazis," Alucard said as his gaze slowly drifted to her clearly annoyed face.
"Fine it was the fucking Nazis!"
"YES," Alucard roared as he leapt from his seat destroying it in the process. "Finally that walking piece of lard has decided to show himself again!"
"Alucard …"
Looking to Seras he saw her almost downcast look and cringed at his lack of thought on the subject and moved to place a hand on Seras's cheek.
"Don't you see Seras that we can finally end things with him once and for all? No more wondering if he's scheming to take anything else from us, no more pointless raids to find the remains of his twisted experiments. But most importantly …"
"What?"
"Revenge," Alucard replied with a dark grin showing off his jagged teeth with Seras doing the same mere moments after as both unconsciously activated their Aura. "Inform Integra, she won't let me go if you aren't the one to tell her."
"I already figured that, not after that mess you caused out at that farm the other day-."
"Hey that pig deserved it!"
"That was the farmer's Daughter …"
"Same thing!"
"Alucard!"
"Fine fine I MAY have gone a tiny bit overboard."
"You wiped the entire village off of the map after she tried to hug you, a bit overboard if you ask me."
"Why are you mad I obliterated a woman for coming onto me, speaking of which wasn't it you who slaughtered that entire apartment complex because that one girl offered me a good time?"
"Don't act like you didn't check her out after that I was watching your eyes so I did what needed to be done!"
"By killing her, her family, her distant relatives and her neighbours?"
"Yes."
"Oh I see so I'm not allowed to blow up a village but you get to kill whoever you want."
"How about the both of you are a major pain in my ass and make me want to retire."
"Ah Integra we were just about to come looking for you," Alucard replied cheerfully as the head of the Hellsing Organization slowly entered the room. "Looking as spry as ever!"
"Another joke like that and I'll have you chained up on the roof," Integra hissed as Seras slapped him over the head.
"What was that for!?"
"You know Miss Integra doesn't like to hear about her age, show some respect!"
"Why does it matter she's still got a banging bod for a sixty year old?"
"Coming from a man who said he would quote 'drop these pants and show old Liz what's good' I don't really feel all that flattered," Integra replied in a flat voice. "Enough about this shit though what is this I've heard about the latest butler being another Nazi?"
"Major Lardass sent him no doubt so Seras and I were about to see you to get permission to kill him!"
"Judging by your excitement this is for revenge I take it," Integra replied only to sigh when the pair nodded. "You have my permission but this isn't an official Hellsing sanctioned mission so you two are on your own if you fuck things up somewhere."
"Crystal clear boss," Seras replied with a mock salute. "Thanks for letting us go!"
"I wouldn't dare deny you the chance," Integra replied as she turned to look out the window and lit her cigar. "It hurt me a great deal to see what happened to you Seras and it made me hate being so old and incapable."
"Miss Integra …"
"Go and kill that piece of shit, end this Nazi nonsense once and for all you two and if you come back without his head on a pike there'll be no virgin blood for a month!"
"Not the virgin blood!"
"Anything but that Miss!"
"You know what to do, don't get caught and for God's sake don't bring home another stray!"
"No promises Integra," Alucard replied with a toothy grin that made Integra sigh.
"How am I not dead from the stress you two put me through I'll never know. I'll run this by the palace, the royals will want to know where dear Uncle Alucard and Aunt Seras went when they don't show up to Friday's dinner."
"Ah we forgot about that …"
"Who cares about food when we can kill lardass instead," Alucard replied with a dark chuckle.
"We'll do our best to get this done as quick as we can Miss Integra," Seras said sincerely as Integra nodded in response.
"Good. Your friend aided in the capture of the Major once but the damage he caused was significant, upon his escape it was even more so. Don't allow him another chance by trying to rush. Godspeed Alucard, Seras."
"Godspeed to you too Integra, you look like you need it," Alucard replied with an ear to ear grin before being wacked over the head by her cane.
"You annoying little shit stop making fun of me!"
"My apologies, we'll be going now."
"Hope you die Alucard!"
"Heh, love you too Integra," Alucard replied as he opened up a portal for both himself and Seras as they began their search for the Major once more.
Hope you guys all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next one!