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Midnightscar17 – Trust me, I'm well aware at how stupid it would be to do that so I will easily say no its not. I have zero plans of adding him into this arc simply because he not only thematically doesn't fit but just isn't necessary at all. Power wise there are already going to be so many OP Servants and characters running around that he'd be wasted.
Greer123 – I wouldn't say that, realistically its going to be about dead even. The World Government has its own Servants still, the Three Generals plus General Makenshi, Archer Of The Black Devil, Rider Of The Axis as well as Tiberius Squad who are all stupidly broken. Plus, Berserker Of The White Dragon is also stupidly broken as you'll come to find out soon.
Anyway, onto the story!
I do not own Fairy Tail, One Piece or the Nasuverse.
Advance Toward The Rampart Walls
/Marineford Bay/
"Marco, Jozu, hold a moment," Gawain called out over the gunfire as the two Commanders skidded to a stop.
"Gawain?"
"What's the problem!?"
"Nothing major," Gawain replied quickly before motioning at the ground beneath them. Jozu, I've got an idea …"
"Oh, and what's that," the Third Division Commander asked with an amused grin as Gawain waved him on over and explained to him the specifics. "You crazy bastard, that's definitely doable!"
"Good! Marco, we need to cover Jozu for a moment," Gawain said suddenly which prompted Marco to adopt a confused expression.
"Cover Jozu? From what?"
Gawain simply responded by pointing his blade behind Marco, the Vice Captain turning around to see most of the Vice Admirals and Lieutenant Generals charging in their direction.
"Ah …"
"Go on ahead Marco, I'll only need a few seconds," Jozu grinned before turning around and cracking his knuckles.
"You heard him, let's do it," Gawain shouted as he shot toward the charging Officers with Marco close behind. "I wonder how many more I'll take out than you?"
"Heh, a wager?"
"You bet," Gawain grinned beneath his helmet as the pair bumped fists before vanishing and appearing to the far left and right of the Officers respectively.
"WHAT-!?"
"SO FAST!"
"You didn't think we'd be pushovers, did you," Marco laughed as he turned his arms into Phoenix Wings and slammed into an entire group of Vice Admirals, sending them skidding backward.
"Yeah, we've got pretty important people to impress," Gawain added as he raised his blade high, the entire length becoming covered in a substance as golden as the surface of the Sun itself. "So kindly … take it like men!"
Firing a powerful blast of Solar Energy with a downward slash, the Lieutenant Generals were forced to jump back or be incinerated on the spot. The sheer heat from the attack melted the ice which left a small fissure running the entire length of the area from where the attack had been launched all the way to the farthest rampart wall.
"Damn, I felt the heat off of that," Marco whistled in a mixture of respect and awe. "You really are the Knight Of The Sun, huh?"
"So I've been told," Gawain laughed as the ground started to shake. "Alright, that was all the time Jozu needed!"
Looking over toward the Division Commander, he'd punched the ground hard enough to shake the entire area with a Diamond Fist. From the point of impact, the ice started to crack in two separate directions before forming a massive circle.
"All right guys, I'm good to go!"
"Hit em Jozu," Gawain said as both he and Marco pulled back from the shocked Officers.
Gritting his teeth, Jozu pulled out a monstrous block of ice that was easily as large as the entire Execution Plaza itself. Growling as he pulled it up from its wedged position, he suddenly lobbed it over his head.
"LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'LL DO ABOUT THIS!?"
Everyone watched in shock as the massive chunk of ice started falling down upon the Execution Plaza, wondering if Jozu had lost his mind or not? Every last person there would be killed if it landed due to its sheer size and mass, Ace included.
"Those two fools …"
Suddenly, Admiral Akainu rose from his chair and took several steps forward, his gaze locked firmly onto the looming block of icy death high above.
"If all three of us left our positions," Akainu growled as his right clenched fist started to heat up until it was bright red. "Then who would cover for us at times like these!?"
Cocking back, Akainu's fist seemingly erupted into a fiery burst of magma. Throwing a punch from his stationary position, his attack extended outward toward the oncoming threat.
"Magma Magma: Great Eruption!"
Akainu's punch smashed into the massive ice attack and completely obliterated it with his punch actively slowing down into a giant stream of magma that hung in the air purely on Akainu's will alone.
"Pirate trash," Akainu snarled as his attack started to break up into hundreds of fiery balls of death. "Magma Magma: Meteor Volcano!"
Everyone gathered below started to fall back as magma-based projectiles started raining down upon them from the follow up attack. Although the Paladin's shields were capable of withstanding the attacks, the magma that fell down upon those they were trying to shield forced the Whitebeard Pirates themselves to fall back.
Standing atop the Moby Dick, Whitebeard and the Kings watched the magma rain with deep frowns as their forces started to slowly lose ground. Looking upward, Whitebeard watched as a magma projectile headed straight in his direction and smirked.
"Akainu … You think you're cool with your fire, huh?"
Thrusting his naginata upward, he caught the attack with ease and brought it close to his face. Taking a deep breath, he blew it out on the spot leaving behind nothing more than a giant charred rock.
"Kids like you should stick to lighting birthday cakes, leave the real fire for the adults to play with," Whitebeard grinned as he locked eyes with the smirking Akainu.
"I'd rather use it to light your funeral pyre, Whitebeard."
"Heh, cocky magma brat!"
/Mordred's POV/
"Damn, those Admirals are tough bastards," Mordred growled as she stabbed a soldier through the chest.
"I assume you've got a grudge against Kizaru?"
"Just had to bring that up, didn't you Lancelot?"
"For once I'm not making fun of you," the Knight Of The Lake replied as he parried a downward strike and spun around to slay several soldiers that had moved within range of his blade. "I'm merely curious!"
"Honestly, I don't hate him personally," Mordred replied as she deflected several gunshots from a nearby Soldier before jumping backward as a cannon blast struck the area. "He was justified in attacking me since I had one of his subordinates hostage! I'm just mad I let my guard down that badly!"
Lancelot struck down several more Marines and Soldiers that were between himself and Mordred with the pair now back-to-back and adopting defensive stances. Each struck down several more foes before looking at each other and nodding ever so slightly.
"Acre Thrust!"
"Sacred Strike!"
Mordred leapt at the most heavily armoured opponent on her side and stabbed him right through the helmet, killing him instantly as Clarent released a powerful aerial slash attack to follow up that tore through the ranks behind him.
Likewise, Lancelot swung his blade horizontally to fire out a powerful blast of Divine Energy. The attack practically incinerated the first three rows of enemies before him and tore apart the bodies of several more behind them.
The two quickly were at each other's backs once more, not even remotely feeling fatigued as they looked out at the seemingly endless sea of enemies before them.
"I can't even remember a battle such as this, can you!?"
"No! The largest battle I can remember was Camlann and that didn't even have a fraction of the troop size this battle does!"
"We're really right in the thick of it then," Lancelot shouted back right as an explosion went off next to them, inadvertently killing the very soldiers it was meant to be supporting. "Come on, let's try and link up with Gawain, Jozu and Marco again!"
"I'll clear us a path," Mordred replied as Clarent became coated in Sacred Fire. "OUT OF THE WAY!"
Swinging her blade horizontally, Mordred incinerated a good majority of the forces in her path, effectively cutting them a path through the sea of troops. Tapping Lancelot on the back, the pair ran for it with the shocked forces trying and failing to plug the hole.
"I thought you wielded lightning," Lancelot called out as the pair darted around hacking and slashing troops. "What was that fire just now!?"
"When I properly joined with Clarent, it gave me its true element! Apparently, the lightning was the blade discharging my attempts to force it into doing stuff, or so it says anyway!"
Lancelot didn't really have a response to that as the pair continued to hack and slash their way toward where they assumed Gawain would be. Just as they were about to reach their destination, a powerful aerial slash attack cut them off.
Snapping their attention toward the direction the attack had come from, the duo watched as Mihawk leapt off of the ramparts and aimed his sword right at them.
"Shit, it's Mihawk!"
"Black Blade: Savage Star!"
Thrusting downward, Lancelot and Mordred were forced to leap out of the way as the entire area was shattered upon impact. Instantly raising her blade, Mordred blocked a slash from Mihawk whilst in midair and was blown back as a result.
"Shit," she growled, thrusting Clarent into the ice and skidding to a halt before being flung away from the battle. "That attack was strong!"
"So, you are Mordred Pendragon," Mihawk said as he started walking toward her, his blade held outward to his right. "I have heard of your exploits with that Sacred Blade, and of your ambition to pass your Father."
"Drop the extra baggage right there," Mordred scowled as she ripped Clarent free and adopted a defensive stance. "My Father has nothing to do with this fight. It's just us, our skills and our goals!"
"I see," Mihawk smirked as he suddenly spun around and fired a vertical aerial slash attack at Lancelot who had been charging in his direction, forcing the Knight to block with his full power.
Mordred was shocked to see someone as powerful as Lancelot being pushed right back, blocking the attack but being sent right across the battlefield as he did so.
"Now then, Mordred," Mihawk said softly as he levelled his blade in her direction. "Show me the infamous skill with the blade I have heard tales of!"
Mihawk vanished and reappeared right in Mordred's face, a loud clang signalling that she had successfully clashed with the World's Greatest Swordsman. Mihawk's eyes bored into where Mordred's eyes would have been had she not been donning a helmet, a completely blank expression aside from the slight frown present on his face.
"Look! Dracule Mihawk is clashing with Mordred Pendragon," one of the Marines called out as many of the nearby combatants looked on in a mixture of shock and awe.
Mordred meanwhile couldn't care less. She could feel the power behind the man's attacks as her feet sunk into the ice, this man was clearly stronger than her. It was just a simple fact. Nevertheless, she wouldn't back down, she didn't really have any alternatives available until Lancelot came back or someone else decided to jump in and help so she resigned herself to the coming fight.
By suddenly releasing a powerful burst of Mana.
"Mana Burst A!"
If Mihawk was surprised he certainly didn't show it as Mordred's power seemed to drastically increase. Suddenly, the man was airborne, having been successfully pushed back with Mordred already preparing a follow up attack.
Sidestepping Mihawk's sudden descent, she attempted to stab him but the man expertly parried it with the flat of his blade. Flicking her wrist, she performed an upward slash to counter Mihawk's own counter with the pair immediately jumping back from one another the moment their blades collided.
Shooting directly back at one another the moment they touched the ground, they clashed momentarily again however this time they appeared to be testing the waters. As Mihawk swung to the left, Mordred matched it. As he swung to the right, she met him with equal force.
No one could even see the speed their blades were moving, it was almost as if they didn't have weapons however the shockwaves being sent out in all directions quickly had the World Government Forces running for cover.
"It appears your skills are indeed real," Mihawk said approvingly as the pair locked blades once more. "And without the rage I had been told to expect, how interesting?"
"Honestly, had you fought the old me you'd have likely killed me already," Mordred admitted as the pair pushed each other back before resuming their assault on one another.
Coming in for a downward strike, Mordred's attack was blocked as Mihawk tried parrying her, knocking her blade off to the right only for her to somehow bring it back downward right as he thought he'd land a solid slash to her right side.
"I've learnt a lot with Natsu, he's been a good influence on me," Mordred grinned as she blocked several strikes from Mihawk as the pair started to sprint along the battlefield.
"A good influence? You'll have to forgive me if from what I've seen I find that hard to believe," Mihawk replied in what Mordred thought was amusement as the pair traded a series of blows before skidding to a stop near one of the rampart walls, tearing up the ice as they did so.
"What we've done, you just kinda had to be there to understand why we handled stuff the way we did," was the response as Mihawk raised an eyebrow.
"I see. I look forward to facing him in battle soon," the man replied before jumping out of the way of Gawain whose blade was alight with the power of the Sun.
"Mordred!"
"Bout time you showed up," Mordred snorted as she looked back up onto the ramparts where Mihawk had sheathed his blade and now stood guard, watching the battlefield at large. "You're just lucky I had a decent fight!"
"I must say I'm shocked you managed to cross blades with that man," Gawain started as the Government Forces moved in to attack them now that Mihawk was gone.
"You calling me weak!?"
"No, I'm actually giving you props for facing a man like him. His title was well earned."
"You see Lancelot out there," Mordred asked, changing the subject before Gawain started lumping on the praise. "Big lug got hit by a similar attack Jozu took earlier?"
"Lancelot is unharmed, aside from his pride of course."
"I'm not letting him live being ejected from a fight like that down," Mordred laughed as the pair turned their attention toward the enemy who had begun to encircle them. "Alright, let's cut a path back to our allies!"
"Agreed! We can offer far greater aid with our allies than behind the enemy lines at the present time!"
Mordred and Gawain nodded to one another before charging headfirst into the horrified troops who knew they stood little to no chance, but would still do their duty all the same.
/Marineford Bay/
As Mordred and Gawain tore through the enemy ranks back toward their allies, Artoria watched Mordred with a critical eye. As much as she was loathe to do so, she had to admit Mordred had certainly improved her skills with the blade. Hawk Eye was certainly a powerful opponent to face in battle.
"You must be proud, your brat facing off against Mihawk like that," Whitebeard grinned only for Artoria's frown to deepen.
"She isn't my child."
"You two are related by blood though, aren't you?"
"A meaningless tie. She was illegitimately conceived as an attempt to usurp my throne, a weapon bred for but one purpose!"
"I see," Whitebeard replied with a frown of his own as he looked over toward Iskandar and Leonidas who were also frowning at Artoria's words.
Iskandar simply shook his head, a simple action that communicated much to the old Pirate who knew all too well the kind of hatred Artoria held within her heart. Though it angered him, he would not chastise her for her views toward her child, it simply wasn't his place to do so.
Just as he was about to comment on another section of the battle, everything began to shake again as a massive shadow started to loom over the battlefield. All four looked out toward the left to see a Titan of a creature marching into battle.
"So, you've finally decided to step in," Whitebeard muttered as the three Kings all looked to the older man curiously.
Ally Of The Whitebeard Pirates
Descendent Of The Mighty Continent Puller
Captain Of The Little Pirates
Little Oars Junior (Oars III)
Bounty – 550,000,000 Berries
The powerful descendant of the mighty continent puller marched right up into Marineford, shrugging off the cannon and machinegun fire like it was nothing. The yellow skinned behemoth wore primitive looking straw hat atop his head and metallic armor protecting his stomach, arms and legs. At his side was a giant cleaver over thirty metres long.
"Don't worry Ace, I'm comin to save ya," Oars cried out as he picked up a Marine battleship and threw it at part of the nearby ramparts, destroying dozens of cannon and gun emplacements as the ship set off a massive explosion.
The beast grit his teeth and drew the massive cleaver at his side, bringing it down upon another nearby Man O War. The ship was sliced in half with Oars picking up one half and throwing it right into the enemy lines, killing hundreds in the process.
"I'm not gonna let em get away with this," Oars roared as he looked down to the Allied Forces. "I'm gonna make us a path, all of ya just stick ta me!"
The Allied Forces roared in approval as Oars picked up the other half of the Man O War and lobbed it much harder than he did the first half. The half smashed into the central section of the ramparts and caused a section of the walls to collapse entirely, the section of the ship exploding upon impact.
What followed was a completely one-sided fight as Oars ripped right through any semblance of a defensive line the Government Forces had set up as the monster marched right toward the hole in the wall he'd created.
What remained of the Giant Squad tried to fight him however they were completely dwarfed by his size, barely even coming up to the beast's knees which meant overall they could do no better.
After pushing right through, Oars had almost reached the section of the wall when suddenly there was movement atop the ramparts. Oars didn't notice it however and continued to brutalize the enemy defence for his allies, a fatal mistake.
Standing atop the ramparts was none other than Bartholomew Kuma, his hands extended high into the air and already half way done compressing said air down into a paw shaped bubble. The attack took less than thirty seconds to fully compress and by this point Oars seemed to notice the Warlord and moved to attack him.
Kuma opened his palms and released the attack out in Oars' direction with the beast being far too large to avoid it. The attack slowly went into his stomach and what followed was his entire body being engulfed in a powerful explosion.
As the explosion died down, everyone could only watch in shock as Oars dropped to his knees covered in blood. The beast was panting heavily as he tried to recover from the attack however, he surprisingly started to get back on his feet.
"Well now, we can't have that."
Doflamingo suddenly appeared behind Oars, a sadistic smirk on his face as he flexed his index finger. And just like that, Oars' right leg was sliced clean off from the knee as blood sprayed out all over the rampart walls and the beast fell back down onto his knees.
"Ace … I'm … comin," Oars grunted as he started dragging himself over the hole that his earlier attack had made. "I'm … gonna … save ya-!"
"That'll be far enough, beast!"
Out of nowhere, a giant spear made of ice shot through Oars' chest, the beast dropping to the ground with a loud cry. All eyes looked past the beast to see that Esdeath had stood up from her seat and had her right hand extended outward with wisps of ice still lingering on her fingers.
"Th-that's the Ice Queen Esdeath," one of the Whitebeard Pirates stuttered out as she slowly lowered her hand and sat back down. "She killed Oars, just like that …"
"Oars," Whitebeard muttered darkly as he lowered his head seemingly conflicted by what he'd just seen.
All three Kings looked over to their right to see one of the last remaining Giant Squad members seemingly fly out from the left-hand side with a battle axe poised to strike them.
"YOU'RE FINISHED, WHITEBEARD!"
Iskandar, Leonidas and Artoria all jumped off of the ship and down onto the ice, having seen what Whitebeard was going to do and deciding not to interfere. The moment they were gone, Whitebeard grit his teeth and punched the axe with his Quake Quake Fruit power, shattering it instantly.
"WHAT-!?"
The Giant stumbled forward, having not expected what Whitebeard had just done which left him wide open for a counterattack. Whitebeard jumped up and grabbed the Giant by his helmet and slammed his head down onto the deck of his ship, surrounded the Giant's head with his Quake ability and released a controlled Earthquake right onto it.
The Giant's head exploded into paste which evaporated under the power of the Quake and, with seemingly no effort, Whitebeard grabbed what remained of his neck and tossed him aside like trash.
"He just killed the Vice Admiral … just like that," a Marine stuttered and promptly fainted as blood oozed from the neck of the now headless former Vice Admiral.
"He's really not in a good mood today," Iskandar grinned as he looked out at the battlefield. "Still, perhaps its time I got my hands dirty a little, what say you … King Of Sparta?"
"There's no place I'd rather be," Leonidas grinned as he summoned a sword and shield to his side.
"I wonder though," Iskandar murmured as he looked over to Artoria who still didn't seem inclined to do much, leaping back up onto one of the ships and continuing to observe the battle. "Perhaps I might hold off a little, you no doubt know why?"
"Yeah, I can sense something is off about all this," Leonidas hummed in agreement. "I'll be the first to step into the fray then. Perhaps you can better support those three for now until we know what we're dealing with?"
Iskandar looked to where Leonidas was pointing and couldn't help but grin widely and start running off in said direction.
"Ritsuka, Mash!"
"I-Iskandar," Mash gasped as the brawny man pulled both of them in for a bear hug.
"Iskandar! You're here," Ritsuka laughed as the larger man released them. "No surprises there!"
"You know me well now Ritsuka," the man grinned in response before taking a step back and examining his outfit. "Oho! Becoming a real Pirate are we!?"
"W-well …"
"No need to be embarrassed, I think it suits you," Iskandar laughed heartily before turning to meet Tristan. "Good to see you've been looking after them."
"Yes, someone needed to since Mordred got impatient and decided to head to the front lines," the Archer sighed. "How sad …"
"As much as I'd like to offer you all a spot in my chariot, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you three to remain by my side for the moment," the King said with his cheery attitude slowly fading away. "Something seems rather off at the moment and I'd rather not risk the last hope of humanity if I can avoid it."
"A wise decision, if I may say so," Tristan agreed as he looked out toward the centre of the mayhem, even though his eyes continued to remain closed he seemed to be scanning the battle regardless. "I think just about every Servant can sense something is amiss."
"So it wasn't just us, the skilled Observational Haki Users also sense something wrong."
"Do you have any idea what it might be," Mash asked prompting Iskandar to shrug.
"So, we just wait here?"
"More or less. As much as I want to be out there leading the charge, you need to be protected in case whatever this strange disturbance is …"
"Iskandar?"
"Nothing, no use dwelling on it," the King Of Conquerors replied firmly as he placed a hand on each of their shoulders. "For now, watch and learn you two. Take in all that this battle has to offer, it will be an important learning experience for both your futures!"
Ritsuka and Mash simply nodded and turned to watch the battle with both puzzled at the strange behaviour coming from the King Of Conquerors. Either way, they would soon discover the truth.
/Meanwhile – With Natsu, Luffy And The Escapees/
"What the fuck is that," Buggy screeched as he shot out from underneath one of Natsu's scales. "I thought Dragons were supposed to be rare!?"
"That isn't a real Dragon," Jimbei cut in as the beast slowly emerged from the cloud cover. "Just look at it!"
Jimbei's words rang true as the alleged Dragon fully emerged from the clouds. It had a completely different build to Natsu, a thin body that sported no real bulk to it whatsoever. It's body was covered in Black Ebony armor with blue neon lights running all across it toward its glowing eyes.
"What the hell is that thing," Daz muttered as the thing flapped its wings to gain further height before striking their ears with another horrific screeching roar.
World Government Special Science Division Experiment
A Product Of Vegapunk Labs
Experimental Warfare Prototype
The Guardian Of Marineford
Servitor Omegamind
5.H.1.N.7.R.U
The group suddenly heard a loud screeching noise followed by static, almost as if someone were trying to get a speaker working properly. After what sounded like fumbling, the mouth of the thing opened up and a voice boomed out across the area.
"Hello Impel Down escapees! And Dragneel …"
"That's rather rude, I'm technically an escapee too yet you choose to single me out!?"
"Let's not play games today Natsu because you and I both know you weren't actually captured by anyone," the voice replied dryly, almost as if it had actually dealt with Natsu before. "I don't know what you did to the Pirate Empress to force her into helping you and I don't really care. You and this merry band of misfits you've got here went and destroyed Impel Down, the one solid place we could send criminals!"
"Gee, I'm so sorry," Natsu snorted in amusement which earned the laughter of most of the people currently housed across his back. "I feel so bad Mister, I'll turn myself in right away! Scout's honour!"
"You could at least try to take this seriously," the voice sighed as the thing flapped its wings once again. "Look, I'm gonna have to stop you all here. Nothing personal if I'm being quite honest but we don't really need all of you lot showing up to Marineford right now."
"Probably because you lot are getting hammered by Whitebeard and Eden," Natsu snorted in response. "Please inform me as to why I shouldn't just rip apart this disgraceful attempt at a Robot Dragon and come wipe out the same trash who protects filth like the Celestial Dragons? I'm having a real hard time figuring it out?"
"I've got nothing for you Natsu, I'm just here doing my job. Oh yeah, Reichsmarschall Archer by the way."
"The hell is that," Luffy asked as he looked down at Natsu's massive head. "Is he the same as those guys from Sabaody?"
"No. A rough translation of Reichsmarschall would be Air Marshall," Natsu replied with narrowed eyes. "I wasn't aware the World Government even had a functioning Air Force?"
"Its still early days for it," Archer responded neutrally. "I was appointed to the position for a multitude of reasons, but I stand on equal ground with the Fleet Admiral if you need a good comparison."
"I see, and you won't be persuaded to just let us head on our merry way to Marineford?"
"Well, I mean you see the experimental Mecha Dragon before you that's being remotely controlled by the highest-ranking member of the World Government's newly formed Air Force," Archer asked in a sarcastic tone. "I'd say the chances were literally none to none, slim wasn't even on the cards to begin with."
"Fair enough," Natsu conceded as he flapped his wings several times to gain altitude. "No hard feelings when I completely trash your toy though, you seem nice enough so it'd be a shame if you'd hold a grudge?"
"No hard feelings if I kill any of your little prisoner buddies either," Archer shot back questioningly prompting Natsu to respond with a low rumbling laugh.
"At least it sounds like you aren't a prick but I'll be getting through here casualty free if you don't mind. On the off chance that your little toy DOES somehow manage to pierce my REAL scales though, I suppose since you're being a real good sport about this, I can be forgiving …"
"THE FUCK DRAGNEEL," Buggy screeched in horror. "YOU'D BE NICE TO THIS GUY IF HE KILLED SOME OF US!?"
"I have to agree, that's really cold," Mister Three added in an equally pissed off tone.
"Now now," Archer chided playfully as the mech's mouth clamped shut and steam started spewing from the neck of the Mecha Dragon. "All's fair in love and war, as they say!"
"Heh," this guy isn't actually that bad," Crocodile smirked before looking back at Mister Three and Buggy. "If you two are gonna be snivelling little shits then go hide back under the scales."
"I agree with Crocodile. Any of you who aren't capable of assisting me with this thing stay under the scales or you'll just be guaranteeing yourselves a certain death," Natsu's voice rumbled as he prepared himself for the upcoming fight.
"Guess that'll be most of us then," Jimbei sighed as he motioned for Luffy to follow him. "Come on Luffy, melee fighters like us will just be in the way!"
"Yeah, you're right," Luffy agreed bitterly as he slid underneath a scale. "Guess it's really just Croco who can help Natsu fight, huh?"
"Mister Three will be helping out as well," Crocodile cut in, sending a withering glare in the former Baroque Works Officer's direction. "Won't you?"
"O-O-OF COURSE BOSS!"
"I'll also help out," Ivankov said firmly as he slapped his cheeks rather hard.
"You can fight long range?"
"I can vouch for him," Crocodile sighed. "He can do quite a few annoying things long range wise …"
"I don't want too many of you running around up there," Natsu snapped as the Mecha Dragon started opening its mouth once again, albeit this time slowly. "If you fall, I might not be able to swoop down and save you before you hit the water!"
"So just don't fall off, easily done," Crocodile replied bluntly as he looked to the others. "Not sure about these idiots though?"
"It doesn't matter how many of you can help Natsu," Archer's voice echoed as a bright purple light started to build up in the mouth of the Mecha Dragon. "As the Reichsmarschall Of The World Government, I'm not going to hold back! Your advance halts HERE!"
The Mecha Dragon let loose another ear-piercing screeching sound as it fired a legitimate Thunder Beam Attack in what Natsu could only describe as an upgraded Thunder Dragon's Roar.
Due to its Lightning element, the attack closed the distance between the Mecha Dragon and Natsu almost instantly, however it was within Natsu's gaze the entire time as he prepared to counter.
He might enjoy himself a little?
Maybe?
Hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next one!