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Chapter 8 Meeting of the Gods
Two weeks have passed since the crystal fell upon the World. Upon Fleet Admiral Akainu's orders, Dr. Vegapunk excavated and has been studying the fallen object. The World's greatest scientist was making no progress, however. It had no detectable mass, heat or radiation, though it was visible to the naked eye. The crystal was supported by beam in the center of the open area of Marineford while it was being studied.
Akainu was getting furious with Vegapunk's lack of progress, and it is well known in the Marines that no one should make Akainu angry. But Akainu was angrier than usually lately, his worse than normal attitude starting as soon as the crystal came to the island. He locks himself in his office at all times of the day. As he filled out paperwork, the voice came again.
"Akainu…" said the voice. It was cold and darkened the room. Akainu didn't know it at the time, but it was the voice of Unicron. "Let me out."
"You're not real." stated Akainu. "I'm just over working myself."
"Let me out…" the voice repeated over and over again. "Let me out…"
"Shut up!" yelled Akainu. He activated his Magu Magu no mi abilities and blasted a hole in his office.
"*whistle*" Kizaru said as he walked into Akainu's office. "Stressful day again, Sakazuki-kun?"
"What do you want Kizaru?" demanded Akainu.
"I have Vegapunk's hourly report for you." Kizaru said.
"Anything different than usual?" Akainu asked as he took the paper.
"Nope." Kizaru stated. "Just the same nothing that we get every hour."
"What does Vegapunk say?" asked Akainu. He rubbed his temples in frustration.
"He's never been happier." Kizaru said. "He actually has found something that he can't understand. From what he has told me, the crystal doesn't even exist. Very frightening."
"What does he mean, 'it doesn't exist'?" demanded Akainu. He walked to the hole in the wall and stared down. "I can see it from here."
"My lasers don't even scratch it." Kizaru said.
"Let…Me…Out…" the voice said. Akainu grabbed his head in and shook.
"Are you okay Sakazuki-kun?" Kizaru asked.
"I keep hearing this voice in my head." Akainu admitted. "Over and over, it has been telling me to let it out!"
"Out of where?" Kizaru asked.
Before Akainu could answer the alarms went off. It was a sign that they were under attack. Ever since Akainu took command of the Marines, not a single pirate dared to attack the new Marineford. Both the Fleet Admiral and the Admiral looked outside to see what was going on and saw many black creatures attacking the soldiers.
There were several different dark creatures. Three of them had a vaguely humanoid body structure. It has a round, spherical head with circular, glowing yellow eyes. It also has two long, twisted antennae sprouting out of the top of its head. Each of its hands has three clawed fingers, and its feet are large and lack any discernible digits. With the exception of its eyes, their bodies are completely black. The three creatures looked exactly the same, except they were different sizes.
Another type had spherical bodies that are pitch black and streaked with dark blue. Its glowing, yellow eyes are rather small. The inside of its mouth is blue, and the mouth itself is a jagged, toothy opening. It has three thick, black and blue tentacles with frayed, pink tips sprouting out of its body, two on its top and one on its underside.
The last type had black skin, a muscular frame, and a heart-shaped hole in their torsos. They have sharp purple and blue horns that form the outline of a curled heart. They also have small blue bat-like wings on their back, gold-tipped feathered wings on their forearms, and bluish-purple fireballs under their feet, presumably assisting them in their fast movements and tying into their dark fire attack. Their long tails appear scaly, and end in a sharp, crescent-shaped blade. These creatures bear a scalloped, blue-bladed sword.
The Marine soldiers were easily being defeated by the black creatures.
"What are those things?!" asked Akainu. "Kizaru!"
"Yasakani no Magatama!" yelled Kizaru as he jumped into the air. He started to glow with light and fired of a barrage of lasers. The lasers hit many of the black creatures, destroying them in black smoke.
Both the powerful Marine leaders jumped from the office and landed. Not as soon as they looked ahead they were attacked by more of the black creatures. Kizaru fired off more lasers and Akainu beat down all the creatures with his magma powers. But it didn't matter how much effort they and their soldiers put in. These black creatures kept on coming.
"Call in the Pacifistas!" yelled Akainu.
"It's going to take a few minutes for them to be activated!" yelled a member of the Marine Science Unit.
"Grr." growled Akainu. "Dai Funka!"
Transforming his fist into magma Akainu punched a creature that wielded a sword. It evaporated into black smoke, but reformed behind him and slashed him. Akainu screamed in pain, something that hasn't happened in years. The creature was able to hurt Akainu despite his Logia abilities. He staggered forward, blood pouring from his back. He saw his men and the closest person he saw as a friend, Kizaru, being beaten back by the creatures.
"Marvelous creatures, the Heartless are." The voice said. "Primal, efficient warriors without any minds."
Akainu looked around, trying to find the source of the voice. It mocked him, telling him that he was getting warmer or colder. Akainu blasted away any of the Heartless that got in his way. As he fought Akainu noticed that the Heartless were gathered around the crystal, as if they were defending it. The crystal was covered in a black smoke that was spreading across the area.
"Destroy that crystal!" yelled Akainu. Akainu created a wave of magma, shaped like a dog's head, and launches it against his opponent "Inugami Guren!"
"Yasakani no Magatama!" said Kizaru. He shot out another barrage of lasers.
These attacks plowed through the Heartless and hit the crystal. After the explosion and the smoke cleared, the crystal was revealed to be intact, with not even a scratch on it. Akainu tried again and again, but the results were the same. Akainu heard the screams of his soldiers and saw that the Heartless were plunging their claws into each soldier's chest and removing small pink crystals that were shaped like a heart.
"What is happening?!" yelled Akainu.
As soon as he asked his question was answered. The Heartless gathered as close to the crystal as possible and bowed before it. Darkness spread from the base of the crystal, making the Heartless seem invisible from a sky view. As the Darkness spread the crystal started to crack and pieces fell. As Kizaru used his Pika Pika no Mi abilities right over the crystal, a beam of Darkness shot out of the crystal. The beam hit the blue sky, causing a ripple effect that pushed away the blue sky and clouds to reveal the blackness of space and the stars.
"No!" Akainu screamed. He ran to the crystal and transformed his arm into magma again. Imbuing his attack with Busoshoku Haki to increase his strength, he punched the crystal. "Meigo!"1
With a claw-like thrust he punched the crystal. At the moment of contact there was a black explosion that threw Akainu across the courtyard. Akainu's vision went dark for a moment, but when he regained his sight he saw that the courtyard was ablaze with black fire. Only he and Kizaru survived the explosion. The sound of walking was heard through the flames. Akainu looked ahead and saw an outline of a person. The Heartless bowed before it as it walked pass the flames.
It was a teenage boy, eighteen at the oldest. His hair as blacker than the flames and he has two small wings on his head. He had eight other large black wings on his back, each feather detailed in crimson. The boy was wearing black ornate armor that was outlined and detailed in gold, crimson and dark purple. The armor was form fitting and looked like it weighed nothing. The torso piece had shoulder guards that just covered his shoulders. Imbedded in the middle of the torso piece was a five point crystal star with several dull colors flowing through it. He was wearing gauntlets over his forearms that gave him pointed fingers. He had armor that covered his hips and upper thighs. On his feet were boots that go up to his shins. At the heel of the boots were small angelic wings. Where there wasn't any place that the armor covered, there was a skin tight black body suit.2
"What took you so long?" asked the angelic being. Akainu recognized the face. The face of one of the most wanted criminals in world history. "By the way, you took way too long. I actually had to summon the Heartless to get your attention. But even then, it would have been a matter of hours before the crystal broke apart as the Key has been fully corrupted."
"Caeruleus, the Dark Dragon." said Akainu.
"I have armor now?" Unicron asked, completely ignoring Akainu. Unicron looked at himself and was amused by his appearance. "Cool!"
"You are under arrest by the authority of the World Government and the might of the Marines." Akainu said.
"Yea, whatever." ignored Unicron. He addressed the Heartless. "Now for you. Go have some fun. This World is highly populated, so go get the Hearts."
"Come with me now-" started Akainu. Unicron got a face of disbelief as the Heartless disappeared.
"No..." Unicron said with wide eyes. He looked towards the west. "How can she be alive?"
"Listen to me!" yelled Akainu. "I am the Fleet Admiral of the Marines. I am the most powerful Marine in the World, and either you give yourself over or you will be killed on the spot."
"I'm sorry, I know you're speaking, I see your lips moving, but I can't understand what you're saying because I don't speak little bitch." Unicron said, looking right at Akainu. "Do you really think you can kill me? Your magma-based abilities won't even be able to singe my eyebrows. Now, if you excuse me, I have an old friend to see."
Unicron floated in the air and started fly away when he was hit with several fist shaped magma blasts. Unicron stopped moving, not even looking back. The few Heartless that remained became greatly agitated and attack with a fearsome ferocity. Akainu and Kizaru burned and shot the Heartless using their most widespread attacks.
"I really don't have time for this." Unicron said. With a snap of his fingers, Unicron made Kizaru explode in Darkness. As his Heart appeared a Heartless grabbed it and had it disappear in Darkness.
"Borsalino!" yelled Akainu. He ran as fast as he could and jumped in the air, Sea Stone Cuffs in hand. He clamped one of the cuffs around Unicron's wrist. Unicron noticed him and back handed him.
"Seriously?" Unicron asked. The cuffs took on a liquid form and swirled in his hand, transmuting into a spike. With a flick of the wrist he threw the spike into Akainu's shoulder.
"Argh!" Akainu yelled. He went to pull it out, but Unicron telekinetically forced it deeper.
"Now that you can't do anything, I'll be leaving." Unicron said.
He turned to leave, but Akainu grabbed a rock and threw it at Unicron's head in desperation. Unicron grabbed the rock without turning around. Akainu blinked and Unicron disappeared. Akainu looked around, not seeing Unicron at all, nor could he sense him using Kenbonshoku Haki. A loud, disgustingly wet sound was heard and Akainu was in immense pain. He looked down and saw that a clawed hand had burst from his chest, with a pink crystal Heart in its grasp.
"Don't… piss… me… off." Unicron said as he threw Akainu off his arm. As Akainu fell his body dissipated into crystal dust. Before his body completely changed Unicron crushed the Heart, destroying Akainu permanently. "That's better."
Unicron looked to the west again. Darkness swirled around him and Unicron disappeared. As Unicron left, the Heartless started to spread across the World, stealing the Hearts of Men for their master.
On the other side of the World, Unicron appeared on a tropical island in a twister of Darkness and black feathers. He landed on the beach, the presence of his old friend getting stronger as he got closer. He walked towards the center of the island, through the dense forest. Not long after he arrived, Unicron entered a simple village. The huts were made of mud and straw. They were intricately designed, even having windows. In the center of the village was a large hearth that was a blaze.
The natives varied. Some were pale skinned, some were dark skinned. All of them wore simple clothes, wearing primarily browns and whites. Men were talking and building tools and weapons. The women were sewing and cooking and the children were playing around. Several of the kids were wearing straw hats, which released a small feeling of happiness in Unicron's Heart. Quickly dismissing the feeling Unicron walked into the village. The villagers stared at Unicron with fear. The children stopped playing and the men grabbed their weapons and ran at Unicron.
"Let me pass." Unicron said impatiently.
"We know what you are." said a warrior.
"Good for you." Unicron said, giving a mock applause. "I need to see her. So, to give you some company, here's some Heartless."
The villagers were attacked by the Heartless. Darkballs, Shadows, Gigas-Shadows, Mega-Shadows, and Invisibles were taking the Hearts of men, women and children. There were no survivors. Unicron calmly walked pass the carnage and head straight for a cave. The cave was guarded by two very large men. These men had their bodies painted and wore masks representing different animals.
"What's going on?" asked the guard on the left.
"Oh, nothing much." Unicron said. He burned them alive with black fire. "Just genocide."
Unicron entered the cave and descended deeper and deeper. The deeper he went the stronger the presence of his old friend got. He could feel her Light fight against his Darkness. As he walked deeper into the cave he saw the writings of the Old World carved into the walls.
"Etro's Script…So you are alive." Unicron said. "Well, that's not going to last much longer."
Unicron saw a blinding light at the end of the cave. This Light felt warm and loving, a perfect opposition to his own cold and evil Darkness. Emerging out of the cave, Unicron entered a large chamber. There was a hole in the ceiling that looked like rock was melted through. But the most amazing thing was the creature in in the center of the chamber. It was a giant moth, with large wings colored with red, orange, yellow, and red. Its body is primarily snow white with six yellow claws for feet. The eyes were large and blue. Unicron instantly knew who this was.
"So you were given a giant insect as your physical form." said Unicron with his arms crossed. "Creation was very kind to you, giving you another chance at life. If I remember correctly, you always did enjoy butterflies. Right, Serah?"
"Chirp!" Serah said.3
"Sorry, you need to speak up Serah!" Unicron said.
"Chirp." said Serah.
"Wait, I had a cult? Cool." Unicron said.
"Chirp!" Serah screeched.
"Oh, you're not still mad about that are you?" asked Unicron. "That happened a long time ago. And if I remember right… I gave you a painless death. I could have easily let the Heartless have their way with you."
"Chirp!" Serah screamed.
"Mind your tone." said Unicron calmly. "Just because you were my teacher, doesn't mean you can talk to me like that."
"Chirp!" Serah said.
"What did you just call me?!" Unicron asked.
"Chirp!" yelled Serah.
"What would your sister say if she was here, Serah?" asked Unicron. "Or better yet, you're fiancé?"
"Chirp!" screamed Serah.
"Oh, you know about that, don't you?" Unicron said, cringing a bit. "Guess you know about the Handmaidens as well?"
"Chirp!" Serah said. She was really pissed.
"Well, this reunion was really nice Serah." Unicron said as he clapped. He popped his neck and created two spheres of dark energy in his hands. "But you're more of a nuisance now, especially since you are guarding this World's Keyhole. Sorry I have to kill you again, Serah. No hard feelings right?"
Unicron blasted the energy at Serah. He planned on the attack to instantly destroy Serah, but she had other plans. Before Unicron's attack hit her, a clear barrier formed and took the full force of the attack, sending black ripples across the barrier. Unicron smiled at his old friend.
"Serah, don't you remember?" asked Unicron. "I'm stubborn and I love a challenge."
Unicron was relentless. He used every form of attack her knew. He used fire magic and blizzard magic and thunder magic and many other spells. He threw Darkness in waves and blasted it as lasers. Serah was primarily on the defensive. Her offensive abilities in her insect form consisted of creating balls of Light that floated around and randomly released lasers. Unicron dodged the lasers easily and attacked the balls of Light easily. The two ancient beings repeated this for several minutes until they were interrupted.
"What are you doing here?!" yelled two small women riding on a small butterfly. These two girls were about six inches tall. One of them wore robes made out of orange and red material with her hair down while the other one had blue and white robes with her hair up. "Get away from Mothra!"
"Mothra?" Unicron asked. "Serah, old friend, you've been playing goddess, haven't you?"
"Wait…" said the one wearing blue. In the back of Unicron's mind, he knew her name to be Lora, which meant that the one wearing red was Moll. Unicron found it disturbing that he knew their names. "Caeruleus, is that you?"
"Akainu confused me for that boy as well." Unicron said in an annoyed tone. "I guess he had my face when he lived. Expected, since he was a piece of my Heart."
"You killed him." said Moll. "We had a vision of this not long ago."
"Of course I killed him." Unicron said. "He was a piece of me and needed to return. All he was to any of you was a diluted version of me…well, the me from before I obtained my powers."
"Even if you have Caeruleus's face, we will not let you hurt Mothra." said the two small women.
"Please." Unicron said as he rolled his eyes. He flicked his hands and sent the two women falling to the ground. "Black Star Buster."
Unicron cupped his hands over the Key to Creation and created a black star. He removed his hands and the star went floating to Serah… or Mothra as she is apparently known in this World. The star hit the barrier and a huge concussive force exploded around the chamber. After the attack Unicron noticed that there were small cracks in it that were quickly repaired.
"Hm." Unicron smiled. "Deprotect. Deshell. Imperil."
Three spheres of energy formed around Unicron. One was light green, one was dark green, and the last was dark blue. The orbs slammed into Serah's shield, which caused the barrier to slightly glow in the three different colors. Unicron then attacked with darker variants of the Sailor Senshi attacks. He used Flame Sniper, Oak Evolution, and Dead Scream. The barrier cracked a lot easier. With a punch Unicron broke the barrier.
"Good bye Serah." Unicron said. He even had a tear rolling down his face. Gathering Darkness in his hands, Unicron charged a beam of energy. "Destiny Dest-!"
Unicron's attack was interrupted. He wasn't able to get the name of his attack out. An extremely fast black foot wearing a brown sandal with steam coming out of it slammed into Unicron's face, right on the nose. The force of the kick, and the sheer shock of it happening, sent Unicron flying into a wall.
"Luffy!" cried the Moll and Lora.
The boy who kicked Unicron was nineteen years old. He was wearing an open, long-sleeved red cardigan with four buttons, which revealed the large X-shaped burn scar on his torso. In place of a belt was a yellow sash tied around his waist, and he was wearing short trousers with a white edging. He was muscular, with a thick neck, pronounced deltoids, and his chest also having definition. On a string that tied around his neck was a straw hat. His name is 'Straw Hat' Monkey D. Luffy.
"Are you two alright?" asked Luffy.
"Luffy, please leave." said Lora. "It's too dangerous."
"I don't care." Luffy said. "I will not let anybody hurt my friends."
"Luffy!" cried out eight other voices.
From the tunnel came eight other people. One was a man with short green hair and a scar along his left eye. He also had a thick neck and is highly muscular. He was wearing a long, open dark-green coat, revealing a long scar across his chest. The coat was closed on his waist by a red sash, in which his three swords are now tucked at the waist. He had a black bandanna tied around his left sleeve. He has no shirt underneath, and he has a green haramaki that is visible under the coat. This was 'Pirate Hunter' Roronoa Zoro.
The next person was a girl with long red hair and very large breasts. She had a very pronounced hourglass feature. On her left shoulder was a blue tattoo of a tangerine and a pinwheel. Her outfit consists of a revealing green and white bikini halter top, tight low-rider jeans (that expose some of her hips), orange high-heeled sandals, and a pair of pearl-like earrings. In her back pocket were three blue rods. Her name is 'Cat Burglar' Nami.
The third person was a man with a long nose. He had long, curly black hair that is tied back. He wore a pair of goggles around his and has some headphones over his ears on. He also has a little goatee along with a white sun cap. His pants were pair of rolled-up yellow with red suspenders, and a pair of boots. He had a red satchel and a blue and white striped wrist band on his left arm. He is known as 'King of Snipers' Usopp.
A man in a formal three piece black suit followed in after Nami. He had blonde hair with bangs long enough to cover his right eye. He also sports a dark goatee and stubble on his upper lip. His left eyebrow is curled to the right. His neck was thick. Through his suit one could tell he had a good amount of muscle tone. Under the suit is a yellow dress shirt and tie. His name is 'Black Leg' Sanji.
After him entered a human/animal hybrid named 'Cotton Candy Lover' Tony Tony Chopper. He looked like a youngest member of the group. He was wearing a blue cap that has a ring of dots around the circle, while the cap has buckles hanging from it. He was wearing this over a pink hat. He was also wearing a white and yellow vertical-striped tank top, and an orange pair of shorts.
Another well-endowed woman ran into the cave. She had long black hair that flowed down her back. Her name is 'Devil Child' Nico Robin. She was wearing a long pink sari-like skirt with a partially-zipped purple leather vest with a V-neck line and a white rose printed on the left breast near the shoulder, pink high heeled pumps, and a pink backpack. She also was wearing sunglasses which she hangs on her forehead.
The next person who came in was possibly the strangest man who ever existed. Going by the name 'Cyborg' Franky, he has blue hair in a buzz cut. He has two stitch-mark scars on his torso running down from the back of his neck. His shoulders, torso, and arms are big and bulky, with studded hands that look almost robotic in appearance. It appeared that he was wearing metal rigged suspenders. His elbows were large, light blue hinges and his shoulders were large red balls and socket joints with "BF-37" written on them. His forearms are large, light blue cubes, with a star tattoo being split by an edge. He wasn't wearing pants. Instead, he was wearing a speedo.
The last person was a living skeleton with a large black afro. His name is 'Humming Swordsman' Brooke. He has heart-shaped sunglasses, a yellow feather boa, and a top hat with a giant crown on the brim and orange red trousers with a floral design. Hooked to his boney elbow was a cane.
"Shobijin, what happened?" asked Robin. She knelt down and gathered the two little women in her hands while Chopper checked over their large moth that they rode upon.
"He's here." the Shobijin said at the same time. "The time has come…"
"What time?" asked Sanji.
"And who is that?" asked Franky, pointing at the pile of rocks that covered Unicron.
"He is the thing we have always feared." said the Shobijin. "He is Unicron, the ultimate evil. He was the one who destroyed the Old World, and he has come to destroy the only living being from that time. He has come to kill Mothra."
"Ugh, why don't you just spoil the entire story?" Unicron asked. He pulled himself out of the rubble and brushed the dirt off. "What hit me?"
"I did." said Luffy. He readied himself for a fight. Unicron lifted his head, revealing his face to the entire pirate crew. They all gasped. Luffy let go of his stance and had tears form in his eyes. "Caeruleus?"
"No." Unicron said. He felt a twinge of pain in his Heart. Unicron clutched his chest. "Caeruleus is dead Luffy. All that made Caeruleus your friend is in here, in my Heart. Because, in the end, he was just a fragment of me. You will never see him again."
"What do you mean he was a piece of you?" asked Nami.
"That thing that kid had in him, the 'Dragon of Darkness', well it was a piece of my Heart. So were the Tiger of Space and the Phoenix of Time." Unicron explained. "They weren't supposed to be separated, but Serah here, the one you call Mothra, saw my Heart Fragment and sought to destroy it. Actually, I'm surprised she didn't destroy your precious Caeruleus the moment he entered her domain. Guess she saw something in him. But she was wrong… He fulfilled his destiny and reunited with his creator."
"Gumu Gumu no…" said Luffy as he walked to Unicron with a tightly clenched fist. His hand turned pink and started to steam. Then it turned black. He was looking down the entire time.
"What do you think you're doing?" Unicron asked. Luffy walked till he was right in Unicron's face. He was about an inch or two shorter than Unicron. He looked up and showed Unicron a look of intense anger.4
"Jet Bullet!" Luffy yelled. In a flash that was nearly impossible to see, he drew his blackened fist back and punched Unicron in the face. The force was significant enough to make Unicron take two steps back. Looking unfazed at first, his nose dribbled out a bit of blood. Taking notice, he touched his fingers to his upper lip and saw the blood.
"Alright then." Unicron said in monotone.
"Gomu Gomu no Jet Rifle!" Luffy said. He drew his arm back again and it started to wind itself. He took another step and through his punch forward. Unicron grabbed Luffy's arm and twisted it, bringing Luffy to his knees.
"Luffy!' yelled the crew members. Zoro and Sanji ran to help their captain.
"I remember you Luffy." Unicron said. "And you do seem more spirited than I recollect."
"Nigiri Maguma!" yelled Zorro who was above Unicron with two swords. He was going to use a simple downward strike.
"Diable Jambe: Flambage Shot!" cried out Sanji. His foot glowed with heat. He kicked towards the side of Unicron's head.
"Oh…you two are fast." said an amused Unicron. Tightening his grip on Luffy, Unicron swung him in Sanji. This caused Sanji to lose his aim and kick Zoro's stomach, causing it to burn and for Zoro to slice down on Sanji's chest. Zoro was able to withdraw his attack so that the blades didn't cut too deep. All three of them were tossed to the ground. "But I'm faster."
Unicron disappeared from sight and reappeared next to the Straw Hats. Making an angle with his arms, palms facing out, he rapidly turned. The Straw Hats were blown away by the attack. Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji recovered and ran to Unicron. They used their fastest attacks, hoping that Unicron wouldn't be able to dodge.
"Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling!" yelled Luffy. Luffy stood still, bent forward and moves his arms at a speed which they can no longer be seen, leaving only jet streams in their place.
"Ha ha ha ha!" laughed Unicron. He was easily matching Luffy's speed. With just his right pointing finger, he blocked each of Luffy's punches. Unicron then thrust his palm foreword and released a black shockwave that threw Luffy back.
"Poêle à Frire: Spectre!" Sanji yelled. He kicked repeatedly downward with his flaming leg, making it appear that there were hundreds of his legs. All of these legs came at Unicron at once. Unicron wasn't even afraid. He just grabbed Sanji's right leg and flipped him on to the ground. He then pushed it at the right angle and broke it. To do even more damage he kicked Sanji's left knee, breaking it too.
"Please Sanji." Unicron said. "I've trained under the greatest hand-to-hand fighter in the cosmos. What makes you think you have the chance to beat me?"
"He might not have a chance but I do!" yelled Zorro. "Ul-Tora Gari!"
He put his hand swords over his mouth blade and swung them forth with a forward descending slash with them. An aura of a tiger surrounded him and he brought his swords down. Unicron caught the swords in his hand and pushed Zoro back.
"Try again." Unicron said. He held his arms to his side.
"Kiki Kyutoryu: Asura…" Zoro started. Another aura surrounded him, giving him four more arms and two faces, and a sword in each. "Ichibugin!"
Zoro held the swords so the blades are pointing towards Unicron. He then leaped towards Unicron and powerfully slashed him with all nine of his swords at once. Unicron rolled his eyes and stuck out two fingers.
"Crystalocution- Cor." Unicron said. Zoro ended his attack in a position where all the swords are held in a way to make them look like they are fanning out. He was standing behind Unicron, who had his hands to his side.
"Zorro you did-" started Nami before Zoro coughed up blood and clenched his chest. His swords dropped and he fell to the ground.
"You need to try harder than that." Unicorn said while he turned around. "I have trained under the two greatest swordsmen in the Old World. You are nothing to me."
"Then why not use a sword?" coughed out Zoro.
"Because you are not worthy of me drawing my blade." Unicron said. Zorro started screaming in pain. Unicron walked towards Zoro with his arms behind his back. "What I did was strike the crystal point that's located in front of your Heart. If a crystal point is as damaged as yours is, death is bound to happen in the matter of minutes."
"He won't die!" yelled Usopp. He grabbed a small green ball from his pouch and shot it out of his slingshot. "Midori Boshi: Impact Wolf!"
The green ball enlarged and sprouted into grass that takes the shape of a wolf. As the plant wolf came at Unicron, many feminine arms sprouted and pulled Zoro away to the other Straw Hats. The wolf came closer, it's nose a few meters away from Unicron.
"Fire." Unicron said.
The wolf ignited in flame, turning to ash. Unicron looked at the Straw Hats and saw that Chopper was trying his hardest to help Zoro. Unicron started walking towards them, causing Brooke to draw his sword and for Franky to unveil his rockets. Unicron chuckled as he walked.
"I have seen more intimidating piles of ooze in the Old World." Unicron said. "If your Monster Trio severely lost to me, do you really think you can do anything?"
"Gomu Gomu no Jet Whip!" yelled Luffy from behind.
His leg stretched out so fast that a slipstream was the only visible thing. Unicron back flipped over the attack. Luffy was carrying Sanji under his arm. Franky rushed over and took Sanji over to Chopper.
"Your fight is with me." Luffy said. "Leave my friends alone."
"Are you scared you're going to lose more of those who are precious to you?" Unicron asked. "Like Ace and Sabo? Hell, Caeruleus was the most powerful being in this World next to Serah before he died. All that power and he died anyways. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Shut up!" yelled Luffy. "Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gatling!"
Luffy corked his mouth over his thumbs and blew. The air entered his body and enlarged his fists and forearms. His arms turned black as he drew them back. He then rapidly punched at Unicron. Unicron scowled out of annoyance. As every one of Luffy's blows came towards Unicron, the black winged angel blocked them with his palms. He jumped closer to Luffy with each of the rubber man's fast punches, all the while blocking the fists. As soon as he was next to Luffy, Unicron grabbed his face and slammed him to the ground.
"You're holding back Luffy." Unicron said. "Is it because your 'brother' Caeruleus happened to have the same face as me? Hm. Just to let you know, he suffered greatly long before he and I became one again. And he suffered the most as he was being absorbed."
"I said shut up!" cried Luffy before he took a deep breath. "Gomu Gomu no Fusen!"
His body inflated like a large balloon which caused Unicron to be pushed away. Luffy stood up then twisted around. He then let the air out and came flying at Unicron.
"Gomu Gomu no Storm!" Luffy yelled. As he spun he released a constant barrage of powerful punches.
"Enough!" Unicron yelled. Darkness poured out of his right hand, then condensed into energy. Unicron released the energy at Luffy and blasted him to the ground.
"Luffy!" everyone cried.
"Chirp!" screeched Serah.
"Shut up Serah." demanded Unicron as he appeared in front of Luffy. He grabbed Luffy by the throat and stabs his hand in Luffy's stomach. Blood began to pour out of the wound. Luffy was screaming in pain. "I'm not even gonna bother with removing your Heart."
"Unicron!" yelled the Shobijin.
"Wha-?" Unicron started.
Before he could finish an intense bright Light hit Unicron with so much force that he let go of Luffy and his hand was removed from Luffy's stomach. He was thrown back across the chamber and was screaming in pain. Unicron was surrounded by a white aura, which caused an intense burning sensation. The Shobijin were glowing with the same white energy that covered Unicron. As the Light faded from them they slumped down. Robin supported them again.
"Take us to Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji." the Shobijin said. "They need to be healed right now."
"Right." nodded Robin.
She walked over to Luffy while the others carried Zoro and Sanji. As Zoro and Sanji were carried over the Shobijin bathed Luffy in a white Light. The hole in his stomach healed, the blood flowing back into the wound. His breathing settled. Zoro and Sanji were carefully put on the ground and the Shobijin healed them as well.
"ARGH!" yelled Unicron.
"This might be our only chance." Robin said. "Let's get that thing…for Caeruleus."
"For Caeruleus." The rest of the Straw Hat crew said. They all ran near Unicron and used strong attacks.
"Weather Egg-" Nami said. She raised her Sorcery Climatact and it expelled a large egg shaped cloud. The cloud 'hatched', revealing a large thunder cloud over Unicron. She then pointed her Climatact at Unicron and caused a maelstrom of lightning to strike the weakened Unicron. "Thunder Breed Tempo!"
"Fire Bird Star!" yelled Usopp. He pulled back his slingshot and released a fire bird at Unicron. After the lightning and fire dissipated, Franky ran up behind Unicron.
"Franky Radical Beam!" screamed Franky. He made an oval shape gesture with both of his hands, and charged a light inside of it before shooting a powerful laser beam that caused a massive explosion around Unicron. Franky ran to the other side and regrouped with the others. As Unicron was tossed through the air Brooke ran up and jumped.
"Aubade Coup Droit!" Brooke yelled. With a thrust of his sword he made a highly compressed blast of air. Unicron noticed it and repelled the air with the force of his palm. The white aura that surrounded him brightened and caused him more pain.
"Mil Fluer-" said Robin with her arms crossed. A thousand arms sprouted near Unicron and over themselves, till they formed two large hands. The hands then shifted into very large legs, which slammed on Unicron. "Gigantesco Mano: Stomp!"
"ENOUGH!" Unicron screamed, sending out a pillar and shockwave of Darkness that eliminated Robin's attack and threw the Straw Hats away from him. He funneled the white aura into his hand and converted it to dark energy. All the Straw Hats and the Shobijin were together, which made what Unicron was going to do much easier. Using the dark energy in his hand, he blasted a beam of Darkness at the pirates and priestesses. Before the attack hit, a white Light flew towards Unicron's opponents and formed a white barrier. "Oh, so now you interfere with their battle, Serah!"
Unicron kept blasting the Straw Hats, waiting for the shield to be destroyed. In annoyance, he blasted at Serah. A white Light surrounded her and formed a barrier as well. Unicron looked at the Straw Hats and saw that their barrier was gone.
"I thought you could do better than that, Serah!" Unicron yelled through gritted teeth. "Putting all your efforts into a single shield!"
Unicron blasted at the Straw Hats again, and, yet again, they were protected by a white barrier. Unicron then quickly switched to blasting Serah. This process repeated itself to a point where Unicron was switching his target by the second. As he was blasting Serah again, the Straw Hats attacked him again. He dodged their attack with little effort. As he dodged he noticed that they were covered in a white Light.
"I'm tired of this!" Unicron yelled. He raised his hand and snapped his fingers. "Magnet!"
A sphere of magnetic energy dragged the Straw Hats and the Shobijin together. They spun around until Unicron telekinetically slammed them to the ground.
"Gravity." Unicron said. A black sphere with energy flowing through it fell on the Straw Hats and started crushing them. Then Darkness and fire appeared in Unicron's hand. He mixed them together and tossed a sphere over the Straw Hats and Shobijin. The sphere looked demonic, with black molten fire pulsing around it. "Hellfire. Serah, I'm giving you this one chance. Drop your shield and let me kill you, or have these New World garbage die."
"Chirp." Serah said as she looked right at Unicron.
"Alright, fine." said Unicron. He let the sphere of black fire drop. As the sphere dropped Serah sent her barrier, in the form of a white stream, to protect the Straw Hats and Shobijin. "Kind hearted fool."
As the shield began to form around the Straw Hats, Unicron sent the flaming orb to Serah. He fired it off with such force that the sphere took on more of a beam appearance. The beam hit Serah, causing her to scream as she ignited in black flames. As the flames consumed her, Serah started to glow in a brilliant white Light. She them blew up into a pillar of Light. After the Light faded, there was nothing left, except a blue crystal in the shape of a tear. Unicron walked to the crystal and took it in his hands.
"I forgot what your Heart looked like Serah…" said Unicron. He then crushed the crystal in his hand, leaving only crystal dust. "But I can't have in my way."
The Straw Hat Pirates and the Shobijin just stared. They just witnessed the death of a goddess. The one who saved Caeruleus only a few weeks ago, was herself dead. Unicron's spell faded and they all stood up. Luffy was angry. He stood up and ran at Unicron again, who was observing a glowing white Keyhole that was imbedded in the wall.
"Hyah!" yelled Luffy. He stretched his arm back, it turning black and emitting steam. It then caught fire. "Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk!"
"Again?" asked Unicron tiredly. Luffy released his punch and Unicron slightly sidestepped to the left. This caused Luffy's attack to miss. Unicron quickly turned around and grabbed Luffy by the throat as he ran past. He squeezed tight, making it hard for Luffy to breath. "You are really starting to piss me off. Do you want to know what Caeruleus really thought about you, you little insect? He thought of you as an annoying, gluttonous child who is the single most idiotic brat he had ever known."
"I *cough* know…" Luffy choked out.
"What?" Unicron asked.
"Caeruleus told *cough, cough* me that eve-*cough* every day." Luffy said.
"Oh…well, time to die." said Unicron.
He squeezed Luffy's throat tighter and plunged his free hand in Luffy's chest and grabbed his Heart. He started to pull it out, and as it was almost revealed a brilliant, silver Light shined in the corner of his eye. The next thing Unicron knew was that the same silver Light sliced through his arms, at the elbows. Unicron was about to scream from the pain and the sheer shock of what happened, if it wasn't for the fact that the same Light blasted him across the chamber. The Light severally burned Unicron and visibly damaged his armor and wings. The force of the blast plowed Unicron through several meters of rock.
"Are you all right?" asked a friendly voice to Luffy. He offered Luffy his hand.
"Yea." Luffy said with a sore throat as he took the hand.
As he took the hand he saw that the person who just saved his life was a teenager with spiky caramel colored hair. His eyes were light blue and he was slightly tan. His hair and clothes seem to be flow in the wind, yet there wasn't any wind. Also, there are also two large sparkles of pure white light that move randomly around him with a white wisp following them.
He wore a hoodie that is colored silver, with black and grey pauldron-like additions to his sleeve. His undershirt is primarily black with a silver pattern where his stomach. His pants are colored silver with black near the bottom. On his pants was a white pattern of an eye in wind. Black straps crisscross around his pants, held together with a black belt. The pants feature grey pockets with a white cross over them. His gloves are colored white on the outside and black on the inside with a grey line running around them. He also was wearing large grey-black shoes with silver soles, a zipper running across the top and white straps holding them together with buckles here and there. Around his neck was a crown pendant.5
In his hand was a weird looking sword. Luffy swore he saw a sword like this before, but it hurt his head thinking about it. It looked part sword and part key. Luffy could see a sword, wrapped in ornate gold filigree. The teeth of the blade are a golden version of the crown charm the boy wore, and a token, attached to the blade by shimmering thread, is a gilded heart. It also bears one heart just above the guard and another just next to the crown making up the teeth of the blade.
"Sora!" yelled the Shobijin.
1. Play 'Victory of the Daleks' at this point. Here's a link at Youtube: watch?v=Q-FabWDS9wE
2. His armored form is slightly inspired by Seraphimon from Digimon, but with my own twists.
3. Serah is Mothra in this story, so I'm making it so she speaks in the way Mothra talks. If you do not know what Mothra sounds like, go to Mothra Roar on Youtube. Here's a link: watch?v=wjR7agm4_Kc
4. I want it to be the look Luffy had when he punched the World Noble at the Human Auction House. Here's a video of that scene on Youtube, skip to 3:25 to see the look I'm talking about: watch?v=rB-2pNWspRo
5. This is Sora's Final Form, when he is at his most powerful.