Chapter 5: The Straw Hat Pirates vs. Taiji's Crew

Last Time…

The older Luffy punched Taiji in the face, breaking the Time Dome and sending him through a nearby wall. "That won't happen! Gear Second!" Luffy pumped his blood and steam came out of his body. "Gum-Gum Jet Gatling!" The older Luffy fired his rapid fire punches at Taiji but he disappeared and reappeared in the younger Straw Hats' ship.

"I shall take my leave." Taiji said as he touches the younger Straw Hats' ship and starts to disappear. "Farewell."

"No you don't!" The older Luffy shouted as he jumps from his ship towards his younger counterparts but it disappeared and he fell into the ocean.

"Luffy!" The older Nami shouted as the older Zoro jumps into the ocean to find his captain.

Now…

Zoro resurfaced with an unconscious Luffy over his shoulder. "Damn it!" he cursed as he climbs aboard the ship. "He got us again." Zoro threw Luffy on the grassy deck and put his foot on Luffy's stomach, making his captain spit out the water he swallowed.

"Guys, what that guy said about our future, is it true?" Chopper asked worried.

"I don't know." Nami said thinking about what they saw as well.

"Don't think that what we saw edged in stone." Robin said. "The future isn't decided to the very last detail. Taiji knew bringing us here to the past has to have some repercussions."

"Robin's right." Sanji said blowing up a puff of smoke. "If that Taiji wanted to kill us, he should've done when he fought the first time."

"So what do we do now?" Usopp asked.

"What else?" Luffy said sitting up. "We're going to kick his ass this time and get our past selves back, no matter what." The other crew members stood up and nodded, knowing that they're going to have a huge battle awaiting them.

Meanwhile, the younger Straw Hats slowly started to wake up to see that they're locked up a jail cell. "What the…where are we?" Nami asked.

"Rise and shine, little ones." A voice said as the owner steps out of the shadows. It was Taiji's right man, Atsushi. "Welcome to your new home. The last place you'll ever see."

"Who are you?!" Zoro shouted as he reached for his swords only to find out he doesn't them anymore. "My swords…"

"You didn't think we were born yesterday, did you?" Atsushi said. "We've compensated your weapons before we locked you up. Besides even if you had them, you still won't be able to get out. These bars were made with the strongest in the world. Not even a school of the strongest sea kings can break though them."

"We'll see about that!" Luffy shouted as he charged toward the cell bars. "Gum-Gum Bazooka!" Luffy threw his arms violently at the bars and wrench in pain as the bars remained unharmed. "What happened?!"

"This cell…It's coated with the sea prism stone." Nami said.

"Not just the cell, miss." Atsushi said. "But the entire room is coated the sea prism stone. That means your captain and your other three friends are as helpless as kittens. Your fate is sealed. The Straw Hat Pirates are wiped from existence when the clock strikes midnight. Ha, ha, ha!" Atsushi laughed as he walked out of the room.

"Damn it!" Luffy cursed as he tried to squeeze out of the cell to Atsushi and beat him down. But he can't get out because of the sea prism stone canceled out his ability to stretch.

"This is bad." Usopp said a little freaked out. "How are we going to get out of this mess?"

"There's always a way out." Zoro said. "We need to find one quickly."

"Exactly." Robin said. "That man said when the clocks midnight, we're dead."

"And if we die, that means the future us dies as well." Franky said.

"No way, we're going to let that happen!" Luffy shouted still trying to escape. "I'm not going things end like this! I'm going down without a fight!"

Taiji was walking toward the main hall with Aja, smirking about the progress he's making. 'Everything is going according to plan.' Taiji thought as he and Aja entered the hall and saw Taiji's army with his seven captains in front. 'In less than an hour, the Straw Hats will be eliminated from history forever.' Taiji stepped toward and said to his men, "The hour of the straw hats' elimination draws near but their future selves will soon arrive in the fortress. Prepare for battle and make them watch their journey ends here." The soldiers cheered as Taiji grinned evilly as his plan was near complete.

On the older Straw Hats' ship…

The straw hats finished on putting on their battle attire, ready for battle. The battle attire was a black blazer with shirt associated each member's favorite color, black pants for the guys and skirts for Nami & Robin, and captain jackets for the monster trio.

"Alright, let's go!" Luffy shouted.

"Right!" Franky shouted from the helm of the ship. "Coup de Burst!" With an explosion of wind, the Thousand Sunny blasted into the air.

At Taiji's fortress…

Taiji's men stood on guard outside waiting for any intruders to show so they can shoot them down. Meanwhile Taiji was eyeing his clock. '30 minutes remain.' He thought. 'Everything went perfectly. And it was all built to this.'

In the Straw Hats' jail cell, the pirates still was trying to break free but was still unsuccessful. "You're still trying to get loose." Atsushi taunted as he entered the room. "Do you get it yet? You lost! Your one way ticket to Hell is already punched out. Your new found friends are too late to burst you out."

Outside of the fortress, Taiji's men kept their eyes on the sea waiting for the future Straw Hats. Then one of them shouted, "What's that?"

"What are you talking about?!" another solider shouted. "Why are you looking at the sky?" He looked at the sky and his eyes widen as the object closer of the ground. "Everyone move!" The other soldiers didn't waste time and scattered as the object crashed to the ground. It was the Thousand Sunny. The soldiers prepared their weapons, ready to fire. Then explosive pellets were fired, taking out some of the solders. As the soldiers prepare to fire at the ship, arms spouted from their bodies and twisted them or broke their backs. Others saw a thundercloud hovering over them and were electrocuted by the lighting. And some of them were charred by a fireball in the shape of a bird.

"Let's go!" Luffy shouted as he and his crew jumped out of the Thousand Sunny and the battle has begun.

Inside Taiji's fortress, Aja stood at the door of Taiji's office. "Sir, the elder straw hats have infiltrated the fortress." Aja said.

"Persistent until end, huh?" Taiji said. "You and the other seven captains can deal with them, right?"

"They're already on the battlefield." Aja said. "I shall join them." Then she left.

'15 minutes left.' Taiji thought looking at the clock.

Back at the battlefield, one of Taiji's captains stood on top of one of the towers armed with a crossbow. She was violet hair wearing a white jacket with white shirt, showing some cleavage and jeans, (Reina). She looked at the scope of her crossbow, aiming it at Chopper. "Looks like you'll be the first to go." Reina said as she pulls the trigger to fire but nothing happened. "What?!"

"Looking for something?" A voice said from out of nowhere. "Mirage Dissolve!" Nami appeared behind Reina with Reina's arrow in her hand. "Are you looking for this?"

Reina turned around and was surprised to see Nami. "What?!" She said. "When did you…"

"I was following you all the way up here." Nami said pulling her clima-tact. "I'm surprised you didn't notice me."

"Clever trick, little girl." Reina said pulling a dagger. "But it'll be your biggest mistake!" Reina charged towards Nami trying to cut her but Nami blocked every adept with her staff.

Nami took a piece of the clima-tact off and stood her ground as Reina. "Gust Sword!" Nami released a jet of wind at Reina, pushing her back.

"You think that this wind would be enough to stop me?!" Reina shouted.

"Gotcha." Nami said as she turned her back to Reina.

"What are you doing?!" Reina shouted then she noticed the little black balls surrounding her.

"Thunder Breed Tempo!" The balls popped covered Reina in the clouds and electrocuting her, making Nami victorious.

"Clutch!" And another set of soldiers fell to the ground by the hands of Robin.

"So you're the Ohara survivor." A new voice said catching Robin's attention. Robin narrowed her eyes of the owner of the voice. It was a man with black hair wearing a white suit and tie (Tadasuke).

"Are you one of Taiji's henchmen?" Robin asked with a serious tone in her voice.

"Watch what you say." Tadasuke said. "Because I'm the one who'll destroy you!" Tadasuke charged Robin and kick in the stomach. Then Robin disappeared into a puff of flower petals. "What?!"

"Quarenta Fleur: Cuartro Mano-Spank!" Four gigantic arms appeared and slammed Tadasuke to the ground, breaking several bones in his body.

"Damn you!" Tadasuke cursed as he struggles to get back to his feet. Then six arms spouted on Tadasuke's body and held him.

"Clutch!" Robin said coming out of the shadows as her arms broke Tadasuke's back.

Franky fired another round of explosive bullets, defeating another set of the soldiers. Then Franky felt something scraping his robotic body. Franky looked at the ground and saw a needle. "What the…a needle?" Franky

"What a fool." A man with red hair with a white jacket and jeans (Hijo) said. "This time, how I shoot through those circuits of his." Hijo reloaded his weapon and prepare to fire again but Franky was gone. "What?! Where did he go?"

"Looking for me?" Franky said surprising Hijo.

Hijo jumped a few feet never breaking eye contact with the pirate, aiming his weapon at him. "How did you find me?"

"You kept firing your weapon from one spot so it wasn't that hard to notice you." Franky explained. "And what damage do you think these needles would to a body like mine anyways?"

Hijo's body started to shake in fear but he stood his ground. "Don't underestimate me!" Hijo shouted as he fired a volley of needles at Franky.

"Weapon Left!" Franky fired a volley of explosive pellets at Hijo's needles and destroyed them.

Hijo knew these could be too powerful for him to defeat and decided to retreat and leave to face Aja or Atsushi. But Franky let them leave that easy. He opened his shoulder cabinet and revealed dangerous looking missiles. "Franky Rocket Launcher!" Franky fired at his missiles at Hijo, causing a huge explosion and charring Hijo from head-to-toe.

To be continued…

The Straw Hats have defeated most Taiji's crew. Can they save their younger selves in time? Find out on Oct 20th.

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