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Chapter 13 History Divulged
I awoke a bit later. I tried to move, but I was tied up against a pole. I had such deja' vu. I tried to break the rope, but I couldn't. I couldn't even phase through it. I looked around and saw that the crew and I were all tied to posts around a raging fire. Even though the light from the fire was really bright, I could tell that all of us were surrounded by the villagers.
Then I saw a man with many piercing and body tattoos looking at all the crew members. He looked at them all and I could sense that he was disappointed. When he finally got to me, he smiled. I looked at him questioningly. He then grabbed me face harshly and brought his dace close to mine, so I spat in his face. He grew angry and backhanded me. His pointing finger had a long, sharpened nail, so when he hit me, he cut my face.
"My people!" said the man. "The Dark One has come back to our island!" My eyes grew wide. I didn't think that anyone other than the Marines and the World Government knew of me as the Dark One. He then swung his staff at me. He caused a gash to appear on my head.
"Caeruleus!" screamed the crew.
"Bastard!" I yelled. "That hurt! Who are you?"
"I am Shaman, dark filth." said the man.
"What kind of name is Shaman you freak?" screeched Nami.
"I have given up my name when I became this island's mystic." said Shaman. "Now my Children, the execution of the Dark Entity shall begin!" There was a loud cheering from the crowd.
"Execution?" I asked. I then broke out in laughter. "Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh that is the funniest thing I heard in two years! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, I can't breathe." My sides were hurting, I was laughing so hard. Tears were even falling off my cheeks. I then looked at the Shaman only for him to back hand me again and knee me in the stomach.
"You will be silent, you filth!" yelled Shaman. "Do you believe that you are invincible, Dark One?"
"Actually," I began as my wounds healed in front of him, "I think I am."
"Your healing abilities won't help you here, neither will your Haki." said Shaman. He then put his hand on my chest. "Pyros Mystisa!" A flame appeared from his hand and was blasted around me.
"Arghh!" I screamed. When the flames stopped, I had really bad burns, and I wasn't healing.
"Caeruleus!" screamed Luffy.
"Let me down! Let me down!" yelled Chopper. "I need to treat the burns!"
"You will not interrupt the execution!" said Shaman. He shot a sphere of energy at Chopper to shut him up. He wasn't hurt badly, just enough to make him be quiet.
"Stop it!" I yelled. I was crying. "Don't hurt them! Take my life instead! I would rather die than see them get hurt!"
"Your act is admirable, but useless." said Shaman. "I can see through that deception. It means nothing at all to me. For your actions against life, I shall take your life." He then took out a knife and stabbed me in the chest. But before the knife could actually pierce my skin, his hand was blasted by a golden ball of energy.
"You are not allowed to hurt him, Shaman." said a duet of voices.
"Oh my!" said a villager.
"They came out of the Holy Shrine!" said another.
"Look at what they are riding!" said a young girl. "It's so pretty!"
I opened my eyes and saw two small women. I mean, six inches small! 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. They flew in front of me and started floating. I looked at the thing they were riding, I was a bit shocked. It was a rather large moth with wings of various colors.
"Young one," said the two of them at once. "Your unselfish sacrifice proved to us that you have a pure heart, despite your power. Let us heal you." They crossed each other's arm left and right arms and released a golden healing energy wave. The burns were healed in the matter of seconds.
"Thank you." I said.
"You are welcome." they said with a smile. "Cut them down from their bindings!" Several villagers then cut the ropes that tied the crew and me to the posts. The crew then ran over to me.
"Caeruleus! Are you alright!" asked Luffy.
"Yes Luffy." I said. "Help me up please."
"Sure." He said. He put his arm around my shoulder and supported me while I was standing.
"We need to talk Dark One." said the two small women. "You can bring your friends if they want to come."
"Thank you, but please call me Caeruleus." I said.
"If that is your wish, but that's not your true name, is it?" they asked. My eyes grew wide.
"Do you know my name?" I asked.
"Forgive us, but no." they said. "Everyone! We want you to apologize to these kind people."
"We are sorry! Please forgive us!" said the entire village, except Shaman. "Come, we should start are talk in the Holy Shrine."
"Shobijin! I must disagree!" yelled Shaman. "We can't let the taint of that, that thing into our Goddess's shrine! He needs to be killed now before he destroys the world!" he was pointing directly at me. I just gave him a scowl.
"Shaman, we are the Goddess's chosen ones. We speak for her when she is resting, and when she awakes." they said. "You are just the mystic advisor of the village when we are not available. You do not have the right to tell us what to do. Now, be gone from here." Shaman was about to say something, but he bowed instead and left. "Come now, Caeruleus."
We followed them into a dark cave. Everyone, and by everyone I mean Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper, were in awe of the stalagmites and stalactites. We followed the flying moth that glowed deeper into the cave.
"Tell me, where are we going." asked Robin.
"We are heading to the Holy Shrine." the Shobijin said.
"I don't mean to be rude," I said, "but do you two have names, or are you always referred to as Shobijin?"
"Forgive us." They said.
"My name is Moll." said the one dressed in red.
"And I am Lora." said the one in blue.
"Excuse me, but what is this writing on the walls?" asked Robin. "I'm able to read most of the languages in the world, but I don't recognize these." The Shobijin stopped and looked at the walls.
"It is an ancient language from before this world." they said.
"From before the world? How is that possible?" asked Robin.
"We don't know. Only she knows." said Moll.
"Wait, you're aware of other worlds?" I asked.
"Yes Caeruleus, we know, but we will tell you that later." said Lora
"Excuse me, but who's 'she'?" asked Brooke.
"All in due time." said Lora. We kept going further and further in the cave. Then we saw a light at the end of the tunnel. We left the tunnel and we saw a sight that made us all catch our breaths.
"Oh my god…" I said. I felt weaker, but at the same time, I felt a warm light in my chest. A giant cocoon was in the center of a large shrine. The silk was spread all about the area. It was mostly white, but it had hints of many colors in it if you looked at it right.
"What could have made this?" asked Franky with wide eyes.
"This is Mothra." said the Shobijin.
"Mothra?" asked Zoro.
"What is Mothra?" asked Sanji.
"Mothra is the Goddess." said Lora. "She is the Beast of Purity."
"I've heard the name 'Mothra' before." I said.
"You have?" asked Brooke. "Where?"
"I don't know... I just feel like I have heard of it before." I said.
"Caeruleus, we want you to look at the walls over here please." said the Shobijin. I had made Luffy let go of me and I walked to the Shobijin. "Please observe the pictures."
I looked at the wall and saw something familiar. I saw a black dragon. It was fighting a bird and a tiger. I looked ahead to my right and saw the three creatures fighting a moth. There were pictures of islands being distorted, islands that looked like they were at different points in history, and then there were black smudges of what should be islands.
"What is this supposed to tell me?" I asked.
"It is a major event in this world's history." they said. "It is one of the events that were the cause for the 'Void Century'."
"The Void Century!" said Robin. "What do these cave paintings have to do with it?"
"It is about the origin of Caeruleus, and at the same time, Kyle and Brett's powers." said the Shobijin.
"What!" I said. "You know how we got our powers! And about Kyle and Brett!"
"We know through Mothra." they said.
"Caeruleus, who are Kyle and Brett?" asked Nami. I didn't say anything.
"Caeruleus please tell us." said Robin who put her hand on my shoulder. I took a deep breath, the told them my story.
"Kyle and Brett are my family, from my world." I said. The crew just nodded. "You might know them as Marine Admirals 'Spatial King' Kyle and 'Time Lord' Brett." The crew then gasped in shock.
"WHAT!" the crew screamed. "YOU ARE RELATED TO THE TWO MOST POWERFUL ADMIRALS OF THE MARINES! HOW COULD YOU NOT TELL US?"
"I didn't want to worry you. They hate me now." I said with tears. "My only blood relations in this world want to kill me. During the Battle of Marineford, we fought each other. And if it wasn't for my powers, I would have died."
"Your powers come from the Dragon of Darkness." said the Shobijin.
"The Dragon of…Darkness?" I asked. They nodded.
"Let us tell you all the origin of your powers." said the Shobijin.
"Long ago, in this world, there was a time of peace and prosperity. Mothra's presence in this world kept Darkness from invading for ages. She wasn't alone though. You know of Sea Kings, but there was one that was king of not only them, but of all monsters. He was King of the Kaiju. He ruled the seas with mighty power. His name was Godzilla. Godzilla was the guardian of this world before Mothra settled here.
When Mothra originally came here, Godzilla didn't trust her. They fought constantly. But then the other Kaiju tried to take Godzilla's throne and tried to kill him. They all banded together, and nearly won, until Mothra joined in. She healed Godzilla and fought by his side. They overcame the coup de ta. Godzilla came to trust Mothra fully and they never fought each other again, none of the Kaiju did. After many centuries, or what would be called the beginning of the Void Century, a terrible evil fell upon the world.
It was an entity of pure corruption. It's presence in the world turned many people into evil kings that caused the events of the Void Century and created the World Government as it is known today. This Entity cast a terrible shadow across the world, killing plants and animals, turning water black, and causing weather abnormalities. The Entity then hunted down the Kaiju. It fought and killed all of them. The water dragon god Manda tried to use its ability over water to beat the entity, but it failed. The wind dragon god Varan did the same, yet the results were the same. Kaiju after Kaiju fell to the darkness, until three remained: Mothra, Godzilla, and the lightning dragon god Ghidorah.
They fought the Entity together, but it was too strong. Ghidorah sacrificed itself to save Godzilla, whom was Godzilla's nemesis and equal, for it respected him. Godzilla then became angry, and used all of his power. He had grabbed a hold of the Entity and became a pillar of wrathful flame in an attempt to destroy the Entity. It seemed like it work, but the Entity survived. Before it could attack, Mothra focused her power and ran through the Entity. The damage from Godzilla and Mothra caused the Entity to split into three separate beings: a Tiger of Space, a Phoenix of Time, and a Dragon of Darkness.
These three attacked Mothra at once, and nearly killed her. When they blasted her down, they began fighting each other. Their fight caused distortions to the Time/Space continuum of this world. Some islands were warped and remade to a point where they were uninhabitable and unrecognizable. Other islands had their timelines obscured, meaning they go faster or slower than others, or they faded from history like they weren't ever created. And finally, some other islands were sent to oblivion, their existences were wiped out by Darkness.
Mothra then regained her strength and fought the three beings again. This time, she was able to defeat them. The Dragon, realizing his defeat, fled this world. But, the Tiger and the Phoenix wanted to become whole again, so they followed the Dragon. When they left, the world went back to normal. Mothra was injured though, so she went to this island to rest and be reborn. She used up her remaining life energy to create an egg, which was hatched and began the endless repeating cycle of Mothra's rebirth."
"What an amazing story." said Robin.
"What happened to the three beings?" I demanded. I was nervous about my powers origins.
"They went to your world." said Moll.
"But they were too weak to do anything in your world." said Lora.
"So they decided to take vessels until they were at full power so they can fight. To become one again." said the Shobijin. "The Tiger and Phoenix took your cousins as vessels, but their powers were locked until they got to this world."
"What about me?" I asked. "Does this mean that I am also a vessel?"
"You weren't meant to exist at all." said the Shobijin.
"What?" I said. I felt like my heart was broken I into pieces.
"When the Dragon entered your world, it wasn't able to bond with anyone." said the Shobijin. "So it found an infertile woman and created a vessel of its own. That vessel was given its own Heart. Then the Dragon went into a deep sleep, its powers locked."
"But it became unlocked, when we were attacked by a black creature that took out my cousin's Heart." I explained. "I grew so angry and I destroyed it."
"That was a Heartless." said Moll. "It is a creation of a great evil. It only appeared in your world because they are on the hunt for the Heart of the World, but a powerful source of light has been saving the universe from them."
"This is a lot to take in." I said. I fell to the ground. "I wasn't meant to exist…"
"Caeruleus!" screamed Luffy. I looked up and then he punched me. "Don't you ever think that you were not supposed to exist! You're my brother!" I widened my eyes when he said that.
"You are a part of our family." said Usopp.
"Thank you." I said. The crew came to me and gave me a group hug.
"You have a strong light within and around you, Caeruleus." said Moll
"It's what keeping the Dragon at bay." said Lora.
"Which is why we wish to help aid you in your abilities." said Moll.
"How?" I asked.
"You know of the elements, correct?" asked Lora.
"Yes." I responded.
"Well, the elements are composed up of both Light and Darkness." said Moll.
"So you mean…" I started, "Wait, I can already use air as an attack. It's called Shadow Aero."
"That's just the Darkness compressing the air, not becoming It." said Lora.
"But let us give you the knowledge of the magic of using the elements." said the Shobijin. They crossed their hands again and bathed me in a golden light. I felt the knowledge of the elements flow into my mind.
"Thank you." I said.
"We hope for you to be able to survive the upcoming battle, Caeruleus." said the Shobijin.
"What battle?" I asked.
"You will find out soon." said the Shobijin. "Now, the villagers are getting ready a party for you all, as an apology act. We hope you'll accept It." said the Shobijin.
"We will." Luffy said. "As long as they have plenty of meat."
-Shaman's Hut, 20 minutes ago-
Shaman entered his home and threw his staff across the hut. He then went to his table and swept the magical ingredients off his table. He was extremely mad.
"How dare they undermine ME of all people." said Shaman. "Those stuck up priestesses. The Dark One is destined to destroy this island and the world if he isn't killed! And that Mothra! She hasn't appeared in three hundred years, if she even is real. If the Shobijin won't kill the Dark One, I will! I shall use my magic to destroy the Darkness and save this world. Then Mothra will die if she is real!" He grabbed his staff and headed to the shrine.
-Holy Shrine-
"Tell me how Sengoku knew about the Dragon." I said.
"I think I can answer that." said Robin. "Humans were around at the time. Even though they were dealing with other events at the time, they must have seen the three beings and the chaos that they caused. So after the disappeared, the decided that they need to kill these beings to make sure it doesn't happen again. They must have passed the information down with each generation till they were able to kill the beings."
"But if Kyle and Brett have two of the beings," I began, "why not kill them?"
"Because the three beings were originally one Entity." said the Shobijin. "The best way to destroy something is to have hit destroy itself."
"That's horrible." I said. "We're family."
"You don't have to worry about you family any more Dark One Filth!" said a raspy voice. We all turned and saw Shaman. He looked up and saw Mothra's cocoon. "So this is Mothra. How dare you let the Filth enter Mothra's presence? He may have corrupted her, so she must be destroyed!"
"What?" asked the Shobijin. "How dare you talk about Mothra in such a way? You are the corrupt one Shaman! You are banished from this island forever!"
"You don't control me!" screamed Shaman. He slammed the tip of his staff into the ground and caused fire to swirl around him. He then shot a pillar of fire at the Shobijin. I reacted to his spell and focused on water, the cooling and ever moving element. I lifted my hand and said the word that was the spell.
"Watera!" I said. The water it the fire and made steam. "You will not get anywhere near that cocoon!"
"Oh yes I will Filth." Shaman said. "I will get near that cocoon and destroy it! But first, I will kill you and save this world! Necros Beam!" He pointed his staff at me and fired a purple laser. I looked directly at him and held up my hand. The beam hit and did nothing at all. "What?"
"Is that it? Is that really all you got?" I said. "How pathetic."
"Don't you dare patronize me!" screamed Shaman. "I will prove to the Shobijin and my people of your evil!"
"Shut up!" screamed Luffy. "Gear Second- Red—"
"Stop Luffy!" I said with my arm restraining him. "He's right." I looked back to them and winked at them. I walked forward till I was in-between Shaman and the crew. "Did you know that the Shobijin unlocked my powers?"
"They didn't" said Shaman with a fearful waver in his voice.
"Is that fear I hear?" I said. "And yes they did. And now, I shall unleash all of my power at once, enveloping this world in eternal Darkness!" I focused my power and caused black energy to swirl around me; black smoke came from the bottom of my coat and through my sleeves. I then said something that I made up. "Antiqua spiritus malos, transmutant ea in Froma Fluxa…!" Before I could finish, I heard Shaman scream and run out of the cave. I stopped my act and made my little special effects disappear. "Well, that was fun."
"That wa- was v- ver-very scar-scary!" said Chopper.
"Yeah, sorry about that." I said. "I was a good actor back home. Actually, I wanted to be an actor before I got my powers."
"Well, you're just SUPER!" said Franky.
"Thanks." I said. "Well, shall we go to the party?"
"Yeah!" said the crew.
-Village's Party-
This was a great party. Everyone on the crew was having a wonderful time, despite what we just learned and the banishment of Shaman. Chopper was with the local Medicine Man talking about procedures that can help cure diseases or heal the body with less medical ingredients and ways to keep a person alive till they can get proper treatment. Sanji, when he wasn't flirting and being flirted with, was learning recipes from the top five chefs of the village (who were the prettiest and most well-endowed women of the village.) Zoro was doing his thing and got drunk, only to fall asleep. Robin was told about a Poneglyph that was under a statue in the village center and was taken to read it. Meanwhile, Luffy, Usopp, Nami, and I were dancing while Brooke was playing music with the village's band. We were dancing like fools, especially me, as I can't dance to save my life, but Nami was teaching me and I was getting better at it. I was really happy, and didn't want anything to ruin it.
-Shaman's Hut-
"So you like using my fear of you to drive me away, don't you Filth?" said Shaman to himself. He was looking for something. "Where is that damn root?" He went to his bed and threw it to the other side of the hut. He then found a box with seals on it. "There!" He then ripped off the seals and took out a black root. "You may have been able to scare me Dark One, but with this I shall be able to become your worst fear. Be prepared Filth, for your nightmares shall become reality!"