Chapter 17 A Battle of Fate
After half an hour of sailing, we arrived at the island. When Sanji brought the food, I ate little. Everyone did. I offered the three Vice-Admirals some, but they strictly refused. As we pulled up to the shoreline, I went to get my regular clothes. They were washed by Robin. She smiled when she handed me my coat.
"Thank you Robin." I said. I was trying to fight back the tears, but a few escaped.
"Please don't cry." she said. "In tough times, you need to smile."
"I don't think I can." I said. "Sure, I talk like I'm invincible, but… I'm not. I am going to die tonight."
"Don't say that!" she said while abruptly standing up. "Please, don't say that." She was crying.
"Robin…" I started.
"Please," said Robin, "just go." I stood there silent, and started to walk out. I stopped at the door.
"Good bye, Robin." I said, finally walking out the door.
As I was walking back outside, I was slipping my black coat on. I saw that everyone else was waiting for me. I looked at them and I started to feel like I was dying inside. My tears started to form again. However, I kept quiet. We sat there for a few minutes in silence.
"I just want to say-" I started.
"Shut up!" said Luffy. "I'm not going to say it." He then turned his back to me. I attempted to reach out to him, but I withdrew my arm. The entire crew had solemn faces, and were silent still. I looked at the Marines and saw that they were deep in thought.
"You three…" I said. They looked up and gave me an angry scowl.
"What do you want?" asked Dalmatian.
"I just want to know what you three plan to do once I leave." I said.
"What do you mean?" asked Momonga.
"Three very powerful Vice-Admirals are told to stay and watch the Straw Hats so I don't run off." I said. "Hmm. I believe that you have another objective in mind."
"And that would be what, exactly?" asked Momonga.
"The murder of my family." I said.
"We don't have any idea what you are talking about." said Doberman. He had a smug grin on his face. I grew angry and grabbed his throat. He wasn't able to breath. The other two Vice Admirals stood up and got ready to fight me, but Zoro restrained Momonga and Sanji restrained Dalmatian.
"Do… not…lie… to me." I threatened. my eyes went completely black.
"Your eyes!" screamed Doberman.
"Forget about my eyes." I said, clutching his throat tighter. "I don't care how powerful you think you are, or how safe you feel with your authority in the Marines. But if I die, then find out that Luffy and the crew has been murdered, I will haunt you and your descendants till I feel satisfied."
"You don't have that kind of power." said Dalmatian. I looked over at the mutt and gave him a scowl.
"How sure are you of what I am capable of doing?" I challenged him. He stood there quiet, as if he was unsure of his next move. "I thought so." I released Doberman's throat ad calmed down, my eyes going back to normal. His throat was bleeding where I had my fingernails had dug into his skin. There then was a loud bang and a bright light rose from the other side of the mountain. "Usopp, please signal them."
"Right." said Usopp. He took his Black Kabuto and a bright red pellet. He pulled back the strings and fired in the air. "Hi no Tori Boshi-Fire Bird Star!" A large billow of flame, in the shape of a bird rose high into the air, then faded away. I walked to Luffy, but his back was turned.
"Luffy." I said. He didn't say anything to me. I grew upset and pulled him into a hug. "Thank you for being my brother." I let him go and walked to the figure head. Before I got off the ship, I turned my head to speak to the crew. "Good bye." I then jumped off the ship and landed on the beach. I then walked to the forest, but before I entered it, I looked back, and shed a tear.
-25 minutes later-
"Perhaps I should have reconsidered meeting in the middle of the island." I said, tired form the hike. "Ugh! Why Is this island so big!"
The forest was huge. And old. It seemed as if it stood the test of time. The trees towered above me, stretching to the stars. Looking around, I didn't even see a trace of human civilization. A place untouched by the corrupted hands of humanity. I found it a beautiful idea. I lost track of the time, but I felt like I was walking for ages, though It might have only been a few minutes.
After a little while, I came to a clearing in the forest. This clearing was rather large. It was an immense field, and there was a small lake. To the far side of this lake, there was a waterfall and a series of stones. I could see the moon and the stars in the clearing. Looking up, it made me think what other worlds are out there.
There was a rustle of leaves in the opposite direction. Kyle and Brett then emerged from the woods. They looked like they had a tough time walking here also. From what I could tell, they were sweaty and looked a bit irritated. I then started walking towards them, and as they saw me they did the same.
"For having the power of Time, I never expected the two of you being late." I said.
"Oh shut up." said Brett.
"No snarky remark? Interesting." I said. "So tell me, how are things?"
"What is this, an interrogation?" asked Kyle.
"A family reunion." I said. "Despite you two trying to kill me, and me renouncing you as family at all, I still care about you two." They stared at me in silence.
"Fine. We'll indulge in your idiotic attempt at rekindling our family relationship." said Brett.
"After the war, we went through constant, extremely tough training." said Kyle. "Day in, day out of nothing but training to use our powers, sword training, and strategic warfare. Akainu was brutal. He nearly killed Brett and I several times."
"Speaking of Akainu, did you two take his side when he and Aokiji fought for leadership?" I asked.
"We learned to quickly join the winning side. We remained neutral until then." said Brett.
"Very smart of you" I said. "What happened next?"
"Akainu won." said Brett. "Just like I foresaw."
"Akainu was destined to lead the Marines." I said. "How very interesting. Oh, you were saying?"
"After Akainu won, he made the Marines a lot more…" said Kyle. "Well, let's just say they are a lot more strict now. Even our training became even more intense. For example, we had to defeat model after model of Pacifista. Vegapunk used the knowledge he gained from our battle to make the ultimate models."
"After Akainu deemed us completely trained, he made us murder pirate after pirate, criminal after criminal." said Brett
"I knew you two were convinced parricide was acceptable, but the murder of somewhat innocent men?" I said. "The Marines have changed you, or is it the power that has changed you?"
"Like you have room to talk." said Kyle. "Even in our world, Darkness is known to corrupt."
"True," I started, "but Darkness was just a metaphorical term for corruption, not the actual element."
"We thought the same thing of Time and Space." said Brett. "Well, except the corruption part."
"Oh God." I said. "How can I be related by blood to you people? You're so ignorant."
"Excuse me?" said Kyle. "How dare you say that to your elders?"
"Elders my ass." I said. "You barely have two years on me Kyle. Brett, even less."
"Oh, I'm going to kill you!" screamed Brett.
"For stating facts?" I asked. "What in in the name of God did Akainu pour into your heads?"
"He taught us how to be strong." said Brett.
"We learned how we must do any and everything we can to achieve Absolute Justice." said Kyle.
"Absolute Justice…" I said. "Isn't that the one where you are allowed to kill anyone to bring justice? Sounds like a twisted form of your old beliefs, right cousins? Now, back to what I was saying before you rudely interrupted me. Darkness isn't corruption, power is."
"We are not corrupted Dark One." said Kyle.
"Why can't you call me by my real name?" I asked. "This Dark One thing is getting really old."
"Then let us end this, once and for all!" yelled Kyle. He shot a beam of energy at me, but I dodged. He shot more, but I kept dodging.
"Over here!" cried Brett. "Kronos Sickle!" Two blue sickles made of temporal energy appeared in his hands. He ran towards me and slashed at me. I was just able to dodge, but it seemed like he was moving faster and faster as we were fighting. He lifted the sickles in the air and swung down. I was able to grab his wrists and stop him from slicing me.
"Accelerating your body using Time?" I asked. "Marines don't play fair, do they?"
"When fighting you, we don't need to fight fairly." stated Brett. His eyes looked behind he, and as I looked into them, I saw Kyle's reflection. He was coming at me with a sword.
"I don't think so!" I yelled. I swung Brett at Kyle, which caused them both to fall over. Kyle dropped his sword, so I picked it up and increased the heat in my hands to melt the sword.
The two of them ran at me. Apparently they wanted to use hand-to-hand combat against me. We landed hits on each other, but none of the damage was too bad. Kyle jumped back when Brett distracted me. He then opened up a portal and punched through it. Another portal opened right next to my face, and his hand came out, punching me. I was thrown back a bit, perhaps mostly due the sheer surprise of that kind of sneak attack. I looked over at Kyle, but he disappeared. Brett saw his chance and pummeled me. When he kicked at me, I jumped back in time so I didn't get hurt.
"Shadow Mimicry-Jet Gatling!" I yelled. My arms became surrounded by the Dark energy and I rapidly punched at Brett. He was able to dodge all of the blows. I stopped the attack, but kept my arms ready for another attack. "How are you dodging my attack?"
"Time is my element, remember?" said Brett. "I just speed myself up to a point where you're moving extremely slow." Another of Kyle's random attacks came and distracted me. One fist came at me again, but this time I grabbed it and pulled Kyle through his little portal.
"AHH!" screamed Kyle. While still in my hand, I started to freeze his arm. He didn't even know what was going on.
"Time Beam!" yelled Brett, making a gun shape with his hand. From his index finger came a blue energy. I was able to dodge it at the last second, but I had to let go of Kyle. He teleported next to Brett, and Brett was worried about his brother's frozen arm. "What happened!"
"He froze my damn arm!" yelled Kyle.
"How!" asked Brett.
"How the hell am I supposed to know?" asked Kyle.
"They can't use elemental magic." I said to myself quietly. Having new ideas on how to stop my cousins, I decided to attack. Focusing on ice and cold, I called out the spell for ice. "Blizzara!" I tossed the ice energy at their feet and it exploded, freezing their feet to the ground and having spikes of ice impale them.
"ARGH!" they screamed. They tried to get out of the ice, but they couldn't.
"That's not all!" I said. I teleported behind them and used fire magic. "Fira!" I released the magic and caused an explosion of flames. The ice melted and broke apart, and flung them across the field. Some of the clearing caught fire, but I fix that problem. "Watera!" I summoned up a large sphere of water and hurled it at the two of them. When it struck Kyle and Brett, the water went everywhere, so it doused the flames in the clearing.
"When did you get this power!" asked Brett after coughing up water. Kyle was on his hands and knees, coughing as well.
"I hope you you're ready for more!" I yelled. I jumped into the air and called forth the magic of lightning. "Thundara!" Streams of lightning descended from the heavens and struck them both. With the water pooled at their feet, the damage was doubled. They screamed in immense pain. They collapsed on the ground as I landed. From where I was standing, they weren't breathing.
I ran over to them to see if they were alright. I looked for their pulse, and found both of theirs. They started moving, so I backed away. They looked at me and jumped to their feet. They both shot an energy blast, but I performed a back flip to dodge. I got back to my feet and took out my Dacras. I put my fingers through the hole and held them like brass knuckles. I ran forward and swiped at them.
Brett was able to dodge, but Kyle wasn't able to. I didn't do much damage, I just scratched his face. When I cut him, a few sparks appeared. They turned around and fired more energy blasts at me. I put up a shield and protected myself. When I dropped my shield, I noticed that the scratch on Kyle's cheek wasn't healed. They noticed me staring, so Brett looked at Kyle's cheek. His eyes told me that he was just as surprised as I was.
"What is it?" asked Kyle.
"Your cheek!" cried Brett. "It isn't healing!"
"What?" said Kyle. He touched his cheek and looked at his hand. His eyes went wide with fear. "How-?"
"They were right." I said. "These Dacras are of great use."
"Dacras?" asked Brett.
"A gift by two small priestesses." I said. "They said these would be of use to me, and now I know why."
"What are you talking about?" asked Brett.
"Nothing." I said. I opened up the Dacra in my right hand, and tossed it at the two of them. They were lucky enough to jump out of the way, so the Dacra got stuck in a tree. Kyle teleported next to the tree and pulled out the Dacra. He had the idea of using it against me. However, I was already running towards the Dacra when I first threw it, so I grabbed his wrist and kneed him in the stomach. This caused him to let go of the Dacra.
There was then a blue flash. I opened up the Dacra in my right hand, and tossed it at the two of them. They were lucky enough to jump out of the way, so the Dacra got stuck in a tree. Kyle teleported next to the tree and pulled out the Dacra. He had the idea of using it against me. However, I was already running towards the Dacra when I first threw it. I attempted to grab his wrist, but Kyle created a shockwave that slowed me down. He then ran at me and sliced my upper arm.
Realizing that I was hurt, I created a distraction by using my Darkseid Raven technique to run away. I appeared in the forest. I slid down a tree and grabbed my bleeding arm. I wasn't healing. I guess this is what Kyle felt when he got cut. I took a deep breath and ripped part of my sleeve and tied it around the gash.
"What happened back there?" I asked myself. "I swore I took my Dacra back, then that flash. Did…did Brett reverse time?"
"Caeruleus!" cried out Kyle. "Where are you?" To my right, there was a bright red light. The next thing I knew, a large chunk of the forest was vaporized. I knew I had to escape, so I turned into spectral energy and went back to the clearing. Kyle and Brett weren't anywhere to be seen. I reformed my body and went to the lake. I bent down and took a drink of water.
Two bright flashes appeared behind me. In the reflection of the water, I saw Kyle and Brett in midair about to swing their swords down at my neck. In the last second, I summoned a Nexus Blade. I angled my Blade so that it stopped their swords. I swung my arm and pushed them back.
"Reduced to sneak attacks?" I asked.
"Anything to kill you." said Brett.
"Shadow Cannon!" I yelled, firing off several dark energy spheres at Brett. They hit and threw him back. I then ran at Kyle and we clashed swords. While we were struggling to move our blades, I tried to reach for the Dacra, but he angled himself so it was out of my reach. "Can I have that back, please?"
"Don't think so." said Kyle. He kneed me in the stomach and sliced my chest with his sword.
"Argh!" I screamed in pain. I healed, but was still in pain.
"Behind you Caeruleus!" screamed Brett. Temporal energy swirled around his hands and he blasted at me. "Eon Cannon!"
"Oh crap!" I screamed, just barely rolling out of the way. "Black Spear!" I formed a spear of Darkness and through it at Brett. It impaled his right shoulder, sending him flying and sticking him to a tree. Upside down.
"Creation-!" said Kyle, his hands glowing. "Smash!" Out of nowhere, two huge slabs of steel appeared. Kyle then slammed his hands together and the steel slabs came flying at me. Not having time to jump out of the way, I did the next best thing.
"Dark Shield- Sphere!" I yelled. Darkness then surrounded me, forming a sphere that protected me from the attack. However, the shield and Kyle's attack canceled each other out and made a bang that sounded like glass breaking. I lost my hearing for a few minutes, and my ears were ringing. There was even blood dripping from them.
I looked up and saw Kyle right above me. He sneered at me. He also said something, but I couldn't hear him. He started glowing again and jumped back. He raised his arms, and I gave him a questioning look. He gave me another cocky smirk. Finally, I looked up, and saw a huge block of rock hovering above me. I looked back at Kyle, and he slammed his arms down.
"Oh, son of a-" I started, but I was 'interrupted' by a falling rock.
-Kyle and Brett's POV-
"Get me down from here!" said Brett, struggling to get off the tree.
"On my way." said Kyle. He walked over to Brett and grabbed the spear, but it hurt him to grab it.
"Come on!" yelled Brett. "All the blood is rushing to my head."
"Stop complaining!" said Kyle. His hands started to glow in his Spatial energy and grabbed the spear again. He put his leg on the tree for leverage and pulled harder. After a few minutes of trying he finally pulled it out, and it dissipated into thin air.
"Ah!" said Brett, as he fell to the ground. Kyle helped him up. "Careful!"
"You're tougher than that, aren't you?" asked Kyle.
"Shut up!" yelled Brett. "How about you get stabbed in the shoulder and pinned to a tree! It's not that enjoyable. Do you think he's dead?" He indicated at the boulder atop of Caeruleus.
"Don't know." said Kyle. "Can you see anything?"
"You want me to see into the future?" asked Brett.
"Duh." said Kyle.
"Fine." said Brett. He started focusing his power, and his eyes started glowing blue. They then went back to normal. "What the-?"
"What's wrong?" asked Kyle.
"Nothing." said Brett. His eyes started glowing again, and returned to normal. "Kyle, there's something wrong!"
"What is it?" said Kyle with concern in his voice.
"I can't see anything!" said Brett.
"Huh?" asked Kyle. "What do you mean you can't see anything?"
"Not exactly." said Brett. "I think I saw something."
"Then what did you see?" asked Kyle.
"I saw-" started Brett. "Darkness!"
"Darkness?" asked Kyle. He didn't understand. Brett grabbed Kyle and spun him around. Kyle then knew what Brett was talking about.
Flowing from under the rock was Darkness. It was stretching out and around the stone. Then the stone started cracking, and a beam of Darkness shot out from the top of the stone. The rock then exploded, and Caeruleus stood up. As he was sitting up, he popped his bones back into place.
-Caeruleus's POV-
"Miss me?" I asked, popping the bones in my neck.
"What will it take to kill you!" asked Kyle.
"A lot more than just crushing me!" I yelled. "Black Lotus- Petal Barrage!" I sent out a flurry of black petals at the two of them.
"Distortion!" screamed Kyle. Glowing in energy, he vaporized the Petals.
"Paradox!" yelled Brett. He started glowing as well, and then a shape of the energy started to form. The shape grew and grew, till it was a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"You summoned a T-Rex?" I yelled. The T-Rex roared and ran at me. I started to run away, and fired many Shadow Cannons at it. However, my attack only annoyed it. "Oh no!"
"ROAR!" cried the dinosaur. It ran at me again. Despite how my times it snapped at me, I was able to dodge.
"Stop jumping around!" yelled Kyle. He waved his arm and a pillar of earth rose from under me, launching me into the air. "Lunch time!"
"AHH" I screamed. The T-Rex saw me an opened its jaws wide and I fell into its mouth. I was able to put up a shield before it started to chew me. As it wasn't able to chew, it decided to swallow me whole. "Ugh! This is worse than being in Megalo! Sorry dino. Ghidorah Shadow Thunder!"
I let the shield down and released my ultimate thunder attack. From my back came the three headed, black dragon made of electricity. They attacked the dinosaur's innards and electrified the prehistoric beast till it was cinders. I landed on the ground and wiped the ashes off of me.
"Cheap move using my favorite dinosaur against me." I said. I focused me powers again, causing my dark aura to appear and surround me.
"I'm willing to try anything to kill you." said Brett.
"Oh, you can have this back now." said Kyle. He lifted his hand, revealing the Dacra he stole from me. He opened it and tossed it at me. When it was a certain distance away from me, I created a Shadow Pike that went through the three empty spaces the made up the Dacra. It was stopped right in front of my face, just inches away.
"We always figured that you would be a challenge." said Brett.
"Oh you have no idea." I said. I grabbed the Dacra and folded it so it could be put away. "Fallen Angel Technique-" The dark aura turned into ten wings.
"What is he doing?" asked Brett.
"Paradise Lost Punch!" I yelled. I appeared right in front of Brett and he had a look of fear in his eyes.
I then rapidly punched him. I punched him harder and faster than I could possibly imagine. After landing so many punches on him, I kicked him in the jaw and sent him flying into the sky. I then appeared above Brett, looking like a black blur to Kyle. I grabbed ahold of Brett and put my feet in his elbows and grabbed his legs. We then fell, faster and faster. At the last second, I let go of Brett and he crashed into the ground, creating a crater.
"Brett!" yelled Kyle. He ran towards Brett, but I appeared before him.
"Paradise Lost Punch!" I yelled. I then attacked Kyle the same way. Punch after punch, Kyle was beaten into a pulp. I then kicked Kyle into the air and grabbed ahold of him. Positioning myself, I made the two of us drop at an incredible speed. I then let go of Kyle, and his crash made another crater. "Had enough?"
"Go to Hell!" chocked out Brett. He was coughing up a lot of blood. Kyle sat up, but he was badly damaged.
"How- how did you do that?" asked Kyle.
"My entity actually talked to me and gave me more of its powers." I said. "The Shobijin also unlocked most of my power."
"Shobijin?" asked Brett.
"Two small priestesses from an island far from here." I said. I took out my two Dacras again and readied them. I stood over Kyle and raised the Dacra. "I'm sorry, but I have to finish this."
"Finish this!" cried Brett. "Kronos Sickle!" His hands started glowing and he created a sickle in his hand. He threw it and impaled my shoulder. I dropped the Dacras and Brett tackled me to the ground. "Get rid of those things!" Kyle grabbed both Dacras and tossed them into the forest. Brett then grabbed his sickle and pulled it out of me, only to start slashing at me.
"AHHH!" I screamed in pain. "Manda Dark Tsunami!" A dragon of water appeared and collided with Brett. He was pushed off of me and drenched in water. I stood up, and held my wounds. I was breathing heavy. So were the other two.
"Caeruleus," said Kyle. "Let's end this fight."
"Very well." I said. The three of us started glowing in our respective auras.
Brett's aura expanded in his hand, and created bow shape. He aimed it at me and an arrow formed. Kyle's aura glowed more brightly in both of his hands. It grew as well, till each hand held an orb of red energy the size of himself. The orbs then became smaller. As they condensed, Kyle became heavier and he sank to his ankles in the ground. My aura whirled around me and formed a sphere in front of me. As more power was fed into it, it grew darker.
"Tempesta Arrow!" cried Brett, firing off his attack.
"Intervallum Barrage!" yelled Kyle, sending forth two beams of red energy. His attack pushed him from the area slightly.
"Black Oblivion!" I screamed. The black sphere grew slightly and fired. The dark energy blast collided with Kyle's two Spatial energy blasts and Brett's arrow of Temporal energy and a gigantic explosion came. The light that came from the explosion blinded me. I wasn't able to see my cousins. Then the concussive force came. It blew me away. The wind and heat from the explosion greatly hurt. And I lost consciousness as I hit the ground.
-Straw Hat Pirates POV, 1 hour ago-
"Good bye." said Caeruleus with sense of sadness in his voice, and he jumped off the ship. Luffy then started crying.
"Luffy…" said Nami.
"Why do the most important people in my life have to die?" asked Luffy to himself. Robin came out, with blood shot eyes.
"Robin." said Chopper. "Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine." said Robin. "I'm just worried about Caeruleus."
"We all are." said Zoro. "He is a great friend."
"He's more than a friend." said Luffy. "He's my brother."
"Luffy, we understand that you know Caeruleus better than anyone else, and that you're close to each other," said Sanji, "but you of all people should know how strong he is."
"But he said himself," said Robin, "That he was going to die tonight."
"Shut up!" screamed Luffy. Tears were flowing down his face. "I order all of you to never say that again!"
The three Marines walked over to the figure head and watched as Caeruleus walked into the forest. They started talking quietly. Momonga pulled out a stopwatch and looked at it every now and then. Nearly thirty minutes went by after Caeruleus left, and there was loud bangs coming from the island. The three Vice-Admirals then started whispering again.
"What are you three whispering about?" Franky asked the Marine Vice-Admirals. They stopped their talking and looked over at the crew. They looked at each other again and nodded.
"It is time for us to complete our mission." said Momonga. "The mission that Akainu gave us."
"Which is?" asked Brooke. Doberman ran up, sword drawn, at Brooke. He swung at the skeletal musician, but Zoro was able to block the attack.
"I thought you promised Caeruleus that you wouldn't kill us!" said Zoro. He put his other sword in his mouth and drew his other sword.
"Like we would promise a pirate anything!" yelled Doberman. He swung his sword with all of his strength. Zoro was able to counter with a bit of effort.
"I wonder how much higher my bounty will be if I beat a Vice-Admiral." wondered Zoro.
"Like you can ever beat me, Pirate Scum!" said Doberman. He backed up and thrust his sword at Zoro.
"Ul-Tora Gari!" yelled Zoro. He put his sword that were in his hands over his mouth blade and swung them in a descending slash. Doberman's sword broke into pieces and Doberman was slashed up pretty badly.
"Doberman you idiot!" said Dalmatian. The half-dog man ran at Zoro and kicked him to the ground. Zoro stood back up and tried to perform a technique, but Dalmatian was faster. His hands grew long claws as he prepared to attack. "Jushigan!" He clapped his hands together and thrust his clawed fingers at Zoro's heart. However, Franky pushed Zoro out of the way and Dalmatian's attack hit Franky. "AHH!"
"My body is made of SUPER metal!" said Franky. He looked at Dalmatian's fingers and saw that they were broken.
"Why you-!" started Dalmatian.
"Hey mutt!" cried Sanji. Dalmatian turned around and was attacked by Sanji. "Bein Cut- Grill Shot!" He kicked at Dalmatian in the stomach. The dog-man caught fire and was thrown against the edge of the ship.
"Insolent pirates!" screamed Momonga. He was about to draw his sword, but Luffy tapped him on the shoulder. Momonga looked at Luffy and saw Luffy's pissed off expression.
"Gomu Gomu no-" said Luffy. He stretched both of his arms behind him and they went black by infusing his attack with Busoshoku Haki. "Jet Gatling!" Luffy then rapidly punched Momonga at the fastest he ever attacked anyone. After a while, Robin had to use her powers to make Luffy stop. Luffy then started crying.
Nami ordered Usopp and Chopper to tie up the Vice Admirals. As they did that, there was an extremely large quake. Everyone turned around and saw a massive explosion coming from the island's center. The light was intense, and the wind that came from it violently shook the ship.
"Caeruleus!" screamed Luffy. After the explosion subsided, Luffy made a decision. "I'm going to the island."
"What?" asked Nami.
"You can't possibly be considering-" said Brooke.
"I'm going!" said Luffy. "You can't stop me. I need to see if Caeruleus is alright"
"We're not going to stop you." said Robin.
"What?" asked Luffy.
"We're going with you." said Sanji.
"Caeruleus is a fellow crewmember of the Straw Hat Pirates." said Usopp, as he finished tying up the Marines.
"It is our duty as his friends and family to make sure he is safe." said Franky.
"You guys…" said Luffy, with tears falling from his face. "Thank you. Let's go!"
The entire Straw Hat crew then jumped off the Thousand Sunny. They ran as fast as they possible could into the forest. They jumped over stones and broken tree stumps. They continued running, never stopping, in order to find their crew member.
-Caeruleus's POV-
"Ugh…" I moaned. I got on my hands and knees and started coughing. Blood spilled out of my mouth. "Ow." I tried a couple of times to stand up, but I just fell back down. I was in so much pain. I tried to stand up again, and I succeeded.
I scanned the area and saw how damaged it was. The once beautiful clearing was now a wasteland. Trees were either vaporized or blown down. The clean lake was completely covered by stone. Said stone was melted together, and twisted and curved into bizarre shapes.
"Ow…" said Brett. He sat up and blood burst from his mouth as well. Kyle climbed out of the ground as well. His eyes were blank, empty shells of what they usually were. Then, the two of them started glowing again. But this time, their light began to cover their entire bodies.
Their skin began to completely turn into their auras. Then, they began to alter they physical being. Brett's arms grew feathers of silver and blue. His legs turned into the legs of a bird, with talons that look as if they could slice through anything. Brett's face was the last thing to change. It elongated into a beak that could pierce anything. In the end, there was a bird, twice the size of Brett, emanating an aura of temporal power in the form of blue flames.
"The Phoenix of Time!" I coughed out. I looked over at Kyle, hoping he wasn't changing, but my hopes were crushed.
Kyle began to have grey stripes appear on him. His entire body was red, and claws were beginning to form. He fell to his hands and knees and I saw his teeth become longer and sharper. His body grew a tail and fur all over his body. After his transformation was complete, all that was left was a tiger much larger than Kyle.
"The Tiger of Space!" I yelled. The two beings roared, and the sound threw me back. "Ugh!" The Tiger and Phoenix heard me and looked at me. They roared again, and came at me. "Black-"
The tiger appeared right in front of me and clawed my chest. The wounds were deep. It opened its mouth and fired a beam of energy. I was blasted into the sky and was caught in the Phoenix's claws. Its talons dug deep within me. It tried attack the Phoenix, but it threw me on the ground as released a flurry of feathers at me. I was able to put up a shield, but it only reduced the damage as the feathers broke through the shield.
"ARGH!" I yelled. Blood was spilling from every cut and gash on my body. As I was falling, the Tiger swiped at me and forced me to the ground. The Phoenix used an energy attack as well and blasted me, pushing me to the edge of the forest. Despite the immense pain and the amount of blood loss, I was wondering how I was even alive after all this. The Tiger then pounced on me. It was crushing me while pushing me into the earth. When it jumped into the air again, I was able to roll on my back, so I attacked it.
"Flaming Roar of Godzilla!" I cried. I released my most powerful fire attack, and it hit the Tiger. However, the Tiger ignored the attack and continued to pounce on me. The tiger jumped again, but was tackled out of the way by the Phoenix.
The Phoenix then spun in the air, making a wind current which separated into small blades of wind. I again put up a shield, and this time the attack didn't break through. It just caused the shield to crack to its breaking point. Feeling desperate, I raised my unbroken arm up focused my power of Darkness. The Tiger and the Phoenix were side by side as the dove at me. I then let go of the power, and a huge dragon made of Dark Energy erupted from my hands. It rammed into the other two entities and surrounded them in dark energies, which caused them intense pain.
The two entities were thrown back and roared in pain. After losing most of the feeling in my body, I started to crawl out of the pit I was pounded into. When I got the edge, I thought I was hallucinating. I swore I saw Luffy, and the rest of the crew. But then I heard Luffy call my name.
"Caeruleus!" cried Luffy. He had tears flowing down his face. "Chopper, hurry up! He needs your help."
"He's alive!" cried out Robin. "Thank all the gods in history!"
"Lu-Luffy… Ro-Rob-Rob-Robin…" I said, the words barely escaping from my lips. All of them ran at me. Their cries were filled with worry and concern. "You came…"
They entire crew had tears in their eyes, tears of happiness. They had bright smiles, which told me that they were happy that I was alive. I gave them a small smile. However, I don't think they were able to see it as they were still a ways away. Despite my predicament, I was relieved to see them. The crew being here gave me a reason to hang on to my life till I got was fixed up.
But then the two entities stood up. They shook off the Dark Energy and heard the crew. Growling, they charged an energy attack. They then fired, and the red and blue beams of energy went over me and hit an area right in front of where the crew was. The area exploded, and the crew faded from my vision
"NOOO!" I yelled.
I stood up and ran to the crew. My wounds opened up even more and blood poured out. I saw the crew after I realized they were all surrounding me, except Luffy. His body was missing. Their bodies didn't seem damaged, but from what I could tell, they weren't breathing. I was at a loss for words. I was way too upset to speak. As I walked forward, I tripped and fell on something. I looked at what I tripped on and screamed when I realized who I tripped on.
I grabbed Luffy's shoulders and pulled him the rest of the way out of the dirt. Pulling him into my lap, I tried to find his pulse, but I couldn't find it. My faced scrunched up and tears started flowing. I was choking my sobs, unable to get any words out. All I could think about was how I lost the closest person in this world to me. My best friend. My brother. My…family.
"Luffy!" I cried the heavens. I then started bawling. I cried harder than I have ever cried before. I then felt my Heart snap and break.
The Tiger and Phoenix roared once again. They jumped at me and readied their attack. At the moment they were about to ram into me, a pulse of Dark energy erupted from me. They were thrown back, but they steadied themselves. My pitch-black aura surrounded me, and began to transform me.
My skin began to grow black scales. My body was altered into a serpentine form and my hands and feet transformed into five-toed claws. The talons were extremely sharp. I could feel horns being grown from my skull, growing longer and pointed. My face elongated into a snout and my teeth grew to a point. A tail was the last thing formed, along with spines along my back. And my mind disappeared.
-Third Person POV-
The Dragon was reawakened. As it was reforming, the Tiger and the Phoenix coward back in fear and angry. Memories of what happened nearly 1000 years ago came to them. Their 'birth' at the hands of Mothra and the Kaiju. Their battle with each other that nearly destroyed the world. Their defeat by Mothra's owns might, and their travel to another world where they took vessels in the form of infants.
Anger continued to build up in the two entities of Space and Time. They decided that they waited long enough. Lunging at the Dragon, the Tiger attempted to bite entity of Darkness, but the Dragon whipped it away with its tail. The Phoenix released a flurry of feathers again in an attempt to slice the Dragon to ribbons. However, the Dragon roared and the feathers faded into Darkness.
The Dragon lifted itself off the ground and started flying into the sky. The Tiger jumped and ran on the air. The Phoenix flapped its wings faster in an attempt to catch up to the Dragon. As all three of them were flying, their auras were glowing more brilliantly and they were increasing in size. When they were a certain distance above the island, the Dragon whirled around and fired off a beam of Dark energy.
The Tiger jumped out of the way and the Phoenix dove towards the island. The beam attack hit the mountain and caused it be vaporized. There was nothing left of the mountain. The Tiger swiped its claws and created red slashes in the air. These slashes propelled through the air and went towards the Dragon. The Dragon flew higher and dove at the Tiger.
However, the Phoenix rammed into the Dragon from below, while spinning at a tremendous speed. Its beak pierced the Dragon's hide and caused the Dragon to roar in pain. The Dragon grabbed the Phoenix's throat in its claws and pulled it out of its body. It twirled around and threw the Phoenix at the Tiger, then firing of several small dark energy blasts in rapid succession. The blasts hit the targets and blew up, creating a smoke cloud.
The Dragon looked on at the smoke cloud, as if waiting for something to happen. And then something did happen. Two waves of red and blue energy blasted at the Dragon through the smoke. The Dragon countered, releasing black lightning from its mouth. The three attacks collided and created a powerful shockwave. Then the energy from the collided attacks burst into the sky and spread across the horizon, turning everything dark.
-Alabasta-
It was an unusually cold evening in the palace at Alubarna. Princess Vivi tightened her robes against herself.
"Why is it so cold Carue?" asked Vivi. Carue cuddled up closer to his oldest friend to try to get warm. "I mean, it gets cold in the dessert, but never anywhere this bad."
The heir to Alabasta's throne walked to her window and saw the cause to the cold. Outside was a blizzard that already covered the Royal Garden's trees. She tried to look ahead, but she was only able to see the clock towers silhouette. She noticed that there wasn't even a cloud in the sky, which she thought was odd. There was only Darkness in the sky. The winds changed, and the snow started blowing into her window. She screamed as the snow filled her room, till she was buried by the white, cold substance.
-Drum Kingdom-
"Hugh!" complained Dr. Kureha as she stripped herself of her purple blazer. The usually below freezing temperature of Drum Kingdom was increasing at a very fast rate. "Dalton!"
"I know!" said the bison Zoan user. He was wearing a sleeveless shirt and shorts.
"Heeheeheeheehee!" laughed the old doctor. "I never saw you in such revealing clothing, Dalton."
"*Groan*" said Dalton. He decided to walk away, but slipped on water. Dr. Kureha laughed even harder as she walked outside.
The good doctor moaned as it was three times hotter outside. She noticed that the trees that were usually green despite being covered in snow were now dead brown. Kureha heard a rumbling noise and saw the Drum Rockies had avalanches that consisted of snow and water. She screamed for Dalton to warn the villagers, but stopped as she realized that there weren't any clouds or the sun. The sky was completely black, devoid of any light.
-Little Garden-
Dorry the giant was exhausted. He was helping Brogy, his best friend and rival giant, save as many of the creatures on the islands as they possible could. The volcanoes that usually signaled their hourly duels were now erupting not stop by the second. So much as was in the air that they two giants were starting to choke. While helping the animals, they saw the plant life growing at a very fast pace. They also noticed the skeletons of the two giant Sea Kings were turning into dust. Everything was aging on the island, under a black foreboding sky.
-Site of the Entity battle-
The three entities were practically ripping each other apart. Biting and slashing and tearing, doing anything to harm the other. As they were healing, the damage was always disappearing, allowing them to hurt each other more. Energy attacks collided and pushed the Entities back.
The Phoenix screeched and disappeared. The Tiger attacked the Dragon more fiercely. It was annoying of the Dragon, so it swung its tail at the Tiger. As the Tiger was hit, the Dragon fired off several energy blasts. The Tiger jumped out of the way, causing the attack to land in the sea. The Dragon then lost sight of the Tiger. It sniffed around and tried to find either of the two other Entities.
The Dragon was then blasted from behind by a blue beam of energy. The Phoenix revealed itself and screeched, as if it was trying to laugh. Then, the Tiger reappeared and slashed the Dragon from the tail to its jaw. The gashes were a deep red. The Tiger then fired an energy attack itself at the Dragons front, and at the exact same moment the Phoenix shot off another energy blast at its back.
The Dragon roared in pain and started to fall. As it was falling, the Tiger and Phoenix continued firing energy attacks. Over and over again. Finally, they charged up an attack they believed would end it all. The fired at an angle, and when the two beams connected, the spun around each other. When it finally hit the Dragon, it was pushed into the island, making a crater and an explosion. When the smoke cleared, it appeared that the Dragon was dead.