Chapter 11: Making a splash in the Beach Zone!
Following our new little navigator we soon came to another giant set of doors, this time they were blue and had seashells on the front.
"Wow, that bat actually did it." Tack nodded.
"Screepth!" The bat said smugly as it re-perched on my head.
"...He likes you a lot Ellix." Sarah noted.
Kalamar then blubbed at the bat, who screeched back, and soon the two were in a full-blown conversation! How did this bat, probably created by a Devil Fruit, know how to talk to regular animals?...It just gets weirder and weirder.
"All right. You know the drill." Tack said as we all leaned against the giant doors. "One, two, three!" We all pushed with all our might until the double doors swung open. Even though I could tell what type of zone it was going to be I still gasped.
Imagine the biggest and most awesome waterpark you've ever been to. Double that, and you have this zone, enough said.
"Sugoiiiii!" Me, Roy and even Sarah said with sparkling eyes.
There was another sign, which Tack walked up to. "The Beach Zone, where the spirit is splashed." He read. "It is pretty cool. But remember! We're not here to mess around." Tack told us.
"Meanie." We all said with pouty faces.
"WE'RE ON A MISSION HERE!" He yelled at us with shark teeth.
So, grumbling, we walked along, until we came across one of my most deadliest enemies...water. And a big body of it as well.
"Great, with three Devil Fruit users we have a problem." Tack sighed.
I was about to suggest me using Geppo to get over there, when Roy suddenly shouted: "Hey! Over here!" We all turned to him to find him waiting at a flight of steps, "I bet we can find something up here!" He then sprinted up with Kalamar blubbing happily.
The three of us remaining looked at each other before following him, what choice did we have?
When we reached the top we found what looked like a hollowed out log with red seats inside it, it looked kinda like...a ride...
"If this is the only way we're moving on, so be it." Tack nodded as he helped Sarah into the first seat, which she blushed at.
I looked at the seats...they're straps looked pretty tight, and we were pretty high up, and if we-I started sweating nervously.
"Hey Ellix? What's the matter? You look sick again." Roy surprisingly noticed.
I'm going to be completely honest, I'm scared of falling. Heights, perfectly fine, falling from them? Not so much. I'd conquered my fear when Marcus taught me Geppo, I could always stop myself from falling. But with those straps I couldn't support the whole ride! I'd just fall...fall...FALL!
"Yep, I'm fine. Let's do this."
...You hang around Luffy long enough your attitudes bound to become positive and stupidly fearless.
And so we all strapped ourselves in, Tempo flew over us, obviously he didn't like the idea of getting splashed, lucky him with his flying.
"...How does this thing start?" Tack asked no-one in particular.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Tempo flap over to a red lever. I then continued to watch in horror as his weight caused the lever to lower.
Without warning the log lurched forward and shot down over a tube filled with rushing water. "AHHHHH!" We all screamed as we lurched left and right so violently my insides felt like they were being tossed around, which, admittedly, made me be sick a little.
"GET ME OFF OF THIS DEATHTRAP!" I screamed as we did a loop-de-loop and splashed through some water before rising once again. "NO! NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Finally the traumatic experience ended with a big splash. Even though I was slightly weakened from the splashing water I climbed out and fell to the floor. "Sweet, sweet ground..."
"Wahoooooo! Who's up for round 2!?" Roy shouted as Kalamar blubbed with joy, I just groaned.
I then realised something was...wrong,with the ground. I picked it up and let it spill out of my hand, it was sand! Looking around me this place looked like a beach!
"Sugoi! A beach!" I marvelled.
"I-It is!" Sarah said with a smile.
"No time, we have to keep moving." Tack stated plainly.
"Come on, Tack! Let's just count it as a quick break, I'm sure everyone else is tired." As soon as I said that Roy groaned with obvious overexaggeration. "Plus, those water sprays weakened us, we need to dry off."
Tack tick-pulsed. "Fine, but only for a few minutes." We all whooped with joy as soon as he said 'Fine'.
Sarah soon got to work on making a sandcastle, she was actually really good! Kalamar blubbed happily as it splashed around in the water, along with Roy who was stark naked, did that guy have ZERO shame? Tack just sat cross-legged and drew in the sand with a convenient long stick. I meanwhile, buried myself in sand and took a power nap, it was really warm. Tempo for some reason roosted next to me, I was starting to wonder why this guy was so attached to me.
Suddenly Tempo's ears perked up and it started flying in circles overhead. "SKREEPTH! SCREEEEE!" He screeched at full volume, getting all our attentions.
"What the hell is up with that bat?" Tack asked in an annoyed tone.
Roy put on his clothes which soon became dripping wet as Kalamar latched back on, seeming to like its masters moist back. "Maybe he's hungry? What do music note bats eat?"
I stood up and brushed the sand off of me as I looked around for what could be causing his screeching.
And then I spotted it.
Off in the distance was a GIANT wall of water, that was coming straight for us!
"It's a tsunami! Run for it!" I yelled as I took off with Soru.
I heard everyone else scream as they started running, my eyes darted around to look for an exit or something. Then I spotted a big rubber dingy that we could ride on! I quickly grabbed it and dragged it back to my friends. "Get in!" I yelled as we all climbed in.
"Hang oooon!" Tack yelled as we ducked our heads and were swamped with water.
My strength left me for a few seconds before we re-surfaced, coughing and spluttering (Except for Kalamar of course.) as we dried off once again.
"That beach was a trap, we got stupidly careless." Tack grumbled.
"We got tricked..." Sarah said sadly.
Tempo flew over to me and shook himself vigorously to dry off, being a weird bat he obviously didn't like water either.
We drifted along for a bit until we heard splashing. "What's that noise?" Tack asked.
I peered over the edge as something leaped out of the water in front of me. They must have been another one of Dimo's creations, it looked like a little whale with a squidgy light blue body and...and...
"You guys are so cute!" I exclaimed as I grabbed one as it leaped out of the water. It had such a chubby little face with ickle black dots for eyes, and it was just adorable! "Who's a cute ickle whale? You are! You are!"
I laughed as the tiny whale flopped in my hands before I released it back into the water. I then turned around to see everyone, even Kalamar staring at me. "...Uhh...Yeah they're cute." I mumbled with a furious blush. Don't say anything! Cute things are cute, simple as that, I'm not saying anymore.
"I think they're really cute too!" Sarah said as she dipped her hand into the water, which one of the whales wiggled in, making her giggle.
Suddenly all the cute little whales swam away! "awwww, where are you going?" I called sadly, I hope I didn't scare them off...
"Well...it could be that they're running because of THAT!" We turned to where Tack was pointing, to see a bunch of cartoonish green piranhas swimming right towards us!
"More thingiiiiiiies!?" Roy whined as his guns clamped onto his arms and Kalamar grabbed its guns. "Bring it on, fishies!" He yelled as the duo began firing.
The piranhas seemed pretty smart, they dived under the water to avoid it and leaped at us from either side.
"Soru Ken!" Never thought I'd punch a piranha in the face.
"Blood Slicer!" Tack cut down his whole forearm and a long blood blade curved through the water, slicing through several piranhas that disappeared in puffs of smoke.
"We're all going to die!" Sarah wailed, but then several piranhas jumped at her from behind her!
"Sarah! Behind you!" Tack yelled.
"EEEEEK!" Sarah yelled as she punched the piranha...
...and it flew back so far and fast, it knocked all the other piranhas into the air, the one that was punched smashed through several rocks before finally disappearing.
My jaw literally hit the dingy at Sarah's display of strength.
"...I...I'm sorry..." Sarah mumbled with a red face.
"How did you do that!?" I shouted in disbelief.
"Sarah's strength can match her giant form as well." Tack explained.
"So your strong even when your normal? That's so sugoiii!" I cheered with sparkling eyes.
"It's nothing...really..." She whispered with an increasing blush.
And so we sailed on for a little bit more, for a minute I thought we would just drift our way out of the zone. But of course, things got complicated. It started as we suddenly lurched and started moving in a different direction.
"Hey, didwechangecourseorsomething?" Roy asked as he peered over the edge. "...Uh-oh..."
"What's the matter?" I asked.
"Wehaveabitofaproblem..."
All of us came and looked where Roy was looking, to find that we were currently swirling around the edge of a whirlpool!...Great, just great.
"Hello Ellix-sama and Unimportantlings!"
It was hard to find the familiar voice with our new constant spinning, but every now and then we caught a glimpse of a Den-Den Mushi projecting an image of Dimo. "I am having the conversation with your faces!"
"Dimo, in case you didn't notice, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WHIRLPOOL!" Tack yelled angrily as I slumped over the side, my face turning green.
"I don't feel well..." I gurgled.
"Ohhhh yes! You are having of the spinning and spinning and spinning! Like the crazy cat watching the clothing of wash machine!"...What the hell was he talking about now? "Are you having the liking of the Beach Zone? Is it to your tastiness of yumness?"
"It's not for everyone." Sarah mumbled as she rubbed my back.
"Ohhhh...I have the tastiness of bittery sadness." Dimo said with an over-the-top sad face, but quickly switching back to his giant grin. "Though have the worrying not! Like the snail of speediness, the sightness views the end of the zone of beachness!"
"...Yay?" Was all I could say.
"Butty but but buuut! The obstacle of number: one more is in the wayness!" He grinned so much it covered half of his face. "Charlooooos! The snacking time it is! Having the feasting of the pasta of flesh you will! The pasta of the Unimportantlings DOOM!" And with that the image faded.
"...Charlos?" Was all I could ask.
Suddenly the center of the whirlpool started bubbling and throwing water into the air violently.
"S-Something's coming out!" Sarah squeaked in fear.
Slowly a big, BIG figure rose out of the whirlpool center, revealing a long, blue and green striped serpentine Sea King with giant fangs and whiskers!
"HE HAS A SEA KING!?" Roy screamed.
"AND HE NAMED IT CHARLOS!?" I shouted with a face-fault.
'Charlos' the Sea King glared down at out little dingy and licked its fangs hungrily, and I don't think he was after a sandwhich. Well, if Luffy can beat one how hard can it be?
I jumped into the air with Soru. "Rankakyu Gaichu!" I whipped my leg and sent a silver wave at the Sea King, but it just bounced off! 'Damn it! Those scales are tough!'
"Blood Urchin!" A lagre blob of blood shot out of Tack's hand that quickly grew spikes all over it, the spikes stuck to Charlos, but it didn't even flinch!
"Charged Shot!" Roy and Kalamar's guns shook violently as concentrated blasts of energy shot out and exploded, and when the smoke cleared it was giving us a half-lidded glare.
"...Oops." Roy said.
"GRAWWWWWR!" Charloss roared as it suddenly lunged at the dingy in a wash of waves!
"You guys!" I yelled in shock, I had stayed in the air with Geppo because I hated that spinning!
Suddenly I thought I saw something fly out of it.
"SCREEEECH!" Tempo screeched as he flew out carrying Tack and Sarah.
"Tempo!" I said in happy disbelief.
"Thanks bat, you sure helped us out." Tack admitted.
"Your really strong for a little bat." Sarah mumbled, to which Tempo blushed with pride.
"HEY!" We all looked down to see Roy spinning in the whirlpool with Kalamar. "What about us!?"
"You can swim!" I argued.
"That's not relevant!"
Now that three of its snacks were flying, Charlos set its sights on the appetizer in its own territory.
"AHHH! I'mnotasnack!" Roy wailed as he swam in the whirlpools direction to avoid the hungry sea king.
"Rankakyu Supia!" I yelled as I shot my legs forward in a stabbing motion, which made the air waves go in a stabbing motion. Unfortunately the only thing they did was make the Sea King turn to us with murder in its eyes.
"Move, you bat!" Tack yelled. Tempo looked like he was considering dropping him, but then remembered Sarah was holding on and flew out of Charlos' biting range.
"Rankakyu Ogama!" I sent a thin, cutting wave at Charlos, but it just BOUNCED OFF AGAIN! 'Arrrggghhh! None of this is working! We need a different type of attack!' Daydream...I don't know about using it twice in such a short space of time, but this is the only thing I can think of!
"Daydream!" I yelled as I slammed my hands into either side of my face. My head pulsated as the rainbow colours washed over my body. "Dream-Dream Tension Shot!" I stretched a fist out and punched it whilst pumping pure energy through it...didn't flinch. "YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!"
"Nothing works against that thing!" Tack shouted.
'Stupid brain! Think of something!" I shouted as I began hitting my own head. What the hell could work against it!? It's in the water, water, water...wait, if that...but I can't do THAT!...If...could that work?...I don't know...awww screw it! I began spinning both my arms in circles, using Soru, I was hoping they wouldn't pop out of my sockets!
"Ellix, what are you doind!?" Tack shouted.
I wouldn't reply, I was focusing all my dream energy into my arms as they started building up energy, I then realised something. "Tempo! Get Roy and Kalamar out of the water!"
The loyal note bat flew down over Roy. "Thank'sTempo!" Roy gasped as he also grabbed onto the bat, he still seemed unaffected as he rose back into the sky. Charlos now had all the ingredients of its meal in the sky, but I was almost done.
"What are you going to do, Ellix?" Sarah asked.
"I'm building up kinetic energy! And then I'll use my dream powers to turn it into a different energy!" I shouted as my arms felt really weird.
"What type of energy?" Tack asked.
I didn't answer as I dived towards the water, hopping over it a few feet as Charlos opened its mouth to swallow me whole. "Too late." I smirked as I raised my arms.
"Dream-Dream...DISCHARGE!"
I stuck my arms into the water and released all my stored electrical energy into the water. "GRAAAAAWWWRRR!" Charlos roared in pain as he was shocked with hundreds of volts via the water.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" I also screamed, as I was also a conductor for the electricity. The volts shot through my body just like when I fought Silver.
Then I passed out...
...
A dream...
Yes...I was having a dream...
I was in a room, with big windows, and a large bed...
I walked over to the bed to find a figure lying in the bed, I could tell she was a woman because of her hourglass figure, but the vision was blurry, I couldn't make out her face...
There was a second person beside the bed, but they were even blurrier, I couldn't make out any features at all.
I saw that the woman in the bed was cradling a bundle of cloth, I peered in to find a little baby looking at its blurry mother.
Suddenly, the woman spoke. "Hello there..." She said it as if she was crying, but, also very, very happy. "My little baby boy..." So it was a boy...
Suddenly the whole dream...glitched...as if there was a giant piece of it just...missing...
"I've thought of a name for him." The woman suddenly said. The baby reached out a stubby hand as it made cute little gurgles, I saw tears run down her blurred face, and a small smile. "I thought of...Ellix..."
...What?
This baby was...me?...Does that mean...
"...M...Mum?" I asked the blurry figure shakily.
"Yes...little Ellix..." She didn't hear me...I was only spectating.
Suddenly I heard a loud boom. I turned to see a figure walking towards the bed, it was very big and burly. "You did an excellent job ********" What was that name? I couldn't hear it...
"Thank you..." My mum said softly as she gently held baby me out. "Do you want to see your *******?" She asked me, I once again couldn't hear. Baby me gurgled with a smile. "Here..."
She handed me, uh, him, err...you know what I mean, to the burly figure. "His name is Ellix..." My mum said as baby me began sucking on the giant figures pinky.
The burly figure chuckled. "It's very nice to meet you Ellix, I'm ****, your *******."
Suddenly everything lurched, and I felt the dream slipping away. "NO! Not yet!" I yelled in desperation. "Mum!" I yelled as I was pulled away...
I coughed water out of my lungs as I saw Tempo, Tack, Sarah, Roy and Kalamar standing over me. "Thank goodness...your awake." Sarah sighed.
I instantly sat up and looked around to find myself on a similar stony path. "Wh-What happened?" I asked.
"After you shocked Carlos, you fell into the water, Kalamar fished you out and Tempo flew us all out of the zone." Tack explained.
I hugged my legs to my body...that dream could have hold all the answers...but it was gone...I was close to crying at the thought of losing the only chance I had.
"Ellix...are you okay?" Sarah asked.
I swallowed the lumps in the throat as i stood up. "Yeah, I'm okay." I lied. "Thanks Tempo." The bat grinned as he perched on my shoulder.
"Can we leave now?" Roy asked.
"Yeah." I nodded as we started walking once again.
...But inside I was hurting...I might not ever see my mum ever again...
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Ellix: I've lost my only chance...
Luffy: Hey author! Where' the meat?
Over there...
Luffy: Arigatou! I wonder if Eri wants some...
...What?
Luffy: Eriiiii! Meeeeeeat!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? THIEFOFSTEALTH WILL SUE ME!
Luffy: Eri deserves meat as well!
Ellix: Eri-chan is scary...
STOP IT!
Lucy: Sugoiiii! Meat!
Luffy: Nani? You look like me with boobs!
I'M GONNA GET SCREWED OVER WITH YOUR UNIVERSE CROSSING! SHOW SOME RESPECT FOR THE AUTHORS!
All: Shitty author.
YOUR EVEN TAKING THAT!...I don't own ANY of these references except Ellix. All of you do the disclaimer before I make something terrible happen to you.
Lucy: You can't threaten us!
Oh really? *Ahem*, Ellix, Luffy and Lucy were suddenly and randomly teleported to an island without ANY form of meat for the rest of their li-
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Thank you, now do the disclaimer.
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Luffy: He doesn't own Eri either!
Lucy: Or me!