So after reviewing the Spheres of Heaven's characteristics, I think it would be really difficult to create attacks based on those traits. Luckily, because the Spheres are named for the different planets, I can base the attacks after the atmospheres of each of the planets. Enjoy! If you want to see what Christina's new staff looks like, go here: art/Metal-Staff-001-11572087
Songs
Solacia Streets: Drive (Hardwell & Sick Individuals)
Vs. Hancock: Wildfire (Hardwell & Thomas Newson)
Chasing Mihawk: Hammer of God (Hardwell & Husman)
Vs. Mihawk: Heavy Guns (Hardwell & Jaggs)
Christina's New Form: Karma (Kokia) [Phantom: Requiem of Phantom Opening 1]
"Unh...what happened?" Nami asked groggily. They were all asleep in the inn. I sat at the bar.
"You were all knocked out by Dragon at Baltigo, remember?"
"Oh yeah...wait, then why are we back here?"
"I fought and defeated him, and carried all of you back."
"Huh?! You beat Dragon?!" Christina shot up from her bed.
"Yeah, what of it? What, you didn't think I could?"
"W-Well, no, it's not that...It's just, how did you do it?"
"I've developed my techniques further. That's all." Everyone sat up.
"You're all familiar with my Nine Circles of Hell progression, right?" They all nodded.
"Well, the afterlife is divided into three main realms, according to old religious texts and legends: Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Hell is divided into nine different circles, each more treacherous than the last. The first circle is Limbo, where those who were unbaptized are. The second circle is Lust, where those who were overly sexual in life are sentenced. The third circle is Gluttony, where those who were constantly gorging and binging in life are sent. The fourth circle is Greed, where those who were completely overcome with money and its value are sent. The fifth circle is Anger, where those who were overly furious and held grudges in life are held. The sixth circle is Heresy, where Heretics who denied the existence of God and the Church's authority in life are kept. The seventh circle is Violence, and is subdivided into three rings. The outer ring houses those who committed violent acts against others and their property are held. The middle ring consists of those who committed suicide and acts of violence against themselves are held. And the inner ring consists of those who committed acts of violence against God and nature. The eighth circle is Fraud, which is also divided into 10 mini areas, collectively known as the Malebolge. The first Bolgia is for Panderers and Seducers, the second is for Flatterers, the third for Simonists, the fourth for Sorcerers, Astrologists, and False Prophets, the fifth for Corrupt Politicians, the sixth for Hypocrites, the seventh for Thieves, the eighth for Fraudulent Advisors and Evil Counselors, the ninth for Sowers of Discord, or those who are only self-motivated, and the tenth for various falsifiers, such as Alchemists, Counterfeiters, Perjurers and Impostors. And the ninth circle is Treachery, home to the traitors."
"W-We won't be sent to any of those places, right?" Chopper asked worriedly.
"Certainly not. This is according to religious legends. And even if you were to be sent to one of these realms, it wouldn't be Hell. Sure, Nami may be greedy, and Luffy Gluttonous, but you make up for it by all of the good acts that we perform."
"In any case, what about the other two realms?" Robin asked.
"Right. Purgatory is home to those who committed sins more by motives rather than actions. It is separated into seven terraces, and is based off of three types of love. The first three terraces deal in perverted love, for those who take delight in seeing harm done to others. The fourth terrace is for deficient love, for those who were lazy and didn't care about their place in the world. And the final three terraces are for those who had excessive love for good things. The first terrace is Pride, for those who were too blinded by their hubris in life. The second terrace is Envy, for those who were upset and jealous when someone else received good fortune. The third terrace is Wrath, for those who were angry and furious throughout life. The fourth terrace is Sloth, for those who never took action and did anything with their lives. The fifth terrace is for the Covetous, for those who had excessive concern for earthly goods, such as money. The sixth terrace is for the Gluttonous, for those who over-emphasized food, drink, and bodily comforts. The seventh and final terrace is for the Lustful, for those who were misdirected in their sexual affairs. And above the seventh terrace, at the top of the realm is the Garden of Eden, also known as the Earthly Paradise."
"So these sinners were there based on motives?"
"Right. And unlike Hell, the sinners of Purgatory have the opportunity to purge their wrongdoings by re-pledging their allegiance to God and by doing work. So these sinners were placed there more because their crimes were psychological, not physical."
"So what about Heaven?" Brook asked.
"Well, Heaven is divided into 10 spheres. The first three spheres still deal with deficient forms of love, but the other 7 deal with positive forms. The first sphere is the Sphere of the Moon, where those who abandoned their vows and promises reside. The second sphere is the Sphere of Mercury, where those who acted out of selfishness are. The third sphere is the Sphere of Venus, where those who were deficient in love reside. Granted, it's not as if they cheated on their husbands, they'd probably be in either Purgatory or Hell for that. It's probably just because they either divorced or remarried in life. The fourth sphere is the Sphere of the Sun, where those who were educated and intelligent helped to illuminate the world intellectually during their lifetimes. The fifth sphere is the Sphere of Mars, where those who served honorably in wars and conflicts and overcame their own self doubt and cowardice through courage reside. The sixth sphere is the Sphere of Jupiter, where those who were fair and just rulers during their lifetimes stay. The seventh sphere is the Sphere of Saturn, where those who embodied temperance and self-restraint are. The eighth sphere is the Sphere of the Fixed Stars, the sphere of the church triumphant, where those who served their church honorably reside. The ninth sphere is called the Primum Mobile, where the angels reside. This is the last sphere of the physical universe. The tenth and final sphere is known as The Empyrean. This sphere exists in a plane beyond the physical universe and is where God resides. In this circle is a rose that resembles divine love, and the petals are home to those who were faithful while alive. Beyond this lies the Trinity, which consists of three rings, all considered to be the embodiments of God. The third ring is God's Spirit. The second ring is Jesus Christ. And the first ring is God himself."
"So...in other words…" Christina said, trying to piece everything together.
"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." I said, closing my eyes and drinking from my glass. "In any case, the next island appeared last night, if you guys are ready to head out."
"Yeah! Let's do it!" Luffy said excitedly.
"Alright. Then let's head out."
"Oh, shouldn't we tell Yadoya that we're leaving though?" Nami asked.
"Just go already, hurry up and get that island out of here!" Yadoya yawned, standing behind the bar half asleep.
"You look awful, what happened?" Robin asked.
"That island that appeared last night is what happened. It blasted music all night, and it was so loud, I didn't get any sleep!"
"I think I know what island it is…" Nami mumbled, looking slightly annoyed. Sanji's and Brook's faces slowly lit up before they dashed out of the inn and towards the island at a superhuman speed screaming:
"SOLACIAAAAAAAAAA!"
I sighed.
X
We walked down the familiar streets of the nightclub island.
"You know, I don't know if we can actually do anything here. It is only a copy of the island after all…" I told everyone.
"But they were all the same, and took damage in the same way. I mean, Enies Lobby even had the Buster Call set up too." Usopp said.
"In that case, why don't we stop by Hancock's club and get something to drink?"
"YES!" Sanji, Brook, and Zoro all yelled.
"Need I remind you that we're supposed to be here looking for Red?" Nami scowled at them.
"I think we should, regardless. It would be good for us to see how this island differs from the real thing."
X
We finally made it to the club, and walked up towards the door before finding someone in our path.
"Ah. I thought you might be one of our opponents."
"Did you now? I suppose I shouldn't expect anything less of you. Or the rest of you~!" Hancock blushed, attempting to attract us to her. It didn't work on myself or Luffy or Nami, because we were used to her, or were already in love with someone else. However, the rest of them, no matter how small, gave off a faint blush.
"Love Love Beam!" Hancock formed her hands into a heart and produced a heart-shaped beam that turned everyone to stone.
"Hancock! Turn them back!" Luffy growled angrily.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Luffy~! What was I thinking?! Or is that what you thought I'd say?" she laughed, sporting an arrogant smile, similar to her previous personality before she met him.
"I'm a copy of the real thing. Therefore, I'm not quite as gullible or lovestruck as she is. I'm afraid that I'm not going to simply fall to my knees and do whatever you say." she smirked, rushing towards Luffy and kicking him across the face, sending him flying into a building.
"Luffy!" Nami yelled.
"You too, thief." she said coldly, aiming another strike for Nami. She quickly hardened her arms and blocked the attack, their conqueror's haki clashing with dark red and black lightning flashing around the streets.
I ran towards her and began throwing punches, but she kept blocking them and spinning around on her hands while kicking us. We both jumped back, and Luffy came out and joined us.
"This is not going to be easy." I told them. "Not just because she's a Warlord, but because she's a Master Assassin, just like us."
"Pistol Kiss." Hancock created 5 small pink hearts from her fingers that floated in midair. She made a gun shape with her hand and placed her index finger behind one of the hearts. She closed one eye as if aiming, and then fired it off towards us with the sound of a gunshot. We dodged it, but she continued to do this.
"Second Gear!" Luffy shouted, becoming red in color and emitting steam.
"Gum Gum Jet Pistol!" he yelled, rushing towards her and unleashing his attack. She dodged it instantly using haki, and then hardened her foot, bringing it down on top of Luffy's head, which made him fall to the ground, creating a large crater.
"Fishman Karate: Samegawara Seiken!" I yelled, unleashing a blast of wind and water towards her. She stumbled back and fell to her knees, weakened from the water particles. I rushed in front of her and kicked her into the air, then charging up lightning on my hands and zapping her, making her cry out in pain before disappearing into a leaf. Everyone else now turned back from stone, and Nami healed Luffy.
"Are you alright?" she asked him.
"Y-Yeah. I'll be fine." We continued walking through the streets.
"What are we doing now?" Zoro asked. "It just seems like we're wandering around aimlessly."
"How is that any different from what you do every day?" Sanji mocked.
"Hey!" he yelled, the two getting ready to fight once again.
"Shut it, you two." Christina said, slamming her fist down on their heads.
"If we were already done here, the island would have disappeared. This is the same situation that happened in Fushia Village. We can't actually leave until we finish everything here that we're meant to do. So there must be someone else left to fight."
"You'd be wise to keep on your guard." said a malevolent voice that came from the rooftops. We spun around and looked up.
"Black Blade Single Flash." A massive green wave of energy rushed towards us. We narrowly dodged it as it tore through the ground and effortlessly cut a building in half.
"Dracule." I said, looking back up at the swordsman.
"Black Blade Arc Moon." He slashed towards us in rapid succession, launching multiple green energy waves. While we were busy dodging them, he jumped off the roof and stood on top of his sword, plummeting down towards us.
"Black Blade Violent Star." He came crashing down, and aimed towards Nami's heart. She was too busy dodging the other slashes to get out of the way in time.
"Nami!" Luffy yelled, rushing towards her. She gasped as she noticed the fierceness in his eyes. There was no way she could dodge this attack in time, no way that she could take on an opponent like this.
"Fifth Gear!" Luffy yelled, teleporting to her side in a golden flash and pushing her out of the way and into safety.
"Luffy!" she screamed as he got pierced by Yoru right in his chest. He began bleeding profusely. Mihawk looked down at him emotionless, and looked back at the rest of us.
"Earth Crawling Slash." he recited, his blade emitting a green glow. He smashed it into the ground before a giant green wave of energy erupted across the ground, breaking it apart, and heading straight for me.
"Taking the strongest out first, huh?" I asked, unsheathing my own sword.
"Hmph." was all he responded with.
"Black Blade First Day!" I yelled, slashing downward with a black beam of energy that countered and dispersed Mihawk's. He backflipped up into the air, stabbing his sword into a building, and then used it as a foothold to flip up again to the rooftop.
"I'm not going to make this easy for you. If you want to defeat me, you'll have to catch me first." He said, beginning to run off down the rooftop.
"Tch! Damn. You're in charge." I told Christina. I aimed my gauntlet towards the rooftop before shooting the rope launcher into the side of the roof, flying up along with it, and climbing up. I started running down the roof after Mihawk. I jumped from building to building, occasionally swinging from a sign. He did the same. I almost forgot, we trained together in free-running too. We used to run across the rooftops of our hometown every day. Eventually, he stopped at a large roof that was big enough for the two of us to fight on. I drew my sword, as did he.
Without wasting another moment, we rushed at each other, and began slashing around, hearing the collisions of steel.
"Black Blade Arc Moon!" we both yelled, continuously launching green and black energy waves at each other, which all cancelled out. But then he disappeared in a flash of lightning and reappeared behind me, making me widen my eyes. Oh, right. He ate the Rumble Rumble Fruit.
"Shit." I said before he placed his hand on my back.
"200 Million Volt Vari." he said before electrocuting me with the same voltage of a bolt of lightning. I coughed up smoke before falling onto my knees, shaking from the pain.
"You...don't waste any time, do you?" I wheezed.
"No. Not at all. Sango." he said creating a ball of electricity in his hand and then blasting it right in front of me, creating a huge dome-shaped explosion of lightning.
"D-Damn it…" I coughed, spewing blood and falling over.
"I knew you couldn't handle this." Christina said, looking down at me scornfully. She stepped over my body and faced off against Mihawk.
"You? You want to fight me? You know you're not as strong as Aaron."
"Oh, I wouldn't say that. We're more or less equal. He doesn't know it, but I've been training too. I have a new transformation that I've been saving."
"Oh? Show me."
"Moon Goddess Form Phase 2. Tsukuyomi's Punishment." She now stood in a new form. She wore a shimmering white gown. She had a new staff that was silver. At the top was an elegant design that looked like a cross between a lunar and floral pattern. In the center was a light blue sapphire. Wrapped around the design were two crescent moons, one silver like the staff, and one that was light blue. The design curled up into a leaf shape, and further up to a small indent, where there was another light blue sapphire, that marked the top of the staff. She twirled it around before hitting it down onto the roof.
"You can't beat me." she said commandingly. Her hair had gone from dark brown to black now and was considerably longer, reaching down to her waist. She had a lunar symbol on her forehead, and her eyes had changed color to purple. She usual black boots were now white. Over her gown, she wore a long white robe with black sashes wrapped around her shoulders and torso.
"I disagree. You think that this new form of yours is enough to beat me? 200 Million Volt Amaru." he said, before a blue beam of electricity enveloped him and he stood in his transformed state.
"Raigo!" he yelled, lifting his hands into the air and shooting lightning from his fingertips up into the sky. Before long, a giant black ball of electricity fell from the sky towards her. She lifted her hand up to the giant orb of lightning and shot a burst of moonlight into it, causing it to shatter and disperse. Mihawk's eyes widened before she lifted her staff up into the air.
"I told you. You can't win. Now get out of my sight. Luminescence Retribution." She stated before she tapped her staff onto the ground once again. Mihawk undid his transformation in confusion as nothing happened. But a few seconds later, his body began to glow and he gasped before his body exploded from the inside out. Blood flew everywhere, a little bit even landing on Christina's face as she closed one of her eyes in disgust. The remains of his body turned back into the leaf they were originally from.
"Gross." she said, wiping her face off and going back to normal. She walked back over to me.
"Hey, wake up." I didn't move.
"Ugh, for God's sake, he's still unconscious. I guess I'll have to carry you." She picked me up and flung my body over her shoulder.
"Heavy bastard." she cursed. "Come on, let's go." she said as she dived off the rooftop.
X
"...Mm?" I muttered, slowly opening my eyes. I was back in the inn.
"What happened?" I asked, looking around to see everyone.
"You were defeated by Dracule, remember?" Christina asked.
"Ah. You're right. Well, who beat him?"
"Me. After all, who has to take responsibility for your actions more than half the time?" she mocked.
"You beat him?"
"Of course. I've gotten stronger too, you know. My new power is equal to your's."
"I see…" I said, lying back down.
"Don't get too comfortable. You and I have a mission to do tonight, you know."
"A mission?" I asked.
"Yeah. Nothing complicated. You just need to spot targets for me while I snipe them from a distance."
"Oh."
"You should start getting ready. I'll meet you at the tavern when you're done."
"Got it."
X
I yawned as I walked out towards the tavern. Everyone else was already asleep. I glanced at the clock. Midnight. I walked over and sat down next to Christina, who was examining her sniper rifle. I noticed a glass where she was sitting. My eyes narrowed before asking,
"How much did you have to drink?"
"Ummm...let me think…" she said, putting her finger to her chin. "Three glasses of wine, three cans of beer, and...4 shots of vodka?"
"You're drunk." I said outright.
"You know it." she winked.
"Why? You know we have a mission. And what's worse, you're the one behind the gun. How are you going to aim when you're completely plastered?"
"I dunno. I'll figure something out." she said before loading the gun and closing the barrel. "Man I love bolt action rifles." she smirked, putting the gun over her shoulder and putting her hand on my arm.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"Evergia."
"Alright. Hang on." I said before we disappeared in a flash of lightning.
End.
Short chapter, I know, but right now I don't really have much time to focus on this considering I have finals next week. I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless.