Chapter 2 - Island Invasion
The strange robots surrounding Luffy, Natsu, Ruby, Hinata and Soma were preparing to aim their weapons at the five. The civilians in the area were getting frightened and quickly "ran for the hills" to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
"Looks like these guys aren't exactly friendly." Hinata said.
"Doesn't matter! We're gonna kick their cans!" Luffy hollered, mashing his right fist into his left palm.
"Gum-Gum… PISTOL!" Luffy shouted, shooting his signature technique to punch through one robot with a elongated arm.
"HE CAN STRETCH!" Natsu, Ruby, Hinata and Soma thought in unison, completely awestruck.
Luffy began to attack more robots with lightning speed, dodging gunfire and swords easily. He first punched two at the same time before stretching his right leg to take out five out them in an arc. He then used Observation Haki to dodge more gunfire aimed behind him by jumping upwards before stretching his legs down to slam two more to the ground.
Natsu, Ruby, Hinata and Soma were watching and amazed at Luffy's prowess. Being the impulsive one, Natsu decided to join the party.
"Save some for me! Fire Dragon… ROAR~!" Natsu shouted, firing a breath of fire from his mouth that incinerated another squad of robots.
"DID HE JUST BREATHE FIRE?!" Ruby, Hinata and Soma exclaimed in unison, their eyes popping out in surprise.
"AWESOME~!" Luffy shouted, becoming totally amazed.
"Come at me, you scrapheaps! I'm all fired up now!" Natsu declared, igniting his fists with a cheeky grin.
Not wanting to be left out, Ruby managed to take out her scroll that she kept with her (and managed to avoid getting wet or damaged by sheer luck) and pressed a button, which in a few seconds, came from the sky her locker that dropped on a couple robots. Then without warning, she used her Semblance to race to her locker and open it, revealing Crescent Rose. Ruby took her main weapon and began to show her prowess as a huntsmen.
Armed and ready while smiling, Ruby twirled her scythe as several robots charged towards her. Ruby began her turn with swinging her scythe, hacking any robots that got in her way before changing her scythe into a sniper rifle, firing bullets that managed to dent them but not enough. Needing more fire power, Ruby changed her weapon to a scythe-sniper rifle hybrid by slamming the scythe end into the ground, firing now dust bullets of ice that froze the robots in their tracks, which actually gave Luffy the time to strike next.
"That's a badass weapon!" Luffy commented.
"Thanks! It's my baby!" Ruby replied.
Hinata and Soma watched from the sidelines as Luffy, Natsu and Ruby were making quick work. They wished they could help but as regular humans, they'd be useless. But suddenly, strange glowing appeared on their hands and became surprised at what they're respectively holding. In Hinata's hands were his two Ninjatō swords, and in Soma's, his metal gauntlets.
They were surprised but didn't need to think. Just act.
And act they did, with Hinata slashing through some robots with speed, while Soma punched his way through before grabbing one by the head and tossing that into several more, crushing them.
Luffy, Natsu and Ruby were completely awestruck.
"SO COOL~!" Luffy and Natsu shouted in unison, awestruck once again.
But Ruby was more awestruck like her mind was blown. "THOSE ARE COOL WEAPONS~!"
Hinata and Soma smiled with thumbs up before their minds wandered to their friends.
"I hope the others are okay." Hinata and Soma thought in unison, out of concern.
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True to word, everyone else were being attacked by the same robots at their respective locations.
"Ice-Make: Shield!" Gray shouted, conjuring a shield of ice to block some incoming gunfire.
At the waterpark, he, Usopp, Chopper, Weiss, Yang, Kageyama (now armed with his bow and wakizashi) and Takumi (armed with both his spear and his trusty steed Mustang fending off their own opposition of enemy robots.
"Where the hell did these guys even come from?" Gray asked, getting a little annoyed with the endless wave of robots.
"Just focus on the fight, pervert!" Weiss hollered, summoning a glyph to manipulate the gravity of the robots and flipped them upwards, allowing Yang to use her gauntlets to propel her herself in a zig-zag movement and punched through the ones Weiss captured.
"Yeah! And keep your pants on this time!" Yang hollered, smirking. Gray didn't bother to comment and attacked another robot with Ice-Make: Sword.
"Special Attack… Green Star: Devil!" Usopp shouted, firing a Pop Green that sprouted a Venus Flytrap and both ensnaring and biting on several robots.
"Kung Fu Point!" Chopper shouted, transforming into his Kung Fu Point and attacking in a spinning motion, making kung fu sounds while taking out more robots.
"There's no end to these things!" Usopp complained, now firing Exploding Star at another robot.
Takumi and Kageyama rode on Mustang together, with Takumi as the vanguard with his spear and Kageyama acting as the back shooter, firing his arrows with exact precision despite being on a horse.
"Remind me why you're riding with me?" Takumi asked, feeling a little annoyed.
"Focus on the enemy. And you need someone to cover your back." Kageyama explained.
The two looked up to see a rain of swords coming from the sky and decimating more robots, surprising them, Gray, Usopp, Chopper, Weiss and Yang. But that wasn't it, a strong blast of wind, several metal spikes that sprouted from the ground, and a massive wave of two different kinds of water wiped out the remaining robots in one go.
Gray got a bad feeling coming, and god he was right when he heard the word "Gray-sama!" He turned to see Juvia rushing to tackle him to the ground.
"J-Juvia!" Gray exclaimed.
"I knew you were okay!" Juvia cheered, hugging Gray even tighter that made him starting to turn a little blue.
"Gray-san!" Wendy called out, joining up with Erza, Evan and Megumi.
"Megumi!" Takumi cheered, jumping off Mustang to run over and hug his girlfriend, which she kindly returned. "Thank goodness you're alright!"
"C'mon, Takumi-kun. I needed to be brave." Megumi said, with the brightest smile that made Takumi blush.
"Thank goodness we made it in time." Evan said.
Erza smiled before giving a fierce glare to Gray, who managed to get up from Juvia's grip, quickly gulped in fright.
"You and Natsu have some explanation to do," Erza said, and Gray quickly nodded before the S-Class wizard turned attention elsewhere. "We have to take care of this first."
True to her word, more robots are charging straight at them.
"HOW MANY ARE THERE?!" Usopp, Chopper and Yang exclaimed in unison.
"Everyone, get ready!" Erza hollered, requipping into her Flame Empress Armor as she called out to those with her to prepare for battle.
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At the aquarium, Gajeel cleaved through a robot with his Iron Dragon Sword. He, Levy, the Exceeds, Franky, Brook, Ryo (in Berserker Mode and armed with his larger sword) and Alice (armed with her fire tome and her noble horse Snowy) were holding their own quite well.
"Ow! These robots just showed up out of nowhere and attacked us!" Franky complained, using Weapons Left to shoot down a couple of robots.
"Yohohoho! We need to find Luffy-san and the others, and quickly!" Brook hollered, using his fencing to pierce through another enemy robot.
Ryo let out a strong battle cry as he cleaved at least 5 robots in two without even trying. "C'mon! I'm just warming up!" He hollered.
"Uh… what's his deal?" Levy asked, standing beside Alice, who just shot a blaze of fire from her tome that incinerated another group.
"Oh. That's just Ryo in his Berserker Mode when he puts that bandanna on." Alice explained, confusing Levy.
Pantherlily, in his Battle Form, swung his Musica Sword and destroyed another group of robots. He turned to Happy and Carla, who were hiding behind him.
"Happy! Carla! You two go find Natsu and Wendy! They're gonna need your help!" Pantherlily hollered, now locking blades with another enemy.
"On it!" Happy and Carla hollered in unison, immediately using their Magic to fly off and find their respective partners.
"Good thinking, Lily. Now we can focus on these scrapheaps! And bet I can take out more than feral kid here." Gajeel challenging Ryo for a bout, which got a snickering grin from Ryo.
"Not a chance, metal head! I'll slice through more than you!" Ryo hollered.
Electric sparks were flying with a rivalry with Gajeel and Ryo, to the annoyance of Levy, Pantherlily and Franky.
"Not the time." Levy, Pantherlily and Franky muttered in unison, while Brook laughed and Alice sighed.
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Several people at the food stands were screaming as robots were attacking what was ever in their sights.
Two young teenage women were trying to run for their very lives until one of them tripped, forcing the other to come back and rescue her. They turned and to their horror see a robot prepared to shoot them. But Sanji appeared in the nick of time and kick a robot in the head hard, blowing it up in the process.
Sanji turned to the two ladies and smiled. "You're safe now, mademoiselles?"
"T-Thank you!" One of the young women thanked, before she and her companion left.
Sanji smiled before lighting a cigarette in his mouth, blowing some smoke as he sees more robots coming at him.
"You pieces of scrap dare to lay a finger on a lady… you pay!" Sanji declared, charging towards the robots and already kicking them with ease.
Some robots attempted to fire Sanji from behind, but two was pierced in the center by a spear and a lance respectively, and another was cut in half by a two-bladed sword. The ones who saved Sanji were Tsukishima (wielding his two-bladed ninja weapon), Yamaguchi (wielding his ninja spear), and Akira (who wielded his lance).
"You need to watch your back." Tsukishima and Akira said in unison, annoying the Straw Hat chef.
"Oh, shut up!" Sanji snapped, before hearing gunshots and turned to see the source.
Blake fired some shots from her Gambol Shroud in gun form against some robots before jumping backwards to keep firing, landing on the head of a nearby robot before jumping off again to reach ground level.
Some robots dogpiled on Blake and in an instant, exploded like a squad of suicide bombers. Sanji, Tsukishima, Yamaguchi and Akira were horrified at the sight. Without thinking, Sanji attempted run into the explosion to find the body. But out of nowhere, Blake was in front of him totally unharmed, causing Sanji to slide on the floor face-first. Tsukishima, Yamaguchi and Akira were shocked as well.
"SHE'S ALIVE?!" Tsukishima, Yamaguchi and Akira exclaimed in unison, totally surprised that
"I had a clone of myself take the hit while I hid behind a chair." Blake explained, having used her Semblance in the air earlier without anyone noticing at all.
Sanji, face up from the group, swooned. Tsukishima, Yamaguchi and Akira stood there deadpanned at being played for idiots.
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"THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE A NORMAL VACATION!" Nami and Lucy screamed in unison, having their own problem in deal with a robot force at the hotel alongside Robin, Yachi (armed with her tantō), Erina (armed with her royal sword), and Hisako (armed with her ninja kunai).
Robin summoned several arms from her Devil Fruit on a group of robots and snapped their metallic necks, destroying them.
Yachi managed to stab a robot in the head, destroying it. But she almost let her guard down when two attempted to shoot her from behind. Erina came to her defense by slicing the two robots apart. Yachi was really amazed.
"T-Thank you!" Yachi thanked, causing Erina to smile.
"I'll guard your back." Erina said, joining Yachi's side.
"But who will guard your's if not mine?" Yachi asked, out of concern and feeling inferiority.
"Don't worry," Erina answered, as an explosion was heard outside to reveal Hisako making work of another group of robots with her ninja skills.
"I have Erina-sama's back, and your's!" Hisako declared, causing Yachi to sigh out of relief.
"Open! Gate of the Maiden: Virgo!" Lucy shouted, calling upon of the 10 (currently 9) Gold Celestial Spirit Keys and summoned the Maiden constellation, Virgo.
"WHAT THE?!" Nami, Yachi, Erina and Hisako exclaimed in unison, taken by surprise of what they're seeing.
"Hello, princess. Is it time for punishment?" Virgo asked.
"No, Virgo. Just punish them." Lucy groaned, pointing to the robots charging in her direction.
"As you wish." Virgo said, twirling into the ground before trapping all the charging robots into the earth.
"Did she just say punishment? And to herself?" Hisako asked, bewildered.
"She must be some sort of masochist." Nami explained, having a sweat drop on her forehead.
Robin left a giggle. "She's a cute masochist."
"I don't think that's the issue." Erina and Yachi said in unison, not following Robin's logic.
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"Three Sword Style… Dragon Twister!" Zoro shouted, summoning a devastating blade typhoon that sliced and diced a horde of robots in his area.
Standing behind him were tons of robots slashed apart with metal parts all on the ground.
"How many of these tin cans are there?" Zoro questioned, taking Wado Ichimonji out of his mouth and sheathing the sword, before seeing more coming at him.
Zoro sighed out of annoyance and decided to take on the next batch with only two swords this time.
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Back with Luffy's group, they seemed to be handling themselves really well. Almost done in fact thanks to their unique chemistry.
"Gum-Gum Gatling!" Luffy shouted, repeatedly punching more robots with his fists.
"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Natsu shouted, punching several robots with just one right fist ignited.
"Petal Slash!" Ruby shouted, slashing at least three of them with Crescent Rose in a horizontal direction.
"Dragon Tail!" Hinata shouted, performing a dashing X-slash with his two katana at lightning speed, hacking through another group.
"Super Hammer Fist!" Soma shouted, doing a fast-paced fist at one robot, breaking its' face before it crashed into more robots.
The combination of moves wiped out the remaining robots in one go, giving victory to Luffy and the others.
"Whew! That was so fun!" Luffy hollered, smiling while putting his signature straw hat above his head.
Ruby was shaking with total excitement. "Who would've thought you can shout the name of your own attack! It was awesome!" She hollered with total excitement.
"I know right!" Hinata and Soma joined in the conversation, totally agreeing with Ruby.
Natsu chuckled for having fun, before he began to sniff the air and smelled a scent he didn't like once again. His eyes widened upon recognizing the scent and quickly shoved his four new friends down on the ground, just saving them from a chain of explosions, which caused the wind to blow wildly that forced the five of them to brace themselves.
"What the heck was that?!" Ruby asked, her head safely on the ground as the violent wind blew hard on them.
The wind died down with Luffy and the others safely getting up. A magical laugh was heard to cause alert.
"Your instincts are sharp as ever, Salamander." A voice commented, causing Natsu to growl with flames spewing from his teeth.
"But you and your new human friends stand now chance…" The voice said as the figure of the voice appeared in front of them.
"… against a demon of Tartaros!" The voice, now revealed to be none other than one of the old Nine Demon Gates of Tartaros Jackal, hollered with his sadistic grin and cracking fingers itching for a bloodbath.
Next time: Chapter 3 - The Exploding Demon
Sorry if the fights were rushed. But I wanted to at least get everyone a chance. Don't worry, the next chapter is gonna be more fierce and deadly with the return of a certain demon that is tough even for Natsu!
