Chapter 6 - Cast Introductions
Several minutes ago
After talking amongst themselves and discussing the current situation, the other four groups went under to meet with the Straw Hat Pirates at workroom commonly used by Usopp. Some of them were wondering how to get back to their homes (and a certain few realizing something amiss), others like Erza, Erina, Hisako and Weiss were very suspicious of the pirates. Only Nami, Usopp and Chopper were scared, but the other crew members were relaxed and pay no mind.
"Get up, boys!" Erza demanded, kicking Natsu and Gray at the same time, instantly regaining consciousness.
"What the hell was that for?!" Natsu and Gray snapped at the same time, but quickly covered each other's mouth upon noticing her signature glare.
"Sit down and be quiet." Erza commanded, which the fire and ice wizards rapidly nodded without complaint.
"I would hate to be on her bad side more than Zoro." Usopp thought, shaking a little.
"I would also like to have a word with those who were with Natsu and Gray at the water slide." Erza explained, causing Hinata, Kageyama, Soma and Takumi to shiver in fright.
"Damn, she singled them out already?" Tsukishima thought, surprised.
"She's surprisingly sharp." Akira thought.
Nami clapped her hands to get everyone's attention. "Alright, people - focus! I know we're all very shaken after what happened at the resort, and the uneasy feeling of being stuck on a pirate ship. We promise not to harm anyone unless you attack us, or you might have any money or gol-"
"OI! Nami!" Usopp hollered, comically slapping the air.
"Alright! Alright! I'm kidding!" Nami joked, laughing. "Why don't my friends and I go first so we could all get acquainted?"
"Sure." Yang said, shrugging her shoulders.
"To start, my name is Nami. The navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates." Nami explained.
"As in to navigate against dangerous forecasts?" Alice asked.
"Yep. As well as keep an eye on certain idiots so they don't stray off." Nami answered, referring to Zoro, leaning against the wall with his arms folded behind his head in what appears to be the swordsman taking a nap, who scoffed at the notion; the same was said to Luffy, who was grinning, and Sanji, lighting a cigarette.
"The grumpy guy over there is Roronoa Zoro, the crew's first mate and swordsman." Nami introducing Zoro.
"With three swords?" Blake asked, seeing Zoro's three different swords.
"I use Three Sword Style." Zoro answered, without opening his eyes.
"Three Swords at once?!" Hinata and Ruby exclaimed in unison, being very interested.
Zoro nodded before dozing off.
"He's seriously sleeping?" Tsukishima asked, annoyed.
"Don't mind the moss-head. He's always like that," Sanji said before introducing himself next. "I'm the crew's chef, Sanji."
"Interesting." Soma, Takumi, Akira and Ryo thought in unison, wanting to see his chef skills in a Shokugeki.
"So you can cook?" Megumi asked.
"That's right, my dear. If any of you beautiful ladies are hungry, I will happily prepare dishes that will suit your taste buds." Sanji answered in a poetically manner, earring sweat drops from some of the girls before glaring at the guys. "And for all you men: waste any of my food, your asses are thrown overboard."
"As if Blue Pegasus was bad enough." Lucy thought, shivering upon thinking about the members of Blue Pegasus.
"The one with the long nose over there is our sniper and coward, Usopp." Nami announced, pointing to the marksman.
"At your service! And I am a 'proud warrior of the sea'!" Usopp lied, ignoring Nami's insult.
"That's so cool!" Natsu, Happy, Wendy, Evan, Ruby, Yang, Hinata, Soma and Alice hollered in unison, having sparkles in their eyes.
"I know, right?!" Luffy and Chopper asked in unison, getting the same reaction.
"That's an obvious lie." Carla muttered.
"Moving on," Nami said, ignoring Usopp's boasting as she looked to Chopper, still amazed.
"The cute little reindeer here is our crew's doctor, Tony Tony Chopper." Nami explained.
"Isn't he a cutie?" Ruby asked, gushing over Chopper's appearance.
"You don't find it surprising that you're talking to a walking, talking reindeer with a raccoon dog's nose?" Gajeel asked, causing Chopper to gasp.
"This is Nico Robin. The crew's archeologist." Nami introducing Robin, who simply waved hello.
Kageyama saw something strange about Robin. Almost reminding him of someone very dear to him before shaking his head to shake the thought.
"That guy is our shipwright, Franky." Nami now introducing the cyborg, doing his signature pose.
"SUPER pleased to meet you guys!" Franky hollered.
"And a cyborg too!" Usopp added, jumping into Nami's conversation.
"A CYBORG?! AWESOME!" Natsu, Happy, Ruby, Hinata, Soma, Wendy, Evan, Yang and Alice shouted in unison, having starry-shaped eyes again.
"QUIET!" Lucy, Erza, Weiss, Erina and Hisako snapped in unison, with sharp teeth. The 9 quickly calmed down.
"And this walking skeleton is our musician, Brook." Nami introducing Brook. Lucy, Wendy, Levy, Yachi and Megumi became frightened by his appearance.
"There's no need to be frightened. I may be all bones, but I'm still here thanks to my Devil Fruit." Brook said.
"Devil Fruit?" Blake asked.
"Correct. Devil Fruits are ancient, mythical fruits said to come from the sea devil. When eaten, if grants the consumer a unique kind of power or special trait, depending on the fruit." Robin explained, causing some to be interested.
"The only downside is that those who eaten Devil Fruits lose the capability to swim." Robin added.
"That's a sucky downside." Ryo said, lazily.
"Your expression doesn't match your tone, kid." Gajeel said.
"By the way, young miss," Brook said, referring to a still shaken Lucy. "Would you be kind to show me your panties?"
The room was silent for a few seconds. Before a red tick mark appeared on Lucy's forehead. "LIKE HELL, PERVERT!" Lucy snapped with sharp teeth, kicking Brook with her right leg into a wall.
"What an idiot." Erina said, completely annoyed.
"Four among our crew has eaten Devil Fruits: me the Flower-Flower Fruit." Robin said, showing multiple arms blooming out of her real arm.
"Chopper has eaten the Human-Human Fruit to do everything a human can." Robin then added to explain Chopper's abilities.
"Brook over here ate the Revive-Revive Fruit to be brought back to life." Robin added in Brook's case, who simply shrugged off Lucy's kick after getting his head out of the wall.
"And our captain here ate the Gum-Gum Fruit." Robin finished, pointing to a grinning Luffy.
"So that's how he can stretch his body." Natsu, Ruby, Hinata and Soma thought in unison, now understanding Luffy's abilities.
"Wait a minute - this idiot here is the captain?" Akira asked.
"Yes." The Straw Hata answered in unison. About almost everyone minus Natsu, Ruby, Soma and Hinata stared at Luffy in disbelief.
"Please tell me you guys are joking?" Hisako asked, hoping it was a lie.
"No." The Straw Hats all answered with deadpanned looks.
"Hey! I'm Monkey D. Luffy, and I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!" Luffy introduced himself, earring disbelieved looks.
"Either he's delusional, or just stupid." Weiss thought, believing he's crazy.
"King of the Pirates…?" Evan asked in a quiet tone.
"Well, anyway," Erza staring at Luffy. "If you're captain, then would you kindly please return us to Magnolia?"
"Nope." Luffy instantly answered. Both sides were shocked, while only Robin giggled.
"W-Wait Luf-MPH!" Usopp tried to call out, but he, along with Nami, were quickly silenced by Robin, who covered both their mouth with her sprouted limbs.
"And why not?" Erza sternly questioned, with a bit of venom in her voice. Most would shiver at her stern-like tone but Luffy didn't budge and simply had a deadpanned expression.
"Oh god, Luffy! Please don't say what I think you're gonna say!" Nami and Usopp thought, pleading Luffy not to do the one thing (among many things) he would do. Chopper was confused, Sanji was to busy staring at the girls, Brook laughed, and Zoro and Franky just sighed knowing full well what their captain will say.
"Because I've decided that all of you are joining my crew!" Luffy announced, with his signature grin.
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Present Time
Shocked or angered expressions were on everyones' faces as they stared at the captain. A few seconds of silence have passed and Weiss and Erina were about to give Luffy an earful, but Nami and Usopp beat them to the punch… literally.
"YOU IDIOT!" Nami yelled, as she and Usopp repeatedly stopped on Luffy's head after punching him to the ground. "DID WE OR DID WE NOT SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU NOT TO ASK THAT STUPID QUESTION?!"
"I know… that's why I'm forcing them," Luffy weakly replied from the dust cloud.
"IT'S THE SAME THING, MORON!" Usopp snapped.
"Again, how is he captain?" Akira asked once again with a sweat drop on his forehead. Everyone just stared at the navigator and sniper continuing in their pummeling of the captain. Once the two were satisfied, they picked him up by his cardigan, his head covered with multiple bruises and two bumps.
"You guys should've known a long time ago nothing's going to change his mind once he has it in is his sights." Zoro explained to Nami and Usopp.
"At least tell us why you want them to join?" Usopp questioned.
"Because they're so cool!" Luffy cheerfully answered, despite the bruises. "I mean the pink-haired guy can use fire like Ace can, the red-hooded girl uses a gun and a scythe in one, the orange-haired guy uses those wicked cool swords and has fire, and the red-head has those badass fists!"
Before Nami would talk about Luffy's offer, Alice raised her hand up. "Quick question: can I see a map?" She asked.
Confused by what she meant, but complied nonetheless, Nami took out a map from her pocket and laid it on the floor for everyone to gather and kneel or sit down to see. To the Straw Hats it's a map of the New World, but everyone else just stared with puzzled looks.
"What are we looking at here?" Akira glancing at Alice.
"A world map." Alice answered.
"This can't be," Levy said, inspecting the map. "Why is half the world filled with water?"
"A better question, why's Fiore not on the map?" Gray asked.
"It doesn't even look anything like Remnant at all." Blake said, in surprise.
"Where's Japan? I can't find it anywhere." Yamaguchi said.
"That's our country too." Megumi said, surprised that the Karasuno first-years live in the same country as them, but never heard anything about them.
"Uh, don't know what you guys are talking about, but this is a map of the New World, second half of the Grand Line." Franky explained, confused by their collective reactions.
"New World? Grand Line?" Everyone minus the Straw Hats questioned.
"Now I'm confused." Usopp said, not sure why everyone else aren't understanding anything about the New World.
"That's because it's not." Robin and Alice said in unison, surprising the others. That moment, Erza and Yachi quickly reached the same conclusion and had their eyes in disbelief. "… No way… it can't be…"
"W-What's not possible?" Ruby asked, getting a little nervous.
"Looks like her Highness' theory is spot on." Ryo said.
"Call us crazy… but that man named Holland and his master…" Yachi said, sweating nervously.
"Were responsible for dragging us from our worlds, and into this one." Erza concluded.
The entire group were stunned by Robin, Erza, Yachi and Alice's collective conclusion(s) and the Blue Sea Resort incident in this manner. Compared to Team RWBY, Team Natsu (minus Levy), and the first-years of both Karasuno and Totsuki understood the concept of multiple worlds, but they were surprised by how Holland and those associated with him, maybe even his mysterious master, were not only able to recruit a demon like Jackal (in Fairy Tail's case), let along pull of such a technical plan.
"You mean… we've all ended up in this world by force?!" Blake questioned, surprisingly lost for words.
"That's the only conclusion that comes to mind." Erza answered calmly. "But all that I can remember was waking up this morning on a cruise ship taking us to the resort. Everything else that happened yesterday seemed like a blur."
"No way… you too?" Takumi asked.
"Can anyone have any memories of events that happened yesterday?" Yamaguchi asked.
"I ate some food from the fridge." Luffy answered while picking his nose.
"AGAIN?!" Nami, Sanji and Usopp comically yelled.
"Minus the Straw Hats." Yamaguchi said, with a sweat drop on his forehead.
"Last thing I can remember was going on a cruise ship," Blake said. "Ruby wanted us to take a trip to the resort for the four of us," referring to Team RWBY.
"We were also prepared to head out as well," Wendy explained. "We had a request overseas, and had to take a ship from the client who hired us."
"The client said he invited us for a fun trip at his resort's grand opening with more information the next day." Lucy added.
"The five of us received an invitation to the resort for a volleyball game for first-year students worldwide." Tsukishima explained.
"And you said you didn't wanna come," Hinata retorted.
"Shut up." Tsukishima muttered, adjusting his glasses.
"We traveled their by plane. And surprisingly was cheap." Kageyama explained.
"What's a plane?" Happy and Chopper wondered.
"That's for another time." Yachi said, saving the question for later.
"I wanted to give Erina here a relaxing vacation after our Regimental Food War. Even invited our peers but only 8 of us were able to make it." Alice whined, wanting to invite the entire Rebel faction, second and third years included.
"They all had busy schedules, dummy. Stop being a child." Erina chided, causing Alice to pout.
"If I have this right, each group were traveling to the Island resort." Usopp summarized, after hearing the story. "Does anyone know the name of it?"
"I remember it being called 'Blue Sea Resort'." Hisako answered. Team Natsu, Team RWBY, and the Karasuno and Totsuki first years surprisingly glanced at her. "W-What did I say?"
"That's the name of the resort the ship captain told us!" Yang gawked in disbelief.
"Us as well!" Hinata hollered. "And how long did each ship or plane captain say it will take to reach Blue Sea Resort?"
"About four days." Lucy, Weiss, Yachi and Erina answered in unison. Hinata was totally floored by the same answer, indicating each group had the same amount of travel days being told.
"Okay, this is getting freakier by the minute." Franky said.
"So not only did whoever was responsible bring them out of their worlds, they also stole three days worth of memories?" Usopp asked, shivering. "What the heck are we up against now?!"
"So much for a relaxing vacation," Nami groaned, comically weeping.
"AWESOME!" Luffy shouted, sparkling eyes of amazement. "My new crewmates are from different worlds!"
"Read the mood, moron!" Nami, Sanji and Usopp thought in unison, face palmed in irritation.
"W-We never said we join your stinkin' crew!" Erina blurted out, still shaken.
"I did." Luffy answered with a straight face.
"I thought that was obvious," Happy interjected.
"Shut up!" Erina snapped.
"I understand you guys are shaken that we're pirates, but we're far from the bloodthirsty kind." Usopp explained, noticing most of them being tense. "I mean our three strongest idiots are scary at times, but they won't harm anyone without a reason."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN IDIOT?!" Zoro and Sanji comically yelled.
"AHH~! HELP ME! MY OWN CREW'S TRYING TO KILL ME! " Usopp screamed in terror.
"And to be honest, these pirates are bad after they helped us get out of that mess." Hinata explained, with a gentle smile.
"Yeah! Bad pirates won't give us motion sickness pill!" Natsu nodded in agreement before flashing a grin at Chopper. "Thanks by the way!"
"C-Complimenting me won't make me happy, you dummy~!" Chopper gushed, dancing.
"You seem happy." Carla said, having a sweat drop on her forehead.
"The last thing you all wanna do is be part of a pirate crew," Sanji said, blowing out smoke. "The New World is more of a graveyard for all sailors."
"G-Graveyard?!" Yachi and Megumi blurted out in unison, stunned.
"Please say you're joking, right?" Gray asked.
"No, it's not." Nami answered, in a serious tone.
"There are all kinds of wonders and dangers sailing in these seas. Not to mention it's home to not only the most powerful devil fruit users, but also the Marines who hunt pirates."
"Dang." Gajeel said.
"The only reason Luffy has a high bounty is because he picked fights with the strongest pirates. But other than that, we aren't the kind of pirates who attack innocents or cause bloodshed." Nami explained.
"So what do you all say? Would you like to join my crew?" Luffy asked, turning to everyone.
Everyone were silent for a moment until Natsu was the first to step forward. "Do we get to fight?"
"Yup! We'll be fighting for our lives from our adventures." Luffy answered.
"Then count me in!" Natsu proclaimed with a smirk.
"Aye!" Happy added.
"Gihihihi~! If Salamander is joining, then count me in." Gajeel said, grinning.
"Same here." Pantherlily said, nodding.
"Oh lord…" Lucy muttered.
"We've got no choice then. We're screwed if we sail on our own." Gray said, not noticing he's taking off his swimsuit. "And I don't want that flaming idiot have all the fun."
"If Gray-sama goes, Juvia will follow." Juvia said, admiring Gray's striping. Luckily, Erza knocked him out before he could fully taken them off.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to be a pirate." Erza said.
"You too?!" Luck asked, shocked but sighed in defeat. "I guess I'm in as well."
"Me too," Levy nodded. "I can't wait to read some of the books in this world."
"I wanna do my best, so count me in!" Wendy hollered, getting pumped.
"And of course I'm joining as well. Someone has to keep an eye on Wendy from being reckless." Carla explained.
"As a member of Fairy Tail, I can't back down from such a task! I'm in!" Evan hollered, showing his new pride as a guild member.
"Count Team RWBY in!" Ruby chirped. "Right, girls?" She asked her teammates.
"Sure." Blake said, plain and simple.
"Anything for you, Rubes." Yang answered, flexing her mechanical arm to the amusement of Luffy, Natsu, Happy, Usopp, Chopper, Evan and Hinata.
Weiss sighed. "Fine, but only because my leader said so."
"Count us in too! This will help me train in both the way of the ninja and volleyball!" Hinata boasted.
"If the dumbass is joining, so will I." Kageyama said, earning a glare from Hinata.
"We're joining then," Yamaguchi said, sighing in defeat before turning to Tsukishima. "You in, Tsukki?"
"Only until we get back to our world again. So fine." Tsukishima said, not wanting to deal any complaints.
"I know I'm not a fan of danger, but I wanna keep my friends safe." Yachi said, with utmost confidence. This got amazed looks from not only her club mates, but also from Nami, Robin, Lucy, Erza, Levy, Weiss, Erina, Megumi and Hisako.
"Then count me and my friends in! I wanna test my cooking and fighting skills against the best chefs and warriors of this world!" Soma hollered, giving a thumbs up.
"I won't let Yukihira have all the fun. As his rival, I will join the crew!" Takumi declared.
"I-I know that I'm scared, but I wanna help! So I'm in!" Megumi hollered, holding onto her good luck charm for courage.
"Guess we're joining in the fun, Ryo!" Alice chirped happily.
"Yeah…" Ryo said, lazily.
"Might as well." Akira said, deciding to go along with the invitation.
"We may as well, Erina-sama." Hisako said to her mentor and best friend. "We may even find the mastermind behind all this."
"Then everyone's in." Erina said, begrudgingly.
"That's everyone!" Luffy hollered, grinning.
XXX
Outside on the deck lawn, everyone sat in a circle to get started with the introduction of the other groups. They also tended to Takumi and Alice's horses Mustang and Snowy, with Sanji giving each of them fresh carrots to chew on.
"Why don't we start with you guys first." Usopp said, to the Fairy Tail wizards.
"Yeah!" Natsu hollered, pumping his left arm. "My name is Natsu Dragneel and this is my partner Happy! My friends and I are from Fairy Tail!"
"Aye, sir!" Happy hollered.
"Fairy Tail? That's a weird name." Tsukishima commented.
"It's not weird!" Lucy replied, in an annoyed tone. "Fairy Tail is like a home and a family to us. Just like a pirate crew."
Luffy nodded with a smile.
"In our world, we have the ability to use magic." Erza explained. Team RWBY raised their eyes upon hearing this, surprised.
"You guys can use magic?" Kageyama asked, interested.
"So what kind of magic do you guys use?" Alice asked.
"Well, Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy have Dragon Slayer Magic." Happy answered.
A few seconds later…
"…WHAT?!" This got half of them, who weren't Fairy Tail to shout in disbelief.
"Y-You three have slayed dragons?!" Blake asked, in disbelief.
"Not exactly." Wendy answered. "The three of us were raised by dragons."
If the dragon slaying thing wasn't the bombshell, this was.
"WHAT~?!" The Straw Hats (minus Robin), Team RWBY, the Karasuno first-years (minus Tsukishima) and Totsuki first-years (minus Ryo) exclaimed in unison.
"Humans raised by dragons?! That's just so weird!" Erina shouted, totally surprised.
"It's complicated." Erza said.
"Our dragon parents taught us Dragon Slayer Magic," Natsu said, demonstrating by engulfing his right fist in flames. "What's different from other magic is that we can eat our own elements. Mine's fire, Wendy's is air, and Gajeel's is stupid iron."
"I dare you to say that again, you idiotic hothead!" Gajeel growled.
"Who are you calling stupid, you metal-faced freak!?" Natsu growled back as the two comedically butted heads but Nami slammed her fists into their skulls, causing steam from his fists.
"Both of you shut up!" Nami snapped, with sharp teeth.
"Sorry…" Natsu and Gajeel groaned.
"For Dragon Slayers like them, they also have cat partners called Exceeds." Happy explained.
"Aside from the tomcat, I'm Carla - Wendy's partner and guardian." Carla introduced.
"And I'm Lily, Gajeel's partner." Pantherlily introduced.
"Do all cats fly in your world?" Luffy asked.
"Nope. We're just a special kind." Happy answered.
The attention was now turned to Lucy. "My name's Lucy Heartfillia. And I'm a Celestial wizard with the magic to summon spirits via keys."
Seeing the gold keys on her belt, Nami's eyes turn gold. "Can I touch one of them, please?"
"Don't do it, Lucy! Nami will probably try to sell them for berries!" Usopp warned, but one glare from Nami silenced Usopp.
"How many spirits do you have?" Yachi asked.
"9 at most." Lucy answered, which impressed many.
"I'm Gray Fullbuster. An Ice-Make wizard." Gray said, showing his magic by creating an ice sword.
"That's a versatile ability, Gray-san." Brook commented.
"He's also a stripper who takes his clothes off all the time." Natsu mocked.
"Say that again, y-" Gray tried to pick a fight with Natsu, before he heard a shriek from Yachi and Megumi, hiding behind Hinata and Takumi, with disgusted looks on their faces.
"GRAY! YOUR CLOTHES!" Lucy and Levy barked, causing Gray to realize he discarded his swim trunks by accident and blushed red, quickly rushing to find them.
Most of the group aside from the Fairy Tail wizards were totally weirded or grossed out. Juvia was more gushing over Gray with an adorable face.
"He as bad as Isshiki-senpai!" Erina and Hisako thought in unison, already realizing he almost has the same habit as Isshiki, minus the apron.
Erza decided to go next to break the tension in the air. "My name is Erza. A Fairy Tail S-Class wizard and a wielder of Requip magic," showing one of her Requips, Heaven's Wheel Armor. This gave Sanji and Brook nosebleeds and Ruby totally excited had Weiss not pulled her ear to keep quiet.
"My name is Juvia. And I am a water wizard." Juvia introduced, showing water in her hands. "I can also turn my body into water so attacks can't touch me."
"Similar to a Logia-type Devil Fruit." Robin summarized.
"My name is Levy. And I'm a Solid Script wizard." Levy introduced, casting the word IRON in huge letters that landed next to Gajeel, who began eating like a beast once he regained consciousness, as did Natsu.
"And lastly, my name is Evan. I'm a new member to the guild," Evan introduced, feeling a little shy but managed to build the courage up to talk.
"He's also a Maker wizard like me. Specializing in metal." Gray added, now with his trunks on.
"That's really cool, dude." Hinata commented, which got Evan to chuckle.
"Now for our turn, Ruby." Weiss said.
"Kay!" Ruby hollered. "My friends and I come from a different world called Remnant; once belonged to an academy called Beacon, where we as huntsmen and huntresses train to slay monsters known as Grimm."
"You mean you fight monsters every day?!" Natsu asked, out of excitement.
"That's something you would like." Gray and Gajeel thought in unison, annoyed.
"I'm Ruby Rose, and these are my teammates Weiss, Blake and big sister Yang." Ruby introduced herself and her three teammates.
"Hello." Weiss said, doing a curtsy.
"Glad to meet you all." Blake said, waving with her left hand.
"Yo!" Yang chirped.
"We should call our Team NHLEWCG!" Natsu hollered.
"Stupidest. Name. Ever." Nami, Zoro, Sanji, Carla, Tsukishima, Erina, Akira and Alice said in unison, not impressed.
"And why am I the last one?!" Gray asked, in an angry manner. But Natsu didn't answer, angering the ice user further.
"Me and my friends are from an ordinary world called Earth." Tsukishima bluntly said. The Totsuki students were surprised from an Earth similar to their own, guessing they're Japanese high school students from their language.
"In our hometown Miyagi, Japan, we're part of the Karasuno High Volleyball Club." Yachi explained.
"VOLLEYBALL?! COOL!" Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, Natsu, Happy, Wendy, Evan, Soma and Alice exclaimed, excited.
"But we also carry the memories of our counterparts from another world that has ninjas. In the art of ninjutsu." Kageyama explained, showcasing his bow.
"NINJAS?!" Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, Franky, Natsu, Happy, Wendy, Evan, Ruby and Yang shouted of excitement.
If the fact they share a similar alternate Earth wasn't enough, the same "other world experience" surprised the Totsuki first-years.
"They're like us." Soma, Erina, Megumi, Takumi, Hisako, Akira, Ryo and Alice thought in unison.
"I'm Shoyo Hinata! Karasuno first-year middle blocker!" Hinata introduce, being boisterous.
"But you're too small to be a blocker." Gray and Akira bluntly said, causing Tsukishima and Yamaguchi to hold back their laughter.
"I may not be tall, but I can fly!" Hinata declared.
"Name's Tobio Kageyama. I'm Karasuno's first-year starting setter." Kageyama explained.
"Kei Tsukishima. Karasuno first-year and middle blocker." Tsukishima introduced, plainly.
"I'm Tadashi Yamaguchi, first-year blocker and pinch server." Yamaguchi explained.
"Pinch server?" Ruby asked, confused.
"I hear they're the type of player to turn the tide of a match with strong serves to give their team a counterattack opportunity." Alice explained, logically.
"That's a cool thing, man." Soma commented, making Ymaguchi chuckle.
"And I'm a first-year manager of the club. Hitoka Yachi." Yachi introduced.
"Must be hard to manage stubborn boys." Nami teased, causing Hinata, Kageyama and Tsukishima to be pale.
"I-It's okay. They're great in their own way!" Yachi defended.
"And now you guys are left." Zoro said, eying the Totsuki students.
"We're pretty much from a Earth just like Hinata-kun and the others." Erina explained, surprising the Karasuno students and earning puzzled looks from the rest.
"In Tokyo, our institution is called Totsuki Culinary Academy where the success rate of graduating is low. It's very much a harsh environment where all young chefs are pitting in many trials to sharpen their skills in the culinary world." Erina continued, causing many teenagers among the group to cringe and feel lucky their schools were different.
"At the top of Totsuki are 10 elite chefs governing the entire school aside from its' headmaster are the Elite Council of 10." Erina added, which got many interested. Sanji himself, while enamored by the women, was interested if he was in a culinary school like Totsuki, he'd surely test his skills to new horizons.
"We're also, like Hinata-kun and his group, share the skills and memories of our otherworldly counterparts full of monsters and magic." Erina finished while showing her royal sword, surprising the Karasuno first-years.
"So you guys too? Guess we've got something in common." Hinata commented, which made Soma and his peers smile.
"Talk about a multi-versal similarity." Ruby said, only to get her ear pulled again by Weiss.
"That's not even a word, dolt!" Weiss chided.
"My name is Soma Yukihira. First seat of the 10, Totsuki first-year and my cooking is Yukihira Style." Soma introduced, with his white bandanna wrapped around his right arm.
"Yukihira Style?" Lucy asked, confused until Megumi answered "It's his own style of cooking."
"I'm Erina Nakiri. First-year headmistress of the academy and my style of cooking is all kinds." Erina explained.
"HEADMISTRESS?! AWESOME!" Luffy, Natsu, Happy, Ruby, Hinata, Usopp, Chopper, Wendy, Evan and Yang shouted, getting excited again.
"AMAZING, ERINA-SWAM~!" Sanji shouted, doing his "Love Hurricane".
"PIPE DOWN!" Nami, Lucy, Weiss and Hisako yelled in unison.
Tsukishima got annoyed and attempted to say something snarky, but Yamaguchi quickly hit him with a slapstick out of instinct to keep him in line; which the tall blocker didn't argue. But Yachi suddenly remembered when she first bumped into Erina (along with Lucy) accidentally and felt paranoia in herself. She got in front of Erina and bowed on her hands and knees, greatly confusing not only Erina, but everyone else.
"W-What the heck are you doing?!" Erina asked.
"I'm very sorry for bumping into you back at the resort! Please forgive this worthless manager for her careless behavior!" Yachi cried. Erina was totally awkward to see someone bowing out of forgiveness for a complete accident.
"C-Calm down, Hitoka-chan! I should share the blame as well!" Lucy explained, trying to take the heat.
Alice was sickening. "What have you done to those poor girls, Erina?"
"Shut up, Alice! It was an accident and that was on me for not looking!" Erina barked.
"Sorry about my girlfriend. She has a nervous problem, but really sweet." Hinata explained, making Yachi stop groveling and blushing madly.
"My Erina's a real handful. But seeing her flustered makes her sweet too." Soma commented, making Erina blush the same as Yachi with steam coming from ears.
"Aw~!" Nami, Lucy, Wendy, Erza, Juvia, Levy and Team RWBY cooed. Sanji fell on his knees in a slump, which made Zoro show a cocky grin.
"Sounds like you, Tadokoro." Ryo lazily said, comparing Megumi to Yachi, making the 10th seat laugh sheepishly.
"My name is Takumi Aldini! Totsuki first-year 7th Seat and a specialist in Italian cooking! I am also Yukihira's rival!" Takumi claimed, only for Soma to ignore him as he was patting a very flustered Erina on the head.
"Don't ignore me, Yukihira!" Takumi exclaimed, which Soma turned and gave a sheepish nod. Megumi managed to pat Takumi on the back to calm down his ranting, which he did without complaint.
"My name is Megumi Tadokoro. Totsuki first-year 10th seat. I'm good at vegetables and hospitality foods." Megumi explained, showing confidence.
"Hisako Arato. Totsuki first-year. I'm mostly Erina-sama's secretary and a chef in medicinal cooking." Hisako explained. Chopper and Wendy looked at her with amazement.
"I'm Akira Hayama. Another first-year at Totsuki and the 4th Seat. I specialize in curry and spices." Akira explained, holding onto a cinnamon stick.
"Alice Nakiri! I'm a first-year at Totsuki and 6th Seat! My speciality is molecular gastronomy, and I'm also Erina's cousin!" Alice introduced, surprising some from the Straw Hats, Fairy Tail and Karasuno, along with Team RWBY.
"You two look nothing alike." Lucy and Weiss bluntly said together, which made Erina smirk and Alice pout before the white-haired Nakiri regained her composure.
"These are our horses, Mustang and Snowy." Alice introduced to the horses of Takumi and Alice, who neighed in response.
"Guess I better make stables for those two since they can't sleep inside." Franky said.
"And this here is a fellow Totsuki freshman and 5th Seat, plus my trusty aide/boyfriend, who mainly uses seafood as his cooking repertoire, Ryo Kurokiba!" Alice introducing Ryo.
"Hey." Ryo lazily said.
"Wow. I guess the hot-headed beast is actually lazy." Gajeel said, only to be met with the now turned "Berserker Mode" Ryo who got up in his face.
"Say that again and I'll show you a beast!" Ryo barked, which got a grin from Gajeel, colliding heads.
"What the heck happened to him?" Yang asked, surprised how Ryo went from lethargic to bloodthirsty in seconds.
"He has a split personality whenever he wears or not wears that red bandanna of his." Hisako answered.
"Talk about an interesting group." Robin said, chuckling.
"Now that introductions are done… LET'S PARTY~!" Luffy announced, pumping his arms after he jumped up.
"PARTY TIME~!" Natsu, Happy, Ruby, Hinata, Soma, Usopp, Sanji (with hearts in his eyes), Chopper, Franky, Brook, Gajeel, Juvia, Yang, Takumi and Alice shouted in unison.
"TOO LOUD!" Nami, Lucy, Weiss, Erina, Blake and Hisako snapped in unison.
Next time: Chapter 7 - Party Time
That was by far the longest chapter I've ever done, and took me a whole week to do! Every chapter I do will mostly take up to 4-5 days at most, maybe even a week if I'm busy with other stuff in life. But this was tons of fun and wanted to keep the introductions and demonstrations to a bare minimum so I did the best I could in my own way. Anyway, next chapter is gonna be a blast with cooking, socializing, and of course, all kinds of Fairy Tail mayhem!
