Chapter 13 - To Neo Pirates Fest!
To Straw Hat Pirates,
You have been invited to the Neo Pirates Fest. The location is on Reborn Island, not known to the world.
There you will face two challenges based on certain conditions, then an all-out battle against our forces until you reach our master.
Only defeating him will all your friends return to their worlds in one piece.
More instructions will be revealed each challenge and will be a test of your mettle.
And in a few seconds, you'll be there without warning. Pray you survive 'til our master destroys you and his dream will finally be realized.
Sincerely,
Kaiser
On the Thousand Sunny minutes after the attack from Kaiser and Holland, the whole crew read the whole letter that spells all kinds of worry. Like they're being called out to a challenge with the answers of the questions in their minds they've been seeking.
But that was before Wendy realized something and pointed out. "Hey, guys." Wendy called out.
"I think that letter, in the weirdest way, just transported us to the island." Wendy explained, making everyone quickly realize they were just transported from their island play spot, straight to Reborn Island.
"WHAT THE HELL~?!" Everyone in the new Straw Hat crew (except Robin and Ryo) exclaimed in absolute shock.
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"Did we just teleport without even realizing when we read that letter?!" Lucy questioned, totally having a hard time understanding what just happened. They were still on the Sunny, but the island they teleported to looks strangely familiar to a certain island the Straw Hats went to one time.
"First we lost four days of memories then a few minutes because of instant teleportation?! I'm having a hard time myself to comprehend!" Evan wailed, with even being called the "Smartest in Fairy Tail" can't comprehend different time lapses.
"Great. A day of relaxing and this happened." Usopp complained.
"Well. This does give us some insight." Robin said, getting the attention of Erza.
"Meaning?" Erza asked, getting over her shock quickly.
"We might finally have our answers to the questions that brought you all here. Plus, the person planning another Pirates Fest may very well be connected to this." Robin answered.
"Well, may as well get on with looking around anyway." Zoro said.
"You're gonna get lost if you go on your own." Sanji mocked, getting a glare from the swordsman.
Minutes later, the crew dressed out of their swimsuits and into their standard clothing, geared up without any reason or complaint now, all gathered on the lawn as the ship started to dock near . The only thing that mattered was getting to the bottom of this strange predicament.
But there was one little problem.
"Hey, guys!" Megumi called out. "Has anyone seen Luffy-san, Natsu-san, Happy, Ruby-san, Hinata-kun and Soma-kun?" She asked.
This got everyone quickly stiff and realized the five heroes and Natsu's Exceed partner ran off in a hurry, having already got ready and just left with Ruby's Semblance.
"HOW DO WE LOSE THEM SO FAST?!" Nami, Lucy, Weiss and Erina barked in unison, totally annoyed with sharp teeth. Yachi face palmed in irritation.
"Those idiots are going to be the death of us all…" Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Franky, Gray, Erza, Carla, Gajeel, Lily, Juvia, Levy, Blake, Yang, Takumi, Hisako, Akira, Kageyama, Tsukishima and Yamaguchi thought in unison, sharing the same annoyed emotion with irritated facial expressions.
Robin and Alice giggled, with Brook doing his signature laugh in amusement. Chopper, Wendy, Evan and Megumi sighed. Ryo simply looked bored and apathetic like always.
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A few more minutes later, the crew left the Sunny and began searching the island in hopes of finding the six who ran off without warning.
"How could we lose sight on them while we were getting ready? Unbelievable!" Lucy wailed.
"Leave them on their own for a few seconds and they're gone. No surprise." Erza calmly said, despite the annoyance in her voice.
"Well, at least there's one who isn't lost right now." Tsukishima teased, looking at an annoyed Zoro being held by an ice harness created by Gray and connected to the horse saddle of Mustang, carrying both Takumi and Megumi together.
"I am not a goddamn dog here." Zoro grumbled.
"This is so better to keep you with us instead of getting lost." Takumi argued.
"Yeah, the last time you got lost was on a desert island and nearly got drowned in quicksand." Blake explained, walking to Yang, who doesn't seem to mind despite the small distance in taking time to rekindle their bond.
"And getting you out of there was a pain." Kageyama grumbled.
"It's for everyone's benefit you stay with us like this." Gray explained.
"Oh, c'mon. That happened yesterday." Zoro said, only to get pissed-off expressions from Gray, Blake, Kageyama and Takumi.
"THAT WAS FOUR DAYS AGO!" Gray, Blake, Kageyama and Takumi snapped in unison, totally annoyed with Zoro's total ignorance.
"He never learns." Chopper muttered, being held by Hisako so no one accidentally trips over his small stature.
"HEY~!" A voice that made Nami, Zoro, Usopp, Chopper and Sanji stop and turned to the right to see if they were hoping they weren't dreaming when they felt it sounding familiar.
But to their total surprise, they see Vivi riding on Karoo, racing towards them. Nami, Usopp and Chopper were now overjoyed, but none more than Sanji with hearts in his eyes.
"VIVI~!/VIVI-CWHANN~!" Nami, Usopp, Chopper (having been put down by Hisako) and Sanji yelled, quickly rushing to catch up with their old friend.
"Hey, isn't that the Princess of Alabasta?" Wendy asked.
"Yeah. And she used to be part of the crew before she stayed behind to fulfill her duty as princess." Lucy answered.
Robin felt a little awkward seeing Vivi, given at the time 2 years ago they were enemies when Robin once worked with Baroque Works under former Warlord Crocodile. Zoro noticed and gently nudged Robin's shoulder.
"Don't worry. I think she's already aware when she can understand Luffy's way of thinking." Zoro assured, which gave Robin a gentle smile.
"What the heck are you doing here?" Nami asked, wondering how did she get here.
"I wasn't the only one." Vivi answered, pointing behind to show that arriving aside her were not only Rebecca, Bartolomeo, Cavendish, Jimbei, Sabo, Law, Kid, and Hancock, but also surprising some of Fairy Tail's closest allies that surprised said guild wizards: Sabertooth's Twin Dragon Slayers Sting Eucliffe (also their guildmaster) and Rogue Cheney, Sabertooth Exceeds Lector and Frosch, Sabertooth wizard Yukino Aguria, Mermaid Heel wizard and ace Kagura Mikazuchi, and Lamia Scale wizard Lyon Bastia (another Ice-Make wizard and Gray's old friend/rival).
"Sting?! Rogue?! Yukino-chan?! Kagura?! And Lyon?!" Lucy yelled out in surprise.
"Even Frosch and Lector are here!" Carla exclaimed.
"Man… where are our friends?" Team RWBY, plus the Karasuno and Totsuki students muttered in unison, feeling a little down that none of their friends ended up coming to this world. But feel a little glad to have some backup.
Bartolomeo became totally awestruck by the new members of the Straw Hats and fell back with star-shaped eyes. "The newest members… ARE TOO COOL IN PERSON~!"
"You two bastards… give me back my popularity!" Cavendish demanded to a totally bewildered Takumi and Akira.
"What the hell is his problem?" Takumi and Akira thought in unison, not understanding the issue.
"Never thought you would be here." Gray said, feeling annoyed but glad to have someone he knows to help their current situation.
"Oh, spare me. You'll need my help anyway." Lyon retorted, causing Gray to click his tongue in annoyance, with Juvia getting a little awkward seeing Lyon.
"How have you been, sister?" Erza asked, acting weird while hugging an embarrassed Kagura.
"Stop that!" Kagura hollered.
"So you two are "Black Steel" and "Mad Dog" of Straw Hat's crew? Not all that impressive to me." Kid mocked, getting an annoyed glare from Gajeel and Ryo to enter his "Berserker Mode" with a snarl.
"We were so worried you guys were gone for four days." Lector explained.
"But how did you get here?" Levy asked, referring to the other wizards.
"It's odd to say the least." Rogue replied.
"Fro thinks so too." Frosch said, in agreement with his partner.
"This is really comforting to see the Straw Hats, but I really have never seen these people before." Rebecca explained, looking at the Fairy Tail wizards, Team RWBY, and the first-year Karasuno and Totsuki students, minus 6 certain people that are missing.
"They don't seem to be from any of the islands, and what I heard about their abilities is a mystery too." Jimbei explained.
Law was in deep thinking himself. "Then my hunch wasn't wrong after all. This has to be all 'his' doing."
"Hey, quick question… where's Luffy?" Sabo asked.
"And where's Natsu-san and Happy? Did they run off?" Sting asked.
This caused the entire Straw Hat crew to lower their heads in depression.
"Oh, my darling Luffy. Such a daredevil." Hancock commented, which caused confused looks on all the girls' faces.
Sabo let out a laugh. "My brother can be such a handful. Sorry if he's causing you guys any trouble."
"Oh no! Not at all!" Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Franky, Lucy, Gray, Wendy, Carla, Juvia, Levy, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Yachi, Yamaguchi, Erina, Megumi, Takumi and Alice retorted, lying as to not upset Sabo.
"Not very good at lying, aren't you." Vivi, Rebecca, Law, Kid, Jimbei, Cavendish, Sting, Lector, Rogue, Yukino, Kagura and Lyon thought in unison, seeing right through the little deception.
Before another conversation could be made, loud rumbling was suddenly heard, getting everyone's attention.
"What the heck's that rumbling?" Lucy questioned.
"It can't be that good." Jimbei said.
"Heh. I hope it is something that I can bust up coming my way." Kid declared.
"In your dreams, punk. I'm gonna bust up what's coming MY way!" Gajeel argued.
"Like hell you two will!" Ryo snapped, getting into an intense stand-off with electricity from the trio's eyes flying.
"Hey! I think I can see something coming from the east!" Usopp called out to everyone, using his goggles to zoom in and see none other than Luffy, Natsu, Happy, Ruby, Hinata and Soma, running from something as they screamed in a mixture of excitement and fright. "It's Luffy, Natsu, Happy, Ruby, Hinata and Soma!"
"They seem to be running from something." Robin explained.
"Can anyone explain what the hell seems to be chasing them?" Tsukishima asked.
"Not even wanna guess." Yamaguchi answered.
The reason the six were running… was because about 2 Tyrannosaurus Rex, a Spinosaurus, a Carnotaurus, and even a Giganotosaurus were chasing them.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Usopp, Evan and Yamaguchi screamed out, alongside a screaming Chopper, Brook, Wendy, Yachi, Megumi, Vivi, Lector and Rebecca with everyone else totally freaked out by what they're seeing.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Franky cried out.
"Are those seriously dinosaurs?" Alice questioned, not at all fazed and more-so intrigued.
Sabo let out a hearty laugh. "Man, my brother sure knows how to attract all kinds of trouble. Same with his new friends if they all share the same wavelength or whatever."
"And each of us have our own different sets of scars to prove that." Sanji commented, holding a cigarette in his right hand.
"Jeez, what kind of crap-ass stars were those five born under to attract all kinds of trouble like that?" Zoro questioned, having managed to cut off his restraints as he, Sanji, Gray, Erza, Blake, Yang, Kageyama, Tsukishima, Takumi, Mustang and Akira quickly rushed off to go help their trusted leaders.
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"THIS WAS TOTALLY A BAD IDEA!" Ruby shouted, running like crazy after dodging a bite from a Carnotaurus.
"I KNEW WE SHOULDN'T GO ALONG WITH THIS!" Happy screamed, already the furthest ahead thanks to his magic.
"AT LEAST YOU FLY, CAT!" Natsu and Hinata barked out.
"YOU IDIOTS BROUGHT TROUBLE AGAIN!?" Zoro called out, causing Luffy and the others to see Zoro, Sanji, Gray, Erza, Blake, Yang, Kageyama, Tsukishima, Takumi, Mustang and Akira running towards them.
"Guess the gang found us!" Soma hollered, waving to get their attention.
"I got us some good Dino meat for us to eat too!" Luffy hollered, quickly turning around to face the dinosaurs head on. Natsu, Ruby, Hinata and Soma followed suit to join in the fun, and Zoro, Sanji, Gray, Erza, Blake, Yang, Kageyama, Tsukishima, Takumi, Mustang and Akira did the same knowing that taking them out is the best way to go.
"Gum-Gum…/Fire Dragon…/Petal…/Soaring…/Dragon…" Luffy, Natsu, Ruby, Hinata and Soma said, getting ready to attack.
"360 Caliber…/Ice-Make:…/Shadow…/Elemental Arrow:…/Fierce…" Zoro, Gray Blake, Kageyama and Takumi said, ready to do the same.
"Premier…/Moon…/Strawberry…/Crescent…/Eagle…" Sanji (activating Diable Jambe), Erza (requipping into her Black Wing Armor), Yang, Tsukishima and Akira said, ready to unleash their combo as well.
"…Whip!/…Claw!/…Burst!/…Dragon!/…Tail!/…Phoenix!/…Ice-Bringer!…Strike!/…Fire!/…Thrust!/…Haché!/…Flash!…/…Sundae!/…Moon!/…Strike!" Luffy, Natsu, Ruby, Hinata, Soma, Zoro, Sanji, Gray, Erza, Blake, Yang, Kageyama, Tsukishima, Takumi and Akira all shouting their attacks and like that, they easily made quick work of the carnivorous dinosaurs to everyone's total jaw-dropping, eye-popping and bewildered surprise.
All five dinosaurs fell to the ground dead, as the fifteen strongest Straw Hats stood behind them triumphant.
"Aw, man. That was overkill." Usopp said, comically crying.
"Whenever our toughest go out and fight, it kinda makes me feel really sorry for the monsters trying to kill us." Nami commented, showing pity to the dinosaurs.
"And now I remembered the last time Luffy, Zoro and Sanji-kun did that to a Sandora Dragon." Vivi commented, reminiscing the Straw Hats' encounter with said Dragon in Alabasta and cringing how the Monster Trio beat one up.
"Luffy-senpai and the others… ARE SO COOL~!" Bartolomeo shouted, getting excited again.
"As mad as we are for you all running off again," Erza said with a stern tone, making Luffy, Natsu, Happy, Ruby, Hinata and Soma gulp. "You did bring us some good food to eat."
"Saves me on the meats, and don't even think about eating them right now." Sanji warned to Luffy and Natsu, who were the most looking forward to eating the food.
"Trouble always finds you, Straw Hat-ya." Law said.
Luffy turned to see the new people aside from the crew and waved with a smile. "Hey! Jimbei! Traffy! Jaggy! Vivi! Karoo! Rebecca! Chicken Head! Cabbage! Hancock! And even Sabo!"
Natsu began to see the friends of Luffy, and became surprised to see Sting and his group, causing him to smile and wave too. "Yo, Sting! Lector! Rogue! Frosch! Yukino! Kagura! Lyon!"
Those called saw Luffy and Natsu immediately ran towards them. Hancock being the fastest because she couldn't contain her excitement and hugged Luffy, much to Sanji's (and Nami's jealousy).
"It seems we have some catching up to do." Jimbei said.
"You have no idea." Zoro said.
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For the next few minutes, the 9 original Straw Hats and Fairy Tail members explained everything from the Blue Sea Resort up to their meeting with Kaiser and Holland to their allies, as well as explaining about Team RWBY and the Karasuno and Totsuki first-years the best they can, and their allies did their absolute best to understand the whole complicated situation.
"Wow… that's quite a lot to take in." Lector said, starting to get the big picture.
"So now you guys have to face two challenges before we engage the enemy?" Lyon asked.
"That's what the letter said." Alice answered.
"If any of us having a chance to go back to our worlds, we need to find the boss." Kageyama explained.
"And I have a good guess who's behind this." Law said, getting everyone's attention.
"You have an idea?" Erza asked.
"Yeah, his name is-" Law was about to answer, but Luffy interrupted first by waving the challenge letter in the ex-Warlord's face.
"The letter just changed!" Luffy hollered, annoying most of the people.
"DON'T INTERRUPT!" Law snapped.
"The letter's contents changed? That's ridiculous." Tsukishima denied, but Luffy showed the letter that it mysteriously changed, making Tsukishima take back what he said.
"Well? What's it saying?!" Usopp questioned.
Everyone looked at the letter very closely as the words of the letter were magically changing until it said one word, to everyone's total surprise.
"SHOKUGEKI?!" The Straw Hat Pirates (except Robin and Tsukishima), Rebecca, Vivi, Kid, Jimbei, Hancock, Bartolomeo, Sabo, Sting, Lector, Rogue, Yukino, Kagura and Lyon exclaimed in unison.
Next time: Chapter 14 - A Shokugeki Challenge.
An interesting chapter to start off with the crew reuniting with some old friends for the upcoming battles! And the first one coming up is an old-fashioned Shokugeki! What would the Food Wars characters be without doing a little of their usual theme aside from fighting in this story right?!
As of right now, this story will be on an indefinite hiatus once again because I have news bout what I finally have planned in the future. I'm not dumping the story, simply taking another break because things have been on my mind and I wanna get them out so I can really organize on what I need to do.