Sanya: [She slowly woke up, and found herself tangled hand hanging upside down in a swing set.] AHH~! Good morning~!
Yang: It's the middle of the day. [He chuckled] Sometimes Sanya, you never cease to amaze me.
Raven: Hey, Yang have you seen Sa- [The second she spots Sanya, she looks bewildered.]...How~?
Yang: I know right? Sometimes I wonder what she does while flying during the night.
Shiho: Izumi noted that in her world, Sanya would go on night patrols to locate and destroy Neuroi. I guess she's been used to it all this time, that it's an automatic routine for her.
Varvula: That, or she's going to a midnight party…Which sounds a lot stupider in my head.
Gwen: Maybe she's pretending to be a ghost. Haunting any foolish wizards or monsters who dare to trespass in our territory.
Freddy: That is…the most surprisingly accurate answer to her nocturnal activities.
Sanya: [She sweatdrops when everyone continues their conversations while ignoring her. She then turns to the readers.] Well…um you can start the chapter. Hopefully, they'll get me out of here at the end.
Chapter 56: Luffy vs Eneru: The Start of Deathpiea!
Eneru. An invincible mighty God, that ruled over the Skypieans by pure natural power. He managed to eliminate any warrior who dared challenge his ruling. Even outmatching and manipulating a God Slayer.
That same god who was known to be invincible was now lying on the deck, holding his stomach in pain and bewilderment. The ones responsible for his injury stood across from him with a serious look on their faces. Both of them are impervious to his lighting attacks, yet Misaka lacks the strength compared to Luffy.
"Why didn't you tell me that you're immune to electricity?" The third rank esper questioned while glancing at Luffy.
"What are you talking about?" Luffy wondered with a clueless expression.
"...Never mind," Misaka replied, realizing that the boy didn't even feel the electricity. "Well, I'm satisfied with landing a hit at least. I'll leave it up to you," she said while walking towards Nami to watch the fight unfold. 'This might be my chance to see why they follow him as a captain.'
"Go Luffy!" Nami called out. "Stop him!"
Eneru groaned as he slowly pushed himself up to his feet. The second he laid eyes on Luffy, he launched himself backward, keeping a safe distance from the boy. "So, it appears that you are no mere mortal."
"I'm a pirate," Luffy declared. "And also a rubber man."
"Rubber?" Eneru questioned.
"Wait, rubber doesn't exist up here in Skypiea?" Misaka whispered to Nami.
"Apparently…." Nami answered quietly.
"That lighting of yours, WON'T WORK ON ME~!" Luffy shouted as charged across the deck at Eneru.
"Mantra," Eneru intoned as he closed his eyes, clearing his thoughts.
Luffy leaps off the deck and swings his fist forward only for Eneru to twist his body to the side to avoid his stretched-out fist. "WHOA~!" Realizing that he was going to fall off the ship, Luffy stretched his leg back out and hooked it on the railing and then launched himself at Eneru. "Gum Gum Whip~!"
The second Luffy swung his other leg through the spot he'd been standing, Eneru's body sparked and disappeared. He reappeared across the deck behind Luffy who quickly flipped back onto his hands and shot his legs out. "Spear~!"
Misaka gasped at how Eneru's managed to vanish again, letting Luffy's feet slam into the railing. 'Damn, his mantra skill is insane!'
When Luffy retraced his legs, Eneru appeared above him and whacked him over the head with his golden staff. Eneru landed on the ground and swept Luffy's legs out from under him, launching him in the air and he finished his combo with one last whack.
"LUFFY!" Nami and Misaka shouted.
Luffy bounced across the deck and hit the golden wall beside the throne. Eneru rushed in and jabbed his staff into Luffy's neck. He slid his staff upward dragging the pirate up against the golden wall.
"Don't push your luck," Eneru scolded as he lifted Luffy even higher, dangling his body. Luffy gagged and coughed from his staff choking him. "Lighting can cause far more than electric shocks. But I don't have to tell you that, rubber man. You found out the hard way."
Luffy reached up and grabbed the staff and wrenched it away from his neck. "You'll have to do better than that!" He shouted while lashing his legs at Eneru. Eneru disappeared again avoided attack and reappeared on the far railing of the ship.
"I see, he's got that weird ability to predict my moves," Luffy realized, still standing after taking the blunt attacks. "Damn it."
"Lighting won't work, blows won't work. Just what is this rubber?" Eneru mused to himself. "Now hold on…this rubber man…he's a mere Paramecia. Even they have weaknesses." Eneru held his golden staff out in front of him. "Gloam Paddling!"
Lighting sparks danced around Eneru's staff and covered it in a white glow. "I'm on a bit of a schedule, so I don't have time to play." The end of the staff continued to glow but where it was once one solid round end, it had become a three sharp points; a trident.
"No way. D-Did he use his electricity to melt his staff into a trident?" Misaka stared at his new weapon with a horror expression. She didn't like how her powers were inferior compared to a man who could turn himself into lighting.
"Think of this as lighting in solid form!" Eneru jumped off the railing and swung his trident at Luffy. The prongs of the trident nicked his left side before he jumped upwards to avoid getting skewered.
"YAHAHA~!" Eneru laughed while looking up at Luffy who held onto the golden wall. "As I thought! Slashing attacks are your weakness!"
"Yeah," Misaka and Nami facefaulted when Luffy admits to him.
"GAHHH~! DON'T TELL HIM THAT~!" Nami exclaimed.
"Gum Gum: Gatling!" Luffy yelled after launching himself off the wall. But just before he could throw a punch, Eneru disappeared again.
"Where did he go this time?" Misaka's question was immediately answered when she noticed a patch of electricity travelling up through the gold wall. "Seriously~!?"
"He can move through the gold?" Nami questioned in alarm.
Luffy spun around in midair and saw a white version of Eneru made entirely out of pure lighting emerge from the gold right under the eye of the gold face. He launches himself at Luffy with his trident poised to attack.
With no room to dodge, Luffy quickly shot his hands out and caught the trident before it could skewer him. Hot liquid gold dropped down from Eneru's weapon as Luffy's hands started sizzling from touching the weapon. "HOT HOT HOT~!"
"YAHAHAHA~!" Eneru laughed at his pain. "You may be immune to lighting but not to electric heat it seems!"
Luffy retaliated by stretching his leg high up over Eneru's head. "Gum Gum…!" Eneru's mantra picked up what he was trying to do, but couldn't pull his trident away from the pirate's grip on his staff. "Battle Axe!" Eneru couldn't react in time as Luffy's foot slammed down hard on top of his head, driving him through the deck of the ship.
"YOU BLASPHEMOUS BRAT!" Eneru yelled after he popped out of the hole he crashed into.
"Gum Gum: Gatling!" Luffy unleashes a barrage of rapid-fire punches down at Eneru while falling down.
Eneru wasn't phased by the flurry of blows and was able to catch both Luffy's wrists. He jumped out of the hole and swung Luffy's arms downward, smashing him into the deck. "It's not as if you grew more arms, idiot!"
"LUFFY!" Nami and Misaka yelled out in alarm.
Eneru landed on the deck and casually twirled his staff while making his way over to his throne. "Sightseeing on Sky Island. You Blue Sea people certainly picked a bad time to visit. I am this land's God. I can do anything my Will desires." Eneru stared up at the large hole where the light shined into the cave. "I have long dreamed of creating an ideal world. This dream will become a reality and I won't let anyone stand in my way, least of all a whelp and a false god from the Blue Sea World."
"Who said I was even a god in the first place?" Misaka muttered. She knew she was popular back home, but she was a bit sick of being labelled as a God to be worshiped.
"Now where were we," Eneru continued as he stood before his throne. "Oh yes, how could forget, we were going to watch this land die." He then reached out and placed his hand on two gold orbs that was raised in front of the throne's armrest. "YAHAHAHAHA~!"
"NO YOU CAN'T!" Nami protested.
"Max Two Hundred Million Volt…Vari!" Eneru fired a large amount of lightning out of her hands and into the gold orbs. It then travelled down into the metal-lined floor below him and up through the metal wall behind him. Two large conjoined glass balls at the front filled with blue lighting as the propellers all around the Maxim's deck began to spin.
"Ah!" Misaka and Nami gasped as they felt the ship starting to shake, causing them to almost lose their footing.
"Ugh~!" Luffy grunted as he finally managed to pull himself out of the hole he was stuck in. The Ark Maxim continued to shack as the massive ship began to slowly rise from the ground.
"Horsy-bird what're we gonna do?!" Aisa shouted to Pierre. They noticed the ship was rising off the ground and flying up to the top of the cave opening. "IT'S FLYING~!"
"PIIEE~!" Pierre cried in alarm.
"LUFFY NAMI MISAKA~!" Aisa shouted up to the dock.
"BEHOLD~!" Eneru announced loudly. "MAXIM! THE ARK THAT WILL TAKE ME TO ENDLESS VEARTH TO THE SACRED ENDLESS VEARTH! TO THE SACRED ENDLESS LAND THAT I DESIRE! RISE, MAXIM RISE!"
"Oh-no! Oh-no! Oh-no! Oh-noo!" Nami was starting to panic as he collapsed onto her knees and clutched her head. "This is bad! Luffy's gotta hurry up and stop Eneru…but this Ark's powered by Eneru so if he's defeated then it'll crash with us on it! But if he's not, the Sky Island's going to be destroyed!"
While the navigator continued rambling, Misaka stood there staring at nothing with her eyes widened with pure horror and anger at herself. 'Damn it! What can I do? He's able to read all my calculations and I'm not strong enough enough even if I can hit him. I feel so useless if I can't even help Luffy or avenge Touma! I can't do an-!'
A straw hat flew past Misaka's line of sight, cutting off her trance. She follows the hat landing on top of Nami's head, stopping her panic state. Both girls looked over at their rubber captain standing there. "Luffy…"
"You two sail with the crew of the future pirate king," Luffy told them. "So wipe that frown and quit worrying about what you can and can't do…alright?"
'Holy shit…' Misaka held her gasp while gazing at Luffy who stood on the red carpet in front of the throne. Though their situation was desperate and survival seemed unattainable, the straw hat pirate spoke with unwavering confidence, showing neither fear nor worry as he glared at Eneru.
"Pirate King?" Eneru repeated while eying him. "And what domain does he lord over?"
"He's the King of the Seas," Luffy answered. "The Greatest King of All!"
"Hmph, so you say," Eneru scoffed. "But we'll soon learn if that's true, won't we?"
Above them, the forest of the Upper Yard shook causing a flock of South Birds to fly off in alarm as the Maxim rose up and towered over the giant treetops.
Civilian's screams of panic and terror rang Angel Island as the Skypieans were rushing towards the boat. Desperately fleeing for their lives.
"QUICKLY FOLKS!" McKinley shouted, directing the frantic people. "The White Berets will ensure your safe evacuation from the island! There's no need to pani-."
He was interrupted when one of the townsmen with a massive backpack barreled over McKinley. "Excuse me!" He called out as he ran off.
The White Beret captain pushed himself back up and continued barking out orders like nothing happened. "Please, everyone hurry! Get moving! We don't have much time left! We have to save as many people as possible!"
While looking through the crowd, McKinley noticed an old man not going anywhere. He was seated on his luggage and looking down. He maneuvers through the panicking crowd, approaching the man. "Sir! What are you doing? You need to escape now!"
"I've…I've always believed in our God," The old man replied as if he's giving up already. "If he desires to grant us death, shouldn't we accept it? Isn't it wrong if we don't, captain?"
"Eneru…" Hearing his name caused McKinley to grit his teeth. Tears started running down his cheeks as he looked at the man. "He doesn't have the right to take your life! Or anyone else for that matter! LISTEN, WE ALL HAVE TO SURVIVE AND KEEP ON LIVING! ALL OF US!" The old man started to tear up at McKinley's words. "Please you have to escape while you have the chance!"
"Grandfather!" A young man called out to the old man. "Come on, hurry!" After the two bowed to the McKinley they rushed off.
"HESO!" McKinley saluted them.
"Captain!" Another Skypiean came towards him. "A few of us are heading to the Shandian Village."
"The Shandian Village?" McKinley repeated.
"If someone doesn't warn them about what's happening, they'll perish!" The man exclaimed. "We have to do it! The Shandians are people too! Just like us!"
"You're right," McKinley agreed. Even when Shandorians and the Skypieans were fighting for four hundred years, both sides showed a sense of compassion.
"YAHAHAHA~!" Eneru laughed as Luffy stood in front of him. "The circuit to this Ark's ultimate function has been initiated and is now running at full capacity!"
"Ultimate function?" Misaka questioned.
"It has a name," Eneru stated. "It's called Deathpiea. The despair that will destroy this world."
Deep inside the ship, Eneru's lighting surged through the golden circuits and ran into multiple glass vats of mystery green chemicals that started bubbling.
"Deathpiea, ACTIVATE!" Eneru announced.
Luffy, Nami and Misaka watched from below as black clouds billowed out from the large gold chimney-like hole at the top of the Maxim. The clouds floated up into the air above the ship and began to morph into a large black mass.
"What is that?" Nami wondered. "A cloud?"
It took a while to regain her strength, but Robin managed to get back on her feet. The woman looked up and saw the dark clouds floating above the cloud cloud barrier that went over Shandora City.
"Clouds?" Robin questioned.
In the Shandian Village, some of the residents went up a flight of stairs to the surface above their hidden village and gazed up at the black clouds that just appeared over Upper Yard.
"Strange, I'd never seen the sky over this island look like that," One Shandian stated. "What could it be?"
"Do you think something bad happened to Wyper and the warriors?" Another Shandian questioned with worry. "I know Luminous Tail's with them, but I still can't help but worry."
"I hope not," The chief replied. "But I too have never seen such dark clouds in the sky of the White White Sea."
"Thunder clouds?" Misaka realized while gazing at the clouds.
"That's right. Using my energy, Deathpiea forces extremely turbulent air currents together which produce those lovely thunderclouds you see billowing out right now. Soon they will cover all of Skypiea in darkness." The God explained. "Inside them, energy will continue to build until it reaches its absolute peak. And then on my signal, they will unleash thunderbolts of such magnitude that it will obliterate every trace of this land! Allow me to demonstrate…"
Eneru raised his arm in the air, firing a beam lighting up in the sky and into one of the thunderclouds.
KRAK-BAZOOOM~!
A massive bolt of powerful lighting shot down out of the thundercloud and struck the top of Angel Island.
'He reached that far?!' Misaka mentally cried out.
"AHHHH~!"
Screams of fear can be heard from the Skypieans when a couple of buildings are suddenly destroyed by an arch of lighting. The ones that remained standing were caught on fire.
"That came from the Upper Yard!" McKinley realized while watching the destruction happening. "Everyone keep calm! Don't panic! Get on the ship and head for Cloud End!" The fire continued to spread through the village destroying more buildings. "DAMN YOU ENERU!"
While driving through the White White Sea, Lucy, Jayden and Conis had caught the unnatural lightning strike on Angel Island.
"Damn it…He's already begun his assault," Jayden bitterly muttered.
"Eneru's doing this?" Lucy asked in bewilderment.
"You've already seen what he was capable of earlier," Jayden solemnly reminded her. "Judging by those clouds, he's creating his very own thunderstorm."
"If that's the case…" Lucy shuddered in fear upon picturing the dangerous thunderstorm raining down across Skypiea. "That would be really bad."
Conis could only grit her teeth and close her eyes. 'Eneru!'
During their duel against Moses, Kaito, Tsubasa and Eguchi had just recovered from his magic to notice the black clouds covering the sky like a blanket.
"Why is the sky turning dark all of a sudden?" Tsubasa asked while looking up.
"...So this is how Eneru's going to destroy Skypiea," Moses noted. "Creating a massive thunderstorm with his powers. He must've done the same thing to Birka, his homeland."
"So you're helping him to destroy this island too?" She questioned sternly.
"Kind of ironic that a God Slayer is working together with a God-like person," Eguchi slightly jokes, with a mocking smile.
"Let's make one thing clear, I do not work for Eneru," Moses declared sharply. "He has opened my eyes to the betrayal of my very own comrades, but I don't trust that false god in the slightest. The second I deal with you three, and the rest of Luminous Tail, I'll go after him next."
"That ain't going happen, bro!" Eguchi lunged towards Eguchi with his fist coated with white flames. "Cause we're going to crush you here!"
'Feint punch and lands a kick,' Moses noted while swerving Eguchi's surprise kick aimed at his head. Dark wind cyclone around his left palm. "Sky Go-."
"Atomic Black Hole!" While close enough to the two, Kaito summons a miniature black hole in his right palm. The black cyclone around Moses's hand was instantly sucked out and absorbed into the black hole.
"You little," Moses snarled while glaring at Kaito.
"Fire Phoenix: Talon!" Eguchi took the opportunity to swing her coated fist as he landed a heavy punch onto Moses's right cheek.
"Meteor Mash!" With his fist encased with a bright white glow, Kaito followed it up by smashing it into the God Slayer's left cheek.
With the sword stabbed into the solid white cloud, Tsubasa was rushing towards Moses after the two boys struck him. With her sword cutting through the clouds and singing, Tsubasa got close to him and performed an upward slash at his chest. Moses was able to float backwards to avoid the slash, but his eyes widened when a blue fireball flew towards him the second she lashed her katana: Knight's Ignited Flash!
"Ga~!" Moses was engulfed in an explosion after the fireball hit him dead on. He was more annoyed than in pain as he escaped from the dust cloud with minor injuries. "This has gone long enough!"
"I couldn't agree more!" Kaito yelled as he rushed straight towards him while rearing his black-cloaked arm backward. "Dark Matter: Cosmic Smash!"
Time slowed down for Moses as he raised his right forward towards the charging Kaito. "Sky: Ice God: Secret Art…
Eguchi's danger instinct kicked the second he heard Moses's chanting. Without warning he rushed towards Tsubasa and tackled her to the right, catching her off guard. "Hey what are yo-!"
…Absolute Zero!"
The second Moses' word escaped his lips, Kaito's movement stopped instantly as his entire body turned into a rigged ice statue. Kaito's arm was outstretched and an inch towards Moses's face. Had he not frozen him, Kaito's attack would've landed.
"Holy…crap!" Eguchi managed to scramble to his feet and spotted Kaito encased in ice. "That was way too close…!"
"What do you mean?" Tsubasa asked while pushing herself up. Her eyes widened in horror when she saw Kaito's ice body. She then followed the trail behind him and saw the island clouds in his path were frozen over. "He…He froze the cloud as well?"
"We would've been caught just like Kaito if I didn't trust my instinct. I barely managed to free myself when he used Sub-zero," Eguchi admitted with a startling look.
"One down," Moses floated away from Kaito's body and gazed down at Eguchi and Tsubasa. "Two more to deal with."
Cynthia, Wendy, Shirabe and Kirika were unaware of Eneru's plan and Deathpiea activating above them. They were focused on dealing with the U. Assassin. Thanks to Wendy's enchantments, the four girls were able to match Maki's speed and hound her with countless attacks. Maki admits in her head that the enchantments were keeping her on her toes, but was still able to dodge and counterattack them.
"Omega Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Cynthia swung her crimson fists at her head, only for Maki to shift it to the side, letting Cynthia's fist fly past her head. Maki then jumps back, keeping her distance.
'Damn it...Her Omega Flames are much more dangerous than I expected,' Maki noted to herself.
"You're not getting away!" Cynthia shouted as she placed her hand on the ground. "Omega Flame Dragon: Line!" A red magic circle appeared, unleashing a vertical line of fire that splits the ground as it rushes towards Maki.
Maki side steps to the side avoiding the large trail of fire. 'Just what the hell did Aiden get such a destructive Lacrima?' Her thoughts were cut off when a large pink yo-yo hurled by Shirabe flew out of the firewall in her direction. The assassin barely managed to lean her upper body backward, as the bladed yo-yo over her head.
Just after Maki dodged, Kirika was already in the air with her scythe, generating two sets of blades and she hurled them downward; Kill Juliet.
'Shit!' Maki cursed as she used her left arm to flip to the left, barely dodging the two blades as they hit the ground. After a few backflips, she landed right-side up on her feet.
"Sky Dragon: Roar!" Wendy got behind her and unleashed a large blue tornado out of her mouth.
Maki looked at the incoming attack, and instead of dodging it, she ran straight towards the massive tornado. Her actions caused her four opponents to have wide eyes.
"30% Devour," Maki's claw arms radiated as she crossed them and then swiped them forward at the blue hurricane. In a split second, Maki closed the distance between her and Wendy with her Sky Dragon roar disbursing into nothing.
"What?" The blue-haired girl gasped out of shock. She quickly managed to focus when Maki was about to swing her left claw at her neck. Wendy jumped backwards to avoid it while using her boosted agility to keep a safe distance away from her.
Shirabe unleashed hundreds of small sawblades from her compartment to make Maki stop her pursuit and deflect the discs with her claws in rapid succession. Cynthia was already lunged forward at Maki with trails of dark red flames trailing along her arms. "Omega Fire Dragon: Wing Attack!" She swung her arms forward unleashing two streams of flames spiraling downward.
"Crap," Being pinned down by countless mini saw blades, Maki had no time to avoid it as Cynthia's flames slammed into her body, creating a massive explosion. Her burnt body flew out of the dust cloud but was able to catch herself with a flip landing on her feet.
'Just like Shervan's wind, Maki isn't able to absorb Cynthia's flames as well,' Shirabe confirmed while finally noticing some burnt marks on Maki's body.
"How do you like that?" Cynthia boasted with a grin as she wasted no time lunging at her. "Whatever kind of power you have, you can't devour my flames can you?"
Maki only responded by clicking her teeth while out matching Cynthia's speed and slammed her fist into her face. Cynthia felt her vision shake and her body being forced backwards, but she regained her focus and skidded back on her feet.
"Idiot, your cockiness will lead to your downfall," Maki retorted. She lunged forward, closing the distance between her and Cynthia who was startled. The second Maki lashed her claw towards Cynthia's head, the dragon slayer suddenly shifted her upper body to the side, letting her claw slightly graze her cheek. 'She dodge it?'
'I dodge it?' Cynthia was also startled that she dodge it. She quickly took the opportunity to engulf her hands with Omega Flames morphing into dragon claws. "Have a taste of your own medicine, Omega Fire Dragon: Claw Strike!" She yelled while she swiped it at her head.
Maki barely was able to bring her forearm up to block dragon claw from slashing her face. She gritted her teeth, feeling the pain as the flames were starting to burn her demonic arm and quickly jump back away from Cynthia. 'It's stronger than before...'
Kirika was already behind Maki in mid-swing the second her foot touched the ground. When she lashed out her scythe forward at her back, Maki vanished again, infuriating Kirika. "Damn it! I'm sick and tired of her disappearing like that!"
"...!" Just like when she dodged Maki's claw earlier, Cynthia sensed the unknown energy leaking out of her body. The brunette was somehow able to pinpoint where she'll appear and quickly shouted. "Kirika behind you~!"
Kirika quickly turned around and managed to block Maki's claw strike with her scythe. Despite blocking it, the force launched her back though and crashed into Cynthia. Both girls rolled across the ground for a few meters before laying still.
Maki was about to deal with the two, but quickly deflected a large buzz saw flying from her right side. Her cold eyes lock onto Shirabe's glaring ones in the distance, wielding three more buzzsaw compartments. Each of them spinning viciously for the purpose to kill.
Immediately after Maki had rushed forward, Shirabe launched the first two buzzsaws. Maki was able to parry the first one with her left arm, and shift her body to the side, avoiding the second one. In anticipation of her movements, Shirabe skated forward, placing the third buzz saw in front of her.
When the two got close, Shirabe released the buzzsaw from the compartment while Maki swung her right claw forward. Maki clashed with buzzsaw causing sparks to fly briefly before she managed to deflect it into a tree in the distance.
Right after she detached the buzzsaw, Shirabe skated around behind Maki and lash out her yo-yo towards her head, only for Maki to shift her head to the side. Shirabe pulled her yo-yo back to her hand and leaned her upper body back to swiftly dodge Maki's roundhouse kick. The girl had amazing flexibility as she held that position while skating past the assassin. Shirabe brought her body upward and spun around with her right leg upward, lashing out her own kick with her sharp blade skates on her feet. Maki leaned her body back a bit as sharp skates got an inch close to her neck.
Just when Maki jumped back, Wendy and Cynthia were behind her with their arms locked and reared back. "Omega Flame..."
"Sky Dragon..."
"HEATWAVE~!" The two girls threw their locked arms forward, unleashing a massive heatwave at Maki, which caught her off-guard. While it wasn't powerful, she wasn't able to avoid it due to the large radius.
"Shirabe!" Kirika called out while running towards her. "Let's do our own dual move!"
"Right," Shirabe nodded in agreement. Within the heatwave, the two girls leap up into the air with both their hands linked together. Shirabe's leg gears unfolded releasing a giant buzzsaw while Kirika attached her foot with her scythe forming into a large green hook.
Sigma Style: Giant Blade Fall!/ Wicked Leg Gulliver!
Being distracted by the heatwave, Maki could only look up before Shirabe and Kirika's dual kick slammed into her from above, crashing down on the ground with a massive explosion. Kirika and Shirabe detached their leg gears before they made contact so they didn't get caught in the explosion as landed in the good distance.
"Whoa~!" Cynthia gaped in utter awe, by their devastating combo attack. "That was awesome. There's no way she'll recover after an attack like th-."
It happened so quickly in their eyes. Maki lunged out of the smoke and smashed her demonic fist right into Wendy's chest. Cynthia, Kirika and Shirabe's eyes widened as Wendy coughed a bit of blood from the sudden forceful impact. Maki and Wendy vanished before the three girls even turned around.
"WENDY!" Cynthia, Kirika and Shirabe shouted while they turned around to where they landed. Wendy lay sprawled on the ground still winded from the punch with Maki's leg pressed on her stomach. She looked heavily damaged by Kirika and Shirabe union attacks, but still showed no signs of fatigue.
"LET HER GO!" Kirika ordered angrily.
"One more step and I'll snap her neck," Maki coldly warned while adding more pressure to her foot on Wendy's neck, making her gasp in pain. Her cries caused Shirabe, Kirika and Cynthia to stop instantly gritting in anger.
"DON'T YOU DARE!" Cynthia roared angrily causing the flames around her to grow darker.
"Shut up," Maki retorted back. She didn't look scared by Cynthia's magic increasing. "You all wasted my time with your foolish nonsense, just like your pink-haired idiot I dealt with before."
Hearing this caused the two young wizards to tense up, immediately recognizing who she was talking about. "D-Did you kill Natsu?" Cynthia demanded, seething with anger.
"Unfortunately, my mentor intervened before I could finish him off," Maki answered, unbothered by how much magic was emitting around Cynthia. "Quit it with the stupid glare. I gave that idiot a chance to leave me alone but didn't and wasted my time. If you want to end up like him only worse, then hand over my target or else…" She glared down at Wendy. "I'll make your Sky Maiden friend as an example of how serious I am of my talent."
Shirabe, Kirika and Cynthia could only glare at the assassin. They didn't want to endanger Wendy's life, yet they can't accept her proposal.
"Hehe..." Despite being in a dangerous predicament, Wendy let out a weak chuckle. Maki gave her a questioning look. "Even if you killed Natsu or me, everyone else won't let you get away with it…Anyone who harms our family will pay the price."
"Is that a threat?" Maki questioned coldly.
"No, it's a promise," The Sky Maiden replied, clenching her fist. "It...doesn't matter if you're an assassin or how strong you...You make a big mistake for underestimating a...Fairy Tail Wizard!"
Maki's instinct kicked in and she jumped back before Wendy's body was engulfed in dark red flames. Maki was startled as she watched the young girl pushing herself up onto her feet, entering in her Omega Sky dual mode. 'She can use the brat's flames as well?'
"Whoa~!" This was the first time Kirika witnessed Wendy's dual mode as she gazed in pure awe. "She looks so pretty!"
"Pretty and dangerous!" Cynthia beamed while pumping her fist up. "GO GET HER WENDY!"
"Omega Flame Sky Dragon: Wing Attack!" Wendy wasted no time propelling a combination stream of fire and sky elements out of her hands. This caught Maki off guard as she was blasted across the clearing. Wendy then puffed her cheeks. "And Omega Flame Sky Dragon Roar!" She threw her head forward unleashing a massive hurricane of fire and wind out of her mouth which traveled across the ground and devoured the assassin causing an explosion. Maki was hurled back again with her arms crossed, heavily wounded by the roar. She managed to still land on her feet just when Wendy lunged towards her while her fist coated with wind and flames. "Omega Sky Dragon: Cl-."
"Enough!" Maki outspeed Wendy and slammed her demonic fist into her face, knocking her across the ground. Wendy caught herself skidding across the ground with Cynthia, Kirika and Shirabe right behind her.
"Seriously? How tough is this girl?!" Kirika exclaimed with a mix of shock and annoyance.
"Is she really human?" Shirabe bewilderedly questioned. Even after their sync attack, she was still able to keep going as if the injuries she received were just mosquito bites.
"Human or not, if she can feel pain, then she can still be beaten!" Cynthia assured the two. Just like Wendy, she went into her own Earth Omega Flame Dual Mode. "You'll regret underestimating us, Assassin~!"
"Don't be stupid…" Maki scoffed in her modern tone. Her whole body suddenly radiated with a red/black aura. Kirika and Shirabe clenched their weapons tight bracing themselves while Wendy and Cynthia were shocked for two different reasons.
'I-It can't be…' Cynthia's eyes widen in pure shock by recognizing the familiar energy. 'She has the same energy just like that scaly creep only…way more denser?!'
"I never underestimated any target I've come across," Maki bluntly declared. "If I did, then I would've been dead from my first mission. Being an assassin means that I have many enemies who want to end my life. Your only way to walk out of this island alive with that boy, is to take my life." This caused the four girls to tense up in fear. "Otherwise, I'll hunt you all down."
Eneru's laughter echoed throughout the Ark after his showing them the tidbit of Deathpiea. The three of them were the only ones who were able to witness his powers.
"You…just…" Nami whimpered.
"I just teased the angels a little," Eneru replied. "I have all the right to do that, you know."
"..." Misaka could only clench her fist. She hated how she and Eneru had similar powers and were using them to strike fear into the civilians.
"So being God makes it okay to destroy everything?!" Luffy snapped.
"Of course. Everything here is mine for the taking. Their land, their lives, Speaking of which…" Eneru explained before reading his trident. "I'll continue celebrating by taking yours!"
Eneru thrust his trident forward but Luffy managed to weave to the side, avoiding the pointy spikes. He then retaliates and lashes his foot in which Eneru raises his left arm to block the kick and lashes his trident again. Luffy used his other leg down and kicked the trident downward.
"WAH~!" Luffy cried out after feeling the hot metal burning his feet. He hopped backwards on one foot while clutching his burning foot. "HOT HOT HOT~!"
"YAHAHA~! This spear's been highly charged!" Eneru laughed as he continued his assault, lashing his trident towards the rubber boy. Luffy struggled to avoid getting stabbed by his weapon. He managed to snatch the trident, pushed it away from his chest then leapt backwards.
Luffy paused a bit and looked down at his throbbing burning hands. "YAHHH~!" He quickly crouched down and started blowing on them, unaware that Eneru's trident whizzed over his head and smashed into the railing. Luffy noticed the large hole Eneru made and jumped back to a safe distance. "Damn it! How can I defeat a guy who can predict my moves?"
BING~!
A light bulb appeared over his head. Recalling the recent action, he had an idea. "Yeah, that would work!"
"He has an idea?" Misaka wondered quietly.
Luffy faced Eneru and bellowed loudly. "GUM GUM~!:…Daze…" His arms went slack and his nose went wide, giving Eneru a dumb expression.
"PFT~!" Seeing his expression, caused Misaka to comically spitake. She held her hand over her mouth and bent down trying to hide her laughter.
"YOU STOP LAUGHING~!" Nami comically snapped at Misaka before shouting at Luffy. "AND YOU WHAT ARE YOU DOING~!?"
Eneru didn't look amused and lashed out at Luffy who weaved his body to the side, without effort. Annoyed, Eneru continued to lash his trident out continuously at him, but Luffy kept lazily weaving and dancing around every strike.
'He's dodging the attacks unconsciously and relying on his reflexes,' Nami realized, as she and Misaka were staring at the battle. 'It's like he's a blade of grass swaying back and forth in the wind instead of opposing it!'
'He literally turns his brain off so that Eneru can't predict his movements,' Misaka noted, a bit surprised. 'I don't know whether it's a smart idea or stupid.'
After returning to his original state, Luffy jumped up into the air and flipped backwards landing across the deck. "If I switch my brain off…then I can't attack him."
'Yup, just stupid,' Misaka thought with a sweatdrop.
"I've gotta get my hands on him somehow," Luffy thought out loud.
BING~!
Another light bulb appeared above his head, getting another idea. Luffy then executed it by opening his mouth and taking a huge breath. Misaka and Nami gawked dumbfounded as Luffy's head swelled up like a massive balloon. "Gum…Gum…Octopus."
"AAARRGH~!" Nami yelled in annoyance. "ENOUGH WITH THE STUPID IDEAS~!"
Luffy's giant head deflated as the air rushed out of his body. However, too much air went out causing all his arms and legs to go limp as he slumped to the ground. Misaka was dumbfounded by his action, wondering what his plan was, or if he had one.
"I take it that you're not a fan of my Mantra," Eneru remarked. "That's to be expected since it's the basis of my power."
"...That should work," After looking behind him, Luffy twisted his long arms and legs around and launched his body across the deck and landed limply behind Eneru's throne.
"It doesn't matter what you try!" Eneru called out as he charged after Luffy. "Except for your immunity to lighting, you're nothing but an annoying powerless mortal!"
"GUM GUM….OCTOPUS…" Luffy whipped his limp limbs back behind and started to pound them into the wall of the ark like crazy. "FIREWORKS~!" The moment his limp arms and legs struck the wall, it bounced off of it and whipped around behind him before hitting the wall again, creating a chaotic chain of limbs flying all over the place.
"What?! Why attack the Ark?!" Nami and Misaka shouted in bewilderment.
"You're ignoring me and attacking the ship instead?" Eneru questioned with an amusing smirk as he continued his charge towards Luffy. "It's no use! You're even more foolish than you appear! YAHAHA-"
Eneru stopped laughing when one of Luffy's flailing fists grazed the side of his face, leaving a small gash.
"RAHHHHHHH~!" Luffy roared as he continued his assault on the wall. His flailing uncontrollable limbs were bouncing off the wall. The moment Eneru was closer to Luffy, was when he fell into his trap.
"GAH~!" Eneru cried out in pain as he was pummeled aggressively and continuously by Luffy's ricocheting fists and feet slamming into his body. One last punch in his cheek sent him flying backwards before landing in a heap and skidding across the deck.
"H-HOLY!" Misaka was so surprised that she couldn't help but blurted out loudly. What she thought were stupid actions turned out to be a clever way to catch Eneru off guard. Still, while she had zero sympathy for the crazed god, Misaka couldn't help but wince at the aggressive assault.
"Of course!" Nami understood Misaka's reaction clearly, while also realizing Luffy's plan. "The punches are ricocheting which means he's not consciously controlling them. Which means Eneru's not able to predict them!"
"RAH I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU GET AWAY!" After his assault, Luffy wasted no time rushing towards Eneru with his arms stretched far back. "GUM GUM: BAZOOKA~!"
Struggling to get up, Eneru couldn't react in time as Luffy's arms reared back and struck his palms into his stomach.
"GUAH~!" Eneru's eyes turned white as he doubled over from the powerful blow, coughing up blood. He flew black before crashing onto the ground again.
Eneru weakly pushed himself up and saw Luffy running at him again. 'No…he's charging…I…have to escape…'
His Devil Fruit made him invincible to any adversary. Even after Wyper's Reject Dial, and Misaka's esper powers, he keeps himself collected not letting his fear get the better of him.
"GUM…GUM…
The voice made Eneru's eyes widen in pure horror for the first time in his life. He saw Luffy rushing towards him with his arm stretched back while twisting around like a spiral. 'HE CAN'T! I'M A GOD!'
RIFLE~!"
Gwen: I can't believe it took the entire chapter to get her untangled…
Raven: Only to get trapped inside a Snow globe…[Peace was carrying a Snow globe with a tiny Sanya inside it along with the entire swing set.]
Yang: Okay, not what I was expecting for this to end up to…but at least we got her off the swing set!
Shiho: [She rolled her eyes.] Yeah, getting trapped inside the snow globe is way better than the latter.
Sanya: [She was shivering inside the snow globe.] I-It's so cold in here.
Freddy: Wait, how can you be cold? It's just plastic snow in there right?
Raven: Actually, the snow globe is like a miniature realm that copies the attributes of the environment. That's real snow inside there.
Gwen: Which means, Sanya is freezing half to death inside there.
Varvula: Morbid part aside, wasn't there a gingerbread house inside there. Why can't she go inside of it to stay warm?
Yang: Cause, the swing set crushed it when it was shrunk as well.
Peace: [She sweatdrop] The swing set has it out for Sanya doesn't it.
Shiho: Next Chapter: Nami and Misaka's Desire!
Yang: [He noticed a small green button on the side] Hey, what does this button do?
Gwen: Wait don't press it y-[The second Yang pushes the button. Sanya along with swing sets appeared right above them back to their normal size. The swing set crushed the five before they could react.]
Sanya: I'm finally out! [Sanya hovered into the air with her arms still crossed to keep herself warm. She sweatdrop when she noticed the others knocked out by getting flattened.] Ah…I hope they're okay…