Shiho: I can't believe we did something this stupid…I mean we did a lot of dumb stuff in this world…but this? [Shows Freddy's left arm replaced with the head of Viernes: the Gold Dragon God.]...Takes the cake.
Yang: I don't know why you think it's stupid. He has a freaking head of the Gold Dragon God, for an arm now.
Freddy" Yes, but….[He had a large support under the dragon's head to keep him standing.] I have less mobility due to my new arm. Also, I'm not able to be hidden and mysterious anymore.
Gwen: That means…[She gasped in horror.] No jump scaring all of you anymore~?!
Peace: I think that's a good thing…[She shuddered.] I still can't get over…the toilet incident…
Shiho: Which established the 'No Jumpscare in the Bathroom' rule.
Yang: Wait what happened in the bathroom?
Raven: Female situation.
Varvula: I don't know about it either.
Sanya: Me too.
Raven:...Okay, now I feel awkward.
Sanya: Um, does this mean you can fire gold beams like the dragon does Freddy?
Freddy: I honestly have no idea. [He began to move the head a bit slightly.] If I fumbled around a bit, like I adjusted my micr- [The slightest adjustment causes the dragon-head to open its jaw causing it to charge up.] Uh…I think I did something.
Varvula: [Panicking] Oh crap~!
Peace: W-We need to get out here~!
Yang: I don't want to become a gold rabbit~!
[All of them left the room, leaving Freddy with his glowing dragon arm. The beam fired, blinding the room.]
Chapter 57: Nami and Misaka's Desires.
"GUM GUM…RIFLE~!"
Misaka stared in astonishment when Luffy's fist plowed into Eneru's stomach. Since Luffy's arms were twisted, Eneru's body spun through the air after being released from his fist and crashed into the golden wall. Eneru's body collapsed on the deck motionless with his eyes white.
Nami tore her gaze away from the defeated Eneru and smiled at Luffy. "It worked…You did it! Eneru's down!"
"I would like to agree, but if that's the case…" Misaka trailed off while looking upward. The Ark Maxim they were on had finally scraped through the opening of the cave, making her see the dark cloudy skies of Skypiea. It even still kept puffing out black clouds. "Then shouldn't this hump of junk be falling out of the sky by now?"
SLAP~!
Eneru slapped the deck, getting the girl's attention. He was forcefully pushing himself up from the deck. "You fools. Is that the best you can do?" Eneru stopped to cough up a bit of blood before glaring at Luffy. "Make no mistake, boy, when you're gone the world will be mine!"
"Damn it, he's still alive?" Misaka gritted in annoyance.
"You should know mortals, in this world filth like you must learn the only truth!" Eneru boasted despite his conditions. "By my hand, nothing is ever impossible! FOR I AM THE ALMIGHTY GOD!"
The Skypieans screamed as they ran through the streets toward the harbor. A man stopped and saw something in the distance. "Hey look up in the sky!"
"It's a ship!" a second man realized.
"A flying ship, impossible! I never heard of such a thing!" The man insisted. "I've never heard of such a thing!"
"Is that what made the sky turn dark?" The second man wondered.
A third man stopped running long enough to shout, "GOD IS ON THE SHIP! WE MUST HURRY TO THE SHIPS!"
While running, a scared-looking boy tripped and fell in front of the two men. They quickly rush to help him up. "Hey, you've gotta get outta here."
Across the White White Seas, the Shandians watched the commotion from above their village.
"Vessels are leaving Angel Island by the hundreds," A female Shandian reported through a set of binoculars.
"What evil is this?" A male Shandian questioned. "Those dark clouds are an ominous sign."
"SHANDIANS!" The Shandians glanced in the distance to find one of the Skypieans called out from the approaching vessel. "TAKE HEED! BOARD YOUR SHIPS AND EVACUATE THE SKY ISLANDS ARE DOOMED!"
The Shandian Chief frowned when he looked at the large flying ship above Upper Yard. The massive black clouds had blanketed the entire peaceful skies of Skypiea.
Robin gently placed Chopper and Charla down next to Zoro. Since she was the only one conscious, she was busy carrying the unconscious comrades up the beanstalks and to the Island Clouds above Shandora. She had finished bringing up the final two and settled down.
While resting, Robin looked up watching the flying ark pass overhead. "A ship…It's him, Eneru."
"Look hard, rubber boy," Eneru could still taunt Luffy despite his injuries. "On a falling island's despair. Skypiea will be destroyed. The angels' lives will be extinguished. No one can stop me. Not even you and your false god."
Misaka was about to retort but noticed lighting dancing around Eneru's free hand, making her suspicious. 'What is he planning to do?'
"WANNA BET?!" Luffy yelled as he charged forward, causing the God to smirk.
"Gloam…" Eneru announced as he placed his palm on the gold wall behind him. With his hand coated with pure lighting, it sank right into the metal.
"W-What the hell…?" Misaka was sweating in pure disbelief. "He's using the electrical heat to liquify the gold?"
"He's what?!" Nami exclaimed in shock.
"NO YOU DON'T!" Luffy snapped as he drew his fist back once he got close.
"Paddling!" Eneru swirled the liquified gold forward, morphing into a huge golden ball.
Luffy's stretched fist shot straight through the liquid gold sphere. "YEOUCH~!" Luffy hollered feeling his skin getting burnt by the liquid gold ball. "HOT HOT HOT~!"
"He melted the metal like butter!" Nami gasped.
Luffy screeched in pain while the molted hot gold turned solid around his arm, causing him to collapse. "YOUCH~! IT BURNS~! IT BURNS~! IT BURNNNNS~!" The hot gold continued to burn his skin as his arm stuck through a golden ball that was four times his size.
"LUFFY!" Nami and Misaka cried out.
"Yahahaha~!" Eneru laughed but was more weary than usual. "What's the matter, rubber man? Don't you like the way I even the odds? I've simply taken the fight out of you."
Luffy growled, while desperately trying to pull his own arm out from the encased orb, but couldn't free himself. "GET THIS OFFA ME!"
"You see, I'm honestly not sure I could take another hit from you," Eneru admitted while walking towards the trapped pirate. "Therefore, I think it best if we sever ties. But in honor of the spirited effort that you've put forth…" He then kicked the gold ball causing it to roll across the deck dragging Luffy along with it. "...take this gold trinket as a parting gift!"
The golden sphere continued rolling until it bounced off the side of the ship and fell overboard, pulling Luffy back into the wall. Luffy groaned while struggling not to fall off the ship as his arm was already stretched down to the bottom of the massive Maxim. He used his free arm and all his strength to grip the railing so he wouldn't fall overboard.
"Once I get rid of you, this world will be mine once again," Eneru declared. "Not a soul in the world can defeat me! Neither the God Slayer or the fake god herself!"
"You're an idiot…" Luffy chided while glaring at him. "Even if I can't beat you, there are those who're much stronger than me here and back on the Blue Sea bel-"
Having enough of his presence, Eneru zapped right in front of Luffy and swung his trident onto the worn-out railing he held onto. It crumbled in one hit, causing Luffy to fall off the ship with the debris.
"LUFFY! NOOOO!" Misaka and Nami screamed out. Nami held his straw hat to her chest.
"ENERUUUU!" Luffy bellowed while falling down and glaring up at Eneru.
After avoiding the cave debris, Pierre with Aisa on his back, finally got out of the cave and was flying below the side of the ark. They were startled the moment they saw a certain pirate falling above them.
"HORSY-BIRD THAT'S LUFFY!" Aisa shouted while she spotted the falling pirate and the gold ball that he was trapped in. "He fell off! We've gotta help him!"
Nami and Misaka raced to the railing and looked over to spot Pierre. "Aisa! Pierre!"
"Aisa…" Eneru leaped onto the railing beside Nami and noticed the young girl. "So that sly little voice I've been hearing has a name…"
"WE'RE COMING TO SAVE YOU!" Aisa shouted as Pierre flew up to Luffy.
"I've grown tired of this," Eneru announced as sparks danced around his trident. "Time to die."
"AISA PIERRE!" Nami screamed off the side of the ship. "HE'S GONNA SHOOT YOU!"
'What can I do?' Misaka questioned. Seeing someone who was clearly a strong version of herself made her lose confidence in her abilities. 'Everything I can do, he can do it much better…'
"MISAAAAAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!"
Misaka flinched upon his shrilling voice calling her name, interrupting her self-doubt. She looked down at the falling Luffy. "KEEP NAMI SAFE UNTIL I FIND A WAY BACK UP ON THAT SHIP~!"
"God's Judgment! EL THOR~!" Eneru jumped backward and unleashed a large column of white lighting down the side of the ship.
"Gum Gum Balloon!" Luffy quickly bloated his body like a balloon to cover Aisa and Pierre from the white beam. The force of the attack along with the golden ball caused the three to plummet down the hole below.
"LUFFY! AISA! PIERRE!" Nami screamed over the side of the ship. Misaka tightened her fist in frustration.
"A-A flying ship?!" Jayden blurts out the second he notices the Ark Maxim in the distance. The two girls also witnessed while the three sped back towards the Going Merry.
"I-It enormous~!" Lucy exclaimed in disbelief.
"So this is the Ark the Divine Squad was forced to build," Conis realized upon recalling the warning.
"To think Eneru had that massive thing underneath our nose this whole time," Jayden bitterly muttered.
"We have to get to the Going Merry quickly," Lucy said with concern for the others. "They should be on the north-eastern edge of the island. That's the rendezvous point."
"Conis just dropped us down by the Upper Yard. You need to go with the others," Jayden suggested. "It's not sa-."
"Sorry but I can't," Conis interrupts loudly over the Waver engine. "I promise that I'll guide you all back into the Blue Sea. I'm…your best chance for all of you to escape off of this island."
"...I just had the most amazing dream…"
Back in the Going Merry, Sanji, who was covered in bandages in his makeshift bed, had finally regained consciousness. His eyes were closed while smoking a cigarette. "It was about you, Nam, Tsubasa, and Lucy, my sweethearts. We were all wandering paradise together, tasting forbidden fruit. Don't wake me up. Let us stay trapped in this passionate utopia for all eternity…"
Sanji rolled over on his left side and sighed as grabbed the person's hand next to him.
"You smell nice…"
"..!"
The second he heard the sniper's voice, Sanji's eyes shot wide open and realized that he was holding another guy's hand.
"WAHHH~!" Sanji instantly jumped up and scuffled away from Usopp. "WHAT THE HELL~!?"
"Aww~! You two look cute together~!" Tsuchimikado teased. Sanji slowly cranked his head and spotted a small audience blocking the doorway.
"Don't stop! I want to imagine more of this gay utopia~!" Kinoko gushed while drooling a bit.
Comically depressed, Sanji clutched his blanket around his body with blue lines above his head. "No~! It's not fair~! One minute I'm dreaming, the next I'm in a nightmare~!"
"That's a bit overdramatic don't you think?" Levy asked with a sweatdrop.
"I'm so glad you're alright Sanji," Awatsuki sighed in relief. "When you were zapped by Eneru, I was worried you and the others were-."
"Wait, where's Nami and Lucy? Did that bastard harm them?!" The second he recalled the events, Sanji quickly shot to her feet in concern.
"Don't worry, they were unharmed," Laura replied with her arms crossed. "Lucy had gone with Conis and Jayden to warn the other Skypieans."
"Guys~!" Gray's voice suddenly called out from outside. "You might wanna see this!"
Sanji, Levy, Awatsuki, Tsuchimikado, Kinoko and Laura went outside and were startled when they spotted the Maxim in the sky. Gray, Gajeel, Accelerator, Juvia, Akita, Jackal, George, Sinolia, Last Order, Index, Asuka, and Happy, who was able to return to the Going Merry with the injured Natsu safely.
"What…what is that?" Sanji gaped in awe at the large ship above them.
"That must be the Ark Maxim, we've been told about," Tsuchimikado answered him. "It's Eneru's secret project for his plan to wipe out Skypiea."
"What's worse is that bastard used all the gold to make that flying garbage," Gajeel clicked his teeth in annoyance.
"...We've missed a lot apparently," Asuka nervously chuckled while rubbing the back of her neck.
Sanji stared up in horror upon witnessing something up ahead. His secret power called Love Cook Targeting System caused him to zoom in with a beeping sound.
Mellorine…Mellorine…MELLORINE~!
His eyes locked on targeting Nami and Misaka as they stood by the railing with worried looks on their faces.
"Nami and Misaka are in trouble~!" Sanji suddenly blurted out, startling the others around them.
"W-Wait what?" Asuka blinked while glancing at the cook oddly.
"H-He's right," George stammered when he used his Scope Devil Fruit to scan up after Sanji's outburst. "Nami and Misaka are somehow up there on the Ark."
"So this is the power of the Love Cook Targeting System," Sinolia theorized, breaking the fourth wall.
"Love…Cook…Targeting…System?" Akita blinked a bit clueless.
"WHAT KIND OF HALF-ASS SYSTEM IS THAT~?!" Gajeel, Asuka, Jackal, Gray and Accelerator comically barked.
"HEY USOPP~!" The cook wasted no time rushing back inside the galley and began stomping on the long nose's face. "WAKE UP! THIS IS NO TIME TO BE IN BED YOU IDIOT~!"
"A-Ah~!" Akita comically fails her arms in panic at Sanji's action.
"Calm down brat, it's just their way of waking their crewmates up," Jackal informed with a grin. "It's nice to see it done by others than me."
'Pirates are so scary,' Akita thought while still shaking.
Usopp sluggishly groaned as he sat up. "What is it? What's wrong?"
"Never mind that, let's go!" Sanji ordered while he put on a blue shirt over his bandages.
"Hold it, you're seriously going up there on your own?" Gray questioned.
"Going where exactly?" Usopp asked while still half asleep.
"Where do you think?" He retorted back. "To rescue Nami and Misaka!"
"Rescue…" It took a while for Usopp to gather his words. Then the image of him, and Sanji getting struck down by Eneru caused Usopp to scream. "GAHH~! IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME~! W-WE WERE ALL HIT BY GOD~!"
"Would you relax?" Sanji scolded him while Usopp crawled inside a barrel. "He's long gone by now. It's Nami and Misaka who are in trouble. They were both kidnapped!"
"Nami and Misaka?" Usopp repeated as his head popped out of the barrel.
"Uggh~! How could we've been so stupid?" Sanji grunted in anger. "This is all our fault! Nami's too cute for this!"
Everyone sweatdrop while giving Sanji a deadpan expression. Usopp cleared his throat. "Okay, so he took them… But where to?"
The moment he went out of the room and saw the Ark Maxim, Usopp began freaking out. "GAHH~! It's…big…big ship…big flying ship…"
"I only saw them for a second," Sanji admitted. "But I'm sure it was Nami and Misaka on that ship. And while I do not know what danger lies ahead…" He then smirked and gave a thumbs up. "At least Nami's not wearing that t-shirt~!"
"Again with the T-shirt~!" Usopp comically dope slapped the love-struck cook. "Focus~!"
"Are you sure you should be still up?" Awatsuki asked nervously. "You still haven't recovered from Eneru's attack."
"They're fine~! I was hit too and I'm still standing," Kinoko assured them despite her fatigue showing.
"Not all of us have that endurance," Laura retorted. "Manatsu's still recovering, but she's in a better condition than Kuroko."
"Kuroko? Is she alright?" Sanji asked.
"Barely," Awatsuki replied sadly. "She suffered the most from Eneru's lighting. She was able to stay conscious enough to teleport you two to safety. Akita from Luminous Tail was able to help heal you all a bit, but she won't wake up for a while."
"...More reason to rescue them before he lays a finger on them," Sanji muttered with a hint of anger in his voice.
A moment later, everyone watched Sanji and Usopp racing through the forest, chasing after the flying ship. "They're actually doing this?" Sinolia asked.
"Seems like it," Akita replied while glancing at the others. "These Pirates are really strange."
"You can say that again," Jackal mumbled in agreement.
"So far we're missing half of us," George theorized. He attempted to use his Scope to scan the forest but was wincing in pain. "Ugh…" He covered his right eye and heel over onto the railing.
Kinoko quickly rushed to his side in concern. "P-Please don't push yourself, George."
"I'll…be fine, thank you Kinoko," George's gentle smile was covered by his lie. He was in severe pain due to the Trigger sign effects and was enduring it so that the others wouldn't notice. "Natsu and Happy were the last ones to return…"
"Which means Erza, Touma, Zoro, Robin, Hibiki, Minori, Wendy, Charla, Cynthia, Shervan, Kirika, Shirabe, Luffy, and Tsubasa are still on the island somewhere," Levy concluded, in concern.
"Eguchi and Moses are out there too," Akita added quietly while looking up at the sky in worry. "As well as Aisa, Wyper and the other Shandian Warriors…I hope this nightmare will end."
"HEY SANJI!" Usopp yelled out while trying to catch up to him. He had a green t-shirt over his bandages and overall as well as his signature gear. "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!"
"TO THE SHIP WHERE ELSE!?" Sanji snapped back at him.
"SAY WHAT~!?" Usopp cried out.
"Run faster or we'll lose them!" Sanji ordered. "My love needs us~!"
"Kuroko would have your head for saying that to Misaka," Usopp nervously muttered. "Also…if I'm following you does that mean I'm going too?"
"Of course! I need your help to get on board!" The cook insisted. "You still have that rope you shoot out of your belly?"
"My Usopp Aaah-Aaah-AAAAH?" Usopp questioned as he gripped the grappling hook belt. "Oh sure I'll let you use it while down here!"
"HURRY UP YOU COWARD~!" Sanji yelled out while grabbing Usopp's wrist and yanking after him.
"NOOOO~!" Usopp screamed while being dragged. "I DON'T WANNA GO. PLEASE LET ME GO~!"
"Can it, moron, we don't have any more time to waste!" Sanji berates him and then shouts to the sky. "I'M COMING FOR YOU MISAKA AND NAMI~SWAN~!"
"YAHAHAHA~!" Eneru laughed triumphantly. "For all my strength, it hurt a lot. That rubber runt was quite a challenging adversary. Yet here I am, victories."
Both girls stared down at the side of the cliff. Nami held her captain's hat while biting her lip, trying not to cry. Misaka was still looking over the edge, frowning with her hair cast over her eyes.
"Now that the Ark Maxim is activated, nothing can save this nation from its inevitable destruction!" Eneru continued boasting. "The Sky Island is destined to fall while my destiny as the Almighty God shall be to ascend to the land without end. My righteous utopia, the endless Vearth! All is as it was meant to be!"
"That reminds me…" Eneru realized while Nami finally walked over in front of Eneru. "Before we leave, there's a certain size I need to claim along the way." He recalled the conversation he had with Robin in Shandora City. "...A golden bell. A perfect trophy for a man who rules the heavens~!"
"..."
"What's wrong?" Eneru noticed Nami glaring at him. He gave no mind to Misaka since there's nothing she could do to him. "You're lucky to have made it this far, and I'll even let you keep the faker as a slave if she behaves. Abandon the fallen of your playmates and embrace the glorious future I've given you."
"Yeah, thanks you're a swell guy," Nami retorted coldly. "But if I have to go along with you and your so-called future, then I might as well be alone." Nami's mind flashbacks to the party they had last night with the Cloud Wolves. Everyone was smiling, dancing, drinking and laughing. She never wanted to give any of that up just to be with the psychotic man.
"What good is owning all the world's wealth…without my friend to share it with?" She questioned as she continued. "The island is filled with riches I'd love to get my hands on. Sacrificing my friends and enduring your ego is too steep a price to pay! So keep your treasure and your dream! It's yours! I don't want it! I don't want anything from you!"
"...Really?" Eneru asked with a cold and calm demeanor. He didn't look surprised or angered as he smirked. "You don't want anything…" Blue static danced around his arm. "Not even your life?"
…
"...PFT…HAHAHAHAHAHA~!"
Misaka's sudden laugh echoed the atmosphere between Nami and Eneru. The two looked at the brown-haired girl with confusion and surprise as she continued laughing while pounding her fist on the rails.
"I don't see what's so amusing about the situation you're in," Eneru reminded.
"Yeah, what's so funny about what I said?" Nami asked, also a bit peeved.
"S-Sorry, I'm not laughing at you…" Misaka assured Nami as she calmed her laughter. She honestly wasn't paying attention to their conversation to begin with. Misaka turned around and walked forward passing Nami and smirked at Eneru. "I see what you're gaining….To think that the rubber brain could make the Almighty God scared out of his wits."
"...What was that?" Eneru questioned while dully glared at his weaker counterpart.
"What else is there to say?" Misaka answered with a slight mocking tone. She blaney admits in her head that she was still afraid. No…terrified of Eneru's powers outmatching hers. Yet, after witnessing Luffy's strong will even after his weakness has been exploited, he still made Eneru show fear. "...You're scared that you couldn't beat him, so you just kick him off your ship and then boast like you slain him. I couldn't help but laugh at how pathetic you sound."
"Seriously?! Now's not the time to rile him up~!" While Nami agreed to go against him, she didn't like how Misaka was making him angry.
"I grow tired of hearing your voice, fake," Eneru bluntly chided before vanishing out of thin air from his throne. He closed the gap between him and Misaka with his trident poised to strike. "I'll deal with you first!"
"MISAKA~!" Nami cried out.
Before it could make contact, Eneru's trident was blocked by a black visible sword. With swift reaction time, Misaka conjugated a large iron sand sword from the falling dirt that landed on the ship.
"YAHAHA~! It seems as though you haven't learned of my capabilities!" Eneru mocked. With his hands turned into electricity, sparks began dancing around his trident scattering the iron sand sword into nothing.
Which Misaka expected.
Just as her weapon scattered, Misaka swiftly ducked underneath Eneru's trident and dashed lung forward. "CHASER~!" Misaka spun her leg forward, landing a kick into the man's shin.
"Grh!" Eneru grunted in surprising pain as dropped down onto one knee. This gave Misaka a perfect opportunity to clench her fist and deliver an uppercut into Eneru's chin. She wasn't as strong as Luffy in terms of close combat, but was enough to make Eneru's injured a bit as his upper body leaned backwards a bit. "Y-You impudent little…!"
"Did you forget that I can still touch you even when you're pure lighting?" Misaka taunted while gathering a ton of iron formed around her hands into a sword. She then lashed her weapon forward at Eneru.
"...!" Winded, Eneru sparked out of existence from her sword range and reappeared in the middle of the deck. "Fool, as long as I keep my distance, you won't be able to hit m-!"
"That's what you think!" Misaka taunted with a smirk. Right when she lashed her iron sand forward, it extended out its reach like a whip. "Have a taste of my Iron Whip~!" The iron sand swerved across the deck, and right into the path where Eneru reappeared, and slashed across his stomach.
"GAH~!" Eneru's eyes went white as he gaped into pure agony, feeling the iron sand whip leaving a cut on his chest. He flew across the deck before crashing into the railing behind him.
Nami was bewildered at what just happened and turned to Misaka who stood there panting with her guard up. Eneru managed to push himself up, looking winded from the gash, but glared at Misaka.
'Honestly, I'm still scared. It's not the first time I dealt with someone who's stronger than me, but he's a whole nother level,' Misaka mentally admitted. Even if she's a 3rd-ranked Level 5, she knows she's not invincible. Her fight with Terra and Eneru proved that there were many adversaries that were far more powerful than her. 'Still, that's not the reason to back down…'
"MISAAAAAAAAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~!"
"KEEP NAMI SAFE UNTIL I FIND A WAY BACK UP ON THAT SHIP~!"
'To think that idiotic rubber brain could be so inspirational,' Hearing his words left a smile on Misaka's face. Even with Eneru knowing his weakness and mantra, Luffy had managed to injure and best of all, scare the God to the point of kicking him out. Misaka got behind Nami with her iron sand sword in her hand. "Until my captain arrives, you're going have to deal with the weak false god, Eneru!"
Moses stood before the sprawling bodies of Tsubasa and Eguchi in the vast plain of the Island Clouds. The Ultimate God Slayer had minor injuries from their attacks, but nothing severe compared to them.
Tsubasa was able to push herself onto her feet, pushing aside the pain she had on her. She glanced and noticed the injuries on Eguchi fading away, but not as fast as before. 'So there's a limit to a Phoenix Slayer's regeneration powers.'
"You've lost a strong asset and yet, you continue to get in my way," Moses statically said "You're both much more foolish than that pink-haired Neanderthal!"
"That said 'Neanderthal' you called, kicked your ass all across the Upper Ruins~!" Eguchi taunted while pushing himself onto his feet and smirked at him. "Just because I lost to you many times, doesn't mean I'm just gonna roll over and die!"
"He's right," Tsubasa nodded as she got into a stance with her katana. "I won't go down till my blade slices through your skin."
"Tch," Clicking his teeth in annoyance, Moses snapped his fingers materializing countless, medium-sized black ice shards floating above them. Black static dances around them while they orbit around him. "Then I'll make sure you'll die painfully!"
The second he extended his arm out, the shards rained down towards the duo at remarkable speed due to it being laced with black lighting. Tsubasa and Eguchi quickly split up in opposite directions barely avoiding the shards, causing a bit of the cloud to freeze over where it was stabbed. However, it wasn't over as Moses continued to fire countless ice shards homing in on the two of them.
Tsubasa turned around and swung both her katanas forward, unleashing a large blue electrical spiral wave. The blue spiral flew past the ice shards, destroying them all instantly in a chain explosion.
"ORA ORA ORA~!" Eguchi took an aggressive approach as he rapidly struck the ice shards heading his way, with his fiery white fist. He then leaped back when he saw more shards approaching and inhaled. "Fire Phoenix: Screech~!" A large blast of white flames emitted out of his mouth which overpowered the ice shards and continued to travel towards Moses.
"Fire Bellow~!" Moses copied him firing off a blast of black flames from his mouth. The two black and white flames collided until it exploded in a stalemate. "And…" The combination of flames and wind swirled around his left hand and extended his arm forward, unleashing a powerful black beam. "Fire Sky Cannon!"
Eguchi barely avoided the condensed beam that cut through the dust cloud in an instant. It only grazed his left side causing him to wince a bit as he stumbled. Before he could react, Moses appeared right in front of him and struck his palm into Eguchi's chest releasing a large jolt of black electricity. "GAH~!" He cried out in pain while being launched back.
"Dealing with you should be my priority," Moses declared while preparing another attack, only to quickly sense Tsubasa's incoming slash attack from behind and hover to the right to dodge her katana. "You again…"
"This won't be like our last encounter!" Tsubasa declared knowing that her strike would miss. She positioned her katana forward and rushed towards him. Moses was able to materialize a black sword made of ice and block the strike. The ice sword he created was laced with electricity so the second Tsubasa's sword connected, black electricity danced around her body. Tsubasa grunted startled a bit, giving Moses enough time to swipe his sword leaving a gash on her chest. "GAH~!"
Eguchi rushed right after Moses slashed Tsubasa, and landed a heavy punch toward Moses's jawline only for Moses to block it with his sword. Yet, he didn't expect his sword to shatter instantly and push him back.
Right before Moses was pushed back, Tsubasa landed on her feet and while ignoring the pain, she pushed her body forward. Moses could barely react in time as Tsubasa rushed at him and swung her sword, successfully hitting and leaving a diagonal cut across the God Slayer's chest. Moses could only clench his teeth to stop himself from screaming in pain.
Eguchi didn't stop after Tsubasa's attack landed and rushed forward with his entire body coated with white flames. "Fire Phoenix: Iron Beak!" He roared before plowing his head right into Moses's guts.
"Guah~!" Moses shouted in pain from the headbutt as his body flew back. However, he was able to stabilize himself while hovering in midair. Lighting, wind, fire and ice shards circling him, channelling a powerful spell. "You insolent little! Don't you dare underestimate a God Slayer!"
"Damn it, he's still alive and kicking," Eguchi gritted his teeth. His body was slowly giving out.
"He's using all the elements at once?" Tsubasa questioned in shock. The eyes on his coat were shifting around like they had caffeine before they all viciously stared downwards toward the two.
"Elemental God: TSUNAMI~!" The second Moses lowered his arms, he unleashed a wide and massive black wave of all four elements of his God Slayer magic at his two victims. Eguchi and Tsubasa's screams of pain were drowned out as they were engulfed by the black wave of elements that covered almost half of the Island Cloud.
After the attack had settled down, Eguchi and Tsubasa were both sprawled out on their stomach heavily injured and motionless. Moses cautiously lowered himself down towards them, bracing himself for any surprise or ambush. "..."
Specks of white embers formed over Eguchi's wounds and started slowly regenerating his prone body. Moses conjunct a black ice sword from his hand and raised it above his head. "As long as your head is off your body, you can't regenerate!"
CLANK~!
Right when Moses swung the sword down on Eguchi's neck, it was instantly parried out of his hands by Tsubasa's katana. The ice sword flew in the air before landing on an island cloud in the distance.
"..." The blue-haired swordsman breathed heavily while glaring at Moses. While her armed gear protected her, she could barely stand from the injuries she received from his last attack.
"...You wish to die first then," Moses summarized as black lighting danced around his hand as he pointed it towards Tsubasa who braced herself for the attack. "Begone Lighting God: Zap Cann-!"
BOOM~!
Moses was cut off when a small white ember appeared in front of him before denoting and medium-sized exploded right into his face. He grunted with a mix of pain and confusion as he stumbled back, holding his face in pain.
"What was...huh?" Tsubasa could barely ask when white embers were floating around her and Eguchi, acting like a protective barrier.
"What is this?" Moses questioned after he noticed the embers orbiting around the two. "I never seen this attack before...How are you still able to use it? Answer me, Eguchi!"
"What's the matter? Are you afraid of someone who lost to you 50 times?" Eguchi pushed himself onto one knee, with a wide grin on his face. Tsubasa and Moses were startled by his new appearance. His body was glowing white like his body was wrapped with white Phoenix flames. However, that wasn't the case.
His entire body had turned into pure white flames as if he were a certain fire Logia Devil Fruit user. His hair and clothes had white fiery feathers latching on him like a hybrid phoenix.
"I was hoping that I would be able to get this form again, but I didn't know how to trigger it," Eguchi admitted while flexing his white fiery hand a bit, before smirking. "I call it Phoenix Drive!"
"Phoenix Drive?" Tsubasa muttered in astonishment.
Moses glared at Eguchi while the ice sword flew back into his hand. "You don't know when to quit, do you!?" He yelled while hurling the black ice sword toward Eguchi. However, to his and Tsubasa's surprise, Eguchi's entire body turned into white stream of flames and coiled around the ice sword causing it to melt instantly. "Impossible..."
"H-He shape shifted his body into a stream?" Tsubasa was bewildered. She watched as the white fiery stream in front of Moses shifted again to his human form with his flaming white fist pulled back.
"Sky Lighting God Knuckle!" Moses instantly retaliated by swinging his own fist, coated with black wind and electricity. His fist connects into Eguchi's stomach leaving a hole in it.
Eguchi gaped in pain briefly before smirking. "Fool ya~!" He taunted before the hole in his chest instantly closed thanks to his white flaming body.
"...!" Moses looked shocked and swung his other fist coated with fire and ice, only to hit nothing but air. Eguchi turned into a carpet of fire to swerve underneath Moses's feet and appeared right behind him.
"Now let's try this again...Fire Phoenix: Iron Fist!" He swung his white flame-morphed fist again, this time colliding with Moses's cheek with incredible force. Moses shouted in pain as he was sent spiraling across the Iron Cloud and into the Upper Yard.
Tsubasa watched awed by his strength, but was concerned when Eguchi scattered into flames before returning beside her. He then collapsed on one knee suddenly breathing heavily. "Eguchi, are you okay?"
"Honestly, that last punch took a toll on me..." Eguchi replied, wincing a bit. "I was able to close the massive wound up, but the pain is still lingering. The last time I used Phoenix Drive, I barely stayed conscious for about ten minutes before passing out. Luckily the monster was killed so I wasn't in too much danger."
"Ten minutes?" Tsubasa dreaded their predicament. She didn't deny Eguchi's strength but knew that Moses wasn't going down from one punch. Plus she wasn't in better shape as fatigue was closing in on her. "Are you able to beat him within that time frame?"
"Hell no," Eguchi bluntly replied, causing Tsubasa to sweatdrop. He scanned up and down at Tsubasa sternly before smirking. "Unless we try something...like this!"
"What are y-?!" Tsubasa barely finished as Eguchi's body morphed into a spiral of white flames before engulfing her entire body. "AH~!"
Large magic pressure rose from where The God Slayer flew off to. Moses emerged out of the forest, releasing his magic severely injured but still able to keep fighting. He had an annoyed look on his face but his eyes glanced curiously upon noticing a white orb of fire in the center of the Island Cloud plain. Upon inspecting further, he could see the motionless figure of Tsubasa trapped inside.
"So you've turned on your ally," Moses scoffed looking unimpressed. "I guess everyone in Luminous Tail has a traitorous gene in their body. If you're looking to get on my good side then you can forget it. Humans like you can never hope to be on par against Ultimate God Slayer. Once I crush you, I'll find and massacre every one of our so-called colleagues."
"You're wrong about us Moses...
The God Slayer's eyes widened upon hearing Eguchi's voice within the white fiery sphere. The sphere then burst open causing white embers to scatter across the Island Cloud. Tsubasa stood in the center of the fiery field but with an entirely different look.
...We're not just mere humans...
Tusbasa's armed gear had changed color to bright blue. Her blue hair had a gradient of white at the end of her. As she got into her fighting stance, her katana was coated with a combination of blue electricity and white flames. A pair of white fiery wings sprouted from Tsubasa's back as its wing span extended out wide
...We're Phoenixes...!"
Eguchi's Phoenix Drive elemental body had fused together with Tsubasa's gear, creating a power boost for them both: Fire Phoenix Fusion X Drive!
"We've both been defeated by your hands, Moses~!" Eguchi announced as his upper body formed around above Tsubasa with a snarky grin. While Tsubasa had a determined serious look, Eguchi had a wide grin which was symmetrical in a split screen. "And we'll rise from the ashes to slay your ass~!"
Peace: Whoa~! Tsubasa looks so beautiful when Eguchi and Tsubasa fused~!
Varvula: Much more beautiful than this…gold room. [They've returned back to their room being covered with gold…including Freddy.]
Yang: Yeah, it's way too sparkly here. I can't see where I'm goi-DOW~! [He slammed into the wall.]
Sanya: I…can't see anything. [She trips and faceplants on the floor.]
Gwen: Good thing I'm wearing these sunglasses. [She snickered while watching the other fumbling around.] Now I can enjoy seeing you all acting clumsy.]
Raven: You'll be singing a different tune till I get my hands on you twerp!
Freddy: I think I'll stick with the blue puppet arm of Funtime Freddy instead. If I keep using this dragon god's head, then it will turn everything into gold.
Shiho: You're not King Midas. Also…[She used her esper powers to touch Freddy.] You look like your creepy cousin Gold Freddy Fazbear.
Freddy: I don't think Gold Freddy's my cousin.
Gwen: Next Chapter: Phoenix vs God.
Varvula: So does this mean Fred Bear is his uncle? Or Nightmare Freddy is his great great great grandfather?
Shiho: I think we should leave that to the FNAF fanatics.
Freddy: Uh…you guys might want to leave…[The head's jaw opened again and was charging up.] I…I may have triggered it again.
Shiho/Yang/Raven: DANG IT FREDDY~!