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Chapter: This means war...!?
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After I left the island, I drove my awesome waver to Upper Yard. Then I converted it back to a portable box and stored it in a ball cloud along with my luggage and ran into the forest looking for Scyther.
I came to the Upper Yard after receiving the news I was waiting for from the gossip of Shandians and learned about happenings in the forest.
"From the news, I gathered from Shandians it looks like Scyther got 'my' message," I mused while vaulting a branch.
"The soldiers gossiped about how a Sword-wielding Mantis defeated a group of Centipedes," I smirked in pride.
"Some even saw the mantis being chased or chasing many different insects species with some even helping it," I mused looking thoughtful 'so he attacked various insect capitals and got them under his control, just like 'I' instructed,' I grinned climbing a tree for a better view to find any disturbance.
"The training journey to the insect capital must be handy, to get them under control," I muttered recalling the details mentioned about the trouble Scyther and 'Past me' have done in their capital in the Logbook.
"Only the Mantis capital remains, so he gathered all the insects under his control to wage war against them." My eyes shined.
"How can I miss this war?" I grinned excitedly. "To stop one war, another war is started," I muttered in distaste.
"Let's think about such things later," I shrugged, then went on my way. After two hours I reached the golden city following the map, but there was no sign of Scyther there. I ate and rested while waiting for him.
"Well, it looks like he is busy with war," I mused after a while.
"Hmm, Let's search for him," I decided, getting ready.
"I don't know if I can identify him after all these months," I muttered, taking my weapons and shoulder bag.
I roamed around the forest in search of him; I heard many insects chirping/screeching in there.
"Hmm! It seems many insects are gathering," I muttered, hearing the noise.
"Maybe Scyther is nearby," I exclaimed excitedly and sneaked in the direction of the sound.
As I neared, I spotted many insects, so I went around them toward the direction where they were facing. I sneaked through the area where insects were sparse and found two groups facing each other occupying each side of the forest, i.e., on trees, ground, and air.
One group is a combination of many insects like Grasshopper, bees, beetles, spiders, etc., and a weapon-wielding mantis led them.
"I think that's Scyther," I mumbled doubtfully.
The other group has Mantis as a majority along with pigs, boars, and some other animals. "What!? They even got help from animals?" I raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"They must have asked the stupid birds to help them with this," I huffed.
"Well, villain-looking mantis is leading them so it's expected," I nodded my head 'as expected' look.
"It is creepy to see all the insects in the same place," I stated in disgust.
"With their numbers, even in their normal size, there won't be a bone left behind if they attack a human," I mumbled, looking at the group of insects.
"Thinking about them crawling all over you gives me shivers," I rubbed the goosebumps on my arm.
The two sides sent a representative to meet, Scyther sent Crash the Grasshopper as mentioned in the 'friend list' and the villain side sent an arrogant mantis -that urged me to smash his face.
"This asshole must have some run-in with me," I muttered, narrowing my eyes as I felt a phantom pain in my left claw.
I stood on the branch and moved to take a close look but *thunk* suddenly something hit me on my back fast, sending me flying.
"Sonnuv… which asshole pushed me," I yelled flying, then found a large spider dangling in my previous position. I fell on that annoying mantis in the middle of both armies.
"Fuck! Why does this happen to me all the time?" I mumbled, dusting my body and standing up on the back of that mantis.
I can't see Scyther's reaction because of facing the villain. "Somehow I feel familiar standing here," I muttered while moving on this broad back (for me).
"Are you my Mount?" I questioned the mantis I'm standing on, who shivered hearing my voice.
"O! it looks like you are familiar with me," I grinned maliciously, holding the back of its head with my left-hand heating it up.
"If you move, I will roast you," I threatened. It nodded furiously, hearing this familiar threat.
I looked around, then found the villain mantis glaring at me. I blinked doubtfully at this. "Yo! Villain," I called, pointing my spear at her, who twitched its eyes.
"Don't try anything stupid or I will kill him," I threatened. To which she looked behind me and screeched.
I turned to look at dumbfounded Crash and surprised/excited Scyther, looking at me.
"You are Crash right?" I asked the nearby grasshopper as mentioned in 'Friend's List' projecting directly on my forearm after capturing Crash's image. (Yay! new upgrade)
Crash nodded solemnly, remembering a week of its training with this odd creature, but I can see the excitement in his eyes. I turned my eyes to Scyther, who is looking expectantly. "Who are you?" I questioned suspiciously as he face-faulted.
"Where is Scyther?" I asked Crash, who blinked its eyes in confusion looking at Scyther. Scyther quickly sprang to his feet and signed 'I'm Scyther' desperately.
"Impossible, you are not on my 'Friend's List'," I pointed out.
"And Scyther looks different," I objected, comparing Scyther's image with his.
"You are not on any of my lists," I revealed, looking at Scyther suspiciously.
Scyther looked stunned and confused, then he reacted 'I molted my skin so I look different,' he explained still ignoring the villain who is getting angry.
I listened to his explanation looking at Scyther "Woah! That means you became stronger, right?" I asked excitedly dreading Scyther after looking he looked at my expression.
"I thought about good experi… *cough* training to strengthen you more," I stated with a gleam in my eyes. Scyther looked gloomy, remembering all the torture he went to and nearly going crazy at that time.
'Is he planning to kill me?' Scyther paled, looking for anything to distract me from the topic. Soon he found one of the mantis sneaking up on me so 'Thank you so much! Villi...*ahem* Princess," Scyther looked gratefully at the villain mantis, puzzling it.
As I was thinking about the experiments that can be done on Scyther, I suddenly sensed danger behind me. So I instinctively stabbed the spear behind me *thunk* successfully blocking the intruder's attack.
But the force behind the attack pushed me, making me crash into the neck of my mount, *bite* who tried to bite my head off. I dodged and *crackle* *bam* punched it with my electro paralyzing him.
I turned to my intruder -a mantis blocked by Crash- who became angry after eyeing my twitching mount. "Oh! You are the father of my mount?" I commented, squinting and readying the weapon.
This farce sparked the war; both sides rushed toward each other. There was no 'boom', 'fire', or 'smoke', only the buzzing, skittering, screeching sound that originated from the war, but it is still awesome.
Crash punched the father mantis, forcing it back and jumping in front to guard me. I looked around to find a way away from the clash. "Shit! It's definitely God's plan for throwing me here," I cursed thinking about how that spider magically appeared pushing me here.
*buzz* I looked up to see a swarm of bees shooting their stingers out like bullets and grew a new one.
"Wow! That's awesome! Can bees do that?" I excitedly looked not knowing 'past me' is the reason for it. I nearly got pierced by one of them.
"Woah! Look where you aim for," I yelled, dodging it. I saw a bigger angry bee 'tsk' at me and flew away in disappointment.
"Asshole! You are doing it on purpose?!" I screamed. 'Did that bee just tsked?' I wondered, *clang* *swish* *thunk* before hearing fights behind.
I turned to see Crash blocking many enemies alone before being joined by many of his grasshopper's army. The Grasshopper punched, palmed, or clawed the enemies using their four hands and used their huge jumping power to their advantage.
"Oh! They chose the villain side," I sneered, looking at the swarm of wasps emerging from the opposite side of my entrance to the battlefield.
"Let's see how much I have improved my aim?" I took the gun and started killing the wasps.
As I was shooting the wasps, Scyther charged towards the frontline and fought against the mantis led by the villain mantis. He flew straight toward the villain but was intercepted by other mantises; he dodged, spun, parried, sliced, jumped, etc.
The weapon is very advantageous in this fight and he even used flying slashes at the enemies sometimes and thus forming some sort of force field around him. Anyone entering it will get hit by Scyther.
"Woah! Did he unlock Observation Haki?" I exclaimed, hitting a wasp nearing after seeing Scyther dodge an attack from his blind spot.
Then I saw him dodge consecutive attacks. "OH! He really learned observation haki," I exclaimed star-eyed and nearly got run over by a group of pigs.
"Stupid pigs! Next time I see south birds, I will show them hell," I vowed, and continued to fight while searching for a way out.
"Can I use electro to increase my speed?" I mumbled thoughtfully, then tried to cover my body using the electro.
I felt the current coursing through my nerves and muscles stimulating them, and heightening my sense and speed.
"Whoooaaaaaahhh! It works" I shouted as my body sparkled and feels lighter. I can feel my hair prickling against the bandana. Some even stopped their fight and looked at me in confusion/fear.
I searched for my luggage, which was inside the ball cloud, and started running away from the battle and nearly got caught in an animal stampede.
"I can't control it properly and it's tiring *hu hu hu*," I panted after climbing a tree. I turned off the electro before nearly doubling over, due to sore muscles all over my body.
"Holy... I feel like running a marathon *pant* I should not use it frequently *pant*, "I panted, using the spear as a walking stick.
After regaining my breath, I found myself at the edge of the battlefield, so I took the gun and helped Scyther. It attracted the attention of the enemy mantises who rushed towards me, "Why am I even in this battle?" I grumbled, firing at that group.
I saw most of the Mantis getting intercepted by some allies. "Ok, I'm getting out of here," I muttered, finding the battle spread towards this area. I felt that the soreness in my muscle relieved slightly, so I jumped to another tree, getting away from there.
Just as I was about to move away, I saw an animal blocking my path, pointing a spear. I just stared jaw-slacked at it, not because it's a weapon-wielding animal or it's a FUCKING Rabbit, but… "AH! Are you Bugs Bunny?" I exclaimed star-eyed, startling the rabbit that looks exactly like baby Bugs Bunny.
I quickly slapped myself back to sense, "You! Just because your name is Bugs Bunny, doesn't mean you can join the bugs," I declared, pointing my spear. It looked dumbfounded and pointed its spear at me.
"Do you know? What does it mean to stand opposite me?" I asked as it pointed its spear.
"Of course you realize, This means war!" I declared, physically vibrating with excitement after stating Bugs Bunny's quote.
*leap* Using my distraction, it stabbed towards me *clank* I parried it in panic. He is fast due to his strong legs. "You look exactly like Bugs Bunny, only shorter," I stated, dodging its spear.
The rabbit suddenly got angry and hopped in its place. "Why are you suddenly angry?" I gulped at the angry rabbit.
"Is it because of calling you short?" I probed, to which it jumped toward me in further anger.
*thunk* I hurriedly blocked its kick with the spear's shaft, but it tried to pierce me, still in the kicking posture standing on top of my spear. I rolled back, using the momentum of its kick. It landed after a backflip and readying for the next attack.
*clank* I got up from my roll just in time to parry the spear aimed at me. "Argh!" I pushed forcing it to move two steps back. I attacked him with the butt of the spear but *clang* he blocked it with the spear's body pushing it further away from me.
"Ehhh! What's up Doc?" I smirked spinning my spear. "I'm stronger than I look," I commented.
"I thought about asking selfie but I will postpone it after stabbing you," I yelled launching my first offense and stabbing at him as he hopped away.
After some minutes in the fight, I have done exceptionally well except for some nicks and scratches on me even though it is my first proper fight.
The Rabbit did not have any injury except for breathing hard. "I somehow feel, you are not the first smallest opponent," I breathed out as the rabbit squinted.
"I suddenly get an urge to kick god's ass," I muttered before getting assaulted by a flurry of attacks *clank* *thunk* *swish* which I managed to dodge or parry due to my reflex.
The rabbit suddenly jumped higher and somersaulted in the air, creating a huge momentum before bringing the spear down on me.
"Shit! Is this Sanji's Concasse shot?" I yelled in panic, recalling the kick Luffy received from Sanji. The spear descended not waiting.
*click* *BANG* *CREAK* I blocked it with the spear's staff, but the momentum behind it nearly broke the branch as it created a crater on it with me in the center.
*groan* I can feel my internal organs shake. "*huff* *huff* Are you really a rabbit?" I questioned, and it responded by kicking *click* I parried it but my spear broke in the middle *crack* so I got kicked heavily on my chest *thunk* knocking the air out of me *gasp* as I fell two feet away*thud*.
*gasp* *cough* "UGH!" I gasped, lying down, grimacing in pain holding my chest. I looked at the remaining spear in my hand which is only two broken staffs. Before I could recover, I saw the spear descending toward my head. I quickly moved my head, making it miss.
"I nearly died, Asshole!" I yelled and tried to kick him, but I can't reach the bunny due to it standing on my chest with one of its legs on my left arm.
"You know, I'm not purely a weapon user," I grinned maliciously.
"Take this!" I yelled, creating fire from my right hand burning his spear. I stood up fast, not realizing that I created the fire for the first time.
The rabbit jumped back in shock and *thunk* I used the opportunity to kick him in the chest from my lying position before rolling and standing up.
I stood cracking my neck grinning at the rabbit as it looked warily at me. "Now we are even," I announced bringing up my fist, but the rabbit brought his claws up hopping around.
I raised my eyebrows at this "Really!? You want to play this game," I squinted extending my claws and grinning savagely.
The Rabbit looked hesitant at first but he quickly steeled in determination to launch his attack; starting our second round of duel.
Meanwhile, Scyther has defeated most of the Villain guards but he lost his advantage in his reach by losing the weapon and getting some injuries. Despite that, he defeated the enemy effortlessly but from the number of enemies remaining, he will soon be surrounded without his weapon.
*bang* *bam* Crash came to Scyther's aid alleviating some pressure by defeating the guards. The Scyther came face to face with the princess as she glared angrily and got ready to fight screeching at Scyther.
Further away in the forest Bugs Bunny and I are having a furious fight as both of us are bleeding from the scratches and panting hard. *thud* *bam* *klam* *slice* we exchange many moves, and suddenly retreat eyeing each other. "*huff* *huff* I'm going to finish you," I declared panting.
We threw ourselves against each other *blam* *crick* locking claws before I grinned "Did you forget something," I asked as the rabbit looked warily at my wing before a pain assaulted its stomach.
The rabbit looked down to see a black tail against the stomach, it looked at me in panic gasping for breath. "So long!" I yelled giving him a barrage of attacks and knocking him unconscious.
"Damn! *huff* this took so long," I muttered falling to my back panting.
"If I had not used Electro overworking my muscles this fight would have ended differently," I analyzed my shortcomings of the fight in my mind.