A/N: Interesting greetings there and XYGirl2019 is here, and I would like to thank everyone that read the 24th chapter of the Multiverse Adventures While Riding On A Bus.
Anyway, enough chit-chat and let's do a dumpster dive with this story!
Disclaimer: With the exception of several OCs and concepts, I don't own anything.
The story opens in the deep and narrow valley between two canyons in a desert that is located somewhere in the island of Elsaragozademontelban, Edd the Sockhead, Goblin Slayer, Gus Grav, Jason the Watcher, Luke Triton, Musashi the Brave Fencer, Palutena, Pit and Spectra Phantom are seen gathered in front of the bus.
"Are you sure about this, Double D?" Jason asked in concern.
Double D nodded in response, "I'm sure, Jason." he confirmed, "The weather in this area is getting worse by a minute and it's not very ideal to stay here any longer." he stated, "We had to use that method, so we can finally move on to the next area." he beckoned.
"What are you planning to do?" Gus inquired.
"Double D is going to lure people in our location." Musashi answered, "This will save us the time from walking and at the same time, it will help spread awareness to the people that we're here to save them." he explained.
"Lure people here?" Palutena uttered in surprise.
Goblin Slayer nodded in response, "Indeed." he confirmed, "Eddward had done this once before and it pretty much worked." he stated, "But at the same time, it's also a risky move." he added.
Spectra crossed his arms, "I believe it's risky because it could also lure hostile creatures here as well." he assumed.
"Pretty much." Jason confirmed, "But don't worry." he reassured, "I've already come up with a countermeasure to make sure no hostile creatures in this area would come near us." he explained.
"So, how are you gonna lure people here?" Luke questioned.
"I'll create a huge projection of myself." Double D answered, "Big enough for everyone in this area to notice." he emphasized, "I will announce to them our good intentions of saving them while providing them a token of our current location." he explained.
"That's pretty impressive." Palutena complimented.
"Indeed." Spectra said in agreement.
"I think it's time we proceed with your plan, Double D." Jason beckoned, "Please do it." he pleaded.
Double D nodded in response, "Alright!" he complied before placing a card in slot of his belt buckle, "For salvation." he uttered out loud.
Upon doing so, Double D's body began to glow brightly as a trail of white-colored smoke shoots itself upwards to the sky which then exploded before turning into a glowing hexagram-shaped gem.
"Woah..." Gus uttered in awe.
Suddenly, a gigantic holographic projection of Double D appears underneath the glowing gem, much to everyone's surprise and awe.
"I'm getting Hades flashbacks." Pit commented.
"Greetings to everyone witnessing this projection of mine." Double D greeted, "I know you'll are confuse at the moment but I assure you that my presence meant you no harm." he reassured, "My name is Eddward but I'm often called as Double D due to having two Ds in my name." he introduced himself, "Once again to everyone witnessing my presence, I understand that you're all confused to where you are right now." he acknowledged, "You see, all of you were taken away from your respective home worlds by a malevolent entity and then dropping you to an unfamiliar area." he explained, "My friends and I nearly fell victim to this but fortunately we were saved." he shared, "I'll save the more important details later but for now my friends and I are here to retrieve you all and bring you all to safety." he declared, "I understand that you had doubts with my claims and I can't blame you for thinking that." he acknowledged once more, "But you had to believe that my friends and I are here to rescue you all." he affirmed, "Currently, my friends and I, alongside the people we've rescued, are gathered in a deep and narrow valley between two canyons." he shared, "Please proceed to follow the direction of the gem above my head where you'll find a black-colored bus where everyone and I resides." he instructed, "Once again, I implore you all to believe in me." he beckoned, "Alongside everybody else, we want nothing more but to get everyone out of here and get you all back home." he declared.
After finishing his speech, Double D's gigantic holographic projection disappeared but the glowing gem remains in the sky.
Double D took a deep breath, "Alright." he breathed out, "All we can do now is to wait." he beckoned.
For the rest of the day, everyone decided to wait while taking turns on guarding the bus.
The first to arrive are Eddy the Scammer, Gingka Hagane, Konata Izumi, Amity Blight and Luz Noceda who brought along Blaze the Cat, Dark Pit, Jacob Vallory, Laura Gauthier, Lightning Flash Phosphora, Princess Zelda, Ranma Saotome, Shadow the Hedgehog and Vector the Crocodile. Eddy even mentioned Viridi whom is currently resting inside a capsule after he used the DeEvilizer on her.
The next to arrive are Fate Testarossa Harlaown, Heartful Punch, Nanoha Takamachi, Ryuuko Matoi and Undine Wells who brought along Carla the Exceed, Chie Satonaka, Gash Bell, Kanji Tatsumi, Kiyomaro Takamine, Lucy Heartfilia, Sai, Sakura Haruno, Takuya Kanbara, Wendy Marvel and Yuu Narukami.
The next to arrive are Kevin the Jock, Naruto Uzumaki, Natsu Dragneel, Reisen Udongein Inaba and Youji Itami who brought along Erza Scarlet, Gajeel Redfox, Happy, Jinbe, Naoto Shirogane and Yousuke Hanamura.
Currently, Natsu, Zoro Roronoa and Usopp are tasked in guarding the bus while waiting for others to make their return.
Natsu let's out a loud yawn, "I'm bored." he uttered out loud, "Hey, Zoro." he called out, "How about you and I fight?" he beckoned.
"Please don't!" Usopp pleaded in panic, "We're already at risk of getting the attentions of the hostile creatures in this area and the sounds of your fighting will make things worse!" he reasoned.
"As much as I want to test my abilities on you..." Zoro admitted, "I agree with Usopp." he acknowledged, "We can't risk catching any more attentions from any hostile creatures as our main priority right now is getting everyone into safety." he stated.
"But I'm so bored!" Natsu exclaimed in annoyance.
"Tell ya what..." Zoro trailed, "Once our turn in guarding the bus is over, you and I head towards the special training area and duke things out." he suggested.
Natsu thought about it before smiling, "Okay!" he accepted with a thumbs-up.
"Just keep the damages into minimum." Usopp advised, "Then again..." he trailed, "... that place can repair itself." he recalled before narrowing his eyes, "Hmm?" he hummed out loud when he noticed something from the distance, "Is that a person?" he questioned before his eyes went wide in horror, "Uh-oh..." he uttered in dread.
Zoro and Natsu then looks at the direction where Usopp is looking and saw a figure making their way towards them.
The figure is a young man with a tall stature, he had a lean yet muscular frame and a pale complexion, he had a short black hair, a short beard, mustache and sideburns that point upwards, and he had yellow-colored hawk-like eyes. He wears a high-collared maroon-colored cape over an open white shirt with a ruffled neck and a golden-colored cross-shaped necklace, he wears black pants held by a golden-colored belt and wears black boots. He wears a wide-brimmed black hat decorated with a large green plume and carries a large cross-like sword on his back. This is Mihawk Dracule.
"Hawk-Eyes." Zoro uttered upon recognizing the person.
"You know that guy?" Natsu asked.
"Mihawk Dracule." Zoro uttered the person's name out loud, "A former Warlord and currently carries the title of the 'Greatest swordsman in the world'." he shared, "At least in my world." he corrected, "And defeating him is my ultimate goal." he shared.
"So, he's an enemy?" Natsu assumed.
"Not quite." Zoro answered, "Sure, he cut me down before and is once aligned with the goverment but he did took me in when I got seperated from my crew." he explained, "So, we're neutral at least." he said, "A rotten bond to be exact." he clarified.
"A very scary rotten bond." Usopp added.
A few minutes later, Mihawk entered their domain and stopped himself in front of Zoro, "Greetings, Zoro Rorona." the former warlord greeted, "It's been a while." he said, "I wasn't expecting that you would be caught up in this mess as well." he admitted.
"You know me and my crew." Zoro mused, "We're always getting caught up with some sort of mess." he said with a grin.
Mihawk snorted in response, "Thought so." he replied in amusement, "Anyways..." he trailed, "... as much as I love to settle things between us, I think it's best that we cooperate for now." he stated, "Although I prefer to work alone, I understood that this situation requires assistance from others, so I'll be bearing things for now." he conceded.
"Indeed." Zoro said in agreement before getting up, "Come on." he beckoned, "I'll introduce you to the leaders of this operation." he offered.
"Please do so." Mihawk beckoned.
Zoro and Mihawk then made their way inside the bus while leaving Natsu and Usopp outside to guard the vehicle.
Usopp then releases a big sigh, "Warlord or not..." he trailed, "... standing in the presence of that guy is so nerve-wrecking." he commented.
"Can you not be a wimp for once?" Natsu chastised.
An hour later, Natsu and Usopp went back inside the bus and taking place on guarding duties are Aelita Schaeffer, Robin Nico and surprisingly, Erza Scarlet, whom despite being advised to take a rest, she insisted in making herself useful, so she decided to volunteer to take part of the guarding duties.
"I'll admit that these islands is beautiful on it's own right but after living here for quite some time, I realize that this place is not suited to be inhabited." Aelita expressed her thoughts, "By humans at least." she clarified.
Robin nodded in response, "Indeed." she said in agreement, "These islands is mostly suited for research purposes but building a civilization here is not ideal." she stated.
"Though I would like to explore this place but I rather do that behind a computer." Aelita admitted, "I wonder if Jason could provide me some drones for that." she thought out loud.
"I don't think he'll mind." Robin replied, "And I'm pretty sure he's already entertaining the idea of using drones for the purpose of searching people in these islands." she stated.
"I guess so." Aelita uttered in agreement before noticing Erza standing up from her seat, "What's wrong, Miss Erza?" the pinkhead asked.
"I see a group making their way here." Erza replied.
Aelita and Robin then looks at the direction where Erza is looking and saw a group consisting of Juugo Yama, Orihime Inoue and Yuna the Bloody Bear alongside four figures making their way towards them.
The first figure is a young boy with an average height, he had a skinny appearance and a slightly tan skin tone, he had a neck-length 'spiky' dark shade of cyan hair, he had brown-colored eyes and two distinctive lightning bolt-like markings for cheeks underneath each eye. He wears a blue vest with yellow outlines over a white undershirt with short sleeves & a red stripe, he wears indigo shorts with black outlines, and a pair of black sneakers with blue highlights. He also wears a red hat with a black ball design formed into the letter C. This is Ash Ketchum.
The second figure is a young man with a tall stature, he had a slim yet muscular build and a fair complexion, he had a spiky black-colored hair and he had dark blue-colored eyes. He had shirtless upperpart which exposes a blue-colored tattoo on his left right chest and wears a silver-colored necklace with a cross-pendant, he wears a pair of black baggy pants and a pair of black shoes. This is Gray Fullbuster.
The third figure is a small and cute mouse-like male creature. He had yellow fure, he had long yellow ears that are tipped with black and his back has two brown stripes, and his large tail is notable for being shaped like a lightning bolt alongside a brown tip. He had short arms with five tiny fingers on forehands and three sharp fingers on his hind legs, and on his cheeks are two red circle-shaped pouches. This is Pikachu.
The fourth figure is a young girl with an average height, she had a slender frame and a fair complexion, she had a long chest-length blonde hair and she had green-colored eyes. She wears a mauve cap resembling a beanie with a purple trim and two points that resemble a cat's ears coming out of it. She also wears white and pink shoes and long purple socks. She wears a blue and white striped shirt under a mauve vest and a mauve skirt. Both the skirt and the jacket have white vertical stripes on the sides. Her shirt is cut to expose her midriff, and her jacket is also open. This is Zoe Orimoto.
"Hey, it's Miss Yuna and the others!" Aelita pointed out in joy.
"Looks like they're brought some new faces along." Robin added with a smile.
Erza then recognized one of them, "Gray?" she uttered out loud in surprise.
CUT THE ROPE! That's the 25th chapter of this story and I hope that you all enjoyed it.
Debuting Cast of Characters:
Ash Ketchum and Pikachu are characters from Pokemon Adventures.
Gray Fullbuster is a character from Fairy Tail.
Mihawk Dracule is a character from One Piece.
Zoe Orimoto is a character from Digimon Frontiers.
That's all I can share for now and I hope you'll look forward for the next chapter.