A/N We're back with PLENTY story to go! PLENTY more heat on the way!! To everyone who continues reading I appreciate it!
Unwelcoming Desert
Lord Wyrm launched his gigantic body at the group but all were able to dodge his lunge.
Lord Wyrm began going underground, dragging his massive body along the sand, blocking each party from seeing the other.
Cyl looked at Ju Peter.
"I apologize again for your extended delay, Mr. Ubois! We'll kill those lousy undead and that skinwalker and we'll be on our way! It will only take a second." Cyl said.
Ju Peter looked at Lord Wyrm as he continued making his way underground.
Ju Peter stared at the female Barbarios warrior.
"Who are you, if I may ask?" Ju Peter asked.
Cyl looked at Ju Peter.
"My apologies, Mr. Ubois! My name is Princess Cyl Vas (Vase), of the Barbarios!" Cyl said.
Ju Peter continued staring at Cyl.
"I'm happy to finally meet you Mr. Elder, we've been expecting you for days now.. when I get a hold of that idiot Richart I'll ring his neck!" Cyl said.
Ju Peter's eyes widned slightly.
"Richart.." Ju Peter thought to himself, reaching for a pistol, "Maybe I should.."
On the other side of Lord Wyrm's massive body, Dubois and co. discussed the situation.
"Princess Cyl.. this is not good...! NOT good!" Wilmot yelled.
Bambous looked at Wilmot.
"Don't worry Wilmot! All we have to do is explain Mr. Ubois' situation to her!" Bambous said.
"I'm saying this isn't good for ME fool!" Wilmot yelled.
Bambous was confused.
"What do you mean?! She can obliterate us all if she wants! Well except maybe Mr. Ubois with his curse.." Bambous argued, "Hm?"
Bambous looked up at Dubois who shook nervously.
"M-Mr. Ubois, are you okay?" Bambous asked.
Dubois continued to stare ahead, shaking slightly, sweat running down his head.
"Mr. Ubois? Are you okay?" Bambous asked.
"We need a plan, and now!" Wilmot yelled, holding his head and pacing back and forth.
Bambous looked at Wilmot and Dubois and back at Lord Wyrm's massive body still making its way underground. Bambous thought about their enemies on the other side of the giant worm.
"Well... looks like there's only one thing we can do guys!" Bambous smiled, clutching his bamboo staff.
Wilmot and Dubois both looked at Bambous.
On the other side of Lord Wyrm, Ju Peter continued fo contemplate killing Cyl while he could.
"If she finds out what happened to Richart.." Ju Peter said to himself, "I can't let that happen.."
Cyl looked at Ju Peter.
"Look! Lord Wyrm's body is almost underground, those fiends will attack us the instant his body is out of sight, be ready Mr. Ubois!" Cyl said with an angry and determined face.
Ju Peter's thoughts of killing Cyl were interrupted as his real targets were about to attack. Ju Peter squinted and Cyl gripped her winged spear.
Lord Wyrm's body was finally undergound. Cyl and Ju Peter were shocked at what they saw next.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!" Cyl and Ju Peter yelled.
Bambous, Dubois, and Wilmot had all taken off running as fast as they could!
"HURRY GET AWAY FROM THE PRINCESS AND THAT CRAZY MARINE!!!!!!!!!" Bambous yelled.
Dubois ran in giant, goofy strides, as he held Burusu onto his shoulder with his good hand.
"HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!!!" Wilmot yelled.
Ju Peter and Cyl could not believe what they were seeing. Cyl was more confused than anything though.
"Undeads and skinwalkers... running away? That's unheard of..." Cyl said to herself.
"Cowards!!" Ju Peter yelled.
Cyl looked at Ju Peter.
"We can chase them, Mr. Ubois!" Cyl said.
Ju Peter looked at Cyl with fear. Cyl noticed.
"Wh-What?" Cyl asked.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!
Lord Wyrm re-appeared in front of them. Staring down at the two with demonic eyes.
"D-DAMN!!!" Ju peter yelled to himself, gritting his teeth and sweating "I didn't get to tell her about that damn curse!"
Cyl looked up at Lord Wyrm at grit her teeth.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU DAMN WORM! YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU ATTACK ME!" Cyl yelled.
Lord Wyrm stared at Cyl and Ju Peter sinisterly, its closed mouth still leaking toxic saliva.
Ju Peter looked at Cyl, remembering what Marcus said.
"He knows better.."
"Attacking Joy Boy's friends.. is like you're attacking Joy Boy himself.."
Ju Peter looked back at Lord Wyrm.
"Will he really..? Not attack?" Ju Peter asked himself.
Lord Wyrm continued to block their path. Staring the two down.
Wretched Woods
The Secret Order, led by Almond "The Damaged" walked through the Wretched Woods fueld by revenge.
Cork looked at Nolrog's profile.
"This guy... Nolrog... why is he still alive..?" Cork asked Almond through heavy breaths, his voice muffled through his plague doctor mask.
Almond continued to stare ahead angrilly as the Order marched. Skinwalkers hid in every nook and cranny possible.
"It's-It's them! Hide! You'll be killed!" A deer skinwalker whispered loudly.
"The-The Secret Order.. Joy Boy's army right?" A tall mouse skinwalker asked.
"Y-Yes.. I remember them!.. From that night..! The knight the great fire destroyed these woods.. and Lord Jambavan left with them!" A hyena skinwalker said.
The skinwalkers continued to watch from the shadows.
As the Order walked, a honey badger skinwalker with armor on its forearms and lower body, and a sash over its chest, bursted from the bushes to attack Almond, who continued to stare ahead.
"DIE!!!" The honey badger yelled with a distorted voice.
SLICE!!!! bubble... bubble..
"GGRRRRGHHH GRRAAHHHHHH!!" The honey badger screamed as Cork cut it across the neck.
Blood and... mold shot from the honey badger's neck!
Cork stood in front of the honey badger with his arm outstretched, Almond stood behind Cork, still staring ahead, his head developed a vein as he grabbed his sword.
Cork lowered his head slightly as Almond's eyes glowed yellow.
Almond swung his sword horizontally, cutting off the honey badger's head first, then dozens of trees behind the skinwalker! All cut perfectly in half.
Blood and mold continued to shoot from the honey badger's body, making it twitch.
Instantly, four man sized monkey skinwalkers attempted to jump on the Order from the trees. Nobody in the Order flinched as they were shot out the air in rapid succession!
The monkeys fell around the Order, choking and gasping, they had been shot with poison arrows. Cork stood up and looked back, Almond kept looking ahead.
"Why did he send you.." Almond said, with a deep, soft voice.
A man wearing a crimson and black robe armor, knight armor on his left wrist and right wrist, armor on his left shoulder, a red sash tied around his waist with the symbol of the Crimson Order on it, big brown boots, a split crimson cape ran down his back and finally his iconic big, silver, split faced helmet with crimson and white feathers flowing from it, rest on his head.
The man rest his giant crossbow on his shoulder.
"Are ya serious? Last time you lot were here the whole damn forest burned down and the perpetrator got away. I'm here to make sure you do your job this time." The man said coldly.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
Richard "The Bold"
Almond shook with anger as he continued walking.
The Secret Order was a subservient group of Joy Boy's army, like the Crimson Order, but they are of lower rank than the Crimson Order, a "detective" faction, not really meant for direct conflict.
The Barbarios and Crimson Order are more well known and respected by citizens of Joy Boy's kingdom for their victories on the battlefield, but are unaware that a lot of the information, which the Secret Order gave the armies, is what won most of those battles; however..
Many members of the Crimson Order have superiorty complexes over the Secret Order because of this.. especially the strong ones.
The Secret Order and Richard kept walking.
"And now the skinwalkers have killed Richart, Nolrog's group right? Ya let em go the night of that fire too, and now look what happened." Richard said, "We can go kill em, sure... but then what?"
Almond continued to shake with anger.
"I told Joy Boy to send us on the mission to bring Elder Ubois to the kingdom but no... then your boats get taken by Demonspawn and the Elder gets killed and taken to Ae'zeon's castle.." Richard kept going.
Almond gripped his sword and grit his teeth.
"Now with Richart dying.. I wouldn't be surprised if Joy Boy drops the Secret Order all together.." Richard said.
Almond immediately swung his sword at Richard in a fit of rage, Richard casually blocked the slash with his crossbow, hardened with life force coating.
Almond stared angrily at Richard who chuckled slightly.
"You were really gonna do it.. if I hadn't hardened my bow with life force.." Richard said.
Almond stared angrily at Richard through red, pained eyes, tears running down his face.
Richard continued staring at Almond.
"Oh, I see.. you performed that ritual.." Richard said.
Richard looked over at Cork, who looked ahead with his head low.
Richard looked back at Almond.
"Still.. you know how much Joy Boy loved Richart. How much we all did." Richard said, "He was our brother too."
Almond, shut his eyes tightly, fighting hard to hold in his emotions, Cork continued to stare at the ground ahead, his head hanging low.
Almond was able to fight his emotions and look up at Richard coldly. Richard stared into Almond's eyes.
"T-They're so empty.." Richard said to himself, thinking back to just moments ago.
"Oh I see.. you performed that ritual." Richard said.
"Was it worth it?" Richard asked himself, still looking into Almond's eyes.
Almond turned and continued walking. The rest of the walk was in complete silence.
WRETCHED WOOD COAST
"Sirs! We've arrived at the coast of the Wretched Woods! Please allow us to lead you off the ship!" A heavily armored marine said as he saluted.
St. Cotter and St. Bison looked at the Marine.
The armada had 50 ships at the ready. The elders stood on the deck of the ship.
"I'd like to see them kill another Elder with this backup." St. Cotter said.
"Another Elder? You acknowledge Ubois as an elder?" St. Bison said.
St. Cotter stared at the woods.
"Of course not." St. Cotter spit.
A shadowy figure creeped onto the boat.
"Look at this place.. disgusting and full of vermin. It's almost funny things turned out how they did, Ubois fits right in!" St. Bison said.
St. Cotter almost laughed.
"Such truth." St. Cotter said.
The shadowy figure lunged at St. Cotter.
SCRATCH!!!
"ARGGHH!!" St. Cotter yelled as he hurried and looked at his arm. A creature had cut it. An otter, with pain in its eyes.
"OVERKILL THAT DAMN CREATURE RIGHT NOW!!!!"
St. Cotter screamed at the top of his lungs.
Instantly, marines rushed the otter skinwalker and fired their weapons at it, ripping it apart, blood soaked the ship.
St. Cotter breathed heavily in and out, his eyes widened when he noticed something the otter left behind, dogtags.
"Dogtags... a marine?!" St. Cotter yelled to himself.
"DESTROY THE WOODS! WE WILL NOT BE AMBUSHED FOR A THIRD TIME!!!" St. Bison ordered.
All ships aimed their weapons at the woods, ready to completely blast it away.
"BLAST THEM AWAY! DO IT NOW!!!" St. Bison yelled.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!
All ships fired everything they had. Ripping through the woods and destroying everything.
THE HOG CABIN
"How.. are we.. doing this?" Cork asked.
Richard leaned slightly, his right hand on his belt, and his crossbow on his shoulder.
"Smoke em out, then we kill anything that comes out." Richard said.
Cork looked at Almond.
"It.. is up to Almond.." Cork said softly.
Almond stared at the Hog Cabin with pure rage, Richart on his mind.
"Do it.." Almond said.
Cork reached into a bag around his thigh and pulled out a glass ball with a green gas inside.
Immediately everyone could feel something was wrong.
Richard shot his head back to see a cannonball coming right for him.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
Cannonballs continued to rip through the forest. Inside the Hog Cabin everyone was frightened.
"What the hell is going on?!" Nolrog screamed.
Marcus could barely keep his balance.
"Wh-What is this?!" Marcus yelled.
As the assult on the Wretched Woods went on, a watchtower on a certain part of The Mainland watched everything clearly.
"What is this madness.." A human soldier said with surprise.
The soldier pointed at another passing soldier.
"You! Contact the king! There's something going on with those woods!" The soldier yelled.
The other soldier ran into the castle and ran through beautiful hallways lined with banners and red carpet. The soldier eventually made it to the kings room but was denied entry by the large knights.
"Let me in you fools! The woods are under attack!" The soldier yelled.
The knights looked at each other and opened the door.
The soldier ran into the room to see the king's chair was empty.
"K-King Joy Boy?" The soldier asked nervously.
A sigh could be heard, then a book closing, getting the attention of the soldier.
A blue bear stood up slowly, with the assitance of his golden staff. The blue bear wore gold all all over his body except his torso, which golden chains hung over, the bear also wore a tall, golden crown, with red velvet lining the inside.
JAMBAVAN(903 Years ago)
"The king is on the roof soldier... he saw the attack from his window." Jambavan said.
The soldier choked on his words, as most do when in front of the all powerful Jambavan.
On the roof of Joy Boy's castle, a humongous gun rest. A man walked up to the back of it, supervised by two knights, who looked at each other nervously.
Jambavan made it to the roof just as the man reached for one of the knots on the back of the giant weapon.
"Joy Boy! Are you sure this is the answer? Blowing away their entire fleet?!" Jambavan yelled.
Joy Boy turned around, his face shadowed out but his big smile shining through. A big straw hat on his head, and a black coat on his back like a cape.
"They shot at us first!" Joy Boy said, pulling away a knot and laughing merrily as energy built up in the weapon, shaking the island!
JOY BOY (903 Years ago)
Dubois Castle(Present day)
"What I saw as we ran from Ju Peter and Princess Cyl... was unlike anything I've ever seen to this very moment!.." Dubois said.
Naruto, Luffy and everyone else had gotten comfortable now. At this point there weren't going to be anymore tragedies, and definitely no more attacks.
The Straw Hat shinobi, with Mihawk and Akainu, listened to what Dubois had to say.
Sasuke and Sakura had sat down on one of the church seats, as well as Franky, Usopp, Nami, Chopper, who was in Nami's lap, Sanji sat next to Nami.
Akainu sat in a seat far away from everyone but close enough to hear Dubois, Mihawk set his back against a wall, Lionel and Okua both also sat down in one of the church seats.
Kraken still had his back against Dubois' ice chair.
Naruto and Luffy sat in front of Dubois, soaking up everything they heard.
Hinata and Boa sat with the two, never leaving their sides.
Kraken smiled as he looked out at everyone.
Dubois continued.
"Even to this day... I have never seen a haki attack more powerful!..." Dubois said.
The Mainland (903 Years ago)
Energy continued to build up in the massive weapon. Like Collector's gauntlets shook Nroc, this weapon shook the island for minutes!
City of Nroc
"Wh-What in the world is this shaking?! Another intruder?!" Bishop Aanthroy asked.
Raizin's eyes widened as he seemingly stared at a wall. Raizin looked back at Aanthroy with what seemed like real fear!
Aanthroy became nervous.
"L-Lord Raizin?" Aanthroy asked.
"I believe.. time is running out my friend.." Raizin said.
Aanthroy's eyes widened.
Unwelcoming Desert
Lord Wyrm began to roar and groan due to the frequencies it could hear from Joy Boy's weapon. Lord Wyrm hurried and retreated underground.
Ju Peter's eyes widened as he looked at Cyl.
"That idiot king! What is he using that for?! We don't even know if it's ready!" Cyl yelled.
"Wh-What are you talking about? If I may ask?" Ju Peter asked.
"I'm afraid I can't reveal that information to you, Mr. Ubois, but look! Lord Wyrm retreated underground! We can continue chasing the enemy!" Cyl said.
Ju Peter stared at Cyl as he made a mental note of Cyl's secrecy regarding the island shaking. Ju Peter and the two began running after Dubois and co.
Over at Dubois' team, the three kept falling over from all the shaking!
"They-They'll catch us if we keep falling!" Bambous yelled.
"You try running as a pile of bones!" Wilmot yelled.
"My long limbs alone make running hard enough.. factor in sand and an earthquake.." Dubois said.
Wilmot looked back to see Ju Peter and Cyl gaining on them.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THEY'RE GAINING ON US!" Wilmot screamed.
Ju Peter and Cyl could see the three scrambling to get up.
"A pack of fools! This will be an easy slaughter!" Cyl said.
"Princess, if I may, from this point on do not reference, nor make any direct attacks to Ubois. A curse prevents anyone from chasing or attacking him." Ju Peter said.
Cyl stopped.
Bambous helped Wilmot up and looked back at Ju Peter and Cyl. Dubois stopped and looked back.
"They stopped!" Bambous said.
Dubois was confused.
"Wh-Why?" Dubois asked.
Ju Peter stopped and looked back. Cyl stared Ju Peter down.
"What did you just say?" Cyl asked.
Ju Peter was confused.
"You said you were Ubois.. you just called that giant Ubois.. just now!" Cyl said angrily.
Ju Peter's eyes widened.
"Oh no!" Ju Peter thought.
Cyl gripped her weapon.
Ju Peter turned to see Dubois and co. staring their direction and back at Cyl, who readied her spear.
"START TALKING! WHO ARE YOU?!" Cyl yelled.
Ju Peter grit his teeth angrily and looked directly at Dubois.
"UBOIS!!! I WILL KILL YOU AND RETREIVE THE INSECT KING'S CORPSE! FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!" Ju Peter yelled.
Cyl's eyes widened as Ju Peter activated Dubois' curse, Lord Wyrm suddenly emerged once more.
Cyl, Dubois and co. all turned their heads. Ju Peter siezed his opportunity and grabbed his pistol.
Click.
Dubois looked over to see Ju Peter's gun at the back of Cyl's head.
"PRINCESSSSSSSS!!!!" Dubois screamed.
POW!!!!
Joy Boy's Castle (Roof)
Joy Boy was disappointed as he watched the weapon continue to power up.
"It still hasn't fired?! Maybe I should.." Joy Boy said, reaching for a second string.
"Don't pull another damn string!!" Jambavan yelled.
Finally, the machine was charged to its max.
Joy Boy extended his arms happily and Jambavan gulped as the mighty weapon blasted pure life force energy, in a giant black and red beam with lightnig shooting from the nozzle, straight at the armada, decimating everything.