Serious: New World arrival, Anubis pirates take on Neteros ((Open to all Anubis pirates))

"Yes, yes"- Hibiki said and nodded a couple of times, not to fast but not slow either. -"Our group seems to be balanced, so it should be an interesting mission. We should get going."

Hibiki turned around to see Lucas and Alfresco coming towards him. They were part of his expedition group as well, Hibiki remembered how Alfresco had fought bravely in the war for Alabasta... it was glad to have him in his team. Hibiki smiled at him and Lucas.

"Let's go!" -and with this Hibiki, being followed by Ron and Rem sitting on Frolt's shoulders started walking to what they had gotten word was the Summer part of the island.

Thud...

Natick turned his head to find an arrow lodged into the ground just two meters away from him. He detected the projectile just as it entered his range and quickly figured out that it was not going to hit him. He did not, however, know the location of the bowman. Judging by the angle the arrow struck the ground at and the direction it was pointing, Natick narrowed down the location to be the woods by the field. Natick remained sprawled on the ground. He had no information about the island except that he saw the four seasoned sections when he first arrived.

Natick knew the mindset of the bowman... It was a seasoned hunter possibly with company... three or four men at most. The shot was not meant to hit him; it was meant to lure into the woods where a possible ambush may be set. But Natick was not that stupid. He worked in intelligence and espionage for several years in Alabasta. He himself was not to be underestimated. The hunters were playing a waiting game. They waited patiently for Natick to enter the woods. But Natick could play a patience game too.

Fine then, he thought to himself, lets see who falls into whose trap...

Natick layed flat on his back again. All the while, he spread a thin layer of dust along the entire field to where it met the woods. He would wait all day if he had to... he had the time.

[[In the forest]]

As Natick was doing that , a huge troll like creature walked and marched through the area, it was nasty looking and strong and had the face of an ape. It smashed the ground with its large arms. It was being chased by a company of knights "DONT LET THE DIRE TROLL ESCAPE!!!!" They attacked the creature with spears, but it turned slamming them down , the troll stepped back and his foot was about to land on top of Natick Haze

Johnathan placed his hammer over his shoulder and stood up causing the tree he was leaning against to shake. Leaves floated down towards the ground as the dust from the ground stirred. The giant grinned as took a step following Anubis, it was about time he got some action. "Aye, my joints are getting stiff, it's about time we get to go out somewhere. If they give you any lip, I'll make sure to stamp them out, Anubis! Gahahahahahahah!" the giant was almost giddy to get to fight after so long of just sitting around. Woe for the foe that crossed his Nakama.

It was hard not to notice the Troll rampaging into his field. As soon as he sensed the Troll, Natick began to draw his dust closer to himself. Knights or no knights, it didn't matter. This thing had thick skin and probably weighed plenty. He needed every resource he had. With the dust he gathered and created, Natick had just enough to defend himself. He placed his hands on the ground on either side of his own body as the troll was about to crush him. Twin Mini Dust Column

Two spinning columns of condensed dust, each a foot wide, exploded from the ground and snaked their way up to the base of the Troll's foot. The force of the spinning columns would be enough to stop the foot if not topple the whole Troll in the process, all the while spinning with enough cutting force to lacerate human skin.

A man with white hair is seen pressing multiple buttons and levers inside a submarine, his face covered by his longish white hair that reaches the bottom of his neck. His left cheek had a scar that resembled that of a scratch.. but it was too small to be a beasts, it was of a human. His skin was pale almost, it was white, his eyes were light brown and his body shaped in a muscular way. his clothes consisted of a black coat, a black t-shirt underneath it, black pants, and black shoes.. his theme has always been black. The submarine moved upwards, revealing itself on the oceans top; the water was coming off the sides of the submarine as it emerged from the ocean.

He looked around, glad that he can see light out of the.. how long has it been? A month of darkness? he couldn't remember. He had been piloting the submarine most of the time, with the little free time he had left to cook the crews breakfast, lunch, and dinner along with talking to red at night.. before she fell asleep, his usual days consisted of 3-4 hours of sleep.. he was getting used to the lack of sleep. His cooking was not the best, but thanks to Red he had learned to create one thing.. pancakes. Because of this, unfortunate for the crew stuck with him for a month, they had been eating pancakes he had prepared, with the same flavor, for the last month.. of course they were healthy-ish but anyone would get tired of them after the first three days. This was a test of endurance for the crew, for only the willing can survive.. however, he had no idea that taste buds could easily start hating something after the third day.

He got up and walked down the hall, putting all of his guns on their proper positions from beside his bed.. Red was sleeping, part of him couldn't push himself to waking her up as she was sleeping.. at least not face to face, he had a weakness for her angelic face. He walked out of his room, double checking that everything was ready.. after all, they were in the New World now, they had little to no back-up from his assassins like back in the Grand Line.. in here, his only form of information is rumors. He walked down the hall while also making sure to make sounds with his foot (purposely).

"Everyone, it's time for our mission.. if you want pancakes you'll have to remind me after the mission, for now grab something out of the bag in the kitchen and let's head out.. I have an old captain to meet."

He stepped out of the submarine, his vulture leaving it's own room and flying into his back. he looked down the submarine hole to make sure the other assassins had woken up, just to make sure the crew was awake he took out a normal pistol and aimed it so that the tip of the pistol would perfectly hit the ground and not recouche anywhere. A shot was heard, echoing through the ship, and a sudden bullet slammed into the ground, the bullet stood up straight after being shot, then it gradually fell to the side. The man looked disappointed.

"Heh.. I need to get some rust out of my pistols it seems, it should have stayed up after being shot.. maybe it's me that needs to get rust off.. hehehe.."

He looked in the distance, and saw Anubis's ship.. it seemed a bit different then before, but the flag was still up.. maybe Karasu's memory just made it bigger. From this distance not many people could spot their ship, Karasu would use this as a.. surprise for his old captain.. more to the issue, Karasu needed to make sure he impressed his possible ally.. after all, he needed an ally for Maximillion.. whom was rumored to be with Wally.

"I need to remind myself to make some more pancakes for my crew.. I hope our victory doesn't shadow my mind and make me forget to buy pancake supplies.." (Karasu's thoughts)

Spoiler:

Reiko "Red" Fujiwara yawned and turned over in bed, hearing someone walking in the corridor outside the room where she slept.
The room that she shared a bed with her lover and leader of the Dark Isle Assassins, Karasu Ammo, to be precise.

Her eyelids fluttered open and after a sharp intake of breath, she sat up, nursing her head with a hand and groaning. She hadn't been drinking the night before- her current "condition" saw to that- however that very same condition was becoming the reason why she was waking up every morning with headaches and stomach cramps.
Red stretched, massaging her temples and flicking her long crimson curls out of her eyes.

It had been about three or weeks, (it was hard to tell when one was stuck in the darkness of a submarine), since she had officially joined the Dark Isle Assassins on their quest into the New World.
Becoming an assassin, now bound to a mission that she essentially knew very little about, had been a big enough step for Red- as had giving up her title as a pirate and swearing her loyalty to Karasu and the Dark Isle.
However, this was merely the tip of the iceberg, considering that that same month, Red had become Queen of the Dark Isle Assassins, was now engaged to Karasu Ammo and in just eight months time or so, would bear his child.
The prospect had been scary at first, though with Karasu at her side, Red suddenly had no fear for the future. She loved him and he loved her.
Regardless of whatever the future held, that knowledge would preserve her sanity for now.

Pushing the covers aside, Red slung her legs over the side of the bed, gently placing a hand on her abdomen. "Hey," she murmured softly, slipping her fingertips beneath the warm cloth of her tank top and stroking her slightly swollen tummy. "Good morning, little one."
Truthfully, Red wasn't sure whether or not her unborn baby could hear her but for some reason, talking to her growing son or daughter put her mind at ease.

She pulled on her black tank top, black boots and denim shorts, looping her whip into her belt before tying up her long red hair into a high ponytail. Red was used to waking up to find Karasu was already up and working. Her lover or not, he was still their leader and he had duties to see to and perform.
Red flinched, hearing a gunshot as she walked out of the control/bed room and followed it to the upper deck of the submarine, where Karasu was standing- still looking stunningly handsome in the light of early day- holding a gun and looking out into the distance.

Rather than following his gaze straightaway, Red smiled and sauntered over to her lover, wrapping her arms around his torso and whispering in his ear: "Well, good day to you, your highness...doing a bit of early morning practice, I see?"
She ran her finger down the barrel of the gun in his hand.

[[Anubis and his group]]

Anubis then nodded "Well you heard my commanders, lead the way gentlemen..." Anubis signalled for his crew to follow him and the knights as they began to move out towards Lord Bizlems castle.
((Anyone on my vrew who isnt in Rodos group, or Sleepys group follow me. Clyde and MAxs divisions are going to silver snow area))

[[Troll vs Haze]]
The troll was thrown backwards, but due to the creatures thick skin he was able to avoid heavy damage. The troll landed down and look confused for a moment before letting out a roar and looking to Haze. He picked up a large tree and tossed it at Haze.

The Troll had absurdly great strength. Nothing Natick had ever fought possessed such physical ability or stamina. The creatures of the sand in Alabasta were resilient but nothing so frightening. He had never even met a giant in combat before. However, Natick had something the dim-witted Troll could never possess: tactical prowess and the ability to adapt to many situations.

Natick drew his pistol with his left hand and pointed it at the tree. He then quickly covered his right fist in a shell of dust and fired a punch at the tree. Dust Flare Bazooka The fist-sized shell of dust shot toward the tree at the speed of a bazooka round shortly followed by an incendiary round from his pistol. The shell lacked the strength of a rocket propelled grenade so it just exploded into a cloud of dust. That was all Natick needed it to do. The incendiary round hit the tree and ignited the dust on impact, causing an explosion with enough force to split the tree in two while simultaneously pushing those two halves off course, landing away from Natick.

Now safe, Natick controlled the two dust columns he created earlier and manipulated them to draw a 10 meter wide circle of dust on the ground around the Troll. They would then continue to increase in length and form a spiraling pattern with the Troll in the center, eventually ending the spiral at the Troll's feet. Natick had the situation in his hands. Natick fired a single shot at the dust circle, ready to send the Troll flying Sky High in a great explosion.

Max and his division were already in their way to the silver snow area. All the members of the division were hooded and they wore the same black cloak with the emblem of the Anubis pirates to show their allegiance but hide their faces... Those men were a bunch of men that nobody knew. Max would always hide them and now that things looked quite special, he decided to use them. "Let's go, men!!!" He was shouting while they were marching towards the area that they were supposed to go. The fourth division commander of the Anubis pirates was on his way! What did he have inside his mind?

Karasu presumed his crew was still sleeping, so he guessed he would have to move on without them. He was about to give up, until he felt warm hands wrap around his torso.. there was only one hand with that much warmth and affection. He turned around to find his love Reiko Fujiwara, also known as Red. It felt like forever since the last time he was sleeping alone, and he felt like every night he slept on the same bed with her a little bit of him wanted to stay behind.. forever. She ran her fingers down the barrel of his gun, putting the seductive aura Karasu had learned she could flawlessly produce. Her eyes were even more beautiful in the morning it seemed.

Karasu put his hands on her abdomen, slightly rubbing it to feel the small stomach that was now popping out. He smiled, knowing that in 8 months his son or daughter would come out.. part of him wished it was a boy, so he could have a son and daughter in his family. Karasu knew he still had to take Red to see his daughter Erica in the near future, of course that would be done after the mission was over. Karasu laid a gentle kiss on Red's cheek without warning.

"I'm not doing a morning practice, more like trying to wake up my group.. but it seems that it's hard to get people to stand on their own feet. I'll have to head out without them, Red you'll be coming with me.. although, you'll be borrowing my vulture. I'd rather receive a direct hit then have you around the battlefield without a secondary shield.."

Karasu whistled, having his vulture fly out behind Red and attach itself to her shoulders. The vulture was now going to do whatever Red wanted as a precaution, he was not going to allow a hit to even touch Red without it connecting to its steel hard body first.. and probably Karasu, since it's assumed he would protect her with his life. Karasu kissed Red's hand, and looked out into the distance.

"We better head to shore, we still have to find Anubis.. although by the looks of this, I think our only job might be an assassination of a target.."

Karasu left the vulture with Red, the vulture was going to fly Red into the shore line whenever she was ready. Karasu simply jumped out of the submarine and landed on the water, almost instantly he activated Soru and ran through the water, reaching land within only a few moments. Karasu looked at Anubis's ship, remembering the flag from memory, and looked around for the familiar face of his old captain.. however, he couldn't see him. He closed his eyes and listened around for his familiar voice with total silence (his technique), eventually he found the voice he needed. Karasu looked inside his pockets and took out two den den mushi, one of them was from Karasus room.. the other was from his vultures room. He threw the den den mushi in the air and shot multiple shots in the air, powerful ones, and forced them to collide around the den den mushi to provide some kind of boost with their impact (this was also to lead the den den mushi to where he wanted it to land). Within moments the den den mushi suddenly dropped, landing right in front of Anubis without Karasu needing to show his face to his old captain. If Anubis were blind he still would have heard the announcement Karasu placed on his den den mushi, reaching the den den mushi in front of Anubis.

"If it isn't my old captain Anubis. It's Karasu, long time no see. I'm here to help with some pests.. whether or not you need my help is not something I need to hear, I just need to know the person you need me to kill.. and where he is."

Karasu waited for Anubis's response on his den den mushi. If Red would have been behind Karasu by now he would have held her hand as he was waiting. Outside he looked as cold as always, his expression was rarely changed, but in the inside he was worried.. if Anubis refused Karasu would have no way of asking for help against Wally and Maximillion. Karasu would be dead before the battle even started.

While Karasu was contacting the yonko, on another side of the island a ship was approaching. Apparently, the ship was a marine ship. It was like a regular marine ship and on it there were around 20 men who were all too scared of the area. While the ship was moving, many water streams were rising from the sea like geezers and were hitting the ship, causing a very difficult path that not many ships could survive from. The men were screaming and they were begging for help from a man who was standing on the ship's deck. That man was quite tall, around 2.5 meters and he had brown hair. He had dark brown sideburns and a black beard and he wore a buttoned coat with orange and yellow squares on it. He wore sunglasses on his eyes and he wore a cyan colored shirt with a light brown tie. He also wore dark orange pants and light brown leather shoes. On the back he wore one more coat, the regular marine coat.

"Noah-sama, this place is too dangerous!!! Why are you coming here?! We can still leave!" a man said to the man who standing at the deck and was looking at the sea, with his hands behind his back.
"Shut up." the man said with an emotionless voice and face. "The faster we reach my home island, the better it would be for you... The only shortcut is Neteros and as long as I am the one who is commanding you, you have no right to compain. Plus, you have nothing to be afraid of while I am here... Except from me of course..." the man completed and he kept staring at the sea.

"R-Right, sir!" the man said with a trembling voice and the ship continued moving. However, a few seconds afterwards another stream crushed the ship and sent it flying several meters. The force of the stream was great and resulted in opening a hole at the ship. Luckily, all the men grabbed themselves on the ship and did not fall in the sea. All except Noah. Noah was standing still at his position and he would not move at all, until the ship reached the land after being propelled by the water stream. The ship was crushed at the land with great force and it was completely destroyed. The men were all feeling dizzy and some of them were vomiting. Some others were still screaming because of their fear and some others had passed out. Noah, though, would remain emotionless as before, the same emotionless bastard he always used to be. "Get up, idiots." he said with an emotionless voice. "You know that you are a barricade for me... And now that the ship has been crushed, I found a good chance to dispose all of you and report that you died on the accident. So, you can stop messing around with idiotic things such as fainting and vomiting, because I will kill all of you. Now, get up and start following me..." Noah continued saying to his subordinates and all of them eventually got up after they listened to his words. Even those who had passed out got up because they all knew that their superior officer was never making any jokes at all and that he would indeed kill them because they were obstacles.As soon as the marines got up, Noah said "Now, follow me..." and the group started moving towards the island. Noah, the emotionless Marine Commodore had just reached the island...

[[Eastern part of the Spring island]]

As the marine ship docked at the bay, there were knights who were on horses with the insignia of the lion on it. A few of the knights got off the horse as soon as they see the marine coming to the island. One of the knights then spoke "HALT there marine... these are Neteros lands... you have no jurisdiction here!!! Turn back and get on your ship before you taste the wrath of Gold Valley!!!" some of the knights looked truly intimidating.

[[Hibikis party and Natick Haze area, border of Summer section of the island]]

The troll was furious as it charged, but the tree then blew away into dust. The troll looked around in anger as the dust got into his eye. Then, it felt the earth below him shift as it was blasted it into the sky, instantly blowing it away. The troll then dropped back down to earth flat on its back, clearly knocked out. As it landed a small quake from its fall resonated.

[[Anubis heading towards the central plains on the spring section of the island]]

The Den den mushi which was falling from the sky was picked up instantly by King , Anubis's pet hawk. It was handed to Anubis as he outreached his hands. He then heard the voice, it was Karasu. Anubis chuckled lightly, a shichibukai talking to him ? Now that wasnt going to cause implications at all. Then again, why not? Anubis then pondered , he turned to one of Bizlems men "You there, tell me one of the biggest clans in this region, ill have my friend claim it for me...." The knights looked confounded, some even looked frightened, but then one of Bizlems knights responded "Lord Anubis... the Gold Valley faction is the proudest of the clans that rule the area... they own the Autumn part of the island... their forces are great, as are their warriors....." Anubis lightly tapped his den den mushi " Well you heard him , if you wish for a audience with me Karasu, destroy the Gold Valley faction and claim that land in the name of the Anubis pirates......"

"Stop getting in my way..." Noah said with an emotionless look on his face. "You inferior scumbags do not have the ability to command me. You should know how to speak to a person like me... It is quite clear that I can eliminate you on the spot so I dare you to start leaving, otherwise, my right hand will end up spilling out your blood." he continued saying and he started walking slowly towards the knights of the Gold Valley. "I will count to ten... If you do not leave, I will slay you on the spot." he finished while still walking.

"Huh? What?" one of the knights said and the knights started thinking. "It is clear that you are bluffing!" he continued saying and he looked towards Noah who had already counted up to 3. Of course, Noah was not bluffing and that could be clearly seen at the look of his subordinates who were all trembling in fear as their superior officer would start his rampage very soon. Even if Noah was a marine, he was very much like a pirate so if even one of his marine soldiers was on his way, he would eliminate him on the spot. Wherever Noah was about to fight this was happening and the soldiers were moving a few steps back so that they would be more safe. However, even if they used to do that, they could not be sure about anything... Noah's lust for blood whenever he battled was so great that they could not feel safe wherever they were.

"Four..." Noah continued counting and he still kept walking towards the knights. He was still keeping the emotionless look on his face, the emotionless look of the man that felt no remorse over killing, the look of the man that actually did not feel anything at all. The look of a monster...

"Huh? His-His soldiers are moving back... Could he be saying the truth?" the same knight who spoke before said and sweat started coming out of his body. "R-RUN!" he said.

"Nine." Noah's voice was heard while the knights started running away from him, hoping to guarantee their safety. However, it was too late. The time had passed and Noah was about to unleash himself and exterminate those that dared to threaten him to get off the island.

"Ten." he completed and he silently disappeared from his spot using Soru. Then, he reappeared in front of the knight who was speaking to him and with his emotionless look - as always - he moved the index finger of his right hand inside the man's forehead, performing an attack on him. "Shigan." Noah said while piercing the brain of the knight and his subordinates who were looking at him started crying from their fear. That man was a real emotionless monster without any feelings at all...

"I am getting transferred away from this division!" one of his men said while looking at the show. The scary commodore had just started his rampage.

Satisfied with the Troll's defeat, Natick walked over to the creature's unconscious form and held his hand out palm up. A swirling ball of dust gathered in his hand and he kept it there as he stopped walking next to the head of the Troll. He turned his palm upside down and thrust the spinning ball of dust downward... into the ground right next to the Troll's head. He left his palm on the ground for a second and slowly raised it off of the ground several inches per second. As he moved his hand upward, dust gathered into an as of yet indiscernible shape. By the time his hand was raised about two feet, it was obvious that the dust had gathered into the shape of a leg... his leg.

Proud of his work, Natick finished the rest of his sculpture in a matter of seconds, his hands outlining the form of a body while dust filled the space. In about five seconds time, Natick had created a life-sized dust sculpture of himself with one foot resting on the forehead of the Troll and with arms crossed across his chest. Of course this was merely a sculpture; one that could be broken apart by the strength of the wind.

Natick returned to his spot in the field and lay down to rest once again. This time, he wouldn't let anything catch him off guard again. He created another Dust Field that spanned a 200 meter radius around him, effectively covering most of the field. The field was invisible to the naked eye but anything that moved within his range, Natick could detect it.

[[Eastern part of spring island]]

The other knights who stood around were all shocked, just pure shock as the marine stabbed their comrades skull. One of the knights didnt take the time to exclaim he simply drew his sword and slashed vertically at Noah screaming in a agonising voice "GRAHHHHHHHH" The other 3 drew their weapons, one was a mace, the other was holding a shield and sword, and the final knight drew his hammer as he shouted "KNAVE!! INSOLENT KNAVE YOU WILL PAY!!!!!!" They were all attacking, but they had sensed a overwhelming power in this marine before them, they attacked him knowing that if they had attacked alone, they might have died.

[[Near Natick and Hibikis group border of the summer section]]

The injured knights and the remainder of the knights who had fought the troll trudged towards Natick "Pray heed brave warrior, thou has fought nobly... and the Crimson Iron is in thy gratitude, but i must ask what you are doing so close to our lands borders? Do you bear the mark of one of the noble families of this land?" The knight asked , it was necessary since Crimson Iron had a no tolerance policy for immigrants on their land.

Natick got up from the ground and just looked at them. Besides wearing a rabbit mask that hid his face, he adopted another strange habit; Natick did not communicate with anyone verbally.

He opened his overcoat to show his bare lightly muscled chest and abdomen, indicating by the lack of any tattoos or paintings that he bore no allegiances. He also turned around and showed his back to the knights... again, no marks or bearings. He faced the knights once more and merely shrugged his shoulders. Though he was aware of the meaning of "noble families" this was actually Natick's first time hearing of any Crimson Iron or some other colored metal. He arrived on the island without knowing of any war or strife between the residents of the island. Natick may have spotted a castle or two when descending onto the island but they meant nothing to him.

The knights seemed concerned. With several of them sustaining injuries, Natick felt they posed little threat to him. All he could do was await their response to his "intrusion."

Karasu nodded as he heard his old captains response. It was weird that he would find a castle for Karasu to conquer so quickly.. it almost seemed like Anubis trusted Karasu enough to just give him the battle he needed. The audience with Anubis would come afterwards apparently.. it was just Red and Karasu now going inside the mission. Karasu looked back at the submarine, angry, how could the group stay behind? Now that he needed them was the time when they should fight.. he tried not to dwell on that, and continued walking forward. Karasu kept the vulture with Red, he didn't want her hurt.. Karasu only expected Red to follow him, but he wished he was holding her hand to know she was alright. The warmth of her skin on his is what usually calmed him.

"Consider the castle yours Anubis, I am looking forward to our meeting.." Karasu hung up the den den mushi and continued walking.

The voice said they were on the autumn area of the island.. whatever that meant, Karasu looked around the island to try to find the area he needed.. it was a bit hard to do. He walked in a random direction, figuring he had a 50/50 chance of choosing the right one. A few moments go by and a marine is spotted fighting a few.. knights? People in armor were apparently fighting an official of the marines. Karasu wasn't going to get involved, how would a marine react when a shichibukai is spotted on the scene? Not that he would recognize Karasu's face, but his earring is what gave his identity away. Like all shichibukai, he had a jewel showing to prove his identity. His crews flag was also branded on his back (on the spinal cord between his scapula bones). Karasu walked past the minor annoyance in peace, he wasn't going to arouse suspicion from a marine.. it was better to leave him to die if he was going to die, although he seemed to be winning the fight.

Karasu walked through his general area, knowing Red would follow.. he was not talking to her because his mind was moving in several different places. He wasn't going to let something sneak up on them and attempt to kill them... or at least not before Karasu killed them first. He was starting to worry that bringing his pregnant soon-to-be-wife along in an assassination mission was not the best idea. Ahead Karasu could the season changing to autumn, this means his target was close by.. the castle would fall by his hands, although he was looking forward to not having to do work for a change. If his crew would have been there, this would not have been a problem.

"Geppou." Noah said with his always emotionless voice and when the knights of the Gold Valley were about to attack him, he jumped high on the sky, avoiding all their attacks at once. Then, he looked towards them once again with a look that showed no sympathy at all. "You pests have no chance against me..." he said while he pointed towards them with his index finger of his right hand. "Kazeshigan." he said and he started using his shigan on the air, launching a barrage of air bullets towards the knights that started impaling their body. All the knights fell on the ground, some of them with bullets on their foreheads and some others on their chest or on their hearts. Noah had just murdered them all ruthlessly...

"I wanna go home!!!!" one of the marines said as soon as that happened and Noah disappeared from his position. Then, he reappeared in front of him and performed a shigan on his shoulder, causing him great damage and making him fall on his knees. "Cowards like you have no room on my ship... If I ever hear that again, the next Shigan will be on your head." Noah said and then he placed his hands inside his pockets. Afterwards, he started walking away and his men followed while carrying the injured marine.

Daiki Shikuro

As almost always, the First Mate of the Dark Isle Assasins was holding the wheel of the Galatea, his beloved ship and his only actual relic from the past. He remembered those times... but now he was an assasin, a secret agent, he was the second in command in one of the most important intelligence and assasination crews of the whole world.

Half of the people that were going to take part in this mission, although they didn't know what it was about more than helping out some old friend... or more like ally of Karasu. The people in the ship hadn't been bad, and Daiki had really thanked Karasu many times, although without him listening, about putting the guy that he had to beat for him to join the crew in his ship. Especially considering how aggresive he was... and Daiki's ship was really ordered.

They had come to the New World via the Holy Land, which Daiki had visited in the past. Daiki thanked that he had been practicing his navigating skills during all his life, because if not, they would have died as soon as they entered this damned waters. If the climate in the first half of the grandline seemed to be excentric and rapidly changing, it was that obviously he didnt know the New World. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

The ship traveled just a little slower thant he submarine, hence, they hadn't arrived yet. But the time had passed, distance had been traveled and now they were close to the island. Daiki looked for a good place to dock, near the submarine that he saw and immediatly lifted his den den mushi, calling his captain.

"Karasu, what is the mission?" -he asked.

Hibiki C. Dokuru

Hibiki was walking with his group in the summer part of the island. As they walked, Hibiki picked up samples of plants that he hadn't seem before or that he didn't recognize by sight. If these plants had seeds, Hibiki also took those and separated them, labeling flasks with a corresponding symbol or description to a specific leave or plant sample. Some of them actually seemed to be very interesting, while there were other plants that he had seen in almost all the islands he had visited. Then in the distance he saw that there was a guy with a bunny mask fighting what seemed to be a troll like the ones from the fairy stories... this place was surely pretty weird.

Hibiki approached the guy and noticed that there were also some knights like the ones he had seen before. The guy with the mask didn't seem to talk much, so it would be useless to ask him about anything. Ron, Rem and Frolt in the back were ready to fight in any moment and seemed interested in what was going on. The commander of the 8th division looked around to look at the other commanders that were acommpanying him, then he approached the Knights.

"Who are you, gentlemen?" -he asked in a dilligent tone. -"Are you form the House of Bizlem as well? We saw some knights from that house before."

Uta turned his head to acknowledge the group that was moving toward them. It was just what he needed in a situation where he is a stranger on a foreign land: another unidentified group of people. Comparing the outfits of the new group with the knights with him, he knew that the new group was not not of the so-called Crimson Iron. At the same time, he knew that the knights with him were not of the House of Bizlem.

Sensing impending conflict, Natick crouched down on his spot. He pointed to himself, then to the knights, and back to himself, and so on three times until he put his hands on the ground and just shrugged his shoulders.

The whole time, Natick had been using his invisible microscopic dust particles to feel those around him without being noticed. The knights with him were nothing special. There armor was thick and they were muscular to an extent. This new group, however, were on a completely different level.

They literally felt "Strong".

Noah was slowly marching at the dangerous island of Neteros. That island was a quite dangerous island. Except from the climate around the island that was causing great water streams that could easily destroy ships and the climate of the island that was that of the four seasons, the place also happened to have some strong soldiers. Of course, all those soldiers were not strong enough to take care of Noah because Noah happened to be pretty strong, but they were quite dangerous for the rest of the marines that happened to be together with Noah. It was very clear that the whole island was a dangerous place, not only because of its climate, but because of its habitats and its politics... Yes. Its politics. And now he was about to explain it to his subordinates...

"Idiots... Have you an idea about what is going on on this island?" Noah referred to his subordinates.
"I-I know that this is a scary place!" one of the marines said and Noah started explaining.
"You are absolutely wrong, just as I expected... I am really wondering what idiots like you are doing here in the New World... Anyway, I will explain. This place is lacking balance in politics. The place is constantly in a war. There are many factions that are trying to claim the land. Of course, the marine force has no information about these factions, but we know for sure that they are extremely powerful and that their leaders are real beasts, not only physically, but mentally as well. Also, there are some other independent lords which are trying to have control of the place, but this is something very, very unlikely to happen as they are lacking military force and assistance. By this time, we only know this basic information... However, our pressence here can be very useful... If we sneak into the politics system of the place, we might find out some information about the place and we might even increase our reign at this place... So, the accident that led us over here can be a very successful mission for the marines. Anyway, enough for now. I will explain later the details of my plan..." Noah said to the marines while they were walking. Obviously, the marine had an idea about the island but this was all he knew. The place was very dangerous even for himself and that was the reason that he never went there before. Even if he was acting as if he knew everything he needed for that place, the truth was that he was walking without any real idea about the island... However, who knew what he had in his mind...

Enrico pulled out his blade his other hand was carrying the unconscious knight, Enrico carefully dropped his body down and whispered, "Regain consciousness soon so I can gather intel." Enrico began to run into battle and stood next to his leader, "So what is it that we are facing, some knights, I think I should show them the wrath of the Dark Rose Blade!" Enrico put the blade in a reverse grip sword style and about half a foot to his face.

[Mike]
Mike took a deep breath and his heart was thumping loudly, against his chest, he barely survived the horrors of making it the the New World in fact he would have died if it weren't for Karasu coming to his rescue and finding his unconscious body. Mike began to load up a poison pistol and a rifle slung across his back, "This should be enough for this island, but just in case." Mike began to gather a second pistol and rifle, and some ammo. Mike had been sitting on a crate awaiting Karasu to come out and tell them the mission.

[[Hibikis group and Natick Haze at the summer section border forest]]

The knights immediately widened their eyes when they heard Bizlems name "You know Bizlem? He is a independent lord...... he rules a miniscule part of the country, not as big as our land, we own an entire section....., you are at the border forest of the summer section, itsone of two ways to enter the Crimson Irons territory.. thats why we need you to back off my good fellows.... we will let you go since your friend here saved us from the beast, but this courtesy will not be ext...." As soon as he said that, Enrico came forth to challenge the knights, they all grew angry, the entire company of them, drew their weapons, some held bow and arrows, and some with maces and most with swords and shields "Thou has challenged Crimson Irons might...... i hath given u a chance to leave this place, but you have forced my hand in this, i dont care who you strangers are in this land, but thouest will die here by our blade!!" A company about 50 knights attacked Hibikis group and Natick along with Enrico who were the closest.

[[Lord Bizlems estate, Spring Central section]]

The castles doors opened, it was a smaller castle then was expected, but inside was a old man who was simply standing there with out stretched arms to welcome his guests. Anubis could immediately tell this man was going to ask him for something, he knew when people wanted something, it always started with a smile. Anubis then sighed "Lord Bizlem... i hear you have business for me and my crew... let us discuss the terms......"

[[Gold Valley Autumn section guard post gate]]

It was a giant gate that blocked the entrance into the Autumn section of the island, there were guards stationed high above as well. A bunch of knights were up on the stalwark watching below them. If anyone would want to enter the Autumn section of the island they would have to walk past here. Castle Teruldo was about more than an hours walk after the gate, so it was paramount to keep the place safe. One of the knights got up and yawned before being passed by a very young looking regal man with a fierce but refined face, one of royalty. The knight stood up and saluted "LORD KAIZEMON!!!!! I didnt think you would actually be here!!" The man looked back to the knight "I came to check the defences.. things are getting hectic on the Central Plains.. i have a report for my uncle.. A yonkou is here... and i suspect, a shichibukai and marines are here too....." The knight gulped as the rest of them also looked slightly worried "Are they not emperors of the sea? Them yonkou ? Why are they here?" The man walked past, "I dont know, and personally i couldnt care less, either way, we have never bowed down to outsiders, and we wont start now... MAN THOSE DEFENCES YOU FOOLS!!!"

[[Lord Kaizemon Rigaldo]]
[[Independent lord allied with Gold Valley]]
[[Force of 700 men, currently 300 with him behind the gate]]

Karasu picked up his den den mushi when he heard Daiki's voice coming from it. He had no idea his first mate was so far behind.. he must've forgotten to check up on him from all of the excitement. He answered the den den mushi.

"Daiki, take Mike and leave a note to all remaining Dark Isle Assassins.. I want to see how strong Mike is, the rest can sleep until they wake up, I just need you to make sure there is a note laying around for everyone in the crew to see and know where to go.. the destination is the Autumn part of this island, I'm sure you'll be able to find it.. by the looks of everything, I might need as many of you as possible to ensure Anubis's victory. Remember, the things in the New world are much stronger then in the Grand Line." Karasu hung up, Daiki should take Mike with him.. he usually follows orders to the dot, and even surprises Karasu and does the extra. He can definitely find Karasu, he couldn't exactly put down his coordinates on a den den mushi with a signal that could be traced.

Karasu ordered his vulture to stay with Red wherever she went, which means Karasu knew he would get a signal if the vulture ever needed help.. not to mention, Karasu made sure to give the vulture a den den mushi. Karasu had to trust Red to do her own thing for now, it was likely she was tired.. after all, she was carrying another person inside her (although he/she wasn't fully grown yet). Karasu kissed her on the lips, followed by whispering to her.

"Go back to the ship, I don't want to see you in this dangerous place, I'm scared our baby will be hurt.. If you think you can still fight without getting hit in the abdomen then you can follow but if you are tired, or feel like a bad omen is coming, then I need you in the ship.. I'd hate to kill whoever spilled our child's blood."

Karasu walked off into the desert, moving further into the gold valley he was told to destroy. He knew his crew would catch up eventually, so he had to move further into the objective.. just as he found a path that looked like it lead somewhere a giant wall of soldiers seemed to be barricading Karasu's way to the objective. He already knew this was going to be a problem. Karasu didn't let the soldiers see him yet, since he was only a small spec in the middle of the Autumn area. He hid behind a giant boulder and peeked out his head every once in awhile to see the targets. He took out his two normal pistols and checked them both for ammunition.. one of them had seven explosive rounds, the other had seven smoke bullets.. this was enough to cause some sort of uproar in their lines. Honestly Karasu could simply wipe them all on his own, but then that would give his position away.. and if they warned Gold Valley then his chances of a sneak attack decreased to almost zero. From this distance Karasu couldn't be seen by the people, so he looked around for something to help attack.. if his crew was here all he would need was for one of them to assume his identity and charge in.. Karasu would just pick up the dead body of one of the guards and move through the gate unnoticed. It was likely they would have to send soldiers back to Gold Valley to warn them in person as well, Karasu would be one of those guards.

"Hmm.. Maybe I should just attack them all from this distance.. it would make sense to attack long range without them noticing me, but my position might be taken away eventually.. and it wont stop them from calling their back-up.. I guess I'll have to wait till nightfall unless something happens to change my situation." (Karasu's thoughts)