Canon Fodder

CHAPTER 301 TOY BOY

I opened my eyes slowly. I had been in the Makuramoto for some reason, but couldn’t remember why. In my hands was the sheet of paper I wrote everyone’s names on. I went down the list but I remembered everyone. Curious why or when I brought it out I turned it over to see a message written on it. 

You wrote this. Your memory was probably wiped because of that Sugar girls doll power. 

The yellow bear doll is named Rebecca. Rebecca is that one girl from

the tournament that wore the scale armor. Pink hair, nice tits. Her dad was the leader

of the country or whatever. Help her find her dad at the palace and turn her back. 

If you’re questioning if you really wrote this, remember that time in 

Algebra when you said that stupid thing and it still keeps you up at night?

“That stupid teacher,” I mumbled as I folded the paper back up and put it away. I looked down to see a small yellow teddy bear. She stared up at me. “So you’re Rebecca?” I asked. 

“Uh yes. And you’re Weston?” She asked. 

“Yeah, I know I don’t look like it,” I said, bending down and picking her up. “But I have very special skills.” I was wearing my Gene Starwind face so I doubted anyone would recognize me. I set her on my shoulder as I turned back into the alley. 

“You said you had ninja powers,” Rebecca mumbled in my ear. 

“And other things. Man this is weird. I remember being in my Makuramoto but not what was said. This girl’s devil fruit is annoying.” I left the alley and turned to stare at the castle. At the center of the island it appeared to be on a tiered plateau. “What’s the best way to get to the palace?” 

“There is an elevator at the base of the hill. Otherwise... you could climb it,” she said. 

“Yeah that’s probably the best option,” I said heading toward the palace. I did a quick run through of my crewmates with my Search Quirk. They were scattered all over the place already. “So how did you get turned into a doll?” 

“I don’t remember,” the small doll let out with a sigh. I felt like I was talking to Kon from Bleach. “I was looking for my dad, who I didn’t know was my dad until I turned into a doll.”

“Okay, so he is a doll, and if you turn into one you remember everything,” I said. “Good to know. Man, I really don’t want to turn into a Toy. Do the Donquixote pirates have any special methods to watch for outsiders?”

“Not that I know of,” she said.

“Do you have any special powers?” I asked. 

“Not really. I’m a little strong, but only about half as strong as I was before,” she said. 

“And before you were like…a gladiator?” 

“What? No. I knew how to fight. Thunder-I mean, my dad taught me,” she said. The small bear shrugged. “This is so weird. I was almost mauled to death by a dog because these stupid arms couldn’t reach him. My guardian growing up was my dad. My family’s island is being ruled by a Shichibukai. And everyone on this island hates me.” I could feel the hurt from her. The confusion and depression was seeping out of her Haki and making me feel it as well. I guessed she was the princess I was looking for. She was now in Vivi’s place on Alabasta when Crocodile attacked. 

“Listen, Rebecca. Everything is going to be alright. I’m not sure what I told you, but Doflamingo isn’t going to be around very long. I planned to take this Sugar girl down anyway. Just moving up my timeline a little,” I assured.

“Do you actually think you can take him down?” She asked. I was surprised to find that she actually believed me, emitting a lot of hope. 

“I know we can. It might take a bit. And it could look like we are losing at first, but we will come through.” I left it at that and continued toward the palace. When the frequency of guards increased I draped us in chakra that looked like shadow. Moving between buildings I got to the plateau of the palace, scaling it easily. 

“How are you doing this?” Rebecca asked as I practically jogged straight up the vertical incline. 

“Ninja powers.” 

“You didn’t have these when you were a kid,” she said. “Is it a devil fruit?” 

“Nope, all me,” I said. “You knew me when I was a kid? Know my parents?”

“A little. I remember your dad. He was nice. I think he had a devil fruit power too.” 

“Really? Any idea what it was?” She shook her head. “Damn.” I was hoping that I could check the System Store to see if his fruit was available. “Know anything about my past?”

“We played together. That’s all,” she said as we continued up. “You really don’t remember anything before a few years ago?” 

“Nope,” I said. “Some rite of passage or some other bullshit. All I know is in the next few months I gotta get to Leton. You’re like a princess right? Do you know anything about my home?” 

“No, I wasn’t raised as a princess,” she mumbled. “Doflamingo took over, and the people hated my family.” 

“Damn, that sucks,” I said. “Well let’s fix it.” My path moving from rock to a wall. I climbed up it easily. A few guards stationed at posts we moved through them easily. “Ever been here before?” 

“Not that I can recall,” she whispered. We moved into the palace. Wide open halls there were plenty of people running around. I wondered if maybe I could find a clue for where the Smile Factory was, but eliminating the Sugar girl was priority. If I could knock her out it would turn all the toys into humans again. People would get their memories back and all hell would break loose. 

“Any news on the Straw Hats?” I heard someone say in a side room. I moved over to the door, listening in. 

“They haven’t been spotted yet,” another voice admitted. “Their ship was seen in the area, but we are checking into it.” 

“I thought for sure putting the Tremor Devil Fruit up would make them come running,” a woman’s voice admitted. 

“Yes, Firefist Ash was spotted leaving the Archipelago not long ago. We had hoped to exchange her for Caesar if needed. But no one has seen her either,” a man said. 

“We need to keep our eyes out. Doflamingo is already on his way for the exchange,” another voice growled. “Keep Violet searching everyone.” 

“Whose Violet?” I whispered to Rebecca. 

“My aunt,” she said. 

“What’s so special about her?” 

“Her devil fruit allows her to see through anything,” Rebecca said.

“So…” I started to think on the power more. If she could see through anything, that probably included chakra. I looked down the hall, noticing a shorter woman with tan skin and long dark hair. She was staring in my direction through a circle she made with her fingers. Staring right at me.

“Fuck,” I mumbled. 

“They’re here!” The woman down the hall yelled. 

“That’s your aunt?!” I yelled as I dropped the chakra. She continued to yell for guards and other members of the Donquixote pirates. I hesitated for a moment unsure what to do. 

“She doesn’t remember me!” Rebecca yelled as guards came in through the halls. Stepping back, the people talking from the side room ran out. All had huge amounts of Spiritual energy. I pulled out my Chikyugi necklace and pulled the strongest person inside. He was a huge man at least 15 feet tall with golden armor on. 

Once chained to the wall of my Makuramoto it wasn’t a pretty sight as I broke his spirit. His name was Pica. And though gigantic he had a high pitched voice. He sat in the Spade chair, which was some kind of higher-up designation for the Donquixote pirate officers. With the ability to manipulate rock with his devil fruit he would be a hard foe to face. He held on far longer than most did. It wasn’t until he was a shell of a man that came in that he finally spilled the location I was looking for. 

Pulling us out of the Genjutsu my hand moved to hold Rebecca to my shoulder. Pica dropped to the ground, mentally exhausted from the work I had done on him. Jumping up to the ceiling I stuck to it with chakra and ran back the way I had come. People yelled at me, some fired guns but I dodged them easily. Even without Conqueror’s Haki I knew how to use my normal Haki well enough. 

Coming to an elevator I pushed a button and jumped inside long before the guards caught up with me.

“What the hell was that?!” Rebecca demanded. 

“I found Sugar. She is below,” I said. 

“How the hell did you run on the ceiling?!” She yelled. 

“Magic, I told you. Game face on, they might be alert,” I said. Some elevator music played, but my heavy breathing was the only other sound we could hear. I was in the center of the stronghold of a pirate crew I had no idea how to beat. Thousands of people were in the Donquixote crew. I had no clue what I was doing. But I was strong. There had to be a way to win. 

When the elevator dinged I jumped out to see that the area was pitch black. Sensing everything around me I couldn’t see anything. Guided by Spiritual Energy I dodged by what I assumed were rocks on the ground. To my surprise the Spiritual Energy of the supposed rocks pulsed to life. 

Yells sounded out as what I thought to be rocks turned out to be toys. Small 2 to 4 foot tall toys appeared in my Observation Haki as they ran at me. I yelled, caught off guard by them all. Like I was in some mod Resident Evil game the mix of nutcrackers, robots, stuffed animals, puppets, and even one that looked like a Chucky Doll screamed and piled on top of me. Some bit, others punched, and that Chucky one stabbed me with a small knife as I tried to knock them back.

Using Armor from my quirk I reflected back some of the damage but dozens of toys were atop of me. Pushing water-chakra out I began to slice through them. Then the lights turned on. Huge overhead spotlights shined right on me. Disoriented and blinded I missed the small hand reaching out through the Toys. As she touched me I felt my strength leave and I dropped to the ground in a huge pile of toys. 

“See, that wasn’t so hard,” a small voice said. In a daze I struggled to push my way out but the Toys were getting up slowly as well. Moving off of me I looked around and brought my hands up to my face. To my horror they weren’t my normal hands, but instead they were the paws of a black teddy bear. 

“Sugar! Are you alright?!” Someone yelled from a set of stairs. I was still in shock as they spoke. Looking down my body was that of a black stuffed bear. 

“What are you going to do with him?” Someone asked. I looked up to see the much taller Donquixote executives I had faced earlier without fear.

“Make a contract of course,” the girl I assumed was Sugar said. She had green hair down to her chin. Only about 3 feet tall she wore a blue polka dot white dress and a red/brown coat with bear ears on top of a hood. “Come here my new Toy. Time to tell me all of your secrets.” She moved over to me but I jumped back. Weaker yes, but I was strong for the body, that was sure. I fell into a line of Toys standing behind me. 

“Fuck that,” I hissed. My face sneering. I was sure I appeared really cute but I had to look threatening. I looked around as more people came down the stairs. 

“Get over here!” Sugar hissed. I felt a compulsion to follow her orders, but I guessed my psychic resistance kept me back. Noticing the bear version of Rebecca get up she looked over to me sadly. 

“You all really fucked up,” I said. Pulling my Chikyugi Necklace out of my Status Screen, but without fingers it slipped right out of my paw. 

“Get him!” Someone yelled and the rock underneath my feet began to bubble upward. Cursing I tried to pick up my necklace over and over, but my smooth cloth hands kept being unable to grab it. As people ran at me I tried to pull out my Tremor Devil Fruit but it was beyond me. The part of my mind that controlled it was blocked off somehow. Panicking, I pulled out my Nen and forced the energy out in a big wave. People were thrown back and I jumped to Rebecca. 

“Let’s go,” I said. Dodging between the legs of men trying to grab me I couldn’t hold onto Rebecca either. Instantly I pushed chakra into my hand, sticking her to me like I did when climbing vertically. She was affixed to me. Mentally yelling at myself for my stupidity I looked back to my necklace but the rock I had been standing on lifted up. I guessed Pica had recovered from the torture. Able to manipulate rock the T-1000-like bubble of rock went at us. I cursed, pulling Rebecca along as we moved to the stairs everyone had been running down. 

“Get him! Stop him! He’s the cute black doll!” People yelled behind us. I wasn’t ready for a fight though. My Tremor Fruit gone, Conqueror’s Haki missing, I couldn’t think straight on what power to use. Jumping over the heads of people I pulled Rebecca along. 

Gliding up the ceiling and running along the walls we made our way back up to the main level. More people running in we dodged them narrowly and were outside. Pooling water at my cute cloth feet I jumped on the small disc and flew away to plan and regroup.