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Chapter 3 - One Piece Part 2

System: Companion Pull commencing... User desires a bounty hunter... Target located... Cowboy Bebop Anime.. Spike Spiegal..

*Bweem!* A Rift open and out walked an extremely old Spike. The power of the System went to work restoring him. His artificial eye popped out of the socket and his hair turned dark brown from Gray-white. Loose skin riddled with liver spots turned tight. Spots disappearing as he deaged.

"Huuk!" Spike coughed up some flem onto the ground that instantly burned away. "Sorry about that."

"Wow, you look like... Crap." Orion stared at the young man now before him. "Well, you good to do what I need or no?" He looked over Spike carefully. His Pather power checking over him for additional issues.

"Yeah, I am. The Auxiliary System explained everything to me." Spike stared up and looked around. "This is not a pirate world."

"Haha, no it is.. Somewhere else. However, I will head back there shortly." Orion looked him over and then bought the man's suit from the shop. "Much better yes?"

"Fits perfectly. Being young again never felt so good." Spike did a few jabs and kicks getting use to full body control again. He stopped and stared at the User who pulled him. "So are you interested in going to my World?"

"Hmm slightly. I do have fond memories of your crew. I feel bad for Faye and Ed. As for Jett.. I don't think he will agree with my lifestyle."

"Well, the old man him will. A lot of things happen from the point after that you dont know." Spike said. His eyes became extremely serious. "With the bounties stop going out, crime shot up to dangerous levels. Terrorist organizations thinking they can make the World a better place became extremely active."

"Hmm, how interesting." Orion floated on an air disc and listened in. His finger taping his side. "Do continue." Next to him, Mira was checking on the World of Cowboy Bebop.

"In five years time 90% of the galaxy had been turned to mutants. I don't know if you remember Mom or not. The animal activist." Orion nodded to Spike as he felt a vague recollection about it. "Well, she grew dangerously powerful and started a very crazy movement. Leaking biomaterial through several spaceports. The changes didn't take place until about six months after exposure."

"Hmm so, we can start in the past before the start of the story for you to change things. Well, get ready to anyway." Spike looked a little upset about something. "You help me do that and I will kill almost anywhere you want."

"Uh-huh. Did you settle down with Faye?"

"No. She died trying to stop it.. She died preventing the Earth from getting exposed."

"Did you at least get over Julia?"

"No."

"Yeah, not really wanting to go there now." Orion lamented the choices before him. "O, so we can do this.." his hand accessed the shop and he waited for just the right moment. "..we are going to change a lot there."

Inside the shop was Faye Valentine. He purchased the soul along with Julia's.

*Bweem!* A Rift opened and both women walked out. Faye looked around and saw Spike. She froze as the Auxiliary System explained things to her. Julia however, walked right over to Spike and smiled.

"Hmm, she has been with a User before. How fascinating." Orion watched the two interact for a moment before turning to Faye. 'Will she be alright I wonder?' Julia was done before Faye because it was not her first rodeo. Memories of a previous User existed in her. Not a lot but enough to make things easier.

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A few minutes later-

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*Smack!* Julia hit Spike across the face so hard, that if the fake eye was still in there, it would have went flying out. She looked at him and started crying.

"Hmm, how funny." Orion said. He looked to Faye who stared at him. "Yes, what is it?"

"May I have access to the way you have treated your people before?" Her look was very intense. "Specifically the thieves and women like myself."

"Sure. Try not to go crazy from it." Hitting the screen, he gave her access. Looking to Mira smiling, he had to ask. "Why so super happy?"

"Because everything is going great to me. I like these Companions and Followers so far. Oh, here, this will unlock your ability to Cultivate. It comes from Battle Through the Heavens." Mira handed over his clear flame that he use to have. Developed from the Shinrai Ryu and Asyuryan flames of the Eldar. "It is disguised well enough, know one can tell. Your Shinrai Ryu flame is still so beautiful. I am glad it was able to work out. Weird that their fighting style suits flames so much.. Almost like a Pyromancer."

*Fsssh!* The clear flame fizzle as it entered Orion.

"Nice. So I can cultivate, that's good. That will make my soul even more powerful." Orion, ran his Pather power through his body. Awakening every channel and building additional ones to help make up for several things he currently didn't have. The Aeons and True Runes went with his other half. As well as a few other abilities specifically and skillset. 'At least I still have the Biotic Armored Body. When the Dark Gundam wakes up, things will go great.'

'It will make Cross fusion and digitizing even better now.' Mira thought to him. 'I have started you in Megaman Nt Warrior. A mixture of both Manga and Anime that looks pretty interesting for you. You are the older twin of Chaud Blaze. A competitor of Blaze quest kidnapped you. A little fun to be had till you go there yourself. I enjoyed kidnapping baby you.'

'Hmm, will allow us to do a lot of things. Glad to see you are going to go places with me.' Orion gave her a warm smile. She returned it and a thumbs up. The others really didn't do it that much. But then again, they had a higher caseload. 'Sucks a lot of the Navi's are gone. But they are at least in safe hands in places across the Sectors. A normal netnavi to customize from the ground up will be nice. As well as changing the tech level in a more stable way. I think absorbing Nebula Gray and Duo when they arrive will be worth it.'

'I figured you want to do that. I will alert you when a decent amount of time has passed there. currently, it is way slower than here. Which is fine considering everything.' Mira started working on lining some things up. "But wait a little. I rather you do not kill them just yet." She smiled flipping a few screens his way. "Your soul is gonna shoot through the roof, so I want you to go to that World then do it. Battle Through The Heavens that is. Then you will come back here ok"?

"Alright. Makes sense."

"Haaa, so many years. YOU'RE AN OLD FOSSIL!" Faye exclaimed. She gave a smile at him after. "I have decided. I will become your Grand Pillar."

"HuH?" Orion looked baffled. "My what now?"

"Good, hear you go." Mira walked over and placed a Gold Pull in her hand. "This will boost your soul up to the highest Companion level. After that, you just need to train yourself and make sure you keep him grounded."

"Easy as pie. I wanna be his assistant in One Piece. Not to strenuous besides paperwork. Enjoying life for once and not be in debt."

"Wait, you can make someone a Grand Pillar? Since when?"

"I have prepared for this Orion. Ever since we first talked. I have gotten ready for this. I have all kinds of things to help you Conquer, Destroy, Free or Restore." Mira turned to smile at him. "I am a very different Operator than the others you have had. Well, will have again anyway."

"I see. Thank you. If it needs to be said, I won't leave you once this is over so enjoy yourself ok. And remember I can never delete myself."

"Right." Mira smiled happily. The smile seemed to be permanently stuck on her face."I cannot wait to see you change World's for better or worse. It is gonna be so much fun!"

"I agree." Faye said. She blinked a few times and looked to be more.. Well there. "I am ready to go back, Captain."

"Ok doke."

"So... change of plans." Mira said. "I think I can send Spike back to his World with a part of you to do everything that is needed while you go to another place. Enough of you like the place to make it worthwhile."

"Hmm go ahead and do it. Spike's World is currently going faster than One Piece. Send him there and let him do what he needs to. Oh, let a few of the Denizens in One Piece know. That way they can go as well. A few of them already have a strong enough of a soul to survive a separation of a piece."

"Sweet. I will go after I see what else is going on here for a bit." Spike said.

System: High Pull commencing... Target found.. Battle Through the Heavens Manga.. Yun Yun ... additonal connection detected. Light Novel version has fused with other do to User's thoughts. Operator set up accepted.. User is receiving information now.

"Ughh that is smarts." Orion said gripping his head. "Have to get my stats back up. Not use to this nonsense anymore. It does make my blood tingle."

*Bwoop!* A Rift opened as a woman walked out. The System went about giving her additional information to fit in with what Orion would want from her and her role. She has pale white skin like snow. She needs some sunlight very much. Pure white hair that flowed down to her waist.. A very graceful, thin curvy body that would do well as a dancer in showbiz. Or a great ice skater. Wearing simple snow-white sleeves, along with a dress vest that exposed her stomach.

"Greeting my User." Yun Yun said. Her voice was cool but Orion felt the biotic strands leave her instantly. She was depressed and heartbroken. "I am ready to serve."

"Wow you are super depressing... like way more than I remember reading. So.. from what I just heard, you will have some things you wish to change in your World. Which is fine since I have a few people I wish to take there to train." Orion walked over to the woman and placed his hands on her stomach. "It is stupid to leave this much skin exposed." With a press of his thumbs, her clothes changed as well as a seal forming on her body. "There, now you have a get out of a.. bad case scenario option."

"Ah thank you." Yun Yun said embarrassed slightly. "So you will help change my World then?"

"Oh yeah. We are going to totally screw things up. So tell me later what you wish to do and we will go from there. Mad about what happened with Xiao Yan? Well, tell Mira right now. I have to start breaking in my body again." Orion stepped back and pulled energy towards himself.

*Swirl!* Massive energy from his Nether World from the War moved towards him. Despite it getting cut in half by the Creator, he still had a lot. A bit going with the other half with new troops to help him search.

"I am, but I also.. am not. He left to go to somewhere far away with his loved ones." Yun Yun said with regret. "However I wish to only change what happened some. With your help, I can reach much higher In martial arts. Way higher than Dou God rank. For that, I am willing to be yours."

"Ah, you do not have to be mine. However, I will not send you away to another. Just train and add your strength to my own. That and help train my female students and Followers." Orion seperated his mind to several different parts of his body. 'Gonna guide everything all over and fix this body back.'

"Thank you. I thank you will make a good fiance in my World. Lots of people will come to you to fight. Best way to train." Yun Yun looked at Mira who showed her a screen to read. "Oh thank you."

"Take this." Mira passed Orion a small pellet. "This will awaken your Dou Qi inside you. Well, you already have everything open pore wise from what I gave you before. Due to your soul's experience. So I have added to your body I shall Seal the Heavens cultivation."

"Well, thanks for that." Orion pulled the energy in. "Ha!"

"How does this way work exactly?" Faye asked looking at him change before her eyes. Spike and Julia came over and watched as well.

"Well... she can explain the Dou methods to you. But this is a different set. However only slight differences." Mira said to them. She did not turn away as her eyes scanned Orion intently. "His soul is such a beautiful tormented thing. So many different experiences, ahhh it is so pretty!"

"Ehem!" Spike cleared his throat. "Explanation.."

"Right... Spirit Realm is first. The Morality stage is what everyone is in. Taking in the spiritual energies you form a sea of energy. It goes from levels 1-9 normally for that World now. However, it use to go a lot furthur. For a User, as well as Companions and Followers." Mira said slowly and clearly. "At the 10th level, the body is strengthened. The body is strengthened on the race for us, however. In other words, the different things are hidden come to the surface. All of you are humans so.. nothing much really. I suggest you get a type of bloodline in you. Oh, and it allows one to steal luck from the heavens. That part does not work for the User. But it does for you all."

"Well wait.. what is inside him?" Spike asked as he pointed. "Is he like I dont know.. a horse creature or oni?"

"No. He has Wolf, Elemental, Devil, Dragon, Daemon technically but it was overwritten by Devil. A few other things that I will not name." Faye said. "These are already accessible to each of us to know. It is his history we can read. As Grand Pillar, I have to learn how this can affect us. But it shouldn't so far or any way in the future since.. well he can just get rid of us."

"That sounds... bad," Julia stated. "Soooo bad new Conqueror guy may kill his allies. Yeah, we are screwed."

"Not really. None of us is in danger." Yun Yun said as she looked at a screen. "As long as we don't betray him we are fine. That and not to be lazy mooches. So work, help, and kill. How very basic."

"I rather not just kill all day." Julia frowned. "Oh wait, we are catching bounties."

"Right. I cleared it with him already." Spike said. "I will go to our World and change things with a lesser version of him. So his help but not his direct help unless it gets worse. While the me here helps collect bounties and the like. I like this set up. You do not have to kill the bounties Julia, just arrest them."

"But he is going to actually help her though?" Julia pointed to Yun Yun. "His Prime Soul anyway."

"Yes, but he is also taking people from here, there to train." Faye said. They stopped talking when a blast of energy came in. "Ughh so much." Her har went flying back. The same as the others. Julia managed to keep her bearings. Mira on her air disc flew off laughing maniacally.

*Flush!* The wave of energy moved like the sea. The NetherWorld thrumming in happiness.

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