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

Meanwhile, at Noah's group at the spring part of the island...

Noah and his men were walking for quite a while, while they were inspecting the island of Neteros. If they survived, they would be the first marines to ever survive that place and if they acted in a smart way, they could win and succeed in convincing the people of Neteros to add a marine basement on it. Of course, this was something very, very difficult... However, Noah had something in his mind, as he knew a little bit about the political balance of the place.

While they were walking, a bunch of people appeared in front of him. These people were not related to the ones of the Gold Valley. They were quite different. They were dressed with different clothes and they were holding weapons on their arms. They all seemed quite powerful, but they did not look like they were over there to fight. Instead, they seemed to want something else...

Red closed her eyes in both comfort and ecstasy, feeling both protected and pleasured in the wake of Karasu's touch as he ran his fingers over her stomach.
She smiled gently, returning her lover's own tender smile and knowing that his thoughts were with their growing baby too. Part of her wondered if he could feel their child's presence as strongly as she could.
The infant was barely formed and eight months before birth- and already Red knew that their child was strong.
He or she would inherit courage and endurance from both of his or her parents, she decided, and even just placing a hand over her own slightly swollen abdomen, Red could feel that her son or daughter was a survivor- just like his or her mother and father.

Red blinked and then grinned at Karasu placing a kiss on her cheek.
Despite his enigmatic airs and graces and dark, marauding demeanor, her fiancee was more than capable of being sweet and gentle when he wanted to be.
"Ah," she murmured with a slight laugh. "So the rest of the gang are still sleeping? Mm, go figure. No offence to them or anything but if a bunch of assassins can't be woken up by a gunshot, perhaps they're not very cut out for this position?"
Red felt her heart leap and her stomach clench in unison when Karasu noted that she'd be accompanying him. This was her first mission as one of the Dark Isle Assassins and she was determined not to mess it up.

Red swallowed, giving a small cry of surprise as Karasu's loyal but fierce vulture latched itself on to her back. The weight was foreign and strange to her but also oddly assuring. She could tell already that its orders were to protect her with its life and for that, she was full of gratitude. Normally, she would have refused such heavy protection- especially at the sacrifice of her lover's greatest asset in defence for her sake. But now she could no longer afford to be so selfish as she had her unborn child to think about.
She nodded to Karasu, leaning forward to lightly kiss his lips. "Thank you. I promise to fight to the best of my ability and ensure the success of our mission...as well as the safety of our child."

Red gave a shriek when the vulture suddenly took flight, carrying her after Karasu as he ran at Soru speeds and she only dared to open her eyes when they had landed once more.
The Suke Suke user took a few heavy breaths and sighed, stroking the bird's plumage. "Good boy...that's a good boy..."
She watched as Karasu seemed to be listening out for something and cocked an eyebrow in surprise as he suddenly fired at a den den Mushi that he had thrown into the air.
Her confusion lifted when he began to speak into a second den den Mushi, addressing this "Anubis" figure that she had heard so much about.
The crimson haired former-pirate could sense her assassin prince's tense worry and understood how vital his former captain's response was. She laced her fingers with his as he took her hand, stroking his palm with her thumb and resting her head upon one of his broad shoulders in comfort, trying to show her support for him.

As Anubis replied, Red watched Karasu's features for any kind of change, out of the corner of her eyes. She knew not to speak as this important briefing took place and did not want to interfere with the transition of information.
The confidence in his eyes as he assured Anubis that the castle was his sent a tremor down Red's spine; this was the very same confidence that had drawn her to Karasu and she quietly marvelled at his self-assured courage even under the harshest of pressures.
She swallowed a little, reflecting on their mission as she walked with Karasu.
He didn't speak a word to her, but she was far from annoyed with him- she knew that his thoughts were settled on their objectives and she respected and admired that.

The red-haired Devil Fruit user lifted one hand to stroke the vulture's neck and brought the other to grip the handle of her Kurenai whip in preparation to retaliate any attack that was aimed at her.
They passed by an area where a marine was fighting what appeared to be a group of medieval knights. Red raised her eyebrows at the armour clad men, silently thinking "Huh, so that gear's back in fashion again? How vintage." before her gaze turned to the marine and her eyes narrowed.
Though she was technically no longer a pirate and the future wife of a shichibukai, Reiko Fujiwara still had an inate hatred of the marines and an uncomfortable fear still rippled in her chest.
How many time had she stolen valuable objects from Marine, Noble or WG property? How many officials had she left either tied to a bed, gagged and blindfolded or seriously injured? How many people had she killed someone in the name of piracy?
The answer to all of the above was "too many."
And although she wasn't a full pirate anymore, she still bore the red hair, metal-work scars and rose tattoo that marked her as "deliverer of Binks' Sake" for the whole world to see.
She still feared arrest, Impel Down and the hanging gallows.
Not for her own sake...but for she and Karasu's baby.
Silently, she touched her abdomen and wished that she could tell the baby that she was sorry for doing all of those awful, greedy, lustful, violent things in the past.
Not knowing whether Karasu could hear her or not, Red whispered under her breath, her eyes cast downward.
"Hey there, baby. It's your mama again. I just want to say that I'm really sorry for being such a bad person. I've always said that I'd live without regrets but my mother was a pirate and she was killed in front of me...and that ruined my life forever. I feel so selfish thinking that one day you could have to see me executed too or that I'll be arrested before I even get to hold you in my arms..." She took a breath and stroked her tummy. "In fact now the only naughty thing that I don't regret doing is the night that your daddy and I made you..." Red knew that she sounded like a lunatic and a sappy one at that but at that very moment, she didn't give a damn. Smiling gently, she added softly. "So, from now on, I promise I'm going to try to be a very good person...and I will make sure that you come into this world, safe, healthy and happy...I promise you this, no matter what."

Red looked up, brushing her hair from her face as her blue eyes traced their surroundings. Everything seemed to be decaying under Autumn's amber and gold blush. It was an amazing sight.
The vermillion haired assassin just wished that she and their lover could actually take the time to admire the surroundings.
But this was impossible.
They had a mission to complete.
Red was promptly forced out of her trance when Daiki suddenly contacted Karasu. After filling his first mate in, Karasu ordered his vulture to remain with her and gave her both a tantalising kiss and an important choice.

"I'm staying with you," Red told him firmly. She had decided this before he had even put the question to her and there wasn't a doubt in her mind that this was the right thing to do. She had never been the sort of girl to cower in fear- especially not when those she loved needed her most. "I'll be honest. I fear for our child but I came here as a Dark Isle Assassin and I intend to carry out this mission at your side." She smirked a little, giving her signature wink as she drew her whip and pulled it taut in front of her abdomen to emphasise her point.
"If anyone wants to hurt our baby, they have to go through daddy and mommy first..."
She cast a gaze up sideways and shrugged. "...and possibly Uncle Vulture here, too."
Red leaned up to kiss Karasu again, this time stroking the delicate shell of his ear and tapping the diamond that was pierced into it. "I'm a strong girl, my love. I won't let anything happen to our child or myself."
As she parted from him, she slowly turned invisible, letting the effects of her Devil Fruit take hold but still speaking- indicating that she was still right in front of Karasu. "And avoiding being hit is my speciality." Karasu would suddenly feel her hand on his chest, stroking his finely cut muscles through his shirt. "Don't forget that, sweetheart."

Giving her whip a crack, Red returned to a visible state and followed Karasu into the desert, watching him check his ammunition before starting to check her own, examining her whip and practicing uncoiling it.
"So what's the plan of attack, my liege?" she asked, her title for him a playful one but her tone, a serious one. After all, he was now her Captain as well as her fiancee, for want of a better word.

Noticing the immediate threat, Natick quickly spun around once while in a crouching position with his hands still on the ground, outlining a circle around where he was.

Dust Column

A great pillar of dust erupted from the ground and quickly ascended vertically into the air until it reached its maximum length of 150 meters. However, despite its length, the pillar was only one meter wide: enough for Natick to stand within while fully concealed. The column of dust spun at a speed which would begin to cut and lacerate human flesh but something like that would not be a problem for a fully armored knight.

Natick then followed up by creating a Dust Cloud also one meter in width that fit perfectly into the column. Natick stood on the cloud, using it as an elevator to bring him to the very top of the dust pillar. At 150 meters, Natick could see it all; the field with the knights and those strangers, the scenery that dotted the Summer part of the island, and in the far distance, the winter section: the one area of the island that Natick detested. But most importantly, Natick had a full view of the sky which was mostly clear over the island and the dark clouds that harassed the seas of the New World.

One day, Natick Haze would rule the sky. Most pirates wanted to be king of sea and land but Natick sought the vastness that has yet been tamed.

Natick began his assault on the knights below. Stage one was to get rid of the greatest threats to him: the Crimson archers. Natick held out his hands and a fist-sized sphere of dust was formed in each of his palms. Dust Bomb. Natick threw the balls out of the dust pillar at the groups of archers. The balls would burst on impact but had no explosive force whatsoever. They were merely distractions; forming 10 meter wide clouds of dust on the ground that almost completely reduced visibility, sense of hearing, and sense of smell of anyone within the cloud. Along with the loss of visibility, other people could not see into or through the clouds. He continued this process several times, raining these balls of dust on the group while also avoiding the areas near those unnamed individuals.

"We watched you from afar." one of the men that approached Noah and his group of marines said to him.
"Hm? You watched me from afar? Did you want to see me in action so that you would learn from my battling style to improve yourselves and be able to match me in over nine thousand years?" Noah responded to them, clearly calling them weak without any reason.
"No, no... Of course not. We were thinking of something else instead." the man replied to Noah.
"Hm? Like what?" Noah said with an emotionless voice, instead of a voice that showed his curiosity. Even if he was curious, he did not really want to show it.
"You see, you can be quite helpful to us..." the man said.
"Helpful? Do I look like some guy who likes helping people? Listen... That fact that I am a marine does not imply that I am the kind of person who likes helping people. I am just doing my job... For my very own reason." Noah said to the man.
"That's right!" one of the marines interfered. Then, as soon as he did, Noah disappeared from his position, using Soru and reappeared behind him. With a swift motion, he raised his leg and performed a powerful kick on the marine's head, sending him several meters away. Blood came out of his subordinate's mouth and Noah was about to speak to him, to explain why he did that.
"I do not remember giving you the permission to speak. You just shut up and listen... And that goes for all of you." he said.
"I see you are quite ruthless with your men..." the man who was speaking to Noah, said.
"Indeed I am. Those idiots would be a bunch of useless worms if it wasn't for me. They would not even survive at the first part of the Grand Line... Guess what would happen here."
"Haha... I see..." the man said and smiled.
"Why are you smiling?" Noah questioned him.
"I am smiling because it looks like you are the kind of person who behaves more than a very powerful pirate, rather than a marine."
"The ways I am using to guide my subordinates have nothing to do with you. And I do not expect people to judge me for whatever I am doing... Understood?"
"Of course..." the man said and then he bowed to Noah. "I am here because I have a proposition for you..." he said afterwards.
"Explain yourself." Noah said and the man was about to start explaining...

What did these men want from Noah? What would their proposition be?

Daiki Shikuro

"Roger that, Boss"- Daiki said with a voice that expressed agreement. Although he didn't know much about the new kid, he thought that it was a good idea that Daiki himself was the one to take him to his first mission. Of course this new recruit was missing some experience, but he seemed to have potential to be a Dark Isle Assasin. Daiki had heard that it was Karasu who saved his life.

The other people who were in the ship didn't seem to be ready to set foot in the island yet, mostly because they were either still sleeping or drowsy after just waking up . Daiki had investigated a little bit about the islands that were around the start of the island (by making den den mushi calls to the Dark Isle information specialists). From the looks of the island it seemed to be the dangerous Neteros Island, known for the constant political and territorial brawls between it's inhabitants and it's multi-seasonal climate.

Daiki looked for Mike just by moving his eyeballs. He found him sitting in one of the crates of the deck. Daiki took a piece of paper from the kitchen and wrote with his stylized handwriting: "Mike and me will be in the island. When you wake up, give me a call to my portable Den Den Mushi." Daiki seemed to be satisfied with this note and looked at Mike.

"Karasu asked me to take you with me to the island, we need to find him in the Autumn part of Neteros." -Daiki said and then he created a platform of clay. He muttered Nendo Country as he created it. -"Step in this platform with me, I will take us to our captain."

Hibiki C. Dokuru

Hibiki facepalmed as the division commander Enrico jumped automatically into battle. He didn't even think about it, he just jumped into the fight. Even tho Hibiki was pretty young, his matureness level was obviously greater than most of the people's.

As a group of more than fifty knights jumped into fight as well. Hibiki grabbed his Uproar Staff from his back and slashed with it, and at the same time he had unleashed a series of sound beams into it which he dispersed into the area and started moving with his logia control.

"Capoeira Party!" -Hibiki exclaimed as he did so, and the sound started to produce festive sounds as it started to strongly hit the multitude of knights. It would feel as punches and kicks, but nothing a strong warrior couldn't withstand, although Hibiki's skills were superior.

[[Crimson Iron knights vs Hibiki group and Haze, forest border of Summer section]]

The knights were suddenly under attack by dust and sound as they were pushed back, the archers now thrown off their aim, but heavy mace knights bellowed foward and swung their maces at the enemy, swinging to bash their skulls in with the heavy weapon. the leader of the knights, drew his sword and vertically swung down on Enrico, he was a ordinary leader of a company of knights and not one of the main clan warriors, but he was still a honorable man nonetheless and a decently strong leader. The other knights attacked the other members of Hibikis party.

[[Anubis at Lord Bizlems estate]]

Having heard the proposal Anubis smiled widely as the rest of his party looked apprehensive and even a bit concerned. Anubis then got up and patted Bizlem on his shoulder "I see your predicament... so basically, if you own all the land, you get full control of the island?" Bizlem nodded , his old wizened face looked desperate, he needed Anubis to be on board, it was his last gamble, he had heard Anubis had taken the route into the New World, and since then had hoped for Anubis to find Neteros, if he didnt find Neteros, Bizlem would have rallied any of his troops and attempted this feat by himself. Anubis then said "1) I will be in charge of all military assets....., 2) this will be an alliance between me and you, once we have the island, it will be under my protection, 3)If you ignore 1 and 2 i will kill you, and publicly display your head on the highest mountain on this island....." Bizlem nodded as some of the knights looked angry, but bowed their head in acceptance. Anubis then looked to his crew "Johnathan, clean up the central plains... there are 2 companies which are nearby... they have camps according to our good friend Lord Bizlem here..... the rest of you spread out , we need to claim all of Spring section , make sure you place the Bizlem banner to stake claim, let us begin the games ....."

So the fray had begun...

Natick, now temporarily out of harm's way, grabbed the rifle strapped to his back. He dropped the height of the column from 150 meters to 100, giving him an excellent if not almost perfect vantage point. He loaded the rifle and peaked into the scope, aiming into the clouds of dust. Natick was immune to the obscuring of senses by the dust so he could see the knights and archers inside as if they were standing in what used to be the open field now transformed into a battleground. Natick found one target within the cloud and aimed carefully. He discerned the area where their armor was the weakest; at the neck. Natick began to accurately unload rounds at the archers, picking them off one-by-one. He took his time doing this, as there did not seem to be any pressure for him to hurry. He paid no mind to the unknown party below, expecting them to be able to fend off the heavy infantry on their own.

((OOC: I am taking everyone from my crew off this inactive thread, please disregard Karasu ever being involved..))

Hibiki placed himself at the side of the group of knights. All the sound from his previous attack returned to him as he prepared to perform a new technique. He hadn't used this one anytime before and he was hoping that it would go better than he expected initially.

First, he took the stance to use the Tear of the Muse set of techniques, with much more high pitched sounds that much stronger. Then he rose his arms, and behind him figures of knights on their horses materialized.

"Calliope's War Horn!!!" -Hibiki exclaimed as the mounted sound horses passed by him and rushed towards the mob. They would explode on the first impact and cause serious damage to all the foes.