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LW: Last chapter of 2024, hope you enjoy it :)
Rubber King & Mirror Master: New World Chaos - Pointedly Portrait Perils
Thousand Sunny
“Ok, WHAT the Fuck happened to that room?” Nami cries as they peer through the door at the acid trip come to life.
“I don’t know, but I vote on not being the one to tell Franky someone warped his baby into something unrecognizable” Brook pipes up, getting a light punch to the skull from the navigator, though the levity stops when the sound of grunting is heard in the gloom, followed by a strange, color changing cloud popping out from the room and exploding, when the smog cleared the door was closed and just as funky as the room beyond it.
“It seems whoever messed with the room was still in there. That makes sense, though is rather concerning” Robin hums, carding her fingers through Medusa’s hair.
“Well go kill it! As your Shogun you MUST do as I command!!!” Momonosuke screams but is ignored to his growing annoyance.
CLICK!
CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!
“Oh, Franky’s not going to like that, we’ll need to get oil in the city Quaa!” Carue notes as the door slowly swings open.
“Oh my, this just won’t do” some weirdo croons from the shadows as she exits the room onto Sunny’s main deck “What a drab little boat, you people have no sense of artistic taste at all”
“Dodo head!” Medusa yells, the others wondering if she understood enough about what this crone was talking about to defend her sister….. Or literally just thought this woman was ugly and decided to follow her heritage as a D. and yell it to their face.
As if on cue 2 more weirdos drop onto the deck, these ones are the more standard canon fodder-type crew members of the Donquixote family.
“I’d mind my manners if I were you, this is Giolla of the Donquiote Family” the minions praise and introduce.
The rotund woman shakes and bounces “I feel it! Inspiration coursing through my veins, and now I shall bring it to life” she swoons before another of those cloud things forms above her head, quickly grabbed by the pirate and flung at the Straw Hats, where it explodes like a smoke bomb.
Nami’s transformation was the most straightforward, she flattened out, her ample bust and firm rear both receded, turning her chest and hips into straight lines. Her face also changed, almost flattening out like she was a painting, but still a person.
Momo, most likely because he was standing behind Nami at the time seemed to have been altered into the same style as her, though his head also looked like an ass due to how the flattening crease split his facial features and head.
Brook’s form smoothed and rounded out but also, at least with his face, became more rigid like a mask, based on the fact that despite his screaming and talking, there was no change to his expression. Even his hands were affected, becoming almost like mittens, which at least meant they were still capable of holding things, just not very well.
Chopper’s form went in the other direction, becoming very boxy/blocky as if he’d been slapped with the Cube Cube fruit, or was dropped into a Lego/Minecraft dimension.
Carue seemed to completely change species somehow, the duck’s head compressing and her limbs stretching as well as her neck, her tail merging into a singular, long-plumed feather.
Robin’s features began to wash out, as if she was becoming a shadow, albeit one that was more cream than black, with the exception being her hair which remained a charcoal color as well as folding into the horns of her Titan form, and her eyes which gained a golden shimmer to them. Her chest also expanded, filling the gap between her arms and nearly swallowing Medusa, not that the little gremlin seemed to mind, snuggling deeper into Mommy’s warm pillows.
Medusa turned an inky black color except for her eyes, now pure red with no distinction between iris, pupil or sclera, her wings growing and becoming more elaborate to her confusion as they didn’t seem to be any more capable of getting her off the ground than they had previously.
Shirahoshi actually was the most unscathed of everyone, with the exception of 2 very important changes: Her hair went from its wavy pink to a mass of lilac octopus tentacles, while her chest swelled to the point it strained her bikini top and their mass rested against her thankfully still flat stomach, hiding her belly button.
“What did she do to us?” Nami squeals, her hands quickly shooting to her flat chest.
“Made us into freaks Meep” Carue grimaces.
“I don’t know much about art, but I know I don’t like it” Brook pipes in.
“Bad Art” Medusa agrees.
“Change us back!” Chopper yells, bouncing around angrily.
“Not a chance, I’ve made you into works of art and I rather like the way you look now. Buuuuut, I could be convinced to return you to your plebeian existence for a price. Hand over Momonosuke and allow me to leave unharmed, and I might just change you back” Giolla argues.
“Or we could just kill her, most Devil Fruit abilities are cancelled out when their wielder is knocked unconscious or their heart stops” Robin suggests.
“Can you and Kaos maybe NOT suggest murder every time we fight someone?” Nami deadpans.
“Probably not” Shirahoshi giggles, Medusa clapping in apparent agreement.
“Anyone got a plan, because the weirdo is making more uglification clouds” Brook yelps as Giolla tosses another cloud at them, Nami blocking it by opening the hatch to the lower levels and diving in, while Shirahoshi dives overboard with Robin and Medusa.
“Crafty little brats aren’t they” Giolla hums, missing Chopper scuttle above her and opens the side ports of the Sunny, allowing Nami and Momo on the White Hobby Horse, and Brook and Carue in the Shark Sub to escape, Chopper falling into the latter as it passed beneath him, both groups meeting up with Shirahoshi a short distance away “They’re getting away! Damn, the one kind of artist I hate is an escape artist!!”
“Was that meant to be a joke? Meep meep? Wow, even her sense of humor is crap” Carue grimaces.
“You useless dolts, get over here!” Giolla bellows into the fog, as a submarine comes into view “I don’t care how you do it, get me Momonosuke, and kill those pirate brats” she orders, throwing her minions down to join the others, as she starts pacing the deck of the Sunny, an even larger ‘art’ cloud forming above her head.
“Oh no, please say she’s not going to…”Chopper gasps as Giolla unleashes the cloud, transforming the Sunny….. Into an abstract abomination, that they were actually a little surprised was still able to float.
“Franky’s gonna kill her, and I don’t even feel bad about it” Nami states, eyes widening as she realizes what she just said.
“That’s if Sunny doesn’t do it first” Brook hums.
“Ah haha, you straw hats think you’re so clever, well too bad. I was given explicit instructions from the Young Master to kidnap Momonosuke and commandeer your vessel, and with your ship out of action, you’ll need to get pretty creative to leave Dressrosa now” Giolla taunts from the warped deck “You should save yourselves the trouble and surrender!”
Colosseum - Private room
“Straw Hat is competing as we speak Diamante” Bellemy confirms as he’s bandaged up.
“After the match is fine then” Diamante hums, passing a slip of paper to the spring man, his eyes widened as he reads the contents.
“So, Joker wants me to murder Straw Hat now?” he mutters faintly.
“Doffy’s a generous leader, even though you washed out of the tournament, he’s giving you one more chance to redeem yourself” Diamante explains with a slight smirk “You should be happy that your task is so easy, kill one rubber-brained rookie pirate and you enter Doffy’s good graces. Just make sure he’s dead before the competition ends, understand? You do still want to become an executive of the Family, don’t you, Bellemy?”
Elsewhere - waiting area
“So Cabbage patch, I heard you were trying to off that bombshell of a fighter Laki” Barto chuckles as he stops by the blond who somehow had a fancy meal set up in front of him.
“Bartolomeo, how unpleasant an arrival. You’re a loser who shouldn’t even still be here, and even if you were, my business with Laki is none of yours” Cavendish sneers.
“That’s where you’re wrong clown, Laki ain’t yours to kill” the barrier man smirks, trying to steal some of the food only to get nearly stabbed in the hand for his troubles.
“Oh, I see, you want a piece of her too. She is hogging the limelight, with that beastly strength and insufferable smile, but she’s untouchable, only I deserve to kill him. I won’t let anyone get in my way, including you” Cavendish attempts to threaten, but Bartolomeo is more annoyed at being denied food than the death threat.
“Keep talking shit pretty boy, but me and Laki, we have a connection, and I can tell that girl’s a rising star” the gadfly cackles.
In the arena
“The battle really is heating up, it’s still all to play for even with Miss Laki showing off that her looks hide a sleeping Sea King’s worth of power, though there is still one competitor who stands head and shoulders above the competition! This warrior is part of the New Generation from Elbaf, the Giant Country in the heart of the New World. A pirate mercenary who’s as fearsome as he is large, give it up for Hajrudin”
“He’s like 300 ft tall, how’s this fair?” one of the fighters complained, nearly getting stepped on and a moment later shield bashed into the air and out of the arena by the giant himself.
“If you think I’m unstoppable now, just wait until I get my hands on that Devil Fruit. With that power, I’ll show that upstart who’s boss, and become King of the Giants!”
“Oh that is interesting” Saria grins as she peers up at the giant warrior, then hisses in pain as her eyes snap shut ‘ No, no no. This is just getting worse, Grima said the closer I get the easier things will be, but they’re just doing more damage if I can’t even hold the ‘ Eyes of Truth ’ for more than 5 minutes ’ she grimaces, knowing without opening her eyes they were bleeding.
SMASH!!
“ One punch and it’s over just like clockwork. At this rate nobody’s gonna be able to beat this guy” the Announcer declares, then grins “Oh, it seems I spoke too soon, seems our spitfire wants to try her luck with a true heavyweight”
“YAHOO!!” Laki cheers as she bounces along on Bull’s back while the manically grinning beastie smashes through anyone unlucky enough to cross his path “That’s a good boy, you were there first, they should get out of your way, if not then run ‘em over!!” she orders, which he proceeded to do…. Until he ran into an enemy he couldn’t just plow through “Ugh… I think we have a problem” Laki muses as she looks up, and up, and up.
“You made a big mistake little girl” Hajrudin grunts as he raises his shield arm for a slam.
“Crap, quick bull, get out of here!” Laki orders, but it was too late, both of them are quickly pounded into the floor with a quick slam of the giants’ shield.
“ My word! Talk about a mismatch, it would seem the rookie from Elbaf stands victorious! ”
“Hey, asshole!!” Hajrudin pauses in his adulations, looking down at the tiny voice screaming at him “You hurt my friend, I’m gonna kick your ass to the next island” Laki declares, standing tall despite what just happened, and how easily the Bull had fallen to the same blow. With a burst of Gear 2nd , she was at eye level with the giant warrior, before slamming a haki-coated fist into his cheek, toppling Hajrudin in one fell swoop.
“LAKI JUST FELLED THE GIANT!!!!”
Elsewhere
Looking into the mirror, eyes bloodshot and frantic, Saria presses her hand into her stomach, pulls out a goblet of smoky liquid and downs it faster than Nami at a drinking contest. Throwing the cup hard enough at the wall to dent it, Saria leaned against the sink, hands still shaking, but the pain was at least receding. Unfortunately, Abyss still surfaced, she didn’t need to look in the mirror to know that, 7 eyes weren’t exactly something you don’t notice, but things blurred back to stability at least for now.
“Fuck” she hisses “They said things would get easier the closer I get to Apex, but it’s just making the fight harder” she grimaces, pushing her hair out of her face and giving herself a proper look over. Large eyes, previously green with growing flecks of amethyst purple had practically inverted over the 2 years, even with the Rinnegan inactive Kaos still had a mostly indigo-colored iris with green flecks and swirls intermingled within. Of course, if you looked deeply enough, and had no idea how eye color worked, you’d be forgiven for thinking the green was leaching out of her iris and flowing into the capillaries of her eyes, given their almost leaf green coloration.
Wiping her face, Saria looks at her hand, covered in what looks more like ink than blood, a near-black color with a tinge of green when the light hits it just right.
‘Kaos’
She realized she’d never actually told the others what it felt like when they used the mirrors to contact her, a whisper in her ear. Looking up at the bathroom mirror in front of her, she wiped her hand across it, the blood smearing for a moment before sinking in and rippling, the connection forming between herself, the medium, and if she’s not mistaken, Robin’s mirror.
Back in the arena
While the crowd cheered, the remaining fighters watched in stunned silence, as Laki had taken out an Elbaf Warrior with a single punch, one strong enough to even crumple the side of his helmet in the process. She was a BEAST!
KABOOM!
“ WHAT? Hirudin just went flying, was some kind of explosion the cause? What just happened? ” the commentator yells, as the Giant was flung INTO the crowd, who had quickly fled in panic as he flew through the air. “Wait, now I see, that powderkeg punch was no explosion, instead it was a blow delivered by another heavyweight of Block C, a man with distinct and frankly almost comically large shoulders. Two-time champion of the New World’s premier Fighting Tournaments, Destruction Cannon Ideo”
“All that matters here is your strength, and I can definitely say, I have everyone here beat” the boxer gloats “So just hand me the prize already” he laughs, Laki frowning, before deciding this guy also needs a punch in the face.
Meanwhile - Greenbit
“One wasn’t enough for you my dear, then how about this?” Fujitora says as he performs a series of slashes before sheathing his sword to summon the purple rings.
“You had to open your big mouth and poke the bear didn’t you?” Law scowls as he sees more meteors fall toward them.
“He’s a tiger actually, or at least his marine epithet is” Valentina argues, showing a high degree of experience as she weaved hand signs even while her fingers were threaded in the rings of her kunai “ Sonic Style: Vibroblade ” she cries, shooting 7 into the air to slice up the meteors, while the 8th, cut down the tree beside Caesar Clown, ensuring he didn’t get any bright ideas about running off while they were distracted with Doffy and Ishoo.
“You can have the Straw Hats Fujitora, but Law is mine to kill. Bullet Strings ” Doflamingo sneers, before pointing his hand like a gun and firing piercing strings at Law, the now former Warlord blocking some with his sword before dodging out of the blast radius of Fujitora’s initial attack, instead choosing to fight the String Man in the forest “So you want to play Tag now? At least you’re trying to make the fight interesting” Doflamingo purrs, his grin widening again.
“Men, follow that criminal, these 2 are out of your League” Fujitora hums, the marines looking at him as if to say ‘ But Law IS? ’ “Doll, Lucina. I’ll lead the men, you handle the Straw Hats. Try bring them in alive would you?”
“If you insist,” Lucina grumbles, her pupils contracting into vertical slits for just a second.
“A one on one is usually more interesting” Doll nods, sliding into a familiar stance that had both pirate’s eyes widened.
‘Kuja Kenpo!’
Back in the Colosseum
“Ideo and Laki are about to come to blows. She's toppled a giant but can she handle the man with the dynamic Fists?”
Laki bobs and weaves as she blocks or diverts Ideo’s blows, most of which seem to be on the level of ordinary punches, until he cocked back his fist prompting her to dive just before he blew away some of the other contestants “Impressive, that punch of yours goes off like a bomb, aiming needs work though” she notes.
“Don’t worry, that was a mere taste of my power, soon I’ll prove I alone belong at the peak, strength is the only thing that matters in this world” Ideo retorts “I’ll do that by winning this match and eating that Devil fruit”
‘So Kaos was right, nobody bothered to ask what the fruit did, they just see Devil fruit and assume Overwhelming power’ Laki grins “See the problem with that plan if you need to beat me to do that, and I’m not going down easy”
“I’ll kill anyone who stands in my way, even you!” Ideo yells as he rushes forward, charging his attack.
“Just come try me, shoulder pads!” Laki screams as she hakis up her right arm, meeting Ideo’s punch in the middle which pushes them both back from the combined shockwaves.
“Things are heating up, but they’re not the only big fights in Block C, as the trio of terror from the Kano Kingdom are tearing through their opponents with almost casual ease!” the commentator yells as Sai uses his Hasshoken technique to shatter his opponent’s shield, leaving him open to a spear thrust now he was defenseless.
“You brats aren’t even worth fighting” Chin Jao sneers, clapping his hands together before unleashing a heavy burst of Conqueror’s haki at the gladiators that had been about to jump him, knocking them all out cold in a matter of seconds “There’s only 1 man here I wish to battle, Straw Hat Luffy will die by my hands and with it, Garp’s Legacy ends with him” he growls as he stomps across the arena, trying to locate his prey in the chaos of the fight.
“Did you hear what that bastard called me” the short-fused assassin yells as he continues punching an unconscious man “He called me shortie! Do I look short to you brother?”
“A little, but I’m kind of a freak of nature, so whose to judge”
“You want a piece of this too, brother!?” Kelly Funk screams, wildly flailing his arms but missing the larger man, before his focus returns to the one he beat black and blue “Never call me short again, you hear me you worthless shitbag?”
“He’s passed out bro, he can’t hear anything” Bobby Funk sighs.
“Damn, where’s that squeaking coming from, I think it was over here” Boo muses aloud as he wanders in the brother’s direction “Can’t be the big guy, too high pitched, maybe he’s got a mouse in his pocket like that guy Gramps bought her ship from” he chuckles as he sees the more aggressive brother, and decides to have a little fun “You wanna show me what you’ve got there shrimp?”
The veins in Kelly’s forehead bulge “What did you call me!!!” He screams, pulling back a punch, only to get thrown across the arena by a Hasshoken-empowered elbow to the jaw.
“See what I mean, a little punk, as expected from a loudmouth like you”
“Brother no!” Bobby cries, rushing over to the pipsqueak and kneeling beside him, not even noticing the backshot Boo attempted to take him out with… nor the fact the axe BROKE on his back from the singular swing “You ok there Bro? He just got lucky right?”
“That fat fuck had the nerve to call me a shrimp, and a little punk” Kelly groans “Put it on Bobby, and let’s show this bastard why you don’t mess with the Funk Brothers”
KABOOM!
Ideo and Laki continue to trade blows, neither side backing down, nor seeming to make progress besides the former managing to knock the rubber girl’s helmet off
“Oh my, it seems the tables have turned drastically for Boo of a Kano Kingdom, he’s down for the count. But who was the one to take him down, the meek younger brother Bobby, or the weak but aggressive older brother Kelly? It appears to be Kelly, a surprising turn of events given their previous altercation, and his charge in appearance” The commentator notes, referring to the increase in Kelly’s height, mass and given how easily he was pummeling Boo, strength in a matter of moments.
“Hey Cactus, give me back my helmet” Laki shouts at the bounty hunter who grins behind his faceplate.
“I heard a rather interesting rumor while waiting for this match, that a certain pirate with a bounty of 450 million beris by the name of Straw Hat entered this competition under a Pseudonym. You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that?” he chuckles, while Laki attempts to glare holes into his skull.
“COME OUT COME OUT STRAW HAT!” Chinjao bellows as he stomps through the arena, the shock waves emanating from his fists throwing other gladiators around like ragdolls “I hope you’re watching this Garp, I’m gonna turn your grandson into a pile of chum”
“ It's coming down to the wire folks, as we reach the final 40 contestants in Block C’s Battle Royale, but it’s still all to play for between these warriors of might ”
“Give me back my helmet, Cactus head!” Laki screams as she chases the bounty hunter across the arena.
“I’ll make you pay Straw Hat, and your Grandfather too!”
“Can you calm the fuck down for like 5 minutes, I’m in the middle of something” Laki fires back ignoring Chin Jao’s slams as well as how he’s tossing aside everyone who crosses his path like they were nothing “No give it back!”
“I don’t give back what I take, did you not hear the ‘bandit’ in my title? The only time I ‘return’ something is when I skewer someone with the many weapons I retrieve from fallen warriors. By the way, it’s an honor to meet such a Rising Star, Straw Hat Luffy”
“Thanks, I mean… crap I blew my cover” Laki whines.
“It’s fine, I mostly figured it out from overhearing Cavendish and Chin Jao” the bandit shrugs “Anyway, time to collect a payday!” he cries, hurling swords at the rubber girl who leaps out of the way, dashing off at a frantic pace.
“ Oh my, don’t look away as it appears our contestants are being thrown out of the arena at a breakneck pace, but what is the cause? Why it’s Kelly Funk! He’s somehow gotten a lot bigger than he was earlier, but still just as hot-headed and violent. Wonder where the other brother has gone, he was in the arena a few minutes ago? ”
“Ra-ra-ra-rampage!!!” Kelly screams as he knocks out a man with every swing, tearing through the competition. Eating the Jacket Jacket fruit was the best thing he’d ever done, allowing him to borrow his meek younger brother’s Monstrous strength and ensure all those who taunt him pay the price. And once they gain the powers of Doflamingo’s brother’s former Devil Fruit they’ll be unstoppable “Too easy!” he cackles, tossing aside another knocked-out fighter.
“Hey, over here chump!”
Kelly turns his head “Ah, you must be the other Kano Kingdom brother, Soy right?” he taunts “Bad news dude, your little bro didn’t put up much of a fight. Bobby and I make a pretty good living as assassins, but you boys? What a pity, you can’t even protect each other”
“You beat Boo, because he didn’t train enough” Sai counters bluntly.
“Oh, that’s ice cold. Especially given you’re about to go down just as hard when I kick your ass!” Kelly declares before firing off another ra-ra-ra-rampage barrage of punches “Is this the best the Hapo Navy can do? This weak shit isn’t even worth my full power! What’s the matter, can’t talk 'cause you’re too busy moping over your weak little brother?”
“No, I gave up all emotional attachment to my brother when I became a student of Hashokken” Sai counters, then in a show of agility and reflexes leaps into the air, around Kelly’s punches “That being said… Upon my Honor as the 13th Captain of the Happo Navy, I swear to avenge my fallen subordinate!!!” he bellows dropping his heel down on Kelly’s back, bringing him to his knees even before the Hashokken shockwaves began to quake through him, knocking the fused duo out cold.
“ THAT. WAS. AMAZING!!! Truly this shows why Sai is the chief with such mastery of the Hashokken, even taking out that monster of a man Kelly Funk, the juggernaut has been felled! ”
“Well, that display tells me you’re clearly the strongest in the block” Ideo grins as he steps out of the smoke into Sai’s field of view.
“Don’t give me that crap, what do you gain from praising your opponent?” Sai asks with narrowing eyes, as well as knowing even retired Chin Jao could make mince meat out of him.
“I was hoping I’d get to face an impressive foe such as yourself, because that way when I beat you there will be no denying that I am the STRONGEST!!” Ideo declares with a slasher smile as he charges Sai.
“Shut your mouth!” Sai cries as he strikes, the explosive punch meeting the shockwaves of the 8-impact fist.
With the Sunny crew
“Stop trying to escape, my Art-Art fruit has made your silly little shit into an avant-garde explosion of shapes and colors, but it won’t get you very far, nor will you be able to leave Dressrosa without it. Give up and hand over Momonosuke!” Giolla screams from the deck of the Not-Sunny.
“Oh hon, you underestimated the crew, didn’t you? That was a mistake?” Nami smirks as the goons continue to chase after her and the Waver.
“Hey, where’d the others go? I mean the flat chick’s got the target but we can’t let them get away and warn the rest of the Straw Hats?” One of the minions wondered.
“Should we tell them?” Brook asks from the sub alongside Chopper, Carue, Robin, and Medusa.
“Why spoil the surprise?” Robin giggles
SLAM!
“AHHHHHHHHHH!” The goons scream as their boat shoots out of the water and it’s rammed from below, specifically by 40ft of angry mermaid.
“ Steam Eruption!! ” Shirahoshi cries as the boat flies through the air toward Dressrosa “Ok, that’s the foot soldiers gone, now we just have the fat one with the eye problems”
“See, we have no problems. Now go fight her!” Nami commands, to the surprise of none of them.
Back in the Colosseum
“Oh for fuck sake! Where did you even get that many weapons?” Laki screams seeing the massive mountain of crap Jean the Bandit was carrying, and now jostling in her direction.
“Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, Straw Hat Laki” the bounty hunter taunts.
“Eh close enough. I still want my helmet back!” Laki argues.
“ Charitable Donation! ” Jean cries, the name for his technique of throwing his pilfered weapons at his enemies, an attack which Laki dodges with Haki, though still manages to take out a few of the remaining competitors “You’ve made me quite the wealthy man Miss Laki, recapturing all those criminals you set free while escaping Impel Down 2 years ago”
“I have? You’re welcome I guess” Laki responds, her tone unsure as she bobs and weaves around the continued attempts to turn her into a pincushion.
“And I won’t be giving up until I capture all of you: The Genius Jester Buggy, 1st Son of the Sea Jinbe, Miracle Maker Emporio Ivankov, Shiriyu of the Rain, and of course, You. Shame your brother had to kill Crocodile, that would have been quite the payday” Jean sighs.
“Wait, how'd you know it was Kaos?” Laki asks curiously.
“Neither Sir Crocodile or Mirror Demon are subtle when fighting, anyone on that island will tell you about that brawl” he admitted with a shrug.
“Fair” Laki nods.
“Plus there are also the Level 6’ers which the public don’t even know about, the money I’d get from taking them in would be off the charts, as well as the accolades” Jean grins behind his faceplate.
“Level 6? Oh like Cipher” Laki clicks her fingers, then ducks under a battleaxe.
“More than just him, though going up against the Demon Eye is comparable to the Yonko, especially now they’re back in the Pirate Game so to speak, but luckily I know where to find the rest of them, the Pirate Paradise. Now if you would just stand still so I can kill you!!” Jean screams and speeds up his throws…. Until he noticed who he was hitting whenever Laki dodged his throws.
“Hm? You still have weapons, why'd you stop?” Laki wonders aloud, before noticing he was staring at something behind her. Turning her head she spotted Don Chin Jao, looking as pissed off as ever, and more or less unharmed despite the storm of blades that had been thrown his way, the swords sticking out of his gut like acupuncture needles.
“I’ll be taking this” Laki stage whispers, stealing the helmet back in the commotion, before Jean gets headbutted out of the arena by Chinjao.
“That hurt you stupid brat!!”
“Ok, helmet secured, and the shoulder guy seems to be hogging all the attention so I can breathe a little” Laki sighs, some of these guys were complete nuts, but fighting them has been kind of fun.
“There’s nowhere to run Straw Hat!!” Chin Jao bellows “Now comes the time you pay for what your Grandfather did to me! Thanks to that bastard I lost my fortune and everything I held dear. My power, even my most precious memories from the years of my youth!”
“I don’t care what Gramps did to you, but go take it out on him, not me, jeez!” Laki whines.
“Death is too lenient a punishment for all the suffering Garp has forced me to endure” Chin Jao continues to monologue “I’ll show him what it means to live with loss, now that’s a fate WORSE than death. Now Surrender!!!”
“Nope. Also, you’re probably doing him a favor killing his disappointment of a Grandson, given I became a pirate rather than a marine” Laki argues with a shrug, while over in Marine HQ, Garp nearly falls down the stairs as he feels a sharp pain in his heart “But, if you really want to fight, then let’s do this” she continues giving a determined scowl, before crouching and pressing her knuckles into the floor “ Gear 2nd ” she whispers, pumping her blood and turning a steaming pink “I’m going to win this thing, some old pirate isn’t going to stop me, least of all one who chooses to take out the easy targets rather than the actual source of his anger”
“I’m getting my revenge right here and now!” Chin Jao bellows before charging at Laki like an angry rhino.
As the 2 fighters charged, the other main pair ended up crossing their paths…
“Out of my way”
“Move aside, ingrate!”
…and were almost casually tossed aside by Laki and Chin Jao as nothing would get in the way of their confrontation.
“ WHAT!!!! I mean it was clear Laki and Chin Jao were powerhouses, but they took out Sai and Ideo without even trying, I’m not even sure they noticed! That was incredible!!!!!”
Finally they met in the centre of the arena, fists, and forearms blackened with Armament, the clash sending shockwaves rippling through the entire arena, that singular clash actually clearing the arena of fighters, it was all down to Laki, and Chin Jao now.
‘ Zesesesese, oh Luffy, you always get the best fights ’ Saria grins, feeling the Conqueror’s Clash even when only mid-way back to the waiting area.
TBC
LW: And that’s the end for this year, but hey, at least you have the Chin Jao Vs Laki fight to look forward to next year :P
Thanks for being here with me this year, hope you had a good one.