Chapter 27
The Straw Hats never really stood a chance. On top of their exhaustion, not to mention Robin and Luffy are pretty much out of the fight for good, the rest of them weren’t in good condition either.
Diana: Guys, go get them.
Our crew ran towards the Straw Hats and each took up someone to fight.
Sarah put down her rifle and picked up her two pistols before rushing of to face Sanji. Back when Sarah first joined our crew, she was entirely a long range fighter; while she can dodge most attacks with her observation haki, she wasn’t that great at close range. This changed completely on our daily training and spars. Armed with much more experience, speed, strength, and armament haki, her overall close quarters fighting ability should just about overcome a small Pirate Crew in Paradise. She rushed at Sanji before getting into a mix of firing, deflecting, and kicking… what she did not know was that Sanji was physically incapable of hitting a women. I guess Sarah would easily win that one.
John then used Soru to get right into Chopper’s face (who was not in his cute, small, form). It turned into a full out brawl between the two as they started to exchange punches. John’s having more effect as he was implementing armament haki into his punches and defense. Not to mention that he was capable of Tekkai.
Diana: Tim, you go and take that Cyborg. You know what to do with that Devil Fruit of yours. Be careful of his attacks though, they’ll be quite random.
Nodding at sis’s words, Tim ran towards Franky who ran up to meet him. Truth be told, it was going to be a very unfair match. The match up was rigged as just a few days ago, Tim started to practice how to manipulate metal out of his body. While he couldn’t do so immediately, he could easily manipulate those he was touching. Looking at Franky… under a slight layer of Skin he was pretty much all metal…and cola. Lot’s of Cola.
Brown: Then I guess I’ll take that Long nosed thing over there.
Ussop: Hey!!
Brown didn’t give Ussop the chance to use his slingshot. He just rushed in with his scalpel and fist before they got into a brawl as well. It wasn’t really a proper fight. It was mostly Brown trying to catch Ussop and punch him while Ussop somehow miraculously escaping from his grip each time.
Diana: Pirate Hunter Zoro and Nami… you too are the only two left.
Luffy: Not yet… I can’t let my crew down here.
At the same time, Robin also stood up shakily. Did I not hit her hard enough? That should’ve been enough to knock someone out for a few hours. Devil fruit or not.
Diana: Looks like we’ll be facing two each then. So who’s with who?
As we split up, Zoro and Nami stood in my way as Robin and Luffy, still quite shaky intercepted sis
Diana: Fine with me. Let’s play then
POV Sarah
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Strange… really strange this man. He’s only been kicking away my attacks or trying to avoid them. He’s already been shot a number of times because of that. Why is that?
I clad my guns in armament before I used it like a gauntlet and tried to punch away his legs. Like always, he just blocked it…with an expression of pain before backing off.
Me: Why aren’t you fighting me properly? Are you looking down upon my abilities?
I didn’t give him a chance to answer. I was quite pissed at the thought of being looked down upon, but completing the mission was my first priority right now. I need to beat up this arrogant blond man.
Sanji: I… I can never hit a woman! It’s just Who I am!
He said as he deflected my shot again. Seriously, what are those pants made out of? That’s blocking literally every shot. But more importantly…
Is he for real? Seriously? If he refuses to hit me, then why is he fighting me?
Me: Then why are you fighting me? Why don’t you run. You will lose if this continues on.
True to my words, I shot his stomach with a Shigan. He doubled over before jumping away to catch his breath again.
Sanji: Everyone is fighting… we’re fighting for each other. Even if I can’t hit you, if I run away, you’ll be able to help the other guys. I can’t have that.
Me: So this is honor among Nakama… I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can let this go on for any longer.
I pushed my observation as much as I can before dropping my pistols. My hands were clad in Dark Purple as were my feet, hidden under my shoes.
Me: I’m afraid this might be it. It was nice to fight you Mr. I won’t hit woman
Sanji: Ahhh~ I think I fell in LOVE
He suddenly started waving around like a ribbon with hearts in his eyes. What is this idiot. Give me back the feeling of honor I had for you.
With that, I rushed towards his at full speed using Soru. While he tried to defend it again with his legs, this time I was prepared for it.
I grabbed onto his legs and put it between by elbow and knees.
Sanji: Argghh!
*crack*
I felt his bone crack under my elbow, but I didn’t stop there as the man started falling to the ground. Turning around with the same elbow, I gave him a backspin haki clad Elbow right in his jaw…which in turn knocked him out.
Let’s see how the others are doing.
POV John
*punch* *punch* we exchanged blows. This was turning into a slugfest. The muscular reindeer to tired to dodge anything and myself…to prideful to do so.
This reindeer is tougher than he looks… *shrink* *shrink* maybe not.
*Crack!*
A single solid punch to the humanoid reindeer was all it took to down the already tired animal.
I looked around to see if anyone needed help but it looked like that wasn’t necessary. Honestly, I felt bad for fighting like this against an already tired and worn out opponent. This would’ve been more fun if they weren’t so tired already. Well, there’s plenty of Pirates in the sea. Some are bound to be as strong as this crew.
POV Tim
I knocked the col out of the cyborg’s hands. I’ve learned my lesson already… a slightly burned shoulder. Every time he chugged that drink, he powered up and started to attack recklessly again. NO MORE!
Franky: You might be pretty strong, but you are no match for my SUPER~ armored self!
As he did that strange pose again, I just jumped on top of him and activated my devil fruit.
Me: As much as I want to fight fairly, I don’t have time for it. Sorry.
With that, I grabbed his head and right hand as I search inside of him. I bent metal in strange positions, clogged mini passageways and pipes. I broke some nails and loosened screws here and there. As Franky’s left arm tried to get me off, I grabbed that too and disabled all the weapons inside of it by disfiguring his arm in general.
I then jumped off to his back and gave a solid punch. He staggered but he wasn’t able to turn around. Of course, I made sure to screw up his joints as well. With that, one more solid hit at his head with a metal Jack Hammer (which I just made) fell him.
That’s that; honestly, it was more of a bad match than a fight of ability. I wonder how the others are doing.
POV Brown
Me: Stop running away!
This guy was extremely annoying. His punches weak, his strange attacks annoying, his voice annoying, his fighting style was extremely annoying.
Just when I caught him and delivered a punch at his stomach, this long nosed thing somehow twisted himself in fear so that my punch only grazed his side before his oily hand slipped out again before running away again.
Ussop: hiihhh! Stay away monster! FireStar! FireStar! Fresh EggStar!
What is this idiot, does he really think stuff like this will work? I’ll admit that his aim isn’t bad but it takes too long to reload between each shot. To add on, none of the attacks are fatal. Even with my low level of Observation haki, I could easily dodge all of his attacks.
Me: Damn it, I’m a doctor not a fighter… I’m getting too old for all this.
With that, I ran as fast as I could towards this long nosed thing and grabbed him by the nose…which seemed to be the right decision. Before he can get away, I stabbed my scalpel right into his hip. That should disable his movements for a while… AND YET HE STILL GOT AWAY
Well, it didn’t last long as the immediately fell down and clutched his leg…with the knife still in it.
Me: Could you please kindly return my scalpel? It’s my favorite one actually. It would be a shame if I lose it here.
Ussop: Bloodly scalpel Star!
*snatch*
I grabbed my scalpel out of the air… earning me a small cut on my palm. But it was worth it. I wasn’t lying to this long nosed thing. I’ve had this one since I started my career. Perhaps I shouldn’t use it like this any longer.
I went up to the long nosed thing, I seriously can’t believe he’s really human. Is it a mutation? And I punched him with my gauntlet. Unable to no longer escape, he was down.
As I stood up and started to wipe the blood off the knife using my coat, I looked over at the others.
Me: Looks like things are just about being wrapped up. But if it still takes this much to face against tired opponents, I guess we really do have a long way to go.