Ch. 1- A Scene from the Past
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard, Monkey D. Aika, and Kumi © Me
"Haa…haa…oh, my god, it's SO FREAKING HOT!"
"Yeah, you're right, buddy. It's sweltering, out here!"
When we last left our heroes, Luffy and Blizzard, they had just received word from Pato that the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates had been captured by a mysterious villain. Leaving Aika and Kumi behind with Yadoya the innkeeper, Luffy and Blizzard go with Pato in order to find their friends, as well as the culprit. Upon venturing inland, however, they soon found themselves in a barren, volcanic wasteland…which seemed very familiar.
"Hmm…" Luffy hummed, inquisitively. "What's up with this place, anyways? I get the feeling we've been here, before!"
"Yeah…talk about déjà vu," Blizzard agreed.
"Luffy! Blizzard!" Pato called. "Over here! This way! I found an entrance!"
Soon, the duo followed the raccoon dog through a large hole in the gate…the hole that seems to have been cut with a sharp blade. As the three ventured on…they didn't notice the sign above the gate.
PUNK HAZARD
"Hey~!" Luffy called. "Zoro~! Nami~! Usopp! Sanji! Chopper! Robin! Franky! Brook! Where are you guys?!"
"Luffy, I feel like something isn't right here," Blizzard said as he looked around, eyeing the many melted houses and buildings. "Why does this place look so familiar?"
"I dunno," Luffy answered with a shrug.
As Blizzard walked…he saw a huge, melted skull, sitting amongst the buildings.
'Wait a second…now I know we've probably been here before,' he thought…and not long after, a huge shadow suddenly loomed over him, causing a chill to go down the wolf-dog's spine.
'Oh…crap,' Blizzard thought with dread before he looked back over to Luffy and Pato, who are still looking around for the rest of the Straw Hats.
"Luffy! Pato!" he shouted. "We gotta get outta here!"
"Why?" Luffy asked. "What's wrong?"
Before Blizzard could say anything else, he spotted something huge, darting towards them from the sky!
"HIT THE DECK!" Blizzard shouted before he pushed Luffy and Pato down to the ground, causing all of them to avoid the claws…of a giant red winged dragon with a yellow underbelly and two huge horns that could pierce through at least 10 feet of steel.
"Oh, my god…!" Blizzard whispered in shock. "Luffy, it's-"
"IT'S MEAT~!" Luffy exclaimed with starry eyes and a drooling mouth.
"EEEEHHH?!" Pato questioned in shock.
"…Are you serious?" Blizzard asked in disbelief.
The dragon growled before it opened its huge jaws…and spewed a giant fireball at the three!
"LOOK OUT!" Blizzard cried before they all dodged.
"Ah, man, that was close!" Luffy said. "You guys okay?!"
"Aside from the tip of my tail getting singed, I'm great!'" Blizzard said, sarcastically.
"Here he comes again!" shouted Pato as he pointed at the dragon, which flew high up into the air before diving down towards them. Luffy growled before jumped up over the winged reptile's head and grabbed on.
"WAHOO~!" Luffy cheered as the dragon flew up.
"Luffy! Be serious!" Blizzard shouted.
"Oh, yeah!" Luffy said. "Okay, big fella! Down you go!"
WROING! NYERK! The rubber-man stretched his arms and twisted the dragon's head down, forcing it to make a nosedive.
"Uh…Blizzard, what is he doing?!" Pato asked, nervously.
"YOU IDIOT!" Blizzard shouted. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! WE'RE DOWN HERE!"
BOOM! The dragon crashed landed on the ground, but luckily, Blizzard and Pato jumped out of the way in time. The dragon made a disoriented growled before it stood up and began to shake its head, trying to force Luffy to let go.
"Whooooooaaah!" Luffy cried as he was thrown up into the air, and as he fell, the dragon opened its jaws, preparing to devour Luffy whole, but at the last second, Blizzard jumped up and caught Luffy by the back of his cardigan, just as the beast closed its terrible jaws.
"Thanks, buddy!" Luffy said as he sat on Blizzard's back, along with Pato.
"Thank me when we're not in danger of being dragon food!" Blizzard argued.
GRROOOAAARR! The dragon roared before it took in a deep breath and then breathing out another stream of fire, which Luffy, Blizzard, and Pato managed to dodge…somewhat.
"YOW!" Luffy yelped as he patted his flaming backside. "HOT, HOT, HOT! OUCH!"
KROOSH! The dragon attempted to bite at them again, but thanks to Blizzard's fast feet, they managed to dodge, once more.
"Okay, this is getting old real fast!" Blizzard shouted. "I'm getting sick of dodging this guy!"
"What do you say we put an end to this?" Luffy asked with a confident smirk.
"I couldn't agree more!" Blizzard agreed before Luffy jumped off and ran off in another direction while Blizzard ran in the opposite direction.
"Wait! What are you doing?!" Pato asked.
"Trust me!" Blizzard said. "We've got a plan!"
He then began to bark wildly, causing the dragon to turn on him. The dragon growled as it turned to face the wolf-dog, who growled back at him.
"You ready, Luffy?!" Blizzard asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be, buddy!" shouted Luffy, who stood atop a melting building.
"Watch this, Pato," Blizzard smirked. "You're gonna get a real kick outta this!"
Pato blinked at Blizzard, growled as he imbued his teeth with Armaments Haki before he charged at the dragon, who growled at him, but as it was distracted, Luffy jumped off the building.
"Gear…THIRD!" he shouted before he bit down on both his thumbs and blew air into his arms, making them huge and then imbuing them with Haki, as well. "GUM-GUUUUUUUM…ELEPHANT GATLING!"
"IRON…TWISTER FANG!" Blizzard roared before he began to spin like a top, landing a hit to the dragon's jaw while Luffy pummeled the beast with his giant, hardened fists!
"Whoa!" Pato exclaimed. "Amazing!"
"Your meat…IS MINE~!" Luffy roared as he and Blizzard both defeated the dragon. In an instant, the monster fell to the ground in a heap while Luffy and Blizzard landed in front of Pato, who looked up at them in awe.
"Wow!" Pato said. "I had no idea that you guys ate dragons!"
"Yeah, well," Luffy began, "I used to think dragons were pretty rare, but I guess the more you go into the New World, the more you see them."
"So, now that you beat that thing up, how are we gonna eat it?" Blizzard asked.
"Uhh…well, Sanji's not here," Luffy answered, "so I guess we'll just have to make a fire here and…"
As he turned around, he gasped in horror upon seeing that the dragon had vanished!
"MY MEAT! IT'S GONE!" the Straw Hat Captain cried. "WHERE'S MY MEAT?!"
"Um…oh, yeah!" Pato exclaimed. "I think I saw him! It was that guy! The one who laughs like this! 'Shulololololo!'"
Blizzard gasped silently upon hearing that, while Luffy growled.
"So it was him…the meat thief!" Luffy shouted. "I've gotta get my dragon meat back from that bastard!"
"EH?!" Pato questioned. "But what about your crew?!"
"Moron…!" Blizzard muttered in irritation before he, Luffy, and Pato ran off in search of the "meat thief", as well as their lost comrades. As they did, however…they did not realize they were being watched by some mysterious…yet familiar figures.
"…Inform the Master."
"Right."
XXX
"JET BAZOOKA~!" Luffy roared before he slammed both of his fists into his opponent's stomach. His opponent…is revealed to be a man in some sort of hazmat suits. Behind him were several more.
"BASTARDS!" Blizzard roared as he lunged at one and bit on the suit before he threw him into one of his comrades.
"Dammit! Where are these guys coming from, all of a sudden?!" Luffy asked before he punched away another goon.
"Just keep fighting them off until they can't get up!" Blizzard shouted before he kicked another one away.
BANG-BANG-BANG! Several of them fired bazookas at Luffy, who took in a deep breath, catching them in his inflated belly before he sent them right back, causing them to explode!
"I think…that's the last of them," Luffy said between pants.
"Almost," Blizzard pointed out as one more of the gas-mask wearing goons rushed towards with him a double-sided battle axe, only for him be grabbed and thrown by the large wolf-dog. "Okay, now that's the last of them."
"It's weird, though," Luffy said. "I could've sworn I saw these guys before."
"Yeah, me too," Blizzard agreed. "If my hunch is right…"
"Luffy! Blizzard!"
The duo turned to see Pato waving to them as he stood in a tunnel of some sort.
"This way!" the raccoon dog said. "Over here!"
The two Straw Hats followed after Pato through the tunnel, and as they made it out the other side…they gasped upon seeing a frozen, icy landscape!
"Whoa…!" Luffy exclaimed in awe. "It's all icy on one side, and the other side! Just like-"
"Punk Hazard!" Blizzard concluded.
"How'd you know I was gonna say that?" Luffy asked.
"Because that's where we are, Luffy!" Blizzard answered. "Don't you see? The dragon, the guys in hazmat suits, one side of the island is fiery, and the other side is icy…somehow, we ended up back here!"
"But how?!" Luffy asked.
"Uh…don't worry about it!" Pato muttered. "C'mon! I think we're getting close to who kidnapped your friends! Let's go! Nukiki!"
"Right!" Luffy said before he and Pato ran down a snowy slope. However, Blizzard seemed to glare at the little raccoon-dog in suspicion.
'…Either I'm daydreaming,' he thought, 'or maybe…Pato is hiding something.'
As Blizzard went to follow them, he heard what sounded like a SPLAT noise behind him. He turned his head back…and saw a blob of magenta colored slime…with glowing yellow eyes.
'What the shizz?' Blizzard thought. 'What is that thing?!'
Then, more blobs appeared…and then, they fused together, making one even larger blob.
'Oh…crap…!' Blizzard thought as he began to back away. At that moment, Luffy and Pato also noticed the blob.
"What the hell is that?" Luffy asked.
"Luffy…RUN!" Blizzard shouted before he turned and ran off.
"Blizzard! Wait!" Luffy cried as he and Pato ran after him, and not long after, the blob gave chase. "Blizzard, you know what that is?!"
"TALK LATER, RUN NOW!" Blizzard cried as he kept running. As they ran, the blob got even bigger and bigger as smaller blobs were swept by it. Not just that, but it seemed to melt the ice and snow with its acidic touch.
"What do we do?!" Pato asked. "That thing's gonna catch us for sure!"
"Blizzard! Do something!" Luffy shouted.
"I'm thinking!" Blizzard barked. "I don't do good under pressure!"
Just then, he spotted a cave around the corner.
"In there!" Blizzard shouted. "We'll hide in there!"
And that's just what they managed to do. All three managed to duck inside, avoiding the blob of slime as it slithered passed them, melting the snow in its path.
"That was close," Luffy said.
"Too close," Blizzard panted. "I think it's probably safe now."
Luffy nodded before he, Blizzard, and Pato ventured back outside. As they did, Blizzard's nose twitched.
"Wait…I smell something," the wolf-dog said.
"What is it?" Luffy asked. "Is it that slime again?"
"No, it's something else," Blizzard replied before he sniffed. "Steel…booze…carpenter nails…! It's Zoro and Franky! I know it is!"
"You found their scent?!" Luffy asked. "Great! Lead the way, buddy!"
And that's just what Blizzard did. It didn't take long for them to reach a large clearing, seemingly in the middle of nowhere…but as they did, what looked like a flash of light appeared, and not long after, a beam was fired!
"LOOK OUT!" Blizzard cried as he pushed Luffy and Pato out of the way, narrowly avoiding getting blasted by said beam.
"What the hell was that thing?!" Luffy questioned.
"Shulololololo!"
The trio looked up to see…Caesar Clown, the mad scientist of Punk Hazard.
"Caesar…!" Blizzard growled viciously.
"Welcome, Straw Hat and White Wolf," Caesar said with his usual smug grin. "Now, prepare to be destroyed by the world's greatest scientific-"
"SO YOU'RE THE SON OF A BITCH WHO STOLE MY DRAGON MEAT~!" Luffy roared as he ran up to Caesar, quick as a flash, and punched him in the gut with a Haki imbued fist!
"SERIOUSLY, LUFFY?!" Blizzard questioned in comical anger.
"SHUGOOOOOOOGH!" Caesar cried as he coughed up blood and slid back at least a few feet. He then shook off his pain and growled at Luffy.
"As strange as ever, you rubber bastard," he said. "What the hell are you going on about dragon meat for?! Aren't you worried about your captured crew?!"
That's when Luffy finally remembered the real objective at hand.
"Oh, yeah," the Straw Hat Captain said before he suddenly reappeared in front of Caesar again. "SO YOU'RE THE SON OF A BITCH WHO TOOK THEM!"
POW! He punched the scientist with an uppercut, sending him flying into the air before he disappeared in a puff of smoke!
"Wow!" Pato said. "Luffy, that was amazing!"
"Yeah…I'm glad Aika and Kumi didn't come along," Luffy said. "They would've hated coming here."
"…I've got a bad feeling about this," Blizzard said, warily, and not long after he said this…the ground began to shake. "I hate it when I'm right, sometimes!"
Just then…something huge appeared over the large, snowy walls, towering over the 2 Straw Hats and their raccoon-dog companion. Soon…it appeared: a giant axolotl made entirely of that same slime that chased Luffy, Blizzard, and Pato not too long ago. It roared as it glowered down at the group with its glowing yellow eyes, and not long after…Caesar appeared, standing on top of its head.
"Shulolololo!" Caesar laughed. "Time to play, Smiley!"
With that, Smiley began its charge!
"Move!" Luffy ordered before he and Blizzard dodged, the latter carrying Pato in his mouth.
"Shulololololololo!" Caesar cackled as he stood atop Smiley's head. "Foolish pirates…I am the world's greatest scientific mind! What imbeciles you two must be! I'm sure you're worried about your crewmates, Pirate Hunter Zoro and Cyborg Franky, so I'll make it easier on you! I'll spare their lives if you and White Wolf kneel before me!"
"What do you think, Luffy?" Blizzard asked, although judging by his toothy smirk, he seemed to know the answer, already. "Should we take his word for it?"
"I'm pretty sure those guys are fine," Luffy said. "For now, let's just worry about kicking Caesar's ass!"
"EEEEHH?!" Caesar questioned in shock.
"You might wanna sit and watch, Pato!" Blizzard said as he put the little raccoon-dog down. "This ought to be good!"
"Go get 'em!" Pato cheered.
Then, the two Straw Hats moved in to fight!
"Why you insolent little bugs!" Caesar shouted before he held up two castanets. "GASTANETS!"
KLAK-KLAK! He clicked them both at Luffy and Blizzard, creating a huge explosion, but both managed to dodge!
"Nice try!" Luffy called. "Shishishishi!"
Blizzard snickered at Caesar as well, causing him to growl.
"Get them, Smiley!" he ordered.
BRRAAAAAAAOOO~! Smiley roared before he went after Blizzard who ducked down to avoid a swipe of his large, slimy, poisonous claws. One touch from that thing, and he'd be dead on the spot.
KLAK-KLAK-KLAK! Caesar kept clicking his Gastanets, but Luffy and Blizzard kept dodging his attacks.
"Ah, c'mon, man!" Luffy complained, mockingly. "I haven't even broken a sweat yet!"
"Then try this on for size!" Caesar shouted. "GASTILLE!"
FWASH! Caesar opened his mouth and fired a beam at Luffy and Blizzard, who both dodged at the last second. However, Caesar's aim proved to be a bit shaky, for her ended up hitting Smiley's tail!
BRRAAAAAAAAAAOOOO~! Smiley roared before he threw Caesar off.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGH!" Caesar screamed before he fell into the snow in a heap.
"Now for that slimy frog-thing!" Luffy said as he ran at Smiley. "Come on, Blizzard!"
"Right!" Blizzard agreed be he ran to go help his master. They ran circles around Smiley to confuse the slimy, blobby beast in an effort to confuse him. Smiley growled as he tried to attack, but Luffy and Blizzard proved to be too fast for it. Soon enough, he started to get dizzy.
"Luffy! Go, now!" Blizzard shouted.
Luffy smirked before jumped up into the air with flaming, Haki-imbued fists.
"Now, GUM GUUUUUUM…RED HAWK GATLING~!" he roared before he began to land a series of fiery punches on the giant blob, causing him to roar in pain. Since Luffy was immune to poison, Smiley had no effect on him, whatsoever!
"Yeah! Way to go, Luffy!" Pato cheered.
"You got him!" Blizzard shouted.
After that, Luffy landed on the ground with a cocky smirk, but then…Smiley started smoking and bubbling as the flames burned him.
"Uh…what's happening?" Pato asked, worriedly.
Blizzard sniffed the air and gasped.
"HE'S GONNA BLOW!" he shouted. "DUCK AND COVER!"
Luffy yelped in surprise before he grabbed Blizzard and Pato and ran for a place to take cover inside another tunnel as Smiley began to expand in size. They quickly covered their ears and screwed their eyes shut before…KABOOOOOOOOOOM! Smiley combusted into a huge, fiery explosion!
"…Is it over?" Pato asked.
"Sounds like it," Luffy said before he and Blizzard ventured outside with Pato. They saw no trace of Smiley, whatsoever.
"Well, glad that thing is gone," Blizzard said. "Where's Caesar, though?"
"Unh…!"
Luffy looked over and saw said scientist pulling himself out of the snow, rubbing his aching head. Caesar groaned for a moment before he looked up at the Straw Hat Captain, and when he saw his angry glare, he gasped in horror.
"W-wait a minute, Straw Hat!" Caesar cried as he began to back away. "Let's not be hasty! Uh…y-yes! That's right! I can help you! I know where your friends are!"
But not long after he said this…
"Hey, Luffy!" Blizzard called. "Pato and I found Zoro and Franky!"
"They're right over here!" Pato added, pointing in another direction.
"WHAT?!" Caesar questioned in shock.
"Looks like the cashew's out of the bag!" Luffy said.
"Cat's out of the bag, Luffy," Blizzard corrected.
"Right, what you said," Luffy said. "Now it's time to blow you away, Caesar!"
"No, wait!" Caesar begged. "You can't! Th-there's still so much more I can tell you! WAIT!"
His pleas fell on deaf ears. Luffy bit into his thumbs and blew air into them, causing them to grow huge, and then hardened them with Armaments Haki before he held them both back.
"GUUUUUM…GUUUUUUUUM…GRIZZLY MAGNUM~!"
BOOM! Luffy slammed his gigantic fists into Caesar, sending him flying far through the sky!
"SHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGOOOGH!" Caesar screamed before he disappeared in a twinkling, and thus, he was defeated!
"Too easy," Luffy said. "Just like last time."
XXX
"Hey, Luffy!" Pato called. "They're over here!"
After Pato got their attention, Luffy and Blizzard came down the slope to find Zoro and Franky, looking as if they had just now woken up from a slumber.
"Ahhh…I slept good," Zoro sighed before he noticed Luffy and company. "Huh? What's with you guys?"
"Looks like I dozed off a bit, too," Franky added, groggily.
"You guys didn't know you'd been captured, huh?" Luffy asked. "Shishishi!"
"Captured?" Zoro asked as he stood up. "What the hell are you babbling on about, now, Luffy? I was at the ship with Blizzard, Franky came back, had ourselves a bit of lunch, and then we dozed off after the cook came to pick up our dishes…" At that moment, he finally seemed to notice his surroundings. "What the hell? Where are we?"
"I told you, you've been captured," Luffy said.
"What about the others?" Franky asked.
"I just told you!" Luffy argued.
"Luffy, you aren't helping!" Pato said. "Here, let me explain!"
After a while, the raccoon-dog explained everything to the two.
"WHAT?!" Franky questioned. "The others had been captured?! So what are we doing here, then?! We gotta hurry and find them!"
"So they've fallen into enemy hands, huh?" Zoro asked. "Damn…I hope Robin's all right. I knew I probably should've gone with her instead of that damned cook!"
"You guys do know that you've been captured, too, right?" Luffy asked with his arms crossed.
"EEEEEEEEHHH?!" Franky questioned in shock while Pato and Blizzard both sighed in exasperation.
"…What have I gotten myself into?" Pato asked.
"I wonder that about myself, sometimes, Pato," Blizzard added.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Well, I finally got this up! Sorry for the wait. Also, I know the fight scenes weren't much, but they were the first bosses, so naturally they were easy. Next ones are gonna be a little tougher!
Anyway, review please!