One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen
Chapter 3: Return of a tyrant! Axe-Hand Pirates vs. Mika and Akio.
"Marines! Move out! I want every man assembled and at the docks yesterday! Move it!" yelled marine captain Ripper.
Every marine was running throughout the base arming themselves for the upcoming battle. Each marine had a look of determination, but also fear. If He really was back, then it was possible that he would want revenge or even want what was once his. None of them wanted that and they knew that people of Shells Town were counting on them to protect them. Meanwhile at the front of the base, the townspeople were in a panic. They needed them to hurry, as bad as the marines had it when He was a captain, the people had it worst. They remember the fear of one of their own executed for nothing, being oppressed, and the lack of faith they had of the marines at the time. They couldn't return to that.
"Look! It's the marines!" cheered a random town person. Everyone at the front calmed down and looked towards the execution field to see the marines line up, preparing to move out towards the docks.
"Yaaaaay!"
"Thank goodness, the marines will stop Him!" cheered the crowd showing their support.
"Folks, please stay here while we take care of the immediate threat. This is official marines business." commanded Capt. Ripper to the crowd. They cheered in response and the marines moved towards the docks.
"No, it can't be." gasped Rika in a state of shock. Meanwhile back at the bar, the young adult and the three teens had received some disturbing news. The gentlemen that had previously been there had left in a quick hurry, having given them their answer.
"What's a big league pirate like Morgan doing here!" said Selena, dumbfounded by the news.
"Who's Morgan?" asked Mika. Akio also seemed curious about this Morgan character.
"You gotta be kidding me?" stated Selena, "You're pirates, yet you don't know "Axe-Hand" Morgan."
"It's our first day, give us some credit." retorted Akio.
" "Axe-Hand" Morgan used to be a marine captain of this base about 14 years ago. He was a tyrant that abused his powers and the people." grimly stated Rika answering Mika's question. Everyone took interest.
"Why didn't any of the lower marines call in about Morgan's abuse?" asked Akio curiously.
"Believe it or not, he had been considered a hero for capturing "Kuro of a thousand plans"." replied Rika.
"But he resurfaced back up about around the same time didn't he?" asked Selena having heard of the famous Captain of the Black Cat Pirates.
"Yay, but he showed up after Morgan was removed from power by Luffy and Zoro." corrected Rika. Instantly, all three teens stood back hearing the names of the world's most notorious captain and first-mate of the Straw Hat Pirates/Mika's dad and Akio's mentor.
"Wait! Are you saying that the King and the "Pirate Hunter" were here!" shouted Selena in amazement. Rika nodded, she then went into the story of when she met Zoro, Luffy, and Coby 14 years ago. Throughout the how telling of Rika's story, Mika's smile and Akio's interest grew.(Go watch episode 2-3, Funimation version)
"Huh, I wish that Luffy and Zoro would visit. I really want to see them again." sighed Rika having finished her story. Needless to say, Selena was speechless.
"That's so cool! I can't believe you got to meet my d-OOF!" exclaimed Mika excitingly until Akio stopped her from mentioning the d-word with a quick and light jab to the side.
"She means the Pirate King." corrected Akio for Mika, who was rubbing her sore side and giving Akio a glare. This action was caught by both girls, but Selena didn't care. However, Rika was curious.
"So now that Morgan's back, you think he'll want revenge?" asked Selena returning to the previous topic.
"I don't know?" sadly questioned Rika, "He's been out at sea for so long, if he wanted revenge he would've gotten it by now."
"True."
"But he could need repairs." said Akio throwing in his thoughts, "Which could lead to him wanting revenge." Neither Rika nor Selena liked that idea.
"Come on, Akio. That couldn't happen. Right?" densely stated Mika happily. That just made things worst.
"Well, time to get to work." stated Selena calmly as she spat out another lollipop, replaced with a blue one, which made Mika super jealous, and took out her gun.
"Work?" questioned Akio and Mika.
"Yay. Morgan has a bounty of 16 million beli. That's more than enough to get me a boat ride. Plus, I bet this town will pay extra for me kicking his ass." grinned Selena as she loaded her gun.
"What!" yelled Mika and Rika.
"I know you're the best gunner in the East Blue, but you shouldn't underestimate Morgan." warned Rika.
"Pfft. This will be a piece of cake. See ya!" shouted Selena as she began running towards the docks leaving the group behind. Both girls stared at Selena as she disappeared into town, meanwhile, Akio casually walked into the bar with determined look in his eyes.
"I hope she will be okay." worried Rika after some minutes of silence.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine." comforted Mika giving Rika a confident smile.
"You think so?"
"Nope!" smiled Mika. Rika sweat-dropped at her comment.
"Come on, Mika. Let's get going." shouted Akio from the doorway. Both girls looked at the door to see Akio with his arms crossed and hands now dawning two dark-blue boxing gloves.
"Cool! Where did you get those!" said Mika with excitement. Akio then raised his right glove to reveal the marine symbol on the knuckle.
"Gramps." gr-red Mika grinding her teeth and showing her clenched fist. Akio nodded, but Rika seemed confused.
"I guess your grandpa wanted you to join the marines?" asked Rika trying to clear the air. Both teens nodded.
"Ya, come on, Mika." said Akio. Mika, forgetting her anger, smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Wait! Where are you going?"asked Rika worriedly.
"We're going to help Selena." said both teens as the left Rika at the bar.
"Ahahahaha, it's so good to be back at my old town!" laughed a tall, muscular white-blonde male with a metal lower jaw with the words Möwe crossed out and his right hand replaced with a huge steel ax. This was "Axe-Hand" Morgan. He wore a typical captains coat with a black shirt and blue pants. Behind him, laughing as well, was his pirate crew, the Axe-Hand Pirates. Behind them was their ship, barely staying afloat.
"Dammit, Morgan." cursed Capt. Ripper. He as well as his men were surrounded by some of Morgan's crew that had slipped in before the main force arrived. All of them had their guns pointed at the small force of marines not allowing any of them to move.
"It's nice to see you, too. Captain Ripper." replied Morgan walking up to the crowd of marines.
"What do want Morgan!" sneered Capt. Ripper.
"Aw, not happy to see your old captain again." Capt. Ripper didn't reply. "Anyway, that last storm battered my ship quite a lot, so I thought 'Why not drop by and pick up some supplies.' But now that I think about it, this would be nice to have my old base back." grimly smiled Morgan as did his crew, with a few evil chuckles added into the mix.
"You wouldn't!" gasped Capt. Ripper.
"Oh, but I would. Don't you think boys." shouted Morgan to his crew.
"Yaaaay!" The entire marine force's faces were now in fear.
"Here boss, let me take care of this trash for ya." said a male crew member that was now standing next to Morgan holding a gun.
"Be my guest." The crew mate nodded, then moved close to Capt. Ripper pointing the gun straight between the eyes. As he was about to pull the trigger, the gun exploded in his hand, severely damaging his right hand.
"Stop right there, Morgan." yelled Selena some distance away from the pirates, but close enough to be seen. As the injured crew cussed up a storm, Morgan and the rest turned their attention to Selena.
"Well, if it isn't the "Top Gunner of the East Blue". What a surprise." grinned Morgan smugly and cocky-like. "What brings you to my old town?"
"Oh, nothing much." stated Selena nonchalantly and calm-like. "I'm just here to collect your bounty!" Pointing her gun straight for Morgan's head. Morgan only grinned.
"Heh, not today little lady." said a male voice to her right. Turned to voice to see that she was already surrounded herself. One on her right and one to her left both pointing their guns at her. 'Shit, and I left my other gun back at the bar.'
"Did you really think I come back to my old town unprepared. I sent some of my men in before we landed to surround the marines, and a few more for extra precaution. Good job men!" shouted Morgan still showing his smug grin.
"Aye, Captain!"
"Now, get rid of her!" Was this it for Selena? Was her hard work, training, and exploits all for not? Will she disappear from history as the once top gunner of the East Blue? (Will I ever stop asking questions?)
"Mach Jab!" Not today. In the blink of an eye, the man on her right, once pointing a gun at Selena, was now flying straight towards his crew at high speeds. Selena looked towards the right to see Akio, now dawning dark-blue boxing gloves. 'Where did he come from!' thought everybody with shocked faces.
"Your turn." smiled Akio towards the other guy. Scared out of his wits, the man dropped his gun and started to run. As the man ran, he looked back to see the young teen gone.
"Too slow! Mach Left!" The man looked forward to see the teen only a few feet ahead in front of him, who then came into contact with a mighty force from the left and went flying into a building. By everyone's stand point the boy didn't even move. Once the man had been moved from Akio's path, he ran up to Selena.
"You okay?" Selena, still in bewildered, nodded her head.
"Good!" smiled Akio. He then began scouting the entire area from his spot, looking for someone. "Hey, have you seen Mika?"
"No, I've only seen you here."
"What? She ran ahead of me, she should've been here first."
"I'm right here!"Both teens looked towards the voice.
"What The Hell Are You Doing Over There!" comically yelled both teens.
Everyone's attention was then drawn to Morgan, who eyed to his left side, to see Mika cheerfully waving next to the big scary ax guy like he was an average person. The marines were shock, the Axe-Hand Pirates were shock, and even Morgan was in shock. 'When did she get here!' thought everyone but Akio, knowing full well how.
"Mika! Get over here, before Metal Mouth makes a move!" shouted Akio pointing to Morgan next to her. When Mika heard, she turned to Morgan, still with a grim expression of shock, and gave him a blank stare.
"Who are you?" asked Mika as she whimsically tilted her head.
"Huh? What? You don't know who I am." stated Morgan breaking out of his shock. Mika straighten her neck and shakes it no. "I'm "Axe-Hand" Morgan, Captain of the Axe-Hand Pirates and soon to be ruler of this island!"
"Oh! Your the guy that got beaten up by the King." said Mika innocently pointing out Morgan's past failure. Everyone's jaw dropped in shock, while Morgan was just boiling mad.
"Why you little!" angrily shouted Morgan as he lifted his right hand and tired to slice Mika in two. As he slashed downward, Mika disappeared from his sight and slashed the concrete. Although shocked by her disappearance, he quickly looked around to find her.
"Please, don't do that." Looking back at the teens, Morgan saw Mika standing in front of the boy.
"Sorry! Didn't realize it was him." casually apologized Mika smiling and scratching behind her head.
"Whatever, at least you're here."
"How did you do that!" shouted Selena frantically.
"Oh! I studied Mach Boxing. The fastest fighting form in the world." answered Akio casually.
"Mach? Like speed?"Akio nodded yes.
"So the kid can use some fancy fast boxing moves, so what, I still have more men." smugly shouted Morgan as he signaled his men to surround the three teens.
"Hey Akio, can I have Captain Chop over there?" asked Mika unconcerned about the pirates surrounding them.
"Sure. I want to try some new moves anyway." agreed Akio as beat his fist.
"He'll cut you down before you could even lay a finger on him." stated Selena grimly as she loading her gun.
"Heh, someone like him can't beat someone like me." replied Mika in a casual serious tone that seemed to give off a sense of higher standing.
"Don't get cocky, Mika." said Akio. Mika only smiled and then charged the encircling pirates heading straight for Morgan.
"Good luck getting to him." said Selena, who looked at Akio to see him in standing position with his gloved fist pulled back under his chest.
"Akio! Now!" yelled Mika as she suddenly flip jumped towards the pirates.
"Right! Mach Road!" shouted Akio as he threw a double punch in the direction of Morgan.
Suddenly, the first two men were hit by the high-speed punches that blew them and everyone behind then back towards Morgan. Acting quickly, Morgan avoided his men and they kept going until the hit a stone wall. There was now a clear path straight to Morgan, which was what Mika wanted. Landing gracefully on the new path, she began running between the shocked pirates towards Morgan. Grabbing her sword's handle, she removed it from its sheath and prepared to strike.
"You ready Selena!" said Akio returning to boxer stance.
"Yay! Oh, and call me Lena." grinned Lena as she prepared to aim.
"Sure, Lena. Mach Strike!" smiled Akio leading into fast right punch at the closest person.
And thus, Akio and Selena's battle began. Selena skillfully shot at those with guns, while Akio knocked out anyone that came near Selena. It was an incredible combo, one that will hopefully be used in future battles. However, back to Mika, she ran right towards Morgan, ready to slash, but was blocked by Morgan's axe-hand.
"Heh, you're gonna need something stronger than that toothpick if you want to beat me." grinned Morgan, thinking his opponent was weak. Mika cutely stuck her tongue at him, then jumped away from the ax blade and tired to attack his right. Once again, it was blocked. But she kept trying, however, all her sword movements were blocked. Finally, Morgan had enough.
"Take this you brat!" shouted Morgan as he swung his ax downward on Mika.
She tried to use the sword to block it, but the ax overpowered the sword and broke causing Mika to fall back. Morgan took this opportunity and tired to strike again. Luckily, Mika skillfully flipped away from the oncoming blade and land on her feet. Soon Morgan took the offensive and began slashing up the concrete in an effort to get Mika. However, Mika, with her slim body and honed skills, dodged each slash.
"Hold still. So. I Can. Kill you" yelled Morgan with each slash.
"No way!" yelled back Mika dodging the slashes. Suddenly, Morgan went for a side slash across the middle. Mika flipped, dodged his slash, and kicked him square in the jaw. As Mika landed, Morgan's immediate action was to recoil in pain, and so the back of his right arm came slamming into Mika's side. The force of the blow sent Mika straight into a building.
"Ow! That hurt!" yelled Morgan in pain. 'Wait? What! My jaw is made of iron, how could it be hurt.' thought Morgan, when realized that someone was missing. The little girl. Looking around he saw the new hole in the wall and smiled.
"That'll teach ya."
"Hey, how is Mika doing!" shouted Akio as he punched another pirate. By this point, his gloves were covered with his enemies blood hiding the marine symbol.
"What do I look like her babysitter!" shouted back Selena as she sent another bullet into someone's arm.
"Just look will ya."
"Fine." Pausing for a moment, she checked to see where Mika and Morgan went to. What she caught was shocking. Mika had just been hit by the back side of Morgan's right arm and was sent into a building. Morgan had also taken notice after recovering, grinned and starting walking towards them.
"Shit! Mika's out!"
"What? That's impossible!"
"I'm just telling you what I saw!"
"Hold on boys." shouted Morgan calling his men to cease attacking. Everyman stopped and made a path for Morgan to pass through to the teens.
"What do you want?" yelled both teens.
"I just want to make a proposition. You two have some fine skills, unlike that girl. If you join me, we'll be able to rule the East Blue." proposed Morgan. "Or you can both fall like your friend. Your choice, but choose wisely." To Selena, this wasn't a bad proposal. She could easily kill in his sleep and then be off on her merry way. Akio had other ideas.
"We'll never join a tyrant like you!" scowled Akio at Morgan.
"Whoa! Wait! Don't speak for me, I never joined your crew." defended Selena hoping not to receive the same fact as Mika.
"A crew? So you're pirates. That makes things easier. You must be the captain then." said Morgan pointing at Akio.
"Nope. Mika is." said Akio confidently pointing towards the hole she made.
"What! You mean your captain was that weakling? That's a riot!" laughed Morgan followed by his crew. The people that didn't laugh was Akio and Selena.
"She is not a weakling! She is going to be Queen of the Pirates!" shouted Akio in fury defending his long time friend. That just made them laugh harder.
"Ahaha! Her the Pirate Queen? Ahahaha! That's too much! I've got more potential being the Pirate King than that girl!" mockingly laughed Morgan as the roar of laughter got louder. Akio was becoming more enraged with each second.
"She WILL bethe Pirate Queen! It's her dream! Just like it's my dream to be strong for my crew and one day beat my mentor!" yelled Akio even louder as his anger grew. But they kept laughing.
"Ahaha! You know maybe I was wrong about you. I don't need dreamers in my crew. What about you, girl. Surely your not as stupid as your friend here." said Morgan breaking from the laughter. Selena didn't answer, she seemed to be spacing out.
"What? You want be the world's best sniper? Ha! That title belongs to King's sniper. There is no chance in hell for you to ever reach that level."
"Yay! Just give up! There's no room for dreamers here!"
The voices from her past played through her head like a bad song. Why did people think it was so hard for others to aim high and seek glory? Why did they put down others instead of raising them up with cheer? Maybe it was the reality of things on Earth or is it possible that some dreams are just too impossible to reach. Or maybe it was jealousy. Jealous that one could dream so big, that it made others dreams feel small and insignificant. Maybe, but all Selena knew was that Mika had a dream that as big as her's, even bigger. In fact, even Akio had dream, but this man and his crew were putting their dreams down as if it were a joke. She couldn't stand to hear this crap any longer.
"You're Wrong! Mika CAN and WILL achieve her dream! Cause I'm going to help her, as the best sharpshooter in the world! That's my dream!" shouted Selena confidently, which silenced the crew and Morgan. As for Akio, his rage cooled down as Selena stood up for both him and Mika. He was about to thank Selena, until Akio began sensing a certain presence in the air, one that he hadn't felt in a long while.
"Very touching, girly. But like I said, my crew has no room for dreamers! Prepare to meet your friend in hell!" yelled Morgan preparing to strike and signaling his men to ready themselves.
"Don't count her out yet, dumb-ass." said Akio smugly and confidently. While Selena was impressed with his faith in Mika, she couldn't understand why he was acting like something is about to happen.
"What do you..."
BAAAMM
Morgan stopped in mid-sentence to hear and loud crashing noise of some rocks behind him and his crew. Turning around he was met with a gaze as powerful as the Pirate King's own gaze. There standing in a new hole, stood Mika covered with some bruises and some of her clothes ripped. She had her fist extended out to where the wall should have been. Morgan was shocked. Her kick injured his jaw and her punch just broke a rock wall a foot thick. 'What kind of strength does she have!' thought Morgan now worried about the outcome of this battle. Putting her fist down, Mika began walking straight towards the group. Suddenly, everyone was met with a wave of energy. It gave off a since of royalty, of higher standing, and of a bigger purpose, like the Pirate King's own presence had just entered a small room. Looking at Mika, her eyes were covered by the shadowof her hair, though anyone could tell that she was anger. All of Morgan's crew began backing away, only Morgan, Akio, and Selena stood. Mika soon came to a full stop only a few feet away from Morgan. Suddenly, Mika's body began to glow, producing electricity that was discharged wildly, yet controlled. Both Morgan and Selena were struck with fear and amazement, respectively. Akio only seemed calm.
"Who the hell are you?" yelled Morgan trying to hide the fact that this girl was seriously freaked him.
"I'm Mika. And It's time that someone put you back in your place, Captain Chop." said Mika with a tone that was much like that of royalty rather than like a child. This battle was about to go into full bloom.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Next time on One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen.
Morgan: "How is this even possible? I'm the strongest there is!"
Mika: "Know your place, dumb-ass.
Mika: "So you're gonna join us!"
Selena: "Whoa! When did I ever say that!"
Akio: "Right before Mika punched the wall."
Rika: "Thank you so much for helping us."
Mika: "Hey can I you keep a secret?"
Next time: The power of the Spark Spark Fruit. Welcome to the crew!
Rika: "Why do I feel like I made a big mistake!"
(Author's note:
A: Yo! Ah ha! Cliffhanger no jutsu! poof
Drake: What was that for?
A:That was to activate the intense-ness of this story, and to torture people for fun. Shishishi!
Drake: Okay? Wasn't this story about about pirates?
A: Ninjas. Pirates. Tomato, tOmAto.
Drake: That doesn't make sense!
A: Whatever. Oh, I would like to personal apologize if you found the fight scene lacking. I've been told in my other story that I'm not to good with fighting scenes.
Drake: Wasn't that story a completely different category from this one?
A: Yay, it is, but I still want to apologize.
Denji: You gotta do, what you gotta do.
Drake: Who the hell are you!
Denji: I'm Denji, from his other story, Chibi Vampire and a Werewolf. Which seems to not be updating as much as he promised it would! grrrrrrrr
A:Eh, sorry. I'm just going through the motions, and I haven't really been inspired to finish to current chapter.
Denji: No excuses! Get to work on my story!
Drake: Whoa! Our story is way more popular than your story. We may not have as many hits, but we have way more reviews and were on a couple of people's alerts and favorites.
Denji: So does my story! Get back to work!
Drake: No! He's working on our story!
Denji: (grabs Hotspot0626) He's working on mine!
Drake: (also grabs Hotspot0626) No! He's working mine!
Denji: Mine!
Drake: Mine!
Denji: Mine!
Drake: Mine!
Denji: Mine!
Drake: Mine!
Both: MINE! (both let go and begin fighting)
A: Sigh. Remember, when this used to make sense. No? Oh, well. Ja Ne!)
