A/N: Before we start this chapter, I wanna first thank everyone who has been reviewing on the past chapters. And maybe even reply to some comments made.
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Now, on with the story!
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Previously…
Roger snickered. "I figure we have a common goal here!" He snatched his plate away and started to eat the food. "I mean, as the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?"
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Roger looked forward sternly. "So, to free… ourselves, we need to take out this Don Senii…" He adjusted his shades and walked forward. "Let's find him, and kick his ass…"
Desi smirked. Roger… You say it's to save us… But anyone can tell it's about this town more than anything else… He followed after his captain. "You're a good guy after all…" He whispered to himself.
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The large man, a muscular figured man with a long brown ponytail and a cigar in his mouth, toward over Lydia. "So, what do you say?"
A younger Lydia, with a beautiful head of long silver hair stood in front of the man, not looking him in the eye. "You… You promise to be quiet?"
The man smirked. "I'm a man of my word."
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Senii took another puff and smiled. "That's fine with me…" He smiled. "But my silence doesn't come free…"
"I killed at least a dozen people! What more do you want!?"
"You have one year… My silence for a crime like this costs one million beri."
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She looked out the window one more time. "Itachi… The difference between that boy and the boss…" She turned to Itachi's unconscious body. "I believe in the boy."
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Roger smirked. "Don Senii… I'm coming to get you!"
Port Brill Arc Chapter 3: Bodyguard Brawl! Disco VS The Key-Goe Squad!
Tap tap tap…
Roger's knuckles hit the boarded up door of the brewery, checking to see if there was someone waiting at the door.
"What are you doing?" Desi asked.
Roger looked back at him and said, "I'm knocking… It is the polite thing to do, right?"
The larger man squinted at the pirate captain. "The polite… I thought we came here to kick this guy's sorry ass!" He bopped Roger on the head. "What's with all the polite gestures?
Roger rubbed his sore head. "Now there's no need for that!" He looked back to the door. "It's just… Lydia was right…"
Desi responded with a confused blink.
"If this guy was beatable…" Roger continued. "He would've been beaten, wouldn't he?"
Their was an air of silence between the two. And until at least a minute when by, it stayed like that. Then, Desi laughed. "I can't believe it!"
"What?" Roger asked.
He shook his head. "You! I can't believe you! You're scared!"
Roger shook his head. "No! That's not it at all!"
Desi closed his eyes and sighed. "And here I was thinking that you were some sort of extremely courageous man who…" He opened his eyes at the sound of breaking wood. He saw Roger smashing the door to the brewery open. "What are you doing?!"
"Opening the door!" Roger answered bluntly.
"I thought you were scared!" He exclaimed.
"I told you that wasn't it!" He held up one of the boards from the door. "These boards are old… At least ten years…"
"What are you saying?" Desi asked.
"Doesn't take a genius, Desi…" Roger pointed at the board. "This is why nobody's beaten Cos Senii!"
Desi looked more carefully at the wood. "It is?" He scratched his afro. "Uh… No one wanted to hurt the wood?"
Roger sighed. "No… This door should have been banged up at least once before we got here!" He looked to the now open door. "It's not that he hasn't been beat, it's that nobody's even tried before now!"
Desi stroked his chin. "You suppose?"
Roger nodded. "I'm almost positive…"
Desi chuckled and looked to the door. "Then, I guess that makes us some sort of pioneers…" He smirked. "Venturing into uncharted territory."
"You're getting full of yourself…"
The two men turned around to see where the voice had come from. Standing before them was a very stern looking Lydia, puffing on her cigarette.
Roger smirked. "I was wondering when you would show up."
Lydia nodded. "Yeah, I had a feeling I'd be coming to find you guys as well…"
Desi smiled. "Well, this is good, the more the merrier!"
The woman shook her head. "Not really…" She looked to the brewery. "Even with the three of us, we are still outnumbered. Four-to-one at least." She took the last puff of her cigarette and threw it to the ground, stomping it out. "Of course, that's what's going to make this impressive."
"You really think we can do it?" Roger asked.
"I do." She replied. "In fact, if you don't manage to win, I'd take my own life."
Desi jumped. "Don't you think that's a little extreme?!" He asked.
Roger laughed. "Alright, but what do we get if we win?"
"You're going along with this?!" Desi asked.
Lydia crossed her arms. "If you win, I'll join you guys… I'll be your cook, or something…"
There was a silence again.
Desi raised his eyebrow after a while. "You sure about that? Being a pirate isn't the safest of professions…"
"Not to mention we'd probably run up a bill of thirty-thousand beri a night on the ship…" Roger stated, stroking his chin.
"It's not about that!" She exclaimed. "It's not about safety, or money, or anything like that…" She sighed. "It's about me and my dream."
"Your dream?" Roger asked.
Lydia nodded. "My whole life, I was told what I could and couldn't do, because of the fact I was born a girl." She chuckled with a hint of sadness. "I was told that young ladies don't play with knives, and that they shouldn't rough-house in their pretty clothes…" She shook her head. "That girly girl stuff is alright, but it's not for me…"
"I see…" Desi said nodding. "But how exactly does this tie into your 'dream'?"
"I'm getting to it…" She continued. "After I left home I started going against the global paradigm towards women. I worked out, I brawled constantly and I became just a lowlife in society. At one point, I even shaved off most of my hair to be treated more like a man…"
"Go on." Roger said.
"My dream is to eventually find a man who is willing to fight me one on one… The prefect opponent, he sees me as a skilled fighter, not a woman." She finally smiled for the first time in her speech. "If I can fight this person at least once in my life, I will be happy!"
Roger nodded. "That's good and everything…" he pointed at her. "But I won't let you into my crew until you give me a reason why you want to be on the crew."
"It's just that!" She started. "Looking at you guys, I can tell you're going places! All over the world even!" She nodded. "If I come with you, I will eventually find the person I'm looking for." She grinned. "Besides, you saved my life, I'm in debt to you."
Desi chuckled. "The girl's got guts… Let's give her that!"
Roger smiled. "Alright, Lydia… Consider yourself part of my crew…" He poked his thumb at himself. "I don't lose!"
Just then, the sound of clapping could be heard. The three of them turned to see where it was coming from.
A large, gigantesque man stood at the brewery door, with two young, smirking thugs standing near him. On the large man's shirt, the name 'Cos Senii' was written and he wore a gold necklace with a medallion in the shape of the beri symbol. "Very, very touching…" The large man said, pulling out a cigar.
Lydia's jaw dropped with a gasp, watching this towering man walk towards the group. "Y-You…"
He grinned evilly. "Yes… Me…"
Roger lifted his fists. "Lydia… Is this…"
"Yes." She answered before he could finish his question. "This is Don Cos Senii… The man of pure evil…"
Senii laughed loudly. "Oh Lydia, you can be so cruel at times!" He smirked, puffing on his cigar.
"How did you know we were here?" Desi asked, lowering his sunglasses.
One of the thugs stood forward. "How could we not know? When we heard the door being cracked into, we knew something was amiss!"
The other thug nodded. "So, we alerted the boss and, well, here we are!"
Both Lydia and Desi turned towards Roger, who in turn looked back att hem with a nervous grin and a shrug. "Heh heh… Whoops?"
Lydia growled and shook her head. "For hell's sake, what did I sign myself up for?" She sighed and looked to the large, muscular man. "What do you want, Senii? I thought I told you I wanted nothing to do with you!"
He blew out a smoke ring. "And you'll get that wish, after I get my million beri."
"I don't have it." She replied.
He nodded. "Of course you don't! That's why I sent Itachi over to your place. Did he give you my message?"
"Yes, he did…" She pulled out her knife. "And then I gave him my message right back. He should be coming to any minute."
Senii blinked and took in a deep puff, burning up at least half of the cigar. "You're taking advantage of my patient nature, aren't you…" He pulled the cigar out of his mouth and put it out in his arm, twisting it out in the skin, leaving a burn mark. "I give you a whole year to pay what you owe, and I even give you a final chance at redemption…" He brought his arm back. "You're just spitting in my face now!"
He swung his arm, the back of his hand making contact with Lydia's face. Desi gasped as Lydia started flying back, falling the ground with a thud.
Roger stood there with a silent stare.
"Ugh…" She slowly sat up. "Why… Why did you let him do that?" She asked, turning to the blonde, pirate captain.
"That's life…" He said bluntly. "If you want to be treated like a real fighter, fine. But remember, you can get hurt in a fight too…"
Desi blinked, looking at Roger, but eventually nodded. "That's true…" He smiled. "There is a definite possibility that would happen."
Roger cracked his knuckles. "However… I'm not just going to stand here and let them get away with hurting you…" He smirked. "After all… You did say if we won, you'd be our nakama!"
She looked at him, drop-jawed. When she regained her composure, she nodded. "Well, I really think you can do it. Just remember, if you win, I get to do what I love with people who seem to care… But if not, it's most likely that man will kill me…" She rubbed the growing red mark on her face. "So, I'm putting all my eggs into one basket here…"
"Don't worry…" Roger turned to Don Senii with an angry glare. "Even though we've known each other for a short time, you trust enough to share your dream and desires… That's why I won't lose…"
The thugs ran up to the Don, pulling out a sword each, grasping them in both hands. "That's nice and all, but there's one problem." started one thug. He pulled his jacket off and revealed a shirt that had the word 'Key' written on it.
The other thug took his shirt off as well and revealed the word 'Goe' tattooed to his chest. "You're going to have to get through us before you can even start thinking about taking on the boss."
The first thug pointed straight into the air. "My name is Key!"
The second thug pointed his thumb to himself. "My name is Goe!"
"And we're…" started Kay.
"The Key-Goe Bodyguard Squad!" finished Goe.
"That's lame." Roger said plainly, not showing any emotion either way.
The thugs dropped their jaws. "No it's not!" they exclaimed in unison.
"But, if I'm going to have to beat you…" Roger started.
Just then, Desi grabbed hold of Roger's arm. "Wait…" He looked at both of the sword-clad bodyguards. "You need to save your energy for the boss…" Desi took a step forward. "Let me handle this…" He extended an arm into the air, finger outstretched. "Let's get this on…"
Key smirked. "Oh, you think you can take both of us?"
"Why don't you crawl back to your tight pants and shiny balls, 'disco-dude'!" Goe mocked.
Desi growled, looking at the both of them. "If that's the attitude you're going to take with this…" He took his sunglasses off and folded them, slipping them into his pocket. "I'll only use one attack… Seem fair?"
"Oh, more than fair!" Key ran at Desi, his sword high in the air.
Goe also ran at Desi. "Yeah, for us!"
Soon enough, the two bodyguards were close enough to Desi to deal some serious damage. Key swung his sword with a grunt, aiming for Desi's weak spot. Desi, though, dodged, jumping to the side.
Unfortunately, he jumped right into the range of Goe's impending slash. "Fool!" Goe exclaimed, swinging his sword down.
"Oh crap!" Desi exclaimed. Luckily for him, he managed to roll away from the slice, dodging yet again. "Wow… That was close…" Desi said to himself…"
"You won't be so lucky from now on!" yelled the bodyguards. They both swung their swords together in perfect unison, causing an attack that was impossible to dodge, even for Desi.
It connected perfectly with Desi's torso, cutting two big wounds into him. Desi doubled over and screamed in pain.
"Oh no!" Lydia got up, but Roger stretched his arm out and shook his head.
"Let him do this…" Roger said with a stern look. "He told me he'd take care of this, and I trust him."
Lydia motioned to say something, but fell silent, knowing all she could do was trust him as well.
Desi slowly got up and gritted his teeth.
"Oh, still got a little bit of fight left in you?" Key taunted.
"Maybe he's getting up to run away!" Goe replied.
"Yeah, he's probably scared!"
"Frightened like a little girl!"
"RAAAAAH!" Desi ripped his shirt off, exposing his wounds, he soon made two makeshift bandages from the cloth and wrapped them around the wounds.
A little stunned by this, Key and Goe took a step back. "What the…?"
"I'll let you in on a little secret…" Desi looked straight into their eyes. "The minute I'm scared of a couple of little fish like you two, is the day I abandon my dream!"
He ran back at the two, who in turn, became more alert and started swinging again.
It all looked like a choreographed fight. Perfectly timed and perfectly executed, for every attack, Desi side-stepped or dodged. Every move was countered with thought and every move was executed with purpose.
"That nut…" Roger said with a chuckle. "Even when he's fighting, all he can think about is dancing…" He cleared his throat and raised his voice. "Oi, Desi. It's about time you finished this!"
"Right…" Desi replied, keeping his eyes on his opponents. He smirked and jumped into the air.
"What is this?" asked a frustrated Key.
"Just keep on guard!" Goe replied.
Desi flipped over and landed on his hands, rather than his feet. "Super Finishing Move…" Desi started moving his hands as to twist his vertically lifted body.
The bodyguards readied their swords. "Here it comes…"
"Disuko Kenpou…" Desi increased his tempo, spinning much more rapidly now.
The two thugs stuck their swords out, managing to knick Desi here and there, but not really stopping his speed.
Desi stretched his legs out to the side. "Disco Inferno!" A combination of blood and kicks flew from the spinning Desi mess, both of which hit each bodyguard multiple times.
The two thugs flew back into the wall of the nearby brewery and fell unconscious.
Desi slowly came to a stop and fell backwards, onto his back. His body was exuding blood from many different points. In spite of that, Desi still had a large smile on his face. "One attack… Just like I said…"
Roger smiled and walked over to him. "That was amazing! I didn't think you could handle two at once!"
"Didn't you just say you trusted him?" Lydia asked.
Desi chuckled. "Are you kidding?" He closed his eyes. "I'm a dancer… You don't get off the dance floor just 'cause it's crowded, right?" he asked.
Shortly after, he passed out, exhausted from blood loss and the amount of energy he just exerted.
Roger waved his hand in front of Desi's face. "Huh… Looks like he's out cold…"
"What do we do now" Lydia asked.
"You find a safe place to watch…" He cracked his knuckles again and looked at Don Cos Senii. "I think it's time I had a little… 'heart-to-heart' with the boss…"
Senii grinned deviously. "Well… This should certainly be interesting…"
To Be Continued
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Lydia: What… What are you?
Roger: Nothing really special… I ate the Henka Henka no Mi!
Lydia: The Devil Fruit? You're more powerful than I thought!
Roger: Same with The Don here… Although he seems to know my weak points… This'll be interesting!
Next Time on One Piece Chronicles: A Fight Between Leaders! The Price of Silence Compared to Nakama!
Roger: I'm going to be the Pirate King!
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A/N: Sorry for the wait AGAIN! D: But here it is, and I should be updating regularly again! So, those watching my story can feel a sense of happiness again!
Sorry for the short chapter.
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