Meanwhile at the large building in the center of Dira
Julio approached a man wearing a black and white striped captains coat. The man had no had no hair, and wore striped pirates clothing. Sitting in the dark corner of the building, counting the belis he previously forced the villagers to work for. This man was pure scum, he slouched in his chair as his fingers flipped through the stacks of money in his hands. This building appeared to be the town hall of Dira, it previously had a lively and bright interior, but as the Rust Pirates took control, it slowly turned into a dark and dusty building filled with dust bunnies and empty wooden tables and chairs. The light no longer were in function, so holes were opened in the walls to make up for it.
Julio let out a very satisfied smile as he spoke to the man "Cap'n Woodrow, wez just made anotha 25,000,000 belis off of the villagas haha! Yo! We be eatin' gooood tonight!" Julio continued laughing out of joy as Woodrow pocketed the money and stood up.
Woodrow returned a satisfied smile "Hah, perfect, that's all we need." He stood up "It's been a while but the time has come! The new Pirate Age is officially upon us all! Now all we have to do is kill the remaining villagers and get out of here! Julio, round up the crew, we're gonna-"*CRASH!* Woodrow was interrupted by the front door of the center building being busted open, causing a cloud of debris. Out of the cloud appeared an angry Daiko who was clenching his fists, and slamming his fists together.
He looked left and right, inspecting the building he had just entered and scouting around for Woodrow "Hmm this was easier than I thought! I take it you're Woodren, or Woodrock or whatever!" Daiko pointed to Woodrow.
"It's Woodrow you moron. Julio! Who is this kid?" Woodrow crossed his arms and looked at Julio angrily. "Err sir, dis is Semi's new waiter, ummm I tink." Julio scratched his head, still unaware that Semi had lied earlier about Daiko and Tora being her assistants.
"Semi? Since when did she have assistants? Tell that bitch to keep her workers in check or I'll have her-" Woodrow was interrupted again by a quick punch in the jaw by from the angered young pirate, *PUNCH* sending him spinning into a wall. Julio stood looking at Daiko, completely surprised at his strength and speed. As the momentum from Daiko's punch pushed Woodrow away, the berris that he was previously counting scattered into the air, hundreds of bills fluttered in the air.
"Shut up! Semi's my new friend, I won't even allow you to talk bad about her, you've done enough crap to her and her sister from what I hear! And now you want to trap me on this island? GET UP! YOU BETTER BE READY FOR A FIGHT! I'M NOT STAYING ON THIS FISHY ISLAND!" Woodrow sat up rubbing his jaw, infuriated.
"Grr! Julio, kill him!" Julio let out a large roar and ran towards Daiko, right before he was sent flying by a hard spinning kick from a man, who appeared seemingly out of thin air. The speed and strength of the attack was unmistakable, it was none other than Tora. He jumped and landed right beside Daiko, in his signature fighting stance.
Daiko grinned "Hey Tora you decided to show up?!" he patted the ex-marine on the back.
"I may not be a marine anymore, but I still feel obligated to help out villagers in need, especially if it means beating up worthless pirates like the Woodrow guy." Tora looked at Woodrow in disgust, he then looked at the young pirate standing next to him "Oh and I need to practice fighting anyway... if that's alright with you, Captain."
Daiko beamed with excitement upon being called captain for the first time "You're gonna join up now Tora? Really?" he asked eagerly.
Tora nodded briefly. "Yep, I guess so, but only on one condition. I'll get to be first mate." I really have no idea what I'm getting myself into by joining this kid...aw, who cares." Tora thought.
What really made Tora come to this decision? He really doesn't know, was it the fact that Daiko is strong? Maybe it was the fact that he was so readily willing to stand up to a threat such as Woodrow. Or could this all simply be an act of rebellion from the still corrupt World Government from which he is sick of taking orders from? He simply does not know. There despite all of those feelings, there is something mysteriously reassuring about being around Daiko, though Tora would never admit to something like that.
"First Mate? Sounds good to me! Welcome aboard First Mate Tora! Well, I don't have a real boat yet so- d'aww who cares?! Oh man, I can't wait! This is gonna be so awesome" Daiko, having waited so long couldn't stop smiling and threw his fist into the air in cheer, after his long wait to become a pirate, he had finally gotten his first shipmate. His smile soon transferred to Tora, who let out a more reserved smile.
Daiko's satisfaction and glee only made Woodrow angrier, "You two boneheads better stop ignoring me!" Woodrow shouted as he dashed towards Daiko with a punch which Daiko blocked with his arm.
Meanwhile, Julio recovered from Tora's previous punch and was completely furious at him."UGHH! Ya damn pirate! I'll kill ya! I'll kill ya! RAAARGH!"
Tora taunted Julio "Come get some, you big for nothing idiot! I need to start training so I guess I'll start by using you as a punching bag!"
Julio pulled his fist back and charged for Tora, who used his tekkai to defend himself "Bark Skin!" Tora shouted as he stood in place, crossing his arms in a defensive stance.
Julio's fist made contact with Tora's face but didn't do any damage at all. Julio scratched his head with his index and gave a stupid sounding groan "Huh? What happen?" Julio continuously began punching Tora but nothing changed.
Tora smiled "Alright then, my turn! Orange Roundhouse!" Tora instantly spun around in a 360 and kicked Julio in his side. Tora then continued by socking poor Julio in the face "Orange Jab!"
Julio fell back and rolled on the floor in agony "Ma nose! Ma nose! Arghhh!" he then immediately stood up and wiped the blood from his nose. "ARGH! DAT'S IT, now I'm angreh!"
An invigorated Tora got into a boxing stance and grinned, "Then get over here, let's finish this." the former marine beckoned Julio over in a taunt.
Julio roared once again and went after Tora, the two then began sparring with each in a series of punches and kicks. Tora was the obvious superior fighter, for every one of Julio's attack he dodged, he returned a jab into Julio's face. Julio would throw one swing and Tora returned a firm punch to his face after dodging. Julio sent a one-two and Tora returned two rapid punches and so on.
Woodrow shouted to Julio (Who was losing his fight against Tora) "JULIO! You better not lose! I didn't choose you as First mate so that you could beaten around by a man with a bloody ridiculous looking ponytail!" he said with an angry tone.
Despite brawling with Julio, Tora's ear twitched upon hearing Woodrow smack-talk his hair "What... did you.. say?"
Daiko intervened by running up to Woodrow and drop kicking him square in the face, causing Woodrow to spiral into the wall. Daiko then shouted angrily "Hey you wannabe pirate! The only person allowed to make fun of his ponytail is ME! GOT IT?!" Daiko pointed to his chest and had a surprisingly angry expression.
Tora sighed and calmed down a little "Gee Captain, thanks..." he said sarcastically. After being a marine captain for years, Tora never would have guessed that he would be calling another person Captain, especially if that person were a goofy rookie pirate who was 5 years his junior. Though it wasn't that weird for him, Tora has grown to respect his new Captain while fighting alongside him. No, calling Daiko Captain actually felt good in a way.
Woodrow sat up and was extremely angry, he rubbed his forehead and started standing up "Who in the world are these two and where did they come from? How is this white-haired youth so strong?" he thought to himself.
Daiko suddenly laughed aloud "So you said that Julio guy is your First mate, right? HA! That means my first mate is beating up yours! HAHAHA! YOUR PIRATE CREW SUCKS HAHA!" he pointed at Woodrow as he laughed on."AND WHAT KINDA PIRATE CREW STAYS ON ONE ISLAND FOR 8 YEARS ANYWAY? HAHA! COWARDS!"he raised a fair point, it's rather odd a pirate crew would enslave an entire island rather than go to the Grand Line. Even though pirate invasions of villages are nothing new.
"Shut your damned mouth! Ignorant youth! You know nothing of the Grand Line and how it has changed! If you did know, you would have done the same thing!"Woodrow was now trembling with anger and clenched both fists "That's enough. I'm done playing around! I'm going to show you why they call me the bane of the sea! Why I was able to take control of Dira!"
Daiko rubbed his nose "Whatever, square up!" Daiko ran over to Woodrow with his left fist drawn back, he then tried to throw a punch but Woodrow countered him by grabbing his left arm and then throwing Daiko aside.
Daiko lost his balance but managed to get on his feet again "Phew that was a close one ha! I almost fell there! And you finally managed to counter me, congrats! I'm still gonna hurt you though!"
Woodrow smiled evilly "Maybe you should take a look at your arm first?"
"Hmm?" Daiko looked at his left arm and noticed it began to turn a reddish-brown."Argh! What is this!"
"Ha! I ate the evolved Rust fruit, Anything I touch shall rust or turn to dust!" Woodrow crossed his arm smiling evilly at Daiko, who was panicking.
"Aw crap! Ouch it hurts!" he flinched as Woodrow laughed with a satisfied grin.
"Of course it hurts you idiot! It will eat at your flesh until you're nothing but sand! Now you see why I'm unmatched!" Woodrow said confidently.
The rookie pirate protested "NO! I already know how to deal with this kind of thing!" Daiko held his left arm and closed his eyes as if he were trying to concentrate. His entire left arm turned a dark metallic gray and then back to normal. The flesh decaying rust that Woodrow had put on his arm was completely gone!
"What the- how did you? Devil Fruit I'm guessing?!" Woodrow got into fighting stance in order to face Daiko.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the sparring fight, Julio managed to grab Tora by the ponytail out of pure luck. Upon noticing this, the two looked each other in the eye. Julio, despite having a swollen and bloodied face, smiled after grabbing Tora's hair. He looked Julio dead in the eye with a serious expression "Don't... even... think about it..."
Julio smiled and ignored Tora's words, he then lifted Tora off of his feet by using his hair to spin him around in circles. Julio then let of Tora, the momentum of the spin hurling him into the wall.
In a complete rage, Tora instantly recovered from being thrown by Julio "DAMMIT WOULD YOU STOP TOUCHING MY HAIR YA BIG OAF! DON'T EVER TOUCH MY HAIR, I'll WRECK YOU!" Tora got up immediately as his skin turned a deep red, the pupils in his eyes also had disappeared leaving his eyes completely white. His muscle mass grew slightly and veins bulged. This gave Tora a very intimidating appearance, causing Julio to tremble and slowly step back. A red ominous aura began to form around Tora's entire figure
Meanwhile Daiko faced Woodrow, who is also starting to be intimidated.
Daiko laughed "You thought you were the only one? I ate the Iron fruit! I am Daiko Z. Fendo!" Daiko's arm turned a dark gray again, he pulled his fist back and sent his entire forearm, connected to the rest his forearm by an iron chain, at Woodrow. The farther his arm traveled the longer the chain grew. It hit Woodrow at high speeds, pushing him into a wall. Daiko retracted his forearm afterwards, it was noticeably heavy as it slid across the floor and reached back to Daiko. *CLANG!*
Enraged, Tora scowled and then charged at Julio "RED BUCK!" he hit Julio with a very powerful kick to the stomach, hurling him through a table. Tora, then returned to normal as he let out a long breath.
Woodrow, on his knees let out a frustrated groan "Julio! blow the damn whistle now! Call the rest of the crew! We can't beat these fools by ourselves! Dammit!"
"Y-yez sir!" Julio pulled a small whistle out of his pocket and blew, causing an obnoxiously loud whistling noise.
"You're a wuss and a coward, Woodraddish. Since you've been ruling this village by yourself, why don't you fight by yourself? You're not a real pirate if you're such a coward!" Daiko looked down at Woodrow, who was finally realizing how weak he was.
Suddenly within minutes the Rust Pirates (about 30) had gathered at the smashed building rest of the Rust Pirates continued to enter the building from behind Tora and Daiko. He was doing stretching exercises while Tora continued raging.
"Hey Tora, how did you turn red just now? You never explained that! " he asked "I told you mine, tell me yours!"
Tora sighed "Forget about it already, we got a buncha pirates to deal with, Captain. I might explain it to you later, if I'm not too pissed off." Tora got back into his fighting stance and faced the horde of pumped Rust pirates at the door. While Daiko faced Julio and Woodrow.
"Ha! You idiots! You may stronger than me but theres no way you can handle all of us! Rust Pirates! ATTACK!" Woodrow yelled as all of the Rust Pirates, including Julio, roared and charged. They all began pouring into the building.
"For Woodrow and the Rust Pirates! Lets destroy 'em boys" One of the pirates yelled, when suddenly an explosion happened within the group of pirates, sending them flying in random directions.*BOOOM*
