Ch. 7- I Won't Laugh at You
One Piece © Oda
Blizzard, Jupiter, Monkey D. Aika, Kumi, Rita, and Carla © Me
A shadowy figure emerged from the tunnel leading outside to the arena.
"And here he is, now, emerging late from the tunnel, another competitor Block B!" Gyatts shouted. "He shot out of nowhere like a comet over thee last year to land in the New World! The atrocious and inhuman Mad Rookie! He's skewered and roasted pirates on live video, and he opened fire on innocent civilians! He's no. 1 on the 'Pirates We Just Want to Disappear' list! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you…BARTOLOMEO 'THE CANNIBAL'!"
Out of the tunnel came a tall, lean, yet muscular man with yellowish-green hair styled in a wild Mohawk, and he has no eyebrows. He has a rather fiendish appearance, what with the sharp fangs and the ring in his nose. He also has a tattoo under his right eye that curved over to his ear and another tattoo that looked like some sort of demonic bat. He is garbed in a dark purple coat with a white stripe going down the sides of the sleeves and purple plumes on the collar and the cuffs, and on the back of the coat is a skull and bones that looked it had its head on fire and sabers for crossbones. He wear a pair of red-and-yellow checkered baggy pants with some sort of weapon tucked in front, and around his waist is a dark-colored belt with ring patterns and a chain on the left. On his feet is a pair of boots with white ruffles around the calves.
He is Bartolomeo 'the Cannibal', Captain of the Barto Club Pirates. His current bounty: 150 million Berries.
(A/N: Ladies and gentlemen, the embodiment of the One Piece fandom. XD)
The moment Bartolomeo entered the arena, everyone started jeering at him…and yet, he smirked.
"I'm gonna send each and every one of you fuckers to hell!" he exclaimed.
"BOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!" the crowd shouted, giving thumbs-down.
"Get outta here, you bastard!"
"Why don't you go to hell?!"
"Yeah, do the world a favor!"
Bartolomeo waved at them while sticking out his tongue and picking his nose, snickering before he threw a round, black object at the audience.
"H-hey! What is that?!"
"Holy shit! Is that a-"
"What do you think you're doing?!" Gyatts shouted.
"A BOMB!" a toy man shouted. "EVERYBODY RUN!"
Soon, everyone started clambering around in a panic, trying to get out of the stands.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHH!"
"GET THE HELL OUTTA MY WAY, OLD-TIMER!"
"KYAAAAAAAAAA!"
"The stands are packed! There's no escape!"
"Ladies first! Let me out!"
"Hey! Someone! I got money! I'll pay anyone who helps me get outta here!"
The object lands in the stands…but there was no spontaneous explosion. Everyone looked…and saw that it was only a baseball, painted black.
"You all disgust me," Bartolomeo said, causing everyone to jeer him, once again.
"FUCK YOU, BARTOLOMEO! YOU SCARED US HALF TO DEATH!"
"I HOPE YOU BURN IN HELL!"
"BOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"You've certainly the crowd against you, boy," said Dagama.
"I don't need the approval of worthless scum," Bartolomeo quipped.
"But wait!" Gyatts shouted. "That's not all, folks! There's one more competitor! The polar opposite of Bartolomeo! He is a great admirer of our great king, Doflamingo! This man swore fealty to our monarch by brining home- wait for it…an ENORMOUS pillar of gold from a far-off land!"
Soon, the crowd got excited again.
"Ooh! Can it be?!" asked a man.
"Oh, my god! It's gotta be!" a woman cried.
"Ever since then, he has served the Donquixote Family by crushing and subjugating the towns of those who denigrate us as the 'Kingdom of a Savage Pirate'! He is the Bullet of Dressrosa! And through this tournament, His Majesty has offered him a second chance!"
XXX
Behind the coliseum, some referees are seen, tending to the injured gladiators from Block A.
"The medical room's back there," said the ref. "We don't have enough stretchers, so walk there if you can!"
"Shit!" cursed one of the gladiators. "I didn't know that he'd be fighting!"
Nearby, Luffy, Blizzard, Aika, and Kumi watched, the little ones looking very worried and frightened.
"Damn," Blizzard cursed. "I've never seen so many injured people."
"Me, neither," Luffy said. "I mean…look at them…they practically look dead on their feet!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHH!" screamed a man in a stretcher. "No! NO! DON'T MAKE ME GO BACK OUT THERE! HE'LL KILL ME!"
"…Big Brother…I'm scared," Aika said, holding Luffy's pants leg. "You're not gonna come back, looking like them…right?"
"Aww, Aika, of course not," Luffy reassured, petting her. "I promise, you won't see a single scratch on me."
Aika smiled as she hugged Luffy's leg, but then…
"Hey…you think I'm blind or something?"
Luffy and company turned to see…Bellamy, towering over them, standing at the same height as Blizzard.
"Huh?" Luffy muttered.
"Eek!" Aika squeaked as she and Kumi hid behind Luffy and Blizzard.
"You can try and disguise yourself," said Bellamy, "but I don't easily forget the face of the man who derailed my career!"
"Luffy, you know this guy?" Blizzard asked.
"Uh…I think," Luffy answered. "Wait a minute…I think it's coming back to me! He's the guy who beat up Diamond-Head Pops! Uh…I think it was Mallo or something?"
"It's Bellamy," Bellamy corrected, the same grin on his face.
"Oh, yeah! Bellamy!" Luffy exclaimed.
"Wait a minute…Bellamy?!" Blizzard repeated. "You mean the same Bellamy that laughed at you and beat you and Zoro up?!"
"What the hell are you doing here in Dressrosa?!" Luffy asked.
"Hmph!" Bellamy scoffed. "You think I lived in Jaya, you little dumb-ass? I'm a pirate. I go wherever I damn well please." He then glanced down at Aika and Kumi. "Huh…this your kid? So you finally went and got busy with your navigator, did ya?"
"This is my sister, you jackass!" Luffy shouted.
"…Got busy?" Kumi repeated.
"What does that mean?" Aika asked.
"I-it's nothing you two need to know until you're older!" Blizzard answered.
"In any case," Bellamy started, "Doflamingo's been my hero since I was a kid. I don't got any need for the Flame-Flame Fruit…but I still have my reasons for wanting to win!"
"So I guess this means we're just gonna fight again, huh?" Luffy inquired.
"Maybe," Bellamy answered, "but I'm gonna tell you something right now. I'm not the same man I was, two years ago. I went there, Straw Hat…I saw the Sky Island."
"You what?!" Luffy asked in surprise.
"True, I lost my men," Bellamy added, "but my whole was turned upside-down."
"Hey, if you were at Skypiea, you didn't hurt any of the sky people, did you?!" Luffy asked.
"…Maybe," Bellamy answered with a smirk, causing Luffy to glare at him as he turned and left.
"Anyway," Bellamy started, "I don't hold anything against you…if I wanna make it over the huge wave coming, I need a spot on Doflamingo's crew! So…I won't laugh at you, anymore."
Luffy just stared after him while Blizzard glared.
"You don't believe him, do you?" the wolf-dog asked.
"I don't really know, to be honest," Luffy said. "All I know is that I still don't like him."
"I don't like him, either," Aika added. "He's scary and he says bad words."
"Plus, he stinks," Kumi piped up. "He smells like blood, spit, and hyena breath!"
XXX
Outside in the arena, Bellamy emerged from the tunnel.
"If he should emerge victorious today," Gyatts announced, "his loyal service will bee rewarded by the Doflamingo Family with a promotion to full executive status! One of the favorites to win the tournament…BELLAMY THE HYENA~!"
The crowd cheered as Bellamy entered the arena, raising his fists.
"BELLAMY, I LOVE YOU~!" a woman screamed.
XXX
Inside the coliseum, Luffy, Blizzard, Aika, and Kumi were watching with Cavendish standing beside them.
"For a mean guy, he sure is popular here," Aika noted.
"Balderdash," Cavendish spoke up. "He's a bit too popular if you ask me, young lady."
'Oh, get over yourself, you pompous ass,' Blizzard thought.
"So, Lucy," said Cavendish, looking at Luffy. "What block are you and the mongrel in?"
"Hey!" Blizzard barked, but he knew Cavendish could not understand him.
"Bli- I mean, Butch and I are in…" Luffy started.
Here is a selection of each block's notable figures.
BLOCK C (139 FIGHTERS)
Fighters- Sai and Boo
Gladiator- Lucy (Luffy)
Gladiator Dog- Butch (Blizzard)
Assassins- Bobby and Kelly Funk
Bounty Hunter- Jean Ango
Boxer- Ideo
Fighting Animal- Brutal Bull
Giant Warrior- Hajrudin
Former Pirate- Don Chinjao
BLOCK D (138 FIGHTERS)
Sorcerer- Mummy
Adventurer- Orlumbus
Pirate- Cavendish
Gladiator- Meadows
Fighting Animal- Fighting Lion
Gladiator- Rebecca
Arsonist- Damask
Military Captain- Rolling Logan
Gladiator- Acilia
War Criminal- Suleiman
XXX
Outside, the fighters in B Block are preparing to go all out.
"It's a battle royale between 138 fighters in Block B!" Gyatts exclaimed. "Leave the ring and you're out! Die inside the ring, and you're out! Only one competitor survives this! And now…"
BLOCK D (138 FIGHTERS)
Fighting King- Elizabello II
Martial Artist- Blue Gilly
Military Captain- Tank Lepanto
Criminals- Abdullah and Jeet
Tactician- Dagama
Pirate- Bartolomeo
Gladiator- Ricky
Pirate- Bellamy
Fishman Warrior- Hack
"…Here's the opening bell!"
CLANG! The bell rang, and soon, the battle started as the crowd erupted in a sea of cheers.
"All right," Bellamy said with his tongue hanging out of his mouth. "Which one of you bastards do I kill first?"
Just then, 4 of the fighters were struck down by something, and it is revealed to be by a giant spiked ball and chain.
"AAGH!" they cried.
It is revealed that Elizabello, Dagama, Tank Lepanto, and a large number of fighters have all bunched up together, fighting off the lesser fighters.
"Should we start with Bellamy, Dagama?" Tank asked.
"That'll do," Dagama answered. "Take down the troublesome ones first before we lose too many men!"
"What the fuck's up with these guys?" Bellamy asked. "They're like an army unit!"
"This ain't what a battle royale is about," Bartolomeo spok.
"Gamahahaha!" Dagama laughed. "Curse our cowardice in the afterlife once you're dead, foools! Only the last survivor can win, and results are everything!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Yeah, I know I'm late with this, but the thing is I promise gamePsycho11 I'd work on a Black Lagoon fic where Revy reunites with her parents with him...and it took longer than I expected.
Review, please!