Chapter 7: Ellix vs. X!
We had searched for Nami's group throughout town, but we couldn't find them, and the sun was beginning to set.
"What do you think of the clothes I chose?" Brook asked us. "Don't you think they look fantastic on me?"
"Just on you!?" Sanji complained.
"I feel like the ladies will be all over me." The skeleton pondered aloud.
"Shut it, Bones." The cook growled.
"Quiet you two, this isn't a freaking advertisement." I told them, before looking at Luffy, who had his eyes closed in deep thought, most likely about Z. 'I'd better be cautious too...X overpowered me at my proper age...but this time I'll surprise him with my Devil Fruit powers and catch him off guard!'
"Luffy! Luffy!" Sanji roused him. "Usopp's group is here."
We walked over to see them running towards us, with a whole group of Marines behind them.
"Heh, looks like they've got a lot of people following them." Zoro chuckled.
"So things got out of hand after all." Sanji smirked. "Then we might as well-" He was interrupted as Luffy walked past them.
"Oi, Luffy! We have to ask where Z is, remember?" Zoro reminded him. "Leave a few of them conscious."
"Luffy! We're counting on you!" Usopp told him as they ran past.
"Please!" Robin added.
I could feel the pulse of Haki like a giant heartbeat, causing the Marines to collapse, with the Captain falling to his knees.
"This is...Conqueror's Haki." He gasped as Luffy walked over to him.
"Hey, where is Z now?" The rubber man demanded.
The Marine looked away. "He's on the far side of the island." He reluctantly told us. "Our troops were sent to ambush him in the dunes."
"We have our destination, let's go!" I said, with Luffy nodding as we ran off.
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As we travelled across the dunes to the other side of the island, there was a large explosion, and we looked to see that the mountain had exploded, with rocks and lava raining down.
"What the hell was that!?" Sanji gasped.
"It looks like Z planned to destroy this island." Zoro mused.
"Then we now have a time limit!" I stated. "We have to hurry!"
"Z! Where are youuuuuuuu!?" Luffy roared as we ran.
We finally made it to the other side of the island, where we spotted Z, X, Ain and Binz along with the Neo Marines. And Luffy being Luffy, charged straight in.
"Gomu Gomu no...Rifle!" Twisting his arm around, he launched the spinning punch at Z, who blocked it with the Battle Smasher.
Z smirked. "Why did you come here, you hoodlum pirates?"
"Who're you callin' hoodlums!?" Sanji said. "Keep spouting delirious crap like that and I'll fillet you, gramps!"
"Ossan!" Luffy called. "Return my nakama to normal!"
"Ain! Binz!" Z commanded.
"Yes, sir!" "Understood!" The two agreed as they rushed forward.
"I'll fight the female swordsman." Zoro said before running off...and shouldn't that be swordswoman or something?
"Damn mosshead, don't sneak ahead!" Sanji grumbled as he also ran forward.
"Alright! There is no need for me to join the fight!" Usopp declared. "Go get 'em, you guys!"
"Pirates just take what they want by force, do they not?" Z questioned. "If you want your nakama restored, then do it the pirate way!"
"Looks like there's no choice." Usopp muttered as he readied his Kabuto.
"Usopp." Luffy stopped him. "I'm going one-on-one against Z!" He then ran forward as well.
"I won't allow anything to inhibit me!" I said. "Soru!" I dashed forward.
Z laughed as X stood next to him. "You ready for this, X!?"
"Do you even need to ask!?" X replied, making them both laugh.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeex!" I shouted as I smashed into him, but he didn't even flinch as he threw me off of him.
"You again?" He grinned. "You've got to be joking, coming back to face me like that, even after your defeat at your normal peak!"
"Don't mock me! I won't take you lightly this time!" I declared. "Shigan Dangan!" I shot an air bullet at him, but he leaned out of the way, so I rapidly shot two more but he swerved around them and in front of me, clenching his fist. "Geppo!" I jumped out of the way of his swing and ascended into the air above him.
"Rankyaku Gaichou!" I swung my leg as hard and fast as possible, launching a large Rankyaku in the shape of a bird at him.
X straightened his left hand out as if he was going for a chop, when that same red aura covered it. "Full Slice!" He swung his arm at the Rankyaku with the strength and slicing capability of a greatsword, and the two collided in a mighty blast of wind.
"Ngh!" I grunted as I was tossed away in the shockwave wind. "Kamisori!" I straightened myself and zigzagged through the air towards him.
"Full Crush! Raaaaaaaahhhhhh!" He roared as he punched the ground using his other fist, sending out a powerful red shockwave around him.
"Ah!" I instantly Geppoed back away from it, landing feet first in the dunes, breathing a sigh of relief.
"I told you before." X spoke. "A Rokushiki user stands no chance against me."
"Then I'll do this!" I crossed and uncrossed my arms, covering me in a rainbow aura as multicoloured rays of energy sparked around me. "Daydream!"
X gained a look of interest. "So you have another trick as well? That's not an ordinary Devil Fruit."
"Dori Dori no Tension Shot!" I launched my fist at him and he threw up his arm to block it, and as I pumped power through it, his arm was knocked back by the follow-up force.
"Now's my chance!" I told myself as I ran forward. "Dori Dori no Friction Lash!" My leg flattened and zigzagged as I whipped it into...X's other arm which he used to block! I cursed in my head as my leg forcibly straightened out to launch a small stabbing shockwave, which only served to push me away from him.
"Do not fool yourself into thinking you can win with how you are now!" X launched himself towards me, and I jumped back as far as possible as he punched the ground where I was. The erupting dust swept me across the dunes as I straightened myself to land correctly.
"Dori Dori no Fireworks!" The streams of energy shot skywards and split up multiple times before falling down onto X in a multitude of explosions, allowing me to catch my breath, but not for long.
"Nothing you can do comes close..." My eyes widened as he stepped out of the smoke, unharmed. "Any pain you may inflict to me, is artifical to me. There is a pain I experience everyday, that never goes away..."
'What is he talking about?' I thought.
"A pirate like you can never understand, nor match the hurt that tears me apart!" He yelled as he clenched his left fist with a strong red aura around it. "Full Shock!" He threw the punch, and a giant red aura fist flew at me!
"Nani!?" I jumped out of the way just in time as the attack passed me.
X hissed as his knuckles cracked, yet he still ignited a red aura in his right hand. "Full Shock Barrage!" He began punching the air rapidly, launching hundreds of red fists towards me!
"Shit!" I began running across the dunes, explosions trailing in my wake as the fists obliterated wherever I previously stood, being forced to zigzag, slide and jump to avoid the rush of attacks. Quickly seeing an opening, I dashed straight towards X. Both of his hands were out of comission!
"Dori Dori noooooooooooo!" My right arm curved out and gre into a large lightning bolt-shaped curving scythe. "Scythe!"
I slashed as hard as I could, hoping that I had cut him across his torso, but as I opened my eyes, I saw that his chest was covered in a red aura that blocked my attack.
"Full Guard." He said, before he punched me in the stomach.
I coughed up some spittle as I stumbled back into the dunes, the red aura around X fading away, and he gasped in pain as his ribs had to fir themselves back into place.
Suddenly, a wave of fatigue hit me. I clutched my chest and breathed heavily as Daydream instantly vanished. This didn't make any sense, I CAN'T have been this tired already!
"Exhausted already?" I glared up at X. "How disappointing, it seems as though your stamina has been greatly reduced, there's no possible way you can win."
I grit my teeth in anger. "Nnnnnnggghhhh! Damnit! Daydream: Nightmare! Arrrrrrrrgggggghhhhh!" I screamed as a blast of dark aura erupted from me.
My hair and teeth sharpened into spikes as my legs twisted into a ghostly tail and my arms extended whilst my hands became claws. However, things were a bit different...I couldn't create the spikes on my shoulders or the void in my chest, and my spikes and teeth were shorter then normal, as well as the rest of my Nightmare form!
"Akumumumumumu!" Goody goody bloodrops! Funtime! Who am I playing with? That X bastard! I'm gonna cut his guts into an X!
"Just as I thought..." Stop talking to yourself! That's MY job!
"Akumu Akumu no Mace!" Fistie 1 gains spikes, and now I punch! Heyyyyy, his arm got covered in Haki and blocked it! Hacks! I call Haki hacks!
"You'd sacrifice rationality for power?" Fistie 2 punch! And he knocked them both away! "Don't mess with me, boy!" Oh, hello mister fist! How nice of you to meet my fist! And now I'm skidding back! Oh, the sky looks so lovely when rock and lava are raining down, I should build a vacation home here!
"Akumu Akumu no Inferno!" Deeeeeep breath to blast out black flames, spicy!
"Full Slice!" He cut through my flames! No fair! Cheater cheater who's not on fire! Now I'm really pissed!
"Akumu Akumu noooooooooo!" Arms back as far as they can go!
"I'll end this now!" He's got a red aura all over his body! But then again, my purple is sooooo IN right now. "Max Full..."
"CRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSH!" We both screamed.
The attacks collided with a huge blast, the dunes around us blasted away from the impact as I felt myself get thrown back. Normal thoughts returned to me as my Nightmare form was blasted away from the sheer intensity of the clash.
I couldn't hear anything, had to keep my eyes tightly shut, but I could feel the harsh sand battering me as I flew through the air, time seeming to slow down as I tried to comprehend what was happening.
After what seemed like ages, I felt myself smash onto sandy ground, then began tumbling away, rolling through the grit as I endured the sensation until I stopped face down.
And then the pain hit. Every fibre of my being hurt, I had to squeeze my eyes shut to prevent myself from blacking out, just attempting to move sent hurtful signals pulsing throughout my body.
Using all my strength, I slowly lifted my head, my vision blurred as all I could see was smoke, sand, and darkness. I heard what sounded like footsteps, then someone grabbing my shirt and liftiing me up, and my sight could clearly make out the oxygen masked face of X.
"It's funny..." He spoke. "I actually thought about it...and your Rokushiki style reminds me of a man named Oren."
"O...Oren..." My voice was ragged as I spoke, and it caused him to snort.
"I understand now...he is the one who taught you Rokushiki." X continued. "To think he would stoop so low as to teach a pirate such techniques...what a pathetic man."
My senses snapped to attention. "Don't you dare..." I mustered up all my hatred in the glare I shot at him. "Don't you dare insult Oren in front of me!"
"Tch." X said. "Do not worry, pirate. The Grand Reboot will make sure that both you and him can be together...in hell where you belong." I struggled against his grip, thrashing around in a vain attempt to attack him in any way possible. "How useless you are...do not disgrace me with your presence again."
He threw a punch that smashed me in the face, throwing my head back.
My vision shook, and I blacked out.
New chapter! And boy did I enjoy writing this one! Always enjoyed writing fight scenes, I hope you guys enjoyed it as well!
By the way, this marks the first time Ellix's Nightmare Form has ever been defeated! Even Akainu couldn't do it, but X beat him without taking any damage! Granted, Ellix was weakened by his child state, but still!
Anyway, thank you so much as always for reading, everybody, and I will see all of you next chapter!
