Tenth chapter! It is nice to get to write these fight-scenes after those "boring" chapters :D And I am really happy for all the follows, favs and review I have received! Thank you so much of your support! :3
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Robin tried to hold her breath but the pain in her lungs from the lack of oxygen started to get really bad. She tried to get away from the water, slap it away with her Hana Hana powers but it didn't help - as soon as the water got off, it gathered again around her head, not giving her chance to grasp her breath. Besides, water was weakeking her powers. She could hear her nakama shouting for her name but apparently everyone had their hands full with fighting.
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"ROBIN-SWAN!" Sanji shouted and pulled an unconcious Robin out of the bubble of water quickly. This time the water didn't start to gather around her - it had probably done it's job. Sanji carried Robin gently to Chopper whose hands were free from fighting at the moment.
"Is she okay?!" Chopper almost panicked at seeing the pale woman.
"I think she just shallowed lots of water...Otherwise she seems to be okay..." Sanji informed and the small doctor nodded.
"Okay. But the problem is that she is a devil fruit user! As long as there is that water in her respiratory system, she will be weaker!" Chopper said and started to perform artificial respiration.
Good for me I didn't have to do that...Robin-chan would have probably killed me afterwards!
"Hey Sanji! You finished your enemy already?!" Luffy shouted from the middle of his fight.
"I think so! Why?!" Sanji shouted back and tried to listen to what his captain had to say.
"Keep Robin, Chopper and Brook away from the water and help Nami and Usopp too! Zoro and Franky can manage!" Luffy ordered and Sanji smiled.
"As you wish!" He answered and looked around if anyone needed his help. It looked like Franky and Zoro had the upper hand against their opponents so they didn't need his help indeed. Usopp and Brook were still okay but they were pretty exhausted while Nami and Chopper were starting to loose.
"NAMI-SAN!" Sanji shouted and rushed to their aid. He kicked as many as he could with his surprise attack since enemies weren't prepared to face Blackleg Sanji and they didn't expect him to kick them straight trough the boiling hot water with armored them.
"Is he an idiot?!" One of the enemies shouted,"He attacked right through the hot water! He must be nuts!"
Sanji just calmly stood up next to Nami and Chopper,"If a cook gets freaked out after seeing some boiling water, he has got no right to call himself a cook!"
"...You have got a point..." one of the enemies admitted.
"So who's next?!" Sanji shouted and hoped that someone would attack him voluntarily.
"I am your opponent!"
Sanji turned to see who the voice had belonged to. Mekken Rayo stood around hundred meter from them, leaning his weight to one of his subordinates. Blood was dripping from his head and his clothes were soaked with pretty fresh blood.
"You were already knocked out, give up!" Sanji adviced. He didn't feel like fighting someone he had already beaten again.
"Don't you think I have lost yet!" Mekken Rayo said and appeared behind Sanji before the chef even realised what had happened,"This is my revenge from earlier!"
The enemy managed to punch Sanji pretty hard and he flew towards the hard rock.
Shit! That was probably one or more rib broken! He stood up quickly and realised his right hand wasn't working again. My shoulder must have been mislocated again!
He stared at his enemy who seemed to be pumped up with a new energy to fight. He had probably a pretty good adrenaline rush and it blocked his sense of pain. An annoying opponent, if you could say.
Sorry Nami-san, but I can't be of your aid any longer...
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Zoro didn't hurry with finishing off his enemy. Saigon Karumaki was a pretty good swordman indeed and Zoro felt like he had a worthy opponent but it wasn't enough to even break his sweat.
"Is that all you got?" Zoro teased, trying to provoke his enemy even more.
"SHUT UP!" Saigon Karumaki ordered and tried to pierce Zoro's chest but ended up falling on the ground.
"You know, swordman should always keep their calm and not get provoked that easily," Zoro adviced. He thought he was being friendly.
"SHUT UP! I don't need you preaching to me!"
"You should listen to your elders, boy,"Zoro adviced yet again and provoked his enemy even more. The more he provoked his enemy, the weaker he seemed to get.
"SHUT UP! Besides, I am way older than you!" Saigon yelled, taking some distance between him and Zoro, trying to take a deep breath. Zoro thought that it would be no fun if the fight didn't get any better so he gave his enemy a chance to calm down.
The next attack surprised Zoro, at least almost. Once Saigon had managed to take a few deep breaths, his attacks got lots better. Not good enough to beat Zoro, however, but it meant more fun. He attacked Zoro with some new move Zoro hadn't seen before and appeared at his personal area, trying to pierce his jaw from below. Zoro managed to push him away, however.
"I was almost impressed, but not quite," Zoro got back to being a bully.
"SHUT UP!"
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"Robin! Are you okay?!" Chopper worried over their archeologist. She had woken up pretty fast and was already looking better but not in condition to fight.
"What a beautiful light I saw..." Robin chuckled.
"IT'S NO TIME TO JOKE!" Chopper ordered and Robin too got serious.
"I am fine, doctor-san, just feeling - - "
"- - extremely tired, it hurts to breath and you feel like you had kairouseki* in your lungs?" Chopper finished her sentence and nodded,"That's pretty normal reaction when a devil fruit user has breathed in too much water..."
"Thank you for your help, doctor-san, I am fine already - - " Robin started but was interrupted by furious Chopper.
"You have no reason to return back to fight!"Chopper ordered,"We are taking care of the situation, just take it easy and focus on coughing the rest of the water out of your lungs!"
Robin was quiet for a while but decided not to oppose doctor's orders.
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Franky gave his enemy the finishing blow. It wasn't hard for him to win his enemy alone, not after he and Robin had weakened the enemy together. Franky did his familiar pose and felt like a winner for a while before he rushed to help others.
"I must have become more hentai!" Franky cheered for himself before a new enemy with a bounty appeared in front of him,"And who might you be?"
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Author's note:
If someone can't remember, *kairouseki is sea-stone which makes devil fruit users loose their powers so it affects the same way as the sea.