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"Before the time it takes for you to cut off all of my hair," Said Bruford. "I will just have to defeat you before then! It's that simple!"
"Oh really then?" Asked Ado. "Then just try to do that! I'll definitely beat you, and then I'll beat that armblade dude!"
Bruford smirked. "Then let us do battle!" With that he charged at Ado, and coiled his long hair into something that resembled a fist.
"Hah! You think that will do anything?" Said Ado as he readied his Nodachi. "I'll cut off all that hair in one strike!" Ado then readied to strike the hair when it came close to his face, and when it did he slashed directly forward, however when this happened the hair went up in the hair, totally dodging, and resumed to do nothing but sit atop Bruford's head.
"Don't think my hair is the only thing I can attack with!" Said Bruford as he clenched his fist and fired a punch at Ado's arm, causing Ado to be sent backwards a bit, though Ado kept his fighting stance.
"Tch, that's probably gonna give me a bruise." Said Ado. "You're pretty strong, you know that?"
"You're pretty strong yourself." Said Bruford. "Against most normal men, my punch usually can shatter every bone in their arm."
"Most normal men can't do this either," Said Ado. "SPEED PUNCH!" He fired his fist towards Bruford at a superfast speed, which Bruford couldn't avoid in time, as it scraped the edge of his face.
Bruford wiped some blood that was coming down the edge of his lip. "The speed of your punches isn't human at all. That, was well as your Nodachi, and your devil fruit power....you truly are a worthy opponent!" With that, he began running towards Ado again, this time splitting his hair into several different strands and fired them as punches as well as his own fists. "HAIR JAB!" The strands of hair began reaching out to Ado, who tried hard to avoid them all, but couldn't help being nicked by some.
"GYAH!!" Yelled Ado as he tried to retaliate by slashing his Nodachi toward the Bruford, but Bruford was able to get away with only a few strands by ducking his head backwards, causing the hair to fall back.
"What's wrong? Weren't you going to cut off all my hair?" Mocked Bruford.
"Shut up!" Said Ado. "I'm still definitely going to do it!" Then he ran at Bruford and prepared to slash his Nodachi, but Bruford jumped very high in the air, causing the slash to miss completely.
"You're still too naive, kid!" Said Bruford as he prepared to fire a punch towards Ado.
"Heh, this kid's still underestimating Bruford." Thought Karuga as the battle was occuring. "Bruford doesn't just have an eye for talent, he has plenty himself. He's extremely tactical, while this guy's just waving around that sword blindly. There's no way he can win!"
"Oi," Said Ado. "Are you trying to tell me I'm the naive one?"
"Huh?" Said Bruford.
"Sunpou Sunpou no BIG!" Ado grew up to about 16 feet, to the point where was above the falling Bruford. "Take this, bastard!" With that he swung down his Nodachi, slicing almost half of Bruford's hair off.
"What?!" Thought Karuga in shock.
"This...kid..." Thought Bruford, who was in an equal state of shock.
"AH! That brat actually cut some of Bruford's hair!" Said Batari.
"Shut up and watch, Batari." Said Chaka, who still seemed to remain calm. "This fight's getting interesting, I don't your stupidness ruining it."
"WHAT WAS THAT, YOU-" Yelled Batari, until he was interrupted by Bruford, who was getting off the ground.
"My hairstyle is now ruined..." He said, taking note of the fact that his hair now looked to be half long, half short. "It looks like I was the one underestimating you..."
"And that's what you get for it!" Said Ado. "Now, I'm really gonna beat you!"
"Oi, oi, just because I said some positive things about you doesn't mean you should start getting cocky!" Said Bruford. With that he drove both of his hands into the floorboards of the restaraunt, which burst through the boards and went under them. Then, using his incredible strength, he lifted a huge slab of the floorboards up in the air, making it appear is if there was a hole in the floor, revealing the water that the restaurant floated on.
"Hey, what's that guy doing?" Said a chef.
"That's going to cost a lot to fix!" Said another.
"Hey, just what are you trying to do?" Asked Ado.
"I know all about Devil Fruits." Said Bruford. "All Devil Fruit users are hammers in water. If I can get you under here, you're mine!"
"But will it really be that easy?" Said Ado.
"Of course it will!" Said Bruford. "You have ruined my hair, now my will to beat you has increased even further!" With that he charged at Ado, and threw a massive punch towards him, but Ado was able to move to the side and avoid it.
"Too slow!" Said Ado, who then prepared to slash his Nodachi down on his arm. "Take this!"
"Fool!" Said Bruford. "HAIR GRAB!" With that parts of his hair wrapped around the Nodachi and Ado's hands, preventing him from moving the sword or his hands.
"Grr...damn you!" Said Ado.
"Ha! Now that I've bound your hands, I'll drag you into your watery grave!" He said, running towards the hole he had previously made and dove headfirst into it.
"Shit..." Said Ado as he too was dragged into the hole that led to the ocean.
"Hah! He did it!" Said Batari. "He won!"
"Damn, that Ado guy's screwed now." Thought Coco. "I thought he could at least do something to help us against Karuga, but he just got beaten by one of his lackeys. We're back to square one!"
Meanwhile, under the water, Ado had slowly started to sink to the bottom, with his hand and sword stuck in Bruford's grasp.
"Ha, I've won!" Thought Bruford. "Now, you're going to drown like the hammer you are!" Then he noticed something. "Wait a minute, this guy...he's smirking at me?" He thought, noticing how Ado did not seemed panicked at all.
"I've got to admit, that wasn't too bad of a strategy there." Thought Ado. "But he forgot one important detail. I wonder how long it's gonna take for him to realize it?"
"What's going on here?!" Thought Bruford. "He's a devil fruit user, he should be scared of drowning, why is he....wait a minute! Could it be..."
"Looks like he's realized it." Thought Ado. "I've had my Devil Fruit for a long time, so I've constantly tried to overcome this weakness by practicing holding my breath. Right now I can hold it for up to 6 minutes. But how long can this guy hold it I wonder?"
"Shit, I'm starting to lose air!" Thought Bruford. "I'll just let go of him and then float to the top!" With that, he released Ado from the grip of his hair, with his sights on the surface, and began to swim upwards as Ado began to sink down.
"Oh no you don't!" Said Ado, as he reached out and was able to grab some of Bruford's hair.
"Shit! He grabbed onto me!" Thought Bruford. "But I don't have time to worry about that, my lungs are begging for air, I'll have to settle this on dry land!"
Meanwhile, in Baratie, Karuga began to speak. "Well then, I'll resume my goal of taking over this restaurant, now that that nuisance is out of the way..." Suddenly Bruford emerged from the hole gasping for breath, as Ado grabbed onto the edge and climbed out.
"W-what?!" Said Karuga. "You should be dead! What happened?!"
"This guy looked down on me, that's what!" Said Ado.
"...Indeed, I underestimated you again." Said Bruford. "You may be truly the greatest opponent I have ever faced. I won't pull any cheap tricks like that anymore. Let's settle this by pure fighting strength!"
"Hmm, I like it!" Said Ado, getting in a fighting stance.
"Then here I come!" Said Bruford, running at full speed, getting ready to punch him. "Experience the total power of my fists!"
"Then you better be prepared to taste mine!" Said Ado as he ran towards Bruford himself and readied his own fist. In an instant their paths collided as they passed each other, no one but themselves knew who hit each other.
"You..." Said Bruford. "Were my most favorite challenger."
"Thanks," Said Ado "You weren't bad either!"
"I....see." Said Bruford. Then he started to cough up blood as he fell to the ground, defeated.
"What?!" Thought Karuga. "He...he actually beat Bruford! I don't believe it!"
"WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?!" Said Batari angrily. "Bruford just got beat by some kid! I can't believe it! I'm gonna kill that kid! Wait a minute...I'm the captain of this ship now, I can just take it out on my subordinates!" He then turned towards the Baratie chefs. "Hey! What's with you guys! We're taking you over, so you're all members of our crew now! You should be helping us!"
"Oi, oi," Said Coco, stepping up to him. "I don't know what you're trying to do, but last time I checked I was the head chef here. What gives some fat-ass like you the right to replace me?"
"Who you callin' a fat-ass, bitch?!" He said. "I'll start with you first, I'm gonna kill you!"
"You're kill me? That's not going to happen either." Said Coco. "Because if anything, you're the one that's going to be killed." Though she sounded laid-back and collected, in reality her thoughts were racing.
"I'm definitely going to beat this guy!" She thought. "There's something I want to do in my life, and I can't do it if we wind up working under this fat-ass!"
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