3rd POV
"I left Krieg to you, Lucy." August said not looking up, "Now let me take care of this asshole right here."
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The battle was just about to continue on its way before someone yelled at the cooks and us. "Stop fighting back. I don't want to end up killing you."
Sanji and Lucy turned around to see Gin pointing a gun at Zeff who was lying on the ground. His wooden leg was also ripped off by the pirate. Both Sanji and Lucy yelled out, "GIN!"
"No matter how strong he was before…" Gin said calmly, "He's just another cook that I can easily kill at gunpoint now."
"That's it! I'm sending him flying!" Lucy said angrily as she stretches her left arm. "Wait. Let's see what he has to say first." Sanji responded.
"You want to save this man, don't you Sanji?" Gin said, "Then leave this ship!"
"Leave this ship? AS IF!" Sanji said in defiance puffing his cigarette.
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"To me you fight very dirty." August said taking a few steps back to let his enemy catch a breath, "Refusing to fight with honor and instead take an assassin's position and do something like slit their throat or poison them. That kind of style, I personally hate."
"You say that about me but you just kneed me in my head from behind." the pirate said getting up from the broken fin. He turns to August, "I wouldn't think that that attack would be very honorable." The assassin had two daggers he held in both hands and he wore a rather ninja like outfit. Wearing skin tight clothing with a veil around his mouth like most if not all assassins do. His head was covered by a hood which was from a cloak like jacket. All of his clothing was a dark blue.
"Two things, A, you can't use what I just said about you against me. B, I had to protect a girl and a friend of mine from getting her ass killed." August said putting his hands into his pockets. "I don't really remember you at all…" he mumbles, "You seem to be some sort of an assassin for Krieg. Working in the shadows and acting like a pussy in a real fight."
"If you're trying to get a name or something, I don't like giving my name to someone who I'm about to kill." the assassin said, "But in a sense yes."
"Awful confident in your abilities." August said sneering, "I thought you would be taught at assassin school not to be overconfident, as it can lead to arrogance and death in combat."
"What would you know?" the mock worked amazingly, "The reason I'm confident is that you are outnumbered and your friends are also getting their asses handed to them. Take a look for yourself." Jeering his head over to the fight on the other side.
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"Gin, take that gun and point it at me instead." Sanji said to Gin.
"Are you stupid?" Lucy said to him, "You'll die."
"Sanji!" Gin said utterly shocked, "But why?"
"...and your friends are also getting their asses handed to them. Take a look for yourself." the assassin said at that moment.
"If you want to die so badly…" A figure said getting up, "Then I'll kill you nice and flashy!" "Ultra Natural Pearl!" The punch sent Sanji flying across the fins into the railing next to the shop entrance.
"SANJI!" Lucy yelled. She began to stretch her arm back in ready to attack the newly standing Pearl. "Don't lay a finger on him!" Sanji yelled staggering to get up. Lucy turned and yelled back, "Why didn't you dodge that!?" Sanji got up and layed down on the railing, "Cause the damn geezer, is held at gunpoint by him. Gin, you cheap son of a bitch. There's no way I can accept your conditions!"
"Why not! It's simple!" Gin yelled at him, "Just leave this ship and you can spare everyone's lives! All you have to do is leave…"
"This ship… is the geezer's treasure!"
"Sanji!" some cooks yelled, "I thought Sanji hated the owner!" one cook yelled.
"I took everything away from that damn geezer. His strength! His dreams! Which is why… I don't want him to lose anything else!" Sanji yelled out.
"Damn pipsqueak... " Zeff said, "Now's not the time to ramble about ancient history."
"Shut up!" Sanji yelled back at him, "And I told you not to treat me as a damn kid anymore!"
"Sanji watch out!" Patty yelled to Sanji.
"Pearl...CLOSE!" Pearl from behind Sanji slams both fists into Sanji's head.
"SANJI!" the cooks yelled.
"Service Pearl!" Pearl jumps into the air above Sanji.
"This is how we fight! This is your fault anyways!" Gin yelled, "All you need is to hand over the ship to us and it'd be all over!
"This is dirty, GIN!" Lucy yelled at him.
"Tarnished Silver… Present!" Pearl then falls down head first, landing onto Sanji's back who was still lying on the ground.
"Damn it…" some cooks were saying.
"Haaahahaha!" Pearl yells out, "behold my iron wall!"
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"He…" the assassin snickered, "now that his attention is over to the fight over there I can finally finish this overconfident and arrogant shithead..." The assassin had sneaked away from the view of August after he watched what happened to Sanji. Once the event on the other side of the fin was all over the assassin got ready to attack and snuck up behind August. August quickly performs a spinning crescent kick across the assassins face launching him a few feet backwards.
"You really thought that I didn't keep an eye on you after I watched the fight. Getting away is one of the focal points that an assassin needs to perform his duties." August said turning around to his attacker.
"Why are you so goddamn arrogant." the assassin says wiping blood from the corners of his mouth, "and how the hell are you not even fazed by the fact that one of your friends was just killed by my crew mate. Every sane and normal person would be shocked and would rush to help them. Yet you don't even boast an expression at all."
"If I truly knew that he was in danger of dying I would rush to help him." August said smiling, "But that is not the case. You pirates have made two big mistakes so far, A, thinking that you all are so high and mighty and B, underestimating everyone here."
"The only one I have underestimated was you when I first thought that our fight would be a piece of cake. No one else here is strong enough to compete with us."
"Unfortunately for you, there is two people that is stronger than me here, Lucy the idiot with the straw hat, and the man who you thought had died. Look for yourself." August points to where Sanji is.
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"...you ate your own leg and gave me all the food...you saved my life…" Sanji was getting up from the ground after the multiple attacks on him. He punches the ground in anger.
"Sanji!" Lucy yells out.
"He can still talk, after taking my Pearl present?" Pearl says shocked.
"I'm not handing over this restaurant." Sanji said getting up fully, "and I won't let you kill the damn geezer either… He's a geezer who gave everything for the sake of one little brat!" Sanji then readjusts his tie and shouts out, "If I can't even put my life at risk to save him, then I can never repay my debt to him!"
Everyone who understood other than Zeff and I were shocked.
"Sanji! Don't do any more unnecessary things." Zeff said sweating, "I'm not so old and feeble enough yet that I need to be rescued by a little eggplant"
"Hmph, you're one to talk." Sanji said back, "If you hadn't given up your leg for my sake, then these guys wouldn't be able to push you around!"
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"I told you that man doesn't die too easily." August says turning around to finish the job with the assassin, "Now to finish you. I originally hoped that you would be at least a little strong to actually do a number on me but I guess that's not the case."
"Eh.." that was all that came out of the assassin's mouth before August sends him flying with a Luffy-like (dare I say Lucy-like) "bazooka" palm with both hands. The attack was so strong that he flew for a good few meters into the ocean. 'Well that takes care of him then. Now to help Lucy and Sanji.'
A/N: This story is currently going on a hiatus. I don't know whether this would be cancelled or not. What I originally intended for this story was for August to have a tragic past that comes up here and then in the arks. He would then have an emotional shock and either overcome that event or it would also add on to his weakening mental state and willpower. His story is really depressing and to me, is a really good story, but it doesn't fit with the mood of One Piece. Most of One Piece isn't depressing and dark like how August's story is. I might come up with something later and continue to right on about this story but for now, this story will be on a hiatus. I currently restarted the series in another story called "The Ancient Family" which is similar to this.