Revolutionary: Side Story
A/N: One Piece belongs to Eiichiro Oda. Standard disclaimer about ownership. OC's belong to me
Chapter 10 – Renewal
He hastily started to rub the dirt from his hand onto his face, onto his coat, onto his shirt and pants. If he was to pull this audacious trick off, he would need to look the part. Turning to his subordinate, he asked, "do I look impoverished enough to pull it off?" grinning as another handed him a small wooden crate with twelve liquor bottles, ten empty, one half drunk and the other full.
He took the half full bottle and splashed some over his coat and pants and shirt, staining his clothes. "Finish hiding the supplies and then keep hidden. You know the signal. I'm counting on you, Lieutenant."
"Yes, sir," the Lieutenant replied, "and may I say you do look very convincing." Bellamy laughed, "Off you go," he said, dismissing them. He walked down towards the beachfront with the box of liquor.
Once he reached the campfire on the beach, he placed the wooden box down onto the ground and began liberally dispersing the empty bottles around his feet. Sitting down on the wooden log, he took the half bottle and began to splash some down his lips. Alcohol ran down his shirt and coat staining it even more. Feigning drunkenness would be a hard act to pull off but he had to do this. He messed up his hair a bit more, giving it a more dishevelled look, to simulate the appearance of a destitute man.
He looked at the incoming ship. It was an unfamiliar one, but he recognised the figure sitting on the prow. It confirmed their suspicions, that this was a powerful pirate crew. And not only that; it had to be that pirate crew. Bellamy cussed out loud. He had to be careful now.
He saw the small landing boat come ashore near him. He swigged another drink from the bottle, carefully spilling half of it down his shirt, the other half over his face. "Oy, get off my island," he shouted, slurring his words, he got up, pretending to be unsteady on his feet, and staggered towards the boat which was now landing on the beachfront. "Get off my island," he repeated, adding a stagger for dramatic effect.
Think destitute and drunk he told himself. "You, it's all your fault," he said, stumbling towards Luffy. He cocked his fist back and threw a slow drunken punch, easily avoided, he staggered past his enemy, turning around, and taking another swig from the bottle, spilling half of it down his front. He threw another drunken punch, taking a wild swing.
"You took everything away from me on Jaya, my pride, my crew, my treasure. Do you know what I've had to do to survive?" He took another clumsy swipe, this time staggering and then falling flat on the beach. The remaining wine from the bottle flowed away, staining the sand.
He slowly pushed himself up, and tried to take another mouthful of wine, but it was all gone, "look what you did, Straw Hat," he said, as he lurched towards Luffy once more. "I'm going to kill you." He swung his arm in a roundhouse movement, intending to knock Luffy's head in but the attack was easy to see and counter. Luffy slammed his fist into Bellamy's head, sending him sprawling into the sand.
"Why you," Bellamy whined angrily, "bastard," he got up, head lolling around, as if he was inebriated. "I'm gonna get you this time," he slurred. "Spring Snipe," he sprung at Luffy who dodged the attack. Bellamy landed twenty metres away and launched himself at Luffy again, straight away. Again Luffy dodged the clumsy blow, as Bellamy intended. He was still waiting for the signal.
He attacked again, this time again with a swinging punch, again elementary to dodge and counter. He clumsily avoided Luffy's return attack. Suddenly, there, he saw it the signal from Lieutenant Barran. He turned to face his opponent; a feral smirk appeared on his face quick as a flash. Activating his Inner Spring Technique, he released his stored up energy, zipping around the beachfront collecting all of the Straw Hat crew that had landed, and dumping them back onto their ship. He quickly jumped off, before they realised what was happening.
"Oy," he heard Luffy say, "What happened?" He and the rest of the crew looked around in disbelief, until they leaned over the looked down. They saw Bellamy, standing upright, not drunk at all, next to the ship. Bellamy turned to face them, lifting his head up. They could see the grin on his face.
"Spring Blast," Bellamy said, smiling, feral, "good-bye Mugiwara kaizoku, and don't come back," he shouted, dropping his act. He pushed off, transferring power from his legs to his arms, releasing a massive amount of kinetic energy sending the ship and its crew careening back into the sea. He turned, as the ship flew along the water, skimming the surface and picked up his coat. Going up past the beach into the forest, he called out, "It's alright; they are gone, for now. Take up defensive positions."
"Commander Bellamy," his Lieutenant reported, "the Spymaster has been relayed the message. He replies that help is on the way."
"No doubt we will need it; I know the Straw Hats won't give up that easily," Bellamy replied, "Good job, Lieutenant Barran. Have all the men ready in defensive pattern Raftel-Three-Mariijoa."
"Yes, sir." The reply came from all the men gathered. Bellamy returned to the beachfront, and sat on the log by the fire once more, waiting for the inevitable confrontation. "Ready the special seastone nets."
His mind worked furiously, trying to come up with a plan to remove the danger, without removing the source. Sure, bouncing their ship back out to sea, might have delayed them, but even their capture would be problematic because they would remember. And there was no way that Dragon would allow his own son to die.
Hopefully, the Spymaster would come and work some of his psychic 'magic', or some sort of compromise be arranged. But knowing the absolute stubbornness of Straw Hat, there was no way that there wouldn't be a fight first, and that was his job. As Division Commander of this Revolutionaries' base he couldn't let his men down.
He saw the ship approach again, this time they would be careful and watch for tricks. He stood up, and walked down to the beachfront. The waves were gently lapping up the sand on the beachfront. His coattails gently flapped in the wind, as the Thousand Sunny came closer. He looked up at the person standing on the figurehead of the boat.
He smiled, cupping his hands around his mouth he shouted one last time, "this is your last warning, leave this island. Or I fight for real."
"Gomu, gomu no Rocket," the reply came in the form of a long outstretched rubber arm.
"Elementary attacks won't work anymore," he said, catching the incoming fist with his bare hand. The momentum of the punch was absorbed by the springs inside his body, "Spring Counter," he released the energy of the incoming punch back out, sending a wave back through Luffy's arm, whilst letting go. Luffy flew backwards, but landed easily on his feet. He grinned. So this was going to be a real fight.
"Gomu Gomi no Gatling," this time a flurry of fists came at Bellamy.
"Hmph," he crossed his arms and blocked. The weak impact of the fists weren't much trouble at all. He had taken a lot harder shots whilst training with Leon. He countered, and leapt away, "Spring Snipe," he launched an attack at Luffy, punching out with his right fist. Luffy blocked the blow with his hand, catching Bellamy's fist, and twisted, jerking Bellamy's wrist. Bellamy kicked out, landing a kick to Luffy's torso, forcing him to let go. Bellamy flipped backwards in a languid leap, springing to the left, beginning his Spring Hopper technique.
He leapt at Luffy, intending to punch him. He saw, no he sensed the counter coming, like last time, but this time he was prepared. He jammed his left arm down towards the sand, twisting his body round so that the punch missed. He inverted his body so that he caught Luffy's neck between his legs. "Spring Hopper: Variation Frankensteiner," he flipped forwards, somersaulting Luffy over his body bringing him down in a headscissors takedown, slamming him into the sand.
He rose, again, wiping the sand from his own mouth. He saw Luffy do the same. Their eyes locked for a split second, and he saw the intense look of concentration. "Gear Second." Luffy's body started to turn pinkish in appearance, and steam could be seen.
Bellamy smiled and threw off his coat, "Shuurai Tekken: Hyena Variation," he shifted his body weight, taking a martial arts stance. This was definitely another perk of being a top Revolutionary, you learned to fight properly, barehanded instead of just the usual pirate brawling. This particular martial art was developed in part to counter the Rokushiki. If Soru could make you move fast, Shuurai Tekken moved and hit faster. The Hyena Variation was something that was in the process of being developed, incorporating palm strikes instead of just fists which the normal Shuurai Tekken used. It also used his Bane Bane powers. He curled his fingertips downwards forming two claws. Shifting his weight onto his back foot in his side-on stance he waited for Luffy's attack.
It was fast, as he had expected. "Gomu Gomu no Jet Pistol," Bellamy had just enough time to throw his arms up in defence. Only his trained heightened senses saved him. The force of the blow pushed him back a couple of metres, making a long mark in the sand. "Shuurai Tekken: Hyena Variation; Swipe." Turning his legs into springs, Bellamy launched a quick attack back, his right arm swiping at Luffy as he neared. Luffy dodged just in the nick of time, and hit Bellamy on the jaw sending him flying backwards. Bellamy landed on his feet, and rubbed his jaw. He grinned again.
"Gomu Gomu no Jet Missile," Luffy grabbed Bellamy with his outstretched arm and came hurtling towards Bellamy, slamming him backwards. Bellamy landed on the ground about twenty metres away, one hand and both legs touching the ground for balance. "Spring Quake," he kicked the ground a thousand times, sending a seismic wave along the ground, hoping to catch Luffy off balance. He launched forwards "Shuurai Tekken: Hyena Variation; Double Strike." He struck out with a left palm strike, followed by a right handed punch, sending Luffy back.
"Shuurai Tekken: Hyena Variation; Wild Fang," he pressed his attack forward, trying not to give Luffy time to regroup, but Luffy countered with a Gomu Gomu no Twin Jet Pistol, blocking both his blows. The steam continued to pump out from Luffy. He had to finish this soon. And he needed something else, since Shurai Tekken could keep up with the speed of Gear Second.
Luffy activated his Gear Third, sending air to rapidly inflate his arm so that it was as big as a giant's. Bellamy assumed the Shuurai Tekken defensive stance, "Gomu Gomu no Gigant Pistol," a giant fist hurtled at him at great speed. He blocked but the force of the blow sent him careening hundreds of metres back into the trees. He hit one, two, three, ten trees hard before he landed hard on his back. He felt the back of his head and found it was bleeding. He rose gingerly, and sprung back towards the battleground.
That last shot had taken a lot out of him, he realised that his legs and arms all sported numerous small cuts. He panted heavily, as he surveyed the wreckage. The battle continued. He saw his Lieutenant and other troops engage the enemy now, as the Thousand Sunny came into range. The ship returned fire sending cannons towards the embankment where his troops were.
He saw the cannonballs come towards his troops. He leapt, temporarily abandoning the fight. "Shuurai Tekken: Hyena Variation; Strike." He hit the cannonball away with his bare hand. "Fire," he heard Lieutenant Barran order, as the Revolutionaries fired another barrage of cannons.
Bellamy barely had time to block the Gomu Gomu no Gigant Whip that came straight at his encampment. He saw some of his troops duck, under the blow, but others were going to get caught. "Shuurai Tekken: Hyena Variation; Bite," this was an overhand strike, going at Luffy's foot, trying to pin it onto the ground to stop the momentum of the attack. He was lucky this time, managing to do exactly that. Luffy deflated his leg, sending it snapping back towards his body.
By now, the battle had dissolved into a general melee. "Fire the seastone nets," he heard Lieutenant Barran shout, as they fired their rifles. He turned to face another Gomu Gomu no Gigant Pistol. This time he was ready. "Spring Counter." He absorbed the impact of the Gigant Pistol with his left arm. He bought his right arm up for support, as he felt the impact of the Gear Third attack ripple right through his arm. He released energy backwards even as it came in, he was straining hard. Too much power behind the blow, he thought as he felt a cracking in his arm, and suddenly it fell limp to his side, as the end of the blow hit him, sending him flying.
As he came down and landed, he felt something grab hold of him, "Cuatro Fleur," four arms had sprouted on the ground and on his body. Two had hold of his ankles, and the other two pinned his arms behind his back. He screamed in pain as his broken arm was wrenched round his back. "Gomu Gomu no Gigant Bazooka," he saw the two giant arms come right at him, with no chance to block or move, as he was held in place. He closed his eyes and waited for the impact that would surely signal his loss.
"Backspin," he heard that word, and opened his eyes. Standing in front of him was Leon. He held his right hand out in front of him, and was stopping the incoming attack with the Chikara Chikara no Mi powers.
"Brain Buster," he felt the hands let go of him, as he saw Alekyne arrive. He dropped to the ground in exhaustion, clutching his broken left arm with his right, it would have to go in a sling. He panted exhausted. He saw a man rise out of the ground, as a third member of the Five appeared, grabbing Luffy from behind with rock solid hands.
Bellamy saw Edvard drive his fist into Luffy's head, and rotate it in a corkscrew motion. "Owwwwwww…" the whine filled the air, making everyone look up and causing numerous faceplants amongst the people there. Bellamy laughed at the scene falling over, landing on his broken arm. He bit back the pain.
"Eddie, stop picking on me," Luffy complained as he turned into a chibi, the side effect of losing Third Gear.
"Nice to see you too, little Luffy," Edvard replied, twisting his fist harder. "Owie, owie," everyone could hear the whinging as Edvard held the chibi Luffy solidly and continued teasing the chibi-Luffy.
It was left to Alekyne to tell everyone to calm down. "Everyone, stop fighting. That's an order." The Revolutionaries complied straight away to their superior officer's command. When the Straw Hats, barring Luffy didn't comply, Alekyne sent out multiple Brain Busters, causing them to clutch at their heads because of the strong psychic headache.
"Medics, take care of the wounded," Leon gruffly barked out, as the medic team assigned to this base scurried around with their supplies. One of the medics came to Bellamy and began to set his broken arm in a cast.
"You did well Rookie Boy," Leon said, as he sat down on the sand next to Bellamy.
"Thanks for the save, old man," Bellamy retorted, reflexively. Leon laughed and placed his finger on Bellamy's cast. He smiled. A look of scared shock passed through Bellamy's face, "Oy, don't do that."
"General Leon," the medic interjected, his voice uneven, "don't hurt the patient anymore." Leon glared at him, sending the medic scurrying away.
"You called me old man, Rookie boy," Leon replied, a malevolently mischievous glare shot in Bellamy's direction coupled with an almost-sadistic grin.
"It was a joke, a joke," Bellamy replied, trying to placate his superior officer. A look of fear passed through his eyes.
Leon laughed, "This won't hurt a bit," he said as he applied the power of the Chikara Chikara no Mi. Bellamy screamed in pain as force rippled up his already broken arm. "And that is what you deserve for calling me old man."
A/N:Well this is it. One more to go. Please review.