Author Notes: Hey everyone just like I promised here is the new chapter. Now this chapter is going to have some fighting and little bit of a flashback, but then again I hate flashbacks. Enjoy!

Captain vs Captain, Rubber Man vs The 14th

Luffy stared at his opponent, the exorcist Allen Walker. Allen stared back and both charged at each other at the same time and collided with a punch at the center of the arena. Their punches launched a small shockwave, which made it to both teams. Luffy tried striking with his left fist, but Allen blocked with his left hand and gripped Luffy's fist as they had a strength battle.

"Gomu Gomu No Kane!" Luffy shouted as he stretched his head back and snapped it back forward aiming for Allen's head, but Allen was able to dodge it by ducking out of the way and quickly punched Luffy in the stomach.

"Sorry, but punches don't work on me!" Luffy told Allen who was caught surprised by his attack having no effect and Luffy stretched his arm back and shouted, "Gomu Gomu No Pistol!" Luffy snapped back his arm and landed a hit on Allen's face. Allen spit out saliva from the impact and was sent flying backwards.

Allen sat up and wiped the blood that was trickling down the side of his mouth and watched as Luffy cracked his knuckles and was prepared for round two. Allen stood up and charged at Luffy, but instead of trying to punch him, he activated his innocence and used, "Cross Grave!" Allen was able to hit Luffy in the stomach cutting some parts of Luffy's flesh and Luffy was sent flying with blood squirting out his chest the same way as Zoro's did in his battle.

"LUFFY!!" The crew shouted as they witnessed their captain being struck by Allen's attack.

"Goooooo Allen-kun!" Komui shouted from the stands and began to wave a sign that said Team Exorcist.

Luffy clenched his stomach and screamed in pain as he rolled on the floor from the pain. Tatsuo began to count, but Luffy had other ideas as he stood up panting for breath and looked at Allen who looked back.

"Damn you bastard, there is no way I'm letting you win!!" Luffy yelled as he quickly charged ignoring the pain from his chest and began to deliver swift punches and yelled out, "Gomu Gomu No Gatling Gun!" Allen was surprised and had a hard time dodging Luffy's attacks, but his effort was not good enough as Allen was hit by a couple of Luffy's punches which caused him to spit out blood. Luffy landed one last punch before stretching his leg high in the air and shouted, "Gomu Gomu No Ono!" and then snapped his leg back landing a hit on Allen's stomach. Allen spit out more blood as a small crater was formed in the middle of the arena.

"ALLEN-KUN!!" Lenalee shouted as she watched in horror at Allen being crushed by Luffy's strong attacks.

"Go Luffy!!" Usopp and Chopper shouted as the rest gave a small sigh in relief.

"Thank God Luffy has great will power or otherwise he'll lose quickly." Nami said as she continued watching the match.

"Ah!" Sanji and Franky agreed.

"Did I win?" Luffy asked as he looked at Allen who looked like he couldn't go on.

Tatsuo arrived at the scene and began to count to ten as Luffy waited and cracked his knuckles again in case Allen continues the match. Tatsuo was up to six until he stopped and noticed something happening to Allen.

The crew noticed Tatsuo stopping and were all confused on why he stopped. "Oi, why did you stop?" Franky asked.

Tatsuo stepped back from the crater and began to walk back to the side of the arena ignoring Franky's question. "Oi, did you hear me or not?!" Franky asked again.

Again Tatsuo didn't answered which aggravated Franky and was about to yell at him until he heard a scream from Lenalee from the other side. He looked at her and saw her wide eyed with her hands covering her mouth and she kept on moving her head from side to side. Franky looked back to the arena and saw that made his eyes widened in horror. In the arena he saw Luffy bloodied around his body and was grabbed by his neck by no other that Allen Walker. However, there was something different about Allen as his skin was now darkish gray and had some weird markings on his forehead.

"Luffy!!" Nami shouted concerned as she saw Luffy's state and began to have tears in her eyes as she covered her mouth. The rest of the crew was in shock as well, including Sanji who had dropped his cigarette. Zoro was still sleeping and Usopp and Chopper stopped cheering and were hugging each other in fright as they witnessed what happened to their captain who was easily manhandled even though noone but Tatsuo saw what happened.

"Oi, what happened how was Luffy manhandled like that?!" Franky asked, but noone replied as they still were in shock at what happened.

Back in the arena Luffy was trying to be released from Allen's grip on his neck, but he was too weak to even flinch the new Allen Walker. The Exorcist were as shocked as the crew as they witnessed what happened, but were not cheering for Allen since they knew something like this was bound to happen.

"Konbanwa, Monkey D. Luffy." Allen said calmly as Luffy looked at Allen with eyes widened. "The name is 14th as in the 14th Noah!"

Allen then threw Luffy and he landed on the arena floor hard. Luffy then grabbed his neck and began spitting out a mixture of saliva and blood and tried to catch his breath from Allen's grip on his neck. Luffy tried to stand up, but before he could Allen was already in front of Luffy which shocked him and then next thing Luffy knew was that he was punched in the face, which actually hurt him.

"Ite, that hurt!" Luffy shouted as he rolled on the floor clenching his face. However, The 14th was not done as he then picked Luffy up by the neck and released him and then punched him the stomach causing Luffy to spit out more blood and Allen soon followed with a kick to the ribs.

"It can't be Luffy is losing." Nami whispered as she felt her knees give in and fell to the ground as she watched Allen landing punch after punch on Luffy.

"No it can't end like this!" Usopp panicked.

Luffy was still getting hit hard by Allen's punches and then was kicked onto the arena floor, which caused another crater. Luffy screamed in pain as he spit out blood from his mouth. Finally Allen stopped and stared at Luffy with his cold yellow eyes, he then signaled Tatsuo that he was done, which made Tatsuo start the ten count.

"Luffy! Get Up!" Nami, Usopp and Chopper shouted.

"Damn you Luffy, if you lose this match then I'll kill you!" Sanji shouted as he also began to panic.

Luffy stared at the sky and panting for breath as he slowly closed his eyes. 'Damn it, I can't beat him the way I am, I guess I have to use Gear Second, but...'

Flashback

"Oi Luffy?" Luffy turned around as he saw Chopper calling him from all the way in the back and Luffy stopped and waited for the little reindeer to catch up to him.

"Oi Chopper, what do you want?" Luffy asked calmly smiling at his reindeer nakama.

"It concerns Gear Second." Chopper told him as they both walked slowly behind the rest of the crew.

"Oh, so then you know, huh?" Luffy asked putting his hands behind his head.

"Luffy promise me you won't use Gear Second in this tournament thing." Chopper asked of Luffy.

"Sure if that's what you want." Luffy told him before running up to the front and to the rest of the crew.

'Arigatou Luffy.' Chopper thought as he too ran up to front.

End of Flashback

'I'm sorry Chopper, but for the first time I have to break a promise.' Luffy then opened his eyes and heard Tatsuo say nine, but Luffy quickly stood up, which caused Tatsuo to stop counting and this made Allen turn his head back at Luffy.

Luffy then got into Gear Second position, which immediately signaled Chopper on what he was going to do. "Luffy! Don't Do it! You Promised!" Chopper shouted, which caused the crew to look at him and then back at Luffy.

"Gear Second!" Luffy then began to pump his blood, which caused his skin to turn pink and steam began to come out of Luffy. Allen turned his whole body around and took his stance and waited for Luffy to land the first move.

"This time, I will not lose!" Luffy told Allen as Allen smirked and both charged at each other.

Chopper: Luffy you broke our promise!

Nami: Oi Chopper what's going on, it's just Gear Second.

Usopp: Yeah Chopper with this Luffy can win for sure.

Franky: Yeah little reindeer, don't count out Mugiwara yet.

Chopper: Demo, Gear Second is killing him!!

Entire crew except for Robin and Zoro: EEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Next Chapter: Gear Second Unleashed, Round One Ends