Chapter 10: First Encounters
LC here, their are a few japanese attacks in this chapter. I'll list them, their english translations and a brief summary of what they do.
Gomu Gomu no Pistol-Gum Gum Pistol-Luffy fires out his arm and punches somebodt
Gomu Gomu no Muchi-Gum Gum Whip-Luffy pulls back his leg and kicks it forward using it like a whip
Gomu Gomu no Gatoringu-Gum Gum Gattling Gun-A barrage of straight punches
Sanzen Sekai-Third Millenium World- With the sword in his mouth, he flips his other two swords in front of him like a windmill then rushes to his opponent cutting through them. Finishes with his left hand in front and right behing him
Tou Rou Nagashi-Bleeding the Wolf-Zoro steps back on one foot and places two of his swords in a defensive position, then by rocking forward he digs the third sword into the opponets stomach.
Gomu Gomu no Fuusen-Gum Gum Ballon- Luffy sucks in air and expands his chest like giant balloon.
Oni Giri-Demon Cleave- Zoro crosses his arms and cuts through his enemy by uncrossing them aross his foe's chest
Taki Nami- Hawk Wave-Using two swords, Zoro slashes and sends a cutting wave to enemies while in the air
Rica looked up the rubber boy.
Is he really going to do all of this for me. He doesn't have too, he's such a nice person. You wouldn't expect that from any normal pirate. But then again, this whole pirate crew is...weird. I've never met any one like them, all the other pirates, their just so mean and horrifying, but them... She stared in deep thought.
"Their something wrong Rica?" Luffy asked
She shook her head
"No, I was just thinking" She said honestly. He nodded.
"Come on" He said marching down the hill and toward the castle.
"Luffy! Wait up!" Zoro yelled. Luffy stopped and sighed impatiently.
"What!" he yelled.
Zoro pointed to the brown furball stuck to his leg and shook it violently.
"The furball doesn't want to get off my leg" He said agrily.
"I..I...I c..c..c..an s..s..s..o" The reindeer stuttered.
Zoro kicked him off and flung him into Nami.
"Stop being a coward, were gonna have to face this enemy like we always do" Luffy nodded.
"Lets keep..." In a quick flash their captain was throw backwards hitting the ground with a hard thud.
"Luffy!" Rica shouted running to him. He got up quickly.
"What the hell was that?" He said looking around them. Zoro popped one of his katana sheath's open, ready to pull out his Wadō Ichimonji. He looked around, waiting for anything to pop out from any angle and he'd be ready to slice whatever...or whoever it was in half.
Chopper stayed with Nami, shaking violently. Nami turned around constantly.
If Sanji-kun were here, he'd be right here with me, protecting me from anything. But...he's not, so I have to protect myself if worst comes to worst.
Suddenly a fist came out from nowhere followed by a grunt of pain and Zoro was knocked to the ground.
Before them stood Pihru, the 6 foot tall man who waited on Kinbarii's hand and foot.
"Rica, at last you've returned" Were the first words to leave the man's mouth. She nodded.
"And I have help this time!" She yelled.
"You come back with help every single time, none of them have gotten close to defeating us. How long will this group of clowns last?" He asked her.
"They'll be here longer then you will!" She yelled. Luffy crossed his arms.
"Who are you working for" He demanded.
Pihru laughed insanely. "You are amusing straw hat" He said laughing somemore. "You must know who I am" He stated.
Luffy looked at him with deep thought. "Sorry never heard of you, I don't think I've ever seen someone that ugly, I think I would have remember someone like that" He said laughing.
"Luffy" Zoro hissed.
"Mata?" He said.
Pihru looked at him with a death glare.
"Don't stare it's rude" Luffy stated.
"Your going down straw hat!" He yelled charging forward.
Luffy grinned.
"Gomu Gomu no...Pistol!" He yelled swinging his fist and aimed for Pihru's face. He dodged and swung hitting Luffy to the ground a few feet away. Luffy got up quickly wiping away a dab of blood from the corner of his mouth.
"You ate a devil fruit I see" Pihru said.
"Yep, I'm made of Rubber"
"Your abilities have no use, I'll will defeat you anyways" he said making his way towards Luffy for another attack
"Gomu Gomu no...Muchi!" He yelled extending his legs into a whip he tried to swip Pihru off his feet. He jumped over the his leg and threw a punch to his stomach sending him into the air.
"Gomu Gomu no..Gattling Gun!" he yelled sending many punches through the air. Each one striking Pihru. He was pounded to the ground and laid their for a few minutes. Luffy walked away.
"Were done here" He said marching toward the castle.
"Luffy!" Zoro yelled before running in back of him and unsheathing all three katana holding them in their places fighting off the giant.
"Santoyuu" He stated. Zoro didn't aknowledge him. "Your sword techniques cannot defeat me either" He stated in a matter-o-factly way.
"We'll just see when I cut through your bone" He growled.
"A challenge?" He said raising an eyebrow. "Well, I do enjoy a challenge" He grunted.
"Alright swordsman" He said. "We will battle" He stepped away from him and took a stance. Zoro untied his bandanna from around his muscled arm and put it on his head leaving his face covered in shadow's.
"Are you ready?" Pihru asked.
"Lets just get this overwith so we can get our over excited captain to that castle" He said placing his swords up. Pihru looked at the castle and then to the group.
"This is as far as you all go" He growled and charged for the swordsman.
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"Sanji!" Usopp yelled followng the cook.
"You really shouldn't be out of the bed! Your not suppose to be walking around, let along work!" He exclaimed watching the chef quickly cut up vegatables.
"My health shouldn't affect my duties on this ship. If I can't cook you all can't eat" He said placing a slab of meat in a bowl and covering it with a arrangments of spices and seasonings.
"Chopper would definatly not approve of this" He grunted. Sanji shrugged
"Who cares" He said continuing.
"And you really shouldn't be smoking either!" Usopp yelled trying to snatch the white stick away and out of his mouth.
"Leave it Usopp, I'm not gonna listen to that doctor!" He said turning around holding a frying pan in his hand.
"If you keep bugging me then your gonna feel awfully bad when this hot frying pan comes down on your head" He growled. Usopp shook his head and backed away from the angered cook.
"Good" Sanji stated sitting the pan back on the burner and let the food continue to cook.
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Zoro stood in a stance with both one sword in each hand sticking up in the air and his third sword in his mouth lying horizontal.
"So Roranoa Zoro huh? The famous pirate hunter?" He laughed.
"What's so funny" Zoro spat.
"Your a pirate hunter, yet, you seem to be a comrad to pirates"
"That's right! He's our nakama!" Luffy yelled throwing a fist in the air
Pihru laughed again.
"Straw Hat...let's see how good your nakama is, how long will he last before he is unable to battle, before I crush him" He said. "After your swordsman has fallen I'll take down you, and then your reindeer and then the girl" He said looking at Nami. "And then, Rica will have nowhere else to go to, but to Kinbarii" He said looking at Rica.
"None of that will happen!" Rica yelled,
"Kinbarii, I guess that's who your working for" Zoro stated.
"Yes, as a matter of fact she is, Rica knows all about Kinbarri, don't you Rica?" He said. Rica gave him a glance.
"yeah well we have more people! more nakama!" luffy yelled.
Pihru laughed, and Chopper and Nami went wide eyed.
"I know, my friends have been sent to attack your friends and your ship" He said. "Kinbarri doesnt miss a thing" He said he faced Zoro again.
"Sanji-kun" Nami whispered
"Swordsman, I have other work to be done, let us get through this" He said taking a stance. Zoro raised his swords.
"Alright then, you asked for it" He said and he started flipping the swords in his hands quickly. A circle of metal flipped in front of him quickly.
"Sanzen Sekai!" He yelled charging forward keeping the rotation of the swords. Pihru smiled and ran toward him.
What's with this, does he want to die? If he runs into it, he'll die from the impact of the swords, the idea is to not die. He thought. He looked up and Pirhu was infront of him. He stuck his hand out and stopped the swords sending them clashing into each other. Pirhu pulled his hand back blood dripping from it. Zoro growled angrily and then smiled
Since I'm so close I can finally try and use a close up attack, this one might do the trick He thought. Zoro fell backwards on his right foot, he put his two hand swords in a defensive position and the third sword in his mouth in the range of Pihru's stomach readying himseld for the attack.
"Tou Rou Nagashi!" He yelled pushing forward and dug the sword into his stomach. Pihru jumped back and away pulling the sword out quickly, it's side covered in dark blood.
"Your a lot better then I expected Roranoa" He said laughing a bit. "But your swords can only do so much damage" He said backing away. "You will not get another chance like that again, rest assure" He spoke. He pulled out a pistol from a sash around his waist.
"Perish Zoro" He said and he fired three shots. Zoro ran at them with great speed flinging them off with his swords. The three stray bullets sped off course and headed for Luffy, Rica, Nami and Chopper.
Rica looked at the upcoming bullets.
"Luffy!" She cried
"Gomu Gomu no Fuusen!" he yelled. His whole body inflated and he cought the bullets with his stomach and sent them flying back towards Pihru and Zoro.
"Baka!" Zoro yelled dropping to the ground.
Pihru came charging towards the swordsman. Zoro quickly got his swords in position and stood up and also came charging forward.
"Oni Giri!" he yelled. Pihru slide backwards a few feet taking the force of the impact and the attack. A massive red X now cut into his chest. He clutched it and looked up to Zoro with a look of death.
"This isn't a game anymore Roranoa Zoro, I wont go easy on you anymore." He growled.
Pirhu came running again, picking up tremedous speed. When he reached Zoro he sent a fist out swinging to hit Zoro in the stomach but Zoro quickly fell to the ground and took a sword stabbing it through his stomach, then kicked him out of the way.
Pihru stood up with the katana sticking from his stomach. He looked at Zoro and quickly pulled it out and threw it out of sight. Zoro glanced from Pihru to the area he threw his Yubashiri.
"You only have two swords now" He said walking toward him. "How are you gonna fight me!"
"A good swordsman doesn;t need to have all three swords to defeat an enemy" Zoro stated.
"Let's see what happened when you have no swords, will you still be able to fight me then?" He asked.
"You won't be around long enough to know the answer to that question" He retaliated. Pihru gave a crooked smile.
"Lets just test that theory huh swordsman?" He asked. Zoro gave no answer but came speeding towards him.
Luffy stood watching his firstmate with utmost attention. If his friend needed any help, he'd be the first to go into the battle and help him out. But he picked Zoro for a reason, he didn't often need help and could defeat a hundred enemies without help.
Nami and Chopper kept their vision on Zoro and the far distance where the Going Merry was docked. Usopp and Sanji were still their, and with Sanji unable to fight, Usopp would be left to guard the ship. But their was no way he would be able to guard a ship against two people, espically if they were like Pihru.
When Nami looked back both men were in a firce battle up close. Pirhu was throwing punches and kicks, Zoro was to defend them with his two swords. Rica looked away from the battle and darted off and ran the other way. Luffy looked to his friend and then to Rica and followed her.
"Rica! What are you doing!" He yelled catching up to her.
"Trying to find Zoro-san's sword" She said looking around. Luffy nodded. "Yosh, lets find it!"
Pirhu threw a punch to Zoro's stomach which went unguarded and sent him flying into the air.
"Taka Nami!" he yelled sending a cutting air wave down at Pirhu who dodged it easily.
"That move wont work on me!" He yelled. "I knew it was coming!" Pihru said. He watched as Zoro fell to the ground and landed on his feet. He took a few steps back and held his swords out looking like a rhino's horn. He quickly started to spin around.
"What is this! Somekind of dance!" Pihru yelled. Zor abruptly stopped and sent the air he was spinning to knock Pirhu over. Pihru was blowed backward. Zoro jumped into the air again.
"Taka Nami!" He yelled again sending the air wave at him, this time hitting him. He landed a few feet awat from the bleeding giant. Breathing heavily he lowered his swords.
Pihru struggled but got up.
"Very good swordsman, I must admit you are a worthy advisary" He said as Zoro neared him for another attack Pihru threw an unexpected kick around to his side.
"But not worthy enough" he said. Zoro got up slowly and wiped blood away from his mouth with the back of his hand and smiled.
"We'll just see whose worthy" He said running and then jumping into the air
"Oh please" he said rolling his eyes. Pirhu pulled out his pistol and fired another three shots.
Zoro dodged the first two but was hit his right shoulder from the third one. He quickly grabbed it and landed on his feet clutching his wound. He looked up and Pihru who threw an underkick to his jaw sending him in the air. While on the way down Pirhu stood under the falling swordsman and grabbed on of the swords from his hand slicing his hand. He fell on his back and grabbed his injured hand with his other hand trying to ease the pain.
"Now Roranoa Zoro, I have one of you swords" He said. "You have one left, can you really fight me with only one sword?" He asked. Zoro got up and stuck his remaining sword in his uninjured hand.
"Of course I can" He said running towards him, his speed not as quick. Pirhu smiled.
"Courage, will not be enough" He yelled. Zoro swung at Pirhu with his remaining sword, both of them playing offence and defensive. Moving around quickly they attacked each other. Buit when Zoro swung out his right arm. He immediatly grabbed the shot wound and fell to his knees giving Pirhu the opppertunity and he stuck Zoro's beloved Sandai Kitetsu through his chest. Zoro gagged coughing up blood and fell backward with his swords sticking through him. Pihru chuckled as the swordsman fainted and laid in his own increasing puddle of blood.
"you were good Zoro, till the end"
Luffy and Rica came back with smiles on their faces as they held his sword proudly.
"Oi! Zoro! We got...it" Luffy said stopping. "Zoro!" He yelled seeing his friend down.
Pihru pulled out a can of spray and sprayed it everywhere, instantly knocking everyone out.