Okay, if I had any talent with writing before, it's gone now. T_T I had to write this thing three times before I was at least half satisfied, seeing as I'm still not really :(! Hope the wait (again) was worth it, next update will be next Thursday though, promise :D

Enjoy!

(Warnings for language and cruddyness)

Realisation

The soft chuckling from Katsu caused Luffy to tear his eyes away from his ship. The man was now fully visibly allowing Luffy to finally glare at him. Soon however, about a few seconds after the bright light had dimmed, the sounds of the fight made their way to the enemy ship. Luffy smirked at Katsu. Everyone was fine.

Katsu just shrugged. "Ah well, she was new. I'll find another at the next dock"

Luffy's eyes flashed with anger. How can he call himself a Captain when he just throws his crew away when they are no longer useful? He didn't even know what happened to his crew yet!

Ah. Wait a minuet. Luffy could see him, so he could hit him now, right?

Luffy didn't think on it for too long.

Thinking hurts.

Katsu just about registered that he had a fist hurtling towards him, the shock on his face proved he'd seen it but was just to slow. He flew back from the force of the impact and hit the mast with a dull thud, sliding to the floor.

He he, have that bastard.

"Dam you Mugiwara!" Katsu spat some blood onto the deck and stood up wiping his mouth. "Got me distracted again."

Before Luffy could do much more he had vanished again.

Punch!

"I'm gonna have to finish it fast now, things to do an' all!"

Punch!

"Eh? Nothing to say still? Why is that huh?"

Punch!

Luffy could do nothing about the barrage of punches that he was receiving, but this time he stood his ground, feet placed firmly apart on the deck.

If he wanted to beat this idiot, he needed to find out what his devil fruit was. If he listened closely, he could hear a strange tiny whistling. Luffy followed the movement with his ears and felt a punch hit him from where the noise last was.

He smirked. Got it.

. . . .

Nami uncurled herself from the protective ball she was currently in. Looking through her fingers she saw a huddled and burnt body in front of her. She got up tentatively to make sure she wasn't hurt anywhere and walked slowly over to Emi's still body. After poking her a few times with her Clima-tact to make sure she was defiantly unconscious Nami sat down near her and let out a sigh of relief.

"Heh, that was close."

That huge amount of electricity would be enough to kill everyone on The Sunny, but luckily Nami had spotted the cutlass that Emi had attached to her hip. Metal conducts electricity. All Nami had to do was create a path for the electricity to travel after it had struck, so quickly threw some rigging that was carelessly left by someone hanging in the water over Emi before she could unleash all that energy onto everyone on the ship.

Nami looked once again at the prone body of Emi. Ah well, she might as well help Brook. She stood up, and steeling herself once again ran into the heart of the battle.

. . . .

Luffy waited for the whistling to start again. He followed the tiny sound with his ears and suddenly punched, seemingly at thin air. He felt a huge force impact with his fist but in a small amount of space.

A wall in front of Luffy almost collapsed as something huge hit it, leaving a large dent in the woodwork.

Huh?

Katsu's now croaky voice drifted towards him.

"Dam you! How the hell did you find out about my devil fruit!"

I did?

"I thought no one asides me knew about my Chi chi no mi! Shit!"

Katsu seemed to grow out of the floor crouched on his knees. He looked up to glare at Luffy.

"Well I may as well tell you what it does then, I'm sure you're dying to know!"

No, not really...

"Well it's simple really. The chibi chibi no mi. I'm a small man!" Katsu looked smug as he continued. "I can change my shape at will, making myself as small as a flea but all the while retaining all of my muscle power! My punches have the same power, but coming from a body so light with power of a man I can reach any speeds I wish! Che che! How do-"

A punch from Luffy cut off Katsu's ranting. Luffy didn't care about the man's powers, this guy had pissed him off enough today and now that he could finally fight him Luffy wasn't going to hold back.

Gomu gomu no...Gatling gun!

An onslaught of punches forced Katsu to stay his normal size, forcing his body to take all of Luffy anger and frustration. Katsu was thrown away from Luffy and skidded across the floor. Coughing blood, he shakily stood again.

Luffy's arms snapped back into place.

Gomu gomu no...

Leaving his arms behind him, Luffy charged forward.

Bazooka!

Katsu took the hit right in the stomach and was sent flying off into the distance and was soon a small speck in the distance.

Luffy watched him disappear grinning. That felt good...Ah! Time to see how the crew were getting on! Stretching his arm across, he caught a hold of the railing of The Sunny and launched himself across.

. . . .

Sanji didn't see Luffy land. He and the rest of the Straw hats had been fighting continuously since the attack first started and now everyone was starting to tire out. Men had stopped pouring over the sides but now the crew was worn out. They had been fighting for a long time now and their frustration that had been fuelling them was all but gone.

"Even the Marimo looks tired", Sanji noted to himself. That flash of bright light earlier was a great distraction, he expected nothing less from his Nami-San! The enemy had turned their heads for a moment, allowing the Straw hats to gain the upper hand. All too quickly though, the constant fighting continued again.

Luffy scanned the crew. They were all there. Looking beat though, he noticed. Time to help them! Grinning he ran forward but something out of the corner of his eye caught his attention, causing him to stop suddenly. He could see Robin fighting, but from behind her a man was charging forwards, sword outstretched and dangerously close to her back.

She couldn't see or notice him, she was too preoccupied with having about thirty hands sprout across the deck and breaking the necks of unsuspecting victims. When she would notice it may be too late.

Luffy wouldn't reach her in time. Even his arm couldn't get there fast enough.

He didn't need to think.

Didn't have to.

Even if he did, he would have done the same thing.

"ROBIN!"

Dun duuuuhhh...another cliff (Don't kill me!)

Okay, last week I had no other excuse other than I forgot 'cos I was busy, lame I know. Then it's updated late 'cos I had to re write most of it, because it was, well *cough* shit :(

Ah well, I hope it's better now, and I have painstakingly gone through it to find as many typos as I could (Dam those buggers...)

This is also the smallest chapter I have ever done for this story... *sigh*

Author notes.

-None really. Chibi means small in Japanese for anyone who didn't know or couldn't guess from the chapter. Hope you managed to make sense of it, heh heh, yeah...

- Katsu's for sale! Yay! If you need an obnoxious villain to beat up, have him, he's all yours (I don't want him)

Any who, hope it was in character and thanks for reading! Also, thanks to everyone who has faved or reviewed before now! You're all awesome! XD

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