Narrator: DaRubberManof98 has been currently busy for 2 weeks, going to parties, weddings and parties..oh God, I need a holiday...that's why he isn't doing this Author's Note. Oh yeah, it's Chapter 10 as well! 10 chapters into the story already!? The author told me that there was going to be more revealed about Thalia's past and my true form would appear next chapter. Also, the next chapter will be last of this arc. There will also be a preview for the next upcoming arcs. But enough about that! Let's get onto the chapter!

Disclaimer: I (sadly curls up to a ball crying) do not own One Piece. I am a fan of it however. ;)

Chapter 10: Defeat?! Imminent Conclusion!

So now it's up to Volk! Arkbar just announced he was going to bomb the island in T minus 20 minutes! Can Volk pursue him and prevent him from setting the missiles up? I hope so...Let's find out!

As Arkbar looked to be almost finishing setting up the missiles, Volk popped up from the ground.

Oh great. Looks like we have company, he said to himself.

'Are you Arkbar?!' Volk asked the tyrant.

'Yes. And who the devil are you?' he replied rudely.

'Monkey D. Marshall-otherwise known as Volk!' he stated, You're the one who caused trouble to Thalia and her crew-I'm gonna beat your sorry ass up for that!'

'You and what army?'

'Me! Heat Heat Pistol!' Marshall sucker punched the man into the wall with his hot fist.

'Thousand Man Army!' Thalia shot rapidly at the men-in-black suits on the battlefield, but stopped as one got smart and tried to slice her using his sword.

'Daburu Shichi,' Dell drilled up from the ground, slicing the agent with his axes.

'Dell!' Thalia said in relief.

Oh great. Dell's back.

'Akuma Hammer Barrage!'

'Where's Volk?' Dell asked.

'He went to go and defeat Arkbar.'

'Good,' he said.

'I won't let you bombard the island, Arkbar!' Volk exclaimed.

The dictator laughed, saying, 'I'll do as I like as I will own the island after I'm finished with you!'

'Just to warn you, I'm not gonna be easy to get rid of!' Volk informed him.

'Smoke Shell!' Arkbar put a bullet into his gun, shooting out smokescreen, making Volk unable to see where Arkbar was.

'Where'd he..'

The tyrant loomed over Volk, shooting out a flamethrower on him, 'Burn Shell!'

The attack did no damage of the sort to Volk, as Arkbar was dumbfounded, 'W-what?!'

'Bad idea to try and burn me with your flames! I'm a 10,000 Degrees Man!' the 10,000 Degrees Man explained, 'That fire was nothing more than wind to me!'

'Erghh-that means you ate...the Heat Heat Fruit,' Arkbar thought, 'OK, 'Volk', let's see you take this! Hard Shell!

Volk slid back slightly as the shell hit him, but the attack looked be of no particular effect, before chopping the large shell in half, 'Heat Heat Chop!'

'But that attack,' Taindu gasped, 'You couldn't have eaten another-'

'Obviously not!' the pirate explained, 'My grandfather ate the Gum Gum Fruit, and had a child while he was still alive; my father inherited his Devil Fruit powers, and my own father is still alive, so I inherited his own inherited Devil Fruit powers. My grandfather's Devil Fruit powers make me immune to bullets! So try hitting me with your ineffective bullets now!'

'Erghhh...' growling quietly, but keeping his cool, Arkbar loaded his chain gun with a powder other than the hard shell bullet, and shot the large shell at Marshall, 'How about this?'

As the shell came near, Volk started to heat his fists up, 'Alright then! Heat Heat-'

He was interrupted by the shell detonating as it touched him.

As he recovered, Arkbar appeared from the smoke and used, 'Flash Shell!', sending out a bright, blinding beam of light, temporarily blinding Volk.

'Shit! I can't see..'

Volk'a accuracy fell!

'Narrator! Not now!' Volk yelled.

Sorry.

'Starting with Ascensione Club!' the dictator took his kanabo from his back, and swung it up, hitting the 18 year old in the jaw with it.

'I feel weak..' He coughed up a bit of blood.

'The spikes on my kanabo are made of seastone-a type of stone used to weaken Devil Fruit users!'

'Port Club!' he swung the club to the right, hitting Volk's side, and then to the left, hitting Volk in the torso, 'Dritta Club!'

'Diagonali Club!' the boss swung his spiked club into the young adult's stomach, sending him into the wall of the gondola.

Arkbar, putting his club onto his back, exchanged the Hard Shell for another shell, 'Spike Shell!'

From his six barrel chain gun, he shot multiple needles at Volk, who was still at the wall. He tried to move to dodge the attack but it was too late anyway. However, he felt a strange sensation, which made him unable to move.

Volk is paralysed! He might be unable to move!

'Arkbar, what did you do to my body?!' He bellowed.

'The needles from Spike Shells are dipped in paralysing poison which work very effectively! This should hold you stationary for a few minutes! All the better to kill you!'

Where have I heard this before?

'Detonare Hard Shell!' Arkbar shot the large shell at the 18 year old, exploding as it hit him.

Believing that he was done for, the man started to walk back to his laptop to continue setting up the missiles, 'A complete and utter waste of my-'

'Don't you dare walk away! The fight's not over!'

Taindu looked back to see his adversary just barely standing, bloodied by the formers attacks, but able to see and move again, questioning him, 'How are you still standing, after that onslaught of attacks? You haven't touched me once during this fight! Aren't you supposed to be knocked out?!

After that Volk was visibly starting to get annoyed by Arkbar's statements, as a glare started to form in his eyes; Arkbar continued, 'Just give up along with the rest of your friends! You're too weak to-'

Finally Marshall snapped, 'Shut up! I refuse to give in! I know my friends are still fighting through your army of agents! That's why I'll protect them at all costs! No one is gonna stop me becoming the King of the Pirates, hear me?!'

'Who is it that you're getting angry at?! Flash Shell!' the man shot out the same blinding beam of light again but this time Volk closed his eyes to prevent temporary blindness again.

Arkbar changed his Flash Shell for a Hard Shell bullet, and shot the large shell at Volk, 'Detonare Hard Shell!'

'Let me show you', Volk said optimistically, 'my own bazooka! Heat Heat...'

The Rokushiki user pulled his 10,000 Degree fists back, bringing them forward to hit the bazooka-like Hard Shell with both his fists simultaneously, breaking the hard shell before it could explode, both angering and astonishing the dictator.

'The shell cracked...before it could explo-' Arkbar was interrupted as Volk used the attack once more on him this time.

'..Bazooka!'

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And we're back from the break!

'I wonder..' Thalia pondered as she looked at the large blimp in the sky.

Zara and Krute noticed her, and Zara asked, 'Oh. What's wrong Thalia?'

'I'm worried about Volk. Arkbar is very tough. His military might makes him a hard opponent, especially for Volk.'

'Don't worry about Volk', Dell assured her, 'He's twice as strong as us. Without a doubt, I'll know he'll defeat Arkbar.'

'But Dell...' she replied.

'Don't worry, Thalia', Ijin stated, 'He'll be fine. You're forgetting he beat me in one hit.'

'Ijin..'

Stop Thalia! You're doubting your crew's trump card in this battle! If it wasn't for him, you would have been killed!

'Narrator...Alright. I trust he'll defeat -'

Suddenly, one man-in-black agent tried to jump the four pirates and Krute from behind, and also tried to encourage the others, 'Let's get him while their backs are turned!'

Without even looking back she shot the man with one of her pistols, his fellow agents staring at her.

'Bitch, please,' Thalia glared at them.

The agents whimpered and recoiled back in fear.

'Damn, girl! That was epic!' Dell praised her.

'Hmmp! I try!' She said, pulling her short hair back.

'Now, Heat Heat Gatling!' Volk brought his fists forward in a flurry of extremely hot, rapid punches, damaging Arkbar with each hit.

'Spike Shell!' he shot several needles that were tipped in paralysing toxins.

'Crap, Geppo!' Volk stomped the air to avoid the needles sent out by the Spike Shell, staying airbourne for longer than normal.

'Erghhhhhhhhh!' Arkbar grumbled.

'Soru!' He vanished as he got himself close to Arkbar, before unleashing a flurry of finger jabs on his opponent, 'Shigun: Gatling Gun!'

Arkbar's metal platings made the move actually impossible to cause damage to him, 'Ineffective! Decrescente Club!'

He brought his seastone-spiked kanabo down on Marshall, while the latter countered, 'Tekkai!'

He endured the attack by hardening his body and using his arm to defend him, before countering with a powerful fist to the face, sending Arkbar into the wall of the Gondola.

'Counter Strike!'

I thought you couldn't move when using Tekkai.

'Rankyaku: Heat Heat Tempest Bird!' Volk kicked the air with his heated leg, sending an orange air blade shaped like a bird at Arkbar. As it hit Arkbar, a crack started to form on the wall behind Arkbar.

Volk, ready to finish the dictator, crossed his arms together, 'Time to finish this: Rokuohgun!'

Arkbar, angry that he couldn't bring himself to defeat one stupid pirate, grumbled, 'That's it. You've driven me over the limit. You'll possibly die after you get hit by my upgraded kanabo a couple times!'

Arkbar's kanabo was a connected, two-part weapon that was made in conjunction with his gun for Arkbar to use in combat. The bottom part was the handle of the kanabo and the top part was the barrel.

So Arkbar disconnected the barrel from the handle, and put it into the large chain gun, Arkbar dubbing it, 'The Death Kanabo!'

'That doesn't really sound threatening you know,' Volk just insulted the man, 'Your other technique's names sounded so badass, but this is just la-'

Arkbar had enough, and snapped back, 'JUST STFU AND DIE! PERFECT DETONARE CLUB!'

'Really? Perf-' the young adult was hit with the spiked club, exploding as it hit Marshall, making him throw up some blood, as Arkbar tried hitting him again and again. Volk dodged his swings with Paper Arts, making him as light and flexible as paper itself.

'IT'S NO USE DODGING! I WILL DEFEAT YO-'

'Lame attempt trying to look bada-' Volk retorted back.

'ONCE IN YOUR *Censor!* LIFE COULD YOU SHUT THE *Censor again!* UP?!' he bellowed.

'No, because I wouldn't be speaking my mind. Simple!' the pirate captain's simple replies angered Arkbar even more.

'THAT'S THE *Censor yet again!* LINE NOW! FLASH CLUB!'

Language!

Arkbar quickly put his Flash Shell bullet into the gun, shooting out the same blinding light as before, blinding Volk once more.

'Oh god, not again! I can't see!' he whined.

'I HOPE YOU DIE AFTER THIS! DOMINO DETONARE CLUB!'

Volk!

Arkbar attacked him with his kanabo, but instead of just an explosion, the attack gave off a fiery effect. As the smoke subsided, Arkbar froze in astonishment.

'Thank you Arkbar! You just gave me a power boost!' Volk grinned, looking as if the attack did nothing.

Volk's Flash Fire increases the power of Volk's Fire-type moves!

'WTF!? HOW CAN YOU STILL BE ALIVE!?' the dictator bellowed.

'When I used Heat Heat Bazooka, one of your shells fell out of your pocket. You didn't notice it, but I did. Then when you put two of your shells into one and used Flash Shell, I swapped your Hard Shell for a Burn Shell, which is why you felt something after the first time you hit me with the Death Kanabo. And because of the fire you rejuvenated my body! Simple Pokemon physics!'

I hate Pokemon.

'Yet you obsess about it,' he countered.

'Ergghhhh!'

'Time to finish this! Six Styles Special Technique.'

Volk got ready to deliver the final blow to Arkbar-using the same technique he used against Harakārā, he snapped back both his 10,000 degree arms using Rebirth; as they came back, Marshall brought them both to a stop, creating a hot shockwave. This broke every of Arkbar's metal platings, sending him through the wall of the blimp's gondola.

'Rokuohgun: Heat Heat Mortar!'

He..managed to break through my armor?! Arkbar thought to himself as he fell from the sky turning towards the blimp, getting out a remote and pressing a button on it.

As he breathed heavily from the technique, Volk heard beeping, 'Wait. What's that beeping noise?'

No...no. No. No.

As the beeping got louder and faster, Volk finally realised what it was.

Nonononoooooooooooo!

'Oh God no.'

The beeping was in fact a bomb that Arkbar set up in the blimp, so that if anyone tried to disrupt him setting up the missiles, he would detonate the airship just in case.

And don't worry, he already had bombs implanted into the ground so that he had an alternative.

The explosion spread through the sky, as the people on the battlefield looked. Arkbar forced a content smile, which turned into a grin, and then a laugh. Volk was nowhere to be seen...

Volk...

But then a figure quickly started to descend from the smoke, lifting his head to reveal-

Volk!

Yes..Volk. Arkbar looked completely dumbfounded, growling and screaming in rage, as the pirate grinned, before it disappeared into the frown that conjured on his face.

'Heat Heat...' Volk started to rise the temperature of his fists to 10,000 Degrees, using Geppo to close the gap between him and Arkbar, sucker punching the tyrant, as they fell onto the Domino Works Tower; the Six Powers user followed up with dangerously rapid, lightning fast barrages of punches, chops and palm strikes, hitting Arkbar one hand after the other.

'Combat Gun!' he named the attack.

'DOMINO-WORKS-WILL-PREVAIL!' the dictator told him, making the 18 year old teen start to slow down the speed of his attacks, 'NO LITTLE RUNT-AND HIS CREW-WILL EVER SUCCEED-AGAINST ME AND MY-!'

But nevertheless, Marshall retorted, as his repeated barrage of attacks started to gain more speed and ferocity, 'GIVE IT UP ARKBAR! MY FRIENDS HAVE ALREADY DEFEATED YOUR STUPID GROUP OF OFFICER AGENTS!'

He continued, 'FFFFFAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL!'

The barrages of punches, chops and palms eventually managed to break through the ceiling as Volk continued to plough through the the floors of the tower, basically 'destroying' the whole syndicate and it's base.

As Dell hacked through one of the agents, he noticed the tower he saw when they drove through town, and alerted the others, 'Guys! Look at the tower!'

The others looked in surprise and curiosity as Volk pummelled through the tower as it crumbled down and collapsed. He stopped when the tower was completely lost in the wreckage, Arkbar laying down in defeat, completely motionless. A silence occurred throughout the battlefield.

'V-Volk...?' Thalia whispered in silence.

Undoubtedly, Volk arose from all the rubble, breathing heavily before proclaiming, 'THALIA! I WILL ALWAYS PROTECT YOU! NO MATTER WHAT THE COST! YOU ARE MY...FRIENNNNNDDD!'

'V-V-Volk...' the 17 year old broke into tears. Don't worry, happy tears.

'YAYYYY! DOMINO WORKS IS,' the Sniper Pirates (especially Korah) screamed in joy and excitement', DEFEATED!'

Thalia was covering her eyes, when Zara came to her and assured her, 'Thalia. It's over now.'

'Hmm mhmm,' the sobbing girl agreed, wiping her tears. She saw Volk walking down to the town Center, revealing a gentle smile on her face.

As the boy neared the group, Dell commented, 'Nice job.'

Yeah, nice job Volk.

Volk nodded, before he began to collapse.

However, his first mate caught him, his captain said, 'Thanks, Dell,'

Ijin smiled in content, as well as Zara and Krute.

'Gun Slinger' expressed her thankfulness, telling him, 'Thank you so much Volk.'

Marshall grinned, 'Yeah, don't mention it! Hihihihihihihi!'

TO BE CONTINUED...

Volk, Dell, Ijin, Thalia and Narrator: Remember, R and R!