Luffy carefully stood up while balancing himself on the branch. He looked down and noticed the smoke starting to clear. He gasped when the smoke fully cleared up. All the animals were gathered around the tree he was on and one by one trying to climb up to reach him. Birds surrounded him and chirped at him with their beaks. The gorillas and monkeys were throwing large rocks at him, causing him to lose his balance. He fell to the ground where the animals piled on top of him.
From above, Sega saw the whole thing. Animals were coming in from all over the place and attacking the Straw Hat captain with no mercy. Because of that, Sega didn't move. He's as good as dead if he was too weak to defend himself from all of them. His expectations for the captain must've been too high to begin with.
"I guess you're not as strong as everyone puts out to be," murmured Sega.
Suddenly, he felt a small breeze of wind pass by him. He looked down and noticed the animals falling to the ground one by one, unconscious. His eyes widened. He saw the breeze go through the whole island. One by one, animals all over started falling into a state of unconsciousness. From the pile of animals, a rhino was pushed from the top of that pile, out popping Luffy.
"Damn animals. I could've died," murmured Luffy. Sega furrowed his brows. His haki reached throughout the whole island. He never realized how much powerful his haki could be. Even those that have the will to withstand it could've easily been knocked out. He yelped and rubbed his sore wound, even though it only made it worse.
"I don't understand you."
"Eh? Huh?" Luffy looked around to find the source of that voice. He looked up above and saw Sega floating above the trees. "Ah! You!"
"Why? Why haven't you used your haki to end our fight? You could've easily won. Your friends could be out of this mess in a second."
Luffy smirked. "What's the whole point of a fight when you already know you're going to win? I want a fair fight, one where I'll put you through the same hell you put Nami through!"
Luffy stretched his arms out and grabbed onto two trees while ignoring the pain from the bite.
"Gomu Gomu no Rocket!"
Once again, Luffy rocketed himself high up and out of the jungle, and came crashing into his opponent albeit harshly. They soared through the sky while throwing punches at one another.
"You're really persistent," murmured Sega.
"I should say the same to you!"
Meanwhile, Nami was recovering from the pain caused by the ring. Out of nowhere, everything stopped as if it magically turned off somehow, thankfully. She didn't know how long she could handle any more. Despite the fact that the ring has completely broken, she could still feel herself being electrocuted. She was still shaking all over. She placed a palm on the deck and tried to lift herself up, but she was still in under so much pain.
Nami gasped when something was thrown onto the ship. She looked up and saw Sega floating in the air, panting. A cloud of smoke came from a new hole on the ship.
"You really think you could beat me in the air?" Sega shouted.
Luffy coughed for smoke filled his lungs. He lifted himself up from all the ruble that had fallen on him. The hole he created was small, therefore Sega can't see his current state. Right now, Nami is his first priority. He squinted his eyes and looked straight at the creaks of the floorboards. He walked towards where he assumed Nami was. Everywhere else was light while this one area was completely covered.
Nami was caught off guard when she was lifted off the deck by a pair or arms. The arms wrapped around her tighter, making sure she wouldn't fall. The navigator looked up, tears streaming down her face when she saw who had rescued her. She wrapped an arm around his neck and hugged him tighter.
"Sshh, I'll take you to Chopper. Hold on a little longer. I'll get you out of here."
"Please," Nami muttered.
As Luffy neared the railings of the warship, he could see some of the other ships going down in flames or being destroyed from the inside out. So his crew pulled through after all, as expected. Sensing it on time, Luffy dodged several brick hard clouds that were thrown from behind. He used one of them as a stepping stool and pulled himself up higher. Unfortunately, Luffy could feel all the air being sucked out of him, causing him to lose all his air and thus, causing him to fall. His hands weren't free, so having no other choice, Luffy used himself to shield Nami against the fall. The navigator rolled out of his arms and landed just a feet away from arm's reach.
"Gomen, Nami. I dropped you."
Nami looked up and tried her best to reach out to him. Luffy did the same until a foot stepped down on his wounded forearm. He screamed out in pain when that foot stepped down harder. Even though something was holding him down, he still wouldn't give up.
Sega looked back and forth from the captain to the navigator. Luffy was desperately trying to reach out to her while Nami was on her side doing the same. Luffy used his other arm to reach out to her, but Sega sensed it and stepped on his other arm, preventing him.
"If it weren't for the data we received, I never would've expected you two to be lovers."
-x-x-
There was nothing but silence on Sanji's ship. Explosions went off from their surroundings and you could hear attacks from other enemy ships near them. The Marine Captain and the Straw Hat cook stood meters apart, staring at one another. Another feminine scream was heard, indicating some kind of connection between the two.
Sanji nodded. Ryu dashed for the railing and disappeared. The cook walked towards where he disappeared to. He looked down and saw him boarding Zoro's ship. Sanji took out the cigarette in his mouth and dropped it onto the deck. He stomped on it and adjusted his tie.
"Time to break loose."
Meanwhile, on Zoro's side, it will only take one more finishing blow to end his fight with the Marine Captain. He hadn't even broken a sweat. It was challenging, he had to admit. While Zoro stood at the middle of the deck, Mai was on her rear on the helm, clutching the large cut on her arm. It was her dominant arm, therefore she couldn't hold her sword without her strength. She felt ashamed as a soldier and as a daughter.
Zoro raised his sword, indicating his final attack. Mai sat in her spot, not even moving to reach for her katana. Zoro furrowed his brows, then swung his sword.
"Sanbyakurokuju Pondo Ho!"
Mai's eyes widened in horror at the size and the intensity of the compressed projectile. She never realized how scary an attack could be without her weapon to defend herself with. She shielded herself with her free arm, taking the attack head on. Never did she realize that Ryu had appeared in front of her and blocked the attack with his own arm.
"RYU!" Mai screamed out. It was an attack he chose to take head on. There was no way he was coming out of that unscathed. Her eyes widened when she saw the immense amount of blood coming from his arm. "Ryu! Hang on!"
Ryu spun around and placed a hand on her shoulder. Together, both captains disappeared. Zoro tapped his shoulder with the back end of the blade of his sword. He couldn't sense any of them on board the ship anymore. Letting them escape was either a good thing, or a bad thing. He looked towards his neighboring ship and saw it in flames, sinking. Sanji stood on top of it all, staring down at him. The cook nodded towards the Sunny before jumping into the water.
Zoro looked towards the opposite direction and saw a couple of the ships still in tact, but slowly breaking. He saw one specific person having difficulty maintaining the people on her ship. He tapped his shoulder with his sword again and frowned.
-x-
Chopper bursted through a hole on the ship and landed harshly back on the deck. He panted heavily while gazing at all the work he's done on the ship. There were holes everywhere, from the floorboards to the walls. Usopp, on the other hand, was busy with the Marines. Half of them were down while a few of them escaped from the ship to their freedom.
Slowly, the ship sank with the water thanks to all the holes Chopper created. As a final touch, the little doctor turned into his monster form to finish the job. They needed to finish fast, considering that everyone else was finishing their part of the job.
"Now, Chopper!" shouted Usopp. Chopper took his call as a signal and started rampaging around the ship. One, it was a lot faster to just destroy everything, and two, everything was destroyed. The rest of the Marine soldiers fled away in hopes of getting away from the large monster. Usopp cheered for the not-so-little reindeer, but he was overdoing it. "Oi, Chopper! You can stop now!"
Too late. The monster went all out that even their footing was completely destroyed. The two Straw Hats fell into the ocean where all the parts of the ship had fell. Overwhelmed by the strong waves, Usopp had difficulty swimming, but he had to grab a hold of his crew mate before he could drown. Taking a deep breath, Usopp dived down and swam around until he saw the now tiny Chopper sinking to the bottom. Usopp swam further and wrapped his arm around his stomach.
Finding his way back up was a bit more challenging. Pieces from the warship were scattered everywhere, he couldn't tell where he was. He couldn't concentrate and therefore didn't realize the large amount of wood sinking towards them. Just in time, it was broken to pieces before it could hit them. It was Sanji that had saved them. The cook indicated for them to follow him before swimming back up to the surface.
-x-
The soldiers on a certain ship snapped back to their senses when the music suddenly stopped.
"What happened to us?" asked a soldier.
"I don't know. I don't remember anything."
"Oi, look!" The soldiers looked around and saw the rest of their subordinates scattered around the ship, beaten and bloodied. Their commander laid in the middle of all of them. Blood was running down his nose and there was a fine line of ice starting from his heart to his left abdomen.
"Commander!" The soldiers ran to their wounded commander. Just before they could reach him, a strong gust of wind passed right through them, catching them off guard. They turned around and saw the living skeleton walking away while sheathing his sword.
"That skeleton!"
"He's still alive!"
"Let's kill him!"
Most of them turned back while grabbing their pistols and swords, ready for their counterattack. A few of them stayed back to check on their commander. Brook smiled as he slowly sheathed his sword.
"Such loyal companions, yet very naive. I'm sorry, but I already cut you all."
At the clink of his sword, all the remaining soldiers fell to the ground in pain.
"Yohoho, please forgive me." Brook ran to the railing and saw Chopper, Usopp, and Sanji swimming towards the Sunny. Brook jumped down and ran as fast as he could on water. "Mina-san! Wait! I did it!"
On Franky's side, the entire ship was set on fire thanks to his fireball. Any surviving soldiers were jumping into the water to save their own lives. Franky's robot stood by the shore where the water barely covered its ankles. Franky sat on top the shoulder of his giant robot, overlooking at the giant bonfire he created.
"So beautiful."
"Oi, Franky! Get everything ready!" Sanji called from the ship. "We're about ready to leave!"
Almost at its ending (: