Chapter 11- Two Reptile Birds
Author's Note: The long awaited fight between Luffy and Santa! (If only it could be longer)
Luffy opened the door to his and Nami's room, and he sadly looked out of the window as he stared at the mountain.
"What happened…?" Luffy asked himself quietly, and he looked at the floor as if it could reply.
Luffy gave a sad sigh and then looked back at the mountain.
While Luffy was wondering what the hell had happened, Santa was having a great time with Nami and the elves.
Unknown to everyone, Takai was spying from above with a grimace.
"Fat boy sure can party." He muttered, and then smirked slyly as he moved his hand like a puppeteer.
A shadow started to emerge from the icy mountain, and it formed a large black beast with glowing yellow eyes.
"Have fun." Takai said, and the beast seemed to smirk as he lunged down the mountain, and Takai glanced over at the hotel.
"Your turn, Zephyr."
Luffy walked over to his hiding place, and he took the necklace out and stared at it for a while.
Luffy perked up suddenly when the window cracked and shattered, and a whip-like object wrapped around him, and suddenly threw him toward the mountain.
"What the hell!?" Luffy shouted as he flew through the air, and the person who threw him gave a low whistle as he had his hand over his eyes.
"I think I threw him too far…" Zephyr muttered with a nervous grin, and then jumped onto another roof, and headed toward the mountain.
Takai pulled his arm back, and the shadow beast below crouched down as it prepared to lunge again.
The elves lay around while panting heavily as a large Polar Bear faced the shadow beast.
"Fat boy wants to play, huh?" Takai asked out loud, and then swung his other arm, and the beast jumped at Santa.
Santa pulled his claw back, and punched the beast straight in the head, and sent it spiraling into a house.
Takai glanced over to see something flying straight at him.
"Stupid Zephyr!" Takai shouted, but was stopped when Luffy crashed into the ledge, and sent the two onto the ground.
Takai quickly made the shadow beast disappear, and he too disappeared as he grumbled about Zephyr's aim.
Santa stared at the dust cloud that had formed as Luffy stood up, and brushed the dust off his hat.
"What happened?"
"You happened, Punk!"
Luffy looked over to see Santa glaring at him. "Polar Bear!" Luffy said while pointing a finger at Santa who doubled back in surprise, and then shouted. "How stupid are you!?"
Luffy glanced around, and gave a puzzled look at the elves.
"What's with the little people?"
"WE AREN'T LITTLE!" The standing elves all charged at Luffy, but were sent flying back when Luffy's fist slammed into them all.
Luffy snapped his arm back into shape, and then stared at Santa.
"So you're the one who took Nami."
"So what, Punk?!" Santa was suddenly sent to the ground as Luffy's fist collided with his head, and Luffy glared lividly at him.
"I'm taking Nami back now."
"Just try it!" Santa stood up, and grinned evilly as he raised a claw, and swiped at Luffy who merely dodged with ease.
"I've faced tons of people stronger than you!" Luffy shouted, and then sent his foot into Santa's head.
Santa hit the ground, but was able to get back up as he glared angrily at Luffy again.
"Don't underestimate me, Punk. Pasta Machine."
Santa instantly became slim, and he grinned at Luffy's surprised face. "Polar Ice Shot!"
Santa raised his claws at Luffy and held them together as Luffy stared at him.
Santa grinned, and Luffy was suddenly sent flying back by some unseen attack.
Luffy gritted his teeth as he hat fell off his head, and he raised his fists at Santa.
Santa put his claws back together, and grinned again as he attacked Luffy with the same attack and sent the rubberman spiraling into a house.
The wall cracked as Luffy stood back up, and glared at Santa.
"Gomu Gomu No Pistol!" Luffy shouted as he fist collided with Santa's blocking claw, and the polar bear grinned slyly as he grabbed Luffy's arm and slammed him into the ground.
Luffy gritted his teeth as blood rolled out of his mouth, and he stared up at Santa's grinning face with a scowl.
"Caught me off guard again…"
"Time to die, Punk!"
Santa raised his claws, and then sent them straight at Luffy.
"Polar Arashi Tsume!"
Santa slammed where Luffy was rapidly, and didn't stopped until blood stained his fur.
Santa smirked down at Luffy and the blood around him, and then raised his claw again and muttered. "Good bye, Punk."
Santa swung at Luffy, but then his face filled with shock as something collided with his head, and someone shouted. "Swing Arm!"
Santa felt eletricity course through his body, and he hit the ground as Nami stared down at him.
Santa's eyes rolled back in his head, and he fainted as Nami knelt down and picked Luffy's head up onto her lap.
"Luffy…"
Luffy opened his eyes weakly, and chuckled up at Nami.
"Hey… Nami…" Nami smiled, and then hugged his head as she cried slightly. "I'm sorry…"
Luffy closed his eyes and relaxed in Nami's warmth as she continued to hug his head close to her.
"It's okay… Now let's get back to the hotel…"
"O-Okay…" Nami helped Luffy stand up, and slung his arm over her shoulder, and she helped him walk back to the hotel so Chopper could bandage him up.
From behind one of the houses, Takai stared after Luffy and Nami with a puzzled look on his face.
"Did the Koigokoro Kayou wear off or something?"
"You don't read, do you?" Zephyr asked from behind Takai.
"Urusai, and tell me what happened."
"You want me to shut up, but also to talk? That'll be hard to do."
"Just hurry up and tell me, and then shut up!"
Zephyr smirked at Takai scowl, and then looked over at Santa.
"It wore off."
"How?"
"It seems that Ol' St. Nick's Koigokoro Kayou can only work until Christmas Eve."
"Which it is now?"
"Pretty much."
Takai nodded, and then suddenly grimaced as he stood up.
"You can handle this, I'm too tired now."
"Eh?"
Takai waved as he disappeared into the shadows, and a large claw slammed into Zephyr.
"Stupid Takai!" Zephyr muttered angrily as he threw Santa's claw off of him, and unsheathed one of his katanas.
Santa panted heavily as he glared angrily at Zephyr. "You two should never have come!"
"Give it a rest, and go to sleep."
"Never! That girl will be mine!"
"Why are you still interested in Nami? The Koigokoro Kayou wore off."
"It only wears off for the other person! I will finished my current one, and then get her to be mine again!"
Zephyr sighed, and the unsheathed his other katana.
"You seem to be serious, and so…"
Santa's eyes widened as Zephyr twirled one of his katanas and suddenly slammed the bottom of the two katanas' hilts together.
"Bye-bye, Fat boy."
Santa lunged at Zephyr, and the purple haired swordsman grinned.
"Are you ready, darling?"
"Ready when you are, Honey!"
Santa's eyes widened as Zephyr grinned wider and muttered.
"¥ø¨ †∑ø å®´ ßø 嘘ø¥ˆ˜©!" "
Sorry, Zephyr-san. We'll get serious now."
"That's right, Honey!"
"∂ø˜'† ©ø ß´®ˆø¨ß, ¥ø¨'¬¬ ∂´ß†®ø¥ †˙´ ˆß¬å˜∂."
"Good point."
Santa gritted his teeth, and swung his claw at Zephyr.
"DIE!"
"߈¬´˜ç´ †˙´ ∂´å∂"
A large flash appeared, and Santa's eyes widened as he was swallowed by it, and the entire area suddenly exploded.
From a safe distance, Takai watched as Zephyr sheathed his two katanas and walk away from the crater that used to be Santa's village and mountain.
"You used that strong of an attack?"
"He was serious."
"So you mocked him one last final time?"
"Yep."
Takai sighed as Zephyr stared at him innocently. "You sure can be brutal to people by making it so that their souls are shattered." Takai said, and Zephyr scowled as he started to walk away.
Takai sighed as he looked back at the crater, and grinned.
"What the hell did he say back there? I couldn't understand him at all…" He muttered, and then turned around to follow Zephyr.
At the hotel, Chopper was busy bandaging Luffy while Nami tried to lie to the others about what had happened.
"So you were playing hide-and-seek, and Luffy got upset cause he couldn't find you?"
"Un."
"So he went outside, and started to beat himself up until you revealed yourself."
"U-Un."
Everyone stared at Nami as she sweated a little nervously, and then sighed when everyone shrugged and went back to whatever they were doing.
Later, everyone went to bed while Usopp and Chopper went on and on about presents.
Everyone said good night, and then went into their rooms as outside, Zephyr suddenly perked up and stared back at Takai.
"Who's going to do Santa's job now?"
Takai froze mentally, and Zephyr stared plainly at him.
"U-Um… Good point…" Takai muttered while rubbing the back of his head nervously.
Zephyr gave a sly grin, and then stared at Takai evilly. "I have a good idea…"
"Eh?"
Luffy opened their door, and the two walked in. Nami helped Luffy sit down on the bed before going into the bathroom.
Luffy put his hand in his pocket, and then flinched as he felt Nami's necklace.
Quickly and painfully, Luffy hid the necklace and managed to go back to the why he was sitting before Nami came back out.
Nami stared at Luffy for a moment, and then sat down next to him.
A few moments later, Nami finally helped Luffy lay down, and the two slept apart from each other so Luffy's wounds wouldn't open.
In the middle of the night though, Luffy opened an eye and grinned.
The wounds didn't seem to bother him as he gently pulled Nami toward him to make sure she stayed asleep.
She slept in his arms for the rest of the night after that.
There's the end of Santa, but what could Zephyr's idea be?
Speaking of Zephyr, don't try to decipher what he said. It's only available on certain laptops with the right Option key. He basically said, in order:
'You two are SO annoying!'
'If you go serious, you'll destroy the island.'
'Silence The Dead.'
You won't see him speak that way again for a while, so don't think too hard.