"How many clones do you have?! We must've killed at least three hundred of 'em now!" Eddy angrily shouted, as Etels walked towards the group. He merely smiled, before he finally opened his mouth to talk.
"You see, my friends, I haven't been here at all. As you may remember, I set up a cloning machine in order to stall you, while I gathered some information on your crew. However, I was forced to cut my research short when your nakama returned to the ship." he said, before he cracked his knuckles.
Usopp caught wind of what Etels said, and narrowed his eyebrows. "What did you say? What have you done to our ship?!" he yelled, boldly stepping forward. "That ship carries the soul of one of our friends! If you have done anything to the ship, then I swear-"Usopp didn't get time to finish his sentence, as Etels shot a small blob of liquid steel directed at Usopp's mouth, preventing him from speaking further.
"Be silent. If you must know, your ship is perfectly fine. Truly, it is a shame that you won't live to see it ever again. As I am a generous person, here's a gift." Etels said, before he threw something at Ed. As Ed got a better look of it, his eyes widened.
"This is my bag! When, how and why did you have my bag, mister?!" Ed yelled angrily, which only resulted in Etels laughing.
"Truly, you are naïve, Devil-Brow. I said that I was stocking up on information on the crew. And I got it." Etels replied casually, as if he only mentioned the weather. However, he failed to see that someone was getting ready for a fight.
"Listen here, Etels," Zoro said calmly, yet menacingly, as he tied his bandana around his head, "the only reason I didn't throw my gut out in the fight between Luffy and you was that I didn't want children to get harmed. However, since they are clear of danger…" Suddenly, Zoro vanished, before reappearing right in front of Etels, all three swords in hand, all horizontally parallel with each other, positioned conveniently over and under Etels' neck.
"GAZAMI DORI!"
Zoro clamped his swords together, like a crab's claw, successfully decapitating Etels, leaving his head to roll on the ground. "That was far too easy…" Zoro calmly said to himself, as we walked towards the others, most of them shocked at Zoro's harsh act. However, Ed quickly regained his composure, as he saw something behind Zoro.
"ZORO, LOOK OUT! HE'S PULLING A BUGGY!" Zoro quickly reacted to Ed's warning, and drew his blades, before he turned 180 degrees to see that the headless body of Etels attempted to pierce Zoro's body with a lance. Luckily, Zoro had blocked the weapon, and stared at the body, which was now shooting out two tentacles from the head socket, which picked up the head. Quickly placing it where it belonged, Etels was now fully complete again.
"Do you see now, Pirate Hunter? You are unable to defeat me, even though you can cut steel. Now, allow me to show you something extraordinaire!" Quickly, Etels created three katana, before placing one in his mouth and holding the others in his hands. He was copying Zoro's Santoryu! "Amazed, aren't you? Let's see you dodge this!" Then, Etels proceeded to cross his arms, with swords in hand.
"ONI GIRI!"
Zoro barely managed to evade Etels' strike, before it successfully cut open the ground Etels had dashed over. "How did… How did you manage to learn Santoryu?!" Zoro shouted, as he stood up from the ground. Etels looked at him with a defiant look, and smiled.
"Well, I did say I needed information, didn't I?" Then, he leaped into the air, ready to use another of Zoro's attacks. However, Etels was swiftly kicked in his back by Sanji, whom was pretty pissed off.
"You were going to kill those with Devil Fruit powers, and that means that you would be going after Robin-chwan. I will not tolerate that you threaten a lady's life!" With that, Sanji unleashed a barrage of kicks at Etels. A devastating kick to Etels neck slammed the steelman into the ground. "Collier!" Sanji slammed his foot into Etels' shoulder. "Epaule!" Sanji drove his foot into Etels' ribs. "Côtelette!" Sanji swiftly followed with a kick to Etels' Lumbar region, forcing him on his feet. "Selle!" Sanji stabbed Etels chest with another kick. "Poitrine!" Sanji kicked Etels' legs, sending him tripping. "Gigot!" Before Etels got to land from Sanji's fatal combo, Sanji spun around and forced his leg right into Etels' face, sending him flying a distance. "Mouton Shot!"
However, not even the deadly barrage of kicks could hold down Etels for long. He quickly stood up and shook the dust off of him. "That barely dented me, Black-Leg." Then, with his feet strengthened with steel, he flew at Sanji, who was surprised to see that Etels was using his own fighting style, the Red Leg, against him!
Etels kicked Sanji pretty hard in mid-air, sending him flying. "Bas Côtes!" Etels swiftly kicked Sanji's lower back, knocking him into balance again. "Longé!" Etels kicked Sanji's collar bone with tremendous force. "Tendron!" Turning sideways, Etels kicked Sanji's stomach. "Flanchet!" Now entering a handstand, Etels delivered a spinning kick to Sanji's side. "Quasi!" Using the momentum from his last attack, Etels kicked Sanji's tail bone. "Queue!" Still in the handstand, Etels slammed his foot into Sanji's thigh. "Cuisseau!" To finish his handstand combo, Etels kicked Sanji's shin with unimaginable power. "Jarret!" Quickly, Etels sprung into the air and delivered a fatal kick to Sanji's stomach, sending Sanji straight into a mountain. "Veau Shot!" (A/N: We seem to be running out of mountains here…)
Luffy, angered by Sanji's maximal beating, quickly ran towards Etels in retaliation, and threw his fist in an outstretched punch. Sadly, Luffy's arm was grabbed by Etels, whom proceeded to swing Luffy around like a flail, before slamming him numerous times into the ground. "You have no chance of defeating me, Straw-Hat! Accept this fact!"
Getting up, Luffy ignored Etels' warning and stretched his arms backwards, in preparation for his Bazooka. However, Etels retaliated to the incoming attack by stretching his own head backwards, much to Luffy's surprise. "Kote Kote no… KANE!!" Yelling with all his might, Etels slammed his own head, hardened by steel, into Luffy's cranium, knocking him down to the ground.
"How come you can stretch too?!" Luffy yelled angrily as he got up. Etels only chuckled.
"Apparently, you're not that familiar with the concept of Paramecia, Straw-Hat." Etels began. "Simply put, most Paramecia is under my ability to copy, as my Devil Fruit, unlike other Logia, is able to solidify it's spawns of the element it controls. Therefore, I am able to copy most Devil Fruit's, including Zoan transformations! Of course, some Zoan and Paramecia are unavailable, and other Logia are straight out. Ergo, you cannot defeat me!"
Suddenly, Etels sprung forward, his legs now copying Bellamy the Hyena's spring powers, in an attempt to bring Luffy down. However, the rubber-man avoided the human projectile, and stretched towards the mountain Sanji had been kicked into, in order to get some extra help… That being said, Luffy just ripped the mountain from the ground, ignoring Sanji who was clutching his wounds in slight pain.
"Hey, Luffy! What're you doing?!" Sanji yelled as he got up and saw that Luffy was holding the mountain in a ready-to-throw position.
"That Etels guy is trying to combine all the dimensions together, and that includes Eyebrow-ossan's dimension. After coming this far, I'm not letting that bastard get away with what he planned! So I'm gonna kick his ass and make sure Eyebrow-ossan gets home safely!" With that, Luffy threw the mountain towards Etels, who merely cracked his neck in boredom.
"Like that will work, Straw-Hat." he said, before he turned the insides of his hands and fingers into blades, followed by him slashing his arms downwards in an X-formation. "Atomic Spar!" Suddenly, the mountain headed towards him was sliced in hundreds of tiny pieces, all landing far from Etels.
At that moment, Zoro jumped through the remaining debris mid-air, and proceeded to hack and slash Etels, whom was countering with slashing his own arms as blades, mimicking the battle between Mr. 1 and Zoro. As the two were clashing blades, Sanji recovered from the aftershock of Etels' earlier barrage.
"Alright, that shit-head's in for it now!" With that, Sanji ran towards Etels and Zoro, aiming for Etels' back. Quickly, he did a series of backflips as he advanced towards the duelling pair. Once he got close enough, Sanji gave one final push and flew towards Etels, kicking the air several times.
"Troisième Hache!"
The kicks were almost about to make contact with Etels. However, only a few millimetres before that came to fruition, Etels jumped away from his duel with Zoro, leaving Zoro wide open for the barrage of kicks delivered from Sanji, and of course, being so close, Sanji couldn't stop before he had kicked Zoro (accidentally, might I add) seven times, knocking the swordsman back.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Zoro yelled angrily at Sanji, as the cook landed.
"Hey, don't go blaming me, shitty Marimo! That Etels guy jumped away from my attack, and you know it to be the truth!" With that, Sanji jumped towards Etels, who had reappeared next to Luffy. "I'll get you now!" he yelled, as he was about to make contact. However, Etels quickly countered the chef by slamming his leg into his chin, sending him flying into Luffy, knocking both onto the ground.
"Luffy!" Zoro yelled, as he ran towards Etels, ready to slice through him. As Zoro got closer, however, Etels only created a blade from his arm, and blocked the incoming strike, before the two swung their weapons wildly, neither hitting any vital point of the other. Just then, Sanji stood back up, and leaped towards Etels as well, delivering a kick aimed for Etels' head.
"Fool!" Etels said, as he blocked the kick with his own right foot, before his left moved in to attack Sanji, while he still clashed blades with Zoro, effectively holding both of the Straw-Hats in a check-mate.
At that moment, Luffy stood up, and prepared to fling himself at Etels, but he was held back by five pairs of hands: Nami's, Usopp's, Brook's, Double-Dee's and Eddy's. "What's the big idea?!" Luffy said angrily, trying to get out of their grip. "I'm gonna kick his ass, and you know it!"
"Luffy, you idiot, haven't you realized?!" Nami yelled angrily, "He knows anything and everything you guys can do! I mean, look at him! He's holding two thirds of the monster trio in check-mate! Who knows, he'll probably clone himself again so we'll have to deal with that crap again!" Usopp nodded and tried to speak, but the steel around his mouth prevented him from talking, instead producing mumbling noises.
"Please, Luffy, reconsider your options!" Brook pleaded, as his grip was getting weaker. "If you can't beat him single-handedly, we have to work as a team, in 75 synchronization!" he said, as he got some confused looks. "The other 25 are at our ship. Yohohohohohoho!"
"Brook's right, ya know." Eddy said, "If you really want to take me, Double-Dee and Ed back to our world, you have to stop being so thick-skulled, and actually think!" At that, Luffy broke free of their hold on him, but he didn't rush towards Etels, as they thought he would. "If we can get Double-Dee to cook some scheme up, we'll have Steel Schmite blown into the ground by the end of this chapter!" he said, effectively shattering the fourth wall.
"Well, I do have something ready… but I need a distraction for Etels. So I'll need Nami, Usopp, Brook and Eddy's support, if that's not too much to beg of?" Double-Dee said, as he melted the steel off Usopp's mouth (which burned him slightly) and looked towards the fight.
"Alright then," Luffy finally said, "as long as I can kick his ass!" With that, Luffy ran towards the fight, unaware of his friends shocked expressions. "GET READY, ETELS!!" he yelled, as he threw a punch towards Etels, which surprisingly connected with his face, and knocked him down on the ground. "Ah, he's finished?" Luffy asked himself.
"Not…" Etels began, as he stood up from the ground, looking at his three opponents. "YET!" Right then, he threw several sharp objects at Luffy, Zoro and Sanji, who all effortlessly dodged them. "Do you think you can stop my ambition?! A bunch of rag-tag pirates like yourself?! Don't make me laugh! Scum like you deserves to be slain!" Just then, he started cackling manically, until…
"ETEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELS!!"
Suddenly, a massive punch landed straight on Etels' jaw, sending him flying into some debris lying around. It turned out to be none other than Ed, still in his Full-Devil form, with a look of total anger and hate on his face, with a dark-purple aura around him.
"I thought one couldn't sink to the level of bad-man-nessities that you have sunk down to! I'M REALLY GONNA KICK YOUR ASS, ETELS!!" Just at that moment, Ed's aura exploded around him, almost knocking down everyone in vicinity. Just then, Ed sprung forward to attack Etels.
"Oh no, you don't"! Etels quickly threw a punch to the devil's gut, before delivering a powerful round-house kick to his face. Ed, however, countered by grabbing the leg with his right arm, before he threw Etels across the field. However, Etels threw an out-stretched punch towards Ed, who grabbed the fist with his own teeth in order to stop the attack.
At that moment, the hand exploded into a cascade of spikes inside Ed's mouth, which seemingly killed him, but Ed stood strong, and shrugged off the attack like it was nothing. "What?!" Etels exclaimed. "How could you survive having several spikes protrude from within your own skull?!"
"I don't know." Ed said plainly. "But that stung, you know!" he added, as he flew towards Etels in order to attack. However, at that moment, three pairs of hands held him back: Luffy, Sanji and Zoro. "Hey, what gives?" Ed asked.
"Don't think you're the only one to kick Etels' shitty ass, Ed." Sanji said, as he lit a cigarette.
"Dartbrow's right, Ed." Zoro added. "It'll be easier to take him down as a team."
"So hear us out, Ed," Luffy said, "we'll get you home in no time!" With that, the monster trio got in their battle stances, as Ed nodded, before cracking his neck and knuckles, ready to fight.
"Heh. You think you can stop me?! BY ALL MEANS, TRY!" Etels yelled, as he shot several blobs of steel at the quarter, each of them eventually turning into a knife. However, the four combatants easily sidestepped the desperate attack, and each of them advanced towards Etels. Ed, of course, began by shooting a massive eye laser, but Etels had enough time to block it by reflecting it away. However, as he did this, Ed aborted the laser attack, and quickly punched Etels away a few feet.
At first, Etels was a little shocked, but he regained his composure after a while. "Only four? That will not be enough." Suddenly, a head resembling Etels' started crawling out of his shoulder. "Face the facts: I am invincible thanks to the powers of my Devil Fruit! You cannot comprehend the might I possess!" However, before the newly-created head could fully emerge, Zoro moved quicker than lightning and cut the head off in one fell swipe of his sword.
Suddenly, before Etels had time to react, Sanji's foot kicked Etels upwards, making his back face the ground below. "Of all the crap you've said during this battle, that takes the cake." Sanji said calmly, as he jumped into the air, and delivered a mighty kick to Etels' back, creating the sound of broken bones, even though Etels' skin was protected by steel. "ANTI-MANNER KICK COURSE!!"
This kick nearly knocked Etels unconscious, as he flew higher into the air. Suddenly, Luffy appeared over him, with his thumb inside his mouth. "There's no man alive who's invincible, not even the Pirate King!" Luffy shouted, before blowing air into his thumb, which grew his right arm into an immense size. "Hone Fuusen!" With that, Luffy kicked his leg upwards, whilst Etels could only watch as the leg grew in size. "GOMU GOMU NO GIGANT AXE!!" Luffy shouted, as he brought the foot down onto Etels, smashing him into the ground, which nearly split the entire battlefield in two.
Despite this immense beating, Etels stood firm, but he was shaken by the assaults he had gotten from the monster trio. "Guh… I'm… Not finished yet, Straw-Hat!" he yelled at Luffy, who had now exhaled all the air out of his body, which left him in a small, chibi-like state.
"Hey, Steel Schmite!" Etels turned his head when he heard Eddy's voice calling towards him. "I bet you can't catch me!" Eddy continued, blowing raspberries and making funny faces at Etels in order to taunt him. Of course, if Etels hadn't sustained as much damage as he had, he would have taken this challenge for granted, but he was just about so angry that reason had betrayed him.
"YOU LITTLE PUNK! STAY STILL, AND LET ME PUT AN END TO YOUR MEANINGLESS EXISTENCE!!" Etels screamed with fury, and ran towards Eddy, who was smiling confidently, even though he wasn't moving a muscle. Then, Etels gave Eddy a massive punch, which made him fly sideways, away from Etels. "Stay put, and despair, as I remove your life from this earth!" Etels shouted, as he started amassing steel into a giant ball in his left hand.
"Tsk, tsk, Steel Schmite…" Eddy said weakly, but confidently, as he got up. "You fell for it. USOPP, NOW!" Suddenly, Etels realized something: His feet were stuck! Eddy had used his gold powers to lock Etels' feet in place.
"Hah, this is nothing! My steel is stronger than your-" Etels failed to complete his sentence, as he heard the sound of electricity coming near him. Turning around as best he could, he saw a strange golden contraption, with two pipes and some sort of cannon hole. Through the two pipes were two pieces of Nami's Perfect Clima Tact, both which were creating a thunder cloud and a cloud filled with snow. Nami herself stood near the contraption, laughing.
"You ready for this, Etels?!" Another voice said, this one coming from behind the contraption. It was Usopp, who was aiming his Kabuto through the cannon hole in the contraption, and Brook was his ammunition! "Hissatsu Gaikotsu Boshi!" he yelled, as he let go of Brook's legs, which caused Brook to propel himself through the contraption, which made his body come in contact with both the thunder cloud and the snow cloud.
"Yohohohohohohoho!! Prepare yourself!" Brook laughed, as he prepared to pierce Etels with his sword and body, like he had taken Ie down some time ago. Etels had no time to get out of the gold as Brook got closer. "Hie To Raikotsuken!" he yelled, as he ran straight through Etels, melting the gold and sending Etels flying away.
"Now, prepare yourself!" three voices said, belonging to Luffy, Zoro and Sanji. However, Luffy was steaming, meaning that he was in his Gear 2nd form, and Sanji's leg was scorching with flames hotter than passion, which meant that he was in his Diable Jambe mode. As Etels flew over them, Luffy threw several punches without hitting Etels, Zoro prepared to slash all of his swords in a circle-fashion, and Sanji spun around, preparing to kick upwards. And when Etels got close enough…
"Santouryu Gomu Gomu no Diable Jet Mouton 600 Pound Cannon!!"
Sanji kicked backwards, Zoro slashed his swords which created a massive cutting wave, and Luffy threw both of his fists together, creating a small explosion. The immense power of this attack sent Etels flying sky high, where Double-Dee was waiting, a ball of light in his hands.
"Once we've defeated you, we're good to go home! I will not let that chance fly away!" Double-Dee said, as the ball just got even bigger in his hands. Etels was on the brink of unconsciousness, and Double-Dee was determined to get him and his friends home, no matter the cost. "LIGHT DESTRUCTION WAVE!!" he yelled, as he released the energy and fired away towards Etels, ready to finish him off.
"Think again, Light-Sock!" Etels suddenly yelled, as he raised his arms, which allowed him to reflect the light wave back towards Double-Dee, resulting in a clash of energy between the two. "The portal zone will open any minute now! If I kill you, it may still count as opening it prematurely!" he said, having lost any reason he might have left. All that was on his mind now was vengeance and destruction. Double-Dee struggled to keep the light focused, and he knew that after his battle with Ed, he only had energy left for one more burst, but without more power, Etels could reflect it back at him…
"Double-Dee! I'll help you!" Double-Dee was startled to hear another voice coming from above, which turned out to be none other than Ed, who was charging his own eye laser. "SUPER DUPER HYPER EXTREME AWESOME DEMONIC EYE LASER!!" he yelled, as he unleashed his own blast of energy, which somehow integrated with Double-Dee's blast, which made it more difficult for Etels to reflect the energy backwards.
Looking up towards Ed, Double-Dee smiled. Then, he focused more power into the blast he was controlling, and little by little the combined blast from the two beams eventually became so great that it harmed anyone to just look at it directly. "HAAAAAAA!!" Suddenly, the blast had a sudden and mighty increase of power, taking Etels by surprise.
"Too fast!" With that, the massive energy blast knocked Etels' arms away from the wave, which caused him to be hit directly with the force of both blasts, sending him plummeting towards the surface of the ground. As he slowly lost consciousness, he thought to himself: "It can't be… I was to reign supreme! I was invincible?! How could I possibly lose against these infidels?!" Surprisingly, someone did reply telepathically, although it was no voice he had heard before.
'Cuz you didn't have true buddies to help ya out, foo.
Hearing this, Etels fell unconscious, as he crashed into the ground, leaving a deep imprint in the round after him. Etels Tyches was, at long last, defeated.
Double-Dee breathed a fresh sigh of relief, as his eyes closed themselves, since he had finally reached his limit. But before he could crash into the ground, Ed grabbed him, and descended slowly to the ground. "We did it, Double-Dee! We're finally gonna get home!" Ed said to him with a smile. And even though he was out cold, Double-Dee was smiling as well.
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Alright, sorry for not updating this in a million years, but writer's block has been a plague. There's only one chapter left of the story now, so don't miss it!