A pirate killer
Yozaro the executioner
The boy leaps forward and holds his sword for a slash. "BLACK LAYER!" Jack enters black layer and holds up his arms blocking the strike. Jack gets a good at his face and sees that it's Yozaro, the boy they rescued. He has a piece of cloth over his mouth and nose and only his eyes and upwards is visible.
"Yozaro?" The boy leaps back and prepares a stance. He holds the sword over his shoulder. "YŪGURENOHA: SHIKAI DAGEKI!" (Roughly means sword of dusk execution strike) He slices quickly in an x-shape and a pulse of green air towards the two of them. Jack blocks again, but is pushed back immensely and in the end loses his footing and flies backwards. Yozaro leaps forward and tries getting at Mark. Mark reacts just in the nick of time and turns into his penguin form avoiding the slash. He leaps between Yozaro's legs confusing him. "CRAVING OF THE OCEAN: TOBOGGAN BULLET!" Mark begins darting around Yozaro, but every time Mark attack Yozaro blocks with ease. He ends up hitting Mark and sending him tumbling backwards. Yozaro is instantly there again looming over Mark and tries slashing downwards at him. Mark closes his eyes and after a second where he doesn't die, he opens his eyes only to see a certain magician standing in front of him with his staff.
"Looks like you have found yourself in quite ze pickle," Yozaro uses Pierre's staff as leaping power and jumps into the air. Pierre takes his hat off in a greeting kind of way. Yozaro slashes the air just as a bullet comes flying straight at him cutting it in half.
"Damn," Genie says laying a bit away with her rifle. "ARMOR LAYER: SPEARFISH!" Jack comes out of the air and kicks Yozaro down towards earth. He hits the ground and quickly jumps to his feet as if nothing happened. He leaps off the ground and swings his sword. Jack once again blocks, but is hurled into a building by the sheer force of the sword. Just as he finishes his swing, he throws his body to the side narrowly dodging another bullet coming from Genie aimed at his stomach. As he's distracted, Mark throws Pierre into the air with his muscle boost and Pierre spins his staff. Just in time, Yozaro blocks the strike, but Pierre turns to smoke and hits him from the other side instead. Yozaro is hit, but grabs Pierre's staff and slashes him over the chest with his sword and he plummets towards the ground. Jack, who saw it happen from the roof he just landed on, gets furious.
"PIERRE!" Genie yells from her vantage point. As Mark catches Pierre from the fall Yozaro lands and just as he does leaps forward preparing another strike. Before it can connect, he's forced to leap out of the way of one of Genie's bullets. In the middle of his leap, Jack hits him, but he blocks with his sword, however it's not enough and Yozaro's sent into a nearby building.
"That one's for Pierre asshole!" He yells. Yozaro shakes his head as he exits the hole in the building. A crowd has begun gathering around the ground they're fighting on. Yozaro looks around and points to Jack with his blade.
"Why do I sense no killing intent from any of you!?" He suddenly yells and takes off the cloth covering his face.
"We don't want to kill you! We don't want to kill anyone! But trust me jerk! I will kill you if you harm my friends. Which you did!" Jack leaps forward and Yozaro dodges the incoming strike.
"You mean you don't kill for fun?" Jack pauses for a moment before continuing his attacks, which Yozaro keeps dodging. Genie meanwhile is having a hard time aiming her sniper at Yozaro.
"Dammit Jack. Keep him steady for god's sake," She gives up and looks at Mark instead who's taking care of Pierre who's bleeding a lot.
"Zis is not ze proper look for a magician is it? One second. Let me show you a magic trick," He tries to grab some playing cards, but Mark stops him.
"Hey now. I'll see your trick when you're not dying due to blood loss. Is anyone here a doctor? Or at least know how to bandage a wound!?" He asks the crowd and a pirate steps forward together with Sky, the pirate Jack befriended. The other pirate has short teal hair with lime stripes and is wearing a black doctor coat instead of a white one.
"This is my doctor. Kigume. How's it look?" Kigume looks at his wound.
"It looks pretty rough. That was a very powerful slash. Here. Hand him over. I'll take care of him," Meanwhile Jack keeps trying to hit Yozaro who keeps dodging at the last second. He blocks a strike and looks deep into Jack's eyes.
"Jack. I don't want to fight you. You're nothing like other pirates I've killed. You obviously care about every single one of your crewmates. I can't kill a guy like that! Please get out of my way!" Jack meanwhile is blinded by rage.
"HELL NO! You hurt my friend! As if I'd just let you walk away after doing something like that!" Yozaro sheds a single tear. "YOAKENOTSUBASA: ANSHIN!" (Sword of dawn: peace of mind) Yozaro turns his sword to the back of his sword and makes an incredibly fast slash; hitting Jack in the back of his head and making Jack topple for a few seconds. While Yozaro runs out of there after sheathing his sword. Jack regains his balance and sees that Yozaro's gone. He punches the ground with a black fist.
"DAMMIT! I'll find you and I'll beat the crap out of you Yozaro!" He yells into the air, but quickly realizes Pierre with his bandages. He pushes everyone out of the way.
"Pierre! Are you okay?" Pierre coughs up a bit of blood.
"I am fine Capitaine. I am flattered zat you worry about me. But please. You have much more important matters to attend to," Jack and Mark takes Pierre over the shoulder.
"No way!" the three begin making their way back to the ship and genie comes running to meet them.
"Oh my god! Pierre! Are you okay?" Pierre smiles at his crewmate.
"I'm fine Genie. I can walk for myself from here," They trust him and gently let go of him and he immediately starts falling, but catches himself quickly.
"I have tried worse back in ze village zan a mere scratch."
"Okay Pierre. I trust you. NOW! I have a few things to settle with a certain swordsman!" Jack cracks his knuckles.
"You can handle the ship by yourselves right guys," Jack asks rhetorically seeing as he's already off the ship and going into town.
"Yeah sure," Genie yells after him. After he leaves Genie notices slight movement over the ocean. She takes out her sniper and sees a massive ship heading for the island.
"I'm sure they come in peace," She says and sighs knowing it's wishful thinking.
"Let's hope this entire thing can be resolved fairly quickly so we can leave before anything goes horribly wrong," Mark also sighs knowing it's even more wishful thinking. Jack meanwhile walks back into the town where everything is starting to turn back to normal after the encounter. He stomps through the place pushing people out of his way. One pirate grabs onto him when he does.
"Yo kid! Who the hell do you think you are? Do you have any idea who I am?" Jack grabs his sleeve, swings the pirate over his head, and smashes him into the ground on the other side of him.
"Don't bug me. I'm in the middle of something," Jack continues as if nothing happened.
"YOZARO! Where are you?" He suddenly turns the corner to see Yozaro bent down in the corner of the alley. He grits his teeth and prepares his fist. "BLACK LAYER!" He leaps forward winding back his fist. "ARMOR LAYER BARRA…" Yozaro turns his head and Jack sees sadness in his eyes. He barely manages to steer his attack to the wall right behind Yozaro and rips through it as if it's butter.
"The hell up with that expression! You won't fool me with that a second time! I was just taken aback okay!" Yozaro grabs his white sword and holds it up to defend himself.
"Please! Stop attacking me! I don't want to fight you!" Jack leaps forward.
"Too bad! 'Couse I want to fight you for hurting my friend!" Yozaro blocks the strike with the blunt edge of his sword. Jack punches with his other hand and Yozaro is forced to jump back.
"I will kill you Yozaro! This isn't for fun you know! Fight me seriously!" Yozaro wipes the pathetic look off his face and sheathes his sword.
"I deserve to die for hurting someone you care about without thinking. So just get it over with!" Jack is very confused at Yozaro's words.
"What the hell is your problem!?" Jack runs up and punches him square in the face.
"Why would you want to die for doing something to someone you don't even know? I admit it it's horrible, but not enough to throw your life away for!" Yozaro stands up after the punch.
"You don't understand anything!" Jack hits him again.
"Then make me understand you bastard!"
"I don't want to kill you Jack!"
"I know that! You didn't kill me at the end of the last fight! If you'd used the sharp edge of your sword, I wouldn't be standing here right now. But are you really going to let your pride get run over by someone who doesn't understand your pain!" Yozaro's eyes widen and he grabs his white sword again.
"Fine! I'll make you understand here and now Jack! This is what you want! Now don't falter!" Yozaro attacks for once and Jack blocks it upwards and hits Yozaro with an uppercut. However, Yozaro jumps just as he's hit minimizing the damage. He stops himself from spinning in the air and prepares for a large swing with his sword. "YOAKENOTSUBASA: KOKORO NO SUKUI!" (Means: Sword of dawn: Heart's salvation) He slices the air sending a pulse of air at Jack, which he blocks, but is ultimately forced back by the impact and flies through a wall. Jack smirks as he wipes the tiny amount of blood off his mouth. Meanwhile near the harbor the giant ship Mark and Genie spotted earlier arrives at the harbor. The Jolly Roger is a stylized woman's skull with earrings and make-up. Off the ship steps a few crewmembers. They all start throwing cherry blossom petals into the air as a woman exits the ship. She has long bright green hair and wears a cape with her jolly roger on it. She's carrying a fan with a floral pattern in her hand, which she holds in front of her mouth. All her crewmates bow to their knees and she throws her arm to the side.
"Fairy queen Sakura has arrived! Bow in the dust for me this instant!" All the pirates within earshot all glare at the woman and take out their weapons.
"What was that lady?"
"This might be a little, tiny, teenie weenie bit, absolutely, completely, in every sense of the word… horrible! I'm going to go find Jack and then we're getting out of here," Mark says already off the ship. Genie nods as all the pirates attack. Before they make it far however Sakura widens her eyes and all the pirates freeze.
"What's going on? I can't even move," One of the pirates helplessly whimpers. They all suddenly combust into flames and fall on the ground dead. Sakura laughs.
"Ura-ura-ura. That's what you deserve for going against me," More pirates come forward and one of Sakura's crewmates steps forward. This guy is tall and has tattoo of a compass around his eye. He slams his fists together. "GAIA FLIP!" He grabs the ground and pulls up making the entire ground flip like a disk sending all the pirates flying. Sakura walks up behind him and hits him over the head several times.
"You idiot! Did I tell you to defeat them? Look what you've done to my beautiful new town!" She says disappointed at her comrade who cowers in fear before her. Genie gulps.
"That guy's really freaking strong yet he's afraid of that woman? Just how strong is she?" Sakura finally stops hitting her crewmate.
"I suppose your power is very useful. So I'll let you live. Now then everyone. Go and get me this town. I like it," All her crewmates roar and charge past her into the town and the pirates who survived the previous attack begin attacking. Sakura stops an important-looking crewmember. He has short ocean blue hair and an eyepatch on his left eye. He has a sleeveless shirt revealing a ton of scars along his arms. Under his arms, he has two knives.
"Uruha. You siege the ships in the harbor. They'll make good fleet ships," The nod and begin climbing the ships one at a time. Genie looks and the Black Sheep is among the last ships.
"Dammit. In the worst case, I have 10 minutes to prepare. In a one on one battle with á person, that woman would entrust such a big task to I'll die. I have home field advantage. This is my moment. You can do it Genie," She lightly slaps herself and starts running around the ship as Uruha starts with the first ship.
Jack rushes forward and Yozaro blocks all his incoming strikes. He counters a strike with an overhead swing of his sword, hitting Jack over the head making him fall. Yozaro jumps back and Jack stands up ready to attack again. "ARMOR LAYER BARRACUDA!" Jack hits the ground and cracks it. He picks up a large piece of rock and tosses it at Yozaro. Yozaro turns his sword and cut the rock in pieces with a single slice only to see Jack on the other side coming at him. He has no time to react and is hit sending him flying.
"Why don't you use both your swords Yozaro? You'd be so much stronger," Yozaro stands again.
"These two swords bare to different burdens. They're meant to never be used together!" Yozaro attacks again.
"I will end this here and now! YOAKENOTSUBASA OGI: KODOKU NO TENSHI!" (Translates to sword of dawn secret technique: angel of solitude) Yozaro jumps into the air and spreads out his arms with the sun in his back making his shadow look like an angel. Jack prepares for the worst.
A/N: As always feel free to leave your thoughts on the chapter or story or characters in the review section. :-)