Well after needing the help of two authors I finally managed to finish this chapter. Once again thank you everyone who is still reading this story that is still reading to this chapter. I hope none of you mind that in the future a third crewmate will be added to Odaga and Alfie's crew. That's the only thing I can tell you. Please read and review.
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It was Odaga's development that would help him be almost as strong as Sanji.
"Collier shoot!" Odaga yelled as he got a hit in on Sanji's chest.
Odaga had a good chuckle about that until Sanji came at him to attack again. Sanji used the exact same attack, only much stronger and faster due to his higher level of skill, strength, and experience. Odaga managed to jump back from the kick but the force of it sent a gust of wind that sent him flying.
"Don't get cocky!" Sanji snapped at him. "You've still got a lot of shit to learn!"
Odaga was lucky Sanji taught him how to land if he was high in the air. He landed neatly and then tried for another attack.
Odaga wasn't having an easy, painless time with Sanji. To put it simply, Sanji was whooping his ass. In the short time Odaga fought him he was almost burned and was hit so hard a few of his bones were broken. Sanji was definitely NOT going easy on him. He as sure that Odaga would only get better if he was pushed to the limit.
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Alfie was having a duel with Zoro and although he wasn't as strong he was faster than his former teacher and he could use that to his advantage. He sent a series of fast but not very powerful attacks Zoro's way, but Zoro either dodged or parried all of them.
" This is a move you taught me, sensei. If you were anything like your old self you could stop." Alfie said.
Zoro's eyes flashed. "You're seriously challenging ME?"
Alfie moved fast around Zoro trying to not get spotted by him. Zoro saw him easily and waited for the perfect moment to strike.
"Santoryu!" Zoro shouted as he sent a fierce attack towards Alfie.
Alfie yelped and leapt out of the way.
Alfie charged at Zoro. " One Sword Style Lions Song!" Alfie shouted as he sent a fierce attack towards Zoro.
"Heh! You'll have to do better than that!" Zoro parried the attack somehow and Sent Alfie skidding backward on his feet.
The next thing Alfie knew his teacher put all his swords but one back in and was fighting with that one sword.
' Is he mocking me?' Alfie thought to himself.
Zoro was the first to charge to Alfie and swung his sword at his pupil. Alfie dodged out the way.
" Yeah! Didn't think I would learn how to dodge? Well like you said to me on the first day of my training...I learn fast."
Alfie sent another fierce attack towards Zoro. Alfie was precise on where he wanted to swing his sword at his sensei.
Alfie aimed for Zoros legs.
He slid down and slashed his sword towards Zoro's feet, but he ended up using his sword to block Zoro when he slashed down at Alfie. Alfie tried to over power his former master in a struggle for dominance.
" Your not stronger than me!" Zoro shouted.
It was true; Alfie was getting stronger, but he wasn't THAT strong yet. Far from it.
"I will surpass you!" Alfie screamed as he applied more pressure.
" I can lift over 300 kg with one hand. The most you could ever lift was 23 kg because you spent more time reading books than training."
"So?!" Alfie demanded angrily. "Being smart is just as important as being strong!"
Alfie said that because before Zoro became his teacher he survived by being subtle and living on his wits. He was very fond of gaining knowledge.
"It's not about strength of body! It's about strength of mind!" Alfie shouted as he parried zoros sword to the side than rolled out the way.
Zoro gritted his teeth and swung at Alfie with surprising speed. Zoro's sword slash went right through Alfie's leg. The pain was excruciating. Alfie gritted his teeth and did his best to just bear it. He was going to have to do more than bear with it if he wanted to stop the next a ttack Zoro tried.
'What do I do?' He asked himself silently, thinking as quickly as he could.
He was too busy thinking with his mind he forgot he could move his legs. He yelped when Zoro nearly cut his legs. He put his hand on the wound Zoro hurt him just to see how much he was bleeding. He was bleeding a bit more than he had hoped.
Alfie was gritting his teeth and sweating. This was a sign Zoro was trying to break out of his mind control.
" Zoro?"
He froze for a second, not sure whose voice that was that he'd just heard. Alfie's glistening eyes never stopped looking at his struggling sensei. Zoro gritted his teeth there was one thing that kept him from becoming a shell of Carmella it was his past-his dreams, too.
The greatest swordsman would never lose this way. He refused to be beaten. He'd promised after his first fight with Mihawk that he would never be defeated again! And then Zoro felt something warm around his torso. He looked down to see what in the hell it was. It was the spirit of Kuina coming to remind him of himself. At first she was happy and smiling and then she hit him with her wooden sword.
He remembered vividly how hard he struggled to beat her, how upset she had been that she was a woman and that her father didn't think she could ever be a great swordsman. He then remembered the promise they'd made each other, that one of them would one day be the greatest swordsman ever.
'I can't fulfill that promise if I lose here...' he thought to himself.
After that he remembered the pain in his head. "Ouch! you crazy women!" Zoro yelled as he rubbed his head.
"Seriously, what the heck was that for?!" he demanded, still rubbing his head.
" Listen to what I have to say, Zoro. I know you, Zoro. Don't you realize who I am?"
" Y...Your Kuina but your dead you shouldn't be here it's just that witch playing tricks on me again. " Zoro said as more and more of the real Zoro came out.
" Come on Zoro! Fight it! I know you can!" Alfie shouted.
"No! Who the hell are you?!"
" Fight Zoro!"
" I'm fucking trying."
Zoro had the biggest migraine in his head. He felt like sharp teeth were biting through his brain. It hurt far worse than most things did. Not as bad as the scar Mihawk gave him.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Zoro yelled as he broke free from the witches control than fell over.
" It's good to have you back, Zoro. Now all we have to do is free Sanji from the witch's control."
"You go. I'm going to go help the crew with Luffy. They can't handle him" Zoro said as he ran off in the wrong direction.
Alfie would have followed his sensei but he had to be sure Odaga wasn't having his face broken by mind controlled Sanji.
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Odaga was trading blows with Sanji trying to figure out how to snap him out of it.
" I never wanted to train you." Sanji told Odaga.
"Liar!" Odaga shouted.
" I'm serious. I knew no doubt you would grow up to be just like me and it made me so sick I almost puked in my mouth. The only reason I trained you was Nami and Robin told me too."
"No! That's Impossible!" Odaga shouted.
Sanji opened his mouth making a smile that looked both sinister and scary. That was NOT Sanji's smile. That was just a smile of someone who use to be Sanji before a witch controlled him. It freaked Odaga out, if he were being totally honest with himself. Odaga couldn't just shrug off that unpleasant site from his eyes. Sanji's smile was giving Odaga the chance he needed to fight him.
Odaga gave Sanji a hard kick to the rib. "Come on Sensei! You gotta snap out of it!" Odaga shouted as he repeatedly kicked Sanji again and again.
Every time Odaga kicked Sanji few drops of blood dripped from his nose.
"I don't wanna keep hurting you like this Sanji so just please snap out of it!" Odaga shouted.
When Sanji didn't listen to Odaga the pupil almost kicked him one more time, but Sanji disappeared before Odaga's eyes.
"Where'd he go?" Odaga asked as he looked around.
Odaga didn't see Sanji coming when he attacked him but he did see his foot as it went into his face. Odaga felt his nose start to break from the force of the kick. It was lucky for Odaga it was nothing like what Sanji use to do to him.
Odaga tried to regain his senses and finish's this fight before Sanji killed him. Before Odaga could make such a move he saw his sensei smile at him. Odaga felt something sinister in Sanji's smile.
"Sanji! Come on; snap out of it! How are you gonna please the ladies if your being controlled by some witch!" Odaga shouted.
Odaga could always make Sanji do things when he mentioned ladies. One time he wanted to go to a restaurant on an island but Sanji said he couldn't go-one mention of pretty waitresses and Sanji took him there. That didn't seem to be the case with Sanji being mind controlled.
' Damn I'm running out of Ideas,' Odaga thought to himself. ' If I can only hold him off till the witch is dealt with he should revert back to normal soon.'
Odaga just hoped he could hold Sanji off long enough for his crewmates to beat the witch. He was certain they wouldn't go down easily against her, but if she was controlling their captain Luffy it would take all of them to stop her. There was also the risky business of them being controlled by the witch before they could stop Luffy.
" What's you thinking about over there!" Sanji sneered.
" Sanji...is that really you?" Odaga wasn't sure if the person he was listening to was the real Sanji. The only way he could be sure was asking Sanji a question only he knew.
" When is the best time to catch Miss Nami in the shower?" Odaga asked.
" NAMI!"
" Yes! Your back Sanji!" Odaga yelled. The first thing Odaga wanted to do was hug his sensei for coming back to reality but that would look a little strange for him.
"Wanna tell me what the hell is going on" Sanji said.
" Some witch tried to take over your mind but you beat her at that mind control." Odaga said.
"Is everyone alright?" Sanji asked.
" Not really, Sanji," Odaga said. " You kicked me with your legs a few time, I kicked you, and I don't even know if the rest of the crew can handle that witch after what she did to you."
" ROBIN-Chawn! Nami-Swan!" Sanji yelled as he noodle legged his legs up the mountain.
" He sure is fast when it comes to woman," Odaga said.
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Meanwhile at the witch's cave, Luffy was behind some cavern. He was waiting to strike the witch whenever he felt like he was ready. Carmella noticed that Luffy took something precious from her. "Now, Luffy, be a good boy and return the item that you took. Stealing is bad, you know."
Luffy's headaches are getting worse by the minute. "I need to put the end to this, now."
"Oh, Luffy, darling, I know your headaches are getting worse. You need to let go! Stop fighting it! Embrace your power within, Luffy! It's the only way to stop your pain!"
Luffy just ignored her and waited He waited for his friends to come for him. He didn't want to hurt them but if the witch could still control him he could very well do it.
The screams and shouts of Luffys name came running up the hill.
" Luffy!" One of his friends shout.
" No one's home so go away!" Carmella shouts back.
" We know your holding Luffy in here!" Some memories came back to Luffy. The person calling for him was Alfie.
" What the hell! are you talking about!" Carmella screamed.
" By all means keep lying to us Luffy isn't here. All its going to do is make us beat you up harder when we find you."
"Oh yeah! Well bring it on! I told you Luffy isn't here so he isn't!" Carmella yelled.
Carmella was so nervous that the crew were going to see she was lying she bit her lips. For Carmella it wasn't now about finding the right idea but using the right spell.
Luffy heard his friends all he had to do his sneak out unnoticed by the young witch but how could he escape with all the pain going through his head? The pain was getting worse and worse
" What is happening to me?!" Luffy shouted unable to keep his voice down. The pain was unbearable.
The witch couldn't stand hearing Luffy make all that pain. She wanted to use a spell that would silence his voice. She twirled her hands in the air until a pink aura surrounded them.
"Hold still so I can blast ya!" Carmella shouted.
Luffy stood still just like Carmella told him too...it was weird.
"Uh thanks" Carmella said slightly confused.
With that she charged at Luffy howling like a beast.
"LOLOLOLOLLOL!" Carmella screamed.
Carmella was an inch close to Luffy's face...when Robins Hand grabbed her arm from out of nowhere. This wasn't one of her hands from using her Devil Fruit. It was Robins real hand and she was angry. When Robin was angry she was tough.
Robin punched Carmella hard in the face. Carmella never thought a crewmate like Robin could make her fall.
" That's what you get for lying to us."
"I didn't lie Sanji and Zoro came out didn't they" "and I don't Remember saying i'd free them when I let them go" Carmella said with a smile as she rubbed her nose.
" It's true what they say about you." Alfie said walking inside with Odaga. " You really are a witch."
"Am not" Carmella said.
" If your not a witch what are you?" Odaga asked.
"I am a Sorceress" Carmella said with pride. " If I wanted to I could make you two my slaves."
