Note: Sasori = scorpion.
Chapter 12: Of Rokushiki and Devil Fruits
"Franky!" Jordan shouted. She was on top of the courthouse that led to the Tower of Justice, along with the Strawhat pirates. She had waited until Luffy finished speaking to Robin, and no one had any objection.
"Eh? Jo!" Franky excaimed as he looked down the balcony of the tower of justice. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"I'm your sister; I came for you! The rest of the family's here too!"
Franky teared up and started crying loudly. "Y-you all came to rescue me! E-even though I don't need your help!" He covered his face with his hands and turned away. "D-dammit I'm NOT crying!" he yelled.
Jordan smiled. "Remember what Iceburg told us Tom-san would do? Well, do it!"
Franky gaped at his sister, but quickly obeyed her. He remembered perfectly that meeting four years ago, and Iceburg's exact words; Tom wouldn't have passed them down to me if they weren't of extreme importance. But he said the moment the Government lays their hands on them, to burn them. That's what he would've done...
Franky took out the plans for the first time in four years and held them high. All the CP9 agents stared astonished at the object they'd been searching for the last five years. Then Franky inhaled deeply. "Fresh FIRE!" he said as he exhaled and released a stream of fire, burning the blueprints to ashes.
"The blueprints..." Kaku whispered.
"Five years of work..." Lucci said.
"NOOOOO! YOU IDIOT!" Spandam shouted. He let go of Robin and charged at Franky, but Sasoriko beat him to it. She landed an inhumanly strong kick to the cyborg's jaw. Franky was knocked over and fell over the railing, but he managed to grab it and remained dangling from the balcony.
"You BITCH!" Jordan started transforming and was already off the ground, but Zoro grabbed her arm and pulled her back down.
"We have to go all together. If you go by yourself you'll have to fight all of them," he said. Jordan nodded and calmed down a little, since Franky was pulling himself up.
The bridge started lowering, and Luffy grinned victoriously.
"They made it," he said, and started cracking his knuckles.
But suddenly there was an explosion in the courthouse and bridge stopped, leaving it only halfway down. Then everything happened so quickly.
Nami recieved a call from Kokoro saying that she'll be there in four seconds. Spandam pushed Franky over the railing and he was falling down to the waterfall. Jordan tried to save him but along with the others she was grabbed by Luffy and pulled down. The crew landed on the Rocket Man that somehow had gotten under them.
Next thing they knew, they were all crash-landing into the Tower of Justice.
"Hello, Jo," a female voice behind Jordan said mockingly. Jordan spun around and her eyes narrowed. That woman, the one who kicked Franky, was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed.
"That's not my name," Jordan said. The she quickly used Soru to land a punch on Sasoriko, but her fist hit a solid wall, creating a hole.
"You should know that we can use that too," the agent said from behind her. She had also used Soru, but to dodge the punch.
Jordan came at her again with a kick. This time she didn't dodge it, but grabbed her leg and used it as a lever to slam the shipwright against the wall, and breaking it on the way.
Jordan stood up and wiped her mouth. She started running towards the agent to deliver a kick.
"Tekkai," Sasoriko said boringly, and her body visibly tensed.
Jordan didn't stop. She aimed an upwards kick at her chin with all her might. It broke her Tekkai and sent her flying upwards, breaking the roof.
Even though the kick was stronger than she expected, Sasoriko landed expertly on her feet. She wiped her bleeding mouth and nose with the back of her hand and looked at the room she was in. The first thing she saw was a square giraffe with a black sweater and a green-haired man with three swords. She also vaguely noticed that the sky was visible since the whole tower had split.
"Kaku?" she said. "So this is your new power."
"Aw great," Kaku said, turning back to human. "Now you're gonna mock me too, right?"
"No," Sasoriko said, and smiled barely visibly. "Actually, I think it's kinda cute."
Kaku blushed, but quickly recovered and continued to fight Zoro. Jordan jumped up the hole Sasoriko had left and kept fighting. They somehow made it to a different room, but they could still see the sky.
Jordan kicked sideways at Sasoriko, she dodged and kicked the shipwright in the gut. "Geppou!" she said and jumped. Then she started jumping off the air itself, heading towards the open sky.
"Two can play that game," Jordan said and transformed. She followed Sasoriko as she jumped higher in the air. They were both vaguely aware that Franky was battling Fukurou in the air not so far away from them. Jordan continued punching her, though she had to transform briefly to her solid form for the punch to be effective. Sasoriko either dodged or blocked the punches and continued to do so for a few minutes. When the shipwright dealt a particulary strong blow, the agent smirked as she blocked it, and Jordan, still in her solid human form, suddenly felt her left shoulder pierced.
Jordan gasped in surprise and pain and looked at her shoulder. Impaled there was a massive black scorpion's sting. Jordan followed the tail until she located the source, which was under the Sasoriko's dress. A devil fruit, she thought.
Sasoriko took advantage of the shipwright's surprise; she removed her tail and grabbed both of her shoulders tightly, earning a pained yell from the shipwright. Then, using Soru, she pushed her down, plummeting her downwards high speed to the room they had previously been in. Jordan landed on her back, and broke two floors as she did so. Sasoriko landed gracefully on her feet beside the shipwright.
Jordan started getting up, but released another pained cry as she felt an intense burning sensation in her wound. She looked at the agent's sting and noticed that it was dripping with something else besides blood. Poison, she thought.
"Awesome thing is," Sasoriko said and grinned malevolously. "We haven't even started."
