The rest of the group finally arrived, minus Luffy, Usopp, Robin and Brook somehow, and narrowly avoided getting strangled by an obviously stressed out Mayura.
"We're running out of time! Their on 13, nevermind, 14 right now." Mayura said sharply and half of the crew didn't recognize her, while Chopper looked nervously at the woman.
"Mayura-san, do you know when Keimi is going up?" Chopper asked anxiously.
"They're saving her for last, you will know it's coming, believe me." Mayura explained.
"How are you so sure?" Nami asked Mayura who she didn't completely believe.
"I overheard them. I also sensed the shackled people behind stage lining up, and Keimi isn't even in the line since they are trying to put her in a fishbowl." Mayura stated and most of the crew raised an eyebrow at the word 'sensed'.
Mayura leaned against the wall while stomping the floor to get rid of the forming ice, "Tch...To think I might've been that woman." She muttered.
"What?!" Sanji said sharply.
"First day I was here, I was ambushed by twenty bounty hunters after they saw me using my devil fruit powers. Since I had just awoken from a coma, my body was incredibly frail and I only narrowly avoided capture." Mayura mumbled while her hood concealed her face further.
The woman was sold and Mayura gazed silently as she was led off stage and replaced with a pirate captain. That auction didn't last long since the pirate pretty much bit off his own tongue and eventually bled out.
"That was unexpected…" Mayura stated and frowned as the curtains shut.
"Did he…?"
"He bit his tongue off, guess choking on your own damn blood is better than being a slave." Mayura answered as she lit two cigars which reflected her nervousness.
It had only been five minutes until Disco returned with that stupid obnoxious smile with Keimi in tow. Mayura wished that she could freeze the bastard, but she couldn't handle the Navy if they flooded this place.
After the obnoxious little explanation he gave, a massive bid was placed.
"500,000,000!"
Mayura's eyes widened, "No way…"
She patted her waist and flinched, I'm off a hundred million...Even if I sold all my seastone it wouldn't be enough...What do we do?!
She thought about going for the crazy plan and just freezing the damn place, but the crash of a wall cut her off. Luffy emerged from the dust and nearly made everyone freak out at his appearance.
"Luffy-san!" Mayura exclaimed as the boy ran down down the stairs, all the while screaming Keimi.
Hachi tried desperately to stop the boy, but in the process he revealed his other arms that he had been hiding.
The building erupted into even more chaos and a single shot fired, from none other than the World Noble. Please...Luffy-san...Don't do it! Mayura thought as she began backing out of the building.
She covered her eyes, but still saw everything due to her haki and couldn't help but shrink into the darkness like a scared child.
I don't wanna see them again… Mayura thought as her body shook.
Luffy started inching towards the World Noble and the area around Mayura became incredibly cold, he can't do it...If he does it we're all dead! Mayura thought back to when she first met the Admirals and only shook more.
Something...Something was always horribly off about them.
She heard the World Noble crash into several things and she knew it was over for her. He was coming, and he wasn't going to spare her this time for doing something stupid.
However, her shaking ceased a little when someone picked her up, "Sanji-kun…? W-Why aren't you afraid? He'll kill us all, why-!" His fearless look bore into her eyes and she felt a chill go down her spine.
"We'll be fine." He stated and she stared at him in shock.
"Just...if you see him...promise me...you'll protect me from him! He said he wouldn't spare me next time and he was serious!" Mayura said as a hiccup escaped from her chest.
Sanji had never seen her that defenseless...that fearful. So she is afraid of something…
She hopped out of his hold as a soldier charged towards them, throwing her cloak off, she crossed her arms, "Pairokuraio: Furīzu!" Her hands glowed blue as her crack-like scar glowed.
She simply touched the soldier and froze him mid-air, "Pairokuraio: Aisufurea!" Fire spouts shot back more soldiers as she swerved through the chaos.
"Tch. If I continue doing this, I'll bring the entire building down." She had quickly recovered from her previous state as she actually realized what was happening.
Two swords out of fire formed before turning black, she dove into a group of twenty guards and they were sent flying back seconds later.
Her blades disappeared as she skated across the room, "Where do these idiots keep coming from?" She asked as she knocked several away with a whip.
As several descended upon her, an ice missile launcher appeared on her shoulder. She snapped her finger and the weapon fired at the guards. They flew across the room frozen before shattering against the wall.
"This is getting boring." She mumbled before two giant arms made of ice formed behind her.
She skated in and punched 20 of them through a wall, another group flew away through the floor and the last group froze to the floor before shattering under the fists.
Right then, three flying fish crashed through the ceiling and the three missing members hopped off of them before joining the fray.
"Took ya long enough." Mayura yelled as she effortlessly dodged attack after attack before quickly freezing them all.
She crossed her arms as her hair blew wildly, "Pairokuraio: Kurōn arashi!" Clones appeared everywhere and began freezing most of the soldiers.
"Baka o isoide! Watashitachi wa sugu ni shirei-kan o eru tsumorida to watashi wa omoitaku wa keimusho ni nagete wa ikemasen! Anata ga shinakereba naranai baai, kono basho ni aru subete no mono, subete no imaimashī teki o tōketsu shimasu!" Mayura yelled in a tongue that was unfamiliar to the crew, but the copies responded immediately before speeding up their freezing process.
"We have to hurry, Luffy-san! Unless you want to fight an admiral and a warship." Mayura said in the normal language.
"Hate to break it to you, Frozen Pyromaniac...but they're already here." Law said with an annoying grin.
"Surgeon of Death", why are you telling me this...if you are still here?" Mayura retorted.
"They've been surrounding the place, long before the auction started."
"Surrounding the place? How intimidating." She said sarcastically.
"I don't know who they're looking for, but I'm sure they weren't expecting a World Noble to get his ass kicked." Law grinned even wider, "I'm impressed Straw Hat."
"Trafalgar Law. Luffy, they're pirates just like us." Robin said causing Luffy to blink.
"Even the bear?" Luffy asked causing the bear to sigh.
"Luffy-san, you might also wanna know that the dude standing in the back that's glaring at me, is Eustass Kid." Mayura said as the missile launcher continued to fire guards away despite her not paying attention.
Luffy glanced back at the grumpy Kid who still didn't wanna give up the fact that he had lost.
Mayura's missile launcher stopped as the female World Noble pulled out a gun, "Well, ain't that nice." She muttered.
"It's your fault that the pirates are going crazy! Die, fish!" She yelled as her finger landed on the trigger.
Mayura stood in shock as the woman suddenly went flying back, "No way...It can't be that…" She mumbled to herself.
Someone had just used haki.
Not just the two normal types either, the rarest one of them all, Conqueror's Haki…
Two figures broke through the wall and Mayura only stood in shock.
The old man smirked as the light reflected off of his glasses, "What did I tell you, I know a ruckus when I hear one. I got the money I came here for, now guess I'll head back to the gambling house and throw it all away."
"You are one messed up old man…" The giant and Mayura muttered in unison. "You got locked up just so you could steal some money?"
"That was the plan, but I was also planning on stealing the money from whoever bought me. Huh...But I guess it wasn't meant to be." He reached to drink from his bottle but paused, "Oh, right, I'm out. Guess I need to go look for more booze."
I wonder if he realizes that his plan sucks… Mayura sweatdropped and it only grew when the old man burst into laughter from the revelation that his plan sucked.
"Oh my, I didn't realize we had such a captive audience." The old man said after noticing us staring at him.
Mayura facepalmed before pulling a bottle of vodka out of her cleavage a little too casually.
"Rayleigh?!" Hachi muttered in surprise.
"Oh hey Hachi! What are you doing here?! Hey...did somebody hurt you?" Rayleigh said before his voice grew low.
That's Rayleigh?! Mayura jawdropped as she barely swallowed down her vodka before she could do a spit take.
The old man glanced around the room before stroking his beard in thought, "I see...what a tragedy, I assume these are the people that stood by you, Hachi. Alright."
The guards suddenly fainted and Mayura jumped in shock, He's the one!
FLASHBACK!
The ship rocked wildly back and forth as a woman with silver hair held a two year old child tightly to her body.
"Mama...What's gon on?" The little girl asked.
"Papa was dumb and attacked that big ship over there." The woman replied and the little girl blinked.
"Ohhhh, he's dummmb!" The little girl's laughter pierced through the storm and brought a smile to her mother's face.
A man landed back on the ship as his tail twitched in annoyance, his voice was muffled by the rain but the little girl saw 3 men who tried to attack him, fall over unconscious.
"He truly is royalty then…" Her mother mumbled.
"What do ya meaan, Mama?" Mayura asked.
"Remember this, Mayu-hime, you are a real princess, don't ever let Smoke-Smoke tell you no. Got it?" Her mother's purple eyes seemed to glow in the darkness as Mayura's eyes were wide.
"Okayyy...but what does that mean, Mama?"
"Remember that story I told you a week ago?"
"Was it the one about the princess who had all those cool powers?!" Mayura's voice was high and her mother patted her on the head.
"Yes, that one. The princess exists, gone was her island and she was left to…" Her mother trailed off and Mayura nodded in excitement.
"Live with the normal people! She never knew about her powers until she had to fight a big hairy gorilla!" The girl mimicked a loud roar before her mother covered her mouth.
"But, she kept it a secret since she didn't want people knowing about her powers. If they did, she could be in big trouble. So she lived there for many years while using her powers in secret, do you remember what happened next?" Her mother put her finger to her mouth and the little girl mimicked her.
"Yosh! She was using her powers when she saw a massive sea snake rise out of the water! The sea snake was gonna eat somebody and she had no choice but to use her powers! They all thanked her but feared her, she couldn't take it anymore and sailed away on a ship in hopes of finding her kingdom!" Mayura eagerly answered with a slight lisp.
"The bottom line is that we must always be careful with our secrets, like how papa was able to make those three fall asleep. That's one of his secrets, Mayu-hime." Her mother laughed lightly at the little girl's twinkling eyes.
FLASHBACK END!
Is that what you meant mother…? Only royalty attains this haki? Mayura thought as she tried desperately to remember her father's appearance.
After all...The secret of the Conqueror's Haki was it's pattern, as it only appeared with those associated with Royalty. Thanks to her avid reading, she concluded the finding at age 15 and this only added more evidence.
Minutes passed before the old man turned to the mermaid, "Now hold still, I'm gonna remove your collar."
"Are you crazy?!" Chopper yelled.
"Yeah, we've seen what happened!"
"It's baaad!"
Mayura glared at the group behind her, "Shut it will ya. Just believe the dude, if he was able to set that big guy free, he can set a little mermaid free." Mayura formed a whip in her hand as her glare bore into everyone's eyes.
"She's gone dominatrix again…" Many of the members who remembered it, paled a little and had to hold their ground against her glowering look.
The old man triggered the timer and the rest of the crew stared in horror, "Are you crazy?!"
"He just set off the timer!" Sanji muttered.
"What are we gonna do?!"
"I told you to shut up!" Mayura yelled as her glare became even more deadly.
That's when it exploded, and when Franky decided on bringing the keys.
Mayura smirked through the dust, Clever old man… She thought as her hair shadowed her eyes.
The smoke cleared and revealed that the collar was gone and Keimi was not a bloody mess.
"I-It's gone!" Nami said in shock.
Mayura stood up before drinking the last of her alcohol, her amused face revealed to the crowd. She gazed at the old man as every word her mother told her raced through her head.
The princess' kingdom was known to the world as the Island of Yuna...Her father was one of the most powerful Kings to sit upon the throne due to his expertise of skills. Sword in hand, he solely protected the kingdom before it was overtaken, his only lineage being the week old baby girl that he had sent away.
The story was enchanting the first time Mayura heard it and never realized the underlying meaning until years after the passing of her mother.
The true meaning of the story, was that the princess really did exist and was lost when her kingdom fell.
Who's the princess?
Mayura could never figure that out since Yuna was not real and thus impossible to find out if the story was historically true.
The old man hopped off of the stage, as he walked up the stairs. Do none of the these pirates know about haki?! Mayura thought in shock as everyone tried to figure out what the hell he did.
"I did not know that there were other pirates here...You must be quite strong to resist something like that with no trouble." Rayleigh said.
Kid grinned despite his previous anger towards Mayura, "Well, well, never thought I'd see such a big shot here…'Dark King' Silvers Rayleigh, you're a legend old man, what are you doing in a place like this?"
"On these islands I'm just Ray, the coding craftsman. Don't go around calling me that other name, I'm retired now. I just want a quiet, peaceful life." He kneeled down next to Hachi, "Looks like you'll live, Hachi. What did I tell you about walking around this Archipelago? You gotta be more careful."
"I know, I'm sorry." Hachi replied.
"Thank you for everything, I appreciate you helping my friend here." Ray said to Luffy.
"What was it that you said earlier about wanting to meet me?" Luffy asked.
"Let's save that for later, first we need to get out of here."
Mayura grinned, "Leave that to me, I didn't escape a damn marine base twice for nothin'."
She snapped her finger and two machine guns out of fire formed, she lifted them with ease before an ice pillar shot her through the ceiling.
"Tenshi!" She yelled and two angel wings out of ice formed allowing her to fly in the air.
"It's one of the pirates! Shoot her down!" The head marine yelled to which Mayura merely laughed.
Both guns let loose and it became an all out bullet fest.
"Damn bitch is insane." Kid muttered with a grin.
"Hmm...This is boring me, let's get physical, shall we?" Mayura allowed the two guns to shatter before diving straight into the crowd.
Her arms were black as she dealt deadly blows to the marine captains that surrounded her, her foot slammed into the ground causing a wave of ice to send hundreds flying away.
Her wings folded against her back allowing the woman to have much more maneuverability and speed. Two whips formed in her hands, as she threw several cannons away from her.
"Why don't you just let the Roswald Family free?!" A marine captain yelled.
"Meh. Let us run free and they're all yours...Why would I hold them captive?" Mayura replied cheekily before freezing the man in the face.
"I told you that I would handle them you bastards! Just head back in!" Kid yelled.
"And I told you guys that I would handle them!" Luffy yelled.
Mayura turned around dumbfounded as Luffy, Law and Kid exited the building.
"Why don't you all settle down?" Law asked.
"Why don't I settle your face?!" Kid yelled.
"It's settled! Alright go back inside guys!" Luffy said causing Mayura's eyebrow to twitch.
"Didn't I already tell you two to go back inside first?! I got this!" Kid said as the three all stared down the marines.
"Boss me around like that again and you'll be the first to be cut down Eustass." Law stated dangerously.
"Tch, four supernova's? That's just overkill." Mayura stated.
"Then go back inside!" Kid and Luffy yelled.
"Oh hell no! I'm not missing a chance to pummel some faces in just cause you brats can't stop arguing." Mayura shouted before her wings unfurled and she took to the skies.
"Shoot her down!"
The bullets passed through her body as she crossed her arms, "Sunōfurēku gyakusatsu!" Dark clouds rolled in as the temperature dropped.
"I must warn you...only one man survived this attack...it's called massacre for a very good reason." Mayura stated as she brandished two swords. "And I certainly won't be holding back like Fire-kun told me to."
Who's Fire? The three captains thought as the woman's wings shattered.
That's when snowflakes began to fall, and Mayura smirked before bringing her arms down causing it to be a snowstorm.
She disappeared and the captains saw a blue flash appear as it cut down several marines before it would flash to another area and continue cutting them down.
The woman paused before the swords disappeared to be replaced with a bow, "Quit staring." She stated to the captains before firing a single arrow into the sky, "And fight already, dammit!" The arrow exploded on impact and froze hundreds of the marines.
She abruptly stopped the snow and cracked her knuckles, "Alright, boys. Unless you want me to freeze this damn archipelago, stop your childish bickering before I turn your heads into frozen blocks of ice." She grumbled as she pulled out a bandanna.
Seconds later, many of the marines either passed out or ran away as they caught sight of her, "Tch. You idiots are still afraid of me? Even with knowledge of my true identity?"
Two whips formed in her hands as a devilish smile spread across her face, "Or are you that oblivious?"
"Y-You! Y-You're the captain that-!" She cut off their screams by freezing them to the ground.
"Shut it. Everyone here knows who the hell I am and I don't need your pathetic whining. Anybody else wanna whine?!" She yelled and several more marines fainted.
"I need more damn booze, I'm getting a withdrawal, dammit!" She shouted and Kid could only stare at her in surprise.
She had 35...and she's losing it?! Kid thought with a hint of anger.
"MOVE!" She yelled and kicked the ground sending hundreds flying, clearing an opening for the crazed woman. "I HOPE YOU DUMBASSES GET SENT TO HELL!" She shouted and flashed away leaving the area in ice.
Mayura giggled softly as she appeared back in her abandoned 'home', she did need some more alcohol, but she put extra anger and killing intent into the act.
"What a bunch of wimps…" She mumbled as she picked up her newly crafted quiver and bow before attaching them. She ripped off the bandanna and fixed her hair. "They obviously need a better recruiting system or something." Sliding her old coat off, she replaced it with a leather jacket that had a gun on the inside.
She grabbed a few more bottles before zooming away.
Mayura drank some of her alcohol as she reappeared behind the marine group, "Hiya!" She said cheerfully, scaring them into shooting at her.
"Well...that isn't nice…" Mayura commented before drawing her bow, "You guys need to figure out why you shouldn't attack me." She grabbed a pure white arrow before arming her bow, "I'm a little dangerous."
The arrow flew towards the ground and exploded sending smoke into the air.
Mayura, however, could see them perfectly fine with her haki, and easily knocked them all out. "That was easy." She said and shot herself into the air before floating on a chunk of ice while gazing at the three supernovas in battle.
"All three have devil fruit powers...Interesting." She hummed as she found herself glancing at the seastone tipped arrows she kept on hand.
If only you could see what trouble your brother has caused, Ace-kun… Mayura thought wistfully as she thought about the last time she saw him. She was sure that Blackbeard was either in prison or dead...Ace wouldn't let him run free.
She giggled as she saw Law throwing a disembodied head up and down as the other marines screamed in horror.
She flicked her foot which sent a missile towards several of the marines who were arming cannons, "Sorry! I slipped!" She laughed as everyone glanced at her as if she had seen a ghost.
"What are her powers?" Kid questioned as Luffy went on a mini rampage.
"Some say it's fire, yet as you can see it's ice. It also appears that her's is a logia." Law answered as the girl kept 'accidently' shooting missiles at the marines.
Said girl blinked, "It's both! I'm officially calling it the Pyro Cryo fruit! The rarest fruit out there!" She declared as she demonstrated by lighting one fist on fire, while the other froze.
"That answers that." Law muttered as he shook his head at the woman.
Mayura stood up and her ice chunk floated down until she tapped on one of the marine's shoulders, "Hi! I hope you know that you're all gonna die!"
"Shiiit!" Ten of the marine's yelled and scattered.
"Why does everyone run when I smile like that?" She wondered as she sent a few ice blasts towards more marines. "Fire-kun always liked my smiles…" She mumbled and raised the eyebrows of the people who heard her melancholy tone.
Several blades passed through her neck has she ignored the crowd of marines charging her.
"Die, menace!" One of the marines yelled.
The sword passed straight through her body separating it into two halves made of fire as her eyes still bore into her hands.
"What the hell?!"
Mayura blinked as her body returned to normal, "Sorry, did you need something?"
She jumped off of her ice chunk and calmly phased through the marines while drinking another bottle of alcohol, "Ahhh...I'm bored. This is just repetitive now, and since he is coming, I might as well whip out that thing Fire-kun told me not to use."
She appeared in front of the group of marines, before her pupils became cat-like and an invisible surge of power exited her body. The marines all fell over with some frothing at the mouth.
"You...You did the same thing that old guy did! What was that?!" Luffy yelled.
"You do not need to know at this time." Mayura grumbled and the three captains saw her deadly look her feline-like eyes. "We need to get out of here before Admiral Kizaru arrives. I for one don't want him to kill me, he's already spared me once and I don't need him following through on his act."
Her eyes returned to normal and she grunted slightly while patting her head, "Great...A migraine."
A gun formed in her hand and she shot directly above the three captains, "What the hell were you aiming at?!" Kid yelled.
"Stop being such an idiot and look up, unless you want your head blown to little bits...Eustass." Mayura warned allowing the guns to shatter.
Mayura began to leave to get her board, but Luffy deep gaze stopped her, "What?" She asked over her shoulder.
"Who's 'Fire'?" He asked, his eyes shadowed over.
Mayura reached into a pant pocket before handing him her bounty picture, "That's all I'm telling you."