A/N: On the rampage indeed! Nothing to say here other then to say thanks for the reviews and to all the people reading this. But I won't hold you up any longer, read on!

The Dragon God Slayer and the Twin Blades

The swords she was holding were glowing with beauty, even in the dull light of the underground room. They were about as long as a standard katana, with their blades similar with exception that the blade was less curved and the tip had a steeper angle to it. The blades were a brilliant white, and the handles a contrasting black, as was the guard; which themselves were styled like vines and gave the appearance that Mayo's hands were covered in them. The two blades were identical with the exception of a small engraving of the letter 'E' at the top of the handle. They were in stark contrast to the less elegant Ryuujin Toorima that Marshall had.

He had rested the tip back onto the floor and was staring Mayo with his red eyes, unreadable to the girl. Mayo herself was staring into those eyes but she was also making a strategy to begin the fight. She knew that she could not block any blow from Marshall and the small room made it difficult for her to fight with her style. Duck under his first blow, roll under legs, left blade into left leg, twist around, right blade into right leg, slice through tendons, both blades stab into back as he falls.

Marshall took a step forward but as Mayo started to duck and implement her plan a loud crack sounded and froze both of them in their tracks. Then in unison they both looked up and saw a large split appearing in the wood above Marshall's head. Something flew through the air, hitting the floor, and a square section above Marshall slid down an inch before grating to stop. The pirate captain knew what was about to happen but as he dived forwards to dodge it the square shot down and crushed him to the floor.

Mayo jumped backwards and up onto her bed as it came down and watched with surprise as Marshall was taken down. By the time the dust cleared, she couldn't see him at all; only the top half of the blade any indication there was someone there at all. That's when she realised that there was water on the floor, making puddles from the rain that was coming down the hole Lin had made earlier when Marshall threw him from the room.

There was a small pattering of rocks as they fell from the hole and then Lin appeared, landing gracefully in front of the bed and brushing of dust that was resting on his shoulders. He turned around and smiled at Mayo. "Hey there, ready to get out of here?"

"How did you do that?" Mayo asked, slipping her swords back into their scabbards.

"Do what?"

"Something cut that block of earth, that's not natural."

"Just a well placed kick is all; you should have seen what Zeff was capable of. But enough about that, if you would kindly step of the bed, we'll be on our way."

Mayo started to ask another question but the look Lin shot her told her to drop the subject. She jumped down off the bed and Lin moved in raking a hold around her waist and pulling her close. "Lin?"

"Well, since the normal route is blocked I'm going to jump out and unless you wants lots of cuts and bruises then this is the only way to do it."

"Oh right, let me just grab my jacket." She pulled away and retrieved her white leather jacket from a peg on the wall, slipping it over her arms and shrugging it on. Then she moved back to Lin who took a hold of her again.

He bent his legs slightly and using his powerful muscles he jumped into the air, as they passed through the mysteriously well sized tunnel, he kicked the wall a number of times to keep them heading upwards. They appeared above the ground, in the pouring rain, and he landed in a puddle, splashing them with water.

Mayo pulled away and shook her body, water cascading off her as she did so. "Thanks for that Lin."

"No problem, anyway, we'll go and find Nemo…"

"Nemo?"

"My first mate, we'll go and find him and then we'll get off this island." He said and started walking off in the direction Nemo should be in. However after a couple of seconds he stopped and turned around, when he realised that Mayo had not moved.

"We?" she asked.

"Yeah, as in you, me and Nemo."

"But I'm not part of your crew."

"Yeah, but with Marshall down, you have no reason to stay here. And I need a cook for my crew, eating raw meat is not pretty."

"You've been eating raw meat! And how do you know I'm a cook anyway."

"That was a joke." He said with a laugh. "and it's quite easy to figure out you're a cook when you say that you are skilled with the blade but not in a bushido way; that pretty much guarantee's you're a cook."

"Why would you think I would want to be a pirate."

"C'mon, you were a pirate for a while when you were travelling right. Look me in the eye and tell me that it wasn't fun."

She looked down at her feet and shuffled before looking up. "Alright so it was fun…"

"See, I know you want to do it anyway! But for now, we'll wait until you meet Nemo, then we'll see how you feel." With that he started walking again and this time Mayo followed him, jogging slightly to catch up.

"Oh wait, before we go…" Mayo said and they both stopped, Lin turning to face her. "I forgot to mention, since we were interrupted by Marshall, that he isn't the real Captain."

"What!" Lin exclaimed.

"He's just a cover, a man named Kumar is the real captain."

"What!" Lin exclaimed again, this time much louder.

"No, not Bartholomew Kuma, K-U-M-A-R. Although he is not to be underestimated because of it."

"You had me scared for a second then." Lin said, putting his hand on his heart. "Right, new plan! We'll meet up with Nemo then go find this Kumar guy and kick his arse, because if he's the real captain then he's the one who ordered Marshall to come after us and what I told you earlier still stands." He started marching off again and Mayo followed him.

Because he was walking full speed and wasn't trying to hide his direction from anyone, it was only 10 minutes before they reached the large opening where Nemo was. Although it wasn't only him, there were hundreds of unconscious Roaring Bear Pirates scattered around, some on their own and some in comedic piles.

Nemo was finishing off one of the last ones and was currently throwing him onto a pile when he suddenly turned around and looked in their direction as if one of them had shouted his name. He dropped the guy he was dealing with and walked across to them, fastening his pipe as he did so.

"Who's she." He said as soon as he was in earshot, which was pretty close thanks to the rain.

"Mayo, this is Nemo, my first mate; Nemo, this is Mayo, a local rebel." Lin made the introductions "I've taken care of Marshall but there is some bad news, Mayo." He indicated for Mayo to explain about Kumar.

"Marshall is just cover for the real Captain, a man that goes by the name Kumar." She waited for a reaction from Nemo but there was none so she continued. "He likes to stick to the shadows and as such he picks the strongest person in his crew and they act as Captain as he issues orders from behind."

Nemo seemed to consider something suddenly. "What does this man look like." He asked.

"He's slightly shorter then Lin but about twice as wide, he looks fat but is in fact rather muscled. He's completely void of any hair on his body, except for a small right eyebrow. His clothes vary all the time but he will always be wearing a long animal fur coat around his shoulders."

"I thought so; I've taken a guy like that down already so everything is fine."

"What!" Mayo said with disbelief in her eyes. "Not that I think you are weak, considering what I can see, but you couldn't take down Kumar, no one can. I've never even seen someone put a scratch on him, and it doesn't help he has a bounty of 110 million!"

110 Million, eh? That's pretty impressive. Lin thought as he looked up into the sky, the rain splashing against his face.

"Well, it was definitely him, he matches your description."

"Show me!" she demanded and both Nemo and Lin were surprised by her forcefulness. Nemo shrugged and turned around, heading in the direction of one of the biggest piles of men. Mayo followed suit, and fell into line behind him.

They reached the pile in less then a minute and Nemo moved forward and thrust his arm into the pile, taking a hold of one of the bodies. He pulled it clear and held it up to show Mayo, who gasped in surprise. It really was Kumar, by the looks of things. But then she seemed to reconsider and moved in, touching the skin on his cheek.

After a couple of seconds she stepped back and looked across at Nemo. "I take it he isn't dead?"

"I don't kill." Nemo stated simply.

"Then this man is not Kumar."

"How so?"

"You'll have to believe me, it is hard to explain."

"Mayo, Nemo!" Lin's voice rang out and the two of them both turned to see Lin pointing up at the sky. "You see that?"

They followed his line of sight but they couldn't see anything. Mayo was about to respond when something fell out of the sky and crashed into the ground, throwing water and mud all over the place. Someone stepped out from behind it and moved in Mayo and Nemo's direction, resting a large sword on his shoulder.

A second sword appeared and went flying in Lin's direction although he easily sidestepped it and it embedded itself into the ground. The Atlas Blade? Lin questioned as he recognised the sword, he looked across and noticed the other man. "Marshall? I thought I'd taken care of you!"

Marshall just laughed and didn't even look in his direction, keeping his eyes locked onto Nemo and Mayo. "So you thought, and I would say this time will be different but I will not be the one fighting you this time."

As he spoke a second man stepped out form behind the rock and Lin knew that this one was the real deal. He was altogether more threatening then his doppelganger and his clothes more authentic, the animal fur hanging from his shoulders soaked by the rain.

"I take it you are the terrible Kumar then." Lin said

"Ah, 'Devil Leg' Lin. I was wondering when we would cross paths. I heard about you're little excursion and knew that you would bump into me eventually."

"'Devil Leg'?"

"Oh, don't you know. It seems that a marine called Klaken made quite the racket in an attempt to get your bounty raised and they gave you a new nickname to go along with it."

"I've got a new bounty?"

"Indeed, as does your first mate 'Nightmare' Nemo."

Lin pondered for a second and then looked across at Nemo. "You here that? You've got a higher bounty now as well as a much cooler nickname then 'The Dreamer'."

"That is nothing to be proud of, especially at this particular point in time."

Lin ignored him as he continued to look at Nemo "You cool with taking on Marshall, he's strong but Mayo can give you a hand if you need it."

Nemo nodded and withdrew his pipe from his holder just as Marshall dashed forward. Nemo reacted fast enough but Mayo wasn't as quick as Marshall descended upon her.

"That leaves me for you then." Lin said, finally looking back at Kumar who was slowly removing his coat before throwing it to the floor.

"You have quite the confidence there."

"Hasn't failed me yet." Lin said and slipped his hands into his pockets.

A/N: Woo to fights, keep your eyes and ears peeled for the next chapter heading your way next week!