sarge1130: I like to write fight scenes and it is fantastic to know that I'm doing it right. I had to make Zoro have some difficulties against Shiryu because, come on, he ain't got one difficult fight since he got on the new world. Hope you like this next chapter!

exorcist94: New chapter on! Thanks for the review!

Yuu Hoshimura: Go Go Luffy! This is the chapter of their fight, hope you like!

Zatsune D. LawLuFan: I love a cliffhanger! You can always expect one from my fics, I learn it with Oda Sensei!

SEllen23: Cliffhanger and cliffhanger, cliffhangers everywhere! :-) I write this chapter with love and with fists, hope you like! Thanks for the review!

Son of a ...

Yes, he knew how to swear very well, but even if he wanted no sound came out of his mouth.

He opened his mouth and nothing, he tried to open his eyes but he could barely see.

His head throbbed and little by little he began to get very angry with all this - who had woken him up?

He was in pain, he was feeling strange and was very hungry.

Why wake him up if it was not to eat?

Luffy didn't know why, but he was feeling very angry.

And amid the noise, slightlly blindness and hunger, Luffy began to realize who had woke him.

That impassive face, that only the eyes could betray the apparent coldness; he swore he could see concern in Torao's eyes.

Why are you worried?

Why did you woke me up?

What did he do now?

And then it all made sense.

Torao was guilty, he first started a riot, and now that he's in trouble he wanted his help.

Doflamingo had said; Torao is a manipulator, a snake that will embrace you with gestures of friendship, loyalty and concern only to then show his fangs.

Torao would not have such luck with him.

If he could get up he would teach Torao to never use him as an object for achieving his goals.

Every second that Luffy looked at Law, the effects of Munsell powers altered his emotions.

Luffy was not mad at Law, he was angry at the situation as a whole.

And his concern when he saw Law by his side, with a straight face, but with eyes so expressive and full of worry, was being distorted into rage.

Luffy in a situation like that, normally would gather forces to stand up and protect his nakamas, protect Law. But in the current situation, what he had was the desire to jump on Law's neck - Luffy didn't know whether he punched or kissed Law.

Probably he would do both.

But a familiar laugh him brought him out of trance.

He saw Law stand up and only then he realized that Law was without his sword, he was anxious, he knew who it was, but Law was blocked his view.

Luffy wanted confirmation.

The confirmation came later and not in the way he wanted.

He was feeling helpless, like when he was in Sabaody or Marineford.

He couldn't see where he was, but he could heard Sanji's cry of pain, he felt Zoro's presence being thrown away, and he realized that a third presence disappeared completely.

And then right in front of him, he could see Law going into combat against Blackbeard.

Luffy watched as Law was becoming increasingly tired; he seemed to have begun the fight already tired.

Luffy struggled, but his body barely moved, at every blow he watched, as the situation was getting worse, his anger also was increasing.

Blackbeard had defeated and captured Ace.

Blackbeard wanted to have captured him.

And now he was attacking his nakamas.

He was just getting his feet to move, he could close his hands and form fists.

And to see Blackbeard grabbing Law by the neck, to see the face of Yonkou so close to Law's face, Luffy felt an even greater fury.

All his fury at first was directed to Law, believing he was guilty of everything - Torao brought us here.

But now Blackbeard was hurting his nakamas - he was hurting his Torao.

But nothing compared to what he felt when he saw Blackbeard pulling Law by the hair.

Nothing came close to rage he felt when he heard what Blackbeard intended to do with Law if it had not been so annoying.

He would not let anyone else touch Torao, but no one would hold Torao against his will, or make him do something he didn't want to.

Blackbeard, Doflamingo and even himself.

Not after he saw.

Not after what Torao had told him.

Not after seeing his desperation to try to get rid once and for all of the threads that bound him to Doflamingo.

Luffy wanted to be the Pirate King because he wanted to be the most free man in the world.

And if there was anything he could not bear, it was to see others lose their freedom.

So he understood Torao, so he protected Torao.

Torao was someone who was once free and then had everything taken away from him, Torao was someone who sought freedom as much as he, Torao would die for that freedom.

And after have taken down a man so powerful that the waves caused by his fall still shook the whole world, see Blackbeard get there, so early on his journey and see him restricting Torao's freedom just like Doflamingo did before him, made him lost it.

He couldn't stand it anymore.

He wanted to leave that island.

And no one would stop him.

Luffy didn't know how, but somehow he was standing, his arms were stretched, and when he found himself doing...

"Gomu gomu in ... BAZOOKAAA!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zoro & Sanji ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Zoro knew there was nothing more irritating to the Cook than not being able to participate in a fight.

But they both knew that the fight was over for him.

So Zoro had to act fast. He had to finish Blackbeard, and he would do it or die trying.

If his sacrifice ensure the survival of others, he would be satisfied.

Drenched, he prepared himself.

From where he was he could see Blackbeard drag Law to where Luffy was.

He ran toward them, because Zoro knew, even if unconsciously, that the doctor meant to Luffy, the same as the Shitty Cook meant to him.

But before he or Blackbeard could do something, Luffy got up and hit the Yonkou with full force.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Law ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Law was waiting for something to happen, and he was more than grateful when it have happened.

But the feeling of the Conquer Haki emanating from Luffy wasn't pleasant. He wanted to say something, but he knew it would be a bad idea.

Luffy could turn all that rage at him and then it would be a complete defeat for everyone.

Knowing this, Law remained still, sitting on the floor looking down.

Law didn't like it, but in the state that Luffy was, it was wise to make his presence as small as possible.

I'm not a threat here, Luffy-ya. Pass me by and attack Blackbeard ... pass me by and attack Blackbeard.

Law repeated it almost like a prayer.

He would never admit it, but when he noticed that Luffy stopped beside him and felt his look down on him, made him cold sweat.

Please Luffy-ya. Pass me by and attack Blackbeard ...

When Luffy kept walking Law felt as if a weight had been lifted from his back. And only then he looked at Luffy.

Looking around, he found that Zoro was looking at him with the same tension he was feeling.

Law then noticed that Sanji was lying near Zoro and ran toward them.

"Bepo"

"Captain !?"

"I need you with me!"

And both ran toward Zoro and Sanji.

"Zoro-ya, are you okay? And BlackLeg-y,a what happened to him?"

Zoro relaxed a little and ironically replied.

"He got beat up again."

"Go ... fuc ... elf"

Law ignored them and made a 'scan' on Sanji's body, locating the injury his the column.

Nothing too serious, but it was certainly restricting his mobility.

He just needed to put it back in line and the cook would be as good as new.

"Aaarrgh! What the hell... wait you fixed me?!"

"Yes, but I do not recommend..."

He didn't got to finish and Sanji was already on his feet, kicking Zoro.

"Who like to be hit now, stupid Marimo ?!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Usopp, Penguin and Sachi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Tell me where they are?"

"They are close to each other. On the left side of the submarine."

Usopp paused for a moment. He adjusted the position of the sling and with Penguin's help he got the ammunition ready.

"It will damage our submarine?"

Sachi asked.

"No more than it is already damaged."

He could see the concern on their faces.

But that wasn't their biggest problem, their are against the wind, it would be a very difficult shot, Usopp pulled the sling as much as I could and took a deep breath.

The slightest movement could put it all to lose.

3

2

1

And he fired.

He knew that on the other side was as good and experienced shooter, maybe even better than himself, he prepared his ammunition with that mind.

As expected, the other shot his ammo while it was in the air, and it was divided into smaller ones.

From where they were, they could only see smoke and hear small bursts.

Sachi as much as Penguin didn't know what had been launched and looked at Usopp hoping for some response.

"Hehehe ... Don't worry about the submarine, the smoke attacks the eyes and nose, and the bursts impair the hearing. For some time there will be no more shots coming from them."

Usopp couldn't hide his pride.

And the looks on Penguin and Sachi's face didn't help neither, full of himself Usopp raised his hand and said: "Yosh! Let's save those idiots!"

They barely moved from where they were when they saw Luffy giving a huge 'Gomu Gomu no Bazooka' in Blackbeard. Usopp immediately feel his legs trembling, and turning to the other two pirates that still very excited with his ability, he swallowed.

"So ... why not leave it to them?"

Sachi and Penguin smiled at him.

"Aah! But already ?! Now that it was fun? Come on 'God' Usopp! We will save those idiots! "

Usopp could not complain or flee, Sachi and Penguin caught him by the arms and ran toward the fight.

"AAAAAHHH! WE ARE GONNA TO DIE!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luffy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Gomu Gomu no ... Gatling Gun!"

Luffy didn't know but that brief pause beside Law was enough for Blackbeard to recover.

On the floor you could see black spots, Luffy didn't know what they were, but he knew he could not step on them - perhaps it was instinct.

He didn't had many problems with the power of the Yami Yami no Mi. The problem was the power of the Gura Gura. But even feeling twice the pain, Blackbeard still had strength to held the air and pull it, creating a huge shake that opened the ground. Luffy stretched himself, his arms on one side and on the other his legs, trying to not fall into the hole that has formed.

And looking down he saw machines.

Wasn't this an island?

Luffy released his legs flipping to the other side.

"Second Gear"

"Gomu Gomu no ..."

Luffy was fast but quickly aborted his own attack when he saw Blackbeard do one of those black spots in his hand. He fell to the ground and rolled, and without much effort he deviated from black spot advancing toward him as if it had a life of it's own.

Blackbeard was very slow in Luffy's opinion. It was very abnormal, a Yonkou being so slow, he hardly moved, as if one of his legs didn't want to move.

It wasn't hard to hit him.

A punch for each offense.

One for putting him in that situation.

Other for attacking his crew.

Another for hitting Sanji's back.

And a beautiful 'RedHawk' for saying that he would hurting Law in that terrible way.

When he used the 'Gatling Gun' to finish that fight once for all, Blackbeard raised his hand and he felt himself being sucked to his direction.

He felt his power going away, as if he had come into contact with Kairoseki. He had suffered that attack before and he knew that Blackbeard would attack him, what he didn't know was that the blow would come with the power of the Gura Gura no Mi.

Luffy almost fainted with just one blow.

With no rubber powers even if temporarily, it was enough for Blackbeard to kill him right there.

In fact the fight would have ended for him if not for Zoro's attack.

In the distance could be heard.

"Absorb this now!"

Luffy stood with difficulties, anger and the desire to protect his nakamas was what helped him find the strength.

Instinctively he knew he couldn't wait, he had to seize the moment.

And in the air, just above his opponent.

"Gear Third!"

His attack broke the submarine/island structure, and for the first time since it all started, it was clear that the damage was no longer tenable.

The land was not flatter anymore and gradually it was possible to see the water invading.

The submarine island was slowly sinking.

Luffy fell to the ground, tired both physically and emotionally.

He could already feel his eyes closing when a nice warm feeling enveloped his body.

"Luffy-ya, you have to get up!"

Get up?

Why?

I won ... didn't I?

"Luffy-ya!"

He struggled to open his eyes and he can see that everything was under a huge shade.

He saw that Law wasn't looking at him but at the sky.

The warm feel on his body seemed to have done something to him, the pain in his head and the most superficial damages from the blow he took seemed to be healed.

Looking at the sky, Luffy noticed that the shadow was indeed a shadow, coming precisely from the hole he made on the floor with Blackbeard.

"What is this?"

"Repulsion"

And debris began to fall from the sky.

"Room"

Law was tired, Luffy could tell that by his erratic breathing.

Not far away he saw that part of the wreckage being held above them was gone. Zoro was cleaning part of the problem, probably aware that Law couldn't keep the 'Room' for too long.

Luffy almost wondered why Law had not teleported them, or why he didn't put all the debris delicately on the floor, after all inside the 'Room' he could do anything, but a low moan coming from him as he put his forehead on the floor made Luffy understand the issue.

He didn't think bout the consequences, he was going to punch it all away, when in the distance he heard Sanji screaming.

"Don't do that! You'll just throw the debris away, but they still will fall on us!"

But how could he just stand still waiting for Law to tire himself out?

He could see the desperation of Usopp's face.

"Luffy-ya ..."

Damn it all.

He was going to punch everything in the air, against some debris they had chance, stand still making Law suffer would end up killing or hurting them seriously.

"Gomu Gomu ..."

"Luffy NO!"

"...nooo..."

"RADICAL BEAM !"

A flash cleared the skies. And from the distance they saw an old man, Robin and Franky that smiling exclaimed:

"It appears we arrived on time ... SUUUPEEEER!"