The Hellhound

Impel Down, a place of suffering, a place where the worst pirates go, a place they send the most sadistic world government agents, a place that housed information, information that Rock wanted. What better way to get in than be captured. Luckily, Kentaro's crew had a master of disguise. Rock, Xaroz and Sokkyo walked slowly into the place many pirates referred to as Hell, shackled, being held by a 'marine'. This marine was secretly the first mate of Kentaro the Red Wind. He was here to save his captain. Rock was here to save information.

"We'll take it from here," a woman in a tight black outfit said. The outfit constricted around her body, showing off her features perfectly. It had various buttons and belts all being one thing. It had short sleeves and stopped just below her butt, making any form of bending a sneak peak at her underwear. On her right shoulder she had a cloth that was kept on with a pin. It had the symbol of a wolf with fire around it. This same symbol was on the right of the upper torso part of the outfit and on a black police-like hat, although on the hat it was gold. On a leather belt a whip sat. In fact, all the staff within Impel Down were women with this same exact uniform on.

"Sorry Ma'am, but Admiral Licoal ordered that we see the prisoners to their cells. He wanted exact confirmation that they were locked up," Kentaro's first mate said. His name was Delvin. Rock snarled at the words "Admiral Licoal". The woman looked down at him before looking back up to Delvin. "Sorry, but the warden insisted that only the Female Staff is allowed past the first floor of Impel Down," she said strictly. "But I am not staff, I'm simply escorting them. Please understand, if I don't follow Admiral Licoal's orders, he'll know." The woman sighed before taking out a mobile Den Den Mushi. After talking for a while she nodded, "Alright, but before they go down we'll be searching them and you." Delvin nodded as he handed the chains over to her.

The first to be examined was Rock. He had left his belt back on The Goddess, and instead of his normal clothes he was wearing a simple cloth shirt and cloth pants that were tied with a rope belt. He wore no shoes and simply glared at the woman. She frowned at him as she took out her whip. A snapping noise was heard as she hit his face with it, causing a small cut to appear. "You will treat the staff with respect!" she snapped at him. Rock rolled his eyes. "Can we just get this over with?" he said sourly. She frowned more as she walked over to him. She tore off his shirt throwing it to the side and then proceeded to tear off his pants and underwear. She looked down at him with disgust as she then proceeded to put on a white cloth shirt and white pants. The next was Xaroz. He got a similar treatment, although she hovered a little bit, looking over his right arm. Mainly she was looking for hidden weapons. On the other hand, she was slighty fascinated by his arm. Shortly after, she made a call on her Den Den Mushi. Xaroz couldn't hear everything but he did hear the words "Remove" and "Arm. This worried him slightly, but in the end she didn't touch the arm.

Sokkyo's treatment was much, much different. Instead of tearing away the dress Sokkyo had put on for this rescue mission, she slowly pulled it off before cutting off Sokkyo's bra and panties with a knife. She then slowly touched Sokkyo's breast, feeling them and slightly massage them. "Uh…what are you doing?" Sokkyo asked, blushing slightly. "We've had pirates with hollow implants before for hiding weapons, but I can tell these are real," she said, giving her a slight wink before putting on the same clothes she had given Rock and Xaroz, although as Sokkyo was walked out of the room she did slap her ass lightly. When Xaroz asked what happened in the room, considering how long she took compared to them, she shrugged.

Delvin was holding on the chains connected to the 3 as he went down the elevator with the woman they had met at the entrance. They slowly descended, going deeper into Impel Down. They watched the levels pass by. Sokkyo found the trees of Level 1: Crimson Hell to be very beautiful and almost thought about jumping out of the elevator. She also found a natural calling to Level 2: Wild Beast Hell as she felt like the beasts that roamed its floors. None of them enjoyed the heat from Level 3: Starvation Hell, or the Heat from Level 4: Blazing Hell. Rock said it gave him a bad taste in his mouth as it reminded him of Licoal. Although Level 5: Freezing Hell was no better, the sudden change from heat to cold made them feel sick to their stomach. The un-ruling quiet of Level 6: Eternal Hell made them feel uneasy, and then the elevator kept going. "Uh, excuse me, but haven't we already gone 5 levels? Any lower would be 7 levels," Delvin said. "Oh, that's right, you sea-boys don't know anything. Impel Down has 8 levels in total, 6-8 are kept secret from the outside world. 6 is for those so powerful that the torture of 1-5 would be a playdate for them, 7 is for those who are Yonko level or are too dangerous for level 6, and 8 is for those who are that of Pirate King level," she said swiftly. "So, where will these 3 be going?" he asked. "Level 7. Even if they were at the level of Pirate King, Level 8 is just one big cell for a single person," she answered as the elevator stopped. When the doors opened, they were met with a glaring light. Crystal descended from roof, giving off a red blood-like light, and various large poles extended out of the ground, below them spikes that seemed to be made of seastone. Not only that, it looked as if something was moving even further down below the spikes. In total there were three people in this room already chained up, chained up being used loosely as their limbs were incased in metal that was connected to the pole they were on which was wrapped in chains that connected to the walls of the floor. They were also all wearing metal masks that covered their faces and had collars that were attached to chains that attached to the walls. Walkways slowly came out, connecting to three empty poles as they started to walk forward.

Rock looked backwards at Delvin and grinned. Delvin nodded. "Is Kentaro the Red Wind on this floor? Admiral Licoal asked me to check up on him while I was here, see how he was enjoying a life of imprisonment," he said with a friendly smile. "No, Prisoner 53286 is up on Level 6," she said simply. "Thanks for the info lady," Rock said as he cracked his neck. "I'm afraid we'll have to pass on the chain fetish though," he said as his constraints broke apart. The same happened to Xaroz and Sokkyo. "Please give up, I don't want to have to hurt such a beautiful woman," Xaroz said, only for Sokkyo to hit him. He smiled at Sokkyo before turning back to the woman. Delvin smiled at her as he took off the hat, his hair turning from black to pink as a scar appeared on his face going down his chin. "Delvin the Trickster, happy to meet you," he said. "What the hell is going on!?" the woman asked. "Well, you see, I've employed the help of the Rock Pirates here to bust my captain out of this shit hole," he said still smiling. The woman reached for her whip but passed out as Rock sent out a wave of Haoshoku. They were about to leave when one of the prisoners spoke up.

"Rock Pirates? Would their captain happen to be Rock?" the voice asked. "Yeah, that's me," Rock said. "Why do you care?" he asked. "You knew Hecate, did you not? I heard you were at the Marineford War a year ago, arrived on the Insanity with her." Rock was silent for a while before speaking up. "Just who the hell are you?" he asked. "Back in the old days…they called me The Mad Doctor, but you can call me Vincent," Vincent said, grinning behind his metal mask. "How did you know Hecate?" Rock asked, walking closer as he hit the controls for the platform to extend towards Vincent's pole. "I was the Doctor of the Creation Pirates. I was with Kensei and Akki when they found Hecate, and I taught her how to use her devil fruit. If she ever used a move called 'Railgun', I was the one who taught her it," he said before speaking up again. "And if you free me, I'd be more than happy to help you escape this place. Anyone who was a friend to Hecate is a friend in my book." Rock was right next to him before he grabbed the metal, tearing it up, freeing Vincent. Vincent had managed to keep his doctors coat and took out large rounded glasses putting them on. The left lens had a crack in it but he didn't seem to mind. He smiled at Rock. "Now, shall we go? I'd prefer it if we could get out before the Warden finds out, but I do need to make a quick stop," he said, looking over at a door. "What's through there?" Rock asked. "The Clinic," he said simply as he jumped off the pillar, landing on the outcrop outside the door. "I'll be just a minute," he said as he opened the door going into the room.

Three minutes later he walked out. He was now wearing a pair of white gloves and a new doctors coat, along with a belt that had various medical supplies, and in both hands he held two scalpels. "What are those for?" Xaroz questioned. Vincent looked at him oddly, as if he had asked a stupid question. "How else do you expect me to autopsy the guards? Swords and knives are much too ridged and messy, plus I might nick something important!" Xaroz whispered over to Sokkyo, "This guy is nuts…" "So was Hecate, and Elizabeth and Kikou. I think it's a running trend with Kensei's crew," she whispered back.

They entered the elevator and went up to the 6th floor. It was a dark and dim floor as they walked around looking for Kentaro. Many asked for them to release them, the people who had been there longer begged for death. They finally found him, a dark-skinned man with hair that seemed to be darker than black. His wrists were encased in seastone and the bars around him had spikes. Rock was about to break them when Vincent touched the bars and then proceeded to stick one of his scalpels into a part of a bar. Suddenly the bar shattered into small pieces as Vincent proceeded to do the same with the rest of the bars. "How?" Xaroz said fascinated. "Everything has a weak point somewhere that, if compromised, the entire object will shatter. All I did was find that point," he said with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" Kentaro said, looking at Rock. Then Delvin stepped out. "I asked them to break you out." Kentaro laughed. "And they agreed? What for!?" he said. "Because, you have information of the Denji Denji no Mi, and I want that information," Rock said, glaring at him. Kentaro grinned, "I do have that…but I won't tell you until the sun is shining down on us."

Rock nodded as he broke the seastone around Kentaro. Kentaro sighed with relief as a wind started to blow through the floor. "Nice to have my power back," he said with a smile as he held out his hand to Rock. Rock shook it firmly before turning around. "Let's get out of here," he said. "Let's," Kentaro said as they started walking towards the elevator. Vincent then stopped and turned, looking down at a prisoner. His wrists were incased in steel and his body was wrapped in chains, his clothes torn and his hair outgrown going over his face. Two gold eyes glared from behind them, glowing within the darkness. "Impossible…Nyake, is that you?" The man was silent before looking upwards. "If it is Vincent…how long has it been? 10 years? 20? I've lost count on how long I've been in this hell," the man said with a deep voice that sent chills down the others spines. "25, old friend. 25 years," Vincent said. The man laughed, his laugh sounding almost evil. "How fairs the captain?" Vincent was silent. "No…don't tell me…" Vincent nodded. "How?" Vincent then got a wicked grin on his face. "Trial by fire some might call it. It made the entire Marine HQ a pit of lava, taking out countless marines with him, all to save us. Although, I think he mainly wanted to save his daughter," Vincent said with now a warm smile. "Daughter? Him and Akki had a child?" Nyake questioned. "No no…we found a child in the aftermath of some raid. Akki adopted her. She actually died recently…about a year ago… She didn't see past 25." Nyake sighed. "Too many people die young in this world," he said, standing up. "Well 25 years is way too long for me to sit in this shithole," Nyake said as the steel began to crack. When it broke, the chains soon followed. Nyake then proceeded to tear off the door on his cell and walk over, giving Vincent a hug.

"Can we go now? Didn't you say something about not wanting the warden to know were here?" Rock said, agitated slightly. As he said that, the elevator could be heard collapsing. "DAMNIT," Vincent yelled, "They cut the line!" He sighed. "What does that mean?" Delvin asked. "It means we're fighting our way floor by floor out of this place," Kentaro said, looking at a set of stairs. The group started running up the stairs. Vincent was a little behind them all as his body was still fatigued. Rock slowed down to talk to him.

"So…what was Hecate like…back in the day?" Rock said with a curious tone. "She…loved life, even before she ate her fruit she was an energetic kid. She never…got over her first kill. Or the ones after," he said slowly. "Really?" Rock asked. "That doesn't sound right. She once threated to blow up Fishman Island. Told me it wasn't a bluff," he said, looking down. "She always made fun of my choice not to kill," he said slowly as his heart ached. "She probably envied your resolve… Did she drink around you?" Vincent asked. "Yeah, she did, because her father died, right?" Vincent shook his head. "That increased it…but it started because of guilt. Guilt from all the people she killed. It was her way to cope with it. Every now and then, she confided in me. She told me she saw their faces every time she slept; she had never-ending nightmares. Their faces, their screams... If she passed out, she didn't hear or see them, she just blanked out. That was the reason she drank so much." Rock looked down at his fist. "I never knew…" he said sadly. This news saddened him, but it relit a light within him. His eyes set ablaze as they ran up the stairs.

Xaroz, who was at the head of them, suddenly stopped at the door and held up his hand. "I got about 3000 on this floor, 5000 on the next," he said, using his Kenbunshoku, which was far more advanced than Rock's or Sokkyo's. "Not bad, not bad, but you're off a little. There's 5500 on the floor above the next floor. Between the 3000 and the 5500 the warden awaits," Vincent said walking forward. Nyake cracked his knuckles as he stepped forward. "It has been a while, but I'll take out the 3000. You guys sneak past," Nyake said as he opened the door. "Are you sure?" Nyake just laughed as he tore off his shirt. On his back he had a large tattoo of the symbol that was on the Insanity's flag. "WELCOME TO A BREAKOUT!" Nyake said, holding out his arms. Even after 25 years of imprisonment his muscles were still toned. Snow raged through the floor. The women were in a winter equivalent of their uniforms. "Is he insane?" some of them whispered. "OH, I AM WAY MORE THAN INSANE, I'M BATSHIT CRAZZZZZZZZZZZY," he yelled as he punched the ground. The result was an earthquake. It shook all of Impel Down, causing a snowstorm. This was exactly what they needed to sneak past. "Just how strong is he?" Rock said, looking back at as they ran. "He was one of the three people within the Creation Pirates to master Busoshoku fully, all 10 levels," Vincent said. "Who were the other two?" Rock asked. "Kensei and Akki…Kensei was powerful, but Akki's raw affinity for Haki…it honestly scared me. Haoshoku, Busoshoku and Kenbunshoku. She was pretty much master of all three."

"The warden is coming up," Vincent said. "I'll take the warden on," Rock said quickly. "What?!" Xaroz said almost right away. "I've been looking for a challenge," he said with a grin as he clenched his fist. They rushed through the door, running across a bridge over lava before they saw her. Her outfit was much like the other guards', although it was red with black trimming. She also wore a long red overcoat with black fur. There were some changes to it. She had long sleeves. At first they were red, but then it seemed as though black sleeves went over the white with large belt-like buckles. These sleeves stopped just as they hit her palms. She also wore long red-and-black boots with sharp heels on them. The boots stopped just slightly below the end of her uniform and had black flaps on top with black strings tying the boots at the top. "IF IT AIN'T SOME RUGRATS TRYING TO WALK OUT OF MY PRISON!" the woman yelled. Rock walked forward, "Go around, I got this."

The woman's skin bubbled as it slowly became red. "My name is Warden Pyraa. They call me the Hellhound," she said as lava flowed off her. Suddenly, she shot lava into the air, having it fall down towards Rock. A light shined off Rock before he was covered in magma.

'ROCK!" Xaroz yelled, only for Vincent to hold him back. "DON'T YOU FOOL, OR ELSE SHE'LL KILL YOU!" He yelled. "Plus…he isn't dead," Vincent said with a grin. The magma flowed off a white light. This white light incased Rock, taking the shape of a robotic figure. The fists of the figure had large flat knuckles with various indents that came out of them. Various pipes flowed out of the knuckles going into the shoulders of the robotic figure. The robot looked like it was made from various parts, taking on the form of a steampunk robot. The most prominent features were the knuckles of the robot. "Sorry, but your magma won't affect me," he said as more magma flowed off him.

She punched him with a giant fist of magma, only for Rock to meet that punch with his own. The result was a shockwave that caused all the lava on the level to shoot up into the sky. "Well if you guys are just going to sit around and watch this fight, I'm going to go take out the 5500 up on the next level," Vincent said as he walked off.

Vincent walked through dark halls into the next level, light shining off his round glasses. Light also shined off his scalpels. "Oh…it's near the end… Oh, the light of death is flowing in, but don't worry now…" Vincent said in a sing-song voice, walking out of the dark hallway into the light. "The doctor is here," he said with an evil grin.

Screams could be heard from the upper level. Rock looked at Pyraa. "Looks like you're losing this fight," he said as he gave her an uppercut, sending her flying backwards. "Oh, that just pisses me off!" she yelled as a giant 3-headed wolf jumped out of her body. Its body was mostly molten rock with light shining through cracks showing lava flowing under its skin. The wolf was maybe 2x larger than Sokkyo in her full form. "Not bad…never seen a Logia do that," Rock said as the light robot around him increased in size. "Yeah, well, I've trained a bit," she said with a grin. Rock simply punched the beast downwards, causing it to fall into a pool of magma. He walked closer to Pyraa, but then the beast reformed, attacking him from behind. "Won't be that easy, little boy," she said as she kicked him with her boot, only for the heel to stop as it hit the light. "Well that's interesting…not a devil fruit."

The wolf gnawed on the light robot, but it was seemingly unaffected by it. "That won't work, and honestly I'm tired of this game," he said as the light increased its glow as he punched Pyraa one last time, causing a large shockwave that caused seawater to start flowing into the floor. "See ya!" he said as he dashed off, jumping extremely high, punching through the ceiling. Xaroz, Sokkyo, Delvin and Kentaro quickly followed him using Kentaro's flying.

Delvin covered his mouth and nose as they entered the next floor. It was filled with the smell of blood and death. All around, the guards laid dead, their bodies cut open, their organs laying on the ground next to them. Vincent had already made his way through them. "He wasn't kidding…about the live autopsy thing," Xaroz said almost vomiting. "Kensei had some fucked up people…" Sokkyo said looking around. "Let's get out of here," Rock said as they rushed through the floor, looking for the stairs. They took Vincent's advice and just followed the bodies.

It wasn't long before Nyake caught up with them. He didn't look like he had broken a sweat. It wasn't long before they had made their way through the levels. When they came across the beasts, Rock simply used his Haoshoku to send them off. Sokkyo actually collected some of the leaves from the Crimson Forest. And soon they were at the front door where Vincent was waiting. "Now, how do we get out of here?" Kentaro said, looking at the door. "From what I remember, this place is surrounded by marine ships," he added. "I guess I can help you guys a bit more," Nyake said as he pushed the doors open, walking outside. "What is he going to do?" Rock asked. "Give us a show," Vincent replied.

Nyake held out his hand and suddenly a giant, golden cannon appeared with various spirals leading up to the front that was the head of a dragon. "What the hell did he do?!" Vincent smiled. "Nyake is known as The Monk of Creation. Not only is he extremely well trained, he owns a fruit that allows him to create a double of anything he's touched before. That right there is the super weapon held within the Insanity. We called it ERA," Vincent said with great pride in his voice. "ERA?" Rock asked. "Eternal Reality Armageddon. Kensei said that, with the original power source, it had enough power to blow a hole in reality itself, although he personally locked that power source away. No one knows where he locked it away," Vincent said watching as Nyake took aim. "Who made it?" Xaroz asked, interested. "Four people: Kensei, James, Me, and a woman known as Lilith Hitotoki. We did so with blueprints from Akki. She never told us where she got them from," Vincent said. "Oh, we know Lilith, she made my right arm and saved Rock's life one time," Xaroz said. "That sounds like her," Vincent laughed.

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Nyake yelled. Suddenly, a massive red beam shot out of the cannon. It felt like it disintegrated the very air it hit as he hit a marine ship, utterly wiping it out. Nyake struggled to move the cannon, the beam swinging across, burning the sea and disintegrating ships. They were speechless at its power, but Vincent simply sighed. "If only it was as good as the normal. Even without the original power source, that's only half of the power of the original." All four of them looked over at Vincent awe-struck. "Are you fucking serious?" Xaroz said. "And I thought Kikou's crew was scary…" Sokkyo said. The cannon slowly faded away as Nyake released his power. He then held out his hand against a ship appearing in the water. "Shall we go?" he said with a grin. They all nodded as they jumped onto the ship.

Meanwhile; Kikou was standing on a burning island. It was full of death and decay. This was the effect of her war. This island was where Dressrosa once was; now a burning pile of waste. A man walked up to her. "Captain, the power type you told me to tune into, it was fired at Impel Down," he said looking at her. She had a smile of pure bliss. "Ignore it… It's just Nyake escaping finally," she said as she took a step forward. "Are all of the crew off the island?" The man nodded, "Affirmative Captain." She smiled. "Good job, Arsen. I have one last thing to do." The man nodded before his body began to fritz like a screen before disappearing. Light expanded from Kikou as her armored angel surrounded her, growing into an incredible size. Once it was big enough, the armor took flight, Kikou going into the sky with it, and then it dove, crashing into the island, causing a massive shockwave breaking apart the island, causing it to crumble into the sea. Dressrosa had officially been wiped off the map. What remained was a single large flag that Kikou had stabbed into the ground, a flag that bared the symbol of the Revolution Pirates. This was what happened to islands with countries belonging to the World Government. Kikou had long since passed a simple statement of war. She had declared the extinction of the World Government.

Meanwhile; Rock, Sokkyo, Xaroz, Kentaro and Delvin had returned to where The Goddess and Kentaro's ship were waiting. Kentaro handed Rock an Eternal Pose. "When I was captured, I was running from an island. On that island I saw a blue fruit like the one in that picture you showed me a year ago, asking if any of my crew had ate a fruit like it." Rock was silent as he stared at the Eternal Pose. He gripped it tightly looking up at Kentaro. "Thank you. It means a lot," he said, smiling. Kentaro nodded as he floated over to his ship. "See ya around, Rock," he said as he created a tornado within their sails, causing their ship to sail off at high speeds. Rock turned over to Xaroz and Sokkyo. "We're going after the Denji Denji no Mi. But…some things are going to change. Like, for one…I'm reinstating the No-Kill rule. I was wrong…depressed…angry…I lost sight. I promise it won't happened again." They looked at each other before smiling and hugging him. "It's good to have you back," Xaroz said. Rock nodded smiling, "Now shall we go?" Xaroz nodded as he went over to the wheel of the ship.

***Okay so Rock's back to his normal self, he'll have a lot more guilt due to what he did that past year but we'll see the effects of that when we get there

***Yes Rock has the same thing as Akki, albeit at a much much much lower level, what that is, is the next evolution of Haoshoku Haki, their will taking form into a protective form around their body.

***Also I'm going to do my best to switch between the supernovas (Rock, Natasha, Kentaro, and Akihiro) the marines (Mainly Licoal, Alex, Emily and Shen) and the Yonko (Rika, Maku, Kikou and Nai the only Yonko to not yet make an appearance.)

*** I also have a few Arc's semi planned out so look forward to those, one is all about Kikou and her past before Kensei. So hopefully that will shed some light on any questions people have about her, or if I do my job right create even more ;)

*** I know where ERA is froooooom :3 – Elementninja111