Chapter 21: Afterparty

"11,000,000 BELI?" I glared at the paper, feeling a mixture of pride and utter surprise…that feeling soon melting away when our position began to get sprayed with bullets.

"If you want to freak out, do it away from me!" Zoro ordered, pulling out all of his swords as I shoved the fliers along with my newly-acquired riches.

"I'm good…I'll take right." I replied, hitting the play button on my player.

"I got left then." Seeing Zoro sprint away, I began charging up as Simple Sight from Castel Crashers overtook my headphones as I slipped them onto my head, when more bullets peppered my location. Deciding to join the party, I grinned as a few moments later, I was in the midst of them.

"Yo." I said nonchalantly as he turned around and screamed, seeing me beginning to glow. "Electric Aura!" Seven hunters standing in my sphere of attack and falling to the ground as my dome dispersed.

"Good…Now then…" I chuckled as I saw a mob of thugs rush at me, melee weapons at the ready. Stretching my legs I channeled my power into them, along with my arms.

"Blitzkrieg…" I said as the first reached me and swung his club wide, hitting only air while I had vanished, appearing just to his left with my arm pulled back. "BARRAGE!" I punched the side of his head and struck him square in the temple before disappearing again to elbow a fellow bearing a scimitar in the neck. Again and again, I disappeared; only to resurface again to bash another hunter's face in, all happening within a few seconds' span…until all of the squad who charged me lay in the dirt as I counted them.

"Eight…so Fifteen! Hope you and the mop have fun for the next month, Zoro!" I laughed, before spinning around to meet a firing squad upon one of the roofs. "Blitzkrieg!" I flashed away just as gunfire sprayed the ground where I just was, and appearing in front of them, lightning arcing across my body.

"Lightning Breaker!" I lightning-kneed a large triangular-shaped man wielding a shotgun in the jaw, and then facing the rest, I willed the power to my shoulder before pouncing at them.

"Lightning Cannonball!" And away we all flew, the hunters piling into each other as I formed a thundering ram that shot us all through the wall of the next-door building.

"26." I mocked as I stood up, scanning for more as I leapt out the hole I had created, instantly finding some running down the riverbank to my left. A quick idea running through my head while I channeled power to my forearms, and then leaping off the roof, I raised my arms up so my elbows were above my head and forearms were horizontal behind me.

"Tempest…" I landed in front of them, slamming my forearms to the ground and releasing the energy. "Shockwave!" Out erupted an arrow of electricity that ran along the ground and crackling with power, surged forward to my opponents. As it flew by them, it released large bolts of lightning, igniting them with my power and eventually causing it to overpower them and force them to the ground, blackened with smoke rising from their mouths. A second group suddenly emerged and saw that that was a very poor idea from following their fellow squad, as they not stood in the path of my now-dying wave, reaching its end…it exploded, throwing lightning every where it could.

"Thirteen in one shot…Not bad." Patting myself on the back, I was soon under fire yet again and forced to take cover, several brawny men zerging my position. Forcing power to my right arm, I grabbed it and cocked like one would a gun and pointed it at a mammoth man about to cleave me with a broadaxe. "Tempest Shotgun!" A short cylindrical burst of energy shot forth and struck him in the chest, rocketing him and one of his buddies behind him into the river…but it also knocked me on my ass.

"Okay…note to self…watch for recoil on that move." I said as I rubbed my head, then rolling away as two guys with spears attempted to shish kebob me. Springing to my feet after, they came at me again, spears lunging forward…only to hit the wooden wall behind me and become embed as the two lunks attempted to pull them out to no avail. I let out a small chortle as I came up behind them, grabbing each of their heads with one hand and cracking them against each other. Having no time to laugh at their idiocy, the gunners who had pinned me down here earlier opened fire again. I could feel a sting of fatigue hit my legs as I tried to force power down there again, my Blitzkrieg nearing its limit while I flashed towards the three riflemen.

"Taser Boxing!" Punching one guy clear off the roof, I grabbed his gun as it spun in mid-air and cracked it like a baseball bat against the middle's cheek, dropping it and him as I lunged for the last one, clotheslining him with some voltage attached. As he fell to the ground with his glazed over, I breathed a sigh of relief and then held my hand to my forehead, scanning the horizon for my sword-bearing nakama, a shrill girlish shriek of pain answering my question coming from a few blocks down south of my current position.

Bounding across the rooftops, I decided to switch off my player at this point, cutting off Stand Up Be Strong from Bleach mid-song in tandem with reaching Zoro gripping Miss Monday's forehead, her soon succumbing and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Having fun?" I mocked as I approached him.

"45." He replied with a devilish grin.

"46. Here's hoping you and the mop become fast friends over the month." I began cracking up with laughter as his face contorted from frustration. Deciding to change the subject, I spoke up "So…now with all the cronies out of the way, that just leaves Mr. 8, 9, and Wednesday."

As though I had summoned them by mentioning them, the three remaining Baroque Works agents now stood in front of our building, trembling with anger as they looked at the remains of their base of operations.

Mr. 8 now clenched his fists as he looked up at us, "So…the Marines must've made a mistake…that straw hat-toting fool cannot be the captain…It must be that Blitzkrieg Khurt is captain and Pirate Hunter is his second-in-command…They must be the bounty heads!"

"Nah…Luffy may be gullible, a bit slow in the head, goofy, a mite idiotic…but…uhh…where was I going with this?" I teased a bit before Zoro bonked me in the head. "We're only the subordinates…but that man sitting with his belly full is our captain."

9 began explaining the difference between the officers and flunkies of the organization, how their power was greater, and all this other crap that I just yawned the whole way through.

"Yeah…listen." I interrupted him, "I don't know what you're planning here…but if it's trying to talk to us till we die of boredom…"

"Why you…!" He started before Igaram took a large breath.

"Igarappa!" More bullets flew out as his sax screeched, Zoro and I deftly dodging them.

"Yo Zoro, go keep that curled psycho busy, I'll handle the ginger and duck-girl." Receiving a nod in affirmation, I turned to find the leprechaun-wannabe bounding down from above me, leaping to and fro like a deranged spider monkey.

"Let's see how you handle my…." He blustered out as he neared me, "Hot-Blooded Nine…Acro Bat!" Swinging two large metallic baseball bats as he landed, I merely scoffed at him as he swung them around as though he was blinded during a piñata party.

"You're not the brightest bulb in the closet aren't you?" I mocked him, catching his both his bats with my hands. "Have you even seen me fighting? Bringing METAL bats against a LIGHTNING man is just…just a boggling level of retarded." His eyes soon turned to the size of dinner plates as I began charging up. "Electric Eel!"

"Aaghhuaahffgghheeoouuggh!" Was the roughly translated noise he made as he jiggled around, still clutching his prized weapons before I dropped them and he fell in a pile of charred ginger.

"Man…I'm getting bored." I stated coolly.

"Perhaps you need a more entertaining opponent then, Mr. Blitzkrieg." A seductive voice from behind me spoke up, and turning around it was Wednesday standing atop her giant duck. "Now…enjoy my Alluring Perfume Dance!" She began swinging her hips side to side while spritzes of perfume flowed around her…a truly stunning display…for any horny teenagers. I merely yawned again to prove her ineffectiveness…causing her to sway faster.

"Why…why aren't you on the ground drooling over me? No man can resist me!" She shrieked, speeding up her dance even further.

"Well, two reasons…One, your perfume isn't affecting me because I've been discharging lightning all over my body and thus causing the air around me to be super-heated so your perfume drifts away with it…and two…" I then flashed in front of her, a swift chop to the stomach causing her to fall over. "I'm not into jailbait."

As she collapsed onto the duck, it began squawking up a storm as I reached for her, only to bolt away and off the roof.

Covering my face with my palm in exasperation, "Ugh…oh well…we'll run into each other later on I suppose…don't really wanna waste my Blitzkrieg on chasing after them…Ah crap." I then remembered I sent Zoro after Igaram…and hoped that Zoro didn't butcher the guy. Jumping to the top of the building, I saw no sign of the swordsman or the curled agent…and I got to fearing I may have screwed up royally until I heard the sound of several explosions to the east.

Dashing across the rooftops, I saw a yellow-clad female float into the air, umbrella twirling and laughing that would make glass shatter. Smiling as I charged up energy, a small amount of weight plopped onto my shoulder.

"That bitch! She stole my style!" Lily bellowed, stamping my shoulder with her foot, "Hurry up and shoot her down, Boss! Fire fire fire fire fire fire fire!"

"Gimme a second, Lily! I'm almost done!" I responded, jerking my shoulder up and knocking her into the air, her huffing at me as she bobbed upon air.

Taking a breath, I waved my arm in front of me, creating a C-shaped vertical line of lightning, then grabbing the middle of it with my left hand, I reached for it with my right, and making my horns with it, began pulling back. A long, crackling bolt of lightning forming from my right and reaching to connect to the 'bow' I had created. Another explosion signaled me to hurry with my preparations.

"Tempest…" I aimed, looking around until I spotted the flying banana-colored woman drifting upon the air, just skimming the surface of the roofs as she ascended a good seventy feet away. Putting her between my sights, I infused my bolt with power and it grew in size. "ARROW!" I released my right hand and the bolt flew true to its target, curving down before slicing upward, Miss Valentine's Day only managing a glance as the arrow streaked towards her…and hitting dead on in the upper left of her chest, piercing her as well as delivering a massive dosage of electricity. As she fell to the ground a bit crispier now, I bounded across the rooftops to find her now-pissed off partner facing off against Zoro, Vivi and an unconscious Miss Monday behind her. Leaping off the roof, I landed on the ground behind Mr. 5, and he turned to me as I crackled with electricity.

"You…you were the one who shot my partner down with that weird bolt...didn't you?" He seethed as he reached for his nose.

"Yeah I did." I taunted him as I struck my fighting stance, "Shall we skip the pleasantries and just…"

"FOUND YOU!" A large yell made us all look at was now behind me…a very rotund…and very angry Luffy jiggled as he cracked his knuckles. "ZORO, KHURT!"

"Ah crap." I said, seeing the rubberman's fist heading straight towards me and sending me flying past Mr. 5 and Zoro's group into the mountain wall behind them.

"YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS! These people threw us a party and you two ungrateful bastards went and beat them all up!" He shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Yeah…I guess we did do that." Zoro painfully admitted as I pulled myself out of the rock.

"Luffy! You moron!" I screamed back him, "They're enemies! They wanted us to get drunk so they could backstab us!"

"Enemies don't give you food! I'll never forgive you!"

"Listen they…" I started.

"I'M NOT GONNA LISTEN TO YOUR EXCUSES!" He then flew over and tried to kick Zoro, only destroying a chunk of rock.

"Get to safety, you two!" I shouted at Vivi as Miss Monday rubbed her head and looked up. Dodging a high punch from Luffy, I charged him and grabbed one his legs, and began swinging him around like Bowser, and after a few rotations, chucked him at the now charging Mr. 5 and his just recovered partner, sending all three into a building down the lane.

"Damnit, what the hell is wrong with that idiot?" Zoro spoke up, unsheathing his katana.

"One of us needs to hold him off, and the other can protect the Princess." I said, holding out my fist. "Loser takes Luffy."

"One." We both threw out arms back and shot forward, "Two." Repeat. "Three!" I threw out my hand, making it flat…and Zoro had his two fingers extended. "Ah double crap." I muttered, Vivi and Monday leading Zoro away. Miss Valentine soon shot up into the sky, and began screaming about she was gonna crush me to atoms and some other nasty things…not even bothering to notice the surge of lightning forming on my arm.

"Lightning Javelin." I shot her clean out of the sky again, the weaker attack only made stronger by her injuries from my Arrow. Luffy then emerged from where he landed with a bloody Mister 5 in his hand, only now he was normal-sized and he patted his belly.

"Good work-out…" He said darkly.

"Alright, Luffy…one last chance…me and Zoro beat up those guys because they were gonna kill us and turn you into the Marines." I explained calmly, a little aware of what his response would be.

"Quit lying to cover yourself." His eyes were shadowed by his trademark hat. "I'm gonna kick your ass!"

"Alright fine! I guess I'll just have to try beating some sense into you!" I snapped as I slammed my fists together, power surging between the two.

"GOOD!" He shouted back as he charged me, throwing both of his arms behind him, me rushing at him, full power to my fist.

"Gomu gomu no…."

"Lightning…"

"BAZOOKA!" "FIST!"

End of Chapter

AN: Ruh roh, Khurt's facing down a berserk Luffy! Don't tell anybody, but I flipped a coin to truly have luck decide which Straw Hat was gonna fight against him, alas Khurt lost…more writing for me to do.