The Second Coming of Blackbeard
chapter 21
Return of a name long forgotten
shortly before the attack
Arianna grit her teeth as she wrapped a bandage around her left arm she finished wrapping the bandage and stood up slowly stretching the arm testing her range of motion, she grit her teeth it hurt but the pain was manageable.
she looked up one of the students walked over to her a bear mink named Tim "Hey Arianna" he said, hugging her making her wince.
"Oh right the arm" Tim said, stepping back looking apologetic "I'm really sorry" Arianna waved him off "it's fine Tim it's not the first time I got bear hugged with an injury" Arianna groaned massaging her temples "oh crap I'm making stupid puns like Carmen".
she said looking up to see Tim smiling at her "ever mention what I said and I'll stuff you!"
Tim nodded "don't worry your secrets safe with me" he said, "you talk about your friends a lot you must really miss them" .
Arianna nodded "yeah I do" she said, with a small smile "mention that to them and I'll mount your head on the wall!" Tim nodded with a laugh "So anyway master Ramesses sent me to check on you ready to go back to training".
Arianna nodded "yeah let's go" the two walked down the road towards the village and the small square that was used for training walking at a calm pace, Arianna suddenly stopped.
"hey Arianna I was wondering- Tim looked to see Arianna wasn't with him looking back to see her sniffing the air, -what's wrong?" he asked.
"I smell gunpowder and the scent's moving fast and faster then any ship that means" Arianna's eyes widened a cannonball flew through the air tearing apart the road, Arianna covered her eyes being driven back by the force of the explosion "TIM!" she shouted.
seeing his downed body patches of fur had been blown away his arm was bent at an unnatural angle and blood so much blood
Arianna's medical training kicked in she rushed to the Minks side first thing she put her ear to his chest relieved to hear his pained breathing possibly a broken rib, next was the arm using her hybrid form she ripped the bark off a trunk and secured it.
with a vine the burns would have to wait until she had proper medical equipment, but she needed to stop the bleeding and soon.
Arianna looked around what could she use she briefly thought of using the bandages on her own arm but shook away the thought she gotten cut in a spar with Master Ramesses so there was a risk of infection, she had no other bandages with her which left one alternative she was going to have to cauterize the wound.
grabbing a branch and two stones using her hybrid form she brought the rocks together creating sparks on the end of the branch turning back into her human form, she looked down at Tim "thank god your unconscious because this is going to hurt" .
she said,running the fire along the wound even unconscious Tim let out a howl of pain as Arianna worked putting out the fire, she picked him up and ran with him towards the village.
the closer she got she heard running and screaming and more cannons the smell of gunpowder hung in the air, like cheap cologne and the sounds of war got louder as she continued towards the village.
bursting through she saw Ramesses hiss with anger surrounded by ten men, dressed in the same uniform white jackets with black stripes with black pants and boots.
two of the men threw ropes at Ramsese wrists pulling his arms apart Ramesses pulled his arms together sending the men flying the rest tried charging him at once Ramesses moved his feet in a circle facing every man, and delivering a devastating punch to their knees.
their solar plexus their jaw their head every attack was calculated with precise aim to send the opponents, to the ground and every hit was with 100 percent of the masters power.
when the enemies were dispatched his shoulders slumped the Snake neck was panting heavily a group of his students ran to him, "Master you should withdraw" one pleaded with him Ramesses shook his head.
"have the noncombatants been evacuated to the shelter" he asked tiredly "yes master we finished evacuating the school before these bastards could bring it down with their cannons" ,the man grit his teeth .
shaking with anger "how can anyone be so cruel to attack innocent women and children"
Ramesses nodded "The White Tiger Clan are allies of the world government who surpass the Yonko.
in their acts of cruelty" he said, "point me to the nearest fighting and retrieve Tim from our good doctor" only when pointed out by their master did they notice Arianna walking with Tim over her shoulder ,two of the students ran to her side taking the Mink off her hands.
"he may have a broken rib and he'll need treatment for first degree burns" Arianna told them, "he was caught in a cannon ball explosion" the students nodded Arianna noticed Ramesses "you should go with them your exhausted".
Ramesses shook his head "I will not abandon my people and slither away like a coward"
before Arianna could argue, they heard laughter around them.
"Yar Ahah Ahah Yar you should take the girls advice" a man said leaping from a building landing on a bamboo pole he was long and lithe like a scarecrow wearing a white shirt with horizontal black stripes, red pants and pointed black shoes a straw hat with a long red ribbon that trailed down his back fluttered behind him.
as he leapt up pulling his bamboo from the ground spinning it over his head
Ramesses hissed "I take it your the leader of this operation" the man shook his head "no I'm afraid that's Balboa's distinction allow me to introduce myself, to such a pretty singorina I am Carlo fourth commander of the White Tiger Clan".
Arianna growled "are you seriously flirting after what you've done?!" she demanded looking around while thank god there weren't many as she'd seen before.
there were a hundred bodies littered across the ground while there were more of the White Tiger Clan's soldiers then not she recognized some of the bodies, from her week among them.
men
women
CHILDREN
Arianna growled shifting into her she unleashed a primal roar Carlo was unfazed his rod the bamboo, one turned black by his haki "Oh a bear Zoan never seen that before what other surprises do you have in store? singorina".
"Stop calling me that!" Arianna roared running at him, turning into her full grizzly form she swung at him with her claws Carlo bent back sniffing them "oh that's a pungent aroma", Arianna shifted to her human form hitting him in the stomach with a palm strike.
Carlo flipped upwards hitting Arianna in the chin she caught the bamboo and growled turning into her hybrid form she flipped him over her back, having him crash to the ground with a bang.
Carlo pushed himself up dusting himself off Arianna got into her Dambe stance, "I musta say Singorina your mastery of your devil fruit powers is unsurpassed I doubt there is any zoan your equal".
On Whole cake island headquarters of the Yonko big mom a reindeer named Chopper sneezed before he was shushed by Hamako, "quiet Chopper" he nodded "sorry Hamako I suddenly had to sneeze I wonder if that means someone's talking about me".
"that's just a silly superstition" Hamako said waving it off "now come on we have a wedding to crash" Chopper nodded,
back with Carlo and Arianna "yes there is no Zoan your equal" he said as he began to shoot up into the air his skin turned grey black hair sprouted over his body hiding all but his face and hands.
"do you think it wonderful Singorina it's the ape ape fruit Gorilla model" he said, waving his staff in the air "is it not wonderful?"
Arianna rolled her eyes "I think your wasting my time and I'm going to pound your face into the pillar!" .
Carlo grinned and laughed "let me see you try singorina" Arianna growled as Carlo flipped through the air holding his staff above his head, "my agility is not lost to me in this form Singorina".
Arianna growled throwing a punch at an arc hitting Carlo in the side, "stop calling me that the name! " Arianna shouted knocking him to the ground.
before he landed Carlo stabbed his staff into the ground, using it to swing around he flew back towards Arianna with a haki infused fist Arianna pushed forward blocking it .
"oh Arianna what a beautiful name fit for a beautiful woman tell me do you have a last name it must be one fit for the angels" Arianna rolled her eyes, "will you stop flirting?!" she pushed him back hitting him with a punch to the face and a punch to the side.
"it pisses me off" she said, watching him take a step back she pressed her attack hitting him square in the nose
"besides I haven't spoken my last name in three years" Carlo raised a brow wondering.
"oh are you hiding something what could such a beautiful woman like you have to fear by hiding your name?" he said, picking up his staff he swung it Arianna hitting her in her old wound she shouted as pain shot throughout her body.
Carlo took advantage of the situation not her wrapping his arms around her torso he began to squeeze Arianna turned red soon her head would pop like a pimple, "you know it's such a shame you could join me and one day we'll rule the White Tiger Clan together picture it mi amore Arianna you me and our children" .
Arianna looked ready to gag as she pushed her nails into his palm Carlo screamed having forgotten to use his haki and that Arianna had poison under her nails shifting into her hybrid form, Arianna threw a paw hitting him in the side of the face followed by a punch flying towards the top of his head .
Carlo grinned crossing his arms above his head and coating them with haki Arianna grinned shifting to human form, as she did she threw a second punch "Kodiak!" she shouted at the last moment.
the point of contact shifting back to her hybrid form hitting Carlo with all the power of an enraged Grizzly Bear
"SMASH!" she shouted a shockwave filled the village and remaining members of the White Tiger Clan, were shocked to see their commander flying through the air leaving the village.
he crashed into the pillar leaving spider web cracks in the crystal behind him
Arianna walked forward surprised to see him still conscious "back then I lost the protection given to me by my name so I went into hiding always looking over my shoulder pirates marines and sleezy flirts like you" she said ,spitting on the ground.
"so I stopped using my name went from island to island happy to be a nomad until I met a stupid lesbian named Kikue, an idiot who sticks her neck out for complete strangers brought down a corrupt empire you probably did business with at some point she was never afraid and I won't be anymore" Arianna picked up Carlo by his now human neck.
"so I want you to deliver a message for me either to everyone in hell or your stupid clan, I don't care which tell them you were the first to get beat by the woman who will become the strongest in the world the last living relative of the man who had the title three years ago" Carlo's eyes widened in fear.
she couldn't mean-
she couldn't be related to him
could she
Arianna grinned "that's right your looking at his last living relative, the last one with his blood in her veins no matter how diluted it's become the grandniece of Whitebeard Arianna Newgate!" she shouted smashing Carlo head first.