One Piece Pirate Kingdom

Chapter 25: Eugene's Fierce Attack

Eugene quickly unsheathed his katana and swung it at Vincent, but Vincent quickly leaped to his side, dodging his attack and skidded to a stop at the center of the mountain's peak. Eugene then charged to Vincent as Vincent charged toward him.

Vincent threw punch at Eugene, but the latter blocked it with a forearm. Vincent attempted to kick Eugene the neck, but the latter quickly jumped back dodging the attack. "Heh, you haven't lost a step." Vincent chuckled.

"You haven't either." Eugene complimented with a smile. He charged toward Vincent, jabbing his katana forward, attempting to stab Vincent in the face.

Vincent bent over backwards to dodge the blade. He got onto his hands to support himself as he kicked Eugene in the chin, sending the swordsman into the air. He flipped back onto his feet as Eugene landed on is back near the cliff edge. He ran toward Eugene and jumped into the air and attempted to drop kick Eugene in the face.

Eugene quickly held up katana and block Vincent's kick with the blunt side of the blade. He pushed Vincent back and into the air.

Vincent quickly flipped in midair and landed back onto his feet. He assumed a fighting stance as he smiled at Eugene.

Eugene stood back up onto his feet and assumed a kendo stance as he smiled back at Vincent.

X Eight Years Ago… X

"I want to become stronger!" A younger, bruised up and bandaged Vincent stated.

XxX

Vincent and Eugene suddenly charged toward each other with Vincent throwing a punch and Eugene swinging his katana.

XEight Years Ago… X

A younger Eugene was shoving a younger Vincent's face mud with a sadistic look on his face as the latter flailed about with air. "Listen you little punk, I'm you sempai and I demand respect!" Eugene ordered.

"Blow it out of your ass!" Vincent cursed as he managed to lift his head out of the mud and glare a Eugene.

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?" Eugene asked as he slammed Vincent's face deeper into the mud.

XxX

Vincent and Eugene's attacks connected with Vincent fist hitting Eugene in the face and Eugene's blade cutting into Vincent's side, causing the latter to cringe slightly in pain. They quickly leapt backwards from each other to the opposite sides of the mountain top. The glared at each other as large, dark cumulonimbus clouds began to roll in. A strong wind began to blow, causing the two combatants' clothes to dance in the gale as rain began to pour. A lightning strike over head illuminated Vincent's face and second illuminated Eugene's, showing both of their serious looks. The tension began to build in the air as a third lightning strike signaled the two to leap toward each other and attack. Lightning struck a fourth time right before Vincent and Eugene's attacks made contact.

XxX

The thunder from said lightning strike was loud enough to be heard from all over Dawn Island if not all of the East Blue. Ignacio had walked out of a bistro, carrying several bags of meat, and had heard the thunder, causing him to look toward the mountain and up at its peak where all of the cumulonimbus clouds were gathered and spiraled around. "This doesn't look good…" Ignacio mumbled.

XxX

Aria and Carter, who were on the deck of the Vincent Pirates' ship, stared up at the mountain's peak as well after hearing the thunder.

"Strange, do thunder clouds normally form in only one area?" Aria asked. She turned to Carter and noticed that the Vincent Pirates' navigator was trembling. "Carter? Is something wrong?" She asked.

"It's Vincent, I can't tell why I know, but I know he's fighting. I feel two souls crying out, one because it's fighting its friend, and the other for its friend safety…" Carter stated.

"Huh?" Aria mumbled with half lidded eyes.

"Whew, I'm finally out of the bathroom, it was beginning to smell in there…"

Aria and Carter widened their eyes in surprise and quickly turned to see none other than Mary Sue standing outside of her former ship's cabin to their surprise.

XxX

Vincent and Eugene repeatedly exchanged blows, with each come close to hitting each other only for the other to block their attack. Vincent was covered in multiple cuts and Eugene was covered in bruises and had a black eye.

Vincent managed to punch Eugene in the face, knocking him over.

Midfall, Eugene flipped three times away from Vincent and onto his feet. He panted heavily before standing straight up and smiling at Vincent. "You've gotten much stronger Vincent," Eugene complimented. "…but you still not strong enough…" He added as he threw his katana into the air with a smirk to Vincent's confusion. He suddenly pulled out two more katana out of the sleeves of his shirt. "Hey Vincent, you still a fan of that book One Piece? If you are, you're going to love this…" Eugene stated as he threw the two katana into the air with the third one.

"Wait a minute, you're not-" Vincent began but stopped as we watched Eugene catch all three katana, two with his hands and the last one with his mouth.

"Santoryu(Three Swords Style)!" Eugene said as he crossed the blades of the three katana.

To Be Continued…