Assassins and Death!

"Keh heh ha ha ha ha!" laughed Kane as he downed the liquid letting the cool and cold liquid go down his throat. "I feel stronger already!" shouted Kane loudly. His muscles began to slowly inflate, becoming larger and larger. Black stripes began to emerge on his arm as if they were ink seeping through his skin. "My god!" he screamed loudly, "whatever was in that drink I want more of it! I feel so strong! So much more powerful!"

Akane stopped for a second. This was no simple magic trick and even if it was, she highly doubted that she should just treat it as such. Its probably something to be on the lookout for. The enlarging of the muscles looked like it would be troublesome, but her real interest was in the black stripes going down his arm...they looked familiar. She was pretty sure that she had seen them some place before. As an assassin she had been to a lot of places...it is quite possible that she had seen it before. She tried to recall any information about it, but couldn't she was in the mood to fight not to think.

Akane prepped herself bringing her scythe up to her side and brought it around. Last time she took mercy on him and let him go in one piece, this time she wasn't going to go so easy. She opened her mouth to tell him that, but was astonished to see him vanish and reappear right before her, bringing his sword around and into her in an upwards slicing motion. Akane stumbled backwards taking the motion of the man in as she examined her new wound. Kane was smiling as he looked her in the eye.

"What's the matter?" laughed Kane, "thought my outburst was just a show? No, I really do feel more powerful! Its like my muscles are exploding with new power! I feel like a new man! With this new and improved power I may even be able to defeat Edward!" Kane swung his sword around in the air several times trying to adjust to his new found power. "That's right! I'll be the new leader of the Sons of Blackbeard! My brothers would have to obey me! Boris, Marcus, Edward all of them would be my precious little servants!" Kane let out a deep breath, "but first...I have someone I have to kill. Can't have my first fight with this power go down as the fight my opponent got away, can I?"

Akane steadied herself. Ordinarily in a straight fight she would like to examine her wound and maybe even wrap it up and stop the bleeding, but she was starting to doubt if Kane would give her the chance. Her only option was to take him down and then stop the bleeding. But as least now she knew not to mess around...whatever Kane drunk before the fight was something special. He was at least four, maybe even five times more powerful. She had barely seen him move in and slash at her. It was definitely something to worry about. She wasn't about to wait for him to make the first move. She drove in with a swing of her scythe, bringing it about in a flash the sharp end of the scythe aimed straight for Kane's neck. Kane laughed as he brought his sword up to block the scythe's swing. The scythe bounced off of the blade. Kane charged in with his sword. He brought his sword up and performed an upwards thrust on Akane. Akane didn't miss a beat, she was already in motion backing away from Kane's slice desperate to avoid another slash.

Kane stepped in and took another slash. Akane brought her weapon up and blocked the slash. The fight continued with each of them exchanging blows. Akane would swing and Kane would block, or Kane would swing and Akane would block. The fight continued with a fast paced exchange of swings. The drink had boosted Kane's strength plenty pass Akane's, but Akane was still more experienced. Kane was also still adjusting to his new strength, such an huge change would take some getting used to. However, he was growing more and more accustomed to it, after awhile he would eventually get used to it and by then if Akane hadn't won the battle, yet...chances are he would end the battle right then are there.

Akane decided to take the fight to the next level. She jumped back and then jumped forward, doing a forward somersault, with her scythe extended forming a dangerous spinning wheel. Kane brought his sword up and tried to block it, but the momentum from Akane's spin combined with her weight came down and together upon him. The old Kane would've crumbled from the supremely powerful strike, but with his new reinforced muscles he was capable of withstanding it. As Akane's spin came to a sudden halt, she struck out bringing her leg out in an instant and ramming her foot into his gut, causing him to gasp in pain for a brief moment before regaining his composure.

Akane rushed in and the fight quickly resumed. Kane brought his sword up and blocked Akane's new swing. The clashing of metal could be heard as Akane brought her scythe down and onto Kane's sword. Kane swung wide, bringing his sword through with incredible momentum and force. Akane brought her scythe to her side to block the swing, but the force still slammed into her scythe and through her scythe and into her, knocking her back. Kane took advantage of this slight unawareness and closed in the distance. His sword screamed through the air as he brought it closer and closer to his opponent's gut. Akane ignored it and brought her scythe upwards and towards Kane's shoulder. The mutual ignoring of their opponent's weapon delivered simultaneous blows to their own bodies. A stab to Akane's gut and cut to Kane's shoulder.

Akane backed off. That was her second wound this fight. The fact that she had just beat this guy's butt earlier today without even breaking a sweat only made it worse. The man went under a miraculous transformation! Akane braced herself for the rest of the fight. She dashed over to him scythe extended. She just needed to know about the liquid, and whether or not it had any weakness. She knew the information was stored somewhere in the back of her mind, but she couldn't seem to bring it out, she highly doubted that Kane would give her the time to think about it. And she was right.

Kane charged in and once more their two weapons clashed. Akane immediately changed her train of thought from the liquid to the fight. Kane's swordsmanship was closer to the random flailing of a twelve-year old just starting to learn then the master that Kane claimed to be. But a sword in the hands of an idiot was still something to worry about, especially if that idiot was as strong and as fast as Kane was right now. Akane flinched involuntarily as she looked at the blood oozing from her body, she was losing too much too fast, a prolonged battle would not be too her advantage. Kane was ignoring his wound and was preparing for yet another charge and clash of weapons.

Kane moved in screaming as his large muscles pulsed. He brought his sword down right on top of Akane. Luckily she reacted fast enough, bringing her scythe up and above her head blocking the downwards swing. The force from the swing still forced her down and into the earth beneath, cracking it open, but she avoided another open wound.

Kane didn't stop he brought his sword back up and then back down as fast as he could, each time clashing with Akane's scythe. He intended to cut through the scythe and, probably, Akane with one swing. As long as he kept striking the scythe eventually it would weaken and he'd be able to do it and with Akane being pushed into the earth, he feet had become stuck in the rocky crevices and bringing one of them up to kick herself free from this position was unlikely. Finally a stroke of luck for Akane! Kane grimaced and his eyes widened he backed up, obviously in pain, but from what Akane had no idea, she jumped backwards distancing herself from him and remembered to avoid being put in that situation again.

Kane had stumbled backwards and Akane just watched him as his widened from the pain and he was nearly doubled over. Akane didn't attack or even take up a stance to attack, she just watched. While she was sure that Kane wouldn't give her the same treatment if that was her, she decided to abide by the rules of sportsmanship and refused to attack a man while he was down.

"What did you do?" asked Kane as he looked up at her, blood started to trickle down and out of his mouth. Akane looked shocked and surprised that Kane would automatically assume it was her. After all he was the one who dragged her here while she was unconscious, forced to fight, and then used some sort of strange liquid to beef himself up. She had to believe that was crossing several lines. "What the hell did you do to me!"

As Akane watched the blood trickle out of Kane's mouth the final piece of the puzzle came into place. The liquid. She remembered encountering several people researching a specific liquid. One that turned someone into a superhuman for a short period of time, but after the time limit was up the human died. It was in the Grand Line...The Fatal Fuel. There was no known way as to how to reverse it either. As soon as it hit the stomach it was absorbed straight into the blood stream, once it was in there it stayed in there and it was going to leave. "Stop it! And just lay down!" Akane shouted, "you're going to die! That liquid you ingested was the Fatal Fuel! You can't keep moving!"

Kane grunted as he drew his sword. He ignored Akane's preachings and tried to charge forward and deal another blow, but couldn't. His feet moved sluggishly accepting the fate before them, but Kane wouldn't listen even as his arms feel limp he still tried to move forward taking step after step. Each step felt like an eternity as new pain surged through his body, he started to cough up more blood, and his body started to move slower and slower.

"Stop," Akane pleaded as she watched Kane move closer and closer to her. He tried to talk, but that only led to a brand-new wave of blood to spill from his mouth. Kane's grip came loose and his sword plummeted to the ground. Kane continued to approach Akane despite being disarmed. "Stop!" shouted Akane, looking at Kane. Kane's eyes rolled back into his head. Another and final wave of blood splurged from his mouth as he collapsed forward. Akane reached out and grabbed a hold of him, she also collapsed onto the ground from the force of Kane's deadweight.

Kane continued to spew blood from his mouth and onto Akane's clothing. Akane just stayed there gripping the dead body in her arms. She looked down at the dead body, her mind flashed back to all of the times she had seen that look. The look of blood spilling from their body, their eyes rolled back in death, their mouth still wide open, trying desperately to finish their last words. It seems like death just wasn't going to let her go...it would always follow her.

(-With the Taka member-)

His face was contorted into a frown as he lifted his head. The Sons of Blackbeard were just tools for him to dispose of, but at this point it seemed like they died pointless deaths. He had broken into the Captain's room and was shuffling through the many, many files on Marine personnel, trying to find records on certain individuals. He needed to find out as much as he could about the Vice Admirals and up. Things were going to come to boil soon...a world war was about to break out and he needed to secure enough information to ensure their victory.

The Admirals were the biggest threat. They were three incredibly powerful individuals all teamed up together for the sake of defeating Taka, the Revolutionaries, and the Yonkou. The army of the Marines is greater then any other force that would take part in the war. He needed to figure out a way to take out the top three heavy hitters before the war started. He didn't have the time to lose...he only had another month...maybe a little more...if he could figure out the Admirals weaknesses then it would be secured. The greatest goal the Taka's could hope for to create a biological super weapon that would even make the creators of Pluto piss their pants.

The Gura-Gura Fruit would be appearing soon.


Yup, I am using that Devil Fruit in this story. Since the Hito-Hito no mi is around, I figured 'What the hell! why not this one?' The Gura-Gura no mi, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit (for you English fans). I figure it would work perfectly with Taka's plan to create a super weapon, I mean come on! The ability to demolish everything in sight! It is absolutely necessary to their plan!

Also, yes, ignoring Taka's latest evil mastermind idea. Akane is having a really, really bad day. Probably the worst one in fanfic history (ok, over-exaggerating, but you get the idea). I think it is time for you guys to get to know pre-Marines Akane! That's right! Get ready to tag along with an assassin! Since the person who submitted Akane didn't include a very detailed past, this one will be designed by me to be the best I can think of! Wish me luck!