Sanji and Hancock save Luffy from Farraday, but do they stand a chance? Enjoy!

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37: Eruption of Fate

Russell Farraday wasted no time, as he immediately leapt into the air at incredible heights. "Quick Hop!" he said, flying towards the group in the air. "Straw Hat is mine!"

Sanji countered this by leaping up in the air with heights matching Farraday's. He shot both of his legs out as they got close. "Extra Haché!" Sanji said, sending his legs towards Farraday in a barrage of kicks.

Farraday countered this by sending a barrage of punches. "Quick Barrage!"

Both attacks struck and neutralized each other, sending them both flying back into the air; both of them landed on their feet.

The rumbling from the volcano continued, getting more and more violent.

As soon as Farraday landed, Hancock was on him, flying high and preparing to kick. "You really are a beauty…" Farraday remarked. "It's a shame we have to fight like this."

"Silence fool! You have no right to look upon me with such eyes!" she said, aiming at Farraday's neck.

Unfortunately for her, Farraday was ready as he quickly shot his hand out and grabbed Hancock's leg. Gripping it tightly, he swung her to his side, sending her flying into the wall.

"How dare you attack a woman like that!" Sanji yelled, rushing towards Farraday. He leapt towards Farraday and aimed for his forehead, saying, "Escalope!"

"Quick Dodge!" Farraday said, quickly side-stepping Sanji's attack and appearing at his side.

"You…" Sanji said, flying right past him. "How…"

"My muscles have the power to respond to any situation," he said, "and that also means I can use it to strike faster." Not wasting any more time, he shot his leg at Sanji's side, saying, "Quick Kick!"

The blow connected to Sanji's ribs, and sent him flying towards the wall, hitting it with a crash. "Sanji! Hancock!" Luffy yelled, struggling to get up.

"Shut up!" Farraday yelled to him. "I'll take care of you once I clean up the trash!"

Unfortunately for him, both Sanji and Hancock were back on their feet and rushed towards Farraday on opposite sides. He saw this coming and said, "Quick Hop!" leaping into the air to get away.

"Hancock, lend me a hand will ya?" Sanji pleaded.

Hancock sighed and nodded as she held out her leg, letting Sanji leap on it. He winked at her and said, "Thanks beautiful."

"You may not call me that!" she yelled, using her leg to throw Sanji into the air towards Farraday. "Only one man can call me that!"

Sanji ignored her as he swung his leg upward, heating it to such a degree that his leg turned red. "Diable Jambe!"

"Fool!" Farraday bragged. "You're easy prey for me in the air! Quick Barrage!"

Sanji took the full force of the blow, but unfortunately for Farraday, he was still able to keep going, closer to Farraday now than ever.

"Shit! Too late to dodge now!" he said.

Sanji was ready, however, as he yelled, "Flambage Shot!"

Sanji's flaming foot collided head-on with Farraday's head, causing blood to shoot out of his face and the force of it sending him down to the ground with a slam. Sanji smiled as Hancock, not caring about the outcome, rushed over to Luffy.

"Luffy, how are you feeling?" she demanded. "If you were to die, I don't know what I would do."

"Hancock…" Luffy said. Then, his eyes widened as he said, "Look out!"

Hancock turned around just in time to see Farraday standing there, blood streaming down all his face with anger clearly stamped on it, lashing out and striking Hancock with a quick smash to her stomach, winding her and sending her to clutch it in pain.

Not wasting any time, Farraday brought his leg down on her exposed back with unbelievable speeds, sending her crashing to the floor with a thud.

"You bastard!" Sanji yelled, now on the floor and rushing towards him.

Farraday looked back, clearly not amused, as he disappeared right before Sanji hit him and reappeared behind him, dealing him a massive kick to the back of his head, sending Sanji flying and crashing into the wall, where he fell and stayed.

The tremors got more and more violent…

"You son of a—" Luffy started, but was cut off by a massive stomp to his stomach.

"You wanted to know if Victor hired me?" he asked, not in a bragging voice, but in a forceful and slightly-angered voice. "Well the answer is yes. He knew that you and your crew were gonna have to come to Fishman Island—every pirate wanting to go to the New World has to—and he happened to get in contact with me, knowing me for my expertise in such matters, saying that if I was able to bring you to him, he would take me into his crew, as well as…well, you don't need to know that."

Luffy stared at him intently, knowing the weight of his words.

"So excuse me if I get a little pissed off when people try to interrupt me while I'm trying to finish my job!" he nearly yelled. He gripped Luffy by his shirt collar and said, "Now come on, we're leaving this damn island so I can get my reward!"

"108 Pound Cannon!"

A strike of compress air hit Farraday right in his side, causing him to spit up blood and drop Luffy. He in the direction, to see Zoro on the ground, rushing towards him with his swords ready.

"Oni…"

"Quick Dodge!"

"…Giri!"

Zoro's blow didn't connect as Farraday appeared at the side of him and said, "Quick Barrage!"

His attack connected to Zoro, sending him reeling in pain and dropping to one knee. He was able to get back up, but not before kicking Zoro in his chest, sending him dropping to the ground; Sogeking, still in the building looking out the window, aimed Kabuto at Farraday and said:

"Sunflower Star!"

Five explosive pellets erupted around Farraday, as he shielded himself from it, letting his guard down.

"Luffy!" Nami yelled down to her captain as she hopped from the window to the ground. "We got the key! He didn't hide it well at all; he kept it in a secret compartment under the desk the Mermaid Princess knew about."

She waved the key to him and ran over to take off the seastone cuffs. Farraday, however, wouldn't stand for this as he starting rushing towards her yelling, "You will not uncuff him!"

Fortunately for Nami, Zoro intercepted him and swung his sword at him. "Crab Grab!" he said, striking Farraday's chest, sending blood flying out and causing him to grunt in a mix of anger and pain.

Farraday quickly responded by head-butting Zoro to the ground, and quickly sped towards Nami. Sogeking, however, was ready, as he shot three pellets yelling, "Special Oil Star!"

Farraday was too angry to notice, and unfortunately fell prey to the attack once again, as he slipped and landed hard on his back. Nami was at Luffy during this time as he just looked at Nami and said, "Help Sanji and Hancock…please…"

"Don't worry, we will," she said, fiddling with his handcuffs. "As soon as you kick this guy's ass for us!"

Farraday was back on his feet and, forgetting about Zoro and Usopp, rushing towards the helpless Nami. He sped towards her, she pulled out her Perfect Clima-Tact, and prepared to defend herself. This wasn't necessary, however, as Luffy went right between them and yelled:

"Gum-Gum Pistol!"

This time, his arm stretched and he struck the unprepared Farraday dead on in the stomach, causing him to grunt in pain, but he still held his ground. He looked up at Luffy through his bloodied vision and barked, "You got free? I guess I'm going to have to go through the trouble of capturing you all again!"

"Not this time," Luffy said with a smirk.

"Fwewewewewe! Look around you Straw Hat! All of your crewmates have fallen prey to my devil fruit, and you will be no different!"

"Maybe now," he said, white smoke starting to emanate from him. "But not when I'm on the same level as you!"

"What do you—"

"Gear Second!"

Luffy disappeared quite suddenly and appeared behind Farraday. He turned around to see Luffy standing there, his fist poised to attack. "Gum-Gum Jet Pistol!" he said, striking Farraday's chest with a massive amount of force, sending him flying towards the wall and hitting it with a massive crash.

He got up quickly, knowing the danger of staying down long, and used his Quick-Quick powers to move towards Luffy. Much to his surprise, Luffy moved at the same speed as him, and was actually able to get the bead on him with his attack.

"Gum-Gum Jet Whip!"

Luffy's outstretched leg collided with Farraday's stomach, causing him to hold it in pain. He quickly hopped back and pulled out a handful of bullets from his satchel. "Quick Shots!" he yelled, throwing them all at Luffy.

The Straw Hat Captain, however, was able to dodge and appear at Farraday's side. "Gum-Gum Twin Jet Pistols!"

"Quick Barrage!"

Both attacks hit head on, and the force of them sent both enemies flying back. For Farraday, however, the fighting had taken its toll, and he wasn't able to recover as quickly as Luffy, who was immediately on his feet again and rushing towards Farraday at speed that rivaled his own.

Farraday was barely up when Luffy was already on him with his next attack. "Gum-Gum Jet Bullet!"

His fist collided with Farraday's face faster than he could have dodged, sending him sprawling to the ground in a pool of blood. His groans could be heard, but for now, he stood still.

The smoke stopped swirling around Luffy as he went back to normal. He looked at everyone on the ground and in the building and raised his hands in triumph.

Despite the victory, the tremors got progressively worse, almost bad enough that it seemed like the island would capsize and the bubbles would pop.

"Good job Luffy!" Sogeking praised from the window, Camie, Kalyn, Hachi, and Pappug standing next to him. "You were able to finally beat the bastard!"

To everyone's shock, Farraday was up on his feet again. He was breathing heavy and blood covered his entire body, but he was still conscious. Not gracing anyone with words, he simply looked up at the window and saw the group. Usopp visibly gulped when he saw the gaze, and instinctually brought his Kabuto up.

Before Luffy could say anything, Farraday had disappeared and reappeared right by the building. He looked up and began sprinting. "Quick Climb!"

Surprisingly, he was going so fast he could run up the side of the building, and before long, he was up through the broken window, giving everyone there a fright. Sogeking attempted to attack, but the humorless Farraday didn't even regard him, as he dealt him a quick smash to his face, sending him flying to the wall.

Without saying anything, he picked Camie up and threw her over his shoulders. He then appeared on the ground below, towards the corner as if to leave the battlefield.

"I don't know what you just did Straw Hat," he said through the blood, "but if you ever want to see the Mermaid Princess alive again, I suggest you come to my ship without the intent to kill. There, I'll have a new pair of seastone cuffs waiting for you and we can be on our merry way. If you don't comply…well I guess this island will have one less princess, eh?"

"Luffy, help!" Camie yelled from Farraday's shoulder.

"Wait!" Luffy said, reaching a hand out, but Farraday was already gone.

Giving caution to the wind, Luffy went to chase after the Breakneck Captain.

— — —

It was clear to Jimbei that they were winning the fight. The pirates clearly lacked any will to attack without a solid leader, and their resolve stood no match against the strengthened resolve of the former captives. The fight no longer worried Jimbei.

What did worry him, however, were the continuing tremors from Arashi's Point.

"The volcano could erupt at any time," he said with a grimace. "And sensing the force of these tremors, it's gonna be a big one, and that's always bad!"

He mindlessly swatted aside a pirate attempting to attack him, and looked out towards the ocean. Surprisingly, he saw what he thought was Farraday carrying someone on his shoulders. Even more surprising than this, though, was that he saw Luffy chasing after him a few seconds after.

"Luffy!" Jimbei called out. "What are you doing? Luffy!"

The Captain was deaf to his cries, and unfortunately for Jimbei, he couldn't take time to figure out the mystery; there was still a battle going on, and they needed to win it.

The Breakneck Pirates were down, but not out.

— — —

"I'm telling you," Farraday repeated on the den-den mushi on his ship, "we ran into a few problems on the way, so I'm going to be later than usual!"

The voice on the other end spoke for a few seconds, before Farraday replied, "No, no, the mission isn't lost. As it turns out, I've got some leverage to trap him again, and then I'll be on my way, so do me a favor and stop worrying!"

"Fine," Victor said on the other line. "But remember, if you fail, there is no place for you in the crew, and you'll never see One Piece…"

"Dully noted," Farraday said, before putting the den-den mushi down on the table.

Farraday walked out onto the deck of his ship to see Camie there, one hand chained to the floor, struggling. "Stop it," he said, feigning a kick at her, causing her to flinch. "Once Straw Hat gets here, you'll be free to go, but only once I have him under control."

He looked out at the Arashi's Point as the tremors continued, commenting, "We better get out of here fast before the fucking thing erupts!"

While he was looking, Camie was able to pull out a bobby-pin from her hair without Farraday noticing. Camie smiled as she slowly went to work on the keyhole. "Who would have thought Nami lock-picking that secret compartment and showing everyone how to do it

("alright, watch and pay attention, while it's nearly impossible to lock-pick seastone cuffs, regular locks are easy; you never know when this might save your life")

would pay off so soon…"

At this point, Luffy sprinted his way over here, and looked at the ship. He yelled to the top of his lungs, "FARRADAY!"

Farraday gave a small chuckle at this as he said from his ship, "I'm here Straw Hat. Come on over here, and we'll discuss the terms of your…" He held up a pair of seastone cuffs, "…surrender."

"Almost!" Camie thought, as she struggled with the lock just a little bit. "Got it!"

She was able to free herself from the chain, and, since Farraday had his back turned to her, she was able to give him a thumbs up; Luffy nodded.

"I just came to let you know that that's not the real Mermaid Princess you have!" he yelled with a grin.

("She's Princess Kalyn," Nami said quickly, pointing to Camie)

"What?"

Farraday turned around to see Camie hopping off the side off the ship, out of the safety of the bubble, and into the ocean where she let out a laugh at Farraday before swimming away. He stared at her with anger, yelling, "NO!"

"Oh, and…" Luffy said, bring his right thumb up to his mouth. "I came here to kick your ass as well!"

With that, Luffy bit down hard on his thumb and blew deep into it. "Gear Third!" he yelled, growing his right fist to a massive size.

"What the fuck is that…" Farraday said, too stunned to move.

Luffy cocked his massive fist back and yelled, "Gum-Gum Giant Pistol!"

He threw his massive fist towards Farraday's ship. He was able to see the danger in this as he was able to leap into the air quickly, but as soon as his fist made contact, Farraday's entire ship splintered and gave way, making a colossal hole, and ultimately collapsing it altogether.

The tremors got worse than ever, as buildings now began to shake and crumble.

Luffy couldn't let it end here, however, as he leapt into the air, even higher than Farraday, and expanded his right foot to a massive proportion. "Gum-Gum…" he started.

"DAMN YOU STRAW HAT!"

At that exact moment—as it by fate—Arashi's Point erupted, letting out a massive explosion of lava going into the ocean, and increasing the strength of the tremors so much that entire buildings collapsed in a second.

"…GIANT STAMP!" Luffy roared, bringing his foot down on the defenseless Farraday, sending him crashing to the ground with massive cracks around where he fell.

Luffy's foot grew to its regular size now, and as soon as Luffy landed, the volcano slowed its erupting and lava-flow to a small trickle down its sides. The lava it shot out floated harmlessly into the ocean, where it drifted upward and away from civilization; the tremors began to weaken as well, as there was a noticeable change.

Arashi's Point had erupted for a single moment, and after it was done, it drifted back to being dormant.

The volcano marked the end of the struggle on Fishman Island.

Fishman Island is saved from the terror of Farraday!

Hey, I'm adding a new section to the story called "Behind the Character," where I essentially explain my thought process on creating my OCs after they're done in the story. Hope you enjoy the behind-the-scenes look. =D

Behind the Character (1): Russell Farraday

As the main antagonist to the Fishman Island Arc, I like to feel I made him in true One Piece villain fashion. Conceptually, I honestly didn't have big plans for this character, more like he would be just a street thug in Fishman Island that Luffy would fight with for maybe a chapter before they left. In short, he was supposed to be a filler character with no real purpose. Then, however, it was pointed out to me by a close friend (who carefully reads over every one of my chapters) that making a filler wouldn't progress the story in any way, and I agreed, making Farraday into a full-blown six-chapter villain.

Design-wise, there's no real design, just my opinion of what a "stereotypical cruel and sadistic" pirate looks like. Personality-wise, there's no set model as well, but as stated earlier, I tried to make him like a true One Piece arc villain, giving him a trademark laugh (Fwewewewewewe!) and trademark quirk (Him bragging too much to give away too much information). Other than that, I would have to say that I just pictured him as a freelance money-loving pirate who would take any job as long as it paid well. I tried my best to show a range of emotions from comical to dead-serious, and I hope I was able to pull it off well.

As for his devil fruit, the Quick-Quick Fruit, well, to be honest, it's one I've always had stuck in the back of my mind and it was supposed to be on another character in this story (one of Victor's men) altogether. Regardless, the attacks were pretty basic, and I didn't put much into naming them, but just having him use it in a more passive way to aid his speed and attacks, which I think downplayed the fruits powers, but in a way, that aided the story, focusing more on the character of Farraday rather than having him just be defined by his devil fruit.

All in all, I really enjoyed writing this character, and had a blast creating him as well.

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