"Guah!" Balthazar flew back after another barrage of punches.

"We done here yet?" Chase panted heavily.

"Hmph, of course not." Balthazar stared him down with an evil grin.

"Well then!" Chase continued on, he was able to block out the pain from his leg and actually run at Balthazar. Balthazar ducked down and punched Chase in the stomach. Chase elbowed Balthazar on the head, he then kneed him in the chest. Blathazar punched Chase across the face, then kicked him in his ribs. Chase elbowed Balthazar in the face.

Balthazar threw a hard punch, but was caught and kicked in the ribs. Balthazar threw his own kick. Chase quickly ducked the attack, but Balthazar caught him with another kick. This kick struck Chase across the head. Balthazar kneed Chase in his arm, Chase punched Balthazar in the chin with a strong uppercut. Balthazar kicked Chase in the head again.

Chase stood up, then jumped and threw a kick. Balthazar ducked down and caught the kick, he threw Chase over his shoulder and onto the ground. Balthazar stomped on Chase's chest, then punched him in the face. Chase grabbed Balthazar's fist and pulled him down, as Balthazar fell forward he was greeted with a punch to the face once more.

Balthazar stumbled back, and Chase quickly got up. He threw a spin kick at Balthazar, seeingt this Balthazar ducked down then waited for Chase to land. When he did Balthazar kicked his knee from behind, which caused Chase to fall onto one knee. Balthazar then elbowed Chase on his shoulders andthen punch him in the back of the head.

Chase pushed him self up, then went for a sweep kick. this threw Balthazar off balance, and Chase then kneed Balthazar in the ribs. Balthazar held his ribs in pain, but Chase cut him off with a punch to the chest.

"Guah!" Balthazar cringed in pain.

"Huh...huh.." Chase panted heavily, then looked over at his friends fighting Xander, "I'm...I'm coming.."

"No you're not.." Balthazar stood to face Chase.

"What...you should be down.."

"Well that's too bad." Balthazar smirked.

"Just give up!" Chase threw a punch, but Balthazar ducked down and grabbed Chase's arm. He tossed Chase over his shoulder and onto the ground. Balthazar then stomped on Chase's shoulder and began pulling on Chase's arm. He did this in hopes of ripping it off.

"Guaaahhh!" Chase cried out in pain.

"Time to tip off this arm of yours!" Balthazar yelled.

"No!" Chase used his free hand to grab Balthazar's leg, he pulled him down and towards him. As Balthazar fell forward Chase kicked him right in the face.

"Guah!" Balthazar fell to the ground and held his face tightly.

"You give up..." Chase panted.

"Never.."

"Huh...then let's continue."

"Guah!" David was blasted back by Xander. Lance was busy fighting off a lion clone. Meanwhile Chance and Kit were fighting a leopard and a human-lopard hybrid. Red, Riru, and Avery were knocked unconcious. Shiro and Karma were being held hostage by Xander as he stuck them high in the air with two arms from his back that extended high into the air, they were also locked up in a wax cage.

"Just...you and me huh?" David asked.

"Bring it boy." Xander grinned.

"Ha! Shotgun Palm!"

"Pressure Push!" David jumped over the blast of water, "Lightning Beam!" A bolt of lightning was shot at David. David took the hit to the shoulder, and continued forwards. He then turned his hand into a fist and cocked it back.

"Shotgun Fist!" David went right through Xander. Xander hit him with a powerful hook kick sending David flying.

"Fire Fist!"

"Grr..." David stood, and the flames of fire stopped right before they hit David.

"You stupid Haki user." Xander smiled wickedly.

"Hmm...seems like that's the only thing you don't know." David smiled.

"Who knows? Who cares? I have every Devil Fruit power! Gum Gum Double Pistol!" Two arms from Xanders body stuck out asnd swung back, they then were launched forwards and hit David dead on in the chest.

"Grrrr...how dare you.." David growled, "How dare you use Pirate King Luffy's Devil Fruit! You should be ashamed!"

"Why's that? Because I'm going to be an even greater king?"

"You don't deserve to be king!" David yelled.

"You know what...you are absolutley right, I don't deserve to be called 'Pirate King'...I should be called the 'Pirate Emperor'! Or 'Pirate God'! Pirate King would be such a lowley titel for someone as strong as me!"

"Shut up! Stop it!" David called, "You insult him! For that I will surpass you! No matter what!" David demanded, "I will become...the next 'Pirate King'!"

"Well then..show me what you got."

"Ha!" David jumped at Xander and cocked his fist back.

"Take this! Fire Fist!" Xander cocked his fist back and threw a flaming fist at David. Though David's hand ripped through the flmaes and hit Xander right across the face, though his fist didn't actually hit Xander.

"What...how'd you do that?" Xander demanded to know, "You didn't even touch me!"

"Bosushoku Haki.." David grinned.

"Well then, let's just see how much longer that helps you!" Xander demanded.

"Ha!" David lunged at Xander once more, though Xander quickly ducked and kneed David in the chest.

"Guah!" David spat blood on the ground, and began coughing violnetly.

"Blast!" Xander blasted David as he coughed.

"Ahh!" David remembered that attack from fighting Gekido.

"Nuke Fist!" Xander had a green like aura around his fist as he vanished, then reappread in front of David.

"Ha!" David blocked the attack using his Bosushoku Haki to generate a spiritual armor around his hands to block the attack.

"You think that's going to stop me! Arm Explosion!" Xander created an arm from his stomach, and it quickly exploded.

"Guah!" David coughed violenlty as blood ran from his mouth. His torso was bruised and beaten, blood ran down his whole body like water going down a waterfall. He suddenly could barely feel anything at all. He just layed there motionlessly as Xander walked up to him.

"It's time I end this..." Xander raised and cocked back one hand. That one hand turned into a steel like spear, "Say good bye, 'Monkey Boy' David S. Payne. You will never become Pirate King."

"Guah!" Balthazar went rolling back down as Chase continued to beat him down, "Man...you seemed to have gotten a little mad when I mentioned your friends death.." Balthazar chuckled.

"I'm ending this right now!" Chase yelled. He ran over and kicked Balthazar in the head.

"Ah!" Balthazar held his head in pain, Chase picked him up by his collar.

"Die.." Was all Chase said. With that he spartan kicked Balthazar in the chest knocking him down.

"Guah!" Balthazar went flying back, and right into Xander.

"Hmm..Balthazar. You losing?" Xander asked.

"No sir...he just got the upper hand on me for awhile.."

"Well get it back!" Xander demanded.

"Yes sir...but uhh...could you do me a favor first sir?"

"What?"

"Help me up?" Balthazar asked.

"Sure..." Xander sighed as he grabbed Balthazar's hand. As he did this a burning sensation came over his whole body, Balthazar's hand began to glow gold. Along with Xander's body.

"Guah! Gawd! What are you doing to me?"

"Me...nothing, you know. Just taking away your powers." Balthazar smiled.

"What? Why?" Xander yelled in shock.

"Because I don't like you to be honest. I also made a promise to my Captain's First Mate, to watch over his little brother."

"What are you saying?" Xander yelled.

"My name is Balthazar Hawk! I am the Second Commander of the Yonku Steven 'Newbeard' Newgate, and best friends with his First Mate. Monkey D. Ace!"

"Why..." Xander asked as he was being drainned of all powers.

"Because I can..." He smiled. When Balthazar finally let go Xander wsa offically powerless. Chase watched in awe at what Balthazar just did.

"You..I hate you!" Xander picked up Balthazar and threw him on the ground next to David, "I'll kill both of you!" Xander pulled out a pistol quickly.

"No you don't!" Chance and Kit called as they both shot and freed the gun from Xander's hand.

"No!" He yelled.

"Yes.." Shiro and Karma smiled as they joined Chance, Lance, and Kit. Soon afterwards Avery, Red, and Riru joined the crew.

"End this David.." Chase smiled.

"Right.." David stood up, and Balthazar grabbed his hand, "What are you doing?" David asked.

"Wait for it.." Balthazar then let go, "Do it.."

"Hmph.." David walked up to Xander.

"Stay back!" Xander threw a punch, but David kneed him in the chest, "Guah!"

"I will become Pirate King!" David cocked back his hands and held them in a parrell position. Though when he cocked his hands back they extended farther than normal and got twisted up with each other.

"No.." Xander muttered. David ignoed what his arms were doing.

"Dragon Palm!" He called as he lunged his hands forward and uncurled his fingers at the last second, slamming them into Xander's chest.

"Guah!" Xander spat blood out in the air, his eyes rolled to the back of his head. His chest and lungs collapsed, with that Xander fell to the ground. It was over.

"Yeah!" Everyone celebrated as they hugged David tightly. He smiled as his friends were all doing fine. Injured, but not dead.

"Balthazar, what did you do?" Chase asked.

"I gave him the power of the Gum Gum Fruit." Balthazar smiled.

"Why?" Chase asked.

"You'll find out soon enough, just go join your crew."

"Right." Chase walked over with his friends as they celebrated their victory.

"Oh wait!" David stopped everyone.

"What?" They asked.

"My letter! Ace said to open it after we win!" David pulled out the letter from his back pocket, it was time to find out what Acewanted him to know.

Next Time: Xander is dead and now it is time for David to learn the truth about who he is! Will this change him for the better, or for the worse?

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