Chapter 52 – The Demon Lord Samedi
No one had a clue what happened, Luffy was inches away from Samedi when his entire body just stopped, blood suddenly poured from wound that littered his body, his hat flew off to the ground, his clothes where shredded and then blood exploded in every direction as Luffy fell backwards and landed hard on the ground.
The crew stood in shock.
"W-what just happened?" asked Sanji slowly
"LUFFY!!" screamed nami, Usopp and Chopper as they rushed to Luffy's side.
Luffy's eyes were completely blank and he didn't ever stir when Usopp lifted his head up.
"Luffy!" roared Usopp "Wake up damn it."
Luffy didn't move
Tears began to fill Nami's eye's "He… can't be…"
"Oh don't worry." Said Samedi "He still alive, I avoided his vitals."
Zoro and Sanji where behind Samedi in a flash, a kick slammed into Samedi's head while a blade slashed across his back. Both the straw hats landed beside nami and co.
Samedi's however stood tall and grinning widely his face still shadowed by his hat.
Ana had fallen to her knees still with her her face covered by her hands, they could hear her crying.
"Outta the way guys!" roared Franky
Sanji grabbed nami and Luffy and leaped out the way while zoro grabbed Usopp and Chopped.
"This ends now!" roared franky "COUP DE VENT!"
a massive blast of wind engulfed Samedi and exploded covering the are where Samedi stood in smoke.
"We'll take back Ana now." Grinned Franky but to his and everyone else's surprise Samedi was unharmed and not even a scratch was on his body or his hat.
"Impossible." Gasped the crew
"This is a demon lord." Said Zoro gritting his teeth "I never thought he'd be anything like this."
Samedi finally appeared out of the shadows.
He wore black dress pants with leather shoes, a long frock coat and had low cut red shirt that covered his stomach. What was really surprising was his chest which contained no skin showing his rib bones clearly to the crew. The left side of his face was pure whit skull and his right side was covered in green skin, his red eye's blazed through the darkness of the clouds still in the sky. He had gloved hands and carried a cane with a skull on the top and from what the gang could tell he was wearing some kind of head accessory under his top hat as two long red threads where blowing in the wind behind his head.
"Is he alive or dead." asked Zoro
"Does it really matter?" Sighed Nami
"Right the hat." Said Zoro as h drew his remaining two swords and dashed towards Samedi
"Come swordsman, entertain me." Grinned Samedi
"ONI GIRI!" roared zoro as he slashed his swords at Samedi who quickly raised his cane and stopped the attack much like Mihawk had done so long ago at the Baratie.
"Not this time." Grinned Zoro as he leaped from the ground, he quickly slashed a sword at Samedi's hat but Samedi merely tilted his head and the sword passed through thin air.
"So long Zoro." Smiled Samedi as he thrust his cane at Zoro.
Zoro was stuck in midair and no way of dodging as the end of Samedi's cane seemed to chisel away until it was a very sharp point. Blood poured to the ground as the cane skewered straight through Zoro's stomach. Zoro landed on his feet as Samedi ripped the cane out of Zoro's body, he fell to his knees coughed blood and fell to the ground face first.
"ZORO!" roared Usopp 'damn it!"
"This guy is to strong." Said Nami "We've got to grab Ana and escape."
"Go ahead." Smiled Samedi "But I wouldn't advise it.."
Nami rushed towards Ana and went to grab her but to he surprise Ana pulled away from her.
"Don't touch me." Cried Ana "You can't!"
"What are you talking about?" asked Nami with a confused look "We're hear to save you."
Samedi laughed and said "Touch her, go ahead."
Nami shot Samedi a nasty look and grabbed Ana's arm.
Suddenly Ana gave a loud, blood curdling scream that sent shivers down the crew's spines. Ana's body began to pulse and her robe flew off, underneath she was clothed by rags that were covered in blood. Her body then slowly began to grow hair. Nami quickly let Ana go and jumped away. Ana stopped moving as her body returned to normal and she fell to the ground unconscious.
"What the fuck did you do her shitty-demon?" screamed Sanji as he put all of his power into a kick and slammed it straight into Samedi's chest, Samedi didn't even move but Sanji fell to the floor gripping his leg.
"I've implanted her with DNA from my experiments, if any of your crew touch her she transform into a monster. The only way for her to return to normal is if I remove the DNA or I die." Laughed Samedi with a wicked smile
"Bastard." Snapped Sanji as he stood up
"I've tired of you boy." Sighed Samedi and he raised his hand and the wind began to circle around in his palm.
"What are you doing?" asked Sanji a she prepared for an attack.
"Spiral Blast." Grinned Samedi and a small tornado like blast slammed into Sanji's stomach and to Sanji's shock it felt like blades where tearing into his stomach and ripping him apart, blood flowed from Sanji's stomach as the wind subsided. Sanji dropped the cigarette in his mouth and fell to the ground.
"He's defeated everyone." Cried Skadi with tears in her eyes, she robin and Pucho had been watching from the back.
"What do we do against him?" asked Robin "Sanji, Luffy and Zoro are our strongest fighters."
Usopp and Chopper quickly grabbed Sanji and zoro and lay them next to Luffy
The two along with Nami and Franky looked Samedi and the unconscious Ana behind him.
"We have to do something." Said Franky "At this rate we're done for."
"Damn it." Snapped Pucho as he walked towards them "Guess I've got no choice now."
Pucho stopped next to the gang and smiled as best he could with his owl like head.
"What are you doing?" aksed Nami
"Saving our lives." Answered Pucho
Pucho stood before Samedi.
"Pucho my boy." Grinned Samedi "Long time no see."
"Samedi." Grunted Pucho "I'm going to kill you now."
"Only if you've improved from last time." Laughed Samedi "And I very much doubt that."
Pucho threw out his hands and not one but two spears burst from the ground, they glowed a sparkling white and from ordinary brown sticks with spear heads they became solid metal with two jewels encrusted on each. The spear heads looked like diamonds as well.
"Who the hell is he?" asked Franky
"Luffy's friend." Said Usopp "But he didn't look very strong when I saw him fighting in the forest."
Pucho spun both spears and the four jewels began to glow, after a few seconds four beams of light shot from the jewels and slammed into Samedi's body sending him crashing backwards where he skidded across the ground before jumping back to his feet.
"No way." Said Usopp in shock
"Luffy, Sanji, Zoro and Franky couldn't touch him." Laughed Nami in disbelief
Pucho vanished, reappeared behind Samedi whose eyes looked shocked at Pucho's power. Pucho aimed both spear heads at Samedi and drove them forwards but Samedi was able to dodge.
"Impressive speed Pucho." Grinned Samedi as he began to vanish into the black mist "You have greatly improved, I'm impressed. Well time's up I'm afraid. Five minutes have come and gone so you'll all just have to come to my island to save Ana now, oh yes and in 18 days she'll become that monster permanently so you might want to hurry."
A fist sped forwards and gripped Samedi's wrist, much to Samedi's shock he was hoisted out of the smoke and sent slamming into the ground.
"You're…not…g-going….anywhere." breathed Luffy slowly as he stood up on his feet, his body was covered in blood, his hat lay several feet away on the ground, his eyes were white and empty.
"How the hell are you standing?" asked a shocked Samedi
"Gear second." Said Luffy
To the crew's horror blood exploded from Luffy's wounds as he activated his technique, it poured to the ground creating a large puddle.
"You have a death wish boy. You should know that moving around with such wounds will kill you." Grinned Samedi
"Gomu….Gomu…No…Jet…Pistol!" spoke Luffy
Samedi moved backwards but was too late as Luffy's fist grabbed his hat.
"WHAT!?" roared Samedi "You tricked me!"
"I got your hat off." Grinned Luffy giving off the biggest smile he possible could "Now give Ana…" Luffy trailed off as he fell to his knees.
"Fine, I can't believe I fell for something that stupid." Grunted Samedi as he picked Ana up of the ground and threw her at a surprised Luffy who just barely caught her.
Luffy lay there with Ana gripped in his arms.
"Luffy don't.." started Nami but to her and everyone's else's shock she remained the same.
"What?" asked Luffy
"Luffy is the exception." Said Samedi "Only he can touch her without turning her into a monster."
"Bastard." Cried Usopp "Give us the antidote now."
"If you want to save Ana then kill me, I'll be waiting at my Island."
The group sat in silence as Samedi vanished in his black mist, Monkey then came rushing towards them beckoning them towards the city.
END OF ARC 4
