Fight to Survive

Disclaimer: Don't own One Piece.

Kilnorc: I would like to say that if you notice that I've changed ZoLo to ZoRo in chapters from here on out...I don't know why I've decided to do that, but I have. NO, i will not go back to every fic i have Roronoa mentioned just to change one friggin' letter in his name!


"Remind me...again...why...we just did that...Bakanky?"

Franky glared at Azu as he lay on the shore at the bottom of the Judiciary Tower, "It was the only way to get them back to normal!" he pointed to a passed out and soaking wet Chopper and Dusty laying nearby, "It was either that or let them kill each other and anyone else in their way, including your pirate friends!"

Azu coughed out water and sat up, wiping his mouth, "Guess you're right...," he looked up and stared outward at the giant set of doors in the distance, staring at the enormous World Government symbol.

"What is it?" Franky noticed his staring and turned to the doors, "Oh, that. Looks like the Gates of Justice are still closed, so they haven't crossed over yet," he nudged Azu with his foot, "C'mon, we gotta get going,"

Azu ignored his nudging and rose to his feet, his eyes locked on the Gates of Justice in the distance, "So, those are the gates that Tom-san saw before...," his voice cracked a little and he cleared his throat, obviously having a hard time with the sight and the memory of his beloved mentor.

Franky knew what he was most likely feeling now and placed his hand on his shoulder, "I miss him too, kid, but we can't stay here thinking about Tom-san's final sights, we need to worry about the others," he pointed to the passed out Zoans, "These two were a pain. Least they're better now,"

"Yeah," Azu looked down at Dusty and Chopper, "I was wondering what Dusty's big ass form looked like, but I had no idea that Chopper could one have his own,"

"You've seen this before?!"

"My captain and our chef has," Azu stretched and cracked his neck, "I'll tell you about it later, but right now," he placed a foot on Dusty's abdomen and pressed down, making the seawater in her lungs shoot up like a water fountain, "We got stuff to do," Azu looked up at the giant hole in the tower above them, "I just hope they'll be better off since we took care of these two," he reached down and slung Dusty onto his back, wrapping her arms around his neck, "Let's go!"


"I'm surprised that you're not being as a pain in the ass as Nico Robin is for Spanda over there...thankful, but surprised," Davros looked down at his quiet prisoner. She had been quiet, but that didn't mean that she resisted him. Unlike Spanda, he had a firmer grip on his prisoner and he didn't have to resort to using a sword that ate a Devil Fruit to keep her close by.

The co-director of CP9 looked ahead as he traveled up the staircase towards the bridge that led to the Gates of Justice while Spanda had to practically drag Nico Robin along with him.

"Tell me something,"

He looked back to see Kirsty looking up at him, still pretty pissed off at the current situation, "What would you like to know, Miss Chambers?" he asked in a sickening cheerful tone.

"Who were the cultists you mentioned?"

"Oh, those pathetic wastes of life?" Davros scoffed, "Some crazy people who believed that a little girl housed the spirit of a might dragon within her flesh. I thought at the time, I can get rid of a threat and some crazy sick freaks could get their kicks with the blood of a small girl in a ritual," he shrugged, "Easier that way," he looked at her, "Of all things to ask about now, why are you asking about them?"

Kirsty looked away, "I have my own reasons," she muttered.

Davros raised an eyebrow and shook his head, Girl gets a dragon nickname...people are so ridiculous nowadays.


Kaku chuckled as he looked down at a bloody and weary-looking Devon. He had fought this swordsman back at Water 7, and he had put up a fight a short time ago, but now he seemed to be losing his touch. He had a lot of wounds, and he was impressed that he didn't pass out or bleed to death from the fight.

Zoro, however, knew that the kid was not only pushing it, but he was being a moron at the same time. Sure, Devon was greatly skilled as a swordsman and had strength that most swordsmen wished they could have, but right now, he was pushing it. He was angry that the World Government kidnapped his girlfriend and had hurt his little brother, and that anger could fuel the fire raging in him to give him a surprising amount of power, but his head wasn't clear, he wasn't thinking straight. It didn't affect him much early on in the fight, but now, it was going to cost him his life if he didn't get his head out of his ass.

The santoryu master stepped between Devon and Kaku, his eyes set on the giraffe-zoan ahead.

"Demon King,"

Devon looked up at him, wincing at the injuries he had, "Y-Yeah?"

"Get out of here,"

"W-wait, what?"

"Get out of here!" Zoro repeated, gripping his katana, "If you wanna save her, go after her, I can handle this asshole!"

Devon glared, "I'm not backing away from this fight!"

"I know that you're fighting for her, I can understand that, but what good are you to her if you die?!" Zoro gave his own glare at him, "I can handle this guy, so go on! I'll cover you if he goes after you!"

"But-,"

"DAMMIT DEMON! What's more important: Your woman or your pride?!"

Devon held his tongue and looked at the battlefield.

"You're injured, but you're still strong. If you keep this up, you will die before you can save her, but if you leave right now and leave this to me, you can get to her before she passes through the Gate of Justice,"

The blonde nittoryu user was quiet for a few moments, smiled, then stood, sheathing his weapons, "Thanks, Zoro. Kick his ass, hm?"

"You got it,"

Devon turned and bolted for the hole in the wall that Chopper and Dusty had made in their entrance. He stopped short and turned back, "Sanji's wrong, you're not a heartless bastard are ya, Marimo?"

"JUST GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, YOU IDIOT!"


"Almost there...have to get there...we're the only ones who can stop them right now!"

"You're hurt-!"

"So are you, so shut the hell up and keep moving!!"


Okay, so where the hell do I go from here? Devon wondered after finding himself in the office of CP9, I know they were here, and then those guys spread out...so where did the bastards go with Robin and Kirsty? he turned and headed out of the office, Where do I go from here?

'You know, it'd be so much easier if-'

Not now, Thrymr, I'm thinking!

'And I'm trying to help-'

I said not now! Devon looked down at the wound where he crammed the Soul Fragment of Muspelheim into his body again, We may be one again right now, but please!

A sigh echoed in his head, 'Fine, go through all that, but don't complain to me if something blows up in your face,'

Devon rolled his eyes and found himself running around the Tower of Justice, catching sight of the damage his nakama and the Straw Hats had been doing. It took him a short time to get to the bottom level, but when he did, he saw that some of the wall had yellow arrows on them, and they were so freshly painted, the paint was still dribbling down the stone.

Well, that's convenient... Devon looked down the direction the arrows pointed, Wonder who painted that?

'Sure, go down the path that could very well be a trap! Geez, Zoro was right, you are being stupid right now'

SHUT UP! I AM IN NO MOOD!!

'I know that!'

"Freeze! Hands up, pirate!"

Oh, you must be kidding me... Devon rolled his eyes and turned to see a large group of armed government agents in black standing behind him, rifles and pistols aimed at him.

The apparent leader smirked and crossed his arms, "We thought the pirates were being handled by CP9, but it looks like we have one right here!"

"Sir! I recognize this man, he's the Demon King!"

"The guy who ruled at Slayheim?!"

"Yeah, I read about him in a report!"

Man, I didn't think that place would be this famous... Devon sweatdropped a little, Either that or these guys are serious bookworms. If they are... he grinned, ...that means that they can't fight all that well!

"We said don't move!"

"I didn't move!"

"You smiled, you moved!"

"You're kidding me...," Devon reached for his swords, "This is moving-,"

"FREEZE, DAMMIT!"

"...and this is called taking a sword out...,"

"OPEN FIRE!"

Every agent fired every bit of ammunition they had...on the empty wall in front of them.

The leader gawked, "W-Where is the bastard?!"

"S-Sir...,"

"Eh?!" he looked around and let out a strangled cry when he watched the other agents fall over, bleeding from large wounds, "How the hell-?!" he stopped when he felt the cold steel of a sword press up against his throat.

"Now, how about we try this again?" Devon hissed in his ear, "Hm?"

A loud, high-pitched sound came from above and Devon looked up to see a flash of light appear on the level where Zoro and Kaku were fighting.

What the hell was that?


"Finally, we're here!"

Kirsty steadied herself as the building shook and she looked up as she, Robin, Davros and Spanda now stood on the Bridge of Hestitation. In the distance, Kirsty saw the gigantic Gates of Justice opening, the huge doors already showing a large crack in the doorway.

"Oi, Gate guards!" Spandam shouted into his Den-Den Mushi, "Is everything ready?"

"Yessir! We await your arrival-,"

Spandam frowned, "Not that! You're supposed to come out and greet us, the heroes of the World Government!"

"Y-Yes sir! Sorry, sir!"

"Idiots...can't do anything right!" the mask-wearing director muttered as he pocketed the Den Den Mushi.

Davros shook his head and began walking, keeping a firm hold on a now struggling Kirsty.

Now she puts up a fight... Davros looked at his prisoner as he gained a lead on Spandam, "You were saving your strength so you can put everything you have to stall for time, Miss Chambers? I hate to say it, but that's futile. Your nakama are not coming for you, in fact I think most of them have been slaughtered by CP9 right now,"

"Shut your mouth!" Kirsty spat at him, "No one can kill my nakama! Axe is strong as hell, they all are! When they get here, Devon is gonna kill you slowly!"

"What makes you think he's strong enough to withstand CP9?"

"Because he is the son of pirates!"

"So is Axe, that doesn't make him strong," Davros chuckled and pulled hard, "I thin once I'm done with this bit of the mess, I'll put out a search for that old witch who lied...then again, she could be dead, but just in case, I think I'll hunt her down as well,"

Oh, hell no!

Davros felt her stop and came to a stop himself, We really don't have time for this, Miss Chambers, we need to go," he turned to her, but got a hard kick upside his head instead. He released her and fell to the stone underneath, feeling some of his blood trickle down his head.

Kirsty, her leg still raised, glared daggers down at him.

"Stupid...bitch...," Davros slowly sat up and raised a hand to his head, smearing the blood a little, "It doesn't matter if you try and fight me right here, there's no way you can get back to your friends before the Buster Call...besides, those men?" he jerked a thumb behind him, gesturing to a large group of armed men just beyond a small gate ahead, "They'd put you down before you even left the bridge,"

Kirsty launched another kick, but this time Davros caught her foot and twisted hard, forcing her to spin in the air a little until she landed on her back. The doctor blinked, trying to get the stars in front of her eyes to disappear as quickly as possible. While she was disoriented, Davros took this chance to recover. He stood up, grabbed one of her ankles and began to drag her along the bridge.

No you don't! I ain't going without a fight! Kirsty looked around desperately, Okay, I have no other choice! This is gonna hurt... she shut her eyes tightly and let her ki level rise like crazy, setting off the strange collar around her neck. The increase in ki level set the collar off and seconds later, a more intense level of electricity began to course through her body. She screamed, but beared with it so she could hear the startled scream escape Davros' mouth. The CP9 co-director released her leg and glared at her, holding his arm while some of his hair stood up on end.

"Clever girl...,"

Kirsty could only grin, I got to him. I can stall a little bit longer, but I can't keep going with that plan, sooner or later the electricity's gonna get to me!


"Finally, we're here. Everything ready?"

"Yes, but the other keys,"

"Don't worry about them...hehe...,"

"WHEN DID YOU-?!"

"It helps to know a speedy guy, now shut up and get set up, we don't have much time left!"


"Okay, I either followed those wrong, or someone's screwing with me!"

Devon looked around at the mass of whirlpools and the piles of rubble around him. After "interrogating" the Government agent, the nittoryu user learned that the way to the Bridge was in the direction that the painted arrows were going in. He had, or thought he had, followed the arrows correctly, but here he was, outside at the base of the tower.

Sighing, he pulled Water Moon out and let the strange power heal his wounds, "Dunno why I didn't think of this in the first place,"

'Tried to tell ya...moron,'

"Thrymr, I-," a loud explosion made Devon look up to see a cloud of dark smoke and flame rise up from the Bridge of Hesitation in the distance, "What in the name of Odin was that?!"

'Looks like something with boom-boom,'

"Yeah...wait a minute! Thrymr, I got an idea!"

'Is it something like...this?'

Devon paused for a few moments, listening to his partner's idea, then facefaulted, "Well, why the hell didn't you say that in the first place!?"

'I tried to, but you wouldn't listen, because you're a moron right now!'

"Oi oi oi...,"


Kilnorc: Okay, think I'll end it there. -sits back- For some reason I'm having some difficulty deciding some stuff regarding the upcoming chapters, but I will hopefully pull through it. Pretty much all there's left is the Bridge battle, combined crew effort and Axe's fight. I also plan on showing some other stuff, like them noticing Lucci's fight when it calls for it, but I think I can pull this off for now...as for anyone wondering why Devon didn't go all demon-y with Thrymr back in his body...well, you know how he is, especially now!

On the next chapter of The Secret Power...

Davros: My leg! Where'd that come from?!

Spandam: You guys...you beat CP9?! I bet you just took them and ran away!

Niri: So, this is the feared Buster Call...my God...

Axe: That voice again!

Rain of Fire! The Buster Call Begins!

Mara: What are you?