Chapter 14: The Battle of Baratie
Mihawk looks at both Luffy and Seth with intrigued look.
"You're a good team. I hope to see you again someday." Mihawk said with impressed tone as he turns to Seth. "Especially you, young man. Keep making more surprises."
"Much obliged." Seth replied with respect as Mihawk starts walking towards his boat.
Then, Krieg jumps towards the broken ship floor that Mihawk is currently in.
"Hey, "Hawk Eye"!" Krieg called as the aforementioned person stop in his track. "I was under the impression that you were going to take my life. Were you going to kill Don Krieg, "Ruler of the East Blue"?" He boasted.
"Though the thought has crossed my mind..." Mihawk said with one eye before turning away from him. "But I think I have enough fun for one day, so I'm going home."
"But I'm not done with you..." Krieg said.
"A captain...?" One of his underlings spoke up. "Maybe we shouldn't keep him around here." He said but Krieg doesn't heed the warning. He then pulls out the same move that he attacked the Baratie cooks.
"NOW DIE!" Krieg shouted as he starts shooting at Mihawk.
"He just won't learn, will he?" Mihawk said as he swings his sword to block Krieg's assault, allowing him to escape as he sails away from the Baratie.
Seth and Luffy retreat to where the cooks are, with Seth (in his Mind Plate form) use Teleport to get there and Luffy jumps towards the restaurant before holding onto a railing, but by doing so, his hat flies around before Usopp grabs hold of it.
"Usopp!" Luffy called to his long nosed friend. "Luffy!"
"You and the others go on ahead! We leave Nami to you." Luffy ordered Usopp and Zoro, who's on the bounty hunter duo's ship.
"I'll hold you responsible if something happens to her, Usopp!" Seth threatened Usopp as the latter shudders.
"R-Roger that!" Usopp said as his expression turns to a happy one. "Now don't you two worry about a thing, Zoro and I gonna get her right back! And make sure you get that cook to join the crew. And then, on the Going Merry, we can finally set sail to the Grand Line!" Usopp said as he throws the straw hat towards Luffy, which he's able to get via his Devil Fruit powers.
"Yeah! Let's do it!" Luffy said as Seth remember something.
"Oh yeah...!" Seth said as he pulls out a pokeball. "Come on out, Henry!" He said as Henry appears on Usopp's ship. "Usopp! I'm leaving Henry for some support!"
"Okay, Seth!" Usopp said as he, Zoro, and the bounty hunter duo sail away to go after Nami and the Merry. He then sees the Krieg Pirates as they prepare to attack too before he turns to Zeff. "Hey, pops! Can I stop doing these chores if me and my friends here get those pirates outta here?" He asked as he puts on his trademark hat.
"Suit yourself." Zeff answered with his arms fold. "There's no telling how much more of you making a mess of my restaurant if you stick around." He continued.
"Yeah!" Luffy replied.
"Leave it to Luffy to not make a mess of things." Seth muttered to himself. "Still, there's no guarantee on what's the restaurant going to be after this is over."
"So, kid. You said that you want to be King of the Pirates. Were you serious?" Zeff said before asking Luffy.
"Well yeah. Of course! I'm definitely going to be King of the Pirates." Luffy answered honestly as Zeff grins.
"I've seen a whole lot of pirates in my day, but you're the only one who stated their desire so clearly without a doubt." Zeff complimented Luffy.
"Well, I heard that you were a pirate once." Luffy said with smile. "So did you want to be King of the Pirates too?"
Zeff can only look towards the sky as Luffy reminds him of something.
"I'd best forget about that..." Zeff answered. "I'm the owner of Baratie now, and that's good enough for me." He continued as Sanji hears the conversation.
"Men! If we can capture that ship, the Grand Line will be ours for the taking!" Krieg commanded his underlings while pointing one of his fingers towards the Baratie. "No more pretending to be Marines. Or raising the white flag of surrender. None of our enemies will suspect that we're a threat with a ship like that!"
"Even so, Don! What if we encounter someone like that Mihawk guy!?" One pirate asked, scared at the possibility of encountering someone like Mihawk. "We'll get wiped out for sure-"
(BANG)
Without warning, Krieg shoots the pirate dead with his gun as his corpse falls into the sea.
"I really appreciate the input. Anyone else?" Krieg asked while pointing his gun to some of his underlings, which they shake their heads. "Do you think an ordinary man can cut a ship like that!?" He asked rhetorically before he continues. "That man probably has the power of a Devil Fruit! Although those with Devil Fruit powers are rare and legendary to us, I'm sure that they're a commonplace at the Grand Line. Mihawk must have used a Devil Fruit to increase his strength!"
'Wow... Is he really that dumb...?' Seth thought with a sweatdrop. 'Oh boy, this is just sad...'
"When we're on the Grand Line, they won't be special. Even that Straw Hat freak and that Red Eyed brat are considered normal."
"But that red eyed kid is said from another world!" Another pirate said. "Who knows what kind of trick he—"
"I think you're going to say what I don't want to here, is that right?" Krieg asked with a dangerous tone of voice.
"No-No... Nothing at all, Don!" The pirate answered as Krieg lowers his gun.
"That kid probably lying about him being from another world. He must have came from around here or something." Krieg said as he is also delusional about Seth and his Pokémon coming from another world.
He then shrugs the subject before he continues. "As I was saying, that Log Book of that washed up pirate must have every strategy in dealing with those Devil Fruit monsters! Along with clues for the One Piece. And as for an added bonus..." Krieg said as he points towards Seth. "That brat has a metal monster inside one of those small balls he has with him.. With that monster on my side, we can crush all who stands in my way!"
"I see. You're a genius!" A pirate said as he and the rest are just gullible. His crew starts complimenting until a certain voice ruins the moment.
"You're a genius all right... at being stupid!" Seth mocked Krieg aloud, causing Luffy to laugh at him. Krieg and his crew, on the other hand, are feeling insulted by his remarks... especially Krieg.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME, YOU BRAT!?" Krieg asked.
"Yeah! Who do you think you are, calling our captain stupid!" One pirate said.
"That's right! He's the Great Don Krieg! "Ruler of the East Blue"! So don't act as if you're tougher than him!" Another pirate said aloud.
"Well, I got news for you: The Log Book won't change anything!" Seth retorted. "FYI, I can one shots that pathetic excuse of a man you called "captain" when feel like it. And if you're feeling smart, you can keep your filthy hands off of my friends too!"
Needless to say, the pirates are pissed at Seth.
"He has ways with words. Interesting." Zeff muttered.
"Here I comes! Gum Gum Rocket!" Luffy declared before he launches himself towards the pirates.
"Oh no! He's coming this way!" One of the Krieg Pirates pointed out.
"And Gum Gum Giant Scythe!" Luffy shouted as he outstretches his arms wide before attacking some of the Krieg Pirates with it. The pirates who got hit falls to the sea as Krieg grits his teeth. Luffy then grabs on the mast of Krieg's ship so he won't fall into the ocean.
"Let me on it too!" Seth said as he transforms into his Zap Plate form before jumping to the air. "Electro Ball!" He shouted as he throws a ball of electricity on his spot towards the sea, causing the pirates who are on the water get shocked (literally). He then turns to his Sky Plate form to get airborne.
"They're amazing!" One cook said.
"Go kids!" Another cook cheered.
"It's hard to believe." Sanji commented. "The Grand Line is crawling with guys like these?"
"Sanji." Zeff called. "Pay special attention to how these two fight. Especially that straw hat boy." He continued. "Don't take your eyes off for one moment until this fight over. Is that clear?"
Though confused, Sanji decides to heed Zeff's request.
"So let me get this straight. You're attacking the restaurant that gave you food?" Luffy asked rhetorically to Krieg while still grabbing onto the mast. "I got no choice but to beat some manners into you!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Krieg laughed. "So you want to fight on the water where there's no place to stand? A bold move for someone like you." He said with a smug smile. "The Devil Fruit has taken your ability to swim, hasn't it? Chore Boy?" He mocked.
"Yeah, but I'm stretchy." Luffy replied with a grin.
Suddenly, the "fins" of Baratie suddenly comes up, so the battle won't take place inside of it.
"It's awesome!" Luffy commented.
"This restaurant is impressive." Seth commented as Hoopa floats near him.
"I know. They were really prepare for anything." Hoopa added as the cooks as well as Sanji are getting to defend the restaurant.
Sanji steps forward with his hands on his pockets.
"My cooks and I will never give up defending this place." Sanji said. "Prepare to die!"
"I see. Good plan bringing all that extra decking, genius." Krieg said. "Now we don't have to take the fight inside. I hate to damage my future ship and make no mistake it WILL be mine!"
Then, the fish of the restaurant detaches itself from the restaurant, revealing it to be a small battleship. And the ones who's in there are Patty and Carne.
"Wow. That's cool!" Luffy said.
"You're right, Hoopa. They're really prepared for anything." Seth remarked as the fish battleship has cannons appearing on its "mouth".
"Set sail, Mackerel I! The Baratie's secret weapon!" Patty said as he and Carne are pedaling the battleship.
"So if you want to live, I suggest running away now!" Carne added while pedaling.
"Pedal faster!" Patty said to Carne.
"No, you pedal faster!" Carne retorted as the Mackerel I make their way towards the Krieg Pirates before aiming the cannons towards them.
"Fire!" Patty shouted as the Mackerel I shoots the cannons, taking down some of the pirates.
"Hey, careful! You're going to make me fall!" Luffy said while grabbing onto the mast.
The cooks is cheering on the two cooks who controls the Mackerel I as they keep firing the cannons. Then, they turn their attention to Krieg.
"Krieg! Say your prayers!" Patty said as the Mackerel I fires at Krieg. Unfortunately, he survived thanks to the armor. He then stops the Mackerel I with one hand.
"I guess all that muscles aren't for show." Seth commented.
"I AM DON KRIEG!" Krieg stated with bloodshot eyes. "THE MAN WHO WILL RULE THE OCEAN!"
"No, you're not! I am!" Luffy retorted but Krieg ignores him.
"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS STUPID GAME!" Krieg continued. "GET OUTTA HERE!" He then hurls the small battleship towards the Baratie.
"Oh no! It's coming right towards us!" One cook pointed as Sanji blows out some smoke before he jumps to the air and kicks the falling Mackerel I, making it to fall on the extended deck instead as he lands to the said deck.
"Now that's a hard kick." Seth commented. "I can really see why Luffy chose him."
"Yeah. He must have undergone a special training if he can kick something like that." Hoopa added. "If anything, he can compete with a Hitmonlee or a Blaziken in terms of kicking."
"Impressive..." Krieg said with sarcasm.
"Nice kick." Luffy complimented as Patty and Carne burst through from the extended deck
"WHAT'S THE DEAL!?" Patty exclaimed.
"ARE YOU TRYING KILL YOUR FRIENDS!?" Carne added.
"Yeah yeah." Sanji said with deadpanned tone as Patty and Carne go towards him.
"Don't "Yeah yeah" us, you crazy bastard!" Patty said angrily,
"Stop acting so cool! You won't be so smug if we decided to mess you up!" Carne added as some of the Krieg Pirates manages to get on the extended deck, causing a fight to broke out.
Unfortunately, most of the cooks are defeated by the Krieg Pirates.
"What!? Impossible!" Patty exclaimed with shock.
"Come on now! Don't let them beat you. Get up!" Carne yelled.
"These pirates are actually really good..." One of the downed cook said. "Certainly not like the once we beat before."
"Ha! It's insulting for you to compare us with those amateurs." One pirate replied. "We're the Krieg Pirates! And we're the absolute rulers of the East Blue!"
"Not really..." Seth said as he descends to the deck before he turns back to normal. He then pulls out two pokeballs. "If you are the strongest, then let's see you how handle this. Ironhide! Viper! It's time to play!" Seth said as he summons both Viper and Ironhide.
"Finally! I've been waiting for this!" Ironhide said as he ready to fight.
"I sssshall crussssh all who sssstands before Lord Sssseth!" Viper said as she bares her fangs at the Krieg pirates.
"Ahh! Look how big that snake is!" One pirate said.
"Forget that! That's gotta be the iron monster that Don Krieg mentioned!" Another pirate said as he point towards Ironhide.
"They're just weird animals with Devil Fruit powers! So just take them down! And make sure to capture that iron monster!" Krieg said, now believing that Pokémon has Devil Fruit powers.
"Yeah! Let's get them!" Krieg's underlings said as they charge towards the two Pokémon.
"As if I let that happen!" Seth said. "Viper, use Glare! And Ironhide, use Double Edge!"
"Your recklesssssness will be your undoing!" Viper said as her eyes glows red, causing the pirates to be paralyzed.
"T-The h-hell!? W-We can't m-move...!" One of the paralyzed pirates said.
"Incoming!" Ironhide said as he hits the paralyzed pirates, causing them to be sent flying to the sea.
"Don't get cocky, you freak-" One pirate said as he about to land a hit towards Ironhide, but fails as the sword he has breaks upon contact with Ironhide.
"What!?" The same pirate said.
"Now who's the cocky around here? Definitely not me!" Ironhide said as he hits the pirate with an Iron Head, causing him to be defeated.
"We'll catch you soon enough you-" Another pirate said before Ironhide catches the blade with his mouth. Then, Ironhide bites the blade before eating it up, shocking most of everyone in here.
"Gotta hand it to ya, you got good taste in metal." Ironhide said as he swallows the blade as if he is swallowing his food.
"That iron monster... just bites and eats that sword as if it was food!" One pirate exclaimed.
"What kind of monster is that!?" Another pirate said.
"I think it's time you all need to know on Ironhide..." Seth said as he pulls out and open his Pokédex. Then, a picture of an Aggron appears on the screen.
"Aggron, the Iron Armor Pokémon. A Steel and Rock type. It will fiercely defend its territory from intruders. This Pokémon is known for burrowing through the strongest of bedrock and digs tunnels with its horns, searching for iron to eat."
"I don't like the sound of that..." A pirate shuddered at the newfound information.
"Thanks for the info, you red eyed genius!" Krieg said with a grin. "You just make me take that iron monster from you even more!"
"Even so, I'd never give my Pokémon to anyone." Seth replied as he puts the Pokédex away. "They're far too important to give to mindless brute like you."
His remarks makes Krieg even more infuriating than before.
"You cocky bastard...!" Krieg growled. "You won't be smiling once I'm done with you!" He continued as the cooks snaps out of their shock.
"Let's go! For Baratie!" Patty shouted as he rallies the cooks to battle.
"Yeah! For Zeff!" Carne shouted as he and the rest of the cooks joins the fight.
In amidst of the fighting, however, a man have swum his way towards the extended deck. Once he climbs up, he takes down both Patty and Carne.
Speaking of the man, he has two iron plates covering his front and his back, along with two small plates that has large pearls embedded in them. He has the same small plates on his hands, elbows, and knees, he wears brown shoes that have pearls on them, and wears a pearl helmet of some kind on his head. Underneath those armors are a simple sleeveless top, reddish purple trousers, and a purple sash.
"Look out. Weirdo alert." Seth said.
"I must say... just what are you guys doing?" The man asked rhetorically with a polite tone. "Regardless, let's do this! But before we begin, it's only fair I give you a warning. I am Pearl, the Invincible Shield!"
"Pearl! Perfect timing!" One pirate said with a happy expression.
"Hey, that's a nice knife you got there." A pirate said as he's taking an interest in Patty's knife. "I think I'll take-"
Just before he takes the knife, Sanji kicks him away with an angry look, causing him to be sent crashing to his friends and then crashes towards Pearl's "invincible wall".
"That guy's good." Luffy commented as he still grabbing onto the mast. "I guess that explains why I like him so much right off the bat."
"The kitchen knife is a cook's soul! Don't you dare desecrate one with your grubby little hands!" Sanji said aloud.
"Couldn't said it better myself." Seth muttered. "I would be angry too if someone use my one of kitchen utensil as a weapon. No matter how funny it will be."
"Sanji..." Patty said but he's unable to get up.
"Just stay down and let me the do all the fighting." Sanji told Patty.
"Don't expect we lose to a mere cook like you!" A Krieg pirate declared as he and his crewmates charge towards Sanji with their swords on hand.
Sanji then do a handstand before kicking all of the charging pirates away, as well as defeating them.
"I'll show you "mere cook" after I fillet every one of you bastards!" Sanji said with a dangerous tone.
"Ha. How very impudent to take all them down with just a kick." The man named Pearl commented. "I am impressed by that."
"I'm a cook, remember? I couldn't cook if my hands are damaged during battle." Sanji said with his hands on his pockets. "So I'll be taking you down with my feet!"
"Is that so? I think not!" Pearl replied. "I'm invincible, you see. I've won all of my 61 battles, completely and totally unscathed. It's quite remarkable, really. No one has shed a single drop of my blood in battle." He boasted.
"What a weirdo. There's no way he can do that." Luffy commented as Krieg prepares to attack former behind behind. Said attack is him swinging a flail with a giant, spiky ball attached to it.
"Dropping your guard is a good way to end up dead, you brat!" Krieg shouted before he hurls the ball towards Luffy, but he only hits the mast Luffy was grabbing on as the straw hat boy grabs on the other one. He then hits the second one, causing him to be sent flying all the way... towards Pearl by bumping him on the head as the latter is in a middle of gloating.
"Whoa. That was a close one." Luffy commented as Pearl notices that he has a nosebleed.
"Ohh this isn't good..." Krieg said as he knows where this is going if Pearl sees blood on him.
Then, the Krieg Pirates starts to try calm him down while others have confused look on their faces.
"These people aren't just mean... They're dangerous!" Pearl said as if he's about to go berserk.
"Don't tell me he's hemophobic..." Seth muttered while Luffy just picking his nose.
Pearl suddenly clanging his shields together in a sheer panic while wailing uncontrollably.
"Pearl, calm down! It's just a nosebleed, so relax!" Krieg tried to calm one of his enforcer down, but to no avail.
"Danger! Danger! Danger! I'm in danger!" Pearl chanted before the steel plates, armors, and pearls burst into flames.
"Oh no! It's already started!" One pirate said in horror.
"Once he's angry, he'll set himself on fire!" Another pirate said.
"FIRE PEARLS SPECIAL TREAT!" Pearl shouted as he begin to shoot out fire pearls to all directions, causing the extended deck on fire. Some of the Krieg Pirates are caught up to the attack... as well as Luffy, who is running around with his pants on fire.
"This is intense..." Seth said as he pulls out Viper's pokeball. "Viper, return!" He said as he returns the Fang Snake Pokémon to her pokeball before putting it away.
"Is it okay that I stick around for just a bit longer?" Ironhide asked.
"I intended too." Seth said as he sees Pearl, reminding of a certain event. "Oh boy... this sure takes me back about that time..." Seth said as this particular event.
(Flashback)
Seth was on a middle of a Pokémon Battle with another trainer as he pits Kaze against a Pokémon.
Kaze, at the moment, was a bipedal lizard-like Pokémon. His body was mostly green with a red underside along with belt-like green stripe across his belly. His hands have two clawed fingers, and a pair of powerful looking legs with bird-like feet. And he has three long leaves on his wrists, a large leaf on top of his head, and two tails that have a leafy appearance. This Kaze when he was still a Grovyle, a Pokémon that evolves into Sceptile.
Facing him was a quadruped Pokémon that resembles a bactrian camel. It has a stout body with orange-ish red shaggy fur, black hooves, and three blue ring-shaped markings on both sides. It has bangs on top of its head, droopy ears, and a tan furless muzzle. And it has what appears to be two gray volcanoes on its back that act as its humps. This is a Camerupt, normally docile but dangerous if it provoked.
Of course there's Seth's best friend, Horus. As well as a male trainer his age who wears a Camerupt.
"Alright, Kaze! Use Slam!" Seth commanded.
"(Take this!)" Kaze shouted as he slams (no pun intended) the opposing Pokémon with his large leaf on his head... However, its trainer and Horus are mortified because Kaze struck it in the face.
"Oh no! Anything but that!" Its trainer said in horror.
"What's wrong with getting struck on the face?" Seth asked before he realizes that the Camerupt's face turns red in anger.
"(You done it now... You won't like me when I'm angry!)" Camerupt growled as the volcanoes on its back are ready to erupt in any moment.
"(I don't like where this is going...)" Kaze said as he suddenly go uneasy.
"You see, Seth..." Horus said as he's about to explain. "Camerupts have a nasty habit of going into an uncontrollable rage when they're struck on the face."
"And when that happens, it's Eruption time." The trainer said.
As he said that, a geyser of fire spews from the volcanoes on Camerupt's back.
"Incoming!" Horus said as he, Seth, and the trainer sees several red rocks about to rain towards them.
While the trainers avoid the falling hot rocks, The trainer's Camerupt was chasing Kaze while still use Eruption.
"(Easy! Easy! Calm down!)" Kaze said to the Eruption Pokémon, but the latter kept chasing him in a blind rage.
And this lasted for a good thirty minutes. The trainers keep dodging while Camerupt was still chasing Kaze.
"(I'm surprised that this guy hasn't lost a stamina...)" Kaze said while still running. "(And add the fact he's quite fast for his size, I don't think I can keep running a
"At this rate, there won't be nothing left of the battlefield. Or Kaze if he starts to slow down." The trainer commented while dodging some of the rocks.
Fortunately, Seth had an idea.
"Hey, Colai! do you happen to have a Pokémon that knows the move Rain Dance?" Seth asked the trainer he was battling some time ago.
"My Pelipper knows the move." The trainer named Colai answered.
"Then sent it out right now!" Horus said while still dodging the hot rocks.
"On it! Pokemon, change!" Colai said as he changes his costume to a one that resembles the Pokémon he's going to send out while pulling out a pokeball. "Let's go, Pelipper!" He shouted as he summons the Pokémon.
It is a pelican-like Pokémon whose head and bill make up the majority of its body. It has white feathers with a short, blue crest on top of its head. There are three blue digits on each of its wide wings, and it has blue feet with three webbed digits. Each eye is made of two black semicircles with a horizontal white line between them. Its large yellow bill appears to extend along its underside. This is a Pelipper.
"Use Rain Dance!" Colai commanded.
"(One rain comin' up!)" Pelipper said as if waves his wings around for a while, causing dark clouds appear above the sky.
It doesn't take long to rain to the battlefield as it starts extinguishing the flames and cooling down the rocks.
"(Let's hope he's calm down soon!)" Kaze said as he was still being chased by Camerupt. Fortunately, Camerupt stopped in his tracks as he forgot why he was angry in the first place.
"(Strange. I can't remember why I am mad.)" Camerupt contemplated.
"(It's best that you don't remember...)" Kaze said under his breath as he was exhausted after all that chasing.
"I guess this is a draw then." Horus said.
"Yup." Both Seth and Colai said in unison as they ended the battle... for now at least.
(Flashback end)
"But if I have to compare, this is nothing." Seth muttered as he tries to put out Luffy's fire, who still has fire on his pants.
"This is just ridiculous..." Sanji said as he jumps towards Pearl, despite the warnings of his fellow cooks as he lands a hit on the so called "Invincible Pearl".
"I don't understand... Everyone should be afraid of fire!" Pearl said with a disbelief look.
"Well, too bad for you..." Sanji replied. "If I did, then I couldn't be a cook."
"You..." Pearl growled. "I'll. Kill. You!"
"Good luck with that!" Sanji said as he kicks him in the chest armor, causing Pearl to not only falls down but also angrier.
"Fire... NEED MORE FIRE...!" Pearl said as he uses the "Fire Pearls Special Treat" attack. But this time, the fire pearls are heading straight towards Zeff and the the restaurant.
Despite the pleads from other cooks to get away, Zeff simply stands tall with his arm folded as the fire pearls are about to hit him and the restaurant. With the swipe of his peg leg, he extinguishes the fire on the pearls as they land on the deck.
"No way... He put out my fire pearls!?" Pearl exclaimed with disbelief.
"Fire pearls, eh? That's kid stuff." Zeff retorted.
"Even with a peg leg, "Red Foot" Zeff is just as strong as ever!" A pirate said as he and his crewmates don't believe what they seeing right now.
Meanwhile, Krieg take his time after seeing Pearl's attempt at burning the restaurant before he comes to a decision.
"I guess I got no choice. Either smash the deck or let the ship burn!" Krieg said as he hurls his spiky ball chain towards Sanji and Pearl.
"Sanji! Watch out!" Patty warned.
"He can't escape! He's surrounded by fire!" A cook pointed it out as the flames around Sanji, making him impossible to escape from the incoming attack.
Fortunately, Luffy breaks through the fire and jump towards the spiky ball chain before throw his hands backwards.
"Gum Gum Bazooka!" Luffy shouted as his hands collide with the spiky ball, sending it back towards Krieg's direction.
"You tossed that thing right back!" Sanji said with surprised expression as Luffy tries to put out the fire on his pants.
"I got you. Water Gun!" Seth (in his Splash Plate form) said as he drenches Luffy with a spray of water, successfully puts out the fire in Luffy.
"Thanks, Seth." Luffy thanked.
"No problem." Seth said as he changes back to normal.
The spiky ball hits a mast of Krieg's ruined galleon ship as it starts to fall towards where the others are.
"Incoming!" Seth said as he and the others get out of the way with mast hitting Pearl on the head. This causes him to fall down on his back, unconscious.
"Geez, this is getting weirder." Sanji commented.
"Yeah. That guy's a bit goofy." Luffy said.
"I can only ponder about how many oddballs like him in the Grand Line." Seth added.
"Every world has their own quirks, Seth." Hoopa said. "There's nothing to say about that."
"Ghrk!" Zeff's voice can be heard as they all turn to see Zeff... on the floor with Ghin, who managed to get back on his feet, placing a foot on Zeff's back.
"This battle ends now." Ghin said while pointing a gun near Zeff's head.
"Shoot him! Do it now!" Krieg ordered.
"Ghin!" Luffy shouted.
"I don't care how badass he used to be..." Ghin said with a cold tone of his voice. "Now he's just a cook. I wouldn't even break a sweat killing this old fart. I'll spare him, but you have to leave. Please... don't make this any harder, Sanji. Just leave. Don't force me to kill him, you, and your friends."
"Run away...?" Sanji said before he has a serious expression. "Not a chance!" He continued as Ghin widen his eyes. "You look even dumber at gunpoint, old man. Are you trying to make us cooks bad?"
"Tch. I don't need a lecture from a brat like you." Zeff retorted.
"Will you stop call me names!? Don't treat me like a kid!" Sanji yelled. "Ghin! Point that gun at me!"
"You idiot! Are you trying to get yourself killed!?" Seth said.
"Yeah! Not even I don't do that!" Luffy added.
"Can it, you two." Sanji replied.
"My... If you're willing to die, then I'll be happy to oblige." Everyone who's on the extended deck turns around and see Pearl, who is now stands up looking unhinged. "Allow me. It would be my pleasure to beat you to a bloody, lifeless pulp."
"This isn't good." Ironhide commented.
"Absolutely Natural Pearl Surprise!" Pearl shouted as he punches Sanji full force with his pearl shield, hurling him to the railing of the restaurant.
"Sanji!" Luffy shouted at Sanji.
"You son of a bitch! Why you didn't dodge!?" Seth asked.
"Because... if I did..." Sanji said. "Ghin... would pull the trigger on the geezer..." He answered.
"Why? What's this restaurant means to you?" Ghin said as he shocked to see Sanji would take the hit rather than leave.
"This restaurant... is that geezer's life...!" Sanji answered. "I already... took everything enough from him... His powers, his dreams..."
"Sanji..." Seth muttered as Sanji gets up.
"So while I'm here... I'M NOT GONNA LET EVERYTHING ELSE GET TAKEN FROM HIM!" He said before shouting.
"Pearl Cymbals!" Pearl shouted as he slams his left-hand and right-hand shields together on both side of Sanji's head, causing him to bleed even more.
As he falls down, he still remembers that fateful encounter of Zeff. He was a young cook at a ship. The cooks were dismissive of his dream of finding the "All Blue", a legendary ocean who said to have all the world's fish on one ocean, as nothing but a fairy tale. Then, Zeff and his pirate crew, the Cook Pirates, showed up in the middle of the storm.
After a few exchanges between him and the Cook Pirates, Sanji get swept away by a wave that hit the ship, prompting Zeff to rescue. Then the next thing they know, they were stranded on a small island in a middle of nowhere.
The most important part is Sanji hasn't forgot the sacrifices he make that day. He lost his crew by the storm, he gave all of his food to Sanji, and the above all, he sacrificed his right foot while saving Sanji, by severing the foot that got trapped on a rubble with the anchor's chains. All because Sanji shared the same dream as he had: to find the legendary All Blue. Since he sacrificed his right foot, he no longer become a pirate and urged Sanji to go to the Grand Line, where the All Blue is said to be located, when the time is right.
And to this day, Sanji feels indebted to him eventhough he always bicker with him almost every day.
"That old coot... gave up his foot so that I could live...!" Sanji said as the cooks are very surprised while he starts to get up. "THERE'S NO WAY TO REPAY THAT GEEZER'S KINDNESS UNLESS I RISK MY LIFE FOR HIM!" He declared aloud as Luffy and Seth looks at him with serious looks and soon they're angry by the seconds.
"That a little brat..." Zeff muttered.
"How refined of you." Pearl said. "I'm afraid that this restaurant will be closed. And it will open again... as a pirate ship!"
"THAT DOES IT!" Seth and Luffy said in unison as the former changes to his Sky Plate form before flying high to the skies while the latter stretches his one of his legs up to the air. Seth then cloaks himself in red flames like energy before flying towards the extended deck in full speed.
"NOW GUM GUM BATTLE AXE!" Luffy shouted as his stretched legs coming down towards the deck he was on.
"BRAVE BIRD!" Seth shouted as the flames on him turns blue before he and Luffy's leg hit the deck, destroying it in the process. Some managed to stay on the deck while others are on the water. Ironhide manages to keep out of the water. And Hoopa? He just floats on the air.
"Oh boy... that was intense..." Seth said as he turns back to normal while feeling the recoil of Brave Bird.
Then, Sanji grabs both Luffy and Seth by the collar.
"You bastards! Are you trying to sink this restaurant!?" He asked them.
"Yes." They answered with no hesitation.
"To be frank, I really don't know whatever hell of a life you went through..." Seth said as he grabs him back by the collar. "That old man didn't save you just so you can throw your life away!"
"What?" Sanji said as Zeff, Ironhide, and Hoopa smirks.
"That's boss for ya." Ironhide commented.
"Yeah! He saved you so that you can do something with your life!" Luffy added. "So stop talking that you're going to repay him by dying!"
Meanwhile, Pearl takes advantage of the situation as he charge towards them.
"You fools should keep aware of your surroundings!" Pearl said. Just as he about to hit, he was struck by a powerful force.
"You're in the way, Pearl." A familiar voice said as Pearl falls down to the ruined deck, unconscious once again. Everyone look towards the culprit... who is none other than Ghin. He has a pair of tonfas weighted with metal spheres on his hands.
"Ghin! You have betrayed me and the ship!" Krieg said.
"I know, Don Krieg. I'm sorry." Ghin said. "But... as someone who is saved by him, it's only fair that I kill him myself." He said while waving a tonfa.
"Oh great. Now my Chief Commander has completely lost his marbles." Krieg commented. "But I don't care either way. Kill that cook, that straw hat brat, and that red eyed bastard and his genie friend."
"Go get 'em, Ghin!" One pirate cheered.
"They're in for it now! Ghin is known as the "Cold Hearted Demon"! There's no way they're going win against him!" Another pirate cheered.
'"Cold Hearted Demon"? Now that's a cool epithet.' Seth thought as he still look towards Ghin.
"I was hoping for you to leave the restaurant, but I guess that wasn't good enough..." Ghin said as he points one of his tonfa towards the three humans and two Pokémon. "I don't take pleasure in killing others, but well... orders are orders I suppose."
"I understand..." Sanji said. "But if you think can get through this restaurant without killing me, you're dead wrong."
"Sounds fair." Ghin said. "It would be my absolute pleasure to kill you... my good friend."
"Geez... That's comforting." Sanji said sarcastically as he lights up his cigarette. "Asshole."
"Now wait just a minute!" Hoopa interrupted as both Sanji and Ghin look towards. "I'm the one who saved him first, so I have a say in this!"
"So, you want me fight me instead...?" Ghin asked.
"On the contrary, me fighting you would cause an unfair disadvantage on your part. So..." Hoopa explained as he point towards Seth. "This guy will decide who you will be fighting."
"Hold on! What!?" Seth exclaimed.
"Hey! You shitty genie! This is my fight!" Sanji protested.
"That may be. But I think you done enough since you are thoroughly defeated by that Pearl human." Hoopa answered.
"I suppose you have a point there..." Sanji said as he reluctantly concede.
"Why don't you fight him yourself!?" Seth asked
"Sorry, can't do." Hoopa answered. "It's not so much fun if my opponent can't even hit me."
"Oh yeah, you're part Ghost type, I forgot." Seth said as he remembers Hoopa's Pokédex entry.
"So, who I'll be fighting? And make it quick. My patience's running thin." Ghin said as he spins a tonfa on his hand several times.
"I wish I could fight you myself, but I'm saving energy to fight someone else, so..." Seth said as he turns to Ironhide. "Ironhide! You're battling Ghin!"
"Gladly..." Ironhide said as he steps forward.
"Ghin! Bring this one alive! I needed that iron clad monstrosity on my crew!" Krieg ordered.
"Finally! I get to fight someone who's a little stronger than these peons." Ironhide said as he ready to fight, while earning some ire from the Krieg's underlings.
"You better watch your mouth, you iron clad freak!" One pirate jeered.
"You may be a better fighter at land, but not here! This is in the middle of the ocean!" Another pirate said.
"Show it that why we're the strongest pirate crew in the East Blue!" A third pirate added.
"You're only the strongest because you outnumber most of the pirates in the East Blue." Luffy said bluntly as ever as the Krieg Pirates are seriously offended by Luffy's statement.
"I think you're either brave or stupid if you can say it like that." Ghin replied.
"No, I think he nailed it right. After all..." Seth said before giving the Krieg Pirates a sadistic gaze. "How are you become stronger just by adding numbers?"
As Ghin looks at him with a raised eyebrow, his subordinates are furious begin to yell at him before they charge towards the Pokémon Trainer with their weapons in hand.
"HOLD YOUR PLACE!" Krieg shouted, making his underlings to stop. "You only prove his point when you lose control or whine like little babies." He said as he sits down. "Do you see me trembling in anger? Only the weak reacts to those words! Don Krieg's pirates run from no man!"
"Yes! Sir!" His underlings said.
"You said that, but you have ran away from Mihawk." Seth retorted with a mocking tone. "And let's not forget that you were about to hit me back inside the restaurant just because I called you incompetent."
Just like that, Krieg lose his composure as he soon is furious just like his men are. Luffy can't help but to laugh at seeing Krieg angry while Zeff couldn't help but to chuckle a bit.
"Do you really have to be so blunt?" Sanji asked as he blows some smoke.
"I have to. It's not my fault that they won't accept the truth." Seth replied. "I'm just telling like it is."
"You little bastard..." Krieg said as he turns to his Chief Commander. "Ghin! Kill this one after capturing that iron monster!"
"Of course, Don Krieg." Ghin said as he starts spinning one of his tonfas.
"Stay alert, Ironhide." Seth advised to the Iron Armor Pokémon. "That tonfas of his could deal a serious damage if you're not careful."
"I know, Boss." Ironhide said as he's on guard. He sees Ghin keep spinning the tonfa before he eventually charge towards Ironhide.
"Here I come!" Ghin said as he's about to make contact with Ironhide.
"Here he comes! Ironhide, use Iron Head!" Seth commanded.
"Got it!" Ironhide replied as the top of his head glows before he tries to hit Ghin with it, however, he dodges at the last second.
"So obvious." Ghin said as he proceeds to slug Ironhide in the face, causing him to feel pain.
"Not bad, but not good enough!" Ironhide said as he pushes Ghin away with his head. He then glare towards Ghin before he spits on the side. "It's been awhile since I felt that..." Ironhide continued as he smirka. "And that's good. This is going to be fun."
"Use Rock Polish, then Iron Head again!" Seth commanded.
"On it!" Ironhide said as blue sparks suddenly appear across his body before he charge forward once more. Fortunately, he's able to score a hit on Ghin as he is hit by the abdomen.
"Ghrk!" Ghin grunted as he manages to not fall to the ruined deck. 'He's somehow a lot faster now...' Ghin thought before he spins the tonfas once more. 'But I will not lose...!'
"Let's see how you handle this...!" Seth said as he waves his hand forward. "Try using Stone Edge!"
"Can you handle this?" Ironhide asked rhetorically as he stomps the deck with his left foot, causing pointed light blue rock pillars to appear out of the deck and rush towards Ghin.
The cooks and the Krieg Pirates are visibly shock to see rock pillars coming out of the deck, which is impossible given where they are now. As always, Luffy are easily amazed at this while Sanji is so shocked that he drops the cigarette from his mouth.
"Crap...!" Ghin cursed as he manages to block the rock pillar with his tonfa, but that doesn't stop from being sent upward by the attack.
"Ghin, no!" A pirate said as Ghin manages to land on the deck safely.
"I'm impressed..." Ghin said. "No one has able to attack me with the way you do before."
"Thank you, but you haven't see nothing yet!" Ironhead replied as both him and Ghin proceeds to exchange some blows. Each with retaliation towards one another. Ironhide manages to dodge Ghin's attack before he use another Stone Edge, damaging the latter greatly but not enough to knock him out. Ghin, in return, hits Ironhide in the gut, causing him to gag slightly before he retaliate with another Double Edge.
"That iron monster manages to keep up with Ghin!" A pirate pointed it out.
"Ghin was supposed to one shot that guy! But he's seems to be having trouble taking this monster out!" His friend added.
"Come on, Ghin! Get serious!" A third pirate said as the rest of the pirates starts cheering for Ghin.
"Unfortunately, I have to end this now!" Ghin said as he charge towards Ironhide once more while spinning his tonfas.
"Intercept him with Double Edge!" Seth commanded as Ironhide tries to hit Ghin with his body, only for the attack to collide at the same time.
"You know, it's not too late switch sides now." Ghin said, trying to convince Ironhide to join the Krieg Pirates. "You should be grateful because you're about to become Don Krieg's enforcer."
"I said it before, I'll said it again... I don't fight for the other team!" Ironhide said as he eventually breaks out of the hold, causing Ghin to be pushed back. 'I'm sure Boss wouldn't mind if I relearn an old attack.' Ironhide thought.
"That iron monster manage to push him back!" Patty said.
"These Pokémon creatures are insane!" Carne added.
'I think it's time we wrap this up...' Seth thought as he prepares to command Ironhide, seeing as the battle has gone long enough. "Ironhide! Finish this with everything you got!"
"With pleasure...!" Ironhide said as he charge towards Ghin with his tail glowing instead of his head, prompting the latter to guard.
"Oh crap—!" He doesn't get to finish as Ironhide break through his defense with his tail, causing him to stumble backwards before falling to the deck on his back. 'Even if I was ordered, I couldn't bring myself to kill...'
The cooks and the Krieg Pirates were very shock at seeing Ghin laying down on the deck like that.
"That monster did it..." One cook said with shock.
"Yeah... I didn't think it was possible seeing how that guy breaks the armor of that weirdo." Another cook said. "But now I know..."
"I can't believe it... our Chief Commander lost...?" One of the Krieg Pirates asked with disbelief.
"Ghin never lost to someone before, not even once!" Another pirate exclaimed.
Krieg is the who took it worst as he's absolutely furious. "GHIN! HOW CAN YOU LET YOURSELF BE DEFEATED!?"
"Don..." Ghin muttered as he look towards the sky.
"Game, set, match!" Seth said with a satisfied smirk as he walk towards Ironhide. "I didn't expect for you to relearn Iron Tail, Ironhide. I missed that move."
"Yeah." The Iron Armor Pokémon replied. "Sure that Iron Head was nice and everything, but I think it's time to say goodbye to it."
"That I agree." Seth said as he pulls out his pokeball. "Great job out there, now get some rest." He told to Ironhide as the latter returns to his pokeball before putting it away.
"Come on, get up and finish the battle!" A pirate said.
"You're better than this! So get up already!" Another pirate.
"You're the Chief Commander of the Grand Pirate Fleet, Ghin! How can you let a lone monster defeated you!" A third pirate added as that last statement make Ghin realizes.
He look back towards a time where he and his subordinates were defeated by Mihawk as well as how he saw Sanji defeated some of his crew before finally saw Seth and Luffy trash talking to them. After putting some pieces together, he now knows the answer to the question.
'Of course... that makes perfectly sense now...' Ghin thought.
"Well, Ghin..." Krieg asked impatiently. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
After Krieg said that, Ghin chuckle faintly.
"Is he... laughing?" Carne asked as Ghin's chuckle slowly becomes a laughter. Everyone except Seth, Luffy, Hoopa, and Zeff were very confused at why the "Cold Hearted Demon" laugh as he lays on the deck, defeated.
"Why are you laughing, Ghin!?" Krieg asked with annoyed expression. "Is there something funny about what I said!?"
Ghin stops laughing as he looks up to the sky with a smile.
"I'm sorry, Don..." Ghin replied. "It's just that... I asked myself the same question. Why were defeated by one man... and why those two have the nerve of insulting us." He continued. "I didn't understand at first, but now... it's all very clear."
"And what's that?" Krieg asked in a pretty demanding tone.
"It's simple... We are weak." Ghin answered bluntly.
Hearing those three last words, Krieg widen his eyes as they are bloodshot while all of his underlings have their jaws drop in absolute shock. The cooks except Zeff are just as surprised as the Krieg Pirates are. Luffy, Seth, and Hoopa simply smile at Ghin.
"What do you mean that "We are weak!?" Ghin!?" A pirate asked with offended expression.
"How hard were you hit from that monster's tail!? Stop spouting nonsense!" Another pirate shouted.
"Yeah! We're the Krieg Pirates! We're the strongest pirate crew in the East Blue!" A third pirate said.
""We are weak" you say...?" Krieg growled. "HOW DARE YOU TO REFER US THAT WAY! TELL ME, GHIN! WHAT PART MAKE US "WEAK"!? TELL ME!"
"Everything." Ghin replied. "The kid said it himself..."
"How are you become stronger just by adding numbers?"
"The answer is that... we won't!" Ghin continued. "If we keep adding numbers like we usually do, then rest won't bother to get strong!" He then turns to the red eyed trainer. "Is that what you're trying to say?"
"Pretty much." Seth replied. "It's nice to know there's still someone who uses their head."
"So what, you idiot!?" Krieg retorted. "We're the dreaded Krieg Pirates! All we need are—"
"The Log Book and the red eyed kid's iron monster...?" Ghin said as he frowns. "That won't change anything."
"Why not!?" Krieg asked with annoyed expression.
"For the Log Book, we can only learn the contents there, nothing more. We're still to weak to do anything about the Grand Line." Ghin explained. "And as for the iron monster, I don't think it'll be obedient towards us. Who can say that it won't turn on us immediately?"
"Why you little...!" Krieg growled furiously as he takes off his left shoulder plates. "If you're going to be like that, then you're no longer my Chief Commander!" He shouted as he aims it towards Ghin and the others, causing Ghin to widen his eyes. The skull on the plate opens up, revealing a small passage as it opens up.
"Oh no! Not that!" A pirate said.
"He's going to use the MH5!" Another pirate said as they gets out of Krieg's way. Even the cooks retreated from the area with Patty and Carne taking Zeff back inside the restaurant.
"What!?" Sanji said.
"Poison gas!?" Luffy exclaimed.
"That's not good..." Seth said as he tries to think about a way to counter it. Luckily, he gets the solution.
"Hey, Seth!" Seth turns to see Hoopa, who has something on a bag. "Try use this to substitute whatever that brute's going to use."
"Well I'll be damned..." Seth said as he turns to his Mind Plate form, preparing to do something about Krieg.
Meanwhile, every single members of the Krieg Pirates pull out a gas mask. Ghin pulls out his as well, but he can only stares at it.
"Might as well drop the mask, you turncoat! You're no longer worthy to be one of us!" Krieg shouted. "I don't care about nonsenses like honor, mercy, or sympathy! The only thing that matters in a battle is who ends up winning, even if more has to die!" He said with a sadistic smirk. "The Poison Gas is only a means to an end! Victory is all that decide what's right and what's wrong. No one will complain if you wound up dead. When you don't hesitate to do despicable, horrible things... that is true power!"
"I'm not gonna let that happen, you bastard!" Luffy shouted angrily as he sprints on the mast that leads to the Commodore.
"You're delaying the inevitable, Chore Boy!" Krieg shouted as he slams the mast with his right hand, causing Luffy to lose balance of himself before falling on his behind. Then, Krieg fires several yellow with green stripes stakes from the shoulder plate, causing to Luffy to run away from Krieg before he lands to where he is.
"Ghin... You don't have to listen to that blowhard." Luffy said as he gets up. "Because I'm going to kick his ass!"
Ghin heard this as he gulps the lump on his throat as he knows what to do now.
"Well, Ghin? Are you going to throw that mask or not?" Krieg said as Ghin turns to him with an angry yet determined look on his face.
"Why don't you just shut up, you muscleheaded brute!" Ghin snapped, surprising everyone including Seth and Hoopa.
"What did you just said...!?" Krieg growled.
"You have a problem about what I said, you honorless thug?" Ghin replied coldly, infuriating Krieg even more. "In all my years of serving under you, I have obeyed every orders that you gave to me without question. Because I believe that you could do it... that you could conquer the Grand Line. But now... I realize that I was following the wrong captain!"
The Krieg Pirates widen their eyes at Ghin's words. Some of the older Krieg Pirates recognizes Ghin as their captain's most loyal subordinate. Seeing him like this is really unusual.
"He's finally grow some backbone, huh?" Sanji commented.
"Sounds like it." Luffy added.
"For all of your talks and boasts, you're nothing but a joke." Ghin continued. "If you think that all we need is information and a lot of crewmembers, then you're sending us to a massacre! In other words..." He then widen his eyes and look at his former captain. "I'M DONE LISTENING TO A BARBARIAN LIKE YOU!" He declared defiantly as he puts on the gas mask.
"Hey, Luffy..." Seth whispered to Luffy's ears. "I might have find you another member for our crew..."
"It's okay..." Luffy told the Pokémon Trainer with a smile. "You said it yourself, "the more the merrier"."
"You got that right." Seth replied with a grin.
Krieg stands up firmly before glare towards his former Chief Commander.
"I hope you're happy now because after this, I'm going to make you wish that you died in the poison!" Krieg said as he points his plate towards them again. "You'll forever rue the day you dared defy me! Deadly Poison Gas Bomb: MH5!"
As he pulls trigger, a lot of confettis come out from the plate instead of a missile full of deadly poison.
"What the...!?" Krieg exclaimed as he and his underlings are shocked while they takes off the gas mask.
"Oh, I'm sorry... Are you looking for this?" Seth said as he shows Krieg that... he has the poison ammunition shell on his hand.
"YOU! WHEN DID YOU ROB ME!?" Krieg asked loudly with anger in his voice.
"Just recently, thanks to a certain move I like to call Trick." Seth answered.
"Trick?" The Krieg Pirates and the cooks repeated.
"Trick is a move that switches the item that user holds and the target holds." Hoopa explained. "So, Seth swaps your ammunition shell with a bag of confettis that I happen to have on my hand."
"Wait wait wait... why would you have that on you?" Seth asked.
"I have a feeling that I need it in case something like this happen." Hoopa said as he takes the MH5 ammunition shell from Seth. "Usually, I store something like this in my Treasure Pit, but..." He said before he casually dumps the shell to the sea. "But I don't really need it anyway."
"Well, Luffy. He's all yours." Seth said.
"Thanks, Seth!" Luffy replied as he sprints towards Krieg on the mast again. Fortunately, Krieg doesn't shoot those stakes again.
"Tch, you're only run towards one thing... your funeral." Krieg said as he throws five marble sized bombs to the sea, causing them to explode just as Luffy is close to the honorless captain. The explosion causes Luffy to be engulfed by the water that splashes upwards.
"Yeah, he's dead." A pirate said as he sees the explosion engulf Luffy.
Krieg proceeds to waste no time by shooting the stakes forward again, with some of them manage to stab Luffy on his body, his shoulders, and his knees.
"He's done." A pirate grinned victoriously.
"Poor guy..." A cook muttered sadly, thinking that Luffy's dead. Krieg is smiling as he finally finishes Luffy off... or so he thinks.
"Wait... is he...?" Ghin asked with widen eyes.
"Don't worry, Ghin..." Seth assured. "It takes more than an explosion and stakes to take Luffy down."
Just as Seth said that, Luffy bursts through the water as he jumps in the air. But not without throwing his one of his arms back.
"Now Gum Gum...!" Luffy said as he prepares for an attack, but Krieg has some tricks on his sleeve.
"Just try it!" Krieg boasted as he pulls out a big cape, which it's spiky.
"No! There's no where to hit him!" Sanji said.
"Yes, there is." Seth said as the Sous Chef turns to him. "Watch and learn."
"Pistol!" Luffy shouted as he lands to the deck where Krieg is before punching the latter's face... through the spiky cape.
"Huh. That's so you." Seth commented as Krieg was sent flying briefly before he lands on the ruined deck, unconscious.
Everyone except for Seth, Hoopa, and Zeff are unbelievably shocked that Luffy would rather punch Krieg through the spiky cape, which his underlings called it, "Porcupine Cape".
"Holy crap! He punched him through the spikes!" A cook exclaimed as he and the rest of the cooks were cringed at the sight.
Luffy then starts to pull off the stakes one by one from his body, while he's bleeding.
"So, it is my funeral...?" Luffy said as he continues pulls the stakes while enduring the pain. "Or yours...? You can't kill me...!" He continued as he starts to pull the stakes from his kness. "... With little spikes! My funeral... will take more than this...!"
Everyone just stares on as Luffy manages to stand up eventhough the straw hat boy is on a verge to falling down.
"You have to do better than that... If you wanna beat me... then go ahead and try..." Luffy said as he turns to Krieg with determinant look on his face. "Because I don't think it's time for me to die just yet!"
To be continued...
Next...
Zf: I've seen a one or two like him before. Stubborn kids who rather die than give up.
DK: It's not your funeral, you said? Well someone has gotta go.
Zf: He's not afraid of everything... not even death!
L: I punched it in the head five times. It looks tired.
S: In that case, let's head there right now!
S/H/L: Next time on A Star in the Ocean, Chapter 15: Explosive Climax! To Cocoyashi Village
L: I'm going to be King of the Pirates!
And there you have it, Chapter 14's out. We're near the end of this arc, so I hope you stay tune for the next one.
It would seems that Ghin will be joining the crew along with Sanji. That is... if he actually joins them. Either way, he'll appear in a future arc.
And also, I originally planned to have Ironhide to Mega Evolve right here in this chapter, but I chose not to.
Comments and Reviews are appreciated :)