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Chapter 8
The Demon Unit Vs. The Straw Hats
"Battle field?!" Most of the people present screamed, minus Zoro and Robin.
"What is she talking about?" Nami asked no one in particular.
"Isn't it obvious we're going to have a fight here." Ren answered.
"Demonic Transformation: Wings of Hell!" Captain Lilia called dramatically. Black devil-like wings materialized on to the marine captains back. They were much smaller than the ones used to carry the ship in to the sky, but were a bit bigger than her. She used the wings to fly up into the sky. "Alright here is how things are going to work. 3 factions of the Straw Hats will fight me and my two lieutenants in a group vs. one battle. No objections?" although it seemed obvious to everyone that there would be any objections allowed.
"Wait a group vs one?" Shauna said. "Doesn't that seem a bit unfair?"
"Are you objecting?" Lilia asked in a cold, spine tingling, tone of voice.
"Nope." Shauna squeaked.
"Just what makes you think we'll do what you say?" Zoro inquired coldly, then unsheathed his two blades. "I'd prefer to fight you all at once."
"How dare you threaten the beautiful, angelic, Lilia?!" Sanji roared.
"Angelic?! Open your eyes love cook. She's called the She-Demon for a reason." Zoro argued.
"How dare you say such words against my Lilia-"
"Sanji that's my mom! Gross!" Luffy said incredulously.
"You shouldn't speak ill of your own mother, Luffy." Sanji said kind of fatherly.
"And you shouldn't flirt with another guys mom." Luffy seethed angrily.
"Well I guess it's nice seeing Luffy act a bit more himself, even though his mom basically challenged us to a last man standing survival tournament, right out of the blue." Nami said tiredly. So much has happened today that she didn't even have the energy to yell at the boys for being stupid.
"Like mother, like son." Shauna said dryly. "Like mother like son."
"You know I can see the resemblance now." Nami said dryly.
"Um guys when she says "fight" does she mean all of us?" Usopp asked with a whimper.
"Probably." Ren answered.
"But I don't wanna." Usopp whimpered.
"Hey don't cry, Longnose." Ren said comfortingly. "You've had to deal with Luffy, right? Dealing with Aunt Lily is basically the same, except much worse. A lot worse."
"Is that supposed to make feel better?!" Usopp shouted. Ren just shrugged.
"Has everyone just ignored what Luffy's mom just said?" Frank said.
"She's floating right there." Chopper pointed up at the sky.
"Guess even the most terrifying things will be just another day for our crew." Robin thought out loud.
Lilia looked down on the groups of people chatting and arguing like she wasn't even there, with indifference. This is how kids act sometimes. That's just a fact. To get their attention was a technique pretty much every single parent knows. You yell. Loud.
"QUIET!" Lilia shouted even louder than before, when she was ordering her men to follow them. This startled everyone down on that ship greatly. She certainly had their attention now, didn't she? "Shadow Hand."
Lilia stuck out her hand, which became black and gas-like and big. The black gas hand reached for the passengers on the ship and it spread around them like a smoke screen.
"What hell is this stuff?!" Nami asked, feeling uneasy. She couldn't see a thing. It was completely pitch black.
"Think of it as one big black hand made of demonic energy, gorgeous." Ren explained nonchalantly.
"What- aaaahhhhh!" Nami and the others were, literally, swept off their feet and sent floating into the sky. No matter how much they struggled they couldn't break free and after reaching a certain height they did not want to. When reaching Lilia's altitude, most of the Straw Hats hearts nearly jumped out of their throats. Even without the devil wings on her back Lilia had a very terrifying presence and the scariest thing was that it looked like she wasn't even trying. It was as if she was born scary.
"Alright here is how the games will be played." Lilia began. She motioned her right hand and then, subsequently, Zoro, Robin, Nami, and Franky were released from the big black gas hand in mini black gas clouds around their waists. They floated in the air unable to control themselves. "Pirate Hunter Zoro, Cat Burglar Nami, Devil Child Robin, and Cyborg Franky will fight…" she motioned her hand, again, and this time Shauna was released from the big black gas hand. "My beautiful niece, Shauna."
"Moss head you better not lay a finger on her!" Sanji immediately roared.
"Oh what do you want me to do, love cook!" Zoro roared back. "Let her kill me?!"
"Yes!" Sanji replied without any hesitation.
"I'll kill you!"
"This is going to be a headache. I just know it." Shauna sighed.
"I wonder how strong Shauna is?" Nami asked curiously. "She has to be at least as strong as those CP9 agents, right?"
"Perhaps, but I believe that there maybe a difference between them and her." Robin analyzed.
"What do you mean? Their strength?"
"Not exactly."
"Whatever it is, I don't think I want to fight that girl." Franky said. "She has that strong woman vibe and that's always more trouble than it's worth."
"Afraid to get your butt kicked by a girl?" Nami teased.
"No!" Franky retorted. "I just think she'll be a lot of trouble. She is Luffy's cousin, right?"
"Yes, but that doesn't change the fact you're scared." Franky chose not to reply. Nami noticed Shauna glaring at her with those evil eyes. "Why do you keep glaring at me?"
"No reason." Shauna in a dark tone of voice.
"Next up are…" Lilia began. She motioned her hand and then, Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper were floating off the giant black hand in dark clouds that acted like cuffs. "Black Leg Sanji, Cotton Candy Lover Chopper v.s…." she motioned toward Ren, who floated off the floating hand. "My adorable little nephew Ren."
Ren blushed at being called "adorable" and "little", while Shauna snickered at those two words. "Aunt Lily…"
"This is great." Sanji said with a vindictive smile. "I'll get the chance to crush that flirtatious jerk for insulting me and flirting with Nami and Robin. Oh thank you my darling Lilia!"
"He's not gonna let the wanted poster thing slide, is he?" Nami asked, although she and everyone else already knew the answer.
"Nope." Robin answered, goodnaturedly.
"And finally…" Lilia stared at Luffy with cold eyes. She motioned her hand and what ever was left of the giant black hand shrunk to the same size as everyone else's pitch black clouds. "I'll have a one on one with Straw Hat Luffy." It was the first time she had even spoken to and acknowledged Luffy since descending onto the Thousand Sunny.
"No fair!" Luffy complained. "Can't I join up with Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper?"
"Nope."
"And your match up is the only fair pairing in this crazy whatever we're doing." Shauna hollered.
"If there's no further questions… Let the battles begin!" With the snap of her fingers, the black clouds, minus Luffy's, started moving on their own taking the groups in different directions, as if following a preplanned course. Once all of the other people had gone out of sight, Lilia stared at Luffy with an unreadable expression.
"Now let's talk."
For the weirdest reason, Luffy heard funeral music go off in his head.
"Woooaaahhh!" went the "Shauna group" as they went to a preplanned location to begin their fight. The black made sharp turns and loops on the course they were assigned. Shauna knew that this was her captain's sick, sadistic little way of amusing herself by the pain of others.
"How long is this going to last?" Nami wailed. She looked like she was going to barf. Her question was answered when all the clouds made a sudden stop and descended onto the sandy ground of the desert island, and then faded away like smoke. The group stumbled around a bit, dizzy and dazed from the from the flight. Nami looked around and it reminded her quite a bit of the Alabasta desert and just as hot.
"Alright then." Shauna pulled out her 5-foot long black iron bo staff and pointed it, threateningly, in the direction of the Straw Hat group. "Shall we begin?"
"Now…?" Nami moaned. She still felt sick from riding those black clouds.
"Fine by me." Zoro said as he unsheathed his Wado Ichimonji and Sandai Kitetsu. He, threateningly, pointed them at Shauna.
"Well this should be interesting." Robin said with a smile.
"Come on at least let me puke my lunch out first." Frank groaned. The flight took it's toll on Franky as well.
"Sorry. No can do." Shaun charged at Zoro with blinding speed. She swung her staff with enough force to crush a man's skull. Zoro managed to block it, but could feel the power all throughout his body.
"You're strong." Zoro said in a raspy voice.
"You're not too bad yourself." Shauna replied earnestly. The bo staff wielder and swordsman clashed, swingin their respective weapons at each other with great skill and blocking each others attacks.
"What do we do?" Nami asked. "Just stand here?"
"I think we should look for Luffy, don't you?" Robin said.
"Agreed." Franky nodded. "So let's let Zoro handle this chick while we go look for Luffy."
Shauna, with her above average hearing, had heard the plan the small group had concocted."I don't think so. SHAVE!" In the blink of an eye Shauna disappeared from Zoro's sight and in the next moment she appeared above Robin, Nami and Franky. With her staff vertically placed, Shauna's left hand griped toward the top end and her right gripping the middle. "Hammer Stomp!" the trio scattered in different directions as Shauna's staff went down vertically straight at them. When her staff connected with the ground it created a huge quake, making Franky and Nami fall over and Zoro and Robin stumble around.
"Woah…" Nami groaned. She gasped at what she saw. Shauna's attack left a pond-sized crater, where Shauna stood at it's center, and a noticeable cloud of dust. "She totaled this place with just one swing!"
"Man is everyone in that family crazy strong?!" Franky wailed from another spot.
"Well yeah." Shauna said as she used the Moon Bounce technique to get out of the crater she created. "All of us are pretty strong. There's me, my brother, my mom, Luffy, Ace, Uncle Garp… er Vice Admiral Garp, I mean, but I'd say that my captain is toughest of all of us,"
"I've heard Aura D. Lilia is as strong as admiral, is that true?" Robin asked curiously, as if not bothered that Shauna just formed a huge crater with her bo staff.
"Is it true?! I've seen her take on all 3 admirals and win!" Shauna shouted enthusiastically. "I've tried to beat her like a million time, but… I got but handed to me every time."
"Is that so…" Nami said awkwardly. "Hold on did you say she beat the admirals?!" They were nearly wiped out just fighting one, but Luffy's mom beat all 3. Talk about a woman. Robin and Zoro also had their mouths hanging wide open, shocked at the revelation.
"Yup."
"How is someone that strong only a captain?" Zoro couldn't help, but ask.
"Most pirates avoid us when they hear we're within a hundred miles of them, so we really don't get many chances at promotions." Shauna explained. "In fact, right before we found you guys, we were attacked by a bunch of dumb pirates who thought their numbers were enough to beat us, but… Hey! Why am I explaining all this to you?!" Shauna's cheeks were redder than a strawberry. She shook her head like a maniac. "Darn it I let myself get sucked in. God I'm an idiot!"
"She sure can be hard on herself." Nami muttered with a sweatdrop.
"I hear a lot of female marines are high strung like that." Franky said. Zoro couldn't place it, but for some reason Shauna reminded him a lot of Tashigi, the marine woman he had met at Loguetown. Robin just chuckled.
"Anyway…" Shaun regained her composure. "Sorry you guys, but I gotta beat you. Otherwise my captain will get angry with me." She, once again, pointed her staff threateningly at Nami.
"Why, me?" Nami groaned. She pulled out her Clima-Tact and prepared herself for battle. "To hell with it! You are on!"
"Guess there's no getting out of this, is there?" Frank sighed.
"I guess not." Robin said with a smile.
"Um…" Zoro was feeling a bit forgotten.
While the Shauna vs. Nami, Zoro, Robin, and Franky was getting under way, Ren, Usopp, Sanji, and Chopper had just arrived at their destination via the black clouds.
"Ohhhh…" Usopp and Chopper both groaned in unison. They felt like throwing up chunks right about now.
"That was the worst thing ever." Usopp groaned.
"If I never go back up into the sky again it would be too soon."Chopper complained.
"Sorry about that guys." Ren said sympathetically. "My Aunt Lily can be a bit- woah!"
Sanji swung a high speed kick straight for Ren's head, but Ren ducked at the last second and leaped backwards. Ren glared at Sanji furiously. "What's this is a fight, right? That is what the beautiful Lilia said at least."
"Beautiful Lilia...?" Ren said with a sign of disgust. "That's my aunt, man! Gross!"
"You and Luffy have no appreciation for beauty." Sanji said.
"I so, too have an appreciation for beauty!" Ren retorted. "I know Nami and Robin are beautiful!."
"Don't you dare say their names!" Sanji screamed angrily. "Scum like you doesn't have the right to even think about angels like them!"
"Shut up! I'll think about who I want to think about!"
"Oh yeah!"
"Um…" Usopp and Chopper sweatdropped at their argument. "Aren't we supposed to fight?" Usopp said.
"Well they are fighting." Chopper pointed out.
"Not exactly the kind of fighting we should be doing right now, is it?"
"I'm going to kill you!" Sanj and Ren shouted at each other. Sanji charged at Ren with blinding speed then he kicked.
"Collier!"
"Iron Body!" Ren crouched down slightly
Sanji's kick was absorbed by Ren's defense. "You got lucky." Sanji growled.
"Sure." Ren grinned. "Moon Bounce Kick!" Ren swung his leg faster than Sanji could react. When Ren's attack connected, Sanji was sent flying back at least 20 feet, but he managed to stay on his feet, although he did need his hand to keep himself up.
"Sanji!" Usopp and Chopper cried out in concern.
"I'm alright." Sanji said as he rose up and dusted himself off. He then glared at Ren. "Alright I admit you're pretty good, but I'm still going to kill you."
Ren smirked. "You're not too bad yourself. I could tell from that kick that you're strong, but like you said, I'm still going to kill you."
"Okay…" Usopp said feeling a bit out of place in a battle of monsters. "We'll just leave now. Right, Chopper?"
"Yeah." Chopper nodded. "Sanji do your best and try not to get hurt."
"SHAVE!" Ren appeared right in front of Usopp and Chopper, making them squeal and fall on their behinds.. "Sorry guys, but Aunt Lily would kill me if I just let you escape, so you'll have to stay… and get your butts kicked. "
"Ahh!" Usopp and Chopper screamed in fear. "He's gonna kill us!"
"Fraid so. Sorry." Ren raised his index finger. "Finger Pis-"
"Poitrine Shoot!" Sanji intercepted Ren's attack and kicked him straight in the chest and sent him dragging back about 3 feet away.
"Sanji" Usopp and Chopper screamed happily.
"Sorry to keep you waiting guys." Sanji said cooly.
Ren wasn't happy to be kicked, but didn't react right away. "Not too bad, Black Leg. But don't think I'm done yet. Nope. Not by a long shot."
Sanji got into a stance. "Bring it on. I'll take anything you dish out at me and then repay you with a full course meal."
"I can't wait." Ren said excitedly.
While everyone else were fighting their respective opponents, Luffy was being flown to an unknown spot on the Island with his mother using her demon wings to fly ahead of him. After another 15 minutes they had arrived. Luffy descended onto the sandy ground and the black cloud transporting him faded away, but honestly he wished he was still in the air.
"Pirate, huh?" Lilia descended on to the ground. "It certainly is an interesting choice for a marine's child and grandchild to make." Her calm voice sent a chill down Luffy's spine. "But it makes perfect sense knowing you're his son."
'His son?' Luffy thought. 'She means that Dragon guy who's supposed to be my dad...'
"Mom-"
"Do not speak unless I tell you to speak!" Lilia Roared.
"Yes maim." Luffy squeaked.
"In any case, since everyone else is putting their lives on the line, I believe it's only fair we do too, wouldn't you agree?"
"Oh… um…" Luffy really didn't like where this was headed. "I'm sure they're all doing okay, so there's no real reason to-"
"So how about we spar, like we used to when you were younger?"
Luffy felt like his heart had just stopped for a second. What his mom called "sparring" he called "a one-sided beatdown". "How about we not, okay-"
"Demonic Technique: Shadow Fist!" Lilia's fist started to become black and gaseous. She swung her fist and it became ten times larger and it went straight for Luffy, not looking much different from Luffy's Third Gear.
"Yaah!" Luffy just barely manage to dodge the attack, which was good since it left a huge crater when it hit the ground. Luffy looked down. "Woah…"
"Your reflexes have improved a lot since the last time." Lilia said earnestly.
"Oh thanks." Luffy replied.
"But still… I'd figure you would be at a higher level by this point." she said bluntly.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Luffy screamed defensively, temporarily forgetting his fear of his mom.
"Well… how do I put it…" Lilia thought for a moment. "Your stretching pulls a few millimeters to the right, which decreases the maximum power, and at your current level… you'd be killed in an instant by anyone with real experience."
'She really thought this through didn't she…?' Luffy thought depressingly. "Oh yeah! Well I'll show you! Gum-Gum Pistol!" Without even thinking he shot his pistol straight at Lilia, but…
"SHAVE!" Luffy didn't even see the blur. Lilia just disappeared from sight. From behind Luffy, Lilia spoke. "Not good enough."
Luffy's heart skipped a beat. Before Luffy could react, Lilia back slapped Luffy, sending him flying like 30 feet away. He made a dust cloud when he landed. "Oww… that hurts even more than grandpa's Fist of Love."
"You're going to need a lot more strength if you ever hope to even stand a chance against the opponents at my caliber." Luffy struggled to get up. "But I didn't come here to critique your fighjn bting ability I came here to talk."
Luffy's eyes widened at what he saw. The black demonic energy surged around Lilia, like she was on fire. "Demon Transformation: Full Body Demon!" The demonic energy completely encased Lilia, like a swirling black cocoon. A huge gust of wind was being formed by the force of Luffy's mom's power.
"I am so dead." Luffy said grimly as he held up his arms over his eyes to keep the sand from getting in them. He knew what was happening.
Suddenly the gust stopped and the black cocoon of energy had faded away. Replacing it was Lilia in her hybrid human form. She had those same black devil-like wings. Her body was like a revealing demon costume with part of her chest and belly and face being shown. The rest of her body was sleek and smooth looking, her head had two little black horns sticking out from the corner of her forehead. The tips of her fingers had claws that could tear through steel and her back had a huge and long pointy tail that slithered in the air like a snake.
Sanji would swoon at Lilia's demon hybrid form. She looked really beautiful in that form, as if being the personification of femme fatale.
Of course she also looked the scariest woman in the world, at this point in time. Her cold glare seemed to be enhanced by her new form.
"This is the power of the Human-Human Fruit Demon Model!" Lilia exclaimed.
For some weird reason, funeral music went off in Luffy's head again.
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