A/N: CHA! A new chapter!
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Chapter 31: How to Create an Enemy
25 Years Earlier
The journey to Midi had been a fairly smooth one for Duke. He hadn't run into any trouble from either humans or sea creatures, "I knew Finn was worried for nothing," Duke mumbled, watching as Midi's outskirts started to form on the horizon, "This is almost too boring, but I suppose it gave me some time to start working out some names that I liked. Wonder if Cheyenne will like them too?" he said with a smile, contemplating over the many names running through his brain again as he kept his boat heading towards land.
He soon began to pack his bag back together and took a one last glance at the bounty sheet before shoving it into his back pocket. From his sources, he had learned that the man he was looking for was hiding out in this country until the Navy had backed off of his trail. Unfortunately for the man, Duke had his ways of gathering information in a much quicker, albeit frowned upon fashion. Still he wasn't going to let the information go to waste, considering the amount of money placed on the man's head.
Duke soon found himself at a small and quiet port of Midi. The town, Rosso, was one of the two main towns on the country, the city being known for the red wine it made and sold. Duke made a mental note to stop in one of the bars in town to have a glass of wine before he left, the man always having been a fan of the red wine from a young age. First he had to find the man with a bounty on his head and turn him into the Navy. Duke was lucky that the Navy had part of its southern faction located in Midi within both its main towns. It would make it easy for him to hand his target over to them that way. With that though in mind, he tied off his boat on one of the many docks at the port before heading into town.
Duke had always enjoyed visiting Rosso when they made stops at the town with the guild. It was a peaceful town with plenty of happy families, "Maybe it's the wine," he chuckled, making his way through the market area of the town.
"Oi! Ramirez! Duke Ramirez!" a man called out from a front patio of a café.
Duke stopped and looked over at the man calling towards him with an arched eyebrow before a smile split across his face, "Grant Warner! I can't believe your dumbass is still here in this town!"
An average sized man dressed in Navy clothing walked up to Duke with his own wide smile. The man had dirty blonde hair that was in a neat, short cut along with a clean-shaven face. He wore thin, rimless glasses, bright green eyes shining behind them.
"Yes, well, as one of the Captains of the Southern Naval Force, I've been stationed here while Kronos 'Troll Man' Wiley is still at large," Grant answered, shaking Duke's hand in a solid grip, "What brings you back to Rosso? Stop here with your guild?"
"I'm actually here on a solo mission," Duke answered, pulling out the bounty sheet from his back pocket, "Seems we're looking for the same man," he said, showing the bounty and mission sheets to the blonde.
Grant's eyes widened upon seeing the papers in front of him, "How'd you figure out that Wiley was here?"
"I have my sources," Duke chuckled as he tucked the papers away again.
"Of course you do."
"So then, you got any leads on Wiley and where he might be here on Midi?"
"You know I'm not really supposed to share information with you, even if you're here to help," Grant said, the man now laughing at the pout on the larger man's face, "But I suppose I could say the wine here in Rosso made my tongue slip."
"What a good man you still are, Grant Warner!"
"At this point, I don't care what it takes so long as we can get Wiley into custody, whether that's dead or alive."
"You sound worried about something."
"Well," Grant began, his voice dropping low to keep anyone from overhearing them, "There's been rumors lately that say that Barracuda is looking to recruit Wiley into his crew. I'd rather not see that happening. If Barracuda gets to him before we do, we'll probably never catch the man. That's why my Vice-Admiral has me staying here until he's found."
"I see," Duke said with a straight face before a smile quickly replaced it again, "Then I guess it's a good thing I showed up when I did! So tell me the information you know so I can be on my way!"
"Very well," Grant said, "We know for certain that he isn't here in Rosso or in Midi's other main city. We would have found him by now if that was the case. The man must have had enough sense to know that as well. We believe he's hiding out in the forest that surrounds Rosso. We have yet to find him, but I believe that's only because my men haven't been patient enough to track him properly," he explained, staring flatly over at a few of his men that sat over at the café he had come from, the men flinching at that stare and looking away innocently from the Captain. Grant then turned back to Duke, "But I have faith that you'll have a much better time at finding him. You always have been good at figuring things out even when the odds are against you."
"Thanks for the reassurance, Captain!" he said before shoving his bag into the blonde's hands, "You watch that for me while I'm gone, all right?"
"Of course, but are you sure you don't need anything from it?"
"Nah. All I need are my fists and the staff on my back," Duke smirked, "See you in a bit, Captain."
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Duke had been walking through the thick forest that surrounded Rosso for a few hours now and he was beginning to think that Wiley had already disappeared from the country. He was honestly surprised that he hadn't seen some sort of sign of the criminal, considering what the man could do. He should have been able to see something that proved that the man was still in Midi.
"This is getting boring," he sighed, "I thought I would get a good fight once I got here, but it looks like Wiley already hightailed it out of here."
He was just about to give up his search and head back into town when something managed to catch his eyes. On one of the thick trunks of the trees, jagged lines circled around it as if it had been broken, and it also looked as if someone had lazily placed the tree back into it's original position. Duke started looking around at all the other trees in the area, seeing the same pattern throughout them.
"What the hell?" he mumbled before he pushed on the tree in front of him. It went down with ease and landed on other trees, creating a domino effect and leaving a trail-like path of fallen trees, "Heh, and here I had been thinking that the man was an idiot. Still, it wasn't enough to completely cover up his path," he said as he jumped up on top of the fallen trees and began running across them. Along the way though, a dark figure managed to catch his attention. He came to a stop and backed up a few steps to see a man dressed in black standing on the outskirts of the fallen tree path. The two stared each other down for a long moment, both finding it odd that another person would be out in the middle of the forest. Eventually, Duke smiled at him, "Yo! What are you doing all the way out here? You lost or something?"
The dark man grunted in reply, "I could ask you the same thing, mage."
Duke looked surprised for a moment at the man knowing he was a mage until he remembered that his golden yellow guild mark was on the side of his neck, "Ah, I'm actually in the middle of a mission," he said, watching the man's dark eyes narrow at him. Duke took another moment to study the man, soon coming to realization what the man was, "Are you a pirate?"
"And if I am, are you going to kill me for it, mage?"
"That's not really my style," he smirked, "I have no reason to hurt you…unless you'd like to give me one, pirate."
"As much fun as that might be, I don't have time for you today. I have my own mission to complete."
"What's your name?"
"Like it'll really make a difference, but it's Madmartigan," he huffed at him before turning to leave down the path of trees.
Duke instantly knew that name. He was a higher up in Barracuda's crew. And Duke was pretty sure he knew that his mission was to find Wiley and take him into his crew. He thought about his next move, to continue after Wiley or to let it go now that one of Barracuda's men was here for him. It didn't take him too long to decide as he remembered the concerned look on Grant's face when he spoke about the wanted man. He needed to complete his mission whether there was interference or not. With that thought in mind, he took off running until he had planted himself in front of Madmartigan.
The pirate glared at the mage, "Get out of my way."
"I can't quite do that," Duke said, still wearing a smirk, "It seems you and I have the same mission here. To find Kronos 'Troll Man' Wiley."
Madmartigan's eyes went wide briefly before returning to their previous glare, "If you were smart, you'd turn back around and go back to where you came from."
"Too bad I've never been very good at listening to threats like that."
"I'm telling you, mage, you don't know what you're getting yourself into. Go home."
"If you could please stop calling me mage. They way you say it, it makes it sound derogatory. Call me Duke. Duke Ramirez."
"I don't care what your name is, just get out of my way."
Duke could tell that the man was quickly losing his cool. He'd probably have to deal with him first before making his way down the trail to find Wiley, "No can do. I'll be taking Wiley into the Navy today."
"You'll fail. And in doing so, you'll also be making a powerful enemy!" he snapped before moving to slam a punch down on Duke. Duke easily jumped back out of the way in time to watch the fist strike down on the thick trees, the impact breaking through the wood and into the ground, sending up chunks of wood and earth. Once the dust had settled, it revealed a large crater with Madmartigan standing at the edge of it. Though, the hand in which he used to punch the trees was without scratches or bruises. Duke lifted an eyebrow in curiosity, "Even if you were the one making the hit, the wood should have still sliced your hand in some form."
"That's the good thing about the magic I use," Madmartigan smirked darkly, "It's a little something called Hard Skin. I can ramp up the thickness and hardness of my skin to that beyond the strength of steel. Even bullets can't pierce it," he explained, "So as I said, you should just go home before I decide to get serious with you."
"It seems you like to underestimate your opponents. You don't even know what I can do."
"It won't matter what you can do," he answered, beginning to walk around the crater he had made towards Duke, "If you can't pierce my skin, you won't win."
"Who said anything about piercing your skin?" Duke said, pulling out his steel staff and beginning his own walk towards the man.
The two continued their steady pace, each still wearing smirks, until they had reached within a few feet of each other. Without any hesitation, Madmartigan pulled back a fist to throw at Duke while Duke began swinging forward his staff. The two met with an explosion of magic going off between them, one strong enough to force trees to bend backwards. Once the attack faded, Madmartigan looked down at his fist to see it shaking, feeling pain running up through it even though there wasn't any outer harm down to it.
"What did you do?" the pirate asked, looking back up at Duke's smiling face.
"It seems today isn't your lucky day," Duke said, "My own magic is called Aftershock. I can harness the power of shockwaves, and judging from your shaking hand, it doesn't appear that it can completely protect you from it. Though, I must admit it's the first time I've seen someone take a hit head on like that and not be screaming in pain, so it seems your magic is at least a little helpful," he explained before his smile widened, "Though, I'd hate to see if you had taken a hit directly from my hand. It'd probably crush your entire hand that way. What luck you have!"
Madmartigan felt his glare grow deeper, pulling his hand back in order to make another attack, "I don't have time for this!"
"Looks like you'll need to make time," Duke said, "And it looks like you might be fun to fight with for a while. I suppose you'll be a nice warm up before I hunt down Wiley."
"Now who's underestimating someone?!" Madmartigan shouted as he tried for another punch on the mage.
Duke easily flipped his staff around until it came up to meet the fist, knocking his entire arm up and backwards. He used the pirate's distraction from the attack to land another hit, swinging his staff into his gut with the amplified power of his Aftershock Magic on the end of it. Madmartigan let out a painful wheeze as soon as the steel made contact with him, his body being forced backwards into the standing part of the forest. Duke watched as dirt and branches flew up passed where Madmartigan had been flung before hearing the man finally thump hard into a tree trunk.
Duke waited a moment to see if the pirate would coming running back out towards him in a counterattack, but there was nothing but silence, "Is that all you have, pirate?! I thought it would be more fun than this!" he shouted, but he received no answer. Duke shrugged in response before moving to start his trek down the fallen tree path again. He took a few steps before he stopped again, feeling something off in the air. He looked around at the forest around him before looking up to see Madmartigan falling down towards him, "How the hell did you get up there?!" he yelled, having to jump out of the way from the man's attack. Though, the large force behind it caused Duke to go flying forward in his escape. He tripped and promptly fell on his face, slamming into one of the fallen trees. He rolled over with a red mark across his face, the man grabbing onto it and rolling around in pain, "It hurts! It hurts so much!" he cried with little tears at the corners of his eyes.
"You really are an idiot! Wasting time in the middle of battle like this!" Madmartigan shouted, having already moved above him again. Though, this time there was less space between them, giving Duke less time to react. This allowed Madmartigan to finally land a hit on the man, his fist digging into his gut and pushing him down through the trees into another crater.
Duke coughed out blood, fairly certain that at least a few ribs had been cracked from the hit, "Looks like it's time to become a bit more serious," he said lowly, grabbing tightly onto his staff. He moved to swing it into the pirate's stomach again when he came back towards him, but Madmartigan managed to roll sideways to dodge the attack. He landed just inches away from Duke's head, instantly turning to slam a fist into the man's face. Duke ignored the pain his chest and flipped himself up out of the crater, just barely missing the fist. He turned and pushed himself off of the pieces of tree around him to send him flying towards Madmartigan. It looked like he was about to swing the staff into the man's side again, causing the pirate to prepare for the attack and trying to aim another punch at him. Duke, though, quickly spun the staff backwards and ducked lowly. He rammed a shoulder up into Madmartigan before planting the blunt end of the staff into his stomach. Duke smirked before he let a shockwave pulse through the staff, the magic moving up towards the end that was against the pirate. As soon as the shockwave made contact with him, Madmartigan flew up into the air, the man coughing up blood as he did so. His body landed hard, and before Madmartigan had a chance to move, Duke was standing above him, the blunt end of the staff pushed against his throat, "Looks like I win, pirate."
Though, before anything else could be said or done, a heavy thumping could be heard off in the distance. Vibrations could be felt through the ground as something was walking closer towards the pair. Soon, trees could be seen falling off to the left side of the path until they had completely parted to reveal a man that was almost as tall as the fallen trees. His body was thick and bulky, a simple swing of his arm easily being able to knock away opponents with ease. His jaw was long and square, pointed teeth jutting out from his mouth and reaching up passed his nose. Long and thick, dark green hair covered his head in a shaggy mess while droopy, black eyes looked around the area until they landed down on the pair in the middle of the pathway.
"Well…" Duke began, looking the huge man up and down, "You're much bigger than I thought you'd be, Wiley…and uglier."
"Huh?" the man grunted out in a deep voice, "Was that some sort of insult?"
Duke, and even Madmartigan, sweat dropped at his response. The pirate was unsure how useful this man would actually be aside from his obvious monstrous strength, but he still had a job to complete. Barracuda wouldn't be happy if he didn't bring the large man back with him.
"Ya know, I gave you a little credit earlier for setting the trees back up, but in reality, you're actually very stupid," Duke said, "I suppose that'll be helpful in taking you down though. I highly doubt you'll come up with some sort of strategic plan against me."
"Are you making fun of me?!" Wiley shouted, his anger quickly rising.
"Aye! I am!" Duke smiled up at him, "Now, if you could just save us all some time, why don't you hand yourself over to me!"
"Hell no!"
"Eh, it was worth a try," he shrugged, looking back down at Madmartigan, "All right, Maddy. I'll be knocking you out first. I can't be having you attacking me while I'm dealing with dumb-dumb over here. No hard feelings, yeah?"
Madmartigan gnashed his teeth together, feeling only annoyance and irritation for the man above him. While he did have a job to complete, it would be hard to do so when Duke had him pinned down with the threat of a shockwave. Though, it appeared that his luck was beginning to change when a large arm came swinging at Duke. The mage easily flew across the path and into the forest across from Wiley. Madmartigan took the moment to push himself back to his feet, his entire body beginning to feel sore from Duke's attacks already. He took a moment to completely regain his composure before looking up at Wiley.
"Looks like your Troll Magic has some interesting strength behind it, Wiley!" he called up towards him.
"Hmm?" Wiley grunted, looking down at the pirate, "Are you with that man?"
"No, not at all. I actually came here to bring you back with me to the Sawtooth Pirates. Barracuda wants to recruit you into our crew."
"Why would I join anyone? I do fine on my own."
"It's only a matter of time before the Navy finds you. With Barracuda, you could have complete freedom and you'd get to beat up all the people you want."
Wiley seemed to think about the offer for a moment, Madmartigan figuring talking about the most basic of wants with the man would be the easiest way to convince him to come with him.
"And you'll get to eat and drink all you want too."
"Mmm," the man grumbled, rubbing his stomach which hadn't been properly filled since he had come to Midi, "Yeah, all right. You get me off this island as a free man, then I'll join you."
'That was much easier than expected,' Madmartigan thought, "Good to hear. Now, let's get going."
"Like hell it's gonna be that easy," Duke growled, appearing at the edge of the forest. He was leaning up against a tree and holding onto his side. The hit he had received from Wiley had only worsened the pain in his chest that Madmartigan had inflicted earlier, but he had forced himself to continue to ignore the pain as he made his way back onto the battlefield. There was no way he could let a man like Wiley go free and to serve under one of the pirate lords. It would only cause innocent people to die in the future if he didn't.
Duke took in a deep breath before taking off at a full sprint towards Wiley. Madmartigan attempted to block him first, but Duke just jumped up on top of him. His right foot landed on the man's shoulder, Duke using his magic to send a shockwave through it. This helped Duke jump up high into the air while slamming Madmartigan down into the ground. The shockwave had been a heavier hit than he had felt before through the staff, the force being enough to knock his shoulder out of its socket as his body ricocheted on the tree path. Duke was now up above Wiley, coming down at the man with his staff. He slammed the steel onto his shoulder with a blast of his magic, causing Wiley to roar out in pain from the shockwave passing through his entire arm. Duke landed on the shoulder he had hit, the troll man moving his good arm to try to swat him away. The mage simply jumped over Wiley's head, landing another heavy blow on his other shoulder in the process. Duke was about to turn and land a blow on the back of the man's head to knock him out, but Madmartigan appeared in front of him, punching forward with his good arm. Duke flipped away from the pirate, spinning off the back of Wiley and landing behind him. When he landed, he continued spinning until he slammed his staff into the back of his knee, instantly bringing the big man down.
"You're quite the annoyance!" Madmartigan shouted as he came down towards him. Duke had to jump back away from Wiley to avoid the pirate, but because his focus was on Madmartigan, he missed the large fist coming towards him. Wiley punch Duke again, sending him back into a tree at the edge of the forest, the trunk cracking from the pressure of the hit. Madmartigan didn't give him a chance to move as he continued towards him, slamming his good hand into his chest. Duke had managed to use a shockwave to protect himself, the power keeping his ribcage from completely falling in on itself, but he still felt a good amount of pain and pressure from the attack as it cracked the tree even further, "That should do you in. Be a good little mage and stay put now. You lost."
Duke leaned back against the tree as he watched Madmartigan walk away from him and back towards Wiley. His vision blurred in and out and it felt hard to breathe, but he knew that he just couldn't let Wiley get away, "That wanted poster," he coughed out as he pushed himself off the tree, his body arching forward from the pain he felt.
Madmartigan stopped and stared back at the mage in shock, having no idea where he was pulling his strength from after being slammed around by both himself and Wiley.
"It said that I just had to bring Wiley back in with me. It didn't matter how," he continued before using his magic to move himself at a high speed. He quickly made it passed Madmartigan in the blink of an eye and reappearing in front of Wiley, "It could be alive," he said, throwing a hand out and slamming it directly against the man's chest, "Or dead," he finished as he let off a large shockwave directly into the man's chest.
Wiley screamed out in pain the moment the magic touched him. He didn't last long as the shockwave reached his heart and tore it apart in seconds. His eyes rolled to the back of his head as his body fell to the ground, his form quickly reverting back to that of an average man in his death. Silence filled the area for a brief moment before Madmartigan let out an angry shout.
"Do you have any idea what you have just done?!"
"I couldn't let him go, pirate," Duke said, staring at Madmartigan with a straight face, "You lost."
"You've ruined me, mage!" Madmartigan shouted, charging towards Duke, "I didn't have any other choice but to bring him back with me to Barracuda!"
"Then maybe you should have chosen your path in life a little differently," Duke continued in his even tone, "I'm finished playing with you," he said as he readied his staff. He used his magic again to boost his speed in order to appear behind Madmartigan. The pirate stared back at him in shock, watching at the staff came flying towards his back. As soon as the steel made contact, Madmartigan was launched up through the air.
"I'll remember this, Ramirez!" he roared before soaring out of view.
Duke stared at the spot the pirate at disappeared to before turning back towards the dead man across from him, "Tch, this isn't at all how I wanted things to go," he grumbled as he placed his staff on his back again. He took a moment to focus his mind away from the pain his body felt before moving towards Wiley and picking up his limp body, "I didn't want to kill you, ya know," he said lowly as he threw the dead man over his shoulder and began the trek back towards Rosso, "I need a damn drink."
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"Are you sure you won't stay longer, Duke?" Grant asked after he had handed over the reward for Wiley to the man, "You should really rest after the damage your body has received."
"Nah, I'll be fine," Duke said with a smile, "Your doctor did a good enough job helping me heal enough for me to get back home. Not that I wouldn't trust your doctor to finish the job, but we've got a real good one back on the guild. Plus, I just want to get back home after this mission."
"If you say so," Grant said, "Just make sure to take it easy and stay out of trouble on your journey back."
"It'll be a piece of cake with all this wine!" Duke said with a wide grin, pointing towards the three large boxes that had been given to him as a bonus reward for bringing Wiley in.
Grant smiled in return, "I still feel like it's not enough for your help. Because of what you did, I can now go back to my normal work instead of being stationed here."
"Don't worry about it," he said, waving him off as he climbed down into his boat that was stocked with said wine and his pack, "And don't be a stranger! Come by to visit the guild if you ever get a chance! Especially if we're in your vicinity in southern waters!"
"I'll make sure to visit your guild when I have the chance. Though, I'm sure you won't be coming into southern waters all that much until the Libertatia Pact is in place. I was surprised to see you here because of what has been going on. So please do be careful on your way home."
"You're just like Finn sometimes," Duke said, "Always seeming to worry about nothing."
"Better to be overly worried than not at all. You should know how these waters work."
"And sometimes we have to have faith in people to have good hearts. If you only assume that people are bad, then that's how they will always appear to you. You'll miss out on creating bonds if you're always frowning at people and judging them."
Grant stared at him for a long moment before a warm smile appeared on his face, "I'll keep that in mind. I rather like your sense of hope in humanity, Duke Ramirez."
"I do try my best," he smirked, "Now off I go! I have a beautiful woman waiting for me back at home! And a cute, little baby doll too! It'd be a shame if I made them wait any longer!
"Ah, so you have a child now?"
"No. The baby doll is Finn's daughter," he answered as his own warm smile appeared, "But soon I'll have my own."
"I see. Well, I'm happy for you. I wish you luck in your future."
"And what a wonderful future it'll be."
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"Yo! Madmartigan! You sure this was the right thing to do?!" a man called out, "The Libertatia Pact was coming close to being finished. You didn't have much longer to wait to take over."
Madmartigan stood watching the huge ship of the Sawtooth Pirates burn, its blaze and smoke billowing up in huge torrents. He had returned with the news of Wiley being killed and Barracuda obviously hadn't taken well to it. Like his failures in the past, Barracuda had attempted to lash out at Madmartigan for it, but the man wasn't taking it this time. Still having anger and hate welling up in his chest for Duke, he had lashed back out at the man. He had learned his magic from Barracuda. He had mastered it and refined it. And while Barracuda was a worthy opponent like any pirate lord should be, he was an old man and he hadn't bothered to keep up with Madmartigan's training for some time. So in the end, Madmartigan had beat his teacher and captain, and with that victory, he had decided to purge the world of all of Barracuda's loyal followers. He had gathered up all the men that had been loyal to himself over the years and they turned on the crew. It ended with the destruction of Barracuda's entire crew and the burning of the ship.
"The Sawtooth Pirates have come to an end. We will not continue with that pathetic title," he said, continuing to stare at the flames, "We will create a new and more powerful crew."
"And the Libertatia Pact?"
"It doesn't matter anymore. Let the world figure out how to deal with its politics. I only have power in mind and I don't need a piece of paper to tell me that I have it."
"So what will we do now and what are we going to call ourselves?"
"We will sail under the name of the Black Skulls," he answered, turning away from the flames to look towards his new crew. His figure was silhouetted in the orange light of the burning ship, his heavy coat billowing out behind him, "And for what we will do now? Well, that's quite simple," he smirked darkly, the fire blazing in his eyes, "Revenge."
Storm's Helm Question Corner!
Today's question comes from reven228 for myself (and a few chosen mages):
Out of all the anime universes, what power would you most like to have?
Watson: So, since this question went with the previous question, I decided to use it for this week's question corner! Plus, it was a really fun question! I've been thinking about it a lot since there are so many things to pick from!
Eli: I think you need to get some new hobbies if that's all you're thinking about…
Watson: Oi! What the hell is your problem?! It's not like I said it took up all my time! Don't get pissy with me just because you haven't shown up for a few chapters!
Eli: I never said I was mad about that! Besides…it helps my incident counter go up. I don't appreciate my misery being your entertainment, Origm!
Watson: Don't be rude! Your best friend is his creation! At least someone was made to put up with you…and now we're getting off track! Answer the question!
Eli: But I like my power…
Watson: *eye twitches* Pick something!
Eli: Fine…I'd probably pick Mikoto's Red Aura from K.
Watson: ….With how you are, you'd probably die in a week….
Eli: What the hell is that supposed to mean?!
Watson: Nothing! How about we get some other people in here to answer the question! Isaak!
Eli: What?! Don't bring that four-eyed jerk in here!
Isaak: *slams hand into Eli's face* You rang?
Watson: Answer the question please!
Isaak: I'm not sure what I'd pick. I'm fairly certain you haven't talked about my answer with Dread, but I do suppose I'd pick Munakata's Blue Aura from K if only to continue to outdo my rival here.
Eli: Outdo?! You talk a big game, Marzell! I hope you can back those words up!
Isaak: Well of course I can. Someone has to put you in your place. *pushes glasses up with middle finger*
Watson: *helplessly watches as a fight ensues between the two men* Every damn time…well anyways! Honestly, I'm a really big fan of metal type powers and I really love dragons, so it'd probably come down to Gajeel's Iron Dragon Slaying powers for me! So that's it for this interview! See you all next week! *explosion goes off in the background* Seriously?! Every damn time! I'm NOT made of money! And I will NOT get caught up in another deal with Euclid!
A/N: And there we are! I hope you all enjoyed it!
Credits
Grant Warner - MyDearWatson
Kronos 'Troll Man' Wiley - MyDearWatson
Oh man! We're getting closer and closer to the climax of this flashback! I still don't know how I'm gonna do it! But I will! I have to now! T.T
Anyways, I don't have much for this time around, so I'm just gonna jump right into all those awesome reviews!
Origm2012 - I know! I'm so terrible! So, so terrible! I'm so upset with myself for what I've done to Duke! But I'm glad some of you were able to pick up on some of those hints…even if they do lead to something terrible! And I'm glad you liked Barracuda, even if he was taken out this chapter…But I'm glad you liked the question corner! So hopefully this one was good too! And this part of the flashback didn't make me as sad as the last one, but I think next week's chapter is gonna kill me! T.T And still no Eli incidents! CHA! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Dreadburner94 - Oh, wow! Look at that! I review the day I updated! Definite surprise attack! And yeah, there was a lot of foreboding in that last chapter. A little bit at the end of this chapter too. Haha, I'm not sure what had to happen to have Nanami dress up as a Super Saiyan, but I thought it was pretty funny, so I'm glad you liked that too! Fairy Tail would probably be my third choice for a world to go to. Though, I'm pretty sure my choice in powers in this question corner weren't much of a surprise, lol. But I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Benthino - I think handful of problems is putting it lightly, lol. But yeah, everything's really playing out now and the next chapter is probably gonna be pretty rough. Haha, and sometimes I wish things wouldn't turn out dreadful for the characters, but sometimes things have to happen like that! So I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Momochan77 - I think it's good to have that bad feeling, especially with how things will be playing out next chapter. But I was excited to see that I pick the right movie for Mia then, lol! Howl's Moving Castle is my favorite Miyazaki movie! ^.^ Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Joshua1277 - Yeah, Duke has it pretty good…for now anyways. And the Big Three will be important some time in the future. All that history stuff that Finn and Duke were talking about will definitely be some important stuff for the story. And like you said, this flashback will be important for history and future purposes. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
mrady - And good guess, but no, Wiley wasn't part of the guild. It probably would have been interesting if he was, but then Duke probably wouldn't have been killed so easily. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
ThePrinceOfLight - Glad you enjoyed the last chapter! And soon we'll get to see how Cordelia is dealing with all of this…especially with the next chapter. Yeah, there were some definite big signs that Duke should have not gone on the mission. Too bad he didn't listen to any of them…Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
reven228 - So many things happened in this chapter to lead up to the big thing that'll happen next chapter! But I'm glad you're enjoying the flashback! And it'll definitely have a big impact on how this arc ends too! And thanks again for the question! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
LightandDarkHeart - Yas! More information for the past! Haha, glad you liked the question corner! And I think dread works very well for how you should feel about what's going to happen. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Cat the Alien - I figured you would enjoy that last chapter with all the history that Finn and Duke were talking about! It just worked so well in that section and so I can starting alluding to things and eventually introducing some things. So thanks again for the awesome ideas you've sent in! And it seems many of you have some ideas on what's happened to Cheyenne, but we should see exactly what happens next chapter! And thanks for the new question! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Sakura-Fiction - Yeah, you should probably listen to that bad feeling to prepare yourself…Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
potentialauthor18 - Glad you're liking the flashback and all the information that comes with it. A lot of important stuff is discussed in it and it'll be important for the story later on down the line. And yeah, there will definitely be some dark stuff going on here soon…like next chapter soon. T.T But like you said, certain things are bound to happen like that. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
XLil MEkoX - Yeah, you better prepare yourself for the feel trip! I finally won't have to be alone on it! T.T Well, I'm excited for you to read through Thunder Stone when you binge on it. I totally get that though. I do that with manga all the time, lol! Because those cliff hangers…Anyways! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
That should be it for this time around!
See you all next Sunday!
Yours Truly,
MyDearWatson