Seriously, would you please put more efforts into your reviews? Your short and simple reviews make me wonder if you really read through the story or you just skimmed through it. Put more details into your reviews so I know that you understand the chapter! I don't want to be to mean, so please understand my feelings, okay?

Chapter 10: Into the Scepter

The 4 shamans are trying to free themselves from the grasp of the smoke. "What kind of smoke is this!" says Ryu. "I've never seen smoke being able to constrict people!"

"This guy isn't human!" cries Lyserg. "Not even a shaman can do something like this!"

"He says that he can see Amidamaru and the others, so he must have Devil Fruit!" says Ren.

Pai-Long jumps over to Smoker and throws a punch into his face. To his surprise, his fist sinks into Smoker's face without harming him! "Get out of the way, weakling," Smoker says to Pai-Long. A burst of smoke shoots out from Smoker's body and blasts Pai-Long away. "It's useless trying to hit me! My body is made of smoke, and nothing can hit smoke!"

"So that must be what Luffy means when he said all his attacks go through him!" says Anna.

"Our enemy is smoke! How can anything touch smoke!" says Manta.

"Hey! Let my friends down!" Yoh shouts at Smoker.

"As you wish!" Smoker hurls the four shamans at Yoh, piling them on top of each other.

Lyserg gets up and fires his pendulum at Smoker, aiming for the heart, but the pendulum went through his body unharmed! "What!"

"I don't believe it!" says Ren. "Rapid Tempo!" He delivers several blows on Smoker using his kwan-dao, but all the hits just go through him safely.

Ryu swings his wooden sword down vertically, releasing several white snakes. The snakes charge at Smoker to bite him, but they just charge through his body.

Yoh over souls and fires a large shockwave from his sword at Smoker, but like all other attacks, the shockwave passes through his body safely. "When will you brats learn?" says Smoker, annoyed. "I said I cannot be touched by anything! White Smoke!" He shoots out his arm in a long string of smoke and grabs Yoh by his neck and then lifts him into the air.

"Ah! He's got Yoh!" cries Tamao.

As Yoh struggles to get free in midair, Smoker says, "I think I'll kill you all in this place. An unknown pirate without a bounty does not have worth to be captured." He brings down his smoke arm and slams Yoh onto the sand very hard, sinking him into it partially. Smoker sits onto Yoh's back and takes out his own weapon that looks like some sort of a two-pronged fork (don't know what to call it…) and holds it over Yoh's head, ready to plunge it into his skull.

"YOH!" screams Anna as she quickly rushes to him and grabs hold of Smoker's hand. "DON'T YOU DARE KILL MY LOVE ONE!"

"Get out of my business, you wench!"

"I won't let you kill my Yoh!"

"Then you two shall die along!"

The rest of the shamans charge at Smoker and hit him with their weapons. Even though they are not able to hurt him, they made him turn into a puff of smoke and he moves backwards a few spaces. "You brats are persistent! How many times must I tell you that evil ones do not win?"

"We're never evil to begin with!" Lyserg angrily shouts at him. "I hate evil with all my heart and soul!"

"How much justice can a pirate do? Killing, robbing, and looting? Don't make me laugh at your way of justice!"

"I told you we're not pirates!" shouts Ren angrily. "Are you deaf or what!"

"Guards, get them!" commands Smoker. The Marines got out their guns and swords and charge for the shamans.

"Girls! Run for the ship and hide!" shouts Ryu. "Let us men take care of this!"

The girls agree and they quickly run back to the ship, along with Manta. "Are you a girl?" Anna asks Manta sarcastically.

"I'm not! I want to hide to, can't I?"

As the boys (except Manta) battle the Marines, Tashigi approaches Yoh and says to him, "You have a sword with you, so you're a swordsman! Let us fight to see who is stronger!"

"You want to fight me? I'm not exactly in the mood for fighting…" says Yoh.

"Draw your sword! In a battle, you do not have any decisions!"

"Oh well, if you say so," says Yoh with a sigh as he holds up his still over souled sword. Tashigi charges at him and strikes first, and Yoh quickly brings up his own to block it. As they clash swords with each other, Yoh thought to himself, "This girl is pretty good for a normal human!"

Tashigi quickly dashes behind Yoh and is about to hit him from the back when suddenly the red armor around his sword's hilt extends to the back and blocks the blow. "What!" exclaims Tashigi.

"Thanks a lot, Amidamaru! Now if you want to go serious, then let me show you what I'm capable of too! Celestial Slash!" Yoh swings his sword at Tashigi hard, and it breaks her sword in half and sends her flying into the air.

The Marines are shocked upon seeing Tashigi getting defeated by a young boy, and they say, "Sergeant Tashigi is defeated! How is this possible!"

Tashigi falls back onto the ground and mutters, "No… How can I lose… to a kid…? To Zoro, maybe… But this kid…?"

"Oh, you know Zoro?" Yoh asks her. "He's pretty cool! He fights with three swords!"

Manta frantically flips through his book while saying to himself, "There must be some way to exploit his weakness! Ouch! I cut my finger on the paper!" Then he notices a page topic entitled 'Sea Stones', so he begins to read it.

By this time, the shamans have already beaten up all the Marines, since they are easy opponents. Smoker stares angrily at them and says, "How dare you! Do you realize how big of a crime you have committed by going against the Marines?"

"I don't know any Marine, and I have not committed any crime!" Lyserg shouts him.

"I have done nothing against the marine too! The marine animals are innocent, why should I bother them?" says Chocolove.

Without saying a word, Smoker reaches out his hand and shouts, "White Snake!" His hand turns into a large column of smoke that resembles a giant snake. The 'snake' reaches forward and opens its jaw wide, as if wanting to devour them. The shamans quickly jump out of the way and perform their attacks on Smoker. When hit, Smoker turns into a cloud of smoke and floats next to them.

Before the shamans realize it, Smoker throws a punch into Ryu's face, grabs Horo by the hand and hurls him into Chocolove. Pai-long throws a punch at him, but the fist goes through Smoker, who then lifts Pai-Long into the air using smoke hands and slams him on top of Ren.

Lyserg fires his pendulum and wraps it around Smoker, but the Marine captain slips out of it by turning into smoke, and then he fires his fist at Lyserg and punches him in the body.

Next he sees Yoh and charges at him. Yoh quickly swings his sword and hacks Smoker into pieces, but the pieces turn into smoke and reforms again. "Give up now, brat!" says Smoker. He punches Yoh hard in the stomach and then slams him against a rock.

"ACK!"

The girls watch from their ship with a worried face. "The ouija board was right! We will face a powerful enemy on this island!" says Tamao.

"I think I know a way to defeat him now!" says Manta all of a sudden.

"How?" asks Jun.

"This page here talks about a sea stone. It releases an energy that is related to the sea, and if Devil Fruit users are exposed to one, he or she won't be able to use his or her powers!"

"So how's that going to help us?" asks Anna. "Where do we find a sea stone?"

"Don't you remember? Smoker used a scepter against Horohoro and he said it's made of sea stone. We can try to steal it from him and use it against him!"

"You're useful for something after all." Anna turns to the shore and shouts, "Yoh! Use the sea stone scepter that Smoker has! It'll surely help you!"

Yoh painfully gets back up and replies, "What sea stone scepter?"

"The one strapped to his back!"

Smoker heard her and says, "So you're thinking of using it against me? Indeed, the scepter can weaken me, but you're not going to take it away from me!" He takes out his fork-like weapon and thrusts it at Yoh, who quickly moves aside to avoid being stabbed.

"That was close…"

Chocolove charges at Smoker and says, "So we just have to use his scepter against him? Count on me to get it!" Smoker fires his fist at him, but Chocolove swiftly steps aside and hops behind Smoker, but the captain quickly turns and punches him before he touches the scepter.

"You're not taking it from me!"

Suddenly, strong cold air blows into Smoker's face and he cannot stand still, due to the fact he is smoke. "I just realized that I can blow you around with cold air!" says Horo, who is the one doing this.

While Smoker is fighting against the air, Chocolove quickly takes the scepter from his back and throws it to Yoh. "Yoh! Catch it!"

"No! Give it back!" shouts Smoker.

Yoh grabs the scepter and says, "So what do I do with it?"

"Whack him or something! Try over soul!"

"Over soul it? What do you think, Amidamaru?"

"It will be a new experience," replies Amidamaru. "I've never over soul with anything else besides a sword. A scepter will be interesting."

"Okay! If this is the only thing that can hurt him, then it's worth a try!" With this, Yoh over souls Amidamaru into the scepter. The scepter grows longer than before and a red armor forms around the lower part of it.

"What have you done to it!" asks Smoker.

"This is cool! A scepter works too!" says Yoh. "How do you feel, Amidamaru?"

"I feel great, Master Yoh! I can feel the presence of the sea within my powers!"

"Okay, let's go!"

"You cannot defeat me!" shouts Smoker. "White Snake!" He fires a giant smoke snake at him.

"Celestial Slash!" Yoh swings the scepter horizontally, firing a large energy blade. The blade cuts through the snake and all the way to the other end.

"What!" gasps Smoker, and to his surprise, the energy blade hits him in the body and hurts him! "URGH!"

"Wow! It's working!" exclaims Chocolove.

Yoh runs up to Smoker and hits him hard with the scepter, and instead of going through his body, the blow really did come in contact with him! Yoh continues to bash Smoker with the scepter, and then he performs one final and powerful slash on him. Smoker flies into a large rock and shatters it, and then he passes out.

"You did it! You're the best, Master Yoh!" exclaims Ryu.

"Okay, I admit. You're good," says Ren.

"Yoh… I never knew you're so strong…" says Lyserg.

Amidamaru comes out from the sea stone scepter and it turns back to its normal form. The remaining Marines are shocked and their jaws are wide open. "Captain Smoker is defeated!" they cried. "What is this kid!"

Yoh turns to them and smiles. "I'm just an ordinary shaman who will become Shaman King!" Then he throws the scepter back to the unconscious Smoker.

The Marines tremble in fear and they all run away. "Hmph, cowards!" jeers Ren.

The boys and Pai-Long return to their waiting ship. "Okay, let's get out of here before that smoke guy wakes up!" insists Ren. They quickly pull up the anchor, set the sails, and then sailed off.

Smoker slowly gets back up and says, "Argh… Defeated by a kid…" He runs to the shore and shouts, "YOU BRAT! WHAT IS YOUR NAME!"

Yoh hears him shouting, so he shouts back, "YOH ASAKURA!"

"YOU HAVE COMMITTED A GREAT CRIME! YOU BETTER SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN FROM NOW ON!"

"What was that about?" says Horo.

"Don't know," says Yoh with a shrug. "But at least he's not coming after us."

Smoker, trembling violently, watches their ship disappear over the horizon. Tashigi comes up to him and says, "Captain! This is a major crime they have done! We must give chase!"

"Just let them go for now," replies Smoker. "But they are not going to escape so easily! Report this to headquarters! We have someone going onto the blacklist!"

"Yes, captain!" Tashigi runs towards the direction of their Marine ship, but trips on a rock along the way. "Ow!"

"Yoh Asakura… I won't forget you…" says Smoker.

TO BE CONTINUED…

I apologize if I made mistakes with the attack names. You see, I'm Taiwanese and I watch the Chinese dub (and it's a good one at that), so I know Chinese names more than English ones. If you can, try to provide me with information in your reviews, and don't go putting down short un-descriptive reviews.

After some considerations, I have finally come to the conclusion that I WILL put Hao into the story, so rejoice, Hao fans! Did he not say several times in the anime that people without shamanic abilities are weak and useless? Someone IS going to prove him wrong!