I made a mistake in the previous chapter, and I just corrected it. The move where Luffy twists his arm and then punches is called Gum Gum Rifle, not Mallet.

Chapter 25: Humans Are Not Weak!

The Spirit of Fire materializes and looks down at Luffy fiercely. "The Spirit of Fire will burn you to ash!" says Hao.

"I don't care what you want to do to me! I'll defeat you!" says Luffy. "Gum Gum Pistol!" He stretches his fist forward to hit Hao, but the Fire Spirit appears in front of Hao and shields him from the hit.

Luffy throws several more punches at the Fire Spirit, hitting every part of its body. But every hit is just like throwing a paper ball at a giant; it did not bother the Fire Spirit at all. "I don't believe this!" says Luffy. "Gum Gum Gattling Gun!" He jumps up in front of the Fire Spirit and punches it with several quick blows. His fists pound against the Fire's Spirit's body like a drummer beating on a drum; it did not hurt the spirit.

The Fire Spirit raises its arm and swats Luffy away like a fly swatter hitting a fly. Luffy flies to the ground with a thud. "Ouch!" He gets back up again. "Argh! Take this! Gum Gum Bazooka!" He pulls back both his arms and then lets it come back towards the Fire Spirit at full speed. The Fire Spirit disappears all of a sudden just before the hands come in contact with it.

"Eh? Where did he go?" asks Luffy, looking left to right. The Spirit of Fire appears behind him and, using its giant fist, crushes Luffy into the ground.

"LUFFY!" scream his friends in shock.

"Ha! Weak!" laughs Hao.

But Luffy stands up again, lifting up the Fire Spirit's hand and shoves it away. "I will not lose to you!" He jumps up and prepares to strike the spirit again. The Fire Spirit vanishes and reappears a few feet back of where it was standing. It lifts up its hand and shoots out a large fiery blast. Not being able to move in midair, the fire hits Luffy and engulfs him, sending him across the sky like a fireball. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

"LUFFFY!" scream his friends again. He plummets into the sea, which was a good thing since it doused out the fire.

"Oh no! He's going to drown!" gasps Usopp. "Devil Fruit users cannot swim!"

"I'll go rescue him!" says Sanji, and then he takes off his shoes and jumps into the sea.

The shamans turn to Hao and oversoul their weapons. Even Zoro is ready to take on him. "You villain! We will kill you here!" says Ren.

"You hurt our captain, so I will hurt you too," says Zoro.

"Go on and try. I'm not afraid of you useless things," says Hao.

The shamans perform Giant Oversoul, in which their guardian spirits transform into gigantic versions. Ryu's Tokageroh turns into a vehicle with eight snakeheads. Chocolove's Mic turns into a large monstrous-looking jaguar. Horohoro's Kororo turns into a large ice warrior. Lyserg's Morphine turns into a large armored fairy. Ren's Bason turns into a large robot-looking warrior.

As for Yoh, he simply uses his oversouled Antiquity, thus making him look very small compared to his friends. But hey, size doesn't always matter.

The pirates are both shocked and amazed at the appearance of these giant spirits. "What are those!" exclaims Chopper.

"More monsters!" screams Usopp.

"Monster? AHHHHH!"

"How did they do that!" asks Nami.

"So that's the power of a shaman," says Robin with interest.

"Very interesting indeed," comments Ace.

By this time, Sanji has hauled Luffy out of the sea. He has taken in quite an amount of water, so Chopper has to check on his condition.

The shamans unleash their attacks on the Spirit of Fire, but it creates a force shield that blocks all their attacks. Using his Antiquity, Yoh boosts into the air and strikes the Fire Spirit with the giant sword. The Fire Spirit uses its large arm to block the blow. "The same trick won't work on me!" says Hao. "There is no way I can be defeated this time!"

The Fire Spirit sends out a powerful fire blast that sends all the giant spirits flying backwards. Zoro takes out his swords and runs towards the Fire Spirit, thinking of trying to slice it. "No! Zoro! You won't stand a chance against him!" Yoh calls out to him.

"What can a weakling like you do?" Hao says to Zoro. The Spirit of Fire shoots out a large stream of fire, heading for Zoro. It is too late for him to avoid the incoming fire, but suddenly, Ace appears in front of him and takes the fire by himself. Because his body is made of fire, the fire gets absorbed into his body unharmed.

"Thanks for the help," Zoro says to him.

"Not a problem! My younger bro's crewmates are also my friends," says Ace. He turns to Hao. "Your fire attacks won't work on me. I am FIRE myself! You still have flesh, so you can still get burned, right?"

"But what can you do to my Spirit of Fire?" Hao asks him. "Fire is its specialty, so your attacks won't work on it too."

"Hao!" shouts a voice. Everyone turns to Luffy, who is getting back up again.

"You're still alive… You're quite incredible for a normal human being," says Hao.

"Luffy glares at Hao fiercely. "I will disprove you!"

"Disprove the fact that humans are weak? Ha! Do you think I can accept that? Don't make me laugh!" He commands the Fire Spirit. "Burn him good this time! And make it painful!"

The Spirit of Fire shoots a large stream of fire at Luffy, but he jumps into the air to avoid it. Luffy jumps up in front of the spirit's body and punches it rapidly. "Gum Gum…"

"You're using that again? You know your fists won't work, right?" Hao says to him.

Luffy ignores him and keeps on punching the Fire Spirit. Eventually, his arms start to smoke and turn red. "CANNON!" A large explosion occurs when Luffy's fists hit the Fire Spirit's body at the same time. The explosion is so strong that the Spirit of Fire flew backwards and lies flat onto the ground!

"WHAT!" gasps Hao.

"Wow! That's amazing!" exclaims Yoh. The shamans are equally amazed also.

"My brother sure got stronger," says Ace.

While Hao is still shocked with seeing the Spirit of Fire knocked down, Luffy wraps his limbs around Hao's body. "Augh!"

"It's your turn!" says Luffy. "Gum Gum Bell!" He pulls back his head very far and then lets it come back. When his head impacts into Hao's forehead, it creates a loud ringing sound like that of a bell. Hao flies backwards when hit.

"AAAAAGGGGGGH!"

Luffy, still holding onto his body, pulls back his own body and begins spinning like a saw. "Gum Gum BUZZSAW!" After spinning for a few seconds, he catapults himself back to Hao, who can't do anything but watch the rubber man shoot back to him.

Luffy smashes into Hao so hard that he coughs out blood from his mouth before he flies backwards and crashes into that mountain I spoke of in the previous chapter.

Luffy lets go of him and lands onto the ground. "How'd you like that?"

Hao gets up again, slowly and painfully. His is panting heavily and painfully, because the impact was really hard. "Uh? Still alive?" says Luffy curiously.

Hao glares at him evilly. "You are the most annoying human I've ever seen! I will send you to the deepest part of hell and you will burn for eternity!"

Luffy gets into fighting stance again. "Try and do it! I'm not afraid of you!"

Hao lights up a small fire in his palm. "I don't believe a human like you can be that strong! Take this!" The fire in his palm grows very large and he hurls it at Luffy like a fireball.

Luffy pulls back both his arms really long. And I do mean LONG. It goes all the way out the island! He shouts out at the top of his voice, "I REPEAT: HUMANS ARE NOT WEAK! GUM GUM BAZOOKA!" His arms come flying back to the island as the fireball comes near him.

His arms fly straight into the fireball and, amazingly enough, not only goes through it unharmed, but also made it spread out and disappear!

"WHAT!" gasps Hao upon seeing his fireball getting destroyed. Before he can react, both Luffy's hands hits him in his body HARD. So hard that he spats out a large amount of blood. This isn't the end though; the hands keep on moving forward, pushing Hao along with it.

It hits the mountain wall, but it did not stop there! The force is so strong that it smashes right through it! Yes, THROUGH it! The hands push Hao through the mountain, practically digging a tunnel through it.

Luffy keeps on pushing both his hands forward while growling like a beast. Eventually, his hands come out through the other side of the mountain, where it reaches its stretching limit. Hao flies out from his hands and all the way across the ocean, where he disappears over the horizon.

Luffy's arms return to him with a loud snap, and he falls back onto the ground and lies down there. "Phew… Finally defeated him…" There is a long tunnel that reaches from one side of the mountain to the other side.

The shamans are amazed and shocked beyond words. "He defeated Hao… Using only his hands!" says Lyserg. "How is this possible!"

"Is that the strength of a human?" asks Anna, amazed.

Everyone gathers around Luffy. "You're great!" Horo says to him. "You defeated Hao just like that!"

"You're the strongest person I've ever seen!" says Chocolove.

"You are very strong! But a bit too rough also…" says Yoh.

Luffy sits up and sighs. "Yoh, you're really different from your brother."

"Yeah, he's the total opposite of me. It's good that you have a very kind brother."

And thus, Luffy won the battle against Hao. This proves that not all normal humans are weak. But come to think of it, are Devil Fruit users even normal in the first place? Whatever…

TO BE CONTINUED…

Well, that ends the battle between Luffy and Hao! I hope you like it! It just has to be done. Please make your reviews nice! And the next chapter will be the final chapter. I know you're sad, but every good thing should come to an end.