Chapter 9 - The Final Battle: Part 1

Monkey D. Luffy had returned.

Luffy looked around, the area was badly damaged, large holes were in the ground from where the trees had been ripped up.

He jumped over to the only one of his crew who was still awake.

"You ok?" he asked

Nami sat and leaned against a fallen tree "I'll be fine." she answered

"Found the treasure." laughed Luffy as he noted the large treasure chest that she was clinging too.

"He almost blew it right of the island." snarled Nami "Your hat's in Usopp's bag."

"Good. Soon we'll be back on our ship and sailing to our next adventure." laughed Luffy "But first I gotta deal with him."

Luffy walked over to face Kaito.

"How did you survive that fall?" asked Kaito "There was nothing but water below."
"I was lucky." smiled Luffy "I landed on some land that stuck outta the mountain."

"You shouldn't have come back then." laughed Kaito "Now I will kill you like I did your friends."

"They're not dead." laughed Luffy "It'll take more than you to kill my friends."

"Gomu Gomu No Whip!" cried Luffy as he jumped into the air and stuck both of his feet together, he thrust them at the unsuspecting Kaito who had jumped to avoid a whip but instead found a spear rocketing into his stomach.

Kaito hit the ground, flipped to his feet and snarled "You tricked me."

Luffy grinned widely "sure did."

"Gomu Gomu No Pistol!" cried Luffy as he launched his arm forward at Kaito who caught his fist.

Luffy smiled and jumped, his body retracted towards his arm, he flew at Kaito while shouting "Rocket!"

Luffy's head collided with Kaito's chest and sent him crashing through several tree's.

"Gomu Gomu No Bazooka!" called Luffy as he slammed both his hands into the ground, he launched into the air above Kaito and called "Gomu Gomu No Spear!"

Luffy's feet slammed down straight into Kaito's chest.

Luffy landed a few feet away and waited.

Kaito rose to his feet "I'll kill you." he whispered

Luffy clenched his fists and rushed at his opponent.

Kaito's wings launched him into the air, Luffy stopped and looked skyward, Kaito was gone.

"Where's he go?" asked Luffy

Kaito came out of nowhere and grabbed Luffy's arm, he dragged him into the sky and took him several hundred feet into the air.

"Let go of me." shouted Luffy

"Right you are." laughed Kaito as he let go of Luffy

"This won't beat me." laughed Luffy

Kaito laughed and beat his wings rapidly at Luffy "Airial Slasher!"

The wind turned into a blade that struck Luffy in the stomach, as he fell another blade of wind struck him in the chest, Luffy coughed blood as he spun wildly towards the ground, Kaitio launched himself downwards got underneath Luffy and launched him back into the sky with a blast from his wings.

Luffy rocketed upwards only to find Kaito waiting, Kaito caught him and held him by his hair.

With his free fist he pummeled Luffy.

Mustering his strength Luffy grabbed Kaito's fist and kicked of against him, he stretched out grabbed Kaito's leg and flung himslef towards him.

"Gomu Gomu No Sickle!"

Luffy outstretched his arm and it collided with Kaito's neck.

Kaito coughed as he lost his breath and fell.

Luffy now realized that he was falling towards the ground.

"WHAT AM I GONNA DO!" cried Luffy

He didn't wait long for the answer as Kaito came soaring back up.

Luffy launched both his arms out towards Kaito who beat them back with a gust of wind.

Luffy spun in mid air from the wind pressure and tried his spear attack but it to was beaten back.

"Shit." moaned Luffy as Kaito grabbed his leg and plummeted towards the earth, as they got closer Kaito laughed maniacally and tossed Luffy straight into the ground.

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Meanwhile back down on the ground Sanji, Usopp and Zoro had awoke.

"Where's Kaito." shivered Usopp

"Up there fighting Luffy." answered Nami

"Told you he'd be fine." laughed Sanji

"GO FOR IT LUFFY!" screamed Sanji and Usopp as they looked to the sky.

Robin was next up.

"Ah Robin-chan." called Sanji "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine cook-san." she answered

"What happened?" she asked

"A freak tried to steal you." answered Sanji as he shook his fist "If I ever meet him again I'll rip him apart."

Then they noticed something rushing towards the ground, they stared in horror as Kaito smashed Luffy into the ground.

"LUFFY!" screamed Nami

Sanji and Zoro stumbled to there feet and prepared to attack.

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Luffy however was far from beaten, his rubber body had absorbed most of the impact and he was back on his feet in seconds.

"I'm going to cut you into little pieces." laughed Kaito as he began to beat his wings.

Luffy leaped above them and was once again blasted into the sky.

This time Kaito did not follow.

Luffy flew high into the sky and thought about several things as he fell back down towards the earth.

"How do I beat this guy, he's really fast, faster than me and he blows all of my attacks away. Should I use it now, I've never tested it but it may be my only chance to win."

Luffy hit the ground in a pile of dust "I'll wait a little while longer." he thought "I dont wanna use it if I don't have to."

Kaito was over to Luffy in a flash, he didn't even have time to prepare a defence, Kaito unleashed a barrage of blows down upon him.

Luffy responded with his own barrage of blows calling out "Gomu gomu No Gatling Gun!"

Both of them didn't try to defend it was an all out brawl, both waited for the other to give out but it seemed to go on forever although the flying fist battle was over in a flash.

Luffy had felt his hand slow down, Kaito beat his wings completely stopping Luffy's hands.

"Crap." snapped Luffty as Kaito jumped and delivered a Kick to his abdomen, Luffy tried to jump back but Kaito spun around and created a whirlwind which engulfed the straw hat captain.

"Whirlwind sword!" laughed Kaito as he beat his wings rapidly while spinning in a circle above Luffy.

Luffy felt his several cuts appear on his body, he could feel his blood on his skin.

Kaito finished with an awesome gust of wind that he aimed directly at Luffy.

Luffy was blasted into the ground which broke beneath him.

The ground stripped away leaving a blood soaked Luffy in a smalled hole.

"Finally over." laughed Kaito "Guess I should finish your friends and take the treasure from the girl. Some Pirate King you turned out to be."

Luffy lay in the hole, he couldn't lose, his friends were counting on him, he wanted to go on more adventures but most important he wanted to become the pirate king and help his friends achieve their dreams, he would search the sea forever to find the guy with hawk eye's so that Zoro could fight him, he would go to any ocean if it would help Sanji find the all blue, he wanted to go to Elbaf and help Usopp become a proud warrior, he would help Chopper become a great doctor. He would sail all across the world and stop at every island they found so that Nami could make her world map, although he had no idea what Robin's dream was he would help her achieve it.

Luffy's eye's snapped open with new determination, he mustered all his strength, he jumped out of the hole screaming "I won't allow you to destroy our dreams!"

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To Be Continued...

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Luffy tests his new technique against Kaito