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Kuro's death gaze scoured everybody at the bottom of the hill. His subordinates could feel their spines freezing at the sight. The very thought of an angry Kuro was not something they would like to witness.

"So… would you care to tell me what the hell is going on here?!" Kuro demanded.

Jango gulped and couldn't form any words.

"I never thought that my former crew would fall so far as to be defeated by a group of brats like them. I had claimed that they would be a problem, yet your performance here is absolutely pitiful." Kuro scowled at this. "I never thought that you'd all be so damn useless!"

Jango flinched "we're… u-useless…?" the words stung, but he held his tongue; he knew better than to talk back to his former captain. However, that sentiment was not shared by everybody.

"We're useless? How dare you say that!" the Nyaban Brothers growled.

"It's true that you were once strong, but that was 3 years ago! While you were sitting tight on an island, we've been pillaging villages and attacking ships!" The two brothers' anger easily won out.

"What are you implying?" Kuro asked dismissively while pushing his glasses up with his palms.

"Do you really think, that after all these years, that you have the power to defeat us?! We'll kill you!" ignoring Jango's cry of protest, the two brothers launched themselves at the former pirate. However, before they can even reach him Kuro vanished, only to reappear behind them with a cold, murderous look in his eyes. Only this time, he was wearing a pair of gloves, each finger having been replaced by a 2 foot katana blade. 10 sheaths clattered to the ground as it happened. A blade from each hand was sticking towards the Nyaban Brothers' jugular.

"How… is he so fast…?" Zoro asked in shock.

"Well…? Who did you say you were going to kill?" Kuro asked with a chilling calmness in his voice. Both Sham and Buchi were now scared out of their wits.

"The Nuki-Ashi... a technique that allows him to move at rapid speeds. Even 50 assassins can't defeat him that way!It's clear he still knows how to fight; the way he pushes up his glasses is proof of that." Jango's hoarse whisper was all it took to convince everyone at the scene that the man in front of them was indeed a seasoned killer.

"Now… since I've grown much more humble in the 3 years I've been on this island, I'm going to give you 5 minutes to kill these fools. If you are unable to do it in the time limit, then I'm afraid I'll have to kill you all myself. Got it?"

"Heh-heh… it's just 5 minutes right? And it's just those guys! You can do this brothers!" Jango affirmed quickly.

The two brothers swallowed their fear and attempted another attack on the swordsman.

"Nami, now!" Gian shouted. The girl didn't need to be told twice as she immediately flung the two remaining swords at Zoro. The green haired youth caught both of them and grinned savagely, getting into his signature stance.

"No use! Even if you have 3 swords it won't be any different!" Sham shouted.

"You don't get it… Santoryu: Tora Gari!"

A single attack felled both the Nyaban Brothers at once.

"...Using 3 swords is different from using a 3-sword style." Zoro finished.

"4 minutes…" Kuro uttered. His eyes then widened as he was forced to jump back as a drop kick created a crater where he once stood. Kuro's eyes narrowed as the dust settled and his saw who it was.

"You shouldn't be so laid back… people are gunning for ya!" Gian smirked as he got into a fighting stance.

"You…" the former captain growled.

"I've been wanting to pound your face in ever since the incident at the mansion! Now that I have a perfect opportunity, I am really going to hurt you!" the youth's eyes were taking on a fiery amber and his voice was getting more guttural.

"Cocky little shit are you? Just because you took down some underlings, don't think I'm in the same caliber as them."

"Oh don't worry. I'm not your average person either." With that Gian charged. Kuro simply vanished behind him and struck out with a kick of his own towards his head. This sent Gian stumbling forward before he recovered almost immediately and charged his fist up.

"Atom Ken!" the radiation-enhanced punch seared towards Kuro. The man gritted his teeth in annoyance as he somersaulted over him and the punch instead smashed into a boulder, shattering it into pieces.

With Zoro and Jango

"Such strength… what are these people?" Jango whispered in horror as he watched the fight.

"Don't worry about him, he's got things covered over there. I on the other hand, will end everything in less than 5 minutes!" Zoro declared.

"3 minutes…" he heard Kuro muttered before seeing his captain to dodge another kick from Gian.

Jango then felt two pairs of hands grab his ankles. He looked down to see the injured Sham and Buchi.

"That bastard… he'll pay for this!"

"Hypnotize us, please! We'll pulverize him until there's nothing left!"

"Big one probably got saved by all that fat, the smaller one probably just got lucky." Zoro retorted.

Jango nodded and did his usual incantation. And just like that, the two brothers rose back up, their eyes almost pure white and their muscles bunching up.

Both let out an animalistic roar as they attacked the swordsman from both fronts. And Zoro was forced back into the fight once again.

With Gian and Kuro

"That… does not look good…" Gian muttered and casted a worried glance.

"You are beginning to become very annoying, I think I'll start off by killing you first!" Kuro then vanished completely. Gian's eyes were darting around before he felt pain on his back; Kuro had raked one of his Cat Claws across his body and darted forward to deliver another. The youth isn't able to react at all. Within 10 seconds Kuro had zipped all around him, dealing major lacerations on many parts of his body. The bleeding Zoan user dropped to his knees and gasped in pain as his cuts started seeping blood.

"Gian!" Nami and Usopp screamed.

"Crap… this isn't good…" Zoro cursed as he was under assault.

"You honestly thought you could do anything to me. How foolish, I am unscathed yet you are bleeding like a stuck pig. To be completely honest, I'm really surprised that fall back at the cliff didn't kill you. Well, now that I think off it, it didn't matter, I get to kill you with my own hands now." Rearing back one of the claws, he shot forward to impale it through his heart.

Only for Gian to clamp onto his wrist.

"What?!" Kuro's eyes widen in shock as he saw that the man's wounds were closing.

"Has anyone ever told you, that you like hearing yourself talk way too much?" Gian grinned.

"H-how are you-?"

"You mean not having to pay medical bills later? Well let me tell you this: Sticks and Stones may break my bones but Chains and Whips excite- wait no that's not right."

Gian's grip tightened as he reared up. "It's Sticks and Stones may break my bones but I just heal it back in 3 seconds and deliver twice the pain!" As soon as he said those words, he grabbed onto Kuro with both arms and spun in a circle, letting go at the end and throwing the former captain a few distances.

"Captain Kuro!" Jango shouted.

"Grrr… You're a pain…"

"So I've been told by lots of people." Gian smirked; his wounds have all closed by this point and it was as if he never got attacked at all. In another part of the area, the rest of his crew breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now, where were we?" And then he charged again. Upon reaching where the former captain was, Gian spread out his left arm.

"Atom Lariat!" unlike his previous attack, this time his entire arm was engulfed with blue thermonuclear fire. Unfortunately for him, Kuro just used his Nuki-Ashi again to dash behind him and deliver yet another slash. All Gian managed to accomplish is a torn back and carving a massive trench in the cliff wall.

"It's as I suspected; your strength may be great, but you're far too slow to match up to me." Kuro sneered as he pushed his glasses up once again "You still can't land a single hit on me. In this case, no matter how much you can regenerate, it's useless if you can't put it to good use."

Kuro dashed forwards again, lashing out one of his claws, which Gian had to sidestep though not without getting a small nick on his cheek. "So you can heal, it doesn't matter anymore. I'll just cut you up into so many pieces there won't be anything left to heal back!"

"He's right… just fighting like this I can never match his speed…" Gian thought "it seems like I have no choice; it's the only way to perhaps land a hit on him…" with this thought in mind, Gian crouched down and began channeling atomic energy to all parts of his body.

And something nobody expected to see happened.

Gian's teeth began to length along with his entire head, until it's the shape of a carnivorous dinosaur. Coal black scales replaced human skin as it spread down his entire body. His nails also began to length until they're the shape of claws themselves. Maple leaf shaped dorsal spines burst out of his back and ran down its length, until it stopped at the end of a newly formed tail. As the transformation finished, Gian reared back his head and let out a primeval roar.

"W-what the hell is that?!" One of the Black Cat Pirates shouted in fear.

"It's a monster!" Another screamed.

"W-what is this? Captain Kuro never said anything about this!" Jango croaked.

"Gian…?" even his crewmates were slightly intimidated by this display. Nami was shocked at she witnessed the transformation happen right before her eyes.

"So that's what he's capable of…" Zoro muttered.

A few distances away, Usopp's mouth had hit the ground as he saw the scene unfold.

"W-what the hell are you?" Kuro demanded.

"Told you… I wasn't just any average person. Now let's see you take one of my attacks now!" Gian's voice was now deeper and more like that of an animal than a human's.

Kuro felt a trickle of sweat drip down his forehead before he snapped out of his stupor. He once again rushed at his opponent at high speeds. As he expected, Gian swung out one of his arms to intercept the blow, only for Kuro to reappear behind him and strike out with another claw.

Unlike before however, this time the claw slashed across the hard, obsidian colored scales and hardly made a scratch, whereas before it made a large cut. The small pinprick easily closed.

"What?!"

"Those twigs of yours are going to need a lot more edge if they want to break my skin."

Gian's tail lashed out, catching the former captain by surprise. Kuro was knocked into the ground a few feet away, all of his breath knocked out. Before he knew it, Gian pounced on him again with open arms. Kuro barely managed to roll out of the way, with the Zoan user tearing up a massive patch of earth with his claws.

"His speed… it increased with that transformation… not to mention his power is much greater now…" Kuro thought "I can't let this be a set back! So what if he became stronger? He's still far too slow to match me! I still have 2 more minutes after all…"

Kuro attacked once again as Gian's tail slammed on the ground, running up the appendage at high speeds. Once he reached his head, he lashed out with one of his legs and delivered a kick to the back of his skull. This sent Gian stumbling forward before regaining composure, and he snarled as he saw the pirate dash at him again. His dorsal fins lit ablaze with azure light.

"Atom Beam!"

The thermonuclear shot sliced through the air, with Kuro narrowly twisting to the side as it seared past. A bit of his clothe were singed as he could feel the heat emitted from the blast. Kuro's eyes widened as he saw Gian charge at him again preparing to deliver a kick of his own. Forced against the cliff wall with nowhere left to go except up, he hastily jumped as the foot buried itself into the cliff, sending a series of cracks along it. Running up his leg, Kuro made quick slash, aiming for the monstrous teen's eyes. Gian managed to duck his head so only the top of it was scraped by the cat claws.

After a bit Gian managed to free himself. The two glared at each other, panting ever so slightly.

"Even with a Partial Transformation his speed is still too much for me to catch on. Sure my reflexes have gotten sharper but it's nothing if I can't actually touch him… I just have to stall him so he doesn't reach the rest of the guys." He thought.

With that thought, he ran towards Kuro once again.

Meanwhile

Nami cast a worried glance around the battlefield. The two opposing forces seemed to be pushing each other back and forth. Zoro, fighting both of the empowered Nyaban Brothers at once, was pushing himself hard. And while Gian's monstrous strength can easily decide his battle, Kuro was simply too fast for him to land a decent blow. Everything was too even, there had to be something to break this stalemate…

Nami's eyes then widened; she'd almost forgot about a very important person! Looking at the fallen figure head, she breathed a sigh of relief to see that the captain of the Strawhats was unhurt.

"Everybody is fighting… yet he's taking a nap" Nami shook her head as she looked on. Monkey D. Luffy was still sleeping with half his body under the figurehead. She had to wake him up somehow, it'll really help with both battles

With that thought in mind, Nami raced to the figure head. However before she got two steps, a bladed ring struck her shoulder, making her cry out in pain and fall to the ground.

"Nami!" Zoro cried, before having to duck under a claw swing from Buchi.

"Hey! Attacking a lady from behind is the lowest you can get!" Gian shouted while still trying to land a hit on Kuro.

"Heh, I wouldn't be so worried about that if I were you" Jango sneered as he pulled out another bladed pendulum, twirling the one that was recently coated in blood. A few feet away, Nami was struggling to get up, clutching her wounded shoulder "After all, you have your hands tied pretty much do you not?" Gian's eyes widened as Kuro lashed out again. This time however, he wasn't fast enough to dodge and his cat claws ripped into his ocular orbs. Instantly searing pain blanked in his brain and his world went black.

Everybody's eyes widened dramatically as the transformed youth roared with unimaginable pain. Stumbling around, he didn't notice Kuro deliver another kick to the back of his head, knocking him forward and skidding on the rocky beach. As this happened, Gian's monstrous transformations began receding back into his body, until he was now just a regular person rolling around in pain.

"Pest… I will admit you surprised me there, but you messed with the wrong person!" Kuro snarled as he aimed a claw towards his neck, intending on killing him in an instant.

"And I'll deal with the sleeping one." Jango declared and shot the bladed ring towards the still slumbering Luffy.

"No!" Nami shouted. In one last desperate attempt, she brought her foot down on his face in order to wake him up.

"OWWW! Nam! What the hell was that fo-" Luffy shouted as he snapped back to consciousness, only to catch the ring in his open mouth.

"You're awake!" Nami let out a relieved sigh.

"Huh, guess that was pretty good timing." Zoro smirked.

"What was that? I heard Luffy, What is Luffy doing? What is anyone doing?" Gian shouted while still clutching his eyes; the pain had subsided by now and the regeneration was beginning to set in. However regenerating eyes took a much longer time than regular body wounds. During this time he managed to roll away from the murderous Kuro.

"Ahhh! IT HURTS!" Luffy cried out as he shattered the ring.

The rest of the underlings realized that things were not going well.

"Crap… now he's up…"

"Can we even still win this?"

"Nami, your shoulder is hurt… And why is Gian rolling in the dirt?" Luffy observed.

"Don't worry about it, I'll be fine. But we need to win this battle. For the sake of my treasure we can't lose!"

"Cash rules everything around you doesn't it… Hey Luffy, you mind subbing in for me against psychotic Alfred?"

"Who's that?"

"I meant Kuro! I'd do it myself but my world is a bit dark right now! Son of a bitch ripped my eyes out and I think I'll be out for a bit."

"Oh, the evil butler is here too? yeah no problem I'll do that."

Kuro hissed with annoyance. That freak had managed to escape him while he was caught off guard. He then noticed Luffy was awake.

"Hmm, he didn't die after that fall either. Considering the other one didn't die either I shouldn't be so surprised. No matter, I'll still kill everybody here. After all, they only have 1 minute left."

After hearing that, the rest of the pirates were sweating Buckets.

"W-we're so dead! There's no way that the Nyaban Brothers can win against Zoro in just one minute!"

In one last desperate attempt at victory, Sham and Buchi decided to attack Zoro directly at once.

"I'll end this now, it's been going on for too long" the green hair swordsman got into his usual stance.

"Oni Giri!"

With one attack, both brothers fell in a spray of blood. This time, they were knocked down for good. Zoro sheathed all of his swords and went over to help Nami with Gian.

"How are you holding up?" he asked.

"Blind! Honestly I really didn't see that coming!"

"Seriously?! Even now you're still making puns?!" the two of them facefaulted.

"Hey, it's always time for puns, no exceptions! But this darkness is really unsettling, now I know how Stevie Wonder feels."

"…Who is that supposed to be?!"

"Wait… it's coming back! There's light!" Gian shouted as he removed his hand, freshly regenerated eyeballs now filled the once vacant sockets. He blinked a few times and narrowed his eyes; newly formed eyes needed some time to adjust.

"That's … honestly kind of creepy…" Both of them grimaced.

"Yeah? Well get used to it. Though I'll be careful from now on."

"It begs the question, is there anything you can't heal from?" Zoro asked.

"Well, I don't know if I can grow an arm or a leg back if they ever get chopped off, and to tell you the truth, I don't really want to know. The same goes for internal organs. But let's not worry about that for now."

"Fair enough." With that the three of them turned back to watch Luffy deal with the rest.

"Guess it's time to kill everyone" Kuro sighed as he stretched out his claws.

"You're going to pay for what you did to Gian!" Luffy shouted angrily.

"Now you show up… guess you'll take his place." Both pirates prepared to attack, however before they can do anything…

"Klahadore!"

Everyone's eyes turned to the source of the voice. Standing right behind Kuro was none other than the Lady of Syrup Village, holding a pistol and pointing it shakily at her former butler.

A/N: So there, a shorter chapter this time. I had planned for Syrup Village arc to originally end with chapter 12, but at the end I decided to drag it out for one more chapter. Mostly to explore some more options, and to finally show off a Partial Transformation since I can't wait anymore. Plus, someone was bitching too hard that I wasn't giving him enough screen time.

G: I hardly did anything last chapter!

KP: Yes you did! You went on a marathon with Usopp!

G: Fuck you! Running is evil!"

KP: yeah… you got me there. Anyway, Gian's main weaknesses stem from his general overconfidence in his ability to heal fast and below average speed. Partial Transformation grants him speed that is faster than most humans but much slower than Luffy in Gear 2nd or people who know Soru. He's that kind of guy, generally relying on his strength to bulldoze people down.

With that the next chapter should wrap up this arc; it should be up sometimes next week. I'll see you then! Have a good time!

Leave a review and Gian will do backflips!

G: What the hell author?! Don't get me involved in your critique-making schemes!