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Alabasta Arc opening: Know Know Know by Does (Gintama Op. 15)
When two monsters go head to head, no matter what size, one things is for certain: there's bound to be destruction, lots of it.
The buildings of Alubarna were age old and have stood the test of time, but even they find it hard to bear the brunt of two Partially Transformed Kaiju-Zoan users brawling within the streets. As yet another hole was slammed into one of the walls, the spiderweb cracks spreading out from the impact, it's clear this was not ending any time soon.
Gian winced slightly as he got up from where he had fallen, only forced to roll out of the way as Mr. 0.5, mouth agape and snarling, dove at him again. Taking the advantage of the dust cloud that was formed, he lashed out with a tail strike, the appendage striking the killer across the chest, forcing him back. Gathering his energy, he charged out once again, body checking the other monster out of the hole they made, only to throw him into another building. It was fortunate that the King had previously saw to evacuate some of the residents, or else there would be lives taken that belonged to neither of them.
Meanwhile, Luffy was ready to take the fight to Crocodile once more, the entire length of his arm soaked in water. He watched warily as Crocodile staggered out from the cracked wall, glaring daggers at him all the while. Sand wisps floated around the shichibukai as his anger boiled upon realizing that annoyance of a strawhat still lives.
"Luffy-san, Crocodile has planted a bomb somewhere within the castle! We need to find it or else it will kill everyone in this city!" Vivi called out as Pell still circled around the palace. He had looked around for signs of a place where an explosive might be kept hidden, but found none.
"A word of advice, you should be focused more on things that are about to happen. I don't think those rebels are going to be keeping still." Crocodile taunted, and Vivi saw in horror as the rest of the rebel army came upon the prone body of their leader. From her height she could see with slight relief that Kohza, though grievously wounded, was still breathing slightly. This wasn't what was on her mind however.
"The Royal Guard… THEY ATTACKED KOHZA-SAN IN COLD BLOOD!" one of the rebels snarled. A few distances away, Chaka was help to his feet by some of the remaining guards when he sensed that tensions are about to rise.
"Hold your weapons! There's a crisis going on at the-" any attempts to dissuade the situation was rendered null when the rebels brandished their weapons and charged, forcing the guards to fight back. Soon, the entire square was ablaze with the sound of clashing steel.
"STOP! EVERYONE! YOU HAVE TO STOP FIGHTING NOW!" Vivi begged, but the noise of the battle had drowned out all attempts to reach them by voice. The princess looked on in despair as she realized that no one can hear her at all.
"In the end, your plan of stopping such an event failed anyway… how pathetic." Crocodile sneered.
"SHUT UP, CROCODILE!" Luffy shouted as he threw another punch, forcing Crocodile to dodge "Vivi will succed! I'll help her by beating you up!"
"Insolent brat… You really have no idea what you're dealing with here." Sand began whipping around the shichibukai "It would've been better if you didn't discover my devil fruit's limitations, because now there's absolutely no chance you will survive!"
Vivi gave the boy one last concerned glance before flying off on Pell. She hardly got much further before two waves of orange and blue energy beams flew upwards towards the sky. Soon after there was the crack of another wall as Mr. 0.5 smashed through it, grappling with Gian all the while.
"What is this overwhelming energy that I feel…?" Vivi gasped inwardly as the two broke apart; the moment the two Partially Transformed Kaiju-Zoan users entered her vicinity she was subjected to an almost oppressive force, as if something was crushing and pinning her down. It was fearsome, primal, and not of this world.
When she looked between the two of them, however, Vivi could see differences in their visage. Mr. 0.5's eyes were almost unbridled with savagery, feral delight that can only be satisfied with the tearing apart of flesh. Looking at him right now, one would not even be able to tell the difference between him and a flesh eating ogre.
When she looked at Gian however, it wasn't quite the same. The same feral expression was there, but while Mr. 0.5 was almost unhinged, the other's amber colored eyes displayed something not seen. Gian's eyes at this point could bore holes in his opponent if they could, and Vivi finally saw what it represented:
Willpower.
Those eyes were determined, never breaking, unflinching. Even with the primeval look behind them, Gian displayed a sense of sanity Mr. 0.5 did not have. Those eyes displayed dominance, but not subjugation: It's locus of control within a battle.
Vivi could not help but gasp when two shadowy images of twin beasts flashed behind both Kaiju-Zoan users. At this point, the wind began to pick up in the area. She had only seen Gian take such a form twice, neither of which were truly hostile. This time, she knew it was to be different.
And that could not happen here.
"Gian-san! You have to take this out of the city! If you're going to do what you're about to do here, then people will be caught in the crossfire!" She cried out.
Gian glanced back at the princess for a bit. His initial strategy had been pretty simple; keep the murderous serial killer from reaching the ground, thus eliminating the need for him to worry about his burrowing ability. The thought of all the resulting destruction he could cause had been on his mind, but his main focus was on the task at hand. Vivi's warning brought some common sense back to him. There are still people within the city that could be crushed should their fight escalate to that level.
"You're right, it could definitely get to that level. I will say that you have no idea how annoy he gets when his feet touches the ground, so if I lose an arm out there it's coming out of your paycheck!"
"Thank you! That's all I can ask of you!" Vivi nodded gratefully "Everyone is fighting… I can't even get through to them! I can't even warn them about the bomb!"
"At this point it's best to- wait, did you say bomb?! There's a bomb added to all this now?!"
"Yes, Crocodile's true goal is to use a bomb to eliminate everyone in this kingdom, alongside with finding one of the ancient weapons!" Gian cursed upon hearing that; they're now on a timer for what they need to do…
"I'd thought my glorious leader would've disposed of you right now…" Mr. 0.5 snarled when Vivi revealed that fact "You won't be going anywhere this time…" the killer pounced towards the airborne princess, intending to bring her down. A hard punch to the gut had other plans however, as he was sent flying towards the outer walls of the city.
"I don't think you were listening earlier… She wanted us to go outside!" Gian shouted as he forced himself to get the writhing killer away from the princess "Try to convince those fighting to tone it down a bit! I'll see if I can find one of the others to help with the bomb issue!" Vivi nodded when she was given that order, before flying off in another attempt to pacify the situation. She prayed that her friends will be alright.
Meanwhile:
The sound of steel striking each other can be heard in one part of town, as two swordsman battled back and forth. Mr. 1 had not expected the fight to drag on for this long; even with Roronoa Zoro's reputation he'd believe he'd make short work of him. However, the green haired swordsman has not faltered once, even though his body is now littered with small gashes, curtesy of the assassin's handywork. In contrast, Mr. 1's metal body has hardly a scratch on it.
"I do not see any reason for you to keep this up. It is already clear that, while you are skilled as a swordsman, you cannot hope to match up to my skill."
Zoro growled upon hearing that, but he couldn't deny it. Mr. 1's steel body was something that his swords could not penetrate, try as he might. Pride wouldn't allow him to back down however, as he once again got into a stance.
"Oni Giri!"
The slicing attack slammed into Mr. 1's metal blade arms, sparks flying as the two warriors pushed against each other.
"You are certainly tough, I had not expected you to last this long." Mr. 1 grinned as the fingers on one hand also gained the bladed edges of metal. Zoro's eyes widened as the clawlike hand was aimed as his head, forcing him to roll out of the way. His shock further increased as Mr. 1's attack struck a nearby building, making 5 cuts cleanly through it.
"A further testament to the difference in our strength." Mr. 1 sneered as more bladed edges appeared on his legs. Lashing out with a powerful kick, he took the fight back to Zoro, who once again had to block the incoming strike.
Mr. 1 scowled upon seeing this; the tenacity of his opponent is starting to get to him. Normally something like that is to be respected, but in this case, it is only beginning to annoy him. This swordsman clearly does not know when to quit. He decided it was time to bust out some of his deadlier techniques.
Zoro rushed at him again, swords drawn and ready for blood. He really needed to find out how to get past that body of steel. Now, however, Mr. 1 is no longer messing around. Combining his now bladed hands, he met the charge, the two crashing together in a clang of steel. For a while, nothing.
Until Zoro let out a yell of pain as a part of his chest was sliced into, blood bursting from the fresh wounds. What was even more surprising and terrifying was that the pillar behind them was also cleanly bisected, its rubble now tumbling to the ground in even pieces.
Gasping in pain, Zoro couldn't block the next strike as Mr. 1 took a stance before him.
"Atomic Spar!"
Bringing his arms down in an X motion, Mr. 1 made a massive X shaped attack on the swordsman. Zoro released another cry of pain, almost losing grip on both Sandai Kitetsu and Yubashiri. Once again, the walls behind him were diced up as well.
"Just how much is this cutting power?!" Zoro thought desperately as he gripped his swords, struggling to stand. But Mr. 1 didn't let up one bit.
Zoro's eyes widened as he witnessed both of Mr. 1's arms began to rotate, and upon closer inspection he saw that both his arms had turned into spinning drill shaped blades. Still hazy with blood loss, he couldn't avoid the assassin's next attack.
"Spiral Hollow!"
The damage was severe; the twin assaults pierced his chest like a white hot needle, rending his flesh. Zoro choked out a pained croak as agony filled his body completely.
The assault continued for a few more seconds, before Mr. 1 stopped and observed. To his surprise, the swordsman was still breathing despite the grievous wound. Such a degree of endurance is something he had not expected, but it does not matter now. One more attack should finish him off for good.
"Spar Break!"
One more cross slash, and like before, the powerful blow ripped Zoro apart, alongside another building behind him. Only then did Zoro finally slump over from his injuries.
"In the end, your efforts were for naught." Mr. 1 stoically said "I will finish you off for good now." Both his fingers and feet were now tipped with blades as he prepared to finish the job.
But Zoro was not completely out of it.
His mind dazed, his body shredded, pride and determination were the only thing keeping him together at this moment. With herculean effort he managed to lift his head and glared at Mr. 1. The Baroque Works agent was in for quite the shock to see his foe still having fight in him.
"It's no use… even now, I still can't cut steel…"
His eyes hardened; this isn't enough to break him! Gripping the still sheathed Wado Ichimonji, Zoro staggered to his feet. Images of Mihawk, and all of his other previous opponent's flashed before his eyes. He still has a dream to reach and even injuries such as these will not keep him down. Tying his bandana round his head, he got into another stance.
"It's funny, only when I'm on the brink like this, it's as if I can sense every breath he takes…"
He only has one chance to strike, he needed to make this count.
"You're attempting to strike me with one sword? Even with multiple swords you were unable to pierce my body. This fight is over now." Mr. 1 muttered as he crouched.
"This one attack… is all I need… Ittoryu lai…"
"Atomic Spurt!" Mr. 1 shouted as he dashed towards his opponenet, and Zoro did in kind. The two swept past each other, both unmoving and silent until:
"…Shishi sonson!"
And with the sheathing of Wado Ichimonji, Mr. 1's released a spray of blood as the immense slash cut through solid steel. It was a wound too grievous for even him to bear, and he slumped over, gasping.
"To think… he was able to transcend himself… at the last minute…" he thought faintly as his wounds took over; when he thought of it, it wasn't a bad matchup at all "Heh… you can cut steel now… Are you going to cut diamond next…?" Then Mr. 1 fell flat, all consciousness leaving him. His final thought was hoping that the Boss will succeed.
Zoro glanced back slightly; he had cut steel at last. It was something that will never trouble him again.
"Thank you for this, now I am much stronger." He rasped before falling to his knees as blood loss caught up to him.
Meanwhile:
"USOPP, WHAT IS WITH THIS WEAPON OF YOURS?!" Nami yelped as she hobbled around, clutching her wounded shoulder. This fight had really gone downhill the moment she even brought it out; what was Usopp thinking making a weapon that's good for nothing but gags?! Honestly her old wooden bo staff was much more useful than this…
The wall behind her shattered as she screamed and dashed off. Miss Doublefinger was getting annoyed. She expected this fight to be easy, but the task of having to chase an opponent who doesn't even know how to fight is something she'd rather not burden herself with. Morphing both her hands into long, sharp spikes she thrust them towards the orange haired girl as she continues to run.
"Enough with the stalling! If all you're going to do is perform cheap magic tricks, then your death will no longer be painless!"
"Alright… one of these attacks have to work…!" Nami thought desperately as she dodged. Pointing the blue stick towards the female assassin, she prepared to unleash another attack: Thunder Tempo!
Only to have a punching glove shoot out of it, which Miss Doublefinger ripped away easily.
"USOPP, WHEN I DIE I'M COMING BACK TO HAUNT YOU FOR THIS USELESS WEAPON!" Nami screamed as she ran off again.
"Come on… there's got to be something in these instructions that tells me how to use this!"
As she skimmed through the words written on the paper, reading for whatever could come in handy, she noticed a small detail on the bottom of the sheet that she failed to notice before.
"A second page to this?"
Turning it around she finally realized what she's been missing all this time.
"Usopp, you've made something great…"
Before she could do anything, she felt multiple sharp objects slam into her back as she cried out in pain and fell to the ground. The blue spiked ball uncurled to reveal Miss Doublefinger once again, each of her fingers morphed into spikes.
"Caught you at last… There really is nowhere to run now. That toy of yours won't save you this time!"
Nami shakily brought up the Clima-tact and pointed it at her, only making the assassin laugh.
"Please, is this another one of your tricks? It's not going to help-"
She was caught off guard as the front of the staff spun and flew towards her, the blue pole boomeranging towards her, knocking her into a stone wall as the staff returned to her hand.
"Ok… that was actually pretty awesome!" Nami grinned shakily. The basics of this weapon was simple to grasp once you knew the mechanics behind it: the 3 pieces of the staff created special bubbles, Heat, Cool and Thunder, that can be used to manipulate the air. All it takes is someone that understand the effects these can have to use it effectively. No wonder Usopp said it was meant for her! That previous Cyclone Tempo involved the manipulation of the Heat and Cool bubbles to create wind currents, which results in the spinning effect.
"Not bad girl… it seems you can actually do a few things…" Miss Doublefinger snarled as she got up. Nami's eyes widened as she stabbed both her shoulders with her spikes, and they widened even further as she noticed her arms bulged out; hard bumps covering them akin to a spiked mace.
"But it isn't going to be enough! Stinger Flail!"
Slamming the enhanced appendage down, she attempted to brain her target with a single strike. But the moment it struck the orange haired girl, she was shocked to find that the girl had disappeared like a wisp of smoke…
"What?! What is this?!"
The sound of footsteps made Miss Doublefinger turn to see Nami disappear around another corner. Growling, she gave chase again.
Further ahead, Nami was busy throwing multiple Cool and Heat bubble out as much as she can. The Mirage Tempo managed to buy her some time, but she needed to work fast. From what she read, an attack that could help her end this fight is one that takes a lot of preparation, so she needs all the time she can get.
A battle cry and a spiked arm slammed into a pillar near her, breaking it to pieces. Miss Doublefinger has caught up, and using her other hand, she morphed it into another long spike and thrusted towards Nami again. This time, the sharp object managed to impale through her leg, causing the girl to cry out and fall to the ground.
She looked back in horror, before grinning to realize her preparations were complete: a decent sized cloud has formed on top of the assassin, who hadn't noticed due to her blood lust.
"Thunderbolt Tempo!"
And just like that, the woman was shocked by many volts of electricity.
As Miss Doublefinger slumped to the ground, struggling to get up, Nami held the staff in front of her directly, the poles combined to a T. This next attack, according to the instructions, could only be used once per battle, so she made sure to first cripple her opponent first.
"Hey miss, you should watch out for tornados!"
The dazed Miss Doublefinger looked up and saw that the Clima-tact was already beginning to spin. Desperately, she morphed her entire bush of hair into a spike helmet and tried to gore the orange haired girl, who only barely managed to stop it in the form of sticking her injured leg out as the spikes dug into her soles.
"Oww… that was a bad idea…" Nami winced "But this is nothing! All the pain I've endured in this fight… is nothing compared to what Vivi is feeling right for this country right now!"
"I hope this works… Tornado Tempo!"
And just like that, the T shot off the rest of the staff. Two doves attacked to a long wire spiraled out of the fired piece, entangling Miss Doublefinger as they carried her further and further. But that wasn't the end of it. The force was so great that it slammed her through multiple stone walls, even pushing Nami back quite a distance over how strong the weapon is.
By the time her momentum stopped, Miss Doublefinger has already slipped out of consciousness. This fight has ended.
"Wow… that actually worked…" Nami breathed before slumping down. Who would've expected a fight to be this exhausting?
Meanwhile:
"Mouton shot!"
"Hakucho Arabesque!"
Flesh impacted flesh as the powerful legs of Sanji and Mr. 2 collided with each other. Both were strong physical fighters in their own right, and when it came down to it, it really came down to who hits the hardest, and the fastest.
Both of them, wielders of their own fighting techniques, hadn't expected the other to be a near equal to the other, though this only made the fight more intense. The battle was almost dead even, with neither giving any way to the other.
"I must say, for you to withstand my Okama Kenpo for this long and actually keep up…" Mr. 2 panted as he glared at the cook "You're actually quite a troublesome fighter."
"Glad you knew that, because you're about to feel it!" Sanji declared before throwing another kick. Once again the okama managed to counter the leg with his own, the force of the blow sending both of them back.
"When it comes to kicks, it doesn't seem like you have anything special!"
"Stop joking around! I don't have just the power of my Okama Kenpo! I also have the manipulating ability of my Mane Mane no mi!" Mr. 2 shouted as he brushed his face once, instantly replacing his head with Usopp's.
"Now, do you have a heart that you'd even- ACK?" whatever he was about to say was cut short as Sanji planted his foot into the side of his head.
"Y-you fiend! How can you even bear to attack your own comrade?!"
"Don't give me that shit! Even if your face is different, you're still the same shitty okama!" Sanji snapped angrily "My real friends have been through many times together, it takes more than a simple façade to fool me!"
"What strong friendship!" Mr. 2 wept tears of joy "It makes me proud to see a group that has been through thick and thin! Now the faces I copied from them are useless, what am I going to do with all of them?" he cried as he shifted through all the other Straw Hats' copied impressions. It was here that Sanji revealed a glaring weakness, one that Mr. 2 did not fail to notice.
Simply put, all the Okama had to do was transform into the physique of Nami, and the cook would lose all focus as he is entranced by the beauty of the navigator. Mr. 2 grinned upon seeing this: He finally has an edge!
"You fool! You let your emotions cloud your thinking and now you've given me the time to strike! Okama Chop!" In his lovestruck stupor Sanji failed to realize Mr. 2 had switched back, and he was sent tumbling away.
"Dammit! You-" Sanji grimaced and lashed out with another kick. The flying leg stopped inches when he realized that the Okama had turned back to Nami again. Even though he knew what trick the sneaky Mr. 2 is pulling, his own morals prevented him from bringing any harm to the impersonator, something that Mr. 2 took full advantage of. Another kick, the same result. And each time, Mr. 2 got in a free strike. It's not like he could do anything to begin with anyway; even seeing the navigator's form is enough to send the cook into a lovestruck trance. Soon Sanji layed bruised while Mr. 2 cackled triumphantly.
"Damn that Okama… using Nami-san's image like that…" Sanji gritted "I can't even get a hit in if I'm seeing her face…"
Mr. 2 attacked once again, forcing Sanji to jump out the way. When he tried to attack again, Mr. 2 pulled the same trick once again.
"For all your strength earlier, you can't do anything against a woman it seems! I will finish you off now! Mascara Boomerang!"
Indeed, even the okama's makeup are hidden weapons. As Sanji leapt to avoid the bladed mascara, he noticed one major hole in Mr. 2's plan.
"Don't count me out yet! Basse Cote!" Faster than before, Sanji leapt towards the Okama, giving him no chance to retaliate. One kick towards Mr. 2's face sent him whirling before he even got the chance to morph.
"So it true, there is one problem to your Mane Mane no Mi. You can use it to disorientate your enemy, but while you're impersonating someone, you can't use your moves! That's why you have to change back before you throw out any of your okama kenpo."
Mr. 2 cursed; he figured he catch on eventually, but not this soon "So you've figured it out! No matter, you're already weakened at this point so I already have the edge! But just to be safe…"
Mr. 2 suddenly did a backflip, dislodging the two swan heads on his pack. He landed in another martial arts pose, the swan heads now attached to his feet.
"You'd want to watch out for these kicks, these swan heads are tipped with iron and pack a wallop!"
"Don't talk big if you can't back it up! This fight still isn't over!" Sanji declared "Tendron!"
"Prima!"
The two kicks collided in midair once again, this time enough to force another shockwave that sent both combatants slamming into the nearby stone walls, leaving rather wide cracks as they impacted.
"That shitty okama wasn't lying… those birds on his feet actually do feel like getting hit with a gunshot… if I didn't counter it sooner I would've had a hole through my body…!" Sanji winced, before getting into a combat stance again. Across, Mr. 2 also shook off the fatigue and prepared another kick.
"Bombardier!"
"Flanchet!"
"Keri Pointe!"
"Cuisseau!"
And it went on, both sides throwing their best leg forward, dealing kicks that would've easily downed a normal person. Neither side seemed to be giving way at all, despite each strike they throw against each other dealing great damage.
"This is getting out of hand… there has to be some way I can break this stalemate…" Sanji grunted as he narrowly avoided the incoming swan head. It was only then, watching the almost hypnotic movement of Mr. 2's feet enhancements, did he find out the pattern of his attacks.
"So that's it then… those birds can increase the power of his kicks, but in doing so it needs a much more significant time delay for the swans to reach full length… That's it!" Indeed, as he was dodging once more, he noticed that the birds took a while to straighten out, which is the focus of those bullet-like kicks…
"So all I have to do is kick him faster than he can kick me then!" Sanji declared as he leapt upwards, over the okama.
"Don't even try! I'll use my strongest attack in my Okama Kenpo arsenal to finish you off for good!" Mr. 2 leapt up as well.
"Behold! Bombardier Arabesque!"
"Veau Shot!"
The two final strong kicks both sped past the other, hitting both fighters directly, one final blow, its power enough to send them both skyward, before they made impact with the ground.
Both of them struggled to get back to their feet, each still not willing to give up. However, only one could emerge victorious, and as Sanji staggered to his feet, Mr. 2 slumped down and groaned painfully.
"Alas, I have been defeated. It seems you really are strong enough to take on my Okama Kenpo…" the okama wept.
"Good, you better not try any more funny business, and don't think about transforming into any more people!"
"What's the point? I no longer have the strength to fight. When you kill me, please do it quickly."
"…Kill you? Why would I do that?" Sanji raised an eyebrow.
"I'm dead regardless even if you don't! Zero-chan surely won't tolerated my failure! He'll probably dispose of me… Or he'll let Half-chan disembowel me and roast me over a fire for him to feast on! Oh, I can't bear that! So just put me out of my misery now!" Mr. 2 cried.
"Come on now… I'm not going to do that!" Sanji smiled softly before reaching out a hand "It was a pretty good fight, you had me on the ropes many times."
Mr. 2 was in tears over the mercy of his opponent, and returned the handshake in kind "Yes… it was a good fight. A true battle between friends-" before he was interrupted by a swift kick that knocked him out cold.
"That was for hurting Usopp and stealing his goggles…" Sanji glowered as he retook his friend's sniper goggles, planning on returning them later.
Meanwhile:
"Usopp… this isn't good! We can't even get a good hit in!" Chopper shouted to the dazed sniper as explosions peppered ground. The chunky Mr. 4's rocket launcher wasn't just a rocket launcher, but rocket launcher that was fused with a canine Zoan fruit. Mr. 4 didn't even have to hoist the weapon around, as it can just run around on its own, firing explosive baseballs at the two. This left the big man to swing his steel bat at his leisure in an attempt to strike the screaming sniper of the Straw Hats.
The ground under Chopper broke loose to reveal Miss Merry Christmas once again, claws outstretched. The mole-zoan has constructed a series of tunnels beneath the two, and every so often she'd pop out of one of many conveniently placed burrows to slash at the two. This disorientating, quick striking battle plan has left Usopp and Chopper lagging and unable to keep up.
"Areyouallgettingtiredyet? Simplyrunningaroundanddodginguswiththesesimplegames?" The mole lady demanded.
"Don't…believe that for one second… Captain Usopp… never runs from a fight!" The sniper panted. Inward however he was bashing himself over the head at what the two of them could possibly do.
"Whydoyoustillstruggle? Youshouldjustbelikeyourcaptainandfirstmateanddiethebraveway!" this comment made both drop what they were doing and stared at her in disbelief.
"L-Luffy and Gian are dead?!" Usopp croaked "T-that can't be true!"
"Ohbutitis! We'vealreadygotreportthattheBossandMr. 0.5havelefttheirbodiestorotinthedesert! Theywerefoolstobelievetheycanevenstandaslightchanceagainstthem!" Miss Merry Christmass cackled.
"Luffy can't die! He's going to become the next Pirate King! And have you seen what Gian can do? All he has to do is turn into that giant monster form and nothing can stand in his way!" Usopp shouted.
"HAHAHA!Don'tmakemelaugh! Thatbrathasn'tagrainofsand'sworthinbeingthenextpirateking! AndanymonsterBeastWarriorcanbecome, Mr.0.5istwicethemonsterhecanbe! Sofaceit, theyare6feetunderandpushingupdaisies!"
"NO! You're lying! Luffy and Gian would never die in a place like this!" Chopper shouted indignantly.
"Believewhatyouwill, thosetwoareasgoodasdead! Soonyoutwowillmeetthesamefate!" Miss Merry Christmas scoffed before she disappeared down another tunnel.
"They're attacking in sync, we have to get one of them first!" Usopp decided. The two spotted Mr. 4 still lumbering towards them, and charged at him together. Before they can reach him, Miss Merry Christmas popped out of the ground and pounced at a Jump Point Chopper, who wasn't able to get out of the way as the two of the tumbled around in the sand.
Usopp gulped; he's the only one that can do reach the man. Reaching into his back pocket, he suddenly revealed a massive hammer, the size almost as tall as he is, and lifted it into an attack position. Mr. 4 soon stopped in his tracks and stared in dumb disbelief at the size of the weapon.
"WAAAAH. Mr.4becareful!" the mole lady shrieked.
"WOOOOWWWW Usopp that is so amazing!" Chopper glowed.
"Heh, I told you I still have plenty of tricks up my sleeves! Now behold the power of my Usopp Pound!" and swiftly did Usopp bring the hammer down on Mr. 4's cranium, bashing him downwards.
"MR.4NOOOOOO!" Miss Merry Christmas cried.
"Phew… I think that worked… I hope they won't realize that this hammer is actually only made out of paper and isn't heavy at all…" Well, that's a thing.
"YEAH! USOPP GO GET EM!" Chopper cheered.
"Now it's your turn you stupid mole! Take this!" Usopp began chasing after the mole lady, who shrieked and tunneled down in an effort to avoid the massive maul. He's loving this, the rush of power he gets when he's finally in control.
That is, until Mr. 4's dog bazooka fired another explosive baseball, this one hitting the hammer dead on, destroying it instantly and revealing the façade.
"Ohhh… this isn't good…" Usopp whimpered.
"GETAWAYFROMMEYOU- wait…THISISJUSTTWOFRYINGPANSWRAPPEDINPAPER!" Miss Merry Christmas shrilled. Hearing this Mr. 4 also got out of his stupor and glared angrily at Usopp, who let out a nervous chuckle.
"Oooohhhyou'rethinkyou'reafunnylittlemanaren'tya?! We'llgiveyousomethingtolaughat!"
Miss Merry Christmas suddenly drilled back into the ground, disappearing from sight. Usopp began running in terror, only to feel something grip his legs and drag him back towards the livid Mr. 4.
"We'llteachyoutoscrewwithus! BusthisheadopenMr.4!" the mole lady cackled as the rotund assassin grinned and lifted the steel bat, swinging it cleanly into Usopp's chest and sending him flying into the sand dunes.
"USOPP!" Chopper shouted as he dodged a few more exploding baseballs. He was relieved when he saw the sniper stager to his feet, albeit heavily injured.
"Stillalivehuh? Wellthisshouldfinishyou!" Miss Merry Christmas once again repeated the same trick, as she clamped around Usopp's legs as the screaming sniper felt himself being carried towards Mr. 4 once again.
"No..! If Usopp gets hit one more time by that bat there's no doubt he'll die! I'll have to- That's it!" Chopper suddenly realized that there is one thing that can hit the mole even while she's underground! Leaping towards the dog bazooka, he snatched it off the ground while the startled weapon yelped and writhed around.
"Usopp, catch! Use it to blow her out of the ground!" Chopper shouted as he threw the howling weapon at the sniper.
"Gahhh… it's moving around so much…" Usopp grunted as he tried to steady the wriggling dog cannon. "Looks like I'm only going to have a single shot for this, I better not mess this up!"
With some difficulty he managed to level the rocket barrel towards the ground "HEY, PENGUINHAG!"
Miss Merry Christmas peeked her head out to deliver a rebuttal about how her Devil Fruit makes her a mole hybrid, only to be met with the opening of a bazooka. She barely let out scream as Usopp forced the dog to fire an explosive baseball, the resulting explosion managed to send him skywards before landing painfully in the sand.
"Ughhh… I am never doing that again…" a dazed Usopp grumbled as he tried to stand. Naturally being so close to an explosion had its downsides, his body is singed and smoking. None of this compared to what Miss Merry Christmas looks like, however. The mole lady's entire body is covered in soot, her eyes swirls as she bore the brunt of the blast. She's still breathing, but she won't be getting up anytime soon. The explosion also knocked out the dog bazooka as well, returning it to an inanimate object.
A shout alerted them from celebrating as Mr. 4 rushed towards them, swinging his bat in rage. Usopp yelped as he tried to run off, but Chopper placed himself in front of him.
"I didn't get to use this earlier, but you won't get one step closer to Usopp! Horn Point!"
Once again the little deer transformed into the heavily antlered form he took on before. Chopper braced himself; he's only got less than a minute of Rumble Ball time left, so he's got to make this attack count!
The two fighters rushed against each other, but Chopper was one step faster. Soon Mr. 4 found himself on the receiving end of this newfound power boost as he was cleanly lifted from the ground by the powerful antlers. One heave of Chopper's head tossed him high up into the air.
"Let's finish him together, Chopper! I'll use this! Usopp grinned as he took out a rubber band. Tying the contraption around the reindeer's horns. Chopper grinned as he realized the sniper's plans.
"Hissatsu: Uso-Cho Hammer Suisei!" the two shouted together as Usopp shot a metal hammer towards the still airborne Mr. 4. The fat assasin's eyes widened as he swung the bat around in vain to try and block it, but to no effect as the mallet smashed into his face, knocking him out of the sky. He was out before he even hit the ground.
"We…We did it Chopper! We've won!" Usopp gave an exhausted cheer before falling down.
"AAAHHHHH! USOPP! SOMEBODY CALL A DOCTOR!"
"Aren't you the doctor?!"
"Oh… yeah that's right!"
But the two of them barely had any time to catch their breath as a loud BOOM alerted them. No sooner did they hear it, they feel the ground shake as if something heavy had slammed into it, rocking them off balance.
"OH COME ON! JUST GIVE US A BREAK!" Usopp screamed with tears streaming out of his eyes.
Something shot out of the resulting dust cloud and landed near the two. Usopp and Chopper's eyes widened as they recognized an all too familiar face.
"G-Gian?! You're alive!"
"Where else would I be? I'm too handsome to die right now!" The Partially Transformed man grinned back.
"YUS! IT REALLY IS YOU!" the two cried and wrapped him in a bear hug "TAKE THAT PENGUINHAG! I TOLD YOU THEY WERE- Wait, Luffy's alright too right?"
"Last time I check, he just punched Crocodile in the face so probably? But more importantly, WOULD YOU TWO KINDLY GET OFF OF ME I'M KIND OF IN A-"
"RRRAAAAAARGHGHH!"
Usopp and Chopper screamed as Mr. 0.5 torpedoed out of the dust cloud as well, frantically scrambling off of the Kaiju-Zoan user as they witnessed the two Partially Transformed beasts slam against each other.
"You two! Get inside the city! Vivi needs your help! There's a bomb planted somewhere and she needs your help finding it so find the others and go search for it!"
"B-bomb?! Then we have to go right away! Don't worry, you can leave it to us! Let's go Chopper!"
"Alright! But… do you think Gian needs our help?"
No sooner did Chopper say that did the two of them witness a terrifying sight. Mr. 0.5 dislodged himself from combat, leapt back, reared back his head and fired a fiery orange beam of heat. Gian responded in kind by also firing an Atom Ray. The two beams collided in the midair, pushing against each other before releasing in a violent explosion that blancketed the area, leaving the two bystanders slack jawed.
"THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO AGAINST THAT!"
"YOU'RE RIGHT! LET'S GO FIND THAT BOMB!
Seeing the two had scrambled off Gian breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's just you and me now, psychopath! I've got all the space I need to dish out the hurt!"
"Kihehehe… you haven't learned a thing… by getting me out here, you just signed your own will!"
Mr. 0.5 waved a claw around them, as Gian swallowed and glared anxiously "Look around you… we're in open desert now! You've brought me back to my natural environment! You were so concerned that you'd damage your precious princess' city that you'd even forego your own chances of a fair fight! That conscience will be the end of you!"
"Don't think just a bit of sand is going to kill me! Last time I was caught off guard, I'm ready for whatever trick you throw at me now!"
"Then I'll enjoy feasting on you soon!" Mr. 0.5 cackled as he drilled into the ground, leaving Gian to brace himself for when he's going to appear.
"Yep, I knew he'd go underground again… well, there's no going back now… time to own what I've done!" Gian let out a war cry as he gathered atomic energy into both fists, ready to slam them down as the ground in front of him began to crack…
A/N: Ok… so it's been a month… there were lots of things that just keep coming my way. University is just one big kick in the pants after another. So naturally that kind of kept my update schedule off. I also had an internal debate on whether I wanted to include the other fights in the story or not; and eventually I settled with having a few simplified fights that still kept the general development for the characters. So next chapter, it's going to be an all-out monster mayhem.
With that being said, once the end of April rolls along, I should have a faster upload schedule once again. At least then school won't be a big worry. So just wait on that. Also with this being the 40th chapter, I'll have more character information about Gian uploaded on my author page, so look out for that!
Responses to Reviews:
To hcharper101:
That was a reference to- never mind…
Just read one of the earlier reviews, someone guessed it spot on!
To Artoria Pendragon:
Yup, heard all about it! The fact that I gotta wait until 2019 to watch it is painful though.
To anquan16:
I still haven't decided whether or not to use the Pacific Rim Kaiju yet, I haven't really had an opportunity to put them in, and with how the current story goes, I might have to turn it into an original arc or an original movie if I do.
To Chance Green G King:
I'm glad the interactions were a thing you liked, we'll be adding more later!
To JayH120:
As I eventually ended up doing, all the fights are here, though they are slightly changed, in a different order and overall shortened.
To tamagat:
I don't even know if that's a power or not… though you are close on something I plan to do with a certain element of Kaiju-Zoans that I teased in an earlier chapter.
To Guest 1:
Yeah… he's not here at the moment. You see he kind of got tired of waiting for me to finish this chapter so he took a vacation to Cancun and hasn't- wait, he left a note… Ah, it says if anyone has any questions for me, either say I didn't do it, or I'll gladly do it.
Well, there's that.
To Vergil Leonidas:
*phone rings
G (over the phone): Oh, about games? Let me tell you this story-
You are not-
G: He straight up downloaded Yu Gi Oh Duel Links about 2 weeks ago, and that practically was took up his attention when he isn't doing school work! Then one day it stops working on him and he had to uninstall it to get it working again. But wait, get this: That game doesn't save your progress unless you make an account with Konami and link it! So guess who now has to start over after he unwittingly spend over 100 on card packs, and now has sworn off the game in shame?
…You bastard… and besides, I stopped playing it also because I still remember what Konami did to Kojima…
G: Excuses, excuses. Whatever, is the new chapter up yet?
Yes… so get your ass back here.
G: Excellente, I'll be on my flight back in about an hour. See you then! *hangs up
So… yeah. Also I just added that part about Desmond in for no reason, I completely forgot the whole Assassin's Creed thing.
To Guest 2:
Mothra and Battra will be making an appearance sooner than you'd expect!
G (calls again): Um… I think he's talking about you're other stories…
Oh… OH… Those ones… I really need to get working on those-
G: Don't even think about it, I own your ass now so you work for me and only me, got it?
… That makes no sense
Well, I hope I'll get the next chapter up sooner! I'll see you then!
G: Leave a review so this flight doesn't get delayed!