Chapter 8: The Tower of Reborn
Kc was laying in her room's balcony while enjoying the nice warm sunlight on her skin. The Kid Pirates had been staying in the nice resort that was located right on the beach, until the log pose resets. Kc got up from her chair, walked back into her room and stared at herself in the mirror.
Checking herself out, her eyes focused on the large brand mark on top of her chest that was the shape of the letter 'B.'
Biting her lip, she held back the tears that were about to escape from her eyes.
Hearing a light knocking noise from her door, Wire then pops out his head into her room.
"Hey Kc, Kid and the rest of the crew are downstairs. Wanna go find them and play some games?"
"That's right, there's a casino here, isn't there? In that case." Kc said as she got out a nice short purple cocktail dress and a pair of black high heels .
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The lights were suddenly turned off.
"A gunshot?" Kc thought to herself, as she walked through the long halls.
"What's going on?" Wire demanded with clenched fists.
When the lights turned back on, everyone who was around the 2 pirates were now laying on the ground and had been trapped into coins.
"Oh no, a devil fruit user."Kc grunted in annoyance.
"Cool huh, I ate the Coin Coin fruit. Which gave me the ability to trap anything into a coin. You're not the only one with powers, oh Great Silver fox. Now come with me nicely or your friend will get it." The blue-haired man demanded while pointing at her friend.
A cloak man was holding a blade inches away from Wire's throat, which made Kc narrow her eyes.
"Kc do you know these people and what is the Silver Fox?!" Wire asked as he held in a deep breath when the knife started getting closer and closer to his throat.
"It has something to do with my devil fruit." Kc responded.
Then she turned her attention back at the group of people who were now ganging up on her.
"Why did you find me? What do you want? My bounty isn't really that high so it can't be for that reason." Kc stated with crossed arms.
"Really wanna know?" The only female in the group who looks the same age as Kc maybe a little older, asked with a small wink.
"You see, we all are involved in a little project that needs a pacific devil fruit in order to make it work. Our organization has been searching for that rare devil fruit for more than 20 years now and we were all disappointed and yet happy that you found and ate it. Since the powers of the Silver Fox live within you, you will make a great sacrifice." The one eyed man who also looks like the leader of the group stated evilly.
"Like Hell I am…"Kc scoffs before launching herself at the tall man with one of her hands transformed into a large claw.
Wire's eyes widened in horror when Kc completely disappeared from his sight.
"Looking for this." The blue haired man said as he held up a coin that had Kc inside of it.
"You bastard, let her go!" Wire demanded with gritted teeth.
Throwing down a smoke bomb, they use that chance to get away from man, with Kc now in their custody.
"Damn it, they got her" Wire yelled in pure rage as he slammed his fist onto the hard ground.
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Cracking open her eyes, Kc tried to move her body only to realize that sea prism stone handcuffs were limiting her movements.
"Hello there Miss Silver-Fox, The ceremony will take place later today and how perfect it is that tonight is a full moon as well. You'll be staying here until then...Oh yeah I forgot to introduce myself, hi my name is Roy," The blue haired man greeted.
"I don't get it, why do you need my devil fruit so much, I mean yeah it's a Mythical Zoan but it has no use if I'm dead." Kc stated as she tried her best to act, she wasn't scared or worried at all.
"Your devil fruit is the only key to resurrect our great god, Perses. In exchange for the user's life or the fruit itself, the Silver Fox has the power to unfreeze our god who has been frozen for more than 800 years right after the void century had ended. Have you ever heard the story of how the God of Winter and his trusty sidekick defeated our god?" Roy asked as his face got closer to her's.
"No, I only heard the story about how the Silver Fox got it's powers." Kc responded.
Roy then cleared his throat. " Perses, the god of destruction, was having a rampage that took out many islands and people's lives a long time ago. So the god of winter did the only way he knew how to defeat it, he sealed it away inside a glacier somewhere in the North Blue. But in exchange for defeating the god of destruction, Perses. Boreas who is also known as the God of Winter gave up his own life in order to create and enclose it in a form of ice that can't be melted. It is so strong that even the people who ate the Flame-Flame fruit or the Magma-Magma devil fruits can't even melt it. But thanks to you, we can bring Perses back to life. We will become it's rulers and we're going to put fear and sorrow in the hearts of everyone who had wrong us. They'll be stripped of their freedom and denied any rights once we're in control, they'll have no choice but to bow down before us. We'll be more powerful than all of the Celestial Dragons who have ever lived. We've already collected enough energy from the moonlight to power our god, all we need is you to unfreeze him . " Roy announced, like he lost all of his sanity.
"Here is a lesson you need to know, you should have restraint my legs. Especially for someone who has taken gymnastics for more than 7 years." Kc stated after she landed a high kick right in Roy's face. While he was distracted Kc kicked him on top of his head and grabbed the key that was around his neck with her toes. Hearing a clicking noise Kc dropped down from her restraints and knocked out Roy with a single punch.
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"I swear when I get my hands on those mother fucking. "Kid scoffs as he paces around on the front deck.
"Killer, are you sure we're going the fucking right way?!"Kid asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, I managed to steal one of their Eternal Pose. We will arrive at their hideout in about 10 minutes." Killer explained while holding it up.
Geez. I can't believe how easily they were able to knock us out and kidnap Kc. We're pathetic.* Kid thought to himself in anger.
"Is that the skyscraper of Reborn." Killer muttered to himself in pure shock when the island came into view.
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Kc was shocked and horrified after she ran through the long halls for about 10 minutes and found a mine with cages and cages filled with men, women and even small children that were either being held prisoner or were working as slaves.
"Capture her at once!" One guard demanded then multiple guns were pointed at her.
Ice.. Lance.* Kc extends her arms forward, creating long, curved ice lances then she shoots towards the gunmen.
7 Strike... Tail Tornado.* Kc spins her whole body with her hands and has her tails straight out, like if her legs were doing the splits.
Once Kc defeated every single last guard that was in the large mine, she stole all of their keys and gave them to the slaves.
"Listen up, I have somewhere else I need to be. So find a weapon if you want out of here, you have to fight. For your lives, for your freedom!" Kc shouted as she held up her fist high in the air.
Children, women, and even men were crying tears of joy as they raised their fists in the air before exiting the hell hole while some even bowed down to their savior.
Feeling a small weight on her leg, Kc looked down and saw a little boy giving her a hug while small tears escaped from his eyelids.
"Thank you, thank you." He said in a soft whisper.
Pressing her hands together, Kc then created a pair of trench knives out of ice and gave them to the little boy.
"Here, use these to cut down anyone who has abused you in the past and kick some ass as well." Kc said after she patted the boy's head.
After the boy runs away and joins the rest of the free slaves, Kc then hears a familar voice that she knows too well.
"Hey bitch, get your ass here back this instant!" Kid demanded.
"Hi, great seeing you here Kid." Kc responded with a heavy sigh.
"I welcome you to the Skyscraper of Reborn."
"Who said that?" Kid demanded as he looked around in the large mine then he spotted a large den den mushi.
"My name is Sanki and I am the ruler of this tower. I see the players have been arranged. I'm delighted you've come all this way to see me. Shall we play a little game? " Sanki announced through the den den mushi.
"Say what!?"Kc muttered with gritted teeth.
"Like hell were playing your game, come here so I can fucking kill you." Kid shouted while holding up a large metal arm.
" The rules are really quite simple. I wish to use Kc as a sacrifice so we can resurrect Lord Perses. If I succeed, then Perses and I will rule over the world, which will make me the winner of the game. However, if you can manage to find a way to stop me, you'll be the winners of the game. To make sure things will go my way , I've hired three of the best assassins to fight on my behalf.
The only way you'll be able to get to me is if you can defeat all of them. In other words, a battle royale." Sanki explained through the den den mushi.
"You're coming with me." Roy stated after he entrapped Kc in another coin again.
"Get me out of here!" Kc shouted as her hands bangs into the coin surface.
Killer lunged toward Roy and tried to grab the coin that had Kc entrap inside of it , only to fall in a hidden door in the process.
"Bye bye." Roy taunted Killer before he threw down another smoke bomb.
Then all of the sudden, the floor disappeared and everyone in the Kid Pirates went into different places in the tower to face off their opponent.
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Kid's instincts tingled instantly as he felt something approach. He immediately created a metal arm and it was just in a nice of time after something almost hit his head. It was a large metal club that had large pointed spikes around it. The person who was wielding the large weapon is a man with a long mustache and was wearing a light green trench coat,
The mysterious man grined and lifted the large club with one hand . "You look like a good opponent, but sadly only one of us is going to live. I am Mac, one of the assassins who was hired to kill you." He stated.
Kid only cracked his knuckles and took up a fighting stance. "Fuck off, I need to save one of my annoying crewmates. But I think I have enough time to kick and kill your sorry ass."
Kid's smirk then turned into a frown when the large metal weapon wasn't coming toward him.
"Ha, your devil-fruit powers have no effect because this weapon is made out of sea-stone." Mac explained, enjoying Kid's piss off expression.
Suddenly, Mac sends the club toward the fiery haired captain and which he dodge with ease. Kid prepared himself as Mac swung the metal club once more and sent it slamming right at Kid's side. With a battle roar, Kid put all his power and determination in his fist that was aimed right at the spiky weapon coming at him. Punching the steel weapon without faltering, Kid ignored the pain spreading in his hand as the spikes impelled his knuckles.
The 2 of them collided, and after a short battle of strength, the club broke into 2 and fell on the ground with a loud bang.
Mac watched in shock and disbelief when his weapon broke and was now on the ground. Red liquid fell from Kid's injured hand and onto the floor, as his harsh breaths filled the stunned silence.
Mac grinned and pulled his head back, delivering a strong attack with his head against Kid's.
Kid had to admit; for less than a second everything was a blur as a loud cracking piercing noise filled his ears and head.
"You must have a thick skull, if you're still standing from that attack." Mac commented while showing a big toothy grin.
"Just get out of my fucking way, I don't have that much time left." Kid retorted as he endured. He stood up again and rushed at the mustache man. Kid threw the first punch, but Mac blocked it, still grinning as if he was enjoying himself. Mac kicked Kid acrossed the face and another powerful kick right in his gut. Seeing his chance, Kid leapt toward him and landed an uppercut punch square in the jaw, surprising Mac as his body stumbled back.
As Mac lost his balance, Kid withdrew his pistol and shot at both at his shoulders but before Kid could land the third bullet that was aiming for his head. Mac was able to dodge it and move to the side, before landing another large impactful kick at Kid's head, but in his surprise. Kid caught his foot and slammed him into the hard stony ground with a large thud.
Kid looked at the unconscious man before leaving him so he could find the rest of his crew.
Please don't be dead yet." Kid thought to himself as he ran across the long halls.
