The black cat pirates shudder in fear at the mere presence of their captain. gazing upon the battlefield and the current state of the plan. the pirates themselfs,Jango,Sham,Buchi everyone with at least one bit of interaction with the black cat pirates was shitting their pants.
'Luffy's return! Kaya's live and the beginning of the final battle!'
Kuro was carrying a bag while looking at everything. after her scream in the last chapter. the butler spoke again.
"I would never have imagined that they would be defeated by punks..." Kuro said Dissapointed but not surprised, and drops his bag. "Black cat pirates aren't the same..."
Kuro then frowned in anger. allthough, he still tried to Remain collective, Hiding his eyes on his glasses. "Isn't this right..." Kuro then suddenly stares at Jango all pissed. "Jango!?"
Jango hearing this weakly begin's to stand up. "B-but...sir...you said those kids...wouldn't be a problem..." jango recalled.
"Yes I did. What about it?" He responds bluntly. Until accidentally looking at reimu and luffy who were simply standing Still.
'wait a minute... shouldn't these kids have died?' Kuro thought remembering the events past episodes ago when they eavesdropped on their plan conversation. 'it doesn't matter...'
"We already knew they were going to interrupt." Kuro said. "What I didn't expect..."
Kuro passed before yelling with a pissed look at them again. "WAS YOU GUYS FEBBLENESS!!"
"U-us Febble?!" Jango Asks Offended.
"who are you calling febble?!" sham asked.
"yeah, how dare you captain Kuro?" Buchi asks. "It is true that once you were very Strong. but that was three years ago."
"Yeah! and while you stood still in the village for who knows how long. we don't just sit around waiting!" said sham.
"Yes, we attacked several villages, we defeated very strong bands."
Kuro blinked with no change in expression. "what do you want?"
Sham and buchi then look at Kuro with a frightening face. "After three years we..."
"we want to see if you can defeat us!" both Sham and Buchi then abandon their Respectful Fight's and charge straight to Kuro.
"What the-!?" Marisa almost fails down at the sudden rush.
"Wait! Sham, Buchi!" Jango tries warn them it was a bad idea. But it was to no avail.
"Looks like Thing's took a very weird turn." Reimu comments. she then looks back at her comrades, and noticed a silent non-moving Luffy staring at the scene. "Huh?"
"Luffy...?" Alice Says.
Meanwhile, Kuro looks at the nyaban brothers Aproach him And drops his bag on the ground that Magically appeared on his hand again. This time he takes something inside the bag.
"YOU ARE NO LONGER OUR CAPTAIN!!"
"SORRY BUT WE WILL ATTACK YOU!!"
Kuro then he throws the bag up before making several quick moves that even I can't describe, just as Buchi and Sham were going to attack. due to this, they end up hitting the bag he was holding. Kuro itself wasn't around.
"What-!?" Youmu exaspered.
Kuro then appears behind the two cats. this time with a small difference. he had claws on both hands.
'how did he manage to go behind them?' Zoro thought while Sweatdropping. 'and that weapon...'
"who...who did you intend to kill...?" Kuro asked threatening.
"W-What was that...?" Alice asks. "Is he a devil fruit user?"
"I don't think so?" says Reimu.
"That was... the stealthy step..." Jango said to himself. Reimu then turns to him and asks.
"The stealthy step?"
"the stealthy step... allows him to walk silently..." Jango told. "He can kill over 50 assassins without being noticed..." Jango's glasses reflection shows random men failing on the floor lifeless.
"It's impossible to escape him. even after 3 years every time I see her makes my hair stand on end he always adjusts his glasses to make sure his cat claws don't hit his face." jango continues. "even after so long. he still hasn't forgotten how to fight..."
Luffy took action and what was going to happen charged torwards Kuro.
"Again?" Asked Alice.
seconds later sanae turns to Luffy quickly in slow motion. she is surprised by the furious look on his face.
"you know i might have a clue to what he's gonna do, which means that i should go too." Reimu says before catching up with Luffy.
Kuro moves quickly as if teleporting, until he appears much closer to the nyaban brothers, pointing his claws at their necks.
Nami and Usopp were speachless. zoro just looked the same from last scene.
"it's true...i'm not the same i was back in the day..." Kuro said ignoring the whimpers of the nyaban brothers. "over these three years...I've become a little more humble..."
Kuro then takes the Claws off the nyaban brother's neck. "I'll give you 5 minutes to kill those brats...if you fail... you will die in my hands..."
all the black cat pirates cry and tremble with fear upon hearing this.
"how can he be so cruel..." alice said in Idignation. "with his own companions...?"
"five minutes... of course!" Jango exasperated. "Let's find a way... and we just kill these two (Marisa and Zoro) and the slope is clear.
seconds later The nyaban brothers run back to their victims. Zoro and Marisa.
"ok. back to the catch game..." marisa says casually.
Zoro takes a stance with the three swords.
"TORA..."
Youmu all the way back Saw Zoro engulfed in a red aura on a black space. 'That aura...'
"he can barely defend himself from my attacks even if he has three swords." Sham
yelled.
"i'm gonna rip that Witch's guts off in less than 2 minutes!" says Buchi.
"you don't get it, do you?" Zoro says.
the screen goes black for a second the moment Sham jumped at zoro.
"GARI!!" Sham was cut by the attack and was sent to above zoro.
"AHHHHHHHH!!" Sham grunts in pain.
"Four minutes." says Kuro casually.
"having three swords is using three swords..." zoro said. "they are completely different things..."
'they are very sharp... if i hadn't held me back I would have killed him... it seems very durable too, despite the age. using a sword like that without killing must be a huge challenge... whoever trained her once did a good job...'Zoro thought commenting about Youmu's sword's.
the black cat pirates were shocked. a single attack was able to defeat sham. the cat then falls to the floor Uncouncious.
"Amazing...Just one attack..." Jango was amazed to say the least.
"SHAAAAM!!!" Buchi Cries. He Turns to zoro sundelly. "Damn...how dare you...!" Buchi then jumps in front of Zoro. "I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!!!"
"huh!?" Zoro Changes his expression to a surprised one, and was about to prepare another attack until sundelly Buchi found himself inside a Bubble.
"Huh!?" Noticing this. Buchi tries scratching the bubblegum all over. But it was worthless. "What is this...!? I can not go out! HELP!!"
"Did he get...trapped...in a bubble?" nami asked a little confused.
until suddenly he heard a female voice. "kitten, have you forgotten that your opponent is me, ze?" It was Marisa Floating above his head.
Buchi is Jumpscared by this and begin's scratching the bubble all over it. "It's no use! You can't escape from this bubble." Told Marisa before she took out a Spell card.
"Damn...it!"
"And now it's time to send you flying to space!" Marisa Hissed.
Marisa leaps off the screen then goes rocketing across it starting from the side she jumped to.
"!?" Buchi Widened his eyes Shookingly. The blond witch was now going at hyper-sonical speed.
Comet "Blazing Star"
Marisa hits the bubble Buchi was in which didn't cause any damage to his body but send the bubble spiraling back to the Forest Unseen before making a loud thud.
in the forest, the bubble Buchi pooped letting go off Buchi who was now laying on the ground Unconscious with severe marks on his body.
Marisa then land's on the ground again before spinning her broom around and saying. "And that's that!" She then turns back to the unimpressed Kuro along with Zoro.
"Alright. you're next, ze!" Marisa Advertised.
"in five minutes there won't be anyone left here."zoro said causing amusement to Kuro who smiles back. "I take care of everyone!" Despite this zoro was sweating a bit.
"Only three minutes..." he says Non-Chalantly.
"OI!!" a few seconds later he heard a scream. "huh?" Kuro looks to the side of Zoro and Marisa noticing something had changed... Luffy and Reimu were standing there.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING WITH YOUR COMPANIONS!!??" Luffy yelled
"Hey Luffy! what hole did you come from!?" asked an alarmed Marisa
"He's been awake for a long time." Reimu explained. "you're not a very attentive person."
"Wait, this kid is still alive!?" asked Jango who didn't know either.
"2 minutes left." Kuro ignored Luffy and said casually.
INTERMISSION.
"1 minute left..."
"Now screwed up! Buchi and Sham were defeated no way! we're going to die! there's no way we can kill these guys in less than a minute." The bottom pirates shake in horror.
Kuro and Luffy continue to stare at each other. until Kuro says something.
"boy. if i were you i wouldn't meddle in what doesn't involve me. and i don't know what you're talking about either. i'm just motivating them more with this countdown. wouldn't you agree?" Kuro responds before pointing his Claws at the bass pirates.
"Shipmates are like Tools used by the captain to climb to the top. at the moment, who agree to join me, they are all my property meaning i have the right to do what i want with them. including killing them, when they fail me or are of no further use to me. but I see that this is not working. which means I'll have to Kill everyone here."
''what is he getting so worked up for?' Reimu Thought.
"DAMN YOU!!!" Luffy yelled again as he was about to stretch his arm back until...
"wait!" a female voice said. Luffy obeys and cancels his attack. everyone looks at the person who said that. it was kaya who had arrived at my mess in a coat.
"kaya?" asks Youmu.
"Miss Kaya!" says Sanae
"Hmm... isn't this the mansion girl?" Jango Asks.
Kuro Looks back slightly ready to do an attack withou being too sure who is behind him. "Don't come close..."
Usopp realized what Kuro was going to do and jumps on kaya getting behind her thus taking the attack. "KAYA!!!"
Kuro turns fully back gasping mentally seeing Kaya there. Seconds later he remains his cold hearted look.
"USOPP!!!" Yells both Nami and youmu.
"Mister Usopp! are you alright?!" Kaya Checked the Liar. luckily Usopp replies back.
"Kaya...why are you here?" asked Usopp Weakly.
"I'm sorry, Mister Usopp..." Kaya said sadly. "I will never forgive myself for what I did to you...I just can't believe that Klahadore was a pirate..."
"It doesn't matter now." said Usopp. "why are you here? I told you to hide... he wants to kill you." Kaya begin's to cry and then screams. Causing usopp to stop.
"BUT YOU'RE FIGHTING, AREN'T YOU!? EVEN AFTER I'VE BEEN SO CRUEL TO YOU YOU'RE IS STILL FIGHTING FOR ME!!"
"Miss kaya...why are you here...?" Asks Kuro.
Kaya immediately changes her appearance after hearing this to an angrier one. "stop it now..."
"Huh?"
She then stood up. "STOP IT RIGHT NOW, KLAHADORE!!!" Kaya screamed. "I know everything! merry told me everything! If you want my fortune then you can have it as long as you please get out of this village!"
Kuro Flinch's mentally with the Revelation he wasn't aware of but remains Collective.
"that's not all..." Kuro smiles. "there's something more that I want...I want...peace..."
"Huh? Peace?" Kaya asks Confused.
"yes. that's all I want..." Kuro said. "During these three years I spent gaining the trust of everyone in the village... and that made me very comfortable... and I want to keep that with me forever."
Meanwhile, the people in the back wondered.
"What the hell is he blabling about,ze?" Marisa asks.
"Beats me." Zoro said.
Kaya backs off a bit Frightened by this taking off something from Her Outfit.
"therefore... I want that peace of mind along with your fortune... and for that. my pirates will attack this village...and you will die under the circumstances..." Kuro said turning around. "two requirements must be fulfilled..."
"No...he...can't be Klahadore..." Kaya slowly exasperated as she pulled a gun out of her clothing. Until Usopp grabs her leg.
"Run Kaya! It's no use talking to him! He wants to kill you!"
"This...is not...Klahadore..." Kaya fully takes off a gun and points at the Kuro. "YOU'RE NOT KLAHADORE!!!"
"are you going to shoot me?" said kuro casually while Kaya was shaking.
"GET OUT OF THIS VILLAGE!! NOW!!"
"So this is how things go..." Kuro sigh's "You've grown a lot during these 3 years... Miss kaya...you still remember...a lot has happened in those years... since when you cried in your bed for your deceased parents... a lot has changed... I still remenber the good and bad days we shared together..." Kuro takes off one of his Claws and Adjusts his glasses.
"Klahadore..." Kaya Begun to cry again while still thrembling.
"We went shopping... I took care of you in bed... we were so happy when we talked... I've always taken care of you...always done it for you...to face you..." Kuro slowly pulls Kaya's gun away. "yes...all of that...WAS TO KILL YOU TODAY!!"
Kaya then felt like she was about to cry more.
"I used to be called Captain Kuro... I had to fake Smiling for a crying girl...I hated doing this but I did it to make you happy..." Kuro drops the gun on the floor as Kaya Begun to cry more which pissed Usopp off.
"DAMN...YOU...!!"
Luffy on the back was again silenced. his eyes hidden beneath his Strawhat.
"I've had enough of this..." Reimu said darkly.
then suddenly Usopp picks the gun Kuro dropped on the ground and quickly stands up to shoot him. "KUUUUROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Kuro used Stealth Step and dodged the bullet appearing behind Usopp. "I had already forgotten... you still owe me a punch..."
"Mister Usopp..." Kaya says quietly in horror.
Kuro then takes of the bandage on his face with one of his Claws. "that punch... it hurt a lot..."
But before anything could be done. Usopp saw a stretching arm come this way.
"GOMU GOMU NO..."
"Huh?" Kuro looks back in shock and widens his eyes.
"PISTOL!!!"
BANG*
"GAHH!!" Luffy Hits Kuro's face causing him to stumble back to the ground. both Usopp and Kaya were shaken by this outcome and look back at who did it.
Luffy stretches his arms back and smiles before saying. "if you like getting punched in the face then watch out cuz i'm gonna kick your ass!!"
TO BE CONTINUED.
