SailorStar9: With Chapter 178 uploaded, I present Chapter 179 this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.
Pairings: Ace/Sasha, sibling Luffy/Sasha and Sabo/Sasha, Background Protector!Law/Sasha
Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda EiichirÅ-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.
Chapter 179: Arc 12: Stop, Noah! The Ancient Sea Kings Appear!
"Gear Second!" Luffy activated his 'Gear Second'. "Gomu Gomu no Jet Bazooka!" he slammed his fists onto Hody's stomach.
"Flaming Fists!" Ace followed up with his fire-coated fists, hammering them rapidly on the area where Luffy's attack connected.
"It's not working." Hody mocked, unaffected by the combined attacks. "It's no use. We were granted power from heaven. Give it up now. You can't stop Noah now and you will lose everything."
"No, we're going to finish the whole thing with this one." Luffy snapped and extended his arm backwards.
"You can't finish anything!" Hody fired back. "Drop dead!" he renewed his attack on the brothers.
"Gear Second: Armament!" Luffy imbued his arm with Armament Haki. "Gomu Gomu no..."
"Red Fist..." Ace ignited his fist with his Fruit ability.
"I'm gonna bite your arms off." Hody swore.
"Red Hawk!"
"Napalm Fist!"
Both fiery fists slammed onto Hody's stomach, further damaging the Fish-Man and the impact sending the over-sized Fish-Man flying into the Noah's deck.
"Ace." Luffy looked at his older brother.
"Yeah." Ace agreed. "It's isn't over yet. We have to get on the Noah."
"I can't believe it." Fukaboshi was stunned when he saw Hody consumed yet another handful of Energy Steroids.
"There is air!" Luffy gulped down the air once the brothers were on the Noah's deck.
"This... doesn't look good." Ace muttered, seeing Hody power up even more.
"I won't let you interfere with my plan." Hody swore. "You can't lay a finger on the ship. The Fish-Man Island is doomed to fall like this."
"Gear Second!" Luffy reactivated 'Gear Second'.
"Red Fist!" Ace's fiery helix was ignited on his fist again.
"Gomu Gomu no Jet Pistol!" Luffy's punch missed Hody.
"Hundred Fire Lance!" Ace rained his fire lances at Hody who was using his speed to dodge the solidified projectiles.
"You're too slow." Hody reappeared behind the siblings, sending Luffy flying with a kick and Ace was taken out by a punch mere seconds later.
"Gomu Gomu no Jet Bazooka!" Luffy was back on his feet and slammed his open palms on Hody's stomach.
"Red Fist: Explosive Fire Storm!" Ace bombarded his numerous fireballs on the same area Luffy attacked, the impact of the combined attacks sending Hody flying backwards. "Red Fist: Hellfire Pillar!" the Fire Logia then engulfed the Fish-Man in a powerful pillar of red-hot flames.
"This is the power I was granted by heaven, to destroy you lowly creatures: humans." Hody bragged, slightly singed by the flame attack. "I bet the two of you thought you could gain the upper hand fighting where you can breathe, but it's no use. Nobody can best this righteous power and nobody can stop me from getting revenge."
"Fire-Fist, Straw Hat..." Fukaboshi muttered as he watched the fight.
"Can't you see it?" Hody mocked. "There is nothing you can do. You will never beat me. Seems like you humans need to die in order to realize how arrogant you are even though you're so weak. Then, I'm gonna make you realize."
"We have no time." Ace declared, both brothers were ready for the final assault. "Let's end this!"
"Beat me if you can!" Hody challenged and sank his hands onto the ark's deck. "Fish-Man Jujutsu: Water Heart, Shark Pack!"
"Fire Barrier Wall!" Ace's flame wall was almost immediately erected, evaporating the shark-shaped water projectiles Hody fired at them.
"You can't keep maintaining that." Hody renewed his shark water bullet attack.
"You're quite right." Ace agreed, charging up another attack with his free hand. "Red Fist: Corona Blaster!" his large fire beam evaporated Hody's water sharks once they made contact with the flame beam, before hitting the powered-up Fish-Man with full-force. "Get up from that!" the Fire Logia snapped.
"Keep falling, Noah." the rapidly losing conscious Hody chanted. "Kill all the pride-less Fish-Men..."
"This is..." Fukaboshi's eyes widened when several large shadows loomed over his head. "Why are they here?" he gasped as the Ancient Sea Kings clustered around the Noah. "Shirahoshi." he turned to see his sister swimming in the middle of the group of Sea Kings towards the Noah.
"The ship..." Luffy winced, getting to his feet. "We have to destroy it."
"Yeah." Ace nodded, both brothers readying their attacks.
"Ace-sama, Luffy-sama, you have to stop!" Shirahoshi shouted, entering the ship with Sasha cupped in her hands.
"Move it, Shirahoshi!" Ace retorted. "We need to destroy it to save the island."
"It's okay now." Shirahoshi insisted. "The Noah is already stopped!" she screamed, the group of Ancient Sea Kings each holding onto a chain with their mouths.
"The Ancient Sea Kings?" Ace gawked. "But how? Luffy, that wound from Hody..." he gasped, seeing the bite the younger 'D' had gotten from Hody had started bleeding again.
"Everyone." Sasha smiled at the gathered Ancient Sea Kings. "I'm sorry for having made all of you wait for so long."
"Well, that's good..." Luffy muttered. "As long as the ship is stopped. I'm glad everyone's safe..." he collapsed into Ace's arms.
"He's fine." one of the Sea Kings assured.
"Boy, what a human." the spike-headed Sea King remarked.
"He is a very strong one, isn't he?" the first Sea King noted.
"If we were late, we could have still saved the island." the aquamarine-finned Sea King stated. "But the Noah would have been completely destroyed.
"I'm glad we made it." the lone female Sea King was relieved. "I'm glad our precious Goddess and Princess Shirahoshi called us."
"I didn't do anything and I was just sad." Shirahoshi looked around at the Ancient Sea Kings.
"No, it is just as the Dragon Goddess said." the female Sea King corrected. "It's the Will to protect that summoned us."
"Our power is your power." the spike-headed Sea King added. "We helped them because you called us."
SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
