SailorStar9: So with Chapter 321 uploaded, I present Chapter 322 of 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: Married!Ace/Sasha, Sibling!Luffy/Sasha, Sibling!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 322: Arc 18: The Power of Ice Oni! A New Version of the Excite Bullets
"This is bad." one of the uninfected samurai remarked, seeing his comrades were infected by the Ice Oni virus. "Stay away from them. Get back."
"They're all samurai." Zoro mused. "Why are they splitting up?"
"It must be the plague." X Drake growled. "Queen." he glared.
Laughing, Queen fired another around of Ice Oni bullets at the intruders. "Drake, you'll eventually end up like them." he bragged. "You're freeze and attack everyone you see, then die. You deserve to die pathetically like that, you sneaky rat."
Zoro drew Enma and X Drake pulled out his saber and ax, the two close-range fighters taking out the attacking Ice Oni.
"I remember you." Zoro recognized one of the Ice Oni he had just cut down. "Stop, come to your senses." he fended off infected samurai. "You're a samurai."
"Don't touch him, Zoro." Chopper warned. "If you touch him, you'll become an oni too."
"You'll turn into an oni just by touching them." Robin added. "It's incredibly infectious."
"And they'll attack anyone." Brook nodded. "But we can't fight back since they're our allies. We don't wanna fight."
"It'll alter not just your appearance, but also your soul." Robin remarked. "By that I mean, it'll rip it out."
"Just like that time." Chopper recalled. "When they turned into mummies in Udon. How could he spread such a virus. He himself is an oni."
"Seal off the exits to the other floors." Queen barked down his Smart Tanishi. "This floor is doomed. This is my masterpiece." he boasted. "Plague Rounds: Ice Oni."
With Luffy's group...
"Outta my way." Luffy kicked through the attacking Beast Pirates. "I gotta make it there. Don't get in my way."
"Wait, Luffy." Sanji chided. "You and Sasha-hime are going to fight Kaido, right? Save your energy for now. I can handle all of you fools by myself." he ran straight into the Pleasures squadron. "Party Table Kick Course!" his fiery roundhouse kicks sent the attackers to the ground.
"How dare you do that to my men." Briscola spat.
"What the?" Luffy dodged the incoming punch from a gorilla. "A gorilla?"
"I won't let you through." Briscola swore. "Prepare yourselves."
"Why'd the gorilla growing out of there?" Sanji exclaimed, seeing the gorilla growing out of Briscola's right arm.
"Zoan Devil Fruits are complete BS, but SMILEs are more BS?" Sasha quirked a brow at the cook.
"Yeah, that'd explain it." Sanji nodded.
"You think so?" Briscola roared. "Then why don't you teach me how a gorilla should be growing out of you?"
"How would I know?" Sanji fumed at the incoming gorilla punch. "He's not that weak." the blond cook dodge the attack.
"The Gorilla Punch is a killer." Luffy gushed.
"Not the time to be impressed, aniki." Sasha deathpanned.
"I won't let you go even one step further." Briscola declared.
"Water Shot!" Jinbe's water bullet slammed into Briscola's back. "I thought I'd find you around here. I was right." the whale-shark Fishman remarked.
"You!" Briscola snapped. "How dare you attack us."
"I"m gonna fight you this time." Luffy spoke.
"How many times do I have to tell you to save your energy?" Sanji pulled his Captain back.
"It'll take you a while for you to beat this many enemies." Luffy argued.
"Shut up, I'll polish them off in 10 seconds." Sanji retaliated. "Do you have any problem with that?"
"It'll only take 3 seconds if I help." Luffy glared.
"It's going to be one of those days." Sasha shook her head in resignation. "Jinbe-sensei?" she blinked when the helmsman stepped forward.
"Fishman Karate: Shark Brick Fist!" Jinbe met the gorilla's punch with a punch of his own, the shockwave sending the Shinuchi to the ceiling. "Luffy, Sasha-sama, I'll escort the two of you to the rooftop. You need to save your energy for now."
"Why are you taking control?" Sanji snapped. "I helped them get this far."
"Sanji, show some respect." Sasha chided. "Like it or not, Jinbe-sensei has been my and Ace's trainer for the past two years."
"Our allied samurai must have reached by now." Jinbe addressed the two siblings. "Let's meet up with them."
On the rooftop...
"Did we do it?" Kin'emon wondered, Kaido's Seiryu form had fallen to the ground. "Did we defeat him?"
"We did." Kiku declared. "We finally took down Kaido."
"The two-sword style we inherited from Oden-sama..." Denjiro added. "Brought him down."
"That's right." Raizo remarked. "The late Oden-sama has given us the courage and the power."
"We did it, Oden-sama." Kawamatsu wept.
"Oden-sama, the long night will soon end." Izo swore. "And daybreak will come to Wano. When that happens, please continue to watch over us."
"I thank you all." Kin'emon greeted his fellow Akazaya Nine. "I really do."
"Wait, Kin'emon." Ashura spoke. "Don't celebrate yet. Cut his throat. It's not over until we decapitate him."
"You're right." Kin'emon agreed. "Finish off Kaido."
Seiryu Kaido rose from the ground, a sweep from his serpentine body throwing Kin'emon back. "I saw Kozuki Oden's shadow in the spirit you all displayed. I wouldn't mind if I got killed. Every time this scar tingles, I remember that fateful day. If only no one got in our way at that moment, but you guys are not Oden after all. I'll never see another monstrous samurai like him. Too shallow. You guys aren't strong enough to reopen the scar from that day. You guys can't do it."
"Invisible slashes?" Denjiro exclaimed, jumping to dodge Kaido's Kaifu attack.
Kin'emon, Dogstorm and Car Viper had also managed to dodge the attack; Kiku, however, was not that lucky when the energy slashes sliced off her right arm.
SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
