SailorStar9: So, with Chapter 35 uploaded, I present Chapter 36 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 326: Arc 18: Sasaki's Onslaught - Armored Division vs. Yamato
"I can't take it anymore." Carrot snarled, her fist crackling with lightning. "How dare he... how dare he... do that to Pedro. Perospero!" turning to the full moon, she tried not to turn into her Sulong form. "Not now... now isn't the right time."
"Carrot." Wanda grasped the younger Mink's hands, stopping her transformation.
"I know." Carrot replied. "I shouldn't use this power now for the sake of the plan."
"The Sulong transformation is a double-edged sword for us Minks." Wanda reminded. "We must use that deadly power against Kaido."
"But having that hateful Perospero in front of me, I can't be a good girl." Carrot sobbed. "He's Pedro's sworn enemy, you know? I can't! I wanted to learn a lot more from Pedro. I wanted to carry on along with Pedro. But I can't do that anymore. So I, at least, wanna guarantee that Pedro can die without regrets. On his behalf, I wanna take that jerk down even if it's that last thing I do. At least, with my own hands."
"Everyone has their own turn." Wanda repeated Pedro's words. "Pedro did his own part in turn. He sacrificed himself to save Luffy and the others. So, don't say that Pedro died with regrets. Carrot, your kindness is very touching. Caring about your friends, that's something I do, too Carrot. We don't have time. Let's take care of it quickly together."
Turning to the full moon, the two female Minks took on their Sulong forms.
"Crimson Flame!" Ace had Perospero fleeing from the fireball bombardment.
"Moon Raid!" both Wanda and Carrot moved right in front of Perospero, slashing their sharpened claws at his eyes and blinding him.
"Burning Dragon!" Ace engulfed himself in flames and shot towards the distracted Perospero in the shape of spiraling drill and sending the Pero Pero Fruit user to the ground.
"You're the one from that time?" Perospero gulped, recognizing Carrot. "You got in my way again."
"This guy killed Pedro?" Wanda growled.
"Yes." Carrot confirmed. "If he weren't around..." Carrot snarled.
"That idiot Pedro blew himself up." Perospero retorted. "He got me into trouble."
"Don't say he blew himself up so lightly." Carrot warned. "I knew Pedro's death has led us to this battle."
"What a pain in the ass." Big Mom whined. "Don't bring such a small problem like revenge to the far corner of the battlefield. Do as you like." she tightened her grip on Marco and tossed the Phoenix-man towards Wanda and Carrot.
"Fox-tail Ribbon Whip!" Ace shot out a fire whip from his hands, catching Marco before he crashed into them.
"Who are you two?" Marco was surprised to see Wanda and Carrot.
"Carrot." the rabbit Mink nodded. "Wanda." she added. "You're Marco and Ace, yes? Friends of Master Cat Viper?"
"Marco!" Big Mom roared. "If you wanna kill me, come back some other time. I don't wanna waste any soul to beat you now." riding Prometheus, she returned to Onigashima.
"Go, the two of you." Wanda instructed. "Leave him to us."
"We're counting on you." Marco nodded. "Ace, let's go."
At the Onigashima entrance...
"What's that?" Marco gawked, seeing the Ice Oni fighting off their former comrades.
With Page One and Ulti...
"Aneki!" Page One snapped, seeing Komachiyo bite Ulti. "A dog shouldn't eat a dragon. It goes against the natural order of things." he headbutted Komachiyo away. "Stop fooling around, you damn dog." he snarled, freeing Ulti.
"Otama, how did you get here?" Nami asked, having picked up Usopp on Komachiyo's back and making their escape.
"One of the enemies gave me a boat ride." Tama replied.
Hihimaru then jumped in, fending off Page One with its katana.
"Hihimaru, hold them there for three minutes." Tama shouted.
With Sasaki...
"Get out of my way!" Yamato struck down at the riot-shielded Armored Division, only to have several more Gifters take the fallen members' places.
"This can go on forever, Yamato-bochama." Sasaki stated. "Having said that, I don't wanna lose the impregnable Armored Division. How dare you harm so many? We're gonna get rid of that little punk and end this once and for all." he turned his attention to Momonosuke. Aim." he gave the order, the Gifters behind their riot shields leveled their cannons at Momonosuke through the shields' holes. "Shoot."
Yamato leapt back, "Momonosuke-kun, Shinobu-san!" she shielded the two from the cannonballs.
"Yamato, if you take that many bullets..." Momonosuke was worried.
"It's nothing." Yamato assured.
"If nothing is done, we're all be dead." Shinobu muttered, Yamato returning to the fight. "Don't let Momonosuke-sama die here. If you're a samurai, you must decide. Leave me here and take Momonosuke-sama..."
"No." Yamato stood her ground. "If it were Oden, if it were Kozuki Oden, he wouldn't do that. Since I'm Kozuki Oden, I won't do that."
"I'm one of the Tobiroppo." Sasaki stepped up. "I know you're extremely strong, but I can't stomach seeing you thinking you can defeat me while saving those weaklings, Yamato-bochama. You're lucky if you can make it out of this with only a mortal wound. What happened?" he demanded when the ground broke and General Franky shot out from the hole in the ground.
"Outta my way!" General Franky burst out from the smoke. "Get out of the way. Momo? I'm glad that you're alive. Shinobu, you're okay, too, right?"
"Hatcha?" Sasaki gawked at the Number. "Why are you here?"
"Don't do it, you fool." General Franky rebuked, Hatcha raising his spiked club. "Just because no one can catch you. How childish."
Hatcha ignored him and smashed his club down, blowing General Franky and several of the Armored Division members away.
"Armored Division, don't lose them." Sasaki ordered. "Don't let them get away at any cost."
"The floor crumbled." Yamato looked down at the gaping hole underneath her, having grabbed Momonosuke and Shinobu before they got caught in the crossfire. "There's a floor underneath. Momonosuke-kun, Shinobu-san, let's make our way down like this. Cyborg, Franky, I'll leave them to you." she shouted, letting gravity take her, Momonosuke and Shinobu down. "Luffy entrusted these two to me. Shinobu-san, take Momonosuke-kun." she handed Momonosuke over. "I wanna return him a favor. I gotta take him down at least. Narikabura Arrow!" the energy beam hit Hatcha directly on the chin, knocking him out and causing him to fall over.
"Damn." Sasaki cursed. "Yamato went down, taking Momonosuke. Organize a pursuit unit. Chase them now. Armored Division, let's take down the damn robot."
SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
