I own nothing. I thank Cup full of whimsy for helping me yet again.
Oh, and the Gamma102, Mattardis is doing his own original death battles and he already did Davy Jones vs LeChuck.
I thank everyone for the support they have given me, and I have an announcement to make. I am only going to be doing twenty original Death Battles, counting this one, with extra ones for the strawhat crew.
Straw Hat Death Battles
Luffy vs Gai – battle of the stubborn warriors
Zoro vs Erza – battle of the sword warriors, complete
Nami vs Lucy Heartfilia
Usopp vs Mine – sniper showdown.
Sanji vs Rock Lee – masters of the kicks
Chopper vs Beast – battle of the scorned doctors
Robin vs Kurapika – battle of the outcasts
Franky vs Adam Jensen – cyborg slamfest.
Brook vs Spinal – skeletal smackdown
Jinbei vs Kisame Hoshigaki
I changed Luffy's battle partner to who I think would be better, plus Gai in his red form vs Luffy's Fourth Gear sounds like it would be insane. For Nami, I went with a girl who deals with crazy people, and seems to be the most normal members of her team…or at least the one with the most sense. For Usopp, I went with the dutiful sniper who always manages to come through in a pinch. Sanji and Lee are both brutal martial artists who were both looked down on in their lives, but have risen to be considered powerful. And, personally, I can't wait to see Judge's face when someone finally breaks that maniacs' jaw. Chopper, I shouldn't have to explain. Robin and Kurapika were both assassins and outcasts in their respective world. Franky and Adam are both cybrogs and both have their main weapons located in their arms. Brook and spinal seemed like it would be fun, plus any chance to write a Brook moment is a delight. Finally, Jinbe and Kisame are both fish-like in appearance, and are nearly unstoppable.
Other Original Death Battles
Sora vs Noctis – complete
Dio vs Alucard (Hellsing), rewrite of another original death battle
Alucard (Castlevania) vs Alucard (Hellsing)
Predator vs Prophet
Joseph Joestar vs Edward Elric
Cinder Fall vs Azula
Deadshot vs Widowmaker
Indiana Jones vs Jack Sparrow
Bruce Lee vs Jackie Chan
John Stewart vs Nova
Sigma vs Ultron
? Battle Royale
Lubbock vs Walter Cornez
Zuko vs Roy Mustang
Cinder Fall vs Naruto
Meliodas vs Ichigo Kurosaki
Whitebeard vs Gildarts
Kenpachi Zaraki vs Jack Rakan
Red Hood vs Punisher
Swamp Thing vs Man Thing
I thank everyone for their submissions. Let the fights begin and I hope that everyone enjoys the fights. Also, if anyone can think of someone canon ending Naruto would be a good match for, please tell me. Now on to the filler chapter. Now, if you notice I took away the Pyrrah, Eustass kid fight. That's because I feel that Kid's full power hasn't been shown. If they go into more detail I the show, I may spring this battle later.
Chapter 6: Battle aboard the Sunny. A new ally emerges
The straw hats jumped out onto the deck of the Sunny, just in time to see the marines jump down and board their vessel. The group was terrified to see a massive battleship that easily dwarfed the size of their ship.
The monster trio immediately sprang into action, while the remaining members stepped back.
Luffy charged shrugging off bullets like they were nothing, his rubber body deflecting the shots. When he got close he unleashed a barrage of powerful strikes.
"Gum Gum Gattling!"
A barrage of extended punches slammed into several marines knocking several out. Unfortunately, some of the marines were made of much tougher stuff. They managed to get back up, and proceeded to charge again weapons raised high, however Luffy was prepared.
"Gum Gum Whip!"
Luffy lashed out a kick with his right leg, the limb extending and wiping out several of the marines that got up, and had the unexpected effect of pushing several marines off the boat and into the sea.
"Collier (Neck)! Gigot (Legs)!"
Sanji was fighting his way through several marines. He had leashed out with several powerful kicks that knocked several marines out and some off the ship. Sanji was block and parrying blows from weapons with his kicks. He was careful against metal weapons, especially sharp ones.
He ducked under a swing from and ax and began spinning around, articulating himself on his hand.
"Concasse (Crush)!"
The large marine with an axe was sent flying to the side with his ribs broken as he was knocked into the sea by Sanji's finishing move.
The cook took a drag on his cigarette and said, "Man, what a shitty way to spend an afternoon. Can't we go one day without getting drawn into a crazy adventure?"
He was answered when several marines aimed their weapons at him.
"I guess not," he said as he leapt into the air to avoid the bullets aiming at him.
He then descended and unleashed his next attack.
"Troisieme Hachis (Third-Rate Mincemeat)!" a barrage of powerful kicks landed and knocked down several marines.
The man then turned to the terrified group and asked, "Who's next?"
"Three Sword Style: Dragon Twister!"
Zoro swung his swords and kicked up a powerful wind that knocked several marines into the air. Zoro then turned his attention towards his new opponents.
"Three Sword Style: 108 Pound Cannon!"
The blast knocked several more marines off the ship, as well as slamming into the side of the battleship, only doing minimal damage. Zoro growled to himself. After seeing how powerful he would become he was a little frustrated at not seeing the amount of damage that he wanted. He made a note to increase his training payload so that he would not only match his future self, but surpass him as well. He was brought out of his thoughts when he dodged a sword swing and swung hard, cutting the man who attacked him before turning his attention back to the fight at hand.
Back on the marine ship…
A man sat in a dark room, most likely the captain's quarters, sat at a desk watching the battle from a window, the vantage point clear for the battle. He was drawn from his watching as the sound of a door opening got his attention. He didn't turn as a man in a captain's uniform approached.
The man asked, "How goes the attack, captain?"
The captain saluted and said, "The attack is going as planned, sir. As you predicted we are getting heavy resistance from the three members of the crew, Straw Hat Luffy, Black Leg Sanji, and Pirate Hunter Zoro."
The man nodded and said, "What of the other members of the crew?"
The captain answered, "I do not believe they are of any consequence. As you said, sir, they are the weakest members of the crew."
There was loud crack as the man stood up and approached the captain. The floor now had a large crater in it, where the man had stomped his foot as he turned around. He then walked over the captain, easily towering over the man, revealing to be incredibly tall.
"They are of no consequence?" the man asked, his voice carrying like a clap of thunder, "Are you assuming them to be of no consequence?"
The captain gulped in fear and asked, "Maybe…yes?"
The man then asked, "Tell me captain, what happens when you assume?"
The captain stuttered, "It makes an ass out of you and me?"
The man nodded and said, "Correct. In battle, you cannot assume anything. Nothing is certain. Go and bring me information on the remaining members of the crew. I will not allow the same mistakes those idiots, Morgan, Nezumi, and Spandam made when they assumed they couldn't be beaten."
The captain nodded in confirmation as he ran out of the room. The man then turned towards the window, watching the battle.
"Black Leg Sanji excellent martial artist. Specialty is up close combat. Weakness long range combat. Straw Hat Luffy. Devil Fruit powers enable elasticity and invulnerability to blunt force trauma. Weaknesses include devil fruit weaknesses, intense heat, and sharp weapons. Pirate Hunter Zoro, in need of new nickname as he is no longer a bounty hunter, specialty swordsman ship. Weakness…separation from swords…possible, but he has shown incredible strength. No doubt is capable in hand to hand combat. Powerful individuals indeed. Now, let's see what the others have in store for us."
Back on the Sunny…
Several marines were currently panicking. They were firing nonstop at this member of the crew and he hadn't fallen.
"Sorry brothers, but you're not taking down me with those super puny peashooters," Franky said with a laugh as the bullets bounced off the layer of iron under his skin.
"What is this guy!?" one of the marines yelled, "Is he a devil fruit user?"
Another said, "He has to be. There is no way that a normal man can shrug off bullets like that!"
Franky laughed and said, "Sorry, there's no devil fruit here. Beans Left!"
Franky launched a barrage of bullets from his arm, only grazing the marines and hitting non-vital spots drawing blood. He smirked before he felt a stabbing pain in his back, he glanced and saw a marine, who he thought he'd knocked out, was up again and had stabbing him in the back of his left shoulder.
"Bastard," the cyborg shipwright growled before he spun on his heel threw the man off. Then Franky charged and proceed to unleash a barrage of brutal punches, Rocky Style.
"Franky Boxing!"
The marine was launched backwards, this time completely knocked out, and knocked out two more marines, knocking them off the ship.
Franky then spun around and opened the cannon in his right arm, aiming at a group of stunned marines.
"Weapons Left!"
Nami screamed as she dodged at swing from an axe and a blow from a staff. She took out the perfect climatact in full staff mode and swing it up hard, striking the male marine in the nuts, causing him to wince and fall to his knees clutching his injured privates.
Nami then spun around, another part of the climatact opening.
"Thunder Charge! Swing Arm!"
She swung the weapon, unleashing a powerful bolt of electricity that knocked down several marines. They were charred and twitchy, but they were still alive.
Nami didn't have time to celebrate her victory, as several marines appeared pointing at her with rifles.
Thinking quickly, she formed a cool ball on her staff and swung it vanishing from sight.
"Mirage Tempo."
The marines gaped as she vanished from sight. They didn't get to think on it, as a shadow formed over them. They looked up to see a round thunder cloud above them. Before any of the could react, they heard a familiar voice call out.
"Thunder Bolt Tempo!"
The cloud unleashed a large blast of lightning that electrocuted them, leaving them charred, but alive.
Nami reappeared amidst the chaos and said, "Now that is how you do it."
Sanji, who had seen this yelled, "Nami-swan! You looked so beautiful doing that. A beautiful angel of destruction!"
As Sanji was distracted, a marine jumped towards him with a sword raised high.
"Dos Fleur (Two Flower). Clutch."
Before the marine could strike, two hands sprouted out of the man's body, grabbing him, and clutching tightly, holding him arms from swinging and pulling them in a rather uncomfortable position. Sanji came out of his love mode for just a moment and kicked the man in the face knocking him out.
Robin, who had her arms crossed in her usual manner in combat said, "Please, keep focused. We don't want any unnecessary problems, Sanji."
Robin then turned to a large group of ten marines charging at her, weapons primed or held high.
Robin showed no worry.
"Diezfleur (Ten Flower). Slap!"
An arm grew out of each of the marines and proceeded to slap the heck of them. The mass assault continued for a few moments, until one of the marines got lucky and opened his mouth, biting down on one of the hands. Robin winced in pain as bite marks appeared on her hand. That moment was all it took as a marine pulled out a pistol and shot Robin in the shoulder.
Robin fell to one knee, pain flaring through her shoulder.
The marines gained courage as she fell and charged.
Sanji had prepared to go fighting, but was stopped when a rather large marine with massive iron covered fists stopped him.
"Get out of my way!" Sanji yelled and threw out a kick, only to gasp in shock when it was grabbed and then thrown away.
Robin looked up, the pain in her arm made it hard to concentrate. He looked up as the man raised a hammer above his head to smash her skull into red jelly.
"Yohohohohoho!"
The man was stopped when the shaft of his hammer was suddenly sliced, the head landing on his head.
"That is not how you treat a lady. It is so appalling that it makes my bones chill."
Brook stood with his cane sword drawn.
"Who is this guy? A new member?" one of the marines said, not recognizing Brook.
"I don't know, but that skull mask of his is really creepy," another said.
"Yohohoho," Brook said, "This is no mask. This is all me."
One of the marines said, "Well come on then. Show us what you got skull man. If you want to die, just try to come near us.
The marine was so caught up in mocking the skeleton, he didn't notice that Brook had already moved, walking away from them.
"I already did," he said, making the marines look shocked.
"Symphony Humming: Arrow Volley Slash!"
The marines let out a cry of pain as gashes appeared on several marines, including the one who had been mocking him.
"Yeah, go Brook!" Chopper yelled, getting the attention.
"Well, well, what do we have here?" a marine said as he approached the reindeer cockily, "Their little pet. He might not be worth much, but I think we can make him into a coat or a scarf for someone."
Another said, "Maybe we can put him in the kitchen and use him as some extra food…or maybe our ships mascot."
Chopper would normally be scared, however, the crack about his embarrassingly low bounty as well as the fact that they were mocking him and threatening his friend, causing him to react.
"I'm not gonna be your food, human!" Chopper yelled as he changed into his heavy point.
"What the hell!?" one marine yelled, only to get smacked in the face.
Chopper then proceeded to go on a rampage, he heavy fists smashing through several marines. He would change between his smaller reindeer form to charge between them, smashing them away with his antlers and dodging strikes and bullets. He continued to do this, deciding to save the rumble ball for when he needed it. The fight with Kumadori of CP9 still fresh in his mind.
As the crew continue to fight, nobody saw a group of marines standing near the cannons. There were two groups, ones who were prepared to fire the cannons and another group preparing with sniper rifles.
The snipers took aim, but before they could they were suddenly shot in the face. Back on the sunny, Usopp smirked as he sat in the crow's nest. He fired Kabuto putting down the marines preparing to fire. He then proceeded to turn his attention to the members of the crew, taking down anyone who charged from behind and was trying to strike them.
Back in the captain quarters…
The shadowed man watched the battle still, unmoving.
Suddenly the captain entered and said, "Sir, almost all the forces you have unleash on the straw hats have been defeated sir."
The man hummed and said, "What information have you given us about the members of the crew."
The man said, "Well, we've learned more about them. It seems Black Leg Sanji holds a deep attraction towards Cat Burglar Nami and Devil's Child Nico Robin. We've also received word that the reports of Cyborg Franky being an actual Cyborg are true. Cat Burglar Nami apparently uses a weapon that can cause mirages and summon lighting, possibly with more abilities. Nico Robin's abilities are the same from what we've ready, however, one of our marines managed to damage the hand attacking him, and apparently caused damage to her. We've also found that Cotton Candy Loving Chopper is far more dangerous than we thought, apparently a zoan devil fruit user. We haven't figured out which one yet. There is also a report of a new member, incredibly fast, and uses a fencing style. We've also gotten reports that the snipers on our ship were taken down, most likely at the hands of the Sniper King."
The man rubbed his chin in thought.
"Information on the rest of the crew appears accurate. From reports taken, we have a good idea of Cyborg Franky, Nico Robin, Cat Burglar Nami, and the Sniper King's abilities. Cotton Candy Loving Chopper's abilities are unexpected, but pets who eat devil fruits on pirate ships are not uncommon. This new member may be a problem, but if he is a speed fighter it might not be too hazardous."
The man then said, "Send out an abandonment order, then prepare the main cannons. Blow their ship to smithereens."
The captain nodded at the orders and left
The man then reached out and pressed his hand against the wall. His hand glowed, turning red and becoming slightly liquid-like as the red glow illuminated the room.
Back on the Sunny…
A few injured marines were coming back to consciousness. They prepared to fight the rogue pirate crew. However, before many could start, they heard a beeping. They looked down at their wrists, which had baby transponder snails in them.
"Orders from the captain. Abandon attack. Grab any you can and run."
The marines jumped at the orders, the injured ones jumped into the sea, grabbing the injured and jumping off the ship. The straw hats were shocked at the action.
"Hey, where are they all going?" Luffy asked.
"I don't know," Sanji said, "but I don't like it."
The others agreed. Marines never abandon a fight if they thought they could win. The battleship, lowered several rescue boats and dinghy's grabbing up several of the marines, some of the boats containing doctors.
However, instead of returning to the ship, they moved away getting a good distance from the Sunny.
"I really don't like the looks of this," Usopp said, mumbling in a scared manner.
The paranoid sniper's fear turned out to be justified as the war ship's bow mounted cannons aimed at the ship.
"Uh-oh," Franky said as he ran for the helm.
"Franky, don't!" Usopp yelled, "We can't run, look!"
Franky looked shocked at the sniper's words before he turned and saw that he was right. To everyone's shock, what looked like molten metal had surrounded the ship suddenly, the metal hardened, and spikes shot out, aiming at the ship. Any movement not brought by the waves, such as moving forward or back, would result in the ship being skewered.
Everyone turned towards the cannons, feelings of dread.
Franky knew that he couldn't turn or move the ship with the chicken voyage or the coup de burst. He also can't turn it, and, despite his belief in the strength of the Gao Cannon, it would take way too long to charge.
Nami, Chopper, and Brook knew that none of their techniques could damage the iron cannons. Nami could try using her Rain Tempo to wet the powder, but she doubted that she could get it there in time before the cannons fired. Luffy, while dense, was smart enough to know that his Gum Gum Balloon wouldn't be enough to stop something that big, nor could he smash through the cannons. Zoro doubted he could cut through something that size, and Sanji knew he couldn't do that kind of damage. Robin could try her spider net, but if the cannonballs exploded her arms would be incinerated.
The rest of the crew were shocked, thinking that they would be beaten here.
However, a ray of hope came from an unexpected source. Usopp reached into his bag and pulled out a few balls, like he used in his battles, however, they were colored black with bright red x's on them. Since fought against Jabra, and lost horribly, he decided to try and upgrade his explosive stars. He went through them and tried to make some more explosive version. Unfortunately, some of the were unstable and exploded with far more force than he could control.
Usopp glanced down at the explosives and let out a breath to calm himself.
"Sanji, send me up!" Usopp said the cook, who looked at the sniper as if he was crazy.
"What are talking about, Usopp?" Sanji asked.
"Just do it!" Usopp yelled as he charged at the chef.
Sanji, deciding to go with it, and hoping the sniper had a plan, Sanji raised one leg.
Usopp then jumped on it, balancing as best as he could, which wasn't very well.
"Armee de L'air Sniper Shoot!"
Sanji threw out a powerful kick, aiming upwards at the sky, sending the normally cowardly sniper upwards. The force of his flight caused the wind to pull his lips back, but he persevered and took out Kabuto aiming.
"Okay, here we go," Usopp said, gulping as he was now level with the cannons, inches away from their massive barrels.
"Special Attack: Unstable Bomb Star!"
Usopp let loose the unstable explosives, launching them into the barrel of the cannon. The explosive massive cannonballs as they were loaded. The explosive force caused by the bombs caused the cannonball struck to explode in a shower of metal and burning gun powder. Wood and metal exploded outwards sending marines flying backwards, and setting fire to different pieces of wood. The marines scrambled from the cannons to try and get a lot of water to put out the fires.
Usopp smirked, however, it fell when he realized that the cannon's barrel as alight with fire. The flames shot out and slammed into the sniper, causing him to scream in pain. The main cannon fell to the sea below. The wave of water pushed back the various dinghies and the Sunny.
"Usopp!" Chopper yelled in terror.
The rest of the crew looked on in horror. Luffy drew his arm back and then threw out his hand. The rubber limb extended incredibly right into the warm smoke. Luffy winced at the temperature, but he grabbed something.
Luffy yanked hard and pulled out the charred Usopp.
Chopper quickly activated his guard point, and caught him like a big furry pillow. The small reindeer then transformed back to his normal small state, and started examining the man with fervor. Usopp was still alive, despite the force of the blast. His clothes were singed, and he had some nasty second to third degree burns all over his body.
"Oh man," Franky said, "That looks like it hurts. Is he going to be okay?"
Chopper answered, "He won't be if we don't get him some medical attention fast. I'll get him down to the sick bay and do what I can."
Chopper entered his heavy point and proceeded to carry Usopp into the ship. The others faced the ship.
Back on the navy battle ship…
The mysterious man faced the ship, knowing that the plan to destroy the ship had failed. He honestly hadn't expected that when the fighting started.
Suddenly, the door opened, and the captain entered.
"Sir! Our main cannons have been destroyed. There has been intense damage to the ship, but not enough to sink it, or impair its ability to sail. Several of our men have been injured in the blast. What are our orders, sir?!"
The man was quiet for a moment before he stood up and said, "Abandon ship."
The captain looked shocked as he said, "Sir?"
The man repeated, "Abandon ship. Get all the able-bodied men and women you can and get them off this ship and a good distance away. I'm going to take care of this myself, and I will not have my subordinates stuck in the crossfire."
The captain nodded and ran to give the order.
The man then stood up and walked out of the room.
Back on the Sunny…
To say the straw hats were shocked was an understatement when an abandon ship order was given. They saw the various members of the ship get off in the remaining members of the navy ship get off and start going through various life boats and dinghies.
"What are they doing?" Franky asked.
"I don't like this," Brook said, "Marines don't abandon ship unless absolutely necessary."
Robin nodded and said, "I agree with you Brook. Simply destroying cannons would be enough to stop it. Something…or someone is coming."
Suddenly, out of nowhere, an iron chain shot out from above and wrapped tightly around Nami. The navigator/thief screamed as she was suddenly grabbed and lifted, dropping her weapon in the process.
"Nami-swan!" Sanji yelled out at see one of the two beauties of the straw hat crew being ripped from the deck up towards the deck of the marine battle ship.
"Give her back!" Sanji yelled as he jumped up ready to kick the chain to snap it. However, as he neared it, the chain moved on its own and wrapped around Sanji's ankle.
"What the hell!?" Sanji yelled out as he was yanked up with Nami.
"Give us back our navigator!" Luffy yelled as he threw out one of his arms to grab the edge of the war ship. His other arm wrapped around Zoro, despite his protests, and shot up.
Robin used her powers to create a ladder that she and brook both climbed up.
"Strong Right!"
Franky shot an arm out, launching his fist upwards and grabbing onto the edge of the ship and hoisting himself up.
Everyone managed to land safely, except Zoro, who now had a large bump on his head from crashing into the side of the via Luffy airlines.
The crew was ready to fight and were surprised at what they saw. Standing across from them was a single man. He was incredibly tall, reminding them of Aokiji, or Kuzan, depends on which named you wanted to call him. Despite being tall, he was barrel chested with strong arms currently crossed over his chest. His skin was dark, and his head was shaved, with a small layer of black stubble visible on his head. He wore a black shirt with a pair of white pants. He wore the coat a vice-admiral coat, with a Justice in kanji on the back. On his waist, was a sheathed pair of short-handed sledgehammers.
Off to the side, Sanji was trying to untie Nami from the chain that was wrapped around her, all the while being all lovey dovey with her.
The man said, "I must admit, you are much stronger than what I thought you are. I can see how you were able to defeat the warlord Crocodile and the Baroque Works."
Zoro, nursing the bumbp on his head, said, "Who the hell are you?"
The man uncrossed his arms and said, "My name is John Henderson, vice-admiral of the navy. Though, my comrades have taken to calling me John Henry for some odd reason."
Sanji finally managed to get Nami untangled from the chain and then turned his attention back towards the vice-admiral who dared harm her.
"You bastard!" he growled, "I'll kick you so hard, no doctor will be able to make you look right again!"
Sanji launched forward at full speed and jumped into the air. He spun like a buzz-saw and came down hard.
"Concasse!"
John simply raised his arm, not taking his eyes off the rest of the pirate crew.
'Iron Body."
The sound of Sanji's kick slamming into John's arm echoed throughout the deck of the ship, but everyone stared in shock at the sight of the man blocking him without a sign of damage. Before Sanji could retract his leg and move back, John grabbed Sanji's leg and slammed him down on the deck with enough force to form a small crater in the wood and bounce off it. John then unsheathed one of his hammers and swung it hard, with enough force to send the cook rolling across the deck.
Sanji stopped rolling and hacked up blood clutching his badly damage sides. He stopped writhing for a moment, and turned towards the man who simply withdrew his hammer.
The rest of the crew were shocked at the amount of strength this man had. He could not only keep up with Sanji, but he had the strength to repel what was probably one of his more powerful kicks with just his arm.
Nami gulped with fear. She immediately thought back to the moment when Sanji fought Blueno on the sea train and remembered how he too shrugged off Sanji's kick. However, Blueno seemed to take damage from the blow while this guy didn't seem to be affected at all. Similar thoughts were going through the other's heads, even Luffy's, as they all wondered if this guy was a user of the six powers as well.
John shook his arm and said, "I'll admit, you are much stronger than I thought you were, Black Foot Sanji. It would seem your reputations are not as overblown as some of the officers believe."
The then turned his gaze towards the rest of the crew and said, "Now then, I will give you this one chance. Surrender peacefully, or fall by my hands. Which would you prefer?"
The man got his answer Luffy charged at him throwing back his arm and twisting it.
"Gum Gum Rifle!"
"Iron Body!"
The impact slammed into John's stomach knocking him backwards, however, it seemed to deal no damage. Luffy followed up with a barrage of punches that John parried with his arm and hammer. Luffy suddenly stopped his attack and ducked down as Franky approached, the skin on his right hand gone, revealing his metal hand.
"Strong Hammer!"
The powerful iron fist launched forward only for John to dodge to the right grab Franky by the arm and pull him off balance. John's hammer was then painfully introduced to the cyborg's stomach. John noted the sound of metal being struck echoing through the air, as well as the bloody wound on the back of Franky's shoulder.
With this new information, he raised his hammer with the intention of bringing it down on Franky's spine. However, before he could a pair of arms grew out of his shoulders and grabbed the arm, pulling it back to the point of being uncomfortable. To add to it, more arms grew out, grabbing his other arms and holding his legs in place.
The man seemed slightly surprised, but it faded as he saw Robin with her arms in their crossed position.
Franky smirked and said, "Sorry, brother, but you'll have to try harder than that to beat us. Franky Boxing!"
The barrage of punches struck the still immobile vice-admiral.
'Even if this guy can use the six powers,' Franky thought, 'We know how to fight them. Just got to keep hitting him until it breaks.'
Suddenly, alarm bells rang in Franky's head as he dodged to the right to avoid a returning Luffy.
"Gum Gum Bazooka!"
The double fisted technique caused John to double over and spit up some blood, his iron body technique broken, as well as losing the grip on his hammer. Unfortunately, the grip Robin's arms had on his legs also broke.
The defenseless man was then aware of crackling lightning. He turned his attention towards the sound to see a small thunder cloud had formed behind him. He didn't have a lot of time to think about it, before a bolt of lightning shot out of hit and pierced his back. To avoid being shocked, Robin withdrew her arms.
"Thunder Lance Tempo!"
Nami smirked as she said, "You should learn to keep your eye on everyone in the fight."
John coughed up some smoke as the thunderbolt dissipated.
John simply stumbled backwards a good amount of pain running through his body.
"Yohohohoho, an assistance here Zoro," Brook said, as he charged with his cane sword drawn. Zoro joined in charging forward with his three swords drawn.
With his remaining hammer, he parried many of Brooks slashes and thrusts, proving he could maneuver the heavy hammer with incredible ease. The two gained a brief deadlock before he threw Brook off balance with a mighty push. John then swung his hammer in a horizontal arc, intend on shattering the skeleton's ribs. With a loud laugh, the skeleton leapt above them, showing how high he could jump.
"Don't forget about me!"
John quickly lost his sights on the skeleton as he began dodging the powerful swings of Zoro. The pirate hunter was swinging as hard as he could, as well as dodging and parrying swings from the hammer that still was still in the man's grip.
"Three Sword Style: Streaming Wolf Swords!"
Zoro rushed past the man, with his swords drawn in different positions. John let out a surprised cry of pain as small cuts appeared on his body. He was then drawn from his moments of pain as he glanced upwards as a familiar laugh filled his ears.
He looked up to see Brook descending with his cane sword drawn back, ready to spring it forward.
"Swallow Bond en Avant (Swallow Leap Forward)!"
John didn't know if his iron body could block the fall, referring not to act overconfident so, he reacted quickly, raising up one hand and blocking the stab attack with his bare hand, resulting in the sound of metal clashing against metal. Brook's eye sockets widened, somehow, as he saw a layer of metal now covering his hand.
"Yoho! You are a devil fruit user, aren't you?" the skeleton said out loud.
He wasn't the only one to notice as the other members of the crew saw this as well.
"Metal…just like those spikes that surrounded the sunny," Franky said with a look of shock, "That was you?"
John nodded and said, "Yes…I ate the forge forge fruit and became a human forge. Let me show you what else my powers allow me to do."
John charged at Franky, picking up his dropped hammer in the process and proceeded to swing at the cyborg's head.
"Star Shield!" Franky declared at the hammer struck his arm, the shield symbol expanding as a shield formed under his skin.
"Too bad, little man," Franky said, "You shouldn't have gotten so close. Fresh Fire!"
A blast of fire shot out of Franky's mouth, point blank blasting the forge man. Franky leapt back to avoid being burned with a smirk on his face. However, that smirk fell when John shot out of the blaze, his dark skin holding a reddish tint to it.
"Surprised?" John asked as he began raining blows with his hammers on Franky's body, "Thanks to my devil fruit powers I can withstand large amounts of heat. Let's see how well the metal in your body holds up to the this."
The man then drew back both his hammers, over his left shoulder, the two weapons side by side. Suddenly, started to turn red with incredibly heat.
"Tempering Strike!"
The heated metal slammed right into Franky's stomach with enough force to make the cyborg cough up some blood, and left a nasty burn on his stomach.
"Franky!" Luffy yelled before growling.
Luffy growled in anger as he charged forward with his arm drawn back.
"Gum Gum Bullet!"
Instead of dodging, the vice-admiral took the blow right on the jaw. Luffy let out a cry of pain as he felt the intense heat from the impact, stumbling back and clutching his burning hand.
"Not too bright, are you Straw Hat?" John asked as he drew his arm back, which began to blow bright red as metal began to seep from his pores until it covered his entire arm. John then swung hard with a brutal backhand that sent Luffy flying backwards.
"Ouch! OWOWOWOWOWO! HOT! HOT! HOT!"
Luffy clutched his burning skull with as blood began to run down his forehead. Unfortunately, it wasn't the burning that got him. He could feel the pain from the blow to his skull, severe blunt force trauma.
"Luffy, are you okay?" Nami asked as Zoro attacked John again, the sound of his swords clashing against the man's steel arms ringing out on the ship.
"No," he said, "I felt that hit! This guy can use Haki watch out."
"What?!" Nami yelled out in horror, realizing that this guy was no doubt a brutal fighter if he could use the six powers and haki.
"So, you know of the ancient power," John said, over hearing the conversation in his fight with Zoro, unfortunately, it means nothing to me since it seems you don't know how to use it. Shave!"
John vanished from sight right before Zoro's eyes.
"Oh, great," the swordsman growled, "He can use that too!"
"Hammer Shot!"
Zoro suddenly doubled over as a burning hot hammer slammed into his stomach with at the speed of a bullet. Zoro was sent flying skidding backwards. However, it only got worse as John began unleashing a barrage of attacks on Zoro, multiple strikes hitting him in the chest and stomach. The inventor of Santoryu was sent flying backwards, his swords leaving his hands and mouth as he skidded across the deck of the ship.
"Diable Jambe (Devil Leg)!"
John turned towards the sound and saw Sanji charging at him, one of his legs burning hot and letting off a sizzling sound.
"Permier Hachis (First Rate Mincemeat)!"
The powerful kick was launched at John's chest, except John was prepared for the attack. He knew he could withstand the heat, but he needed something to deal with the blunt force trauma.
"Iron Shell!"
A layer of iron covered his chest, reinforced with haki, as well as the iron body to enhance the flesh underneath. The kick struck hard, Sanji wincing from the pain of the blow. Sanji wasn't done however, as he prepared another kick.
"Frites Assorties (French Fries Assortment)!"
A trio of kicks, left, right, and forward, slammed into John's body. The force was enough to punch through the vice-admiral's haki and make him grunt in pain. The vice Admiral skidded back and drove his hand down into the ground to stop himself, leaving grooves in the wooden deck of the ship.
"Franky, keep him still!" Nami ordered as she prepared another attack.
"You got it little miss," he said, bring his cannon to bear, "Weapons Left!"
Franky began firing at him with all he could. However, Franky was making sure that he didn't use up too much. He only had enough cola for at least five more shots and not enough for a Coup de Vent after all the cola he had used in the fight.
Nami threw her staff and launched warm and cold balls into the air, forming a large thunder cloud above him.
"It's too bad you got that layer of metal on you!" she said, "Thunderbolt Tempo!"
A yellow bolt of lightning shot down from the cloud, aiming to strike the vice-admiral. Nami smirked thinking this would do enough damage to put him down. At least she hoped so. Unfortunately, it was not in the cards.
"Iron Spike!"
Not too far away from him, the wood transformed into molten metal before it shot into the air and hardened forming a sharp spike. The bolt of lightning was attracted to it and dispersed as it was driving dwon into the ship's insulated wood.
"What!?" Nami yelled, "How did he do that!?"
Her question went unanswered as John vanished from sight. She then hacked up blood as he was knocked into the air via a fist to the stomach. Nami fell to her knees, clutching her injured stomach just to get a kick to the face that sent her sprawling, now unconscious
"How dare you!?" Sanji roared as he charged forward, the Diable Jambe sizzling even louder than before.
Sanji charged only for John to vanish via the shave technique again. Suddenly there was an audible crack and Sanji fell to the ground screaming in pain, clutching a now severely damaged leg.
John crossed his arms and said, "It's too bad that your style relies only on your kicks. It makes your attacks somewhat predictable, and if one is taken from the equation you are left severely weakened."
Franky, Luffy, Brook, the now recovered Zoro, and Robin were now looked kind of unsure. Sanji was just taken down and it was safe to say he wouldn't be fighting again any time soon. The rest turned and glared at the man.
Luffy snarled in anger at his friend being damaged and stomped his foot sumo style. The muscles on his legs pumped twice as as his skin began to turn pink and steam began to seep out of his pores.
"Bastard…you BASTARD!"
Luffy charged forward with an angry roar intent on slamming him to fight.
John simply charged forward and was ready to fight.
Back on the Sunny…
Chopper sighed in relief. He glanced at his work. Usopp had been covered in burns. Now the sniper of the straw hats was in a full body cast of wet, burn cream soaked bandages. The smell was wreaking havoc on his nose, but he ignored it.
He determined that Usopp would live, but he would be like this for a long time.
He then turned back to his other patient, still sleeping. The sounds of the battle on the marine ship attracted his attention. Despite the strong members of his crew, Chopper had a bad feeling in his stomach.
Now that he was done with Usopp, he could go.
"Usopp," he said, "I don't know if you can hear me, but I'll be back. I've got to go help the others. I should be back soon."
Chopper then proceeded to run out of the room.
The room was silent, the sounds of the fight on the marine ship faint echoes along with the sound of Usopp's labored breathing. There was a sudden groan of pain as the mystery man rose up.
"Oh man my head," he grumbled, "What hit me? Stupid tag bullets. If I hadn't been wearing my armor that shot probably would have killed me. Wait…where am I? What the hell is that smell?"
The man stood up and examined his surroundings. His eyes widened in horror as he saw the bandaged and unconscious Usopp.
"What the hell happened to you?" he asked.
The man held out his arm and in a flash of what appeared to be dark blue pixels, a high-tech gauntlet appeared on his arm.
A ray of light scanned the injured sniper and a holographic screen appeared and floated above him.
"Let's see…second to third degree, bordering on fourth degree burns, small pieces of shrapnel embedded in body, cracked bones and damaged organs. Dang what did you go through my friend? I wonder if I can see who you are?"
He heldl up the screen and looked at it for a moment, but an error sign appeared.
"That's weird," the man mumbled, "No satellites…wait…no satellites…does that mean I made it."
He then held up his gauntlet arm and spoke to it.
"Athena…this is soldier mark 5547895, Isom. Can you read me?"
"I read you Isom. I am glad that you awakened. It has been approximately an hour since your escape from the facility. You were found and cared to by a doctor after being rescued from the sea."
The now identified Isom raised an eyebrow and asked, "Rescued by who? Did you manage to get a glimpse at who?"
Athena was quiet before she answered, "Yes. During the examination, the doctor opened your eyes to examine them, and I got a glimpse at his face. Identified as Tony Tony Chopper, Doctor of Straw Hat pirate crew. Based on appearance, it is before the two-year time skip following the War of the Best."
Isom let out a breath and said, "I made it. Do you think any of the other members of the team were able to make it?"
Athena was quiet and then spoke, this time in a somber tone, "No…sadly the rest of the team's vital signs flatlined shortly before escape. However, detonation of explosives in key points of base were successful. Final Mission was Accomplished. I am sorry for your loss, my friend."
Isom sighed. He then heard an explosion off to the side.
"What the hell was that?" Isom asked, a bad feeling coming over him.
"I suggest you look out the window."
Isom ran towards the window and looked out, shocked to see a massive ship that he recognized.
"That doesn't look good, and I don't like how this looks. Tell me, is the armor system still ready?"
Athena was quiet before he answered, "The armor is in full function."
Isom said, "Then bring it out."
There was a flash of light as a black sludge like substance began to seep out of the man's pores. The sludge surrounded him before it shaped to his body, and hardened. There was a moment of silence before it took shape, changing color from black to a mix of white and dark blue.
Soon he was clad in a suit that covered him in a suit that was completely black with white areas on his arm legs, chest stomach and head. His face was covered by a helmet with a blue visor covering his eyes, looking like a pair of sunglasses.
"Let's go kick some ass."
Back on the marine ship…
Chopper shot forward into the fray, using his jumping point to reach the ship. However, he was shocked to see so many of his friends hurt. He was also shocked to see a marine fighting against Luffy and keeping up with his second gear, apparently with the speed technique used by the CP9.
Chopper then activated his arm point and flew down towards the man.
"Cloven Roseo!"
The brutal impact slammed into the vice-admiral's head, stunning him and causing hot pink hoof print to appear on his face.
"Chopper!" Luffy yelled, "Is Usopp okay?"
The reindeer answered, "He should be fine for now, but we better take care of this quick."
Chopper charged forward and attacked again.
Luffy nodded as he and chopper shot forward.
"Gum Gum Jet Rifle!"
Luffy's attacked slammed the marine in the stomach with enough force to tear through his clothes and bruise his chest.
Chopper charged forward and took aim at his injury.
"Cloven Cross!"
A pink cross shape appeared in the man's chest, right over the bruise from Luffy's attack. The impact made the man cough up blood and slide back, but Chopper wasn't going to let up. He had seen how much he hurt his crew and he was not stopping until he saw this guy fall hard!
"Cloven Cross Blizzard!"
A barrage of attacks from the reindeer added more damage and leaving a barrage of hoofprints now looking like Sakura petals on his body.
Luffy then charged in and unleashed his own final attack.
"Gum Gum Gatling!"
The superfast barrage of punches impacted the marine. He tried to cross his arms to block the attack, but it failed spectacularly. He was sent flying and crashed through several walls before the noise died down.
Luffy landed panting as his body lost its pink coloring and the steam vanished. There was a moment of silence as everyone seemed shocked at what just happened.
"Sanji!" Chopper yelled as he ran over to check the cook's leg.
"I'm fine…for now anyway. Go check on Nami. She hit her head pretty hard and she hasn't moved since then."
Chopper looked shocked and then ran over to the injured navigator.
"Oh man," he said, "This doesn't look good. She probably has a concussion and her skull is probably cracked with how hard she hit the wall. We got get her some treatment and fast."
As Chopper attended to his patients, Isom stood in his armor on the main mast of the marine battle ship, his head cocked to side as he watched in interest.
"So that's the straw hat pirate crew…It's weird seeing them in real life instead of through a hologram or a screen…Athena who was that guy they were fighting?"
Athena answered, "I am unable to determine that. Nobody with that description or rank matches anything in the database on the One Piece Universe. Most likely, he falls under the mark of a universe specific character."
"So…we aren't in the main universe," he said, "At least I don't have to worry about messing up the main timeline…if I messed with the trunk of the tree things would probably not go so well…wait…uh oh…"
The reason for his sudden change was because the sensors in his helmet picked up some movement that was not from the crew.
Back on the deck, everyone's eyes widened as they heard movement. They stared in horror as John walked out of the rubble. He was covered in scrapes and bruises, as blood ran down his head and his shoulders. His coat and shirt were gone, revealing he had a huge scar going diagonally across his chest, right over his heart. This made Chopper gasp as the scar told him that the wound had been deep.
The vice-admiral said, "I'll admit…you are as powerful as they say, straw hat. You and your crew truly are worthy of your reputations…so as a courtesy, I will show you what my devil fruit is truly capable of."
With a growl, the man hunched over and the wood around him began to turn to molten metal. It then moved converging on his body. The metal formed a thick layer of metallic armor over his body, contorting to his muscles. As it covered his face, his eyes turned burning furnace red and metal teeth like a beartrap formed in his mouth, he breathed letting out a small wave of distorted air as the same burning heat was visible from inside, revealing he was now as hot a forge.
"This is the pinnacle of my devil fruit…now prepare to die straw hat."
The metal round his arms glowed white hot before forming claws.
Luffy prepared to activate his second gear again, but before he could everything froze. Literally, everything froze. No member of the crew moves. The clouds were stuck in the sky, and the sea didn't move, leaving the boat completely immobile.
Isom jumped down from the mast and landed across from the frozen.
"Thank you, temporal distortion device," Isom said as he approached the frozen man, "Something tells me this has gone on for way too long, so I'm just going to end this now."
The armor around his arms glowed with dark blue pixels before they bulged out with huge muscles and thicker armor around his forearms and hands like thick fist-shaped gauntlets.
The man then proceeded to start pummeling away at the man like a heavyweight fighter unleashing his rage on a punching bag. This continued for nearly thirty seconds before he stopped. There were some large and rather painful looking dents in the man's steel covered skin as well as several cracks.
He then drew back his left arm, which seemed to bulge out even more and unleashed a brutal haymaker right into the frozen man's jaw.
Isom then took a few steps back and said, "And…unfreeze time."
Time resumed, and John was sent flying backwards by a scream of pain. He was then sent right back through the wall he had just come from, breaking through them right next to the hole he crawled out off. This time, however, he didn't get back up.
"What the…"
Isom turned to see the shocked looks of the straw hat crew.
Isom looked at them, feeling slightly awkward, and said, "Hello."
Cut! Okay, that took a lot longer than I thought. Given how this is supposed to be different from the canon universe, I decided to make things a little bit more different, with the introduction of the new vice-admiral John Henderson as well as a debut for Isom…at least him waking up and doing some fighting.
Now then the next chapter will be the aftermath, everyone meeting Isom, and then getting back to the death battle reactions. Now here is a profile for the new OC…and probably the only OC that will appear in this story.
Name: John Henderson
Title: Iron Justice
Rank: Navy Vice-Admiral
Background: John Henderson was unremarkable in the navy, just another face in the crowd. However, after eating the forge forge fruit. He quickly found himself stronger and taking down several pirates. However, he got cocky and was nearly killed during a battle. With that experience under his belt, he took his deeds seriously, becoming vice-admiral rather quickly.
Weapons: John uses two short-handed sledgehammers, he can use them separately in fast paced attacks or separately for heavy blows.
Skills: He is incredibly skilled with his hammers, capable of matching blows with Zoro. He is also incredibly fast capable of keeping up with several opponents. He is also a user of the six powers, notably iron body, shave, and finger pistol techniques. Even without the iron body he is incredibly durable, taking powerful blows that had fell lesser opponents.
Devil Fruit: Forge Forge Fruit. Type: Paramecia. The fruit resembles and oversized cherry, with a black stem, and red and orange fruits. As with many fruits he tastes terrible. As a forge human John can form molten metal from his body and use it to enhance his defense, or put more force behind his attacks. When not using metal he can heat his body to around a thousand degrees, making his blows with his hammers, fists, and any part of his body more painful. He has also shown to have awakened his paramecia fruit, causing areas of the ship during the fight to turn to molten metal.
Weaknesses: His iron body technique can be broken, and the iron he uses on his body can be broken with enough force. Given it takes time for his metal to harden, someone could use cold water to freeze him before the metal is set, and lightning can be used against him as well. He also has the weaknesses of a normal devil fruit user.
Etymology: John Henderson's name, appearance, powers, and skills are inspired by African American Folk Hero, John Henry.
Flames are ignored, criticism is welcome.