Made something of an oversight a couple chapters back. After Luffy used Gear 4th, he doesn't have strength and haki for 10 minutes, but I made him regain those too soon when Bismarck and Enterprise confronted him. Eh, I'll just leave it be as an unfixable oversight…
Chapter 23
Sirens vs. the Superpowers
Purifier stood on the back of her hammerhead shark as she looked at Crocodile and said to him, "I have a death wish? Hahaha! You are the one who has a death wish, challenging a Siren to a fight!"
"You clearly were the one who came to attack me first, and yet you accuse me of provoking you first?" said Crocodile with an unimpressed look. "I really hate brats…"
"Hahaha! Boast about you good you are only after you survive this!" Purifier said as the shark opened its mouth, and then a blast of energy was fired at Crocodile.
Just before the shot hit him, Crocodile "disintegrated" into sand, so the projectile failed to hit him, much to Purifier's surprise. The sand around her then reached up like large tentacles and wrapped themselves around the shark's limbs and body, preventing it from moving. "What's happening?!" said Purifier in shock.
Sand floated into the air above Purifier to form Crocodile, who held up his hand to gather sand in his palm before swinging it downwards. "Desert Spada!"
Four large blades made of sand were created from the sand he hurled. They fell onto the hammerhead shark, cutting the mechanical beast into segments as neatly as a knife through a butter.
SLICE SLICE SLICE SLICE!
"WHAT?!" gasped Purifier. She was positioned in a spot where she didn't get hit by the blades.
The mechanical shark collapsed onto the sand in pieces, no longer able to function. Purifier, though still smiling, was shocked beyond words and still trying to comprehend what happened.
Crocodile landed behind her while creating a small sand cyclone in his palm. "Get out of my sight! Sables: Pesado!" He hurled the sand cyclone at Purifier and the remains of the mechanical shark, and in a blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant sand tornado that picked up the Siren and her ride with no effort.
Purifier screamed in a way that almost sounded like maniacal laughter as the sandstorm hurled her off the island and into the sea.
Javelin, Laffey, and Graf Spee saw everything that happened, as well as other onlookers. "Incredible…! He defeated Purifier in an instant!" said Javelin in awe.
"Who do you think you are?! How dare you attack a superior being like me?!" Smasher angrily said to Hancock.
"Superior? I should be the one asking you who do you think you are that you are superior to me? All things are inferior before me and should bow down before me! Know your place and how worthless you are at once!" Hancock said to her angrily as she pointed at her while bending back her head and even her entire upper body.
Z23 was weirded out by her action. "What's she doing…?"
"You imbecile!" shouted Smasher angrily as one of the pincer opened widely and fired from a gun at the back of it. Hancock leaped out of the way at fast speed to avoid the shot. She actually leaped towards the pincer's direction, and with a powerful and fast kick to that appendage, the pincer was knocked against a cliff wall at the side. Smasher was shocked by what she did. "What?!"
Hancock landed only for a second before rushing underneath the giant mechanical crab and then jumped up to kick its underside with such a force that the whole thing actually flew into the air a bit. Z23 was shocked by what she saw. "MY GOSH!"
The crab mech landed with a thud that shook the earth a bit, and Smasher, after getting over the shock of what happened just now, burned with anger. "YOU'RE DEAD MEAT!"
All the guns on the crab's body revealed itself, and then a large amount of energy projectiles and missiles were fired at Hancock. The snake on her shoulder, Salome, got off her and slithered away fast as Hancock prepared to face the incoming projectiles.
Moving around swiftly and using observation haki, she dodged all the projectiles headed towards her with little problem. After avoiding a large number of them, she jumped up high into the air and blew a kiss that resulted in a large red heart being formed. She pulled a part of the heart from behind and then let it go, causing it burst into a large amount of heart-tipped arrows that flew at the mechanical crab.
Every single gun on the mecha crab was struck by the arrows with great precision, turning into stone as a result. Smasher could not believe what was happening.
Hancock then crashed into the cockpit with a dive kick, planting her high heel into Smasher's face and pushing the Siren against the wall at the back. Pinning the Siren against the wall using the same leg, Hancock said to her, "Now you realize how inferior you are before my overwhelming power? Bow down before me and call me empress at once, and I may consider showing mercy!"
Smasher growled in anger and then yelled, "GO TO HELL, YOU FILTHY HUMAN!"
Outside, Z32 couldn't see what was going on inside the mech, but she could hear the sound of someone being hit over and over, the sound of things being destroyed, and also a woman screaming in pain. The crab mech was even shaking from whatever was going on inside.
POW SMASH KICK CRASH SMAAAAAAAAAAAASH!
As the beating went on inside, smoke, flames, and sparks burst out from various parts of the mech's body, and eventually, it legs gave way, and the whole thing collapsed onto the ground.
Hancock came out through the cockpit while brushing her hair with her hand. Behind her, Smasher could be seen badly beaten up and leaning against the wall unconsciously, and the interior look badly messed up and was even releasing sparks.
"Pitiful!" commented the self-proclaimed pirate empress.
"She's… She' strong…!" said Z23 in disbelief while trembling nonstop.
"Now I must go and look for my beloved Luffy! He's definitely here somewhere and will surely need my support!" said Hancock, her attitude suddenly becoming girly and lovey-dovey. "Luffy, my love! I'm coming for you!" She then rushed past Z23 as if she isn't there at all at a fast speed.
"What… What's with her just now…?" said the ship girl in confusion.
All eyes were on Katakuri and Scavenger as they both stared at each other. Belfast and Akagi were confused at the appearance of the former at first, but after hearing that he is part of Big Mom's crew, they were both shocked and also nervous.
"He's with the Cracker guy we defeated!" said Akagi.
"Indeed, and I fear for the worst if he comes after us in order to avenge him…" said a worried Belfast.
Katakuri and Scavenger continued to stare at each other for a while, and the former said, "No, I don't have a death wish. Instead, I should be asking you if you have a death wish instead."
"Do you have a dea…" said Scavenger, but then she stopped halfway with a surprised look on her face. "Hey, how did you know I was going ask you that?"
"I'm a pro at this sort of thing," replied Katakuri without giving a definite answer.
"Whatever… They all seem to see you as a big shot of some kind, but to me, all humans are the same! They don't stand a chance against us Sirens!" said Scavenger, looking down on him.
"Cocky, aren't you? Looks like you need to be humbled a bit," said Katakuri.
Moving her hands as if controlling a pair of puppets, Scavenger made the two large mecha guitarfishes fly at Katakuri and fire shots at him. Holes appeared on Katakuri's body, allowing those shots to fly through him harmlessly.
"A Logia Devil Fruit!" thought Belfast when she saw that.
One of the guitarfishes then charged at him with its head glowing in orange light. It dived at him, but he jumped into the air to avoid it and then enlarged his hand into a giant fist made of mochi, not to mention coating it with armament haki to turn it black, and slammed it down onto its top hard.
The power impact kicked up a large amount of sand into the air and even shook the place a bit. Everyone was shocked at what they saw. "Incredible!" commented Belfast.
Scavenger was shocked at what she saw. That guitarfish was emitting electricity and sparks from the place that was hit, but when she moved her hand, it still floated into the air, albeit wobbling nonstop.
"Don't bother doing the same with the other one, because the result will be the same," Katakuri told Scavenger.
"WHY YOU?!" shouted Scavenger angrily. She made the other guitarfish go above Katarkuri and spin rapidly like a drill before bringing it down onto him.
"Actually, I knew you were going to do that instead," said Katakuri as he leaped out of the way.
The guitarfish stopped spinning and faced Katakuri, but before it could do anything, he reached out his mochi-turned hand to it and grabbed the front of its head. He then swung it at a shocked Scavenger, slamming it into her.
Despite this, Scavenger got back up and shouted in anger, "I'LL KILL YOU!" With a loud cry of anger, she moved her hand and took control of the guitarfishes again.
The two mechs hovered into the air and fired energy blasts and missiles all over their bodies nonstop at him. In response, Katakuri transformed into a ring-shaped mochi and rolled forward at a fast speed while avoiding all the stuff raining down at him.
He went underneath the guitarfishes and past them before changing back to his normal form with his fist pulled back and enlarged, not to mention covered in spikes. "Buzz Cut Mochi!"
Scavenger had no time to time to do anything but watch in horror at the giant spiked fist approached her.
SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!
The fist pushed Scavenger through the air and against the side of a cliff wall with such a powerful force that a large portion of it broke down and fell all over the place. When the dust cleared, Scavenger was lying unconsciously among the debris, partially buried in them. The two guitarfishes fell onto the sand motionlessly afterwards.
"A bit overkill, I think…" said Katakuri as he pulled back his fist.
Everyone was shocked at what they saw, but the Big Mom pirates were cheering in excitement and praising Katakuri for his victory.
"He took her out so fast…!" commented Belfast.
Katakuri then turned to Belfast and Akagi. "You two. You're the so-called genetically-enhanced Marines people have been talking about around these days, and the ones that defeated Cracker, right?"
Akagi and Belfast were nervous when they heard this. They were hoping that he wouldn't recognize them and even walk away without caring about them. "So what if we are?" Akagi asked him, trying not to look nervous.
"You just had to go and humiliate one of my siblings and get on our family's bad side, didn't you?" Katakuri said to him. "Oven and those with him didn't even get a chance to avenge him because former admiral Kuzan showed up to save your hides. They claim that you played dirty to defeat him."
"A victory is a victory! Your fellow crewmate isn't as powerful as he thinks if he can fall for such tricks!" Akagi told him.
"Cracker is strong, so I advise that you do not say bad things about him," Katakuri said to him. "I don't like it when people make fun of my family members."
"Looks like we can't get out of this without a fight now…" Belfast said in her head nervously. "Good thing there are strong Marines on our side, so we should try to hold out until they come to help us."
"So what's it gonna be? Should I make the first move, or will you? Or would you prefer running?" Katakuri asked them.
"Don't look down on us!" Akagi angrily said to him. The turrets on her giant fox then shot red fireballs at him. Katakuri swiftly jumped into the air to dodge them, and then he molded his arm into a rectangular shape before extending it at the fox, punching it so hard in the face that it actually took off ground before crashing down. Akagi was thrown off the fox as a result. "Aah!"
"Akagi!" said Belfast in shock. She turned to Katakuri and angrily dashed at him with a fast speed. Her attempt to hit him with a dashing punch missed, and then she turned around and fired projectiles from her gauntlets at him. He opened up holes on his body to avoid them.
Belfast charged at him to punch him again, and in a way that implied she intentionally wanted him to stop her. Katakuri grabbed her arm by the gauntlet and said, "Seastone, huh? Smart of you to coat your equipment with such a thing, but if you think that is all it takes to bring down a Devil Fruit user, then you still have a lot to learn!"
He then used his other hand to punch Belfast in the guts, bringing tremendous pain to her, despite having a more resilient body compared to humans. "UGH!"
The fist that hit her was turned into mochi at that moment, and it stuck onto her body as well. He took advantage of this by swinging her around and slamming her against the ground several times.
"Let go of her at once!" shouted Akagi angrily as she formed red fire in her hand to do something, but before she could do so, Katakuri hurled Belfast at her, and they both fell back painfully.
The two ship girls got back up and turned to look at Katakuri, who turned his arms into mochi and coated them with haki to ready to pull off an attack.
Tester Beta looked down at Sabo and the other Straw Pirates with a smug look. "So what are you going to do, human?" she asked Sabo. "I know you folks here have strange powers, but no…"
"Fire Fist!" Sabo punched the air and released a huge blast of fire that engulfed Tester Beta completely in an instant. The Siren screamed in pain as she got burned all over the body, and then she fell into the sea with a splash.
The Straw Hats were in awe at what they saw. Sabo turned to them and said, "Here's an advice when fighting: attack your enemies while they are saying stuff like boasting about their powers and such. You may end the fight faster that way!"
"Noted!" said Franky while giving a thumbs up.
Tester Beta shot up of the water and floated in the air again, this time with an angry look. "Okay, you've proved your point, so die now!" she said in anger. Her manta ray-like mech flashed in bright light, much to the pirates' surprise.
When the light died down, a much bigger manta ray was seen flying in the air and also shaped similarly to a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Tester Beta was underneath it, her hands attached by restraints to the underside of the mech.
"Wowza! That looks amazing!" commented Franky with sparkling eyes. Even Chopper was amazed by its appearance.
"Okay, that does look cool!" commented Sabo.
"Then you're going to like this!" shouted Tester Beta before missiles were fired from the underside of the manta ray and towards the ship.
"Flame Mirror!" Sabo spread out his arms sideways to create a tall wall of fire that caused the missiles to explode on impact when they hit it. Thinking that fighting the Siren on the ship was too dangerous, he decided to take the battle elsewhere.
He jumped high into the air and landed on top of the manta ray. He readied to punch it from above, but then turrets appeared from openings on the surface and fired at him, only for the shots to pass through him harmlessly. Unfazed by the attack, he punched the surface hard with a fist full of fire and rocked the whole thing, much to Tester Beta's surprise.
"Why you?!" she shouted in anger. She then moved the manta ray higher into the air, going farther away from the Thousand Sunny and deeper towards the island. The Straw Hats watched in awe as they left the place.
Tester Beta flew around fast while performing barrel rolls to get Sabo off, but the latter had managed to dig his fingers into the surface and gripped it tightly to avoid falling off. Even so, the constant spinning was slowly making him lose his grip.
"How about this?" he shouted before releasing fire throughout the surface of the manta ray.
"Argh! How dare you?!" shouted Tester Beta. Despite not being able to see what was up there, she somehow knew what was happening. She then turned to the sea and dived towards it. Sabo hurriedly jump off the surface of the mech and landed onto the rocky shore, while the Siren dived underwater.
A few seconds later, Tester Beta reemerged, the fire having been put out. "How dare you make fun of me?! I'll kill you for this!" she shouted in anger as all the guns on the mech open fired at him.
However, none of the attacks did anything to him but instead passed through him as his body turned into fire. Even the explosions didn't faze him. "You sure talk big for someone who can only show off flashy stuff," he said as he pulled back his fist and ignited it. "Well, it's been nice knowing you! Fire Fist!"
He punched the air and released a huge blast of fire that struck the manta ray. Tester Beta grunted as she endured the fire. She has more resistance to fire compared to humans, but even so, she couldn't endure it for too long.
"Something like this can't beat me!" she shouted before flying away from the air and going above Sabo. "EAT THIS!" She then dropped missiles from the manta ray towards Sabo.
In response, Sabo generated a large amount of fire around himself. "Flame Commandment!" This was immediately followed by shooting a massive pillar of fire into the air. "Fire Pillar!"
The missiles were instantly incinerated by the power fiery attack, and then the pillar of fire struck Tester Beta. No longer able to hold up against constantly being attacked, the manta ray blew up.
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Tester Beta screamed at the top of the voice as she got burned badly and also launched high into the air. She went so high that she seemingly disappeared into the stratosphere and didn't come back down.
The fire disappeared, and Sabo adjusted his hat and said, "And that's that! Gotta for look for Luffy now! That's the reason I'm here in the first place!"
After an intense and mostly one-sided battle, Belfast and Akagi were left with injuries on the ground, in too much pain to move.
Katakuri dusted his hands while watching the two lying on the ground. "Genetically-enhanced Marines, huh? Even their blood isn't colored normally…" he thought to himself, noting the brown "blood" on their bodies. He then said to them, "I can kill you now, but that's not the reason why I am here, and I think my crewmates would like to take on you by themselves."
"You… You won't get away… with this…!" Akagi angrily said to him while slowly and painfully lifting her head.
"Leave talks like that for until you are strong enough to stand up against me," Katakuri said to her as he began to leave. He then told his crewmates to deal with those two in whatever way they like before going deeper into the island, saying that he sensed strong people there. He also wants to look for Roger's treasure.
The Big Mom pirates grinned evilly as they surrounded the fallen Belfast and Akagi. Daifuku said to them while rubbing the area close to his waist, "You defeated our sibling Cracker and humiliated him greatly! I hope big brother Katakuri taught you a lesson! You should be glad that he isn't the one to finish you off, because he is extremely merciless when doing that. I at least give my opponents a swift and less painful death!"
As he rubbed his body, smoke came out the belt around his waist, and a dark blue genie with a moustache and a long beard, not to mention being armed with a bisento, materialized from it.
"Do you have any last words?" Daifuku asked the two. All the while, the other Big Mom pirates were dealing with the Marines who were trying to come forward to help those two.
"You may have beaten us… but pirates like you… will never prevail in the end no matter what…" Belfast said to him. "Our comrades will continue to fight… in our steed… Our sacrifices will only make them stronger…"
"Ha! Your comrades will be joining you all soon!" Daifuku said to her. "Go to your grave still believing that dumb belief of yours, then!"
The genie, under the command of his master, readied to use his bisento to give Belfast and Akagi a fatal blow. The ship girls braced themselves for the worst, as they were in too much pain to do anything.
Suddenly, all the Big Mom pirates felt themselves being pushed to the ground by an invisible force, including Daifuku. When he hit the ground, the genie disappeared in a puff of smoke. "What the?!" he cried in shock.
The Marines turned to the source of this phenomenon and saw Fujitora approaching the scene. He had his sword unsheathed, and the blade was glowing with purple light. "Enough is enough! Don't you have any shame, attacking injured and defenseless women?" said the admiral.
"Admiral… Fujitora…!" said Daifuku in shock while struggling to stand against the powerful gravitational pull that was forcing him onto the ground.
"I ought to teach filth like you a lesson! Gravity Blade!" Fujitori stabbed his sword against the ground. This increased the gravitational force on the Big Mom pirates, so much that holes appeared underneath them, causing them to fall into it while screaming.
With the pirates taken care of, Fujitora turned to Belfast and Akagi, both of whom had just witnessed the admiral's Devil Fruit powers for the first time and were in awe. "Are you all right?" he asked them, and they nodded in response.
TO BE CONTINUED
Well, it is indeed a one-side massacre in favor of the One Piece folks. I'm sure you all saw that coming…
I know Katakuri's Mochi Mochi Fruit is actually Paramecia, since mochi isn't a natural substance, and Logia must be based on natural substances. Due to the way it works, it's no surprise Belfast mistook it for a Logia. And I'm not sure, but I think another reason why it isn't Paramecia is because Katakuri has to activate the intangibility himself, or else he can get hit, whereas Logia users' intangibility is automatic as long they are aware of their surroundings. Honestly, I think it should just screw the rules and be categorized as Logia instead…
