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The bird dude and his pet is pissing me off. Its takes a lot to piss me of this much. The bird breathes fire like a dragon while they guy keeps thrusting his lance burning anything that it touches. Chopper and I earn burn marks and as we try to defend our-self and the ship as well. I really wish that Zoro, Sanji, or Luffy is here with me. I could use someone stronger to deal with this crazy guy. 'Damn,I wish I didn't have my period now,' I thought as I did a back flip to dodge the bird once again. It is useless as it trap me beneath its talons feet. I struggle to escape and breathe a bit. I hear Chopper struggling to keep up with this bird's master.
"Wahhh! STOP! Stop it!" Chopper screams at him,in his semi-human form. Chopper is cover in burn marks, bruises, and cuts, trying to stop a fire engulfing the mast of the ship. I struggle even more against this giant annoying bird, but I receive three pecks on my shoulder and head to stop struggling. I stop and to my horror the fire gets bigger and more hotter. I grind my teeth, just thinking that Luffy might not a ship anymore.
"Chopper, toss it into the clouds," I said, grunting a bit. Chopper take the mast, while the fire rages on and breaks it from the ship. He toss it in the clouds and the fire went out slowly. I let a sigh in relief. Not having a ship is very bad for Luffy, but to buy another ship is way worse for Nami, I really don't want to be on her bad side. 'Oh wait, I'm already there,' I thought.
"Don't do that again. I'm the ship guard," Chopper said, yelling at the man. 'Actually, you're the doctor' I thought.
"What should we do, Fuza,"the man said, tilting his head. I'm only assuming he is talking to the bird. I really want to say 'How about leaving us alone you freak', but the bird's grip tightens and I start to struggle.
"Guakaka! Guakakakaka!" Fuwa caws out, coughing up a fire-ball. The man pulls his goggles to his forehead.
"First, you tell me not to attack your friends. Then you tell me not to destroy the you say you don't want to die. You put me in a difficult situation!" the man yells, glaring at the both of us. I glare right back. How dare he screams at Chopper like that!
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" I said, demanding some answers.I try to squirm my way out of Fuwa's grip, yet he squeezes me tighter. The man just looks at me.
"High Priest Shura...and yes you really piss me off," he said, lifting his lance again. I thought that he's going to attack me or my tank, but he turns to attack Chopper.
"If you want to live, then why are you so weak!" Shura said, hitting the railings.'Thank god Chopper dodge,' I thought.
"Stop!That lance burns stuff!" Chopper screams, putting out the fire once more. Chopper turns around and tries to punch.
"You bastard..."Chopper said, missing him completely. Shura moved out-of-the-way and appear on the upper deck where I was.
"You want to live without any sacrifice?" Shura said, starting a speech.'Oh god,he sounds like Crocodile. Just shut up already,' I thought.
"If someone wants to survive, then someone else must die. This is reality. You already know that this is the altar of sacrifice,right?" Shura said, all high and might. I can feel Fuwa's grip loosen a bit.
"Yes they said,-" Chopper said, but cut of by Shura.
"Right now, your other friends are risking their lives to come here. On this island, each of the four priest control a territory. When the target enters one of the territories, no one other than the corresponding priest may attack. That's the rule," Shura said, boasting a bit. I groan silently. I hate long speeches, they confuse me so much. Fuwa's grip loosens even more. I don't move fearing that the bird might peck me to the death. I'm force to listen to listen to this babbling and boasting. 'God, its like Crocodile again except less painful. I can do something more productive like finding out WHO THE FUCK IS PATRICIA!' I thought to myself.
"However this altar of sacrifice is not in any of the territories. In other words, this is a free area, so any priest may attack. Yet, we have to wait until those in the trial die,"Shura said. Instantly, I thought of Sanji and the others are going to save us. I just need to hold out until then. I can do this.
"If Luffy come here and save us, we can all escape from here together," Chopper said, hoping its true. Fuwa coughs up a bot,spitting out flames. I yelp, leaning away from it. I feel the intense heat from it. .Chopper and I lock our eyes together, not knowing what to do at this point. Both of us are extremely weak against this guy.
"If you can escape from this free area...Anyways, that is just original rules for judgement, and in special situations, the rules can be changed," Shura said, licking his lips. 'Oh god,another Crocodile,' I thought as I remember how Crocodile always lick his lips when he had 'special plans' for me. I scoff, earning a look from him.
"What do you mean by special situation, Priest Shura?" I said, in my most demanding. For some reason, he turns to me with a predator look. Fuwa, the giant bird with ninja talons, cower in fear while I didn't waver from his look.
"Well, three of the sacrifices used vines to enter the forest out of here," Shura said very carefully. It took a while to me to get it. 'Its all Zoro's fault and wanting to see 'God', ' I thought as I adjust my oxygen mask. The ship's deck is a mess with various burnt spots here and there. The mast is still floating in the looks like he went to hell, had tea with the devil, and came back. I probably look like a burnt steak that Ussop try to cook.
"For the crime of running away, someone must pay for it with his life as "sacrifice". This is the way of the world. When they come back, they will also be punished so they can realize their mistakes,"Shura said, stiffing his stance. It takes me a few seconds to realize that he's going to attack Chopper again.
"YOU MUST GIVE YOUR LIFE TO GOD!" he screams, launching himself to Chopper. I quickly bite on the bird's foot and it caws in pain. I get up on my feet, turning my attention to the bird at first. I hope Choppers runs away.
"Run away Chopper!" I yell, dodging the many attacks. Then I hear a clashing of weapons and Fuwa and I face the deck. An old man and Shura are clashing their lances.
"Knight of the Sky!" Chopper said, crying happily in his small form now. Both men hop on thier flying companions and start to fight. I went downstairs and fell to my knees once I'm at the bottom of the stairs. I grip my chest and stomach. I struggle to breath and dealing with the cramps. I start to tear a bit.
"Ah! Angelina!" Chopper said, about to help me. I raise my hand to stop him.
"I'm okay, It just...cramps," I said as another wave of cramps came by. I curse to the gods above, why didn't Midol been invented yet! My period has the worst timing ever.
"Knight!" Chopper screams, looking back to the fight. I grunt a bit, and look up as well, seeing a body falling in to the lake. In the state that the old man is in, Chopper went after him without hesitating.
"Wait! CHOPPER!" I scream at him, as he dive right in. Another body went into the lake as well. I quickly stand up, adjust my backpack, yet , without warning, Shura comes behind me and stabs me with his lance. I cry out in pain, the burning sensation arc my back in pain. I quickly stumble away, wishing I wasn't this weak, that I couldn't protect myself or Chopper. Shura readies himself to attack again. I spin around, hoping not to show any fear. I only assume that would excite him even more.
I am terrified and scared. This man in front of me can kill me without a second thought. Fuwa just sits on top a branch away from the ship and high enough to see the entire ship. I cringe a bit, seeing Shura's face with speckles of my blood. For a second, his face is replace with Crocodile.
"You are such a weakling, You should just give in and tell me where is the princess!"
I shake my head,the image of Crocodile fades away, but not his words. 'Just like Crocodile,' I thought as I stare at Shura. I can hear my heart beating faster and faster with my breath copying the rate, getting shorter and shorter.
"Seems you're the only one left," Shura said, staring me down. I shiver as we stare at each other through the eyes. I feel like a bunny caught in a fox's den. Inside, I want to run away and hide, to cry out for help, or just simply submit to his 'God'. These thoughts make me sick to my stomach. I would only prove that I'm weak. I couldn't be that person. This is not who I am or what I am. I don't want the crew to hate me for being weak or worse. I don't want Dracule to think that I'm a weak woman.
"So it seems so," I said, calming myself. I meed to relax and be smart about this. I know I can at least outsmart this person. I have little time left. I need to save Chopper, Knight and his flying companion. Shura hums a bit.
"I hope you last longer than the old man and the raccoon," he said, smirking a bit. Instantly, my body froze. 'Did this...bitch just called Chopper a Raccoon!' I thought. My eyes start to twitch. I grind my teeth together, stopping myself into cursing him out.I use my Mihawk's glare at him , hoping that he quivers in fear in his ninety-nine cents shoes of his.
"Chopper is a reindeer, not a damn raccoon!" I said, launching myself to him. I throw a right hook, but just like last time, he dodges it perfectly. I give it my all, throwing every right hook, left uppercut, and anything I can think off. He dodge them all, including my kicks, as if we were dancing. My momentum slows down a bit and he jumps away from my sudden high kick.
"Is that all you got?" Shura said, looking very bored. I shake my head, wiping off some sweat. Then a new plan hatch in my head. I smirk a bit.
"I'm just warming up," I said, with a new-found energy. Once again I hit him with new combos of attack which still didn't hit him.
"You are getting very repetitive," he said, attacking me. I narrowly dodge them with back flips, cartwheels, and splits. It took me a while to place him where I want him to be. The only thing I need to do is to distract him, but how. Suddenly, a familiar ringing sound through the ship. Shura frowns and look behind him, towards the hall that goes below deck. When he turns back towards me, I'm already in front of him.
Ring Ring Ri-Ring
"You are annoying as hell," I said, pushing him into the hallway. Shura stumbles back enough into the hallway,that his lance fits in. Now, we are in the hallway. I step forward , closing the door behind so Fuwa doesn't attack me.
"Now welcome to my domain," I said, sarcastically. I guess being mean didn't work because Shura starts laughing and it starts to scare me.
"Guhahahahahah,"Shura laughs at me. I growl and launch myself at him one more time. Shura stops laughing and readies his lance, but couldn't move his lance fast enough. I quickly punch him, giving him a nice liver blow on his right side. I quickly follow-up with a right uppercut. I don't know how,but he predicted my right upper cut and dodge it. He step back five steps back. I quickly change my stance to defense protecting my body and the tank. I don;t want that exploding anytime soon. Shura glares and me and licks his lips again. I guess someone is mad.
"I'm...actually having some fun, weakling," Shura said, thrusting his lance at me.
"Tch. My name is Angelina D. P-," I said, dodging his attacks. With the new confined spaces, he couldn't disappear on me and attack from behind. I use all my tricks I have to dodge, back flips, cartwheels, and bending my body in ways that I didn't know I can bend. Everything starts to go well until my oxygen tank ran out of air on me. I panic a bit, letting an opening open. I threw my mask away with the tank. Shura's lance stabs me above my belly button. I gasp and froze. I slowly look down and the burning own flesh is burning and I could feel it. I struggle to breath lips tremble in fear. 'Oh god I'm going to die,' I thought
"You're Finish," Shura said, whispering in my ear. He kicks me on the chest causing me to break the door and land on deck. I groan in pain and decide to do plan B: play died, but I blackout. Last thing I saw was Shura's boots coming towards me.
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