Chapter 44: Operation Party Part 6

Kuguru smiled a little when Azi asked what she had in mind.

"I asked what?" Azi grumbled impatient.

"You said that you aren't in your real size right?" Kuguru asked before firing an arrow to a pirate coming at them.

One pirate slipped on a banana and Azi just showed his arm and the enemy knocked himself out against it, "That's right. I am extremely large."

"Large enough to stop the ship from sinking?" Kuguru asked.

Azi nodded and replied, "The battle was boring anyway. I'll hold the ship on my shoulder. Do not worry about them attacking me, it won't be effective."

Azi jumped in the water and disappeared in it. The ship suddenly trembled a few seconds before lightly stabilising. They didn't have to worry about the ship sinking anymore.

Tasuku and Jackknife turned toward the cruise ship and saw a large shadow under the ship, holding it above the water.

"What is that?" Tasuku asked.

"Azi Dahara. He's holding the ship above water. Let's not worry about the ship for now. We should focus on stopping the pirates," Jackknife said.

Tasuku nodded and charged toward the ship and readied their weapon. They landed on the ship and looked around them. There aren't a lot of fishmen guarding the ship.

"They are too focused on the offensive," Jackknife concluded. He turned toward Tasuku and smirked, "This is the perfect opportunity to strike."

The boy nodded and flew down, readied their blade and stroke. They defeated the few pirates in the way and started searching for their captain to end this fight. It wasn't long until the pirates were down.

"That was easy," Tasuku commented.

"A little disappointing. They made an obvious mistake in their strategy," Jackknife commented as he started searching around in his mini form the captain of the pirates.

It wasn't long until they heard, "What's taking my crew so long? They were supposed to overtake them by now! What's complicated in taking their treasures and killing this Hinako."

Tasuku and his buddy looked at each other's, realising there were more than simply looting the cruise ship. An assassination was also planned.

"Let's end this right now," Jackknife said as he turned back to his real size.

They busted the door and faced their captain who was with a few members of his crew. The captain was a bigger and more buffed fishman then the other pirates they fought. He wore the brown coat with the black hat with a skull on it. He wore a large sword on his back and a large gun around his waist. His two tin were covered with golden rings.

"Who dares to face Storm the Merciless?" the pirates yelled as he put his hand over his sword.

Tasuku replied, "Those who will stop you from attacking the cruise ship! I am Tasuku and this is my buddy Jackknife from the Buddy Police force!" as he pointed his sword toward Storm.

Storm chuckled and replied, "Don't know you. Kill them!"

It didn't take long for the fishmen to get their butt kicked with one of them having his head stuck in the ceiling. Jackknife and Tasuku turned toward Storm.

"Surrender now Storm or we will arrest you!" Jackknife ordered.

"You will face the consequence-" Tasuku ducked when Storm fired his gun.

"Brute force it is!" Jackknife yelled as he charged toward the captain. His blade was blocked by the captain large sword.

"My specialty," Storm replied. He pushed the head away and kicked jackknife stomach brutally. He raised his sword to decapitate the dragon, but Tasuku blocked it with his own sword.

"Dragon Flame!" Tasuku pointed his spellcard toward the face of the Fishman.

Storm was hit by the flame and started a fire on the ship.

Jackknife stood up and took Tasuku, "We have to fight elsewhere!"

Tasuku knew it was for two reasons. First one, the room was on fire and second, a dragon fight better in open space.

Storm chased after them until they were outside. Tasuku activated his buddyskill and pointed his sword toward the captain.

Storm took out his gun and his hand shined for a second. The gun emitted a sound as if it reloaded. He grinned at them as he pointed his gun toward Tasuku, "Die."

He fired just as Tasuku took out his spellcard, "Green Dragon Shield!" which protected him from the blast.

Jackknife charged at the captain, blade pointing at the heart of Storm. The captain blocked it with his sword and the rest of the dragon assault. He spun around the blade of the dragon and punched the dragon chest.

Jackknife was thrown in the air, but stopped once he spread his wings and stopped, "This one is tougher than I first thought."

"Of course I'm tough. I am the captain of this ship and I cannot lose against anyone else," Storm grinned.

Tasuku charged from behind. Jackknife saw him and said nothing, but knew he wouldn't hit the captain. He was right when the captain ducked and countered with a kick. Tasuku threw the sword in the air and grabbed the legs and tried to throw him on the ground, but Storm jumped in the air and threw Tasuku outboard.

"Tasuku!" Jackknife yelled as he charged at the captain when he pointed his gun at the boy.

Tasuku used his skill to slide in the air, took back his sword before it hit the ground and charged back toward Storm.

Jackknife charged and returned in the sword fight against the captain while Tasuku appeared at the other side. None of them couldn't pierce his guard.

Tasuku jumped away and took out his spellcard, "Let's show him a real storm!"

Jackknife nodded.

"Jackknife! Thunder Storm Mode!"

Jackknife was in his purple armor. He felt his energy raising. He smirked and said, "Time to show you what we really can!"

Jackknife charged faster than before and pierced the shoulder of Storm.

Tasuku tried to slash, but the captain of the fishmen broke the sword and grabbed the boy by his throat and threw the boy's sword away. Tasuku took a spellcard and summoned the spell. A dragon claw appeared and trapped Storm in his grasp. Jackknife used his claw and slashed the chest of the captain.

Storm escaped the grasp of the spellcard and punched Jackknife snout. Jackknife was thrown away and crashed against the mast. The mast felt, thankfully, not on Jackknife. The dragon was knocked out.

Tasuku looked around and saw that the sword landed not far from him. He flew there and grabbed the sword and blocked Storm blade before it hit him.

"You should consider giving up. A kid doesn't stand a chance against me you know," Storm warned the boy.

Tasuku frowned and replied, "I will defeat you!" before pushing the blade away and continuing the sword fight.

Halberd panted as he defeated another pirate and looked around. He noticed that everyone was getting tired and entering in their limits. Even Gallows, who he held deep hatred, was starting to reach exhaustion. The enemy was endless and the end seemed far.

The only exception was Tenbu who remained fresh and with enough energy to continue the battle.

Gao took out a spellcard and yelled, "Dragon Crush!" but the card didn't shined. Gao suddenly felt weak and felt on his knee.

"Gao!" Drum dashed by his side and protected him from any enemy targeting him, "What's going on?"

Axia took a deep breath before answering, "He's... surely out of energy. The source of... energy comes from his... body you know."

"Worry not," Tenbu suddenly said with a grin, "The battle is coming to an end."

"What do you mean?" Halberd replied.

A huge burst of water rose in front of the ship before Tenbu replied, "I felt their numbers dropped. Also, Azi was surely waiting for an opportunity to attack, even underwater."

"There you are!" a voice yelled.

Gao turned his head and saw Baku and Hinako joining them.

"The lovely lady is coming to me. I'm a lucky dragon," Tenbu said with heart as eyes while knocking one pirate trying to attack him from behind.

"It's her!" a pirate yelled.

He charged toward her with his saber and stroke. Hinako grabbed the wrist and kicked the pirate crutch before hitting his neck.

"Sorry, but I don't plan on dying," Hinako replied.

They joined Gao. Baku kneed near his friend and asked, "Are you alright? What happened?"

Gao lightly smiled and replied, "Exhausted."

"Gao used too much... energy in his spellcards," Axia replied.

Baku sighed relief.

Kyoya smiled for a few seconds as he looked at Gao before replying, "You have lots of energy to use the spell cards this long. I had to be more careful than you. Anyway, there isn't any change over there," he pointed at the pirate ship.

"They haven't beaten the captain yet," Kuguru replied.

Cat Sith sat by her side and said, "At least it's over for us."

"We can't let our guard down, it can get chilli any time," Joker warned as Kiri slid off his back.

Hinako said, "Let's wait and see what will happen."

Hanako looked down the ship and asked, "Does Azi needs to breathe anytime soon?"

They looked underwater and saw no bubble.

"Maybe he drowned like an idiot," Drum replied with a smirk.

A large splash of water rose and felt on Drum, who was now completely wet.

"Guess not," Halberd replied.

Tenbu replied, "He is an Original dragon of the fourth generation. He has many powers and like me, he can protect himself in some way from dangerous environment just like this one. He can breathe under water and can still hear us from below, judging by how wet you are Drum."

Drum shook his body and his hair became an afro. He let his drill on the ground and arranged his hair until it was back to his usual style, "I notice."

Kyoya looked in the ocean and said, "Azi, bring us closer to their ship. Maybe Tasuku needs our help."

They then slowly started moving toward the pirate ship.

"Guess it's not easy to swim while supporting a cruise ship," Kiri commented when he noticed how slow they were.

"We also aren't naturally good swimmer," Drum precise.

Tasuku dodged the best he could the assault of the captain when his sword was broken. Tasuku gasped and rolled on the ground, dodging a killing blow. He stood up and ducked. He spun and tried a low kick, but the leg was harder than he thought.

Tasuku tried to pick a card from his Core deck, but the core deck was kicked away from him. Tasuku flew in the air and waited for the core deck to come back, but the pirate pointed his gun at him and fired. Tasuku dodged by lowering himself and knew he shouldn't stay away from his enemy.

Jackknife grumbled as he regained consciousness. When he heard the gun firing, he immediately came back to his senses and saw Storm ready to kill Tasuku, if he had the chance. Jackknife stood up and his blade slowly pointed toward Storm.

Lightning appeared and landed on the helmet, charging it with energy before shooting a beam toward Storm.

The captain turned around and saw the beam coming at him, but it was too late to dodge it. He was electrocuted by the blast and screamed painfully. When the attack was over, he felt on the ground, unconscious.

"Guess electricity was his weakness," Jackknife commented. He sniffed the air and added, "He smells delicious thought."

Tasuku yelled, "Jack!" before rushing to his side. He checked if his friend was hurt, but the dragon didn't have any mark. He smiled and checked around, "I think he's the last one. I don't see anyone else."

"Remain on your guard. We are not sure if-" he saw the cruise ship near the pirate ship.

"Hey! Are you alright?" Kuguru yelled at them.

They both looked at each other's and nodded. Jackknife took the unconscious captain and flew back to the cruise ship.

"I guess the battle is over," Tasuku said as he looked at the battlefield. He saw that most pirates were down while the humans and their buddies were exhausted.

"You did it," Gao said with a smile.

Drum pointed the pirate ship and asked, "What are we going to do with the ship?"

The next second, the ship sunk in the ocean, but they had the time to saw a large hole in it.

Did Azi bite a section of the ship? Drum wondered.

"I have something to say," Tasuku started.

"What is it?" Drum asked, just before Axia hugged him.

"We did it!" Axia yelled.

"Let me go!" Drum yelled as he pushed the blue dragon away from him.

Tasuku waited for them to stop before explaining, "I heard something when I was searching for the captain."

"What is it?" Hinako asked as she walked closer.

"I heard they were planning to assassinate someone-," Tasuku started as he turned toward Hinako.

Hinako replied, "It was me. They targeted me the moment they saw me."

Everyone looked at her. Those who weren't close just learned it.

"You must get on someone nerve if monsters want to kill you," Kyoya commented.

"The one I got on nerve recently was Azi just today when I kissed him," Hinako replied. She added something no one wanted to hear as they wanted to forget the event, "He's pretty good at it."

The ship trembled for a second. Everyone wondered why Azi did that, but didn't reply.

"Anyway, we should return back home before another pirate ship come after us," Kyoya said. He then asked his buddy, "You heard me?"

The ship started to move toward the port while they heard Azi replied, "I am the ruler of the Darkness Dragon World, not a ship holder and especially not a dragon taxi."

Meanwhile, the buddy police force and Hinako checked if everyone was alright and prepared a report for the event, knowing that they will have to explain it to the Commander.

AC: This is the end of chapter 44.

Also. Yep, Afro Drum for a few seconds.

Next chapter: Operation Party End.