This is the 50th chapter. Now it's time for another fight and it's Sanji against Mr. 2.
READY! FIGHT!
The Copy-Copy Montage! Sanji vs Mr. 2!
In the Land of Oasis, a dried cloud of sand blankets the people with anguish. Some cling to hope, and others seek to destroy it. As their paths cross, they mark an era in the countries history that will forever be overshattered by sadness. At the South Eastern Gate, Usopp and Chopper faced the mole woman, Mrs. Merry Christmas, and Clean-Up Batter, Mr. 4, in a life or death battle. Combining their skills, Usopp and Chopper were finally able to defeat the pair. Meanwhile, Sanji and Mr. 2, Bon Clay, were engaged in a vicious foot-to-foot struggle. Sanji found himself in great danger from the Clone-Clone montage put on by Mr. 2.
Alabasta, Alunbarna
While in Alubarna, the battle continues between the rebels and the royal army. The smoke continued to rise, the buildings were damaged, and the group of soldiers continued to clash against each other and killing after another. One of the royal guards was about to swing his sword down when Koza slashed him from behind, killing the royal guard.
"Are you alright?" Koza asks, but rushes off.
"Yeah!"
Just as Koza ran towards the battlefield, he stumbled a bit and leans against the rubble with a pant. One of the rebels rushes to him with concern.
"Koza, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Koza answered, grabbed his arm and pulled away.
"Are you sure? That bullet from Nanohana is still in you."
"None of that matters now!" Koza remarked while he and one of the rebel takes cover. "This is a battlefield, moron! We have to stay focused on what's happening! Got that?! I like to get to one of their horses! If we can make our way down this street through the center of town, then we'll be as the north block where the royal palace is!"
Then they grunt when the cannon fired at the wall which they barely dodged it. They then ducked down to take cover.
"What are you planning, Koza?! Why go to the palace?!"
"To reach the King." Koza answered. "And demand that he surrender to us."
"But that's insane! The main force of the royal army is stationed at the north block! And what's more, they're led by Chaka and Pell! Think of the danger! And we haven't even managed to gather all of our forces together! Don't you think it would be a better idea to wait until reinforcements arrive here to help?!"
"We can't! It's already too late for that!" Koza points out. "Now come on!"
And with that, Koza and the rebel leap off of the wall as they tried to get one of the horses to reach for the palace. The royal guards continued to fire the cannons at the rebels and the buildings. Vivi continued ahead when Ventus used his dragon wings to fly his way to help Ivan, Anna, and Shanise hunt down the Baroque Works agents. Vivi then noticed the royal guards protecting the North Block as she was about to approach them, one of the royal guards stopped her.
"Halt! Are you aligned with the rebel army?"
Then, the other royal guard approaches next to him.
"The thing ahead of here in the North Block is the royal palace! Do you understand me?"
The royal guards then approach while surrounding Vivi, who's panting heavily after a long run.
"If you aren't apart of the battle, leave this area of town at once!"
"Hey, aren't you listening?! This place is no playground! You get it?!"
"I know that!" Vivi retorted which it got the royal guards shocked and it got them realized who she is.
"Princess Vivi?!"
"It can't be!"
"Is it really her?"
The royal guards are beginning to question that is it Vivi or not, but Vivi spoke up to the guards.
"Where's my father?" Vivi questions after catching her breath. "I need him now!"
"Well, Princess-"
"Never mind!" Vivi interrupts, decided to change the subject. "If I can see him, then take me to Chaka! There's something that he must do!"
And with that, the royal guards escorted Vivi to the royal palace to inform Chaka.
While at the South side of Alubarna, both Sanji and Mr. 2 began the fight as the Baroque Works agent charges after the chef when he was about to punch him. Sanji was able to leap in midair and lands behind, about to kick when Mr. 2 dodges as they parry each others attacks with their feet. And just as they clash their legs and feet, Sanji and Mr. 2 hit each other in the face as they were sent flying and crashed against the walls on the opposite side.
"Bastard!" Sanji grunts, pulls himself up.
"That was quite a kick! This one can compete with my Ballet Kenpo moves!" Mr. 2 grunts as he also pulled himself up. "You! Out of my way!?"
"I already told you! If you want to get by, you'll have to defeat me first." Sanji told him with a scowl.
"I hope you realize all of your efforts will be in vain." Mr. 2 warned him. "All of my life, I have practiced these dance moves! I have perfected the dances grace along with Ballet Kenpo and it is unbeatable, even by the likes of you!?"
Mr. 2 then charges after Sanji as he leaps in midair, unleashing the flurry of punches and kicks when Sanji dodges them.
"Just give up! It's no use trying to escape!" Mr. 2 suggests when he throws a punch, causing Sanji to lean back and dodge that attack. "Ballet Kenpo"
Mr. 2 then twirls his body and does the pirouette pose. He then switches his foot and does the foot clap. But for some reason, the swans appeared drunk and have their tongues hanging out when Mr. 2 stumbles back, though drunk which it got Sanji very annoyed. Then, the images of the swans were shown from behind of Mr. 2.
"Degenerate Swan Dance Recital" The background of two drunken swans fades away as Mr. 2 charges after Sanji, unleashing the flurry of kicks and punches which the cook was able to dodge while try to counter, but the Baroque Works agent was able to block them and leaps back a bit.
"This dance isn't getting me anywhere. It's time to settle this once and for all!" Sanji declared as he readied his foot by raising his leg upward.
"Collier" Sanji delivers a kick to the neck which Mr. 2 blocks it.
"Epaule" Sanji then tries a downward kick when Mr. 2 dodges to the right.
"Cotelette" Sanji then goes for the one-hand handstand position, deliver a kick which Mr. 2 twirls and leans back while caught it with his hand as he grinned while positioned back in its place.
"Selle" Sanji spins around in the direction and deliver a fast kick when Mr. 2 blocks with his leg.
"Poitrine" Sanji then tries to deliver a kick to the chest when Mr. 2 blocks it again.
"Gigot" Sanji then tries to deliver a kick to the kneecap when Mr. 2 blocks it. Sanji then jumps back as he and Mr. 2 readied their feet.
"Mouton Shoot/Swan Arabesque"
Both Sanji and Mr. 2 deliver their powerful high kicks as their feet clashed. Then with the powerful amount of force, both Sanji and Mr. 2 were sent flying and crashed against the buildings in the opposite direction.
"My 'Mouton Shoot'...blocked by that clown?!" Sanji grunts, panting heavily.
"My 'Swan Arabesque' stopped by that stupid insignificant cook! You've got to be kidding me here!" Mr. 2 growled in frustration as he and Sanji pulled themselves up. "Okay, it's time to get serious! From now on, I mean business, do you hear me?!"
"Let's see it then." Sanji said with a scowl.
"Ha! You don't know the true extend of my power, do you?" Mr. 2 questions with a smirk, points his finger at Sanji. "My most impressive feature is my ability to remember faces. Using that, I can construct a display an incredible montage."
And with that, Mr. 2 begins to show his Devil fruit power when he covers his face.
"When you see this, you will laugh helplessly until you collapse." Mr. 2 declares with a grin, but Sanji isn't buying it. "To begin...The world's most ridiculous hair!"
He then changed hair which it apparently stays the same.
"...And the world's most ridiculous eyes..."
His eyes then changed, but it also stays the same.
"...The most world's ridiculous nose..."
His nose then changed, which it's almost long as Usopp's.
"...And then, the world's most ridiculous mouth!"
His mouth then changed, but it stays the same as he laughed while raised his arms with a pose.
"Take a good long look! Experience the grand availing of the Copy-Copy: Montage" Mr. 2 then turns around and show Sanji his face.
Unfortunately, it didn't get Sanji to laugh, and it mostly annoys him. Mr. 2's face was paled as he looked himself in the mirror, which it broke and it left him in teary eyes.
"About 90% of that was your own ridiculous face." Sanji points out. "I'll help you!"
And with that, Sanji delivered a kick to the face, knocking Mr. 2 out and left him stumbled.
"Stop playing dress-up, you ugly freak!?" Sanji growled, not in a mood for games.
"DON'T YOU HAVE A HEART?! I'M A BRILLIANT ARTIST, YA BIG JERK!?" Mr. 2 yelled with his eyes budged out.
"I don't have time to mess around with your childish little tricks anymore." Sanji told him seriously.
"Tricks, huh? Not so fast! They aren't just tricks." Mr. 2 states. "Just wait until you see! Within my art, there lies the power of the greatest friendships of the truest loves."
"Right, I get it. I see what you're planning now." Sanji states with a smirk as he lights his cigarette while Mr. 2 keeps rambling and changing faces. "It really just isn't going to work though."
"Now let see you hurt me." Mr. 2 challenged him while imitating as Usopp, but Sanji made a quick work when he kicked him in the face, knocking him down to the ground. Mr. 2 was astonished as he turns his face back to normal. "How could you do that?! You just attacked your little friend with the long nose! Well then, clearly, you don't value friendship much, do you?!"
"You're a real idiot!" Sanji states, turns to him with a glare. "Know matter what you transform your face to look like, you're only you! I'm not the kind to be fooled by images and facades like that! No way! A person is their soul!"
With those words, it got Mr. 2 stunned and speechless when he moves back with a gasp.
"Is their soul?!" Mr. 2 repeats, starting to cry which it got Sanji confused. "That's so...Wah!? I'm so embarrassed who have been so caught up with appearances! I understand! Even if I was to become...her for instance, it wouldn't make any difference to you at all...because images don't matter..."
However, Sanji wasn't listening and gone goo-goo eyes when Mr. 2 turns into Nami. Mr. 2 turns himself back when he turns to him, decided to see what made the cook gone goo-goo eyes by turning himself into Nami. Sanji then went goo-goo eyes again, but when Mr. 2 turns back to normal, the cook went back into his scowl expression.
'Well, he's easy to read.' Mr. 2 thought when he turns to Nami again, making Sanji gone goo-goo eyes again. He then turns back into himself, making Sanji back into a scowl.
'Really easy to read.' Mr. 2 thought when he turns Nami for the third time, making Sanji gone goo-goo eyes again. He then turns back into normal, making Sanji back into a scowl for the third time.
'Incredibly easy to read.' Mr. 2 mentally thought as he thought of an idea with a smirk on his face, turns himself into Nami for the fourth time. "You are such a fool."
Meanwhile at the palace, the royal guards and Vivi made it to the palace when one of the guards informed Chaka of her return which it got him shocked when she revealed herself.
"What?! It's Vivi!"
"It's true! Princess Vivi has come back! But why now?!"
Many of the royal guards were questioning why Vivi has returned to Alabasta after she left her homeland years ago and the battle has already started. When Vivi gives her an explanation and the idea to stop the war, Chaka spoke.
"But Princess Vivi, that's insane! We can't do something like that!" Chaka points out while refuse that order.
"What are you afraid what happen if we did?" Vivi questions. "That the kingdom will simply die? You're wrong, it wouldn't. This palace is not Alabasta after all, Alabasta is..."
Vivi even remembered the people she met during her journey to Yuba with the Straw Hat pirates, even met some old friends like Toto.
"...It is the people who are out there, hurting each other!" Vivi finished her sentence. "They're the ones who made Alabasta a country in the first place! If there's any chance of stopping this war, then we must take it! Please, Chaka, we only need to draw everyone's eyes over here for a few seconds! If you can do that, then I will take it from there! I swear, I can do this! For now, please, destroy this palace!"
That got Chaka admonished of what Vivi is suggesting, even the royal guards were completely shocked of Vivi wanted to destroy the palace.
"But you can't be serious, Princess Vivi!"
"The palace has stood on the same spot for 4,000 years!"
"Please don't go through with this plan, Princess Vivi!"
"Chaka, you have to use your best judgement!"
The royal guards pleading Vivi not to go through with that decision, even pleading Chaka for talking some senses.
"The King isn't here! You can't possibly do this without his approval!"
Though, one of the guards made a valid point which Vivi have already made up her mind.
'Sire, we must take action against the rebels quickly before it's too late!'
'This is not some little quarrel. If we strike first, they will strike back. Are you suggesting that we attack our citizens before we determined who's behind all this? Because that will be the true destruction of our kingdom, but we will act. We will head out for Rainbase and Crocodile.'
'Your majesty, attacking Crocodile now will only make things worse. It will only add fuel to the rebel armies fire. If we leave for Rainbase now, the rebel army will use our absence as a perfect chance to attack the palace.'
'It doesn't matter if the rebel army destroys this palace completely, it's only a building. You see, even if our royal army does fall in the end. If we can just defeat Crocodile, this country can still be reborn as long as its people are safe and whole. If we battle the rebel army instead, then that will all change. Remember, the people are the country.'
Chaka even remembered what Cobra have told him and Pell about Crocodile's true intentions and why the war must be stopped.
"Princess Vivi." Chaka said as he bowed to her, leaving the royal guards shocked. "I will do as you say."
Meanwhile at the South side of Alubarna, Sanji charges after Mr. 2 which the Baroque Works agent smirked as he transform into Nami, causing the cook to stop.
"Oh, how cute~!" Sanji said, went goo-goo eyes.
Mr. 2 then delivers an upward kick, sending Sanji flying and crashed down to the ground. Mr. 2 then placed his foot on Sanji's head with a laugh.
"You're just what they mean when they say he's nothing but talk. I bet you don't have enough strength left to get up." Mr. 2 mocks while imitating as Nami.
'Don't think for a second that I'm just gonna lie down and give up! You may look like Nami on the outside, but you're still the same idiot on the inside!?' Sanji mentally growled. "You bastard! I'll show you! I oughta-!?"
Just when Sanji was about to deliver a kick, Mr. 2 pretends to be Nami when he gasps which it got the cook stopped and gone goo-goo eyes. Mr. 2 then laughed triumphantly while does a victory dance, leaving Sanji in tears.
'I can't do it! She's too cute~!' Sanji mentally thought.
"Oh no! This desert air is so stifling, it just makes me want to rub all my clothes off!" Mr. 2/Nami said when he rips her top off, revealing the cleavage.
"I'll help you~!" Sanji offers happily while went back in goo-goo eyes which he falls for it.
"Ballet Chop" Mr. 2 then strikes Sanji in the eye, sent him crashing against the ground.
"Ow! My eye!" Sanji grunts.
"Classic fool! Kick Pointe" Mr. 2 then turns back to normal as he leaps into the air and kicks Sanji in the face with both of his feet, sending him right into the wall and then lands back into the ground. Mr. 2 then spins around with the ballet pose. "So, nothing but talk, are you?"
Sanji have had enough as he quickly recovers while destroyed the rubble.
"I show you talk!?" Sanji growled which Mr. 2 smirks, charging after the Baroque Works agent. "Nobody messes with me!?"
"Mascara Boomerang" Mr. 2 peels off the mascara and throws it at Sanji which he was able to dodge and raise his leg up.
"Eat this!" Sanji said with a scowl when was about to deliver a downward kick.
"Please, don't kick me~!" Mr. 2 said after turning into Nami.
It got Sanji stopped when the mascaras made a turn and cuts him while returns to Mr. 2's eyes.
"The eyes have it!" Mr. 2 declares with a laugh, turning into Nami. "Well, this has been a treat, but alas, I must be off. Duty calls and I've got a princess to kill. I really hate to rush things, but I'm gonna have to finish you off now."
Sanji then stood up with a grunt and holding his arm, looking at Mr. 2 with a scowl.
"Stand right there, lover boy, and I'll make this quick." Mr. 2 suggest as he starts spinning his body around. "Round and round and round and oh! And when I stop!"
While at the palace, the royal guards were informed of Vivi's return and the order of destroying the palace.
"Wait a minute! Did you just say we're supposed to blow up the royal palace?!"
"I know that it sounds crazy, but those are the orders that just came down from High Command!"
"We've been ordered to blow up the palace!"
Many of the royal guards were questioning why Chaka ordered them to blow up the palace since it's been held for 4 millennia. Both Chaka and Vivi were watching the fight between the royal army and the rebels.
"Nothing I can say can express my sorrow at all of this." Chaka states.
"It's alright, I know." Vivi agrees. "He really have no choice when it comes right down to it. It was your duty to intercept the rebel army. In spite of what happened with Igaram, you've done well by managing to keep the rebellion in check for the last 2 years, but I wasn't wrong, I've met some true friends and we're going to save Alabasta."
Vivi then remembered that day at Rainbase.
'YOU GUYS GO ON AHEAD! DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME! MAKE YOU DELIVER VIVI HOME, SAFE AND SOUND! YOU HAVE TO PROMISE ME!'
'Crocodile will fail, Luffy will win, it's that simple. The moment that the rebel army started running, this lands final hour will set. Once the royal army and the rebel army meet, this country, the kingdom of Alabasta will be gone forever.'
'If you truly are the one and only hope for preventing that tragedy, then you must survive no matter what. So, from this moment forward, what happens to Luffy or any of us for that matter isn't the least bit important.'
'All of you, you're willing to give your lives. How were you fairing now?' Vivi mentally questions the Straw Hat pirates after those words have echoed on her mind, wondering how were they holding up.
"Princess Vivi." Chaka called her, earned her attention. "In the 2 years since we've seen each other, you've grown into a beautiful young man. Once this war is behind us all, I'd like very much to hold a grand banquet to honor your pirate friends."
"Chaka..." Vivi muttered shockingly, remembered of Luffy told her that he's need food after the fight against Crocodile is over.
'Yes, I believe in you, Luffy. You must be alright, you must have defeated Crocodile.' Vivi mentally thought, but she and Chaka heard the doors were opened, noticed the guards panting heavily.
"My lord, Chaka!"
"Yes, report." Chaka ordered, turns his shoulder to the guards.
"Is it really true that they're gonna blow up the royal palace?! The soldiers are getting explosives ready!"
"Surely, there's must have been a mistake!"
"There's no mistake, gentleman. That order was given by me." Vivi points out, leaving the guards shocked.
"Princess Vivi!?"
"Use every ounce of explosives that you can lay your hands on." Vivi ordered. "The only way to stop this senseless fighting and to save the lives of our people of Alabasta is to blow up the royal palace."
Meanwhile at the Southeast Gate of Alubarna, Chopper was able to bandage up Usopp which he passed out after the heated battle against Mrs. Merry Christmas and Mr. 4 and getting heavily injured by them.
"Hang in there, Usopp! It's only a flesh wound, nothing serious!" Chopper cried, checking up on Usopp while try to regain his consciousness, injecting him a dose with his syringe while checking his blood pressure. "It's just a shattered femur, no problem at all! It's true you busted your nose, your humerus, and both your clavicles, but you've only lost a little bit blood than it is normally fatal for a man your size! Your blood pressure is slightly better than a zombies, but otherwise, you're in really great shape!"
"Right now, I feel fantastic. I see a beautiful field of flowers." Usopp said which it got Chopper gasped.
"You don't mean heaven, do you?! Can you see heaven?!" Chopper exclaims in shock when Usopp chuckled.
"No matter how great a pirate you may be, in the end, no one can escape Death's cold embrace." Usopp states with a smile.
"No! Don't die, Usopp!" Chopper pleads in tears. "Keep fighting! Don't give up!"
"Au revoir, Chopper. I leave all my vast treasure to you, little friend. All 15 gold and silver pieces. Become a good doctor." Usopp said as he now passed out.
"Usopp, no! Open your eyes, you can't die yet! Not until I apologize to you for something first, please!" Chopper pleads while shaking him up and slapped him in the face, decided to use the other method as he pulls out a sticky bun. "This sticky bun! This is the sticky bun that you've wanted, and I hate to have all for myself! If I'd known you're going to die, I would've saved everyone! Honestly, I would have! Now, I have to eat the whole thing, but I know I'm not gonna enjoy it!"
Just as when Chopper was about to eat the sticky bun, Usopp grabs him, stopped him for eating the sticky bun and punched him while grabbing the sticky bun.
"My bun...my precious bun!" Usopp growled as he ate the sticky bun while Chopper struggled to get out of the ground.
Meanwhile at the West side of Alubarna, Zoro was looking for Nami which it was pretty obvious that he got himself lost because of his bad sense of direction.
"That brainless little fool, where did she manage to lose herself this time?!" Zoro growled, looking for Nami. "This is why I told her to pipe down and hide, but no, she has to go running off on her own and make me waste time looking for her! Stupid Nami!"
And speaking of Nami, she kept on running away from Ms. Double Finger and Mr. 1, who're kept going after her, but she's starting to slow down and feeling fatigued. She then decides to catch her breath when she stops next to the pillar.
'That's it, I can't run anymore! I'll have to fight!' Nami mentally shouts, decided to fight when she turns over her shoulder and noticed Ms. Double Finger and Mr. 1 were still following her. Though, she's too scared to fight. 'Like hell!?'
And with that, Nami starts running again which Mr. 1 is getting very impatient.
'This is taking too long.' Mr. 1 mentally said as he leaps in the air after Nami.
"So hasty." Ms. Double Finger states with a smirk.
And just as when Mr. 1 was about to kill Nami, Zoro was able to find her and block his attack with his sword, stopping him.
"Zoro!?" Nami exclaims when Zoro turns to the pillar with a scowl.
And then, the pillar was sliced in seconds and collapses down to the ground.
"That stone column just split into pieces!?" Nami exclaims with shock.
"It didn't split, it was sliced." Zoro points out, turns to Mr. 1. "Only a swordsman could have done something like that."
"That's right." Mr. 1 agrees seriously when Zoro swings his katana, causing him to block with his arm which his arm turns into a blade.
"You cut it, didn't you?" Zoro questions, putting two and two together. "With those arms, huh? You've got a rather unusual body, don't you?"
"You noticed, I ate the Dice-Dice fruit, making blades from my entire body." Mr. 1 told him. "You're him, the swordsman who supposably cut down a hundred men at Whisky Peak. And you've got help from that ranger and that dragoon."
"He's also the pirate who turned down an invitation from Baroque Works several years ago at East Blue." Ms. Double Finger adds, swaying her hips. "And cut down our Mr. 7 at the time."
"That was you too?" Mr. 1 asks.
"That's the story that takes me back." Zoro states with a smirk. "That little misunderstanding was your Mr. 7's fault for not accepting the terms I offered him. As I remember it, I made a very generous proposition. I said, 'Sure, I'll join as long as you make me your boss.'"
"You're quite a comedian, aren't you?" Ms. Double Finger asks with a laugh.
"Instead of meeting my terms, he'd rather rudely took a slash at me. So naturally, I put him in his place." Zoro continues, placed his katana next to his shoulder and smirked. "Now, would you like to invite me too? Cuz' right now, you guys look so ridiculous, I wouldn't even accept the job."
Mr. 1 couldn't take that insult as he charges after him, causing Zoro to block his assault with his two swords.
"You think you can make a fool out of me?!" Mr. 1 growled angrily. "You, some swordsman from an upstart pirate crew?!"
"Maybe I am, but do you think you guys are? Puppets with no will of your own, being manipulated by Crocodile into building his fake utopia. Or maybe, you're all just tin little soldiers?" Zoro mocks as they jumped back a little while readied their fighting stance. "All shine and no steel."
"Ms. Double Finger!?" Mr. 2 snarled when he turns his eyes to her, wanted to fight against Zoro.
"I know, I know, you want to eliminate him, don't you?" Ms. Double Finger asked, knew why Mr. 1 wants to fight him. "You do as you please, I'll take care of the girl."
That got Zoro gasp in shock when he was about to warn Nami.
"Nami! Be caref...Okay, she's gone." Zoro said which he didn't get the chance to warn her because Nami already left.
And with Ms. Double Finger chases after Nami, both Mr. 1 and Zoro readied their fighting stance, getting ready to fight.
While back at the South gate of Alubarna, Sanji was now having trouble fighting against Mr. 2, who's still imitating as Nami while spinning his body around.
"Twirling! Twirling a 320,000 spin finishing fouette!" Mr. 2 shouts with a smirk, but his face turns back to normal.
"What's this?" Sanji asks himself, realizing why Mr. 2's face is back to normal.
"Ballet Kenpo: Memoirs of a Summer's Day" And just when Mr. 2 was about to deliver a powerful kick, Sanji knew of his Devil fruit powers weakness.
"I see your weakness, there's a flaw in your attack." Sanji states with a smirk. "Veau Shoot"
Just when Mr. 2 was about to deliver a kick, Sanji jumps into the air and deliver a spinning kick right to the center of his torso, sent him flying and came crashing against the building, down to the ground. Sanji then lands on his feet.
"Sure enough, I was right." Sanji said when Mr. 2 stood back up.
"'You've seen through it', you say?! Through what?!" Mr. 2 demands. "What part of my ability could have fila style like you appreciate, let along see through?!"
"Only this that you can't use your precious Ballet Kenpo while you're assuming Nami's form." Sanji answered, causing Mr. 2 to flinch. "It's true, I can't bring myself to attack while you look like Nami, but it's pretty clear you have to return your normal self before you try to attack me. And it happens whenever I see you touch your cheek with you left hand."
That got Mr. 2 shocked when Sanji finally figured out his weakness, but he tried to laugh it off with a smirk.
"Eh? What? I can't hear you!" Mr. 2 states which he was sweating bullets.
"Hey, I'm right, aren't I?" Sanji questions with annoyance, causing Mr. 2 to grit his teeth with a growl.
"Well...Well, so what if you are right, pal?!" Mr. 2 growled as he poses in pirouette. "Alright, alright, it's only with this magnificent godlike physique that I patiently developed! Freaking day after day of rigorous and brutal lessons that I'm able to perform my Ballet Kenpo, but so what? You're still plenty black and blue, aren't you Mr. Big Talk?"
Mr. 2 then removes the two swans from his shoulders and places them on his ballet shoes.
"Now, take a look. The Prima of Ballet Kenpo" Mr. 2 showed the two swans on his shoes. "I'll say this much about it that you're dead. The one on your left is the Pen, and on your right is the Cob."
"Who cares." Sanji points out in annoyance with a tick mark on his head.
"Whether you see through it or not doesn't matter. Now, prepare to die." Mr. 2 said with smirk, laughed as he readied his fighting stance. "Behold, the power of my Ballet Kenpo: Bombardier"
Just as Mr. 2 charges after Sanji and about to deliver a flurry of kicks, the chef was able to dodge a real kick when that blow hits the wall.
'What?! He punched a hole in the wall!' Sanji exclaims in shock after landed on the ground.
"You dodged it, smart thinking." Mr. 2 states with a laugh when he pulls out his extended foot. "At the end of Pen's neck, are still links."
'He didn't even crack the blast or around the hole.' Sanji mentally thought, noticed the hole in the wall which it didn't even lay a crack.
"True power when compressed focused into a single point of contact, will not destroy anything needlessly." Mr. 2 states, raise his foot with a smirk. "It might be best if you are to try thinking of one of my kicks like a shot from a high-powered rifle. Of course, in this case, the bullets are of a drastically high caliber. I'm going to pulverize you."
And with that, Mr. 2 charges after Sanji again and about to deliver an extended kick which the chef managed to dodge, but Mr. 2 kicks again, causing Sanji to leap in midair. Sanji blocked Mr. 2's kick with the kick of his own, but one of the swans impales him in the shoulder with its beak, causing him sent flying and crashed against the ground with a grunt.
'Damn! His reach is longer than mine!' Sanji mentally cursed as he tried to pull himself up, grabbing his arm with a groan while Mr. 2 laughed.
"Looks like the fight is over!" Mr. 2 states with a pirouette pose. "I'm flying like a swan! Ballet Kenpo: Memoirs of a Winter Sky"
Mr. 2 then leaps into the air and begins to perform several somersaults in midair.
'The longer his reach is, the longer it takes him to recover.' Sanji mentally states as he lights his cigarette. "If I can avoid his kick, I'll have that much time to attack."
"Say goodbye!" Mr. 2 shouts as he was about to deliver a piercing kick, Sanji dodges and leaps in the air, about to deliver a kick when Mr. 2 touched his right cheek to turn into Nami. "And just what are you think you're gonna now, lover boy?!"
"Hey, something stuck to your left cheek." Sanji told him which it was lie.
But, Mr. 2 fall for his trick when he touched his left cheek, turning his face back to normal which Sanji smirked when he took the bait.
"Basse Cote" Sanji then kicks one leg straight forward to Mr. 2, sent him crashed against the wall.
"Longe" Sanji then swiftly gets behind him and kicks him in the back.
"Tendron" Sanji then kicks him in the collar bone.
Mr. 2 stumbles a bit, but he growled while looked at Sanji with a snarl.
"Flanchet" Sanji was about to kick him in the stomach, but Mr. 2 managed to deliver a pierce kick toward the center of the chest.
Mr. 2 sneered as he then delivers a piercing kick again which Sanji was able to block with his knee. And then, they begin clashing their feet while spinning their bodies around in a handstand. Just as they kicked each other in the chest, both Mr. 2 and Sanji were knocked out on the ground, but they kept stood up while dodging and kicking, taking the brutal beating. And then, they kicked each other again, getting knocked out and down to the ground. Both Mr. 2 and Sanji coughed a bit of their blood, stood up again which they're too hurt to keep on fighting, but they need to end this fight as they deliver a final kick.
"Veau Shoot/Bombardier Arabesque"
And just as they deliver a final kick while landed on the ground in the opposite direction, Sanji grunts as he collapses down to his knees. Mr. 2 however, gasp with his eyes wide and yelled while sent flying towards the building and crashed into it, made a hard landing on the ground while Sanji collapsed down to the ground as well.
After the fight is over, Sanji was the first to pull himself up while pulled a cigarette out of his pocket and placed it on his mouth, lights it up and puffs the smoke out.
"I give up." Mr. 2 pants.
"You've gotta be kidding! You mean you're still alive?!" Sanji exclaims in annoyance, turns to Mr. 2. "What's the matter? All you have to do is turn into Nami again and then I won't be able to finish you off."
"Nonsense, I can't move with the shape I'm in. There's no point trying to avoid the outcome of this." Mr. 2 points out. "I congratulate you. Now, kill me."
Sanji was surprised which it got him wondering why.
"You may as well...Baroque Works will do it anyway." Mr. 2 told him. "Don't just stand there, get it over with! Come on, finish me!"
Instead, Sanji extends his hand to Mr. 2, leaving him stunned.
"It was a good fight, and beyond that, we don't need anymore words, do we?" Sanji said with a smirk.
Mr. 2 was left speechless, accepts it as he grabbed his hand with a sniffle. Sanji then pulls him up a little.
'This is without a question the deep respect that arises between rivals, but I won't cry.' Mr. 2 mentally thought as he cried his tears out, but Sanji knocked him out with a kick to the head while taking the goggles back.
"Bye now. Oh, and I'm taking back our sharpshooters goggles." Sanji said as he walked away, leaving Mr. 2 knocked out.
'Well, he did finish me.' Mr. 2 thought which it left his head bloody and lost his teeth.
"I think I cracked a couple of my bones again." Sanji states with a growl, checking his body which he was left in a bloody mess after the fight against Mr. 2.
Meanwhile at the palace, the royal guards were able to gather a few dynamites and placed them at the palace. They were about to get ready to destroy the palace which the royal guards didn't like the order, but since it has come to it, there's no other options.
"Everything is ready as you ordered, princess!"
"Everything is set here too!"
Both Chaka and Vivi then turns to the guards when they have the torches ready as she nods.
"This castle has been a part of Alabasta's history for 4,000 years." Vivi muttered, looking at the palace, remembered the times at the palace when she was a little girl.
'It's been a great source of pride to me.' Vivi mentally thought, clenching her fist. "But if we destroy the royal palace, the people will have to stop fighting with each other and pay attention. I'll finally be able to tell everyone the truth about this horrible conspiracy with my own words!"
The royal guards are waiting for the orders, hoping they don't want to destroy the palace.
"Alright, light your fuses!" Vivi ordered.
And with that, the royal guards began lighting the fuse. Until, the sandstorm blew the fuses and sent the royal guards flying into the air which it got Chaka and Vivi shocked.
"What is this?!" Chaka demands.
Vivi was left stunned, and she knows who causes the sandstorm as the one of the royal guards crashed into the ground.
"You okay?" Vivi asks, rushed toward the royal guard.
"It...was him!"
And with his last breath, the royal guard is dead.
"We can't have this." The voice of Crocodile said when Vivi and Chaka turns to him, who's using his Devil fruit to reveal himself while carrying Cobra and at the top of the palace with a sinister sneer. "That was rather treacherous on your part, wasn't it? Huh, Ms. Wednesday? After all, my dear, this is about to be my house."
"NO! I'LL NEVER LET YOU!" Vivi yelled in dread when Chaka scowled at him.
"Your majesty!" Chaka called him, leaving Vivi gasped.
"Father!" Vivi adds.
"This is lovely, to have a palace like this." Crocodile states with a chuckle. "It's a marvelous place to look down on all of the filth and rabble below."
"Where?! Where is Luffy?!" Vivi demands with a snarl.
"Who's that? Oh, you mean 'Straw Hat'? That miserable young rookie?" Crocodile asks, realizing who Luffy is. "My dear, he's dead."
Vivi could only growl, not believing him when Crocodile just let out a sinister laugh.
That's it for the 50th chapter.
Winner: Sanji