The poison crowd had come completely covered the wreckage of the fin, but by some miracle Hiccup was able to get his hands on a gas mask.

'That was too close, that mask appeared just in time,' he said to himself relieved.

The cooks had managed to swim to a safe distance from the poison gas, but all they could do now was watch.

"What a crazy bastard."

"He tried to kill us all."

"That guy has got to be insane."

"I can't believe he used poison gas."

"He must be a demon, no human would do that."


Gabriel and Zale had managed to get Zeff inside the restaurant and were now hiding out in the kitchen. The three of them looked frustrated, because there was nothing they could do to help outside into the gas was cleared and they had no idea how many people survive the attack.


A seagull was flying over the poison gas, but one sniff from it and it plummeted out of the sky.

"Do you think Ragnar and Chore Boy made it?" one of the cooks asked.

"I don't know," said one of the cooks honestly. "Look the gases clearing up."

Krieg was removing his mass and he was smiling, because the main target of his attack had taken in the gas.

Squall had tossed his mass to Hiccup and had forced down the other mask on top of Ragnar's face. As a result the two of them were saved, but Squall took in all the gas and he was looking a bit pale.

"Squall… let go," said Ragnar as he struggled to remove Squall's hand. "You can let go now."

Hiccup got to his feet and turned to face them as he removed his mask. It soon dawned on him on what happened.

"Squall, are you okay?" Hiccup asked. Squall was looking terrible and he was even coughing out some blood. "Why did you give me your mask?"

Squall then immediately toppled over, but Ragnar was able to catch him before he hit the wooden floor.

"No!" Hiccup yelled as he dashed towards them.

Krieg laughed. "What a fool! You were paying a plate of food with your life. Oh well, maybe you we'll learn when you're dead."

Krieg just kept on laughing.

Cooks couldn't believe what had happened.

"That bastard. First, he orders Squall to kill himself and then he mocks the poor guy."

"He should respect the fact that he followed his order in the end."

Squall was panting quite heavily as he gasped for breath, they can only imagine the damage the gas had done his lungs.

"Kr-Krieg," Squall spluttered.

Ragnar looked down at him solemnly. "Squall. So, it seems…" He then narrowed his eyes and turned to Krieg, "that Krieg is not the right man for you to follow, was he?"

Krieg kept on laughing. "It figures that you would feel for that pathetic scum."

"Scum!" Ragnar roared.

"That's right, anyone who loses focus and betrays my ship is worthless to me. They we'll most certainly do it again, putting him out of his misery is an act of mercy from keeping him dishonouring himself and endangering my crew."


Even his own men were worse disgusted with the way that he was treating his Chief Commander.

"But… he just… I never thought that the Captain would kill his Chief Commander."

"I know, Squall has been his right-hand man for even longer than I have been part of the crew."

"That's right, you see no one has shown more loyalty to Krieg than Squall had over the years."

"How could he forget what Squall did for us after we escaped from the Grand Line and Fullbody's Marines were after us? It was a miracle that we escaped."

"Yeah, he was willing to sacrifice his life for us by acting as a decoy. Without him we would never have made it out of there. Squall has laid down his life for Krieg are hundred times easy. I can't believe that Captain would kill him with such little care."


Gabriel and Zale had made their way outside and were relieved to see that Ragnar and Hiccup were all right. However, they too were disgusted by Krieg's actions against one of his most loyal crewmen.

"That's so cold," Gabriel growled.

Ragnar looked at the two of them. "Gabriel! Get the kit, hurry!"

"It's for food poisoning, I don't think it will work on gas, Ragnar," Gabriel pointed out.

"I don't care, we have to try!" Ragnar yelled.

Zeff then stepped out with a solemn look. "Put the mask on him, it'll detoxify the gas in his lungs. Then bring him upstairs and let him breath. It's the only chance we have to save him."

Ragnar immediately did what Zeff told him and placed his mask on top of Squall's face. Once that was done he looked up at Gabriel and Zale. "Gabriel! Zale! Hurry, help me!"

"All right, already," said Gabriel as he and Zale jumped from wreckage to wreckage towards them.

"We're coming," said Zale.

"It's no use, he's going to die within the hour," said Krieg as he looked at their fruitless attempt of saving Squall.

Hiccup clenched his fist and had a dark look about his face. "You better not die, Squall." All eyes then immediately turned towards Hiccup. "You can't let someone like him win. Stick around, because you would want to see what I'm about to do to him next."

Squall looked at him trying to stay awake. "You can't defeat him."

Ragnar then immediately grabbed his arm. "Wait a second, Hiccup. Attacking him head-on is exactly what he wants, he strongest that way."

"I'm not worried," said Hiccup as he looked at Krieg with unflinching resolve.

Hiccup then pulled his arm away from Ragnar and then quickly transformed into his human dragon form. He then immediately took off and headed straight towards Krieg with a vengeance.

"Give it your best shot!" Hiccup yelled.

"No!" Ragnar cried.

"Dumb kid," Krieg smiled. "When you lose your patience, you become easy prey. You are only flying towards one thing, Chore Boy." He then immediately tossed several pellets into the sea. "And that's…"

"He's dead," said a pirate.

"Really dead."

"Your funeral," Krieg smiled.

"My funeral?" Hiccup questioned.

Immediately there was an explosion and a great wall of water erupted in Hiccup's path. Krieg then immediately raised his Gatling gun and then fired a bolt large of spikes into the wall of water.

"Oh no, get out of there!" a cook cried.

Several of the spite struck Hiccup so fast they punted right through his scales.

"He got hit!" Ragnar yelled.

Krieg kept on firing until he ran out of ammo and he smiled, thinking that his job was done.

"He's done," a pirate smiled.

"Poor guy," said a cook.

However, Krieg's smile vanished when Hiccup flew straight through the wall of water and he didn't even slow down.

He then raised his fist and began to channel as much power as he could into it. "Dragon…"

Krieg smiled, still believing he had the advantage, he then pulled out a cape completely covered in spikes. "Come on!" he yelled.

"Those spikes!" a cook panicked.

"Here we go," a pirate smiled.

"Just try it," Krieg challenged as Hiccup kept on flying towards him.

Ragnar grimaced. "He's got no place to hit."

"Fist!" Hiccup roared as he swung his fist.

To the surprise of everyone he didn't hesitate and punched Krieg in the cheek slamming his hand into the spiked cape. Krieg's pirates were completely horrified upon seen this and many of the cooks grimaced.

"No!" a pirate cried.

Ragnar just stood there in disbelief, he never thought's Hiccup would do something so reckless. Even Zeff was surprised and he had seen many a thing when he was a pirate on the open seas.

Krieg hadn't expected the punch and so he landed flat on the ground with the wind knocked right out of him.

"Krieg is down! That punk got him!" a pirate panicked.

"What is that kid anyway?"

"He punched him right through the spikes," a cook winced.

The pirates too were quite bewildered, they had never seen their captain knocked to the floor before.

"That's messed up."

"I've never seen him get hit in any kind of fight ever."

"He busted right through that porcupine cape and smashed him right in the face."

"I-I can't believe it."

Hiccup then began to remove the spikes on his right shoulder, the right side of his hip and left leg. "So, is this my funeral or yours? You can't kill me with little spikes. My funeral will take more than this."

Hiccup stumbled slightly, despite the outcome of the fight, Hiccup was pretty worn out and he was hurting all over. Granted it will be would have been worse if he was in his human form, but the spikes had to be pretty sharply penetrated his scales in his dragon human form.

"You'll have to do better than that, if you want to beat me," said Hiccup. He then sat up straight and firm. "Because it isn't time for me to die just yet."

Ragnar was back on the restaurant sitting next to Zeff as he began to heal from his fight with Squall.

"I know one thing, this isn't the Hiccup I knew," said Ragnar.

Zeff looked at him. "I've seen one or two like him before, he's not reckless just determined. He won't be swayed by any intimidation from his foe, no matter what kind of weapons they wield."

"I'll tell you one thing, he's not in a backdown for sure," said Ragnar

"I'm glad he's with us, because guys like him are hard to fight. I don't care whether he wins or loses, I consider it an honour just to be able to watch him."


Meanwhile Gabriel and Zale had managed to get Squall onto the restaurant and were busy with healing him.

"Hey, man, you all right?" Zale asked.

"Try to breathe," Gabriel instructed. "You need a little fresh air."

"You want a pillow or maybe some water?" Zale asked. "Speak!"

Squall was still panting for air, he was still suffering from the poison he had breathed in from Krieg's previous attack.

"This is bad," said Zale.

"You got any ideas?" Gabriel asked.

"None."

"Then think of something!"

"Why don't you?"

Squall then went limp causing the two of them to stop arguing.

"Don't die yet!" Zale pleaded.

"Come on, breathe more," Gabriel cried.

"You're not really dead. You're not really dead," said Zale repeatedly.

"Shut up!"

Squall then immediately coughed and took several deep breaths.

The two of them immediately sighed with relief. "He's still alive," they said together.

"Kr-Krieg," Squall wheezed.


Everyone was still shocked by the fact that Krieg went down with just one punch.

"Well, this isn't good," said a pirate. "We're in trouble."

"No, that was just luck. Krieg is going to get up and kick his ass any minute now. Just watch."

"I hope he's dead," said a cook.

Krieg then began to move and his eyes immediately aimed towards Hiccup. "So boy, it's not your funeral yet is it? Too bad." Krieg then began to lift himself up. "Because one of us has got to go and since I'm here, I really like to pay my respects!" He then slammed the Gatling gun into Hiccup's chest and seconds later there was an explosion. "Go to Hell!"

Hiccup, however, survived the explosion and somehow managed to leap over him. He then wrapped his tail around Krieg's neck and with one good tug he slammed him into the ground once again.

"You first," said Hiccup.

The pirates immediately panicked, because this was the second time that Krieg had been knocked to the floor.

"This can't be happening! He's taken another fall!"

"B-But how? I've never seen anyone hit him before, because they usually dead before they get close enough. The fact is he might not even be invincible."

The pirate then gulped and looked at Hiccup. "What the Hell are you?"

Hiccup just stood there as the wind blew through his hair.

Squall was now conscious and was being supported by Gabriel as all three of them watched the fight.

"Look at that, the kid is pretty good," said Gabriel.

"Yeah, no kidding," Zale agreed.

The cooks were getting excited, because it was clear that their side was winning.

"He's amazing!"

"Finish him off Chore Boy!"

"Yeah, ended once and for all!"

The pirates on the other hand were getting a little bit anxious.

"The punk is fighting with Krieg as if he were the same strength."

"This can't be real, it's like I'm watching my own nightmare."

"He supposed to be truly invincible. If he gets beaten by this little kid, his reputation will be completely—"

Shut up, maggots!" Krieg roared furiously as he rose to his feet. "Never doubt me!"

Everyone then watched as he grabbed his two shoulder pads together and a long pole extended from one of its sides and that was followed by the point of a spear on the opposite side. The pirates smiled as Krieg slammed the spear right down onto the deck of his wrecked galleon. Hiccup quickly flew up into the air to avoid the spear, a good thing he did because seconds later there was a huge explosion.

"What was that?" Ragnar stared.

The pirates smiled as if victory was assured.

"Finally, he's going to start messing around and step up his game."

"The mighty Battle Spear."

Hiccup looked at the spear as he landed on the deck. "An exploding spear?"

"Now what are you going to try and hide from me?" Krieg smirked as he tossed aside his cape. "All right then, boy. This should be fun. Mine mighty Battle Spear, it's different from the one I was fighting with earlier. When this thing hits you, you won't just be wounded and flailing. You'll be blown straight to Hell!"

Krieg then immediately held out his spear once again and then slammed it into the deck causing yet another explosion. Hiccup was sent flying thanks to the explosion he was finding it very difficult to keep himself hovering in the air.

"That's no normal spear."

The some reason Hiccup wasn't flying as high as he could and he soon landed on more wreckage of the galleon.

"That spear really sucks," said Hiccup panting. "It explodes every time he hits anything. And what's worse I can't fly as high as I would like."

Ragnar realise the problem. "He's lost way too much blood, he can't fight for much longer. Already he can't fly as high meaning he can't avoid the explosions. He has to end this fight quickly."

Krieg was also aware of hiccup's little problem. "You look tired, too bad. Guess you should have saved a little more energy."

Hiccup was feeling a bit dizzy. "Damn, I can't fly as fast which means I can't hit him at full force."

The pirates just floated there watching as the battle ensued.

"Never in my life have I seen a more stunning weapon than the mighty Battle Spear."

"Krieg is the only one strong enough to handle the spear, since the harder he strikes with it the bigger the explosion it causes. Anyone else would just be completely destroyed by their own pathetic attack."

Krieg and allow Hiccup chance to rest and immediately jumped towards him and thrusted his spear towards him. Hiccup leaned back in time to avoid it, but he kept on swinging the spear again and again forcing him back and Hiccup was doing everything he could to avoid this point.

"It's strength. He's strength is the key," said a pirate. "He causes the kind of damage no one else can, because there's just no one else who can swing a spear that easily weighs more than a ton."

"That is exactly why Krieg is the most dangerous man in the East Blue."

Hiccup was still dodging the spear, but he was so busy avoiding the point that he failed to watch is footing and slipped on the edge. Krieg saw this as his opportunity and strong women as much power as he could. Fortunately, Hiccup regained his footing and immediately jumped into the air avoiding the spear, but that itself left quite vulnerable.

"Now die!" Krieg roared.

"Chore boy look out!" a cook yelled.

Krieg thrusted the spear towards him, but the last possible second Hiccup user gust with his wings avoiding the point. He then quickly wrapped his arms and legs around the handle as Krieg pulled back.

"That was too close," said Hiccup wiping the sweat of his brow.

Krieg, however, had grown even more furious, if it was at all possible. He then lifted the spear up and grasp it with both hands.

"You're just like a little bug!" he yelled as he slammed the spear into the ground.

The moment he did an explosion occurred sending Hiccup flying through the air. Hiccup was too weak to flap his wings and soon he began to fall. Krieg smile knowing there was no way you'd be able to dodge in midair and thrusted to the spear towards him. At the last possible second, Hiccup slammed his two-faced onto the point which did cause an explosion sending him flying.

"Hiccup!" Ragnar cried.

Hiccup was completely scorched as he landed on the wreckage and Krieg smiled believing that his victory had been assured. However, he was still moving and then began to pick himself up.

"That's rough," said a cook.

"You all right, Chore Boy?"

Krieg smiled. "I'm not done with you. If you hadn't made me so angry I would have killed you more quickly."

Hiccup had taken quite a beating during their battle, not only had he lost a lot of blood but now he has explosions to deal with at point blank range.

"Dammit, there's no way that Hiccup can take much more of this," said Ragnar. "That spear is way too powerful."

"No, you're wrong," said Zeff. "Even with a hundred thousand more weapons that boy can still bring him to his knees, because he's not swayed by intimidation."

Krieg then swung the spear once more and Hiccup quickly punched the spearhead, but as a result cause an explosion right in his face. The pirates were smiling while the cooks were looking deeply concerned, because Hiccup was now the only hope to win this fight and it looked as if he was losing. Hiccup landed on the wreckage once more and it looked as if he was done now.

"Ha, that was too easy," said Krieg as he walked away.

"I wouldn't turn your back on me just yet," said Hiccup's voice.

Krieg's eyes widened as Hiccup rose to his feet once more, though a little shaky.

"Now that's impressive," said Krieg as he held his spear firmly in hand.

"Stand or fall, life or death, in a struggle for your very existence you cannot be swayed by intimidation or you will be lost," said Zeff.

"What are you talking about?" Ragnar frowned.

"That kid out there…" Krieg swung the spear once more and Hiccup counter it with a punch causing yet another explosion, "he knows that being courageous is not the same as fighting with no fear. It's about being afraid and pushing forwards and he is one not to back down."

Hiccup soon got back to his feet in time for Krieg to swing his spear down on top of him yet again. Hiccup then immediately counted once more with a punch which resulted in another explosion sending him flying back down onto the wreckage.

"In fact he reminds me of a certain pirate I used to know, a giant amongst men, a man who had sailed every inch of the seas without being intimidated by anyone. Krieg believes himself to be the strongest man in the world, but he's far from it that title belongs to someone else, who is possibly the most powerful pirate in the world. Stoick the Vast."

"That's not going to do him any good if he's going to end up being dead," Ragnar pointed out.

Zeff smiled as his eyes fell down onto Zeff's spear. "That boy isn't being reckless, though I admit he is a bit crazy. Though thinking outside the box will help them to survive on the Grand Line and we will soon see of his plan will work."

"What plan?" Ragnar asked even more confused.

Krieg was starting to get annoyed, because no matter what he did Hiccup just shrugged off his attack.

"You… son of a bitch!" he growled.

Hiccup merely smiled and the cooks immediately cheered for him.

"Way to go, Chore Boy!"

"Do it again!"

"Kick his ass!"

Squall was completely stunned by Hiccup's determination.

"I told you today is your funeral!" Krieg roared as he charged at hiccup once more and swung his spear with all his might. "I am invincible!"

Hiccup smiled, because he'd been waiting for this chance and then immediately punched the spearhead once more. This resulted in yet another explosion and Hiccup disappeared within the smoke, with his black scales it made it impossible to see him with in it.

"It's true that Krieg and his pirates are strong," Zeff admitted. "But that young boy has they'll own never have. Krieg may have more pirates under his command than anyone else before him, he may have terrible weapons that cause mass destruction to everything in his path, but he will never have that kid's heart."

When the smoke dispelled Hiccup was still standing there and a split second later the spearhead on Krieg's spear snapped much to his horror.

"What? My Battle Spear!" he yelled and then he immediately turned on Hiccup. "What the Hell did you do?"

Hiccup merely smiled. "I merely kept on punching it in the head five times. The explosions were a pain, but when I attacked it was before you could bring full force on onto your weapon and my scales did the rest in shielding me. My constant attacks on your spear began to wear it out until it finally snapped. Now it's my turn."