With both Zesiro's and Mikoto's Bounty Posters spoiling their peaceful visit to the Marine Base the days are going to become chaotic.
Zesiro was staring down at the ground. Gumm's constant babbling was driving him insane. Valerie and Ridley were apparently just tuning him out. Ridley was playing a few notes on his guitar. Valerie seemed distracted by a different type of thought. She kept looking at the time and at the amount of saké ready to be drunk. Gumm had apparently noticed this, too, as his glance will sometimes shift to one of those two things as well. But he simply kept talking to Zesiro about his 'lack-luster' swordplay.
Zesiro snapped. "SHUT UP!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. The rest of the party went quiet. Some of the men from Gumm's platoon shivered in fright. They knew their captain and they feared him when he was angry.
Gumm's entire body shook with rage. That was one of the three things he hated. Being told to shut up ranked up there with anything preventing him from chewing gum and being woken up in the middle of the night! It might have been his normal one biggest dislikes! He dropped the crossword puzzles he was trying to complete while having the conversation to the floor. He stood up. His hand already creeping towards his sword. He felt a firm, but sturdy hand shove him back into his sit. It was Kin.
Kin had walked back in as the last two words were uttered. Kin shared a look with Gumm. A look of utter rage and torment. He looked at both Ridley and Zesiro. He didn't seem to be himself. Before he was cruel and acted out towards them, but now his eyes seemed to have been taken over completely with nothing but rage!
He walked past his table. Marx distracted his gaze from him and was looking at Valerie's bosom. His eyes fell upon Sage. Sage felt a cold air snake its way up her spine. She shivered. She nudged Mikoto and asked him for his 'Honorary Marine' jacket. Mikoto handed it over. Marx grumbled. Sage put it on. She didn't do it to bug Marx (though it was a bonus) she strictly did it cause she was cold. Kin's gaze rested upon Mikoto and didn't leave him until he was up on the stadium. Mikoto was the only one whose eyes weren't on the young Marine captain. He was still focused on the food in front of him.
Kin grabbed the microphone that was going to be used for Mikoto's big warm speech. He cleared his throat. Mikoto finally noticed it and looked up at him. "I would like to remind everyone of our sacred duty during this time of festivity," said Kin, "of our jobs. We each signed up to rid the world of treacherous Pirate scum bags and in these happy times it is hard to even think that there is such down-right dirty people harming our friends, harassing our girlfriends, and stealing our gold, but there are."
Mikoto tightened his grip on his spoon and fork. Sage noticed this and wrapped her arm around him to comfort him (and to annoy Marx even more). Ridley tapped his foot waiting for this boring speech to be over with. Zesiro glanced about. He felt awkward for some reason. It was one of those 'Something Bad Is About To Happen' feelings.
Kin resumed his speech after a long pause. "And as such I would like to direct your attention to two new pirates. Two disastrous and terrible pirates. I have the 'Wanted Posters' if you are interested in seeing them, but I'd rather you see them in person. Mikoto, Zesiro please stand up."
Mikoto stood up immediately. His grip still strong on his spoon and fork. Zesiro stood up more slowly. His glance quickened. He was surprised at how quickly they had found out. He hadn't given anything away, Sage and Ridley were probably too smart to let things go out, and Mikoto had been knocked out for so long…they couldn't have found out.
"Please everyone give a big round of bullets to 'Kid Coyote' Mikoto and 'Shark Bite' Zesiro," said Kin to the large hall. Loud gasps filled the room. "A bounty of 25 million and 20 million respectively. Have a free for all with the Fishman, the mutt is mine." He jumped off of the platform. "Clay-Ground." Clay started to expand from Kin's feet overtaking the floor. Clay spikes exploded from the ground aimed right at Mikoto. Mikoto expertly dodged to the side. He got up.
"Drat, if we fight in here Kin's attacks would probably hit Sage, Ridley, and Zesiro," thought Mikoto. "Come and get me! The Kid Coyote doesn't care about how many of you follow me!" Mikoto rushed out of the room. Kin's legs disappeared into a clay mound.
"The swordsman can die," said Kin, "There is no bounty on either the girl or the green haired weirdo, they might be innocent. Detain them and don't kill them if possible." Kin's clay body extended flying out of the room at high speeds.
Zesiro's hand wasn't even on his sword when a fist was slammed into his face. Gumm was standing up with his sword at his side. He unleashed a mad assault of slices that all disappeared into a frenzy. Zesiro dodged most of them. A few cuts landed, but there were nothing serious. Zesiro looked around. The numerous tables and the numerous marines weren't in his favor. He turned around and dashed towards the training grounds.
Gumm spat his gum out straight onto the floor. "Leave it to a pirate to insult someone then run away." Gumm walked casually after Zesiro. Any marine that offered to help him was shot down.
Ridley was the first 'innocent' one to act. He got up and threw a chair at the marines and ran out in the same direction as Mikoto. He felt something plushy ram into the back of his forehead. A teddy bear peered over his shoulder.
"I am Orso McGee!" said the teddy bear. "Remember me? I hope so, it's a nuisance to introduce myself to pirates once a second time is even more annoying."
Ridley's hand clamped around the bear's neck. His grip started to tighten. "Dumb move coming after me! I ain't exactly a fair fighter, see?" He kept running out of the room. Valerie and other marines got up and chased after him. Soon the only two people left in the room were Marx and Sage.
"RIDLEY! ZESIRO! MIKOTO!" yelled Sage in her head, "YOU ARE ALL GOING TO PAY FOR LEAVING ME ALONE WITH THIS PERVERT!"
Marx walked over to her. He put his iron gloves on. "So, I am going to have to detain you for being a pirate and falling in love with a pirate captain."
An idea flashed into Sage's head and as much as it was going to make her suffer it might be her best option. She took Mikoto's jacket off and fell to the floor. "I'm so sorry!" she sobbed onto Marx's shoes.
(-In the Base's gymnasium-)
"Crap," said Ridley, "I lost Mikoto!" He peered across the room he had ran into when trying to find Mikoto. He was still strangling the poor bear in his hands. "At least I lost those marines that were on my tail." He felt something dig into his hand. He peered down. The teddy bear's zipper of a mouth bit his hand. He threw it across the room. The bear zipped to the side as a large amount of air was released from his feet.
"As I was saying I am Orso McGee!" said Orso. "Co-Captain of Marine Base East 2, the most feared Marine Base in all of the Eastern Blue! I have been given many nicknames throughout my long line of destruction and utter torment of enemies! But none more fitting then 'DEMON'S TEDDY' ORSO!"
"Name's 'Noise Maker' Ridley," said Ridley, "make sure they get that on my wanted Poster." He looked around. "Do you know which way Mikoto ran off in?"
"…Mikoto is going to do fine," said Orso, "it is you who will die!" He reached back to the backpack on his back, but he couldn't reach it. He tried again, but he still couldn't reach it. "Just you wait! I got a chainsaw back here! I'm going to get it out and you'll be mincemeat!" He tried again, but this time failed miserably and fell down onto his back. He started to get back up. "I am the Co-Captain of the most feared Marine Base in all of the East Blue!"
"Valerie is ten times better then you are," said Ridley, "she's got pictures of you in dresses and having tea parties and all other sort of embarrassing things! She's a much tougher person then you are."
Orso looked embarrassed and angry at the same time. "YOU WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THOSE DRESSES!" He pulled a large hammer out of body. "I told you I partook in the Hokan-Hokan no mi! My entire body is now similar to hammer space. I can store anything in it."
Ridley pulled his guitar out and plugged it into the speakers on his shoulders. "I have no need for silly hammers! But if you insist on fighting, I'll beat into you some manners!"
"Nice try tough guy, but watch this," said Orso. He charged at Ridley. He jumped off of the ground. "Kumo Hochou!" Just like before air guzzled out from his feet propelling him forward at tremendous speed. He slammed his hammer into Ridley's knee. The increased speed and hardness of the hammer delivered a devastating blow causing Ridley to go down right then and there. Orso swung his hammer back into his body. "Weak!"
Ridley stumbled back to his feet. "Cheap shot you got in there Mr. Bear! Swinging that hammer while flying through the air! Time for me to make my music blare! And put you straight into intensive care! 100 Decibel!" Ridley strummed a loud obnoxious note on his guitar. The room echoed with the note, the increasingly loud sound forcing Orso down. Ridley continued to play notes on the same frequency. The notes soon started to crush Orso's eardrums.
Orso reached into his body and pulled out two earplugs and plugged them into his ears. "Heck! I use heavy construction tools sometimes! I need someway to plug out the noise! And your noise is even worse then the noise my tools make!" Ridley couldn't hear him and kept playing away. "I SAID YOUR NOISE IS TERRIBLE COMPARED TO THE NOISE OF MY TOOLS!" Ridley still couldn't hear him. Orso frowned. He tried again to get his chainsaw and again he failed. He picked his hammer back up. This will have to do. He charged at Ridley. He swung his hammer into Ridley's leg. Ridley looked down at Orso. Ridley glared at the bear and slammed his guitar into the side of the bear's head.
"I forgot to tell you," shouted Ridley over his guitar, "this guitar is made out of reinforced steel! It could break a hole in bedrock! Time to amp it up! 150 Decibels!" Ridley continued to strum on his guitar but this time he turned his speaker up. "Did you know that at 130 Decibels most people start bleeding? Its awesome I wish you could see it!"
Orso froze. If his earplugs came out at this point he'd die!…Who was he kidding? This guy's a pirate. He's lying to intimidate him! Orso put his hammer down. It was useless apparently. He searched through his body until he came across a small hand drill. It was strong enough were it would still tear human flesh up. Orso charged at Ridley the nail in the drill spinning.
"Skillet Strike!" said Ridley. He strummed a few more notes on his guitar forcing the bear to slow down. The sheer force from the notes were starting to slam him at his point.
Wait! Force! He had his trusty Impact Dial in his right paw! He charged at Ridley the drill in his left hand and his right hand outstretched. "Kumo Tekken!" shouted Orso. The Impact Dial absorbed the force of the sound wave giving him a momentary lapse in both the damage and the noise. He rammed his drill into Ridley leg. The drill tore up both flesh and bone as it buried itself deep in Ridley's leg. Ridley screamed out in pain, his guitar playing stopped. The nail was drilled straight into his leg burying itself deep into his flesh.
Orso smiled and popped the earplugs out of his head. Another pirate had come down due to his superior knowledge and power. Whoever mocked Orso McGee had to go down. Especially those that said he wore dresses. He turned around and decided to go get Valerie. He could carry Ridley to the jail cells by himself, its just that…he wanted help…yeah. Besides Valerie should take some credit in the capture of this pirate. Yeah, that's it he was being generous! He could carry Ridley back…he could! He really could!
"Hey, Okama," said Ridley standing back up, "got a dress at the tailor you want to get to? Or are you giving up?"
"You got a nail in your leg!" shouted Orso. "You shouldn't be able to stand!"
"My dad would disown me if I let a nail stop me," said Ridley, "So STEP ASIDE!"
"You actually care about what your dad thinks of you?" said Orso, "You! You are a vigilante! Look at your hairstyle! Listen to your music! LOOK AT THE PEOPLE YOU HANG OUT WITH!"
"My dad wanted me to be this way," said Ridley, "he liked the cruel people of the world, they make his business flourish. And as to the 'who I hang out' with remark, look at who you hang out with! A pervert! A freak! And an insensitive jerk!"
"…The pervert is Marx, the freak is Gumm, and the insensitive jerk is Kin…what did you say about Valerie?" asked Orso.
"I couldn't think of anything bad to say about Valerie," said Ridley, "You on the other hand are just someone who tries to act big, cool, and macho! If you were really macho you wouldn't be afraid of someone mocking your coolness! You can parade in dresses for all I care! You could wear your hair in a Mohawk and no one would care as long as you believe in your own coolness."
"Cool…" thought Orso. He shook his head and regained his composure. "So, what with that nail driven into your leg, you can barely stand! Let's try another one!" Orso put another nail onto his drill and charged.
"Heh…Orso, you forgot you took those earplugs out," said Ridley.
Orso's eyes widened. He was so confident he won he did take them out! Then he was so taken back by Ridley's drive he forgot to put them back in! He was screwed, Ridley's music was going to blow his eardrums out!
"Trapping Tune!" shouted Ridley he slammed his guitar. The noise slammed into Orso freezing him where he stood, Orso's body became incapable of movements, "and The Fray!" He slammed his guitar once more! The sound covered the entire room! However, a louder noise was the explosion that came from the center of the room where Orso was standing.
Ridley smiled at the little bear. He had saved himself. When Ridley launched the second attack he activated the Impact Dial in his right hand. The force and noise from it blew him out and allowed him to ignore the loud noise. More impressive then that was the fact that it landed him next to his earplugs. If the force from Impact Dial hadn't knocked him out Orso might've won this battle. Too bad for Orso. Meanwhile, Ridley had to go find where Mikoto was.
Well, there it is the first major battle. This chapter taught me something. It is really hard to write a fighting sequence and even harder to write a fighting sequence for a guitarist with a green Mohawk. Be prepared as I promise to bring you better chapters and better fights!