Mikoto was running down a hall. Clay shot straight out of the wall closing off Mikoto's escape way. Mikoto swerved to the side and tried running down the next hall. Balls of clay whizzed past his head. Kin was not far behind him. He was almost skating across the clay on the ground in front of him as he hunted Mikoto down.

"Stop running away," commanded Kin.

"Stop trying to kill me!" replied Mikoto as he took another turn into a door. He stopped as he noticed he was back in the infirmary. He looked around desperate to find a way out. The infirmary had no windows, no skylight, and only one door. He was in here for three days without getting killed? It reminded him more of a slaughterhouse then an infirmary. The flowers his crew had gotten him were dead…except for Sage's…she didn't put hers into a vase and gave them to him, she took pictures of them. She took excellent care of them on the ship.

Kin busted through the door. His hand covered in thick clay. "I didn't fill you in on my powers yet have I?" said Kin. The clay around his hand shrunk back into his body. "I ate the Nendo-Nendo no mi (Clay-Clay Fruit). It's a Logia-Type Devil Fruit. I can become, control, and create clay."

"Become clay?" said Mikoto, "Hah ha! Becoming clay! Well, I can become a coyote or a coyote and human hybrid! So let's face it! You are at a disadvantage here!"

Kin looked amazed at Mikoto's stupidity. "It's a Logia-Type Devil Fruit," said Kin, "I can't be harmed by normal means. Anytime you attack me I'll just become clay and your attack will end in failure? Any of this ringing a bell or are you seriously this new to the game?"

"Hey, I've been a pirate for at least a month, maybe two or three…" said Mikoto. He pulled his hand out and started counting on his fingers.

"And you plan to make it as a pirate?" asked Kin, "The talent nowadays."

"I'm not going to become any old pirate…I'm going to become King of the Pirate!" shouted Mikoto.

"You? King of the Pirates?" said Kin. "You'll have to get through me first."

"Fine," said Mikoto, "Have things your way!" Mikoto morphed into his half-beast form and dove at Kin. He claws cleaving straight through his body waist. Mikoto stumbled onto the other side. He turned around to see Kin's body cut in half. "I didn't mean to literally go through your body! You were just doing your job! And I cut you in half I am so sorry! I'll tell everyone that you were a brave marine!"

Kin's body turned into clay. The two halves reattached and formed Kin's original body. "I am not dead! I turned my body into clay the instant you hit your attack didn't even faze me see?"

"No fair! I cut you in half! You should've died," complained Mikoto.

"Thanks for your compassion," said Kin, "but if you actually had any idea about my Logia-class Devil Fruit powers you may have a chance, but you don't. Out of respect for the good job you did at tricking us…I'll end this quick! Clay Shuriken!" Kin lobbed three clay balls towards Mikoto. The balls slowly flattened out and became flat discs with four razor sharps blades sticking out.

"Coyote!" shouted Mikoto as he was running towards Kin. His hybrid form shrunk till it was the normal coyote mode. The three clay discs whizzed over his head. Mikoto jumped up and onto Kin forcing the Marine to the ground. Mikoto opened his mouth and took a large chunk of skin from Kin's side. Mikoto reeled back spitting up molecules of clay. "Phbbt! You taste like clay!"

The wound in Kin's side morphed into clay and expanded until it was fully healed. "Any wound you inflict on me can be healed with my clay," said Kin, "Of course my clay isn't just handy for healing and defending with. Its attack options are also pretty neat. Claymore." Clay dripped from his hand as it formed a long three-foot blade. "Granted swordplay isn't my forte, but I find it best to be well versed in several different weapons."

"You can use as many weapons as you need to," said Mikoto, "Its just going to make you feel silly when you lose to just me and my claws."

Kin's look hardened. "You remind me a lot of my old superior Jugo," said Kin, "looks like I finally get to discharge some aggression!" Kin ran towards Mikoto unleashing one barrage of slices after another. Each swipe sent Mikoto jumping in a different direction or spiraling down to the ground in pain. Kin saw an opening and jabbed his blade straight into Mikoto's gut. Kin brought the blade straight up, ripping through Mikoto's old bandages. As the bandages hit the ground Mikoto's bullet ridden chest came into full view.

The bullet holes in Mikoto's chest were frequent but they had been expertly placed. None of the bullets would've gone near a vital organ. But there were so many bullet holes there. It appeared as if someone had emptied his gun numerous times on this one kid. It was amazing that the kid was still standing much less alive.

"I'm really going to get yelled at by Sage for this," said Mikoto peering down on his body. "Ridley probably won't be happy about it either. It would be different if we had doctor…I need to get a doctor onto my crew."

The clay sword cleaved into the wall inches above his head. "You'll need to get out of here in order to have a crew."

"Right, right, save thoughts of doctors and medicine for a time I am not getting cleaved open!" laughed Mikoto.

"Fool," replied Kin as he drove his sword straight into the wall. Mikoto was fortunate enough to have rolled to the side avoiding the dangerous and devastating blow, "Instead of focusing on getting a crew, focus on getting better," the sword in Kin's melted away the clay then straightened out into a long spear, "In the Grand Line a captain matters more then rest of the crew following him."

"Grand Line? Is that where the One Piece is?" asked Mikoto.

"You really don't know anything do you," asked Kin, "The Grand Line is supposedly filled to the brim with pirates each one capable of swatting a hundred of my men! There are thousands of islands there and even more about to be discovered! The last island, Raftel, is where the first Pirate King assumedly left the One Piece the first time! The second Pirate King was apparently a little nuts so no one really knows where he hid it. But it's a safe bet that it is in the Grand Line…HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW ANY OF THIS! THIS IS BASIC PIRATE INFORMATION!"

"I learned everything about pirates from my father," said Mikoto, "if you thought I was terrible pirate you should've seen him."

"I feel sorry for the man that raised you," said Kin. He jabbed his spear at Mikoto. Mikoto dodged it and grabbed onto it with both of his hands.

"My dad died when I was four years old," said Mikoto, "my memories of him are a bit foggy, but I remember what he told me!"

Kin tried to pull the spear out of Mikoto's grip but it was to no avail. Mikoto was holding hard on to the spear. "Your dad must've been fool. Go out onto the sea with no information is the same as signing your death warrant. Why don't you join him in hell!" Kin broke the spear in two and raised his remaining half of the stick above his head. The end of the stick grew and inflated itself. The spear was now a hammer. Kin brought it straight down, Mikoto jumped back avoiding the blow.

"No thanks!" said Mikoto he ran towards Kin delivering one wicked fast punch to his jaw throwing clay all over the room. "I said I was going to become King of the Pirates and that's my word!" Mikoto morphed into his hybrid form and flipped onto his hands bringing his rear legs up and bringing his claws into Kin's face scratching his eye. The place where his eye was just lumpy clay.

"I told you I am invulnerable!" said Kin, "wherever you hit is clay! You can't beat me if you can't even hurt me!" The body was reshaping into its normal form, "give up now, they have nice places in Impel Down for wannabe pirates like you."

Mikoto dove in and unleashed several strikes onto Kin's body, but all of them just went through the clay. "I'm not a wannabe pirate!" Kin lashed out with another swing from his hammer. The blow sent Mikoto flying into the wall.

"I shouldn't be surprised," said Kin as he walked over to the defeated pirate, "hardened clay makes for a good weapon and you are a lousy pirate. You should've just have given up and learned a trade, opened up a pet store, married a pretty girl, and lived. But you just had to throw your life away!"

Mikoto stood up. Small rocks from the chipped wall fell off of him. "I did not become a pirate to throw my life away! I'm going to finish my father's dream!" Mikoto ran towards Kin and slugged him as hard as he could in the stomach. Kin flew backwards and into the wall. "I will become the next Pirate King!"

"Drat," thought Kin, "That brat's stamina is amazing. Not to mention his sheer punching force! He blew my body away with one punch! Only other person who has ever done that was Jugo…" Kin glared at Mikoto. "You really are like another Jugo." Clay started to ooze from Kin's body. It soon covered his entire body in a clay-like armor. His fingers were replaced with hardened clay claws. His entire face was hidden from view other holes for his eyes and mouth. He stood up coated in this armor with little effort. "I was hoping to save this armor for the next time I faced Jugo! Oh, well, looks like I get to have some practice with it!" Kin delivered one punch at Mikoto. Mikoto jumped away from the direction. The force from the punch blew a large hole in the wall.

"Holy crap!" said Mikoto landing on his feet, "that wall could've been me!"

"Next time it will be," said Kin, "this armor is designed for battle. I rigged it up myself. Modeling it after the strongest armor and best weapons. It is as hard as steel, small spikes riddle the fists to increase its punching force, and as it's made of clay I can change its shape on a whim!"

"No fair!" shouted Mikoto, "There's got to be a rule against something like that! I don't got any clay armor! It doesn't even have any weak points!"

Kin shook his head. This armor of his was actually riddled with weak points. It was super heavy it took three times his normal amount of energy just to move. Not only that the armor actually takes his mind away from turning himself to clay any attacks that get through will actually hurt him. If that wasn't bad enough before he was barely slower then Mikoto, but now he probably couldn't even dodge a single punch he throws. The benefits however outweigh the problems.

"I know I can just runaway again!" said Mikoto, he turned to the door. His face fell when he noticed a wall of clay had blocked him in. "You just aren't going to let me have a good plan are you?"

Kin charged at Mikoto, Mikoto ran off to the side avoiding another punch from Kin's heavily armored clad body. Mikoto ran behind Kin. He started to rapidly punch the backside of Kin's armor. The armor barely even cracked under the assault. Kin spun around backslapping Mikoto and sending him flying through the hole he made earlier.

Mikoto got up. His face was bleeding, not to mention he felt like a bus had just hit him. The stood up and placed his hand on a glass case. He looked around. There were many glass cases all on top of pedestals. Each one had another piece of weaponry or an item in it.

"This is my trophy room," said Kin walking in, "whenever I defeat a pirate I take one of his belongings and place it in this room. I think a claw from you would make a magnificent trophy."

Mikoto looked down at the case he was leaning on. Inside was a small yellow ball. Mikoto brought his arm straight into it busting the glass open. "Ah ha! I know what this is! It's a military rations pellet! By eating it I'll have the strength to fight for three days and nights without the need of sleep or eating!" Mikoto threw it straight into his mouth. "Yuck, it tastes terrible."

"It wasn't a military rations pellet," shouted Kin, "it was Chopper's famous Rumble Ball! A recently apprehended thief was accused of stealing that! With that Chopper was capable of additional transformations for three whole minutes!"

"Great," said Mikoto, "I can't wait to see how it affects me!"

The Marine Base Arc is winding down this arc is finally coming to an end. The Rumble Ball was just something I decided to throw in there. Anyways, to end this section I would like to say this: You guys are allowed to submit story ideas for this story (just PM me) and also with the newly added Rumble Ball you guys can also suggest new forms for Mikoto.