Finally! Sage and Ridley Fight!
The Weakling Duo Duel!
It was a bright and shining morning. Sage got up and folded her clothing away and approached the closet. She shuffled through the endless amounts of fluffy and frilly clothing until she settled upon one she liked. A pair of jeans and a nice plain peach shirt. She put both of them on and left her room. She walked through the halls and stopped at the men's room. She banged. Loudly.
Mikoto got up and stretched. He was currently just in his shirt and boxers. He looked around. Zesiro, Henry, and Enma had done left. They transferred Hiro-Shu into the infirmary yesterday after dinner, or so he was told. He ended up passing out due to being knocked off the ship and only got cold leftovers. This left him and Ridley in the room. Ridley had probably eight empty bottles of alcohol next to him. He wasn't going to get up anytime soon.
Mikoto got up and wandered over to the door. He opened and as soon as he saw Sage standing there, with an angry as hell look on her face, he closed it again. "I'm sorry!" was his only response, "whatever I did last night I didn't mean it!"
Sage slammed the door open and sent Mikoto flying across the room, "I'm not mad at you!" She strode over to Ridley's bed.
"He was drunk!" shouted Mikoto, trying to defend his friend, "he didn't mean anything either!" He was going to continue pleading for Ridley's life when Sage kicked Ridley off of the bed and listened to him collide with the floor.
"Damn hangover," said Ridley as he grabbed his head, "it always feel like you got ran over by an…" Ridley soon trailed off back into a fit of sleep.
Sage stood over him and slammed her foot into his groin. Ridley jumped awake at this, his hands instinctively covered his crotch. Tears were welling up in his eyes.
"Drunk yet?" asked Sage with a dark grin over her face as she stared down at him.
"Drunk? No," said Ridley as he rolled about in place, "hung over? Yes. In excruciating pain? Yes. Wondering what the hell you are doing in the men's room at 7 o'clock in the morning? I can take a guess." This last comment earned him another kick to the groin. Ridley didn't even manage a squeak in reply.
Mikoto stood behind a nearby bed and watched all of this happen before his eyes, "looks like the crew is losing a male member…"
"Get up," said Sage as she tossed some of Ridley's clothing at him, "we have a fight to finish."
"I can't move yet," said Ridley his hands still clutching his groin.
"Do you need some more motivation?" asked Sage as she lifted her foot into the air above him.
"No," squeaked Ridley as he started to crawl towards the clothing.
"See you on the deck in five," said Sage. "Bye, Mikoto." With that she left out of the room and started to head towards the deck.
Mikoto stood up and wandered over to Ridley. Ridley's hand were just a couple of inches away from the clothing. Mikoto pushed the clothing closer to Ridley. Ridley's fingers clutched the clothing and was about to drag it closer to him, when Mikoto's foot slammed down on top of his hand. "What did you do?"
"I have a hangover," began Ridley, "and kicked twice in a very…very uncomfortable place. You are going to have to do better then step on my hand."
Mikoto stepped off of the Ridley's hand allowing him to drag the clothing over to him. Mikoto smiled as his body morphed into his hybrid form. He spread his claws wide and looked down upon Ridley's limp body. "I can do better."
Ridley gulped. "Its between me and Sage," he said as he pulled his pants on. "I told` her the truth and she didn't like it. I guess she decided to go with Option One."
Mikoto sighed. "Why did I have to pick out such a dysfunctional crew?"
"Cause you are dysfunctional," said Ridley as he put his shirt on. He stood up, "better not keep her waiting. I have a feeling she already wants to kill me."
(-On the Deck of the Ship-)
"We should be meeting up with the other crews soon," said Henry as he enjoyed the leftover eggs from last night. "From there we will continue our assault on the Marine Blockade. There will probably be very little rest for us during this assault so we will rest for all of today." Every single piece of his master plan was coming together the fact that he ran into the Infinity Pirates and they were willing to help was a bonus, they had quickly become a pretty well-known group of pirates.
Zesiro looked down at the ground. Assault. He didn't like that word. Especially right now. With Hiro-Shu out of commission and with them hopelessly following someone else's command and his command was to assault a whole blockade of innocent and unaware Marines…that was closer to a massacre.
Sage soon appeared on the deck, but she paid no attention to Zesiro's and Henry's helloes. She stood confidently astride on the deck. Henry shrugged her off and returned to his plan. He made numerous marks in a book and was putting the rest of his plan together, the plan of assault wouldn't be rewritten after today, he had to make sure everything was perfect.
Finally, after a few minutes Ridley came up. He swung his guitar around and onto his back. "You really want to see which one of us is stronger? I promise you it won't end prettily."
"I'm surprised Mikoto didn't come with you to protect his precious musician," said Sage with a smirk on her face.
"I'd feel pretty pathetic if I needed help from someone who can't put his pants on," said Ridley remembering leaving Mikoto left downstairs struggling with his pants. "Well, ladies first."
"Are you gonna stand there or are you gonna make a move," replied Sage.
"What are you guys doing?" asked Zesiro as he got up, "I don't think I'm going to like the way this is going to end."
"And neither will Sage," replied Ridley as he picked up his guitar and played a couple of notes. "100 Decibels!" Ridley slammed down onto his guitar the air soon filled with a loud and blaring noise of nonstop musical notes. Henry jumped from his spot and into the air, Zesiro covered his ears, but Sage appeared unbothered.
"I know all of your tricks Ridley," said Sage as she took another step forward, "I had more then enough time to prepare for this fight." She tapped her right ear, "high-grade earplugs stop a lot of noise, but there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop sudden changes in pressure!" She waved her hands around in the air. Ridley lurched forward and vomited onto the floor. "Ready to surrender?"
"I puked," said Ridley, "I think that makes four times today. I hate hangovers. But just because your are immune to music doesn't mean you are immune to my guitar!" Ridley swung his guitar out at her and swiped at her sides, but she rolled to the ground and allowed the guitar to graze over her. "Good choice you would've been crushed if that attack would've hit you straight on."
"What?" shouted Sage, "I can't hear your annoying voice because of the earplugs."
"Stop the fight!" shouted Mikoto as he scrambled onto the deck. He fell to the ground, his pants still around his ankles. Zesiro ran over to him and helped him up, "Stop the fight! We can't let this fight continue!"
"I'm sorry, captain," said Zesiro, "but…I think they need this fight. They've been at each others throats ever since I can remember, maybe this is just their way of returning everything to normal. Besides Sage won't kill Ridley, and Ridley can't kill Sage."
"What makes you think Sage is going to win?" asked Mikoto as he calmed down, watching the two people fight it out in front of them. Ridley making multiple swings with his guitar.
"What you think Ridley is going to win?" laughed Zesiro, "that guy can't beat Sage! Sage has her Devil Fruit powers, she's quicker, and Ridley ain't that strong."
"Ridley's guitar is made out of reinforced steel," said Mikoto, "and he totes that thing around everywhere with him. Its not a lightweight wooden guitar, it's a heavy pure steel guitar. Then he has those two amplifiers on his shoulders…he walks around with a lot of weight on him all of the time."
Zesiro looked over at Ridley. Mikoto was right about that. Ridley just might give Sage a run for her money. Besides Sage also has a lack of space…she's restricted to the ship and any water that splashes up onto the boat could drastically hinder her in this fight. Ridley has all the space in the world to win this fight. Maybe Zesiro underestimated Ridley, he may just stand a chance in this fight.
"Come on Sage," mocked Ridley, "why don't we just stop this fight now and make-up? I'd really hate to hurt that pretty face of yours any further."
"Still can't hear you," said Sage raising her voice, "you are going to have to speak up when you trying to insult me."
"Just take out the damn…" Ridley's taunt stopped short as he felt his entire body to become disorientated. He lost his balance and slammed onto the deck. "Wow, I mean, really. You are making me feel drunk all over again. I can't keep my lunch down and I keep falling, where's the buzz at though?"
"Still can't hear you," said Sage.
"Fine," said Ridley, "let me wrap this up!" Ridley charged off at Sage, and made a swipe at her leg with his guitar. She jumped above it, but saw too late what else he had down. His guitar strap was swung around her leg and wrapped around it, holding her tight. Sage slammed back down to the ground with no place to run.
Ridley brought his guitar onto his back and smiled, "sorry it had to end like this." He brought his guitar straight up and around into her cheek. Sage cursed as she toppled over as her leg came free from the strap. She barely managed to get back to her feet. Both of her earplugs had came out when she was hit, but she refused to back down.
"Not as sorry as you are about to be," said Sage. She brought her hands up and formed a circle, "pressure…"
"Gold Acid Curtain." A large wave of a golden liquid appear in between the two fighters, effectively cutting them off. The crew looked around trying to pinpoint the creator. They soon did. A single man.
"Slash!" shouted Henry, "I'm glad to see you. I'm guessing the rest of the crews are prepared to attack as well."
"Correct," he said as he glanced over the crew, "I don't trust these people." He was a black trench coat with red shorts underneath. He had no hair on his hair, which made his red eyes were the prominent feature on his face.
"Yeah," said Henry, "I introduce you guys to Slash Calico he is in charge of one of the three crews aiding us in the assault on the Marine Barricade. He is an Acid man. He can create acid much like what you just saw, that was his weakest mixture though, am I right?"
"I'd rather not say," said Slash, "The other two crews made it here before you did. We are awaiting new orders."
"Who are the other two?" asked Mikoto. He went over and stood beside Sage helping her up and out of her small rage.
"Didn't you already see Zenmaru?" asked Slash, "he got on this ship before I did."
"I was busy enjoying fight," said a second man as he stepped down from the helm of the ship. He had long black hair, currently tied back into a ponytail. He wore traditional Japanese clothing, including the straw sandals. He had two large and impressive swords on his back. He wandered over to Sage.
"You are a beauty beyond comparison," said Zenmaru on one knee, "this crew certainly does not understand how lucky they are to be in the presence of such a lovely mistress! If I could only be present all of the time to protect such a lovely young lady such as yourself I would throw myself into all of the dangers of the…"
"Be quiet," said Mikoto as he brought his foot back and into his face, "you said there were three of them. Who's the third?"
"He's the Gunslinger," said Henry, "Surely you've heard of him…he's got a bounty of 40 million on his head."
"Gunslinger?" asked Zesiro, "he certainly sounds familiar." Zesiro eyed Zenmaru. He didn't even sense Zenmaru step onto the ship. What kind of demon was this man to silently step onto a ship just to watch a fight?
"He'll probably be their first," said Henry, "he's stronger then the rest of us. He'll clear the way to begin with then we'll follow after him to finish the job and do the clean-up."
"Still sounds like a massacre," thought Zesiro. "We appreciate the help. One of our strongest guys is currently out of the fight for the next few days. We don't want him to get involved if we can help it."
Zenmaru smiled, "well, I'M always happy to help the females of your crew." He got up and wandered towards the side of the ship, "I'm going to go take a nap." He vanished from the side of the ship.
Henry chuckled. Both Zenmaru and Slash currently boasted a bounty of over 30 million and they were even stronger then that, with the Infinity Pirates and Gunslinger active in the fight they'd easily turn the tables about. His job would be finished by this time next week.
"I better be going, too," said Slash as he began to leave the ship, "please rest up. Unlike Zenmaru, I don't save strangers…not even the females. If you prove inadequate during the fight don't go counting on me to save your skins."
Mikoto grimaced, "thank you for being honest." Slash didn't bother with a reply before he disappeared. "I'm putting my life in the hands of two psychopaths and someone I never met before."
"If you need any help," said Ridley, "I'll be sure that me, the victor of today's fight, will rush to your side."
"You only won because I didn't get to make my final move," said Sage as she turned away, "but we probably shouldn't continue the fight. I don't want to have to knock you out the day before our assault."
"Dream on," said Ridley with a laugh, "its nice to see that you still think you can hold your own against us…I just hope it isn't all in your head this time."
"I guess this is it, guys," said Mikoto, "tomorrow we start our assault."
"That's it captain?" asked Zesiro, "no words of encouragement? No orders to stay alive? Nothing?
"I got nothing to say," said Mikoto, "I know for a fact that I won't have to worry about you guys. No one will be able to beat us up, we are the Infinity Pirates, right? I'm going to be the Pirate King, right? None of us are going to die before we accomplish our dreams."
"To have my music played all around the world," added Ridley.
"To find the Tree of Knowledge and learn how to make Devil Fruits and find out the meaning of life," said Sage.
"Become a swordsman whose fame reaches the ends of the earth," added Zesiro.
Enma, having heard all the commotion, walked up onto the deck and added, "To find the library within Raftel."
Start the Assault!
Bringing Down the Gates!
The fight finished! Anti-climatically! Oh, well, I wanted to introduce the two new crews that are going to be joining in on the assault. Zenmaru is the work of DeathAuthor. Slash was brought to you by Snakeboy33. But the real question on everyone's tongue is probably who is this Gunslinger character? Well, that's a secret…even though you might've already figured out who it is.
Hiro-Shu is still unconscious.