The End of the Concert!

Melanie's and Ridley's Finale!

"200 Decibels!" shouted Ridley, slamming onto his guitar. The sound of the guitar blasted outwards. Melanie grunted as she dashed forward, she brought her sword out and around bringing the sword around and near Ridley. The blade nearly ramming into Ridley's gut. Ridley jumped backwards, letting go of his guitar for a split second. Melanie drove in trying to cut him up with another slash. Ridley grimaced as the blade got closer to him then before.

"What's the matter, Mohawk?" mocked Melanie, "did your ability to run away get cut in half?" Melanie drove in again with her blade aiming for Ridley neck. Ridley swung his guitar about and blocked the slash. The force of her blade made him skit across the ground for a while, but he quickly got his grip on the ground back. He made a quick outwards swinging kick at Melanie's legs as a desperate act of attack. Melanie dodged the kick by moving to the side. She brought her sword around once more and smashed the hilt of her sword into Ridley's arm. Ridley grunted as he was thrown backwards from the force.

Ridley smashed into the ground. He grunted as he tried to quickly get back up onto his feet...immediately upon standing he felt different. He noticed it and immediately felt a twinge of panic. His left ear was unplugged. As far as he knew his earplug was the only thing that was preventing her power from controlling him was his earplug, which was now on the ground. Melanie made another swing at him with her blade, Ridley dodged backwards desperately trying to avoid the blade. Ordinarily having a girl taking a swing at him would scare him, but now he felt safer knowing that Melanie, thankfully, didn't notice his earplug had fell out. Right now, it was just a matter of who would fall first.

Melanie wasn't intending on that being her. She charged forward with her blade making another swinging motion, bringing her sword around and at Ridley. The sword dragged itself around, nearly slicing into his neck and beheading him. But Ridley had ducked, the sword barely skimming above his Mohawk, leaving it intact. Ridley began to run backwards, determined to increase the distance between them again. He brought his hand down upon his guitar strings. Another loud chorus of noise burst forth. Melanie grunted as she felt her legs feel like a jelly as if they were going to collapse beneath her.

She strode forward ignoring the shaking legs and brought her sword forward and done trying to smash the sharp edge into his skull. Ridley spun around, bringing his guitar around and about into her gut. She dodged backwards, trying to avoid the guitar from hitting her again. "I'm amazed at you," muttered Melanie, "my Devil Fruit may have made me a terryfing being on the high seas, but I do consider myself to be a high-class swordsman. I still consider myself to be high up on the chain of Shichibukai's even without my Devil Fruit power."

Ridley grunted...the Shichibukai were definitely people to take lightly...compared to anyone other then the Yonkous and maybe the Marine admirals they were deadly. His father had taught him that much. Karasu, was ranked on the same level of the Shichibukai, but due to his rather lacking efforts in hunting down pirates, the Marines had no desire to recruit, even though the fact that if they did the Black Market Karasu ran would become legal the classic trade between the World Government and the Shichibukai.

Ridley couldn't help, but think about Karasu...he was really starting to get heated up. He couldn't stop remember all of those moments that Karasu had done to him...not to mention the fact that he killed his mother. Ridley gritted his teeth. Karasu was at the level of a Shichibukai, so if Ridley couldn't take out Melanie...he couldn't take out Karasu. Ridley glared at Melanie...he had decided...he was going to win...Melanie was just a stepping stone, a necessary step to taking out his dad...Ridley charged forward.

Melanie was taken for a loop. Ridley, who had been trying to escape her range throughout the entire fight had suddenly decided to charge forward rather then keep the distance between them...she didn't understand his rather random idea! But nonetheless, the random and un-understandable charge, surprised her and she wasn't even capable of bringing her sword up to block the surprise attack. Ridley's guitar came crashing through and straight into the side of her face. Melanie was forced back, and she temporarily lost her balance, but she overcame it and brought her sword back down and brought the sharp blade into Ridley's shoulder. Ridley ignored the pain that shot through his arm, and brought his guitar around and into Melanie's gut as a thrust, rather then a swing. Melanie stumbled backwards as the blunt force shot through her. She stumbled backwards unable to maintain her footing.

Ridley charged forward again bringing his guitar down upon like an ax. Melanie brought her sword upwards just in the nick of time, the two weapons clashed and sent their wielders skidding across the ground in opposite directions. Melanie recovered first and began to charge, swearing that she wouldn't let Ridley get the best of her. She brought her sword around in a sideways slash, aiming low on Ridley's body, namely at his guts. Ridley brought his guitar up and used the neck of it to absorb the blow. Finally Ridley lifted his guitar up forcing her sword up with it and out of the way. Ridley then lifted his leg up and kicked at her. Melanie dodged it however, bringing her body around and towards his side, she freed her sword from his guitar and brought it down upon him, bringing the blade straight through his skin and across his left arm.

Ridley cursed as he backed away from Melanie and her sharp sword. Ridley gripped his shoulder and continued to back away, he was just started to apply a little pressure and now it was ruined. His plan to win was ruined...he wanted to take her down...he figured he could especially now that she was probably off balance from the noise and that she would be easy to take down due to his attacks, but now his arm was ruined. Ridley slung his guitar back around.

"You are not going to start playing again!" shouted Melanie as she brought her sword about and made a powerful forward thrust aimed at the center of Ridley's guitar. Ridley grunted as the sword made clear contact with Ridley's guitar and forced him back and across the ground. Ridley cursed as he tried to bring himself back up to his feet, Melanie kept close, determined to not let Ridley get any more distance. He wasn't about to escape her range! She kept the pressure on him with a few more slashes, swings, and thrusts.

Ridley kept backing away, trying to avoid the slashes, he was too focused on avoiding getting another deadly wound that he couldn't focus on playing his guitar. His guitar was swinging about too wildly from his running away and his left arm was too damaged to make it hold still...he was starting to worry about how the fight was going to turn out. He was forced back once more as Melanie made another thrust.

"200 Decibels!" Ridley brought his arm straight down and played a random note. Melanie grunted and her hands made an involuntary flinch like they were about to try and cover her ears, but she kept them down and around her sword as she swung it down upon Ridley. Ridley dove to the side desperate to avoid her sword. Ridley brought his guitar around and into her leg once more. Melanie twisted her blade around and drove it down upon him.

Ridley grunted as he rolled away, barely avoiding a fatal blow, but not avoiding the blow completely. The blade drove into his arm once more. He grunted as he righted himself back onto his feet and backed away. Melanie quickly brought her sword back around and placed the blade directly in between them and prepared for another slash. Ridley's finger were placed directly onto his guitar and was prepared to play another note...even though he began to highly doubt that he would play much more then that.

Melanie drove in as she brought her blade back, readying it for a mighty swing. Ridley began playing another round of musical notes. Melanie grunted, but she ignored the throbbing in her ears and weathered through the noise. Melanie finally broke the through the sound and brought her sword downwards, cleaving it into Ridley's chest. The blade created an incredible spurt of blood from his chest as Ridley fell to the ground. Ridley's eyes bulged with pain as he collapsed onto the ground. His eyes fell shut.

Melanie wandered over him, her blade still tight within her grip. She glared down at him as she tried to realign herself. Her entire body was shaking with pain, her legs felt wobbly underneath her body. Her stomach was tossing and turning, and none of those things even compared to the pain that was in her ears. She felt really off-balance as things were.

(-With Mikoto-)

"Breathe, Mikoto, breathe!" shouted Sage as she administered poor medical aid. Since she lacked any kind of degree in medicine, she had done the basics of it...just simply tightening a bar cloth over his arm and to make it where he didn't lose any blood she tied a stretch of cloth around his arm just above the wound. She had thought about using the alcohol from the bar to cleanse the wound, but most of them had weird excess ingredients other then just alcohol and she really wasn't in the mood for making something worse...she wasn't sure what Mikoto was going to do.

"Let me up!" shouted Mikoto as he struggled to stand, Rosa was holding him down with all of her might, trying to make sure he didn't break off and start running around the island in search of Enma as his idea was. "I could find him in a couple of minutes, my wound wouldn't be any worse than it is now by the time found him! Once I find him, my arm would be healed and I'd be back to full health in no time!"

"What the heck do you think he is going to do to you when you find him that's going to make it heal so quickly?" asked Sage examining the napkin that was bleeding through. Sage shook her head as Mikoto continued to try to peel his fake napkin cast off of his wound. Sage slapped his hand away from the bandage. Mikoto let out a quiet whimper as his hand recoiled and found its way back to his side.

"I don't know," muttered Mikoto, "maybe he'd just slap a bandage on it...I think that may work." Sage brought her face downwards and into her palm. She couldn't believe that he still thought like that. They were in the Grand Line and, yet, here Mikoto was believing that a bandage could heal a bullet wound. She didn't know what she was expecting, but maybe that he would miraculously learn some of the basic things...she now realized that that was just an unrealistic idea.

Rosa sighed as she continued to hold Mikoto down and on the ground. She was starting to debate about his bounty as she did so. This kid, who didn't understand even the basics of medicine and couldn't even throw her off of him, was worth 38 million belies? True, he wasn't in his hybrid form, yet...but a true pirate should be able to throw her off without any Devil Fruit powers...she wasn't that heavy, was she?

"Did somebody call for a doctor?" asked Enma as he slammed open the door and walked in.

The Reaper Lands!

Why yes, Enma, somebody did call for a doctor...but I think it was Ridley, not Mikoto...oh, well. He'll make it through somehow! Also, for all of you guys who thought Ridley was some weak punk! I sure showed you, huh? A fight with a Shichibukai! I guess...technically...he still lost, though...I'm going to count this as a tie...cool?...don't worry all you Ridley fans (or fan (singular)), he'll get some new and more powerful moves soon enough! Of course, so is Zesiro, Hiro-Shu, and Enma.

Also, I am done with my midterm so expect my postings to speed up a little.