BlueRyuu- As ever, astute is ya. No, not comparing her to a baby, but, rather, comparing the candy to the weapon. And if you can figure that one out, you're better than me at this game.

AAAAHH! NO MORE TERRIFYINGLY HORRIBLE REVIEWTH, PWEATHE!

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And hah on you. That sketch was only concept art, you still ain't got the finished product. -taps a disc with a picture of Luffy in seven places at once while Aliza drops a meteor-sized lemon drop on the planet, then snaps his fingers and the disc explodes- Skillz.

And I'll fill my own plotholes in when I feel like it, got it?!

Anyway, ONWARD TO DEMENTIA!

-Del'freeth no car-

I turned my head as my fist sank into the ground, my eyes widening as I saw Aliza's limp form flying across the street and into a building, Licone's foot slowly withdrawing from the kick she had just landed. As she turned to me, I felt my heart sink; blood-red eyes smirked back at me, no sign of either the passionate Licone or the gentler Nicole inside them.

"Surprised, doofus?" She flexed one arm as she turned to face me; I straightened up myself, sadness permeating my being. "You shouldn't be; you shoulda known what woulda happened if those two ever got combined." At my continued silence, she frowned. "Wow, you're denser than I thought." She stretched happily. "Welp, I feel great! Smarts and strengths, whodathunkit?"

"Shaddap!"

We both looked in surprise to where Aliza was stomping out from the rubble of the building, her body covered in her sugar armor. Her fists clenched tightly, she set herself in a fighting stance, one fist out and one by her chest.

"You think you're the winner?! You ain't our friends; so we gotta beat you to get 'em back!" With that, she shot forward, her speed surprising even me and completely flooring the girl, as did the uppercut she slammed into this Nicone girl.

Then I felt something approaching; two people, one friendly, one not. Spinning, I was just in time to take a punch of considerable power in my stomach; Wellingtoes' demonic visage was the last thing I saw before I slammed into three buildings before crashing into a fourth and having it collapse on top of me.

I ground my teeth together. Idiotic of me to let my guard down.

Growling, I focused my gaze over to where Wellingtoes was standing arrogantly as I began digging myself out.

"Hahaha! So much for that one!"

Aliza was staring back at where I had been flung, her expression horrified. "ARGY!"

"Don't worry about him." Shasta spun her blood-spattered blades around, then flicked the blood off them and smirked at the pair in front of her. "We've got our own battle here."

Wellingtoes laughed mockingly as Nicone moved toward the pair. "Indeed! Not only must you defeat my greatest creation, but you also have to defeat a Sea Devil!"

I felt a jolt run through my system as all three turned to face him, Nicone even giving him an arch look.

"That's right!" He clenched his fist and smiled wickedly. "I ate the Devil-Devil Fruit, which has given me the powers of a Sea Devil!"

My blood began boiling as Nicone shrugged and turned back to the pair in front of her. "Whatever."

Aliza shook her head as she faced down Nicone. Then, in a move that shocked all of us to the core, she lowered her hands and straightened up, letting her armor dissolve. "I ain't gonna fight ya, Licky and Nicky. I know you're stuck somewhere and this girl's gotcha cornered; maybe if I stop hittin' at ya, she won't be able ta keep ya stuck."

I felt my eyes widen in surprise, then Shasta reluctantly lowered her blades. "I suppose if your orders were good enough for the Blind Gunman, then they're good enough for me." I watched as she also muttered, "if I get killed, I am going to murder him in his sleep..." She then proceeded to mutter some highly irregular anatomical replacements that caused me to thank the fates that she would never be strong enough to implement them. Especially that one involving my nose and both my feet.

Wellingtoes laughed as Nicone began walking toward the pair, then she stopped and he ceased as she trembled. Then, out of nowhere, she raised her head to the sky and screamed before turning and running toward him, leaping up and dropping a storm of feet at him.

"I WON'T LET YOU HURT THEM!"

Wellingtoes grimaced, then the ground beneath them shattered and a cloud of debris shot into the air. There were eighty-seven impacts that I could see, then Nicone's limp body flew out of the cloud and she skidded across the ground until she ground to a stop at Aliza's feet. My captain looked down at her, then she screamed in rage and charged Wellingtoes, who merely smiled and flashed toward her. I opened my mouth to roar, but she was already flying back, landing with a thud next to Nicone.

Shasta grimaced and began spinning her swords. "I swear, this crew is more trouble than it's worth."

Wellingtoes laughed. "Do you understand, little woman? This is Sea Devil combat, something you cannot keep up with! No one can! Not your precious Blind Gunfighter, not your friend, not your captain, not you!"

She spat. "First off, that girl isn't my friend." The man blinked in surprise. "The only reason I'm fighting to get her back is because it's what my captain wishes. If I am the honorable person I believe myself to be, that is good enough for me."

Wellingtoes smiled and raised one hand, energy crackling in his grasp before he aimed it at her. "Too bad; you might have been a halfway-decent subordinate if you had chosen life!"

Shasta's eyes went wide as he fired the blast, then I spoke in their ears, projecting the soundwaves with my eyes as I ripped the blindfold off, my fury at a peak not felt by me in a while.

"Enough."

The ground in front of Shasta bulged, then shot straight up, creating a wall between her and the blast at the same time as the ground she was on snapped sideways, causing her to fall down. The attack destroyed the wall created, then continued on over her and ripped through the already-mangled town like a shark's fin through water.

Both combatants looked shocked, then I spoke again.

"So, you believe yourself a Sea Devil, do you?" They both snapped around to stare at where I was emerging from the shadows of the final destroyed building, my blindfold in my hand and my hat brim over my eyes. "You think you know what Sea Devil combat is, do you?"

Wellingtoes laughed insanely. "Of course I do, fool! I am one, after all!" His eyes began glowing and he raised one hand in front of him, the other behind him, and I felt my body begin moving sluggishly. "Behold the might of my Gorgon Stare!"

I couldn't help it; I threw my head back and began laughing at him. He growled and was about to say something, but I interrupted him.

"That is your Gorgon Stare?!" I laughed again, then smiled at him from beneath my hat brim as I raised my head, revealing my closed eyes. "Allow me to illuminate the truth of the matter to you."

With that, I snapped my own golden eyes open, causing the pair to gasp. Then the sheer force of my gaze struck, causing the building around me to explode outward, the power of my all-seeing gaze shattering the stones as if they were made of wet sand. The air around me began churning, the rage in my soul reflected in the ferocity of the gale that whipped to life around me. As I stared at Wellingtoes, I could feel his own, undeveloped gaze attempting to fight mine back and I smiled thinly.

"Sea Devil Technique; Weight of the Impossible."

The air particles around Wellingtoes began pressing downward even as I multiplied his body weight, causing him to stagger before going to one knee, his face contorting with rage as he fought back; his will refused to give in. Smiling a little wider, I brought my blindfold up and closed my eyes, releasing him to straighten up with a gasp as I tied the blindfold back on.

"Sea Devil Technique; Pain of the Octagon."

I flashed in front of him, my knee slamming into his chest and sending him flying back. Flashing again, I appeared behind him and side-kicked him to the side, continuing the flash-and-strike pattern and speeding it up until the sheer speed created the image of an eight-sided pattern with four lines running from corner to corner, the Octagon.

I kept it up until I felt a slight strain, then I dropped an ax kick on his head, slamming his body into the ground before I leaped up into the air, bringing my fist back and gathering energy in it.

"Sea Devil Technique; GORGON FIST!"

Shasta blurred away, fear on her face, then I fell down on Wellingtoes and sent the true force of the Gorgon's hatred into him, pulverizing him and grinding his bones to powder as he screamed one last time; the attack continued down, splitting the island in half and sending them in opposite directions. Looking down at where Wellingtoes had once stood, I clenched my fists together.

"And that is the truth of the matter. A false Sea Devil cannot defeat a true one."

I heard a scream and blinked, then turned to the side to see Shasta hauling both Nicone and Aliza, leaping from building to building to avoid getting sucked into a massive crack in the island. Digging my heels in, I flashed over to her and grabbed all three before flashing away again, arriving near the port and skidding to a stop. Glancing around, I couldn't see any sign of the Doom and felt one corner of my mouth turn downward.

"No ship."

I felt something tickle the back of my head and turned to see Shasta rubbing her hand in pain, a glare pointed at me.

"You idiot! Grab the nearest ship and let's get out of here!"

Smirking, I scanned the gathered ships before pulling my blindfold off, feeling the ground beneath me begin tilting.

"This is gonna be tight."

With that, I snapped my eyes open and began gathering treasure, piling it into the largest ship I could see as I also prepared that craft for movement. Shasta screamed something, then the land I was standing on shattered and I leaped, my feet digging into the water before the liquid quite figured out what was going on and jerked away from my. Smirking, I ran toward the ship, leaping onto it as the last of the treasure streamed into the hold through the viewports; the long, broad craft then shot forward on a wave created by the sinking of the island into the sea.

As we shot into the open sea, I closed my eyes and tied my blindfold back on, then Aliza was beside me, screaming wildly and whooping as we rode the wave.

"YEEEAAAAHAAAAAH! THIS IS AAAWWEEESSSOOOOMMME!"

I smirked, then Shasta appeared on Aliza's other side, her suspicious gaze never leaving me. Smiling, I shrugged.

"What can I say? The Blind Gunfighter and Gargoyle are, indeed, one and the same." Lowering my head, I smiled softly at the bow of the craft, which was shaped like a woman with a child in her arms. "Nothing else can be said."

"YEAH, SOMETHING ELSE CAN BE SAID!" Aliza pumped her fist in the air and whooped. "WE'RE THE STRONGEST CREW IN THE WORLD!"

I chuckled, then a moan drew our attention and I turned to see Nicone slowly getting to her feet, her head down and her eyes out of sight.

"Wh-why?"

Aliza cocked her head at her as I felt my own eyebrows go up. "Why what, Nicky?"

"Why did..." She looked up at us, revealing the tears streaming down her confused expression. "WHY DID YOU SAVE ME?! I NEED TO DIE!"

I felt my jaw slacken, then Aliza voiced the question in my head. "Uh, why do you need to die?"

"BECAUSE I'M AN ABOMINATION!" She raised her hands and stared at them, her tears dropping like rain on the deck below here. "I... I came about only because of the deaths of two others! I'm a monster!" She shook her head, sending tears flying, then she charged us furiously. "DEATH IS THE ONLY OPTION LEFT FOR ME!"

I flashed forward, catching her foot as she pulled back for a kick and twisting so that she hit the ground. She slapped her hands against the deck and spun to perform another kick, then I punched her in the stomach and she curled up in a ball as Aliza trotted over to her and sat down cross-legged next to her.

"Well, Nicky, Argy's a monster, too!" She beamed up at me, while I just nodded. "You shoulda seen him come outta the building and cream Toadsy! It was AWESOME!" She nodded excitedly. "And his eyes glow cool, too! C'mon, Argy, show her!"

I shook my head, then sat down next to Nicone, on the side opposite Aliza, and sighed. "Listen, Nicone. You have two options available to you at this point in time." She looked up at me in surprise, tear-streaked cheeks glistening with the moisture, and I sighed. "You can die, of course, or you can live. Same as the rest of us." Folding my hands, I put them behind my head as the ship rocked again and a rumbling began in the distance. "If you die, that's the end of it."

Aliza piped up. "If you live, though, you gotta be my navigator!" She frowned. "Or third mate. Depends. Are you still smart?"

Nicone nodded through her tears and sat up, drying her eyes with her hand. "Y-Yeah, I can still navigate, I think."

"Good." I yawned loudly, then closed my eyes. "Then navigate your way to the nearest food dispenser. I'm hungry."

It was Aliza's turn for the eyes-full-of-tears as she whimpered. "I just remembered; I'm still hungry and I still gotta use the bathroom!"