Giant of Scorching Flame, Tyr!

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With Chizuru and McKinley fleeing to a safe distance, the huge giant and Axe were left alone, sizing each up. Axe grinned, This guy looks strong...stronger than most, I wonder how he good he is...? he thought as he casually pulled his giant axe from his back. He planted it firmly on the ground and looked up at the giant again, one hand on his weapon.

"So...," he clicked his tongue, "You got a name, big fella?"

"You ask me for my name when you haven't introduced yourself?" the giant's voice boomed.

Axe shrugged, "Alright, if you insist on manners," he bowed his head slightly, "I'm Axe, a pirate from the Blue Sea and Captain of the Axe-Head Pirates," he looked up at the giant, "Your turn,"

The giant pounded his breastplate with his only hand, "My name is Tyr, remember that, mortal, for it is the last name you will ever hear!"

Axe picked his ear, "So many have said that to me so many times," he sighed as he picked up his weapon, "You mind telling me what you're doing, tearing down these trees, destroying this land, and hurting people?"

Tyr smiled, "The trees were in my way, and those weaklings were after our servants,"

"Servants?" Axe frowned, "What servants?"

"You call them Enforcers," Tyr explained, "We were told they served a god called Eneru until recently. My comrades and I decided to take them in so that they'd continue to serve their purpose in life as servants to gods!"

Axe sighed, "I really, really hate people with god complexes...,"

Tyr unsheathed his massive sword and held it high, "Enough talk! Swear allegiance to us or die!"

"Look fruitcake, I don't owe anyone my allegiance except my friends and family," he began to spin his axe around, "Tomahawk...,"

"Torrent of Fire!"

Axe stopped and watched as Tyr's sword began to glow white-hot before the giant swung it down. As soon as it came to his size level, Axe watched in amazement as a swirling vortex of flames erupted from the blade.

"Holy-!"

Tyr smiled smugly as the flames engulfed Axe and danced around the Blue Sea dweller. He chuckled to himself and held his sword against his shoulder as he turned around, "Just like all the rest," he murmured as he started to walk.

"OI! BIG GUY! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!?"

Tyr stopped and looked over his shoulder just in time to see the fire die away. The Blue Sea dweller with the giant axe was kicking the air with such force, he blew the flames out. Tyr stared at him in disbelief: Axe's clothes were mostly burnt to nothingness, and his hair was a bit friend, but he didn't look like his other victims.

Axe patted the flames on his head out, "Holy shit, man!" he glared up at the giant, his hair smoking, "Do you know how good I looked with that hair?!" he pointed to the singed, now shorter hair on his head, "I'm gonna have to grow it back now!"

Tyr frowned, "I don't know you survived that, but your looks are the least of your problems...,"

"How did you do that!" Axe demanded, "There's no way that was a Devil Fruit ability!"

The giant chuckled, "Our powers don't come from a simple plant that takes away our abilities to swim,"

"Our powers?" Axe repeated, "So, there's more of you, huh?" he hefted his weapon, "Well, then bring 'em all on! I'll kick their asses just like I will kick yours!"

Tyr roared with laughter, "Bring it on, whelp!"

"You asked for it!Geppou!"

"You're a fool if you think you can defeat me!" Tyr swung his large hook into Axe's rising body, sending the treasure hunter flying into a nearby tree. The top half of the tree split away and fell to the ground as Axe lay in the middle of the ancient tree.

He slowly sat up, rubbing his head, "Okay...that hurt...," he climbed to his feet and dusted the bark from his body. He winced and scratched his backside, "Shit, I think I got a splinter in my ass now...you have any idea how much those hurt?!"

Tyr shook his head, "You're an idiot and a fool...," he swung his sword again, "Birds of Fire!"

Again, flames shot forth from Tyr's blade, but instead of a swirling vortex like before, a group of what appeared to be flaming birds flew towards Axe. Quickly using both Red Leg teachings and punches, Axe took a good look at the giant, How the hell is he doing this? He can't have a Devil Fruit with fire, we already know Luffy's brother Ace has that...and he also mentioned that he wasn't alone. Man, what is with this guy?

"I'm surprised you can withstand the heat of my flames," Tyr tapped his shoulder with his sword, "Did you eat a Devil Fruit, or are you from a place where people are naturally immune to fire?"

Axe grinned, "That's a dumbass question," he held up a fist, "I ate the Kachi Kachi no Mi! I've got a body of stone and I can take anything, so do your worst!"

"My worst?" Tyr grinned wickedly, "I suppose I can, since that's your last request, mortal," he pulled his sword behind him and waited as it began to glow white-hot again.

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"Sister, another one is fighting Tyr,"

"So?"

"I sense great power within this one. It's not the ones we seek, but it's enough power to tell her,"

"Very well, I'll tell her myself,"

"What do we do about Tyr and this one, though? Do we leave them to combat?"

"..."

"..."

"Sisters?"

"If she wills it, we will send aid to Tyr, but if not, we stand down,"

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Axe hit the ground hard, all his clothes completely burned away as a devastating wound covered his entire torso. The heat from Tyr's strange blade, mixed with his strength, not only pierced through his stone-skin, but it cauterized the wound so no blood poured from it.

Tyr laughed as Axe lay still on the ground, "I warned you, boy, but you made the mistake of taking on an obviously superior enemy!" he knelt down to the ground and nudged Axe with his hook-hand, "You were a fool in life, and now you're a fool in death. Hm? What's this?' he looked to the side to see Axe's weapon stuck in a nearby log. He picked it up and held it in his palm, "You call this a weapon?"

"I call it a gift...,"

Tyr looked back at Axe to see the boy lift his head, glaring daggers at him through one eye, the other eye swollen shut. The giant frowned, "Why won't you die?!"

"Because Heaven won't have me and Hell won't take me," Axe winced as he rolled over onto his stomach, "Shit, I haven't felt this bad in awhile," he muttered just before Tyr's giant foot pressed down onto his body, pushing him further and further into the ground.

The giant pressed harder and harder down on Axe until his foot went into the ground a few inches, then pulled his foot out. He looked down into the footprint and chuckled, "Just try getting up from that, boy, just try it!". Tyr looked at Axe's weapon in his hand and flipped it between his fingers, "I've seen better weaponry where we're from. They're not as...," he closed a finger around one end and squeezed, "...fragile," he finished as bits of stone fell from his hand. Laughing, he dropped the axe, which now had half a blade and a network of cracks on one side, and turned to leave again, "Now, to find the others,"

He took about two steps when he heard movement behind him. His eyes widened, "It's not possible...!" he slowly turned around to see Axe standing, looking both exhausted and in great pain, "You should be dead!"

Axe limped over to his broken weapon and looked at it for awhile. His hands clenched into tight fists and his arms shook as his eyes bored into the stone material of his beloved weapon.

-Flashback-

"HOLY SHIT!"

Axe's jaw hit the floor as he stared at the huge double-headed stone axe that lay on the table of the galley in front of him. Rayo laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "It took me forever to think of a parting gift for ya, then I remembered I had something in my stash. See, for my jobs, I get paid in either Beli, jewels, or even some gear. This I have no use for...my whip is enough for me,"

"That, your Fruit Ability, and your Six Disciplines," Axe interjected as he ran his hand over the stone blade, "What is this stone made of?". Rayo shrugged, "Don't know really...but I hear it's from the Grand Line...,"

"Sweet...thanks man,"

Rayo pulled his friend into a headlock and noogied him, "Ah, no problem...hope it works out. The only thing you had was the thing you once called strength,"

"Watch it...,"

"Test it out," Rayo picked up the weapon with ease and tossed it to it's new owner. Axe caught it and tested the weight, "Not bad...," he nodded before taking a few practice swings.

Rayo grinned and sat down, "Well?"

"It's gonna kick some serious ass...,"

-End Flashback-

"You sonofabitch...," Axe snapped his head and looked up at Tyr, his eyes filled intense hate, "That's the biggest mistake you'll ever make! I'll never forgive you! That was a gift from my big brother," he growled deeply as his body began to change from it's normal look to a crystal-like shell in scattered areas, "A gift he gave to me...for years, that has been at my side! Everytime I look at it, I remember that I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for him, and you just went and ruined my dearest treasure. For this, I will kill you!"

Screaming at the top of his lungs, and despite the pain that coursed through his body, Axe charged at Tyr, "YOUR ASS IS MINE, SHITFACE!" he roared as he jumped into the air using Geppou.

Tyr smiled, "What can you possibly do to me-GAH!" he was cut off as Axe punched a clean hole through his metal breastplate.

"If there's one thing I've learned in my years as a pirate," Axe planted his feet on the breastplate and held onto the armor by the hole he had made, "Is that you never...ever...underestimate your opponent!"

"Get off me!" Tyr grabbed Axe and ripped him off his breastplate, tearing his armor in the process, "Why must you people be so stubborn when it comes to your lives?!" he barked, throwing Axe down to the ground.

Axe landed on his feet easily, "Soru...,"

Tyr growled when the boy disappeared in a blur, "You think that little trick surprises me, boy?! I've seen things exactly like it in the New World, so don't think this is new to me!"

New World?! Axe landed on a nearby tree branch out of the giant's range of vision,This assholes from the second half of the Grand Line?! What the hell is he doing here in the first half, and in the sky?! Axe winced and held his body, Shit...! Here comes the pain again...dammit, is this the power of the New World?! If this is, we're in big trouble...those of the New World are supposed to be even stronger than most people in this half of the Grand Line. I never thought I'd witness the New World's power so soon...he's even stronger than Roog was. I'm just glad that my Fruit power kicked in at the right times, or else I would be in worse shape!

"Where are you boy, come and fight me!" Tyr cut down a group of trees with his heated sword, "Don't be a coward now, finish what you started!"

"Tyr!"

The giant looked over his shoulder to see two men standing on a nearby tree branch, watching him destroy the surrounding trees. One of the men was dressed in dark green pants and soft-sole boots on his lower body while the only thing he wore on his upper body were bandages wrapped around his eyes and short black hair. He held a beautiful, black bow in his hand. The other man was fully dressed in tan clothing with a goat's head ontop of his own short mane of blonde hair. He had a sword with serrated saw edges on one side at his belt.

"Hod, Heimdall," Tyr turned all the way around to face them, "I don't need help, you two, but you can stay and watch...just as soon as I find the whelp!" he screamed, cutting the top of half of Axe's hiding spot away, barely missing Axe's head with his blade. The treasure hunter sighed in relief and sank down, That was close...

The man with bandages over his eyes, Hod, scowled, "Tyr, we've been sent to retrieve you,"

"WHAT?!"

Heimdall, the one with the goat's head on his own, nodded, "The sisters have discovered something important and we have been given orders to bring you back,"

"But...the boy...!" Tyr frowned deeply, "He's not like others, I actually have a challenge here, and you're making me sit this out?!"

"This is a direct order from her," Hod scolded, "There'll be another time for your quarrel with this one, but for now, let it go and come with us!"

Tyr growled and sheathed his blade, "Fine...if she wills it, then I will come. But if I do get another chance at this boy, I will not have any interruptions from anyone!"

Still holding himself as his body ached, Axe listened to every word the newcomers and Tyr had said, and waited until the giant's footsteps faded. When both the footsteps and the quakes stopped, he knew he could come out of hiding. However, his coming out came in the form of sliding off the tree branch and falling towards the ground. His hard head made contact with the soil, creating a decent sized crater before his body tilted and landed he lay on his back.

"Okay...," Axe held up two fingers, "First off, we're in serious trouble. Second," he was interrupted as a loud growling came from his stomach, "I need meat...and lots of it," he muttered before blacking out. As he lay there, a cloaked figure approached him, holding a wooden staff. The figure lightly poked Axe in the chest with the staff and chuckled.

"Seems like my Champion has found himself a strong friend. Good...he will need all the help he can get if he is to punish these traitors,"

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Kilnorc: Holy sh-! Man, things are way worse than before! Not only can this guy create flames without a Devil Fruit, but he's got friends and they're all from the New World! Oh man, this does not bode well at all for our heroes or the people of the sky!

On the next chapter of Homeland...

Niri: So, you're telling us, there's a big ass giant out there with flames shooting out of his sword?!

Axe: That, and he's from the New World. This half of the Grand Line is nothing compared to that place from the stories that I've heard.

Gan Fall: I believe it, given the damage he was able to deal Nola. Now, he and his comrades have the remaining Enforcers on their side.

Kirsty: Devon, where the hell do you think you're going, you heard what happened to the others!

The Pantheon

Devon: I'm going out there to find some answers. You can come with me if you want, but I ain't coming back until I get what I need!