New Level of Dragon Power! Hod vs Kirsty

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"Outta my way, outta my way...!"

Herman turned away from the wounded he was tending to see Devon walking through a crowd of Shandians and Skypeians. His stalks went wide when he saw that he was carrying an unconscious, blood-soaked DJ in his arms.

"Devon...!" he quickly cleared a bed, allowing the First Mate to lower the musician carefully onto the mattress, "What the hell happened to him?!"

The blonde swordsman grunted as he laid his friend out, "He had a fight with one of those of the New World and won,"

Herman gawked at DJ, "He won a fight against one of those foes? My word...who knew he was capable of doing that?"

"Apparently, he's been keeping some major training under wraps," Devon muttered, holding up DJ's weights, "He's been wearing these under his pants for Odin knows how long. All I know is that he actually got faster and managed to win against a New World swordsman. But...,"

Herman turned to him, "But what?"

Devon bent down and picked up a half of a broken sword, "His sabre, while it did save his life, suffered too much structural damage. When I was gathering his stuff up, it broke in half...," he gently laid the sword pieces at DJ's sides, "I doubt we can repair it, so after this is over, he'll have to get a new one,"

"You really think that we can survive this?" Herman asked slowly, turning back to DJ, "Look at him...so many wounds,"

"We will survive...just have faith. Anyhoo," he turned and started walking back, "Get him patched up, and get him as much food as you can, because when he wakes up, he'll be hungry as hell," Devon smiled a little, "Trust me, he's earned a feast,"

"Devon...they have Austin and Aisa,"

The blonde warrior came to a stop at those words.

"Kamakiri was watching them when they went to check on Nola, and they got ambushed! The others are out there right now, fighting these assholes, trying to find them!"

Devon turned to see Kamakiri laying on another bed, looking too injured to fight. He looked around, "Wiper's with them, eh?"

"Y-Yeah,"

"Hm...," Devon turned and started walking again, "Take care of these guys, Herman, we're counting on you!"

These assholes are gonna pay! Devon gripped the hilts of his nearest swords as he began to speed up, Gonna pay right up the ass!

'Alright, that's what I like to hear!' Thrymr cackled, 'Come on, kid, we gotta make a return trip!'

Devon swiped a burlap sack from a nearby table before heading off to Upper Yard again, Let's rock...

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"Okay, this is getting really old here!" Kirsty yelled, dodging another strange arrow from Hod's bow.

The man with the bandages around his eyes seemed to track her very well, even with his...predicament. He had been playing around with this woman for a while now, but things were getting old, fast.

"I really don't want to kill you," Hod called out from his perch on the branch above her, "Because Lady Frigga would have my head if I did!"

Kirsty glared up at him, "What do you want with me?! Is it because of my power?!"

Hod shook his head, "Far from it, we could care less about that power, seeing as we're gods. The reason she wants you back is so that we can use you as a bargaining chip against the so-called Champion of Odin,"

"So...what you're saying is...," Kirsty's eyebrow twitched as her hands began to glow a white light, "...I'm just bait!?"

"Not just you, but the children as well. That's the role of helpless children...to be used by those stronger than them,"

Kirsty's twitching brow twitched even more as she held up a glowing fist, gritting her teeth, "I'm not a helpless little girl...I can kick your ass anytime!" she took an offensive stance, holding up both her glowing hands now, "BRING IT ON, PAL!"

Hod smiled and lowered his bow, "There's something different about you, woman...," he chuckled, "I think this'll be a fun event, before you go back to Lady Frigga,"

"JUST GET DOWN HERE!"

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"Well, did Hod and Heimdall do their tasks, yet?" Frigga asked, growing impatient.

The Norn sisters sat in a circle, eyes closed as the Fragments of Muspelheim sparkled on their foreheads.

"Milady...," Urd tilted her head, "The swordsman...he's still alive,"

Frigga growled, "Damn Heimdall...he's no doubt showing off! He's always enjoyed doing that. No matter...what about Hod and the woman?"

Belldandi's eyes shot open, "Lady Frigga...remember our prediction on Tyr when he was fighting that boy?"

"What about him?"

All three sisters turned to her, eyes a little wide from both surprise and a hnt of fear, "He's not the only one with a hidden power...!"

"...what?"

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Let's see now...we've gone up against a blind swordsman, so from what DJ told us, this guy's hearing is probably heightened, and since he's from the New World, I can't imagine to what levels his senses are at... Kirsty cracked her knuckles and dashed towards the tree where Hod was sitting, I gotta see for myself!

The archer knocked another arrow and jumped from the branch he was sitting on, "Let the games begin!"

Kirsty came to a halt and watched him as he flew through the air, Is he going to a new tree...?

"True Shot!" Hod smiled as something on his bow sparkled brightly. He released the arrow and with amazing speed, it soared through the air and went through Kirsty's foot, pinning her to the ground.

Screaming, Kirsty held her leg, the pain running through her limb, Dammit!

"Multi-Shot: Pinner!"

Kirsty snapped her head up just in time to see seven arrows soaring right at her. She tried to move, tried to dodged, even if she could lean to the side, but the arrow in her foot restricted her movement drastically. She could do nothing as the arrows hit their marks: her other foot, both her knees, both her hands, and both her shoulders.

Despite being unable to move herself with the arrow in her foot, Kirsty was hit with such force by the other arrows, she was forced onto her back, each arrow pinning her to the ground even more. Kirsty let out a scream as her body was wracked with pain, particularly her legs since she had more difficulty with the first arrow and the way her leg moved when she was pinned further.

Hod finally landed on the ground and walked over to her, shouldering his bow. He shook his head, "If you had just given up, you would've been able to avoid this," he knelt down and moved some of her hair away from her face, "Even though these bandages prevent me from seeing your face, I can tell you're beautiful. I can see what the Champion likes about you,"

Kirsty spat in his face, "SHUT THE HELL UP!" she yelled, "When I get out of here-,"

"You won't," Hod cut her off, "This particular variation of my Multi-Arrow attack stops and prevents all usage of the important joints and limbs of the body,"

That means...shit! I can't move, even if I got these out! I could, if I used my power, but I don't know how long I'd last without needed another healing, but...SHIT!

Hod nodded and looked around, "I'll go look for something to take you back...I can't just pick up the ground," he patted her on the head, "Don't you go anywhere,"

Kirsty shot him a deathglare as he wandered off out of sight. Even though she was suffering from pain, the good doctor didn't give up her struggle to free herself from the arrows that were pinning her down.

"Okay...," she sighed, finally giving up and looking at the treetops, "Let's think about this, alright, Kirst? I'm at the mercy of an archer from the New World...his arrows are fast as hell, and they have me pinned, so I can't move at all," she scrunched her face up, trying to think of a plan, "What would Kyra do...? Well, besides the obvious 'phase out of them because I can do that' scenario...,"

-Mental Image-

"YOU MOTHAHUMPA!!! I'M GONNA KICK YOU STRAIGHT INTO HELL! I WON'T TAKE THIS LAYING DOWN! YOU'RE SO DEAD YOU MOTHERF-!"

-End Mental Image-

Kirsty facefaulted, "Alright...bad idea. She's usually the violent one, I'm the peaceful one," she looked around, looking at each of the arrows in her body, "But I don't think peacefulness will help in this situation,"

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"Alright, the Heimdall's noggin, I can understand," Devon looked at the two Fragments in his hand, "But why are we taking these?"

'You really wanna leave powerful gems like these out in the open, so that any of those traitors could take them and add to their own power?'

"They can do that?"

'Not sure, but better safe than sorry, right?'

"Good point...," Devon shoved the fragments into his pockets and kept walking through Upper Yard, carrying the bloody sack as he went, "Man, where is everybody?"

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"Hm?"

After returning with a large amount of vine, Hod noticed that Kirsty wasn't moving anymore. Hell, she wasn't making any noise either. Frowning, Hod knelt down and put his ear to her chest, just in case...

"She's alive...," the archer murmured, sitting back up, "She must've gone into a shock induced sleep. Well, that makes it easier on me..no struggling,"

Carefully, Hod removed each of the arrows and placed them back into his quiver. After positioning the doctor just right, he turned back around to cut the vines to the right length.

"Let's see...," he rubbed his chin, "She'll be out of it for awhile, so I only need to bind her limbs...even though she can't move, she could heal on the off chance she'll come to before I get her back to Lady Frigga,"

After making sure the vines were right, he turned back to begin tying Kirsty up when he stopped and reached outward. She was gone! All he could feel was dirt and grass. Hod cursed under his breath and pull out his bow, "Looks like you've got some cleverness in you, don't you girl?"

"I got a lot more than cleverness!" Kirsty's voice echoed around the forest, "I got some power, too!"

"Then why don't you use some right now?"

"Because, sometimes one has to use their brain along with that power!"

Hod sighed, knocked an arrow, and started to slowly turn around, trying to get a fix on his target.

"I got a question for you" Kirsty yelled from her hiding place.

"What is it?"

"You have a Fragment of Muspelheim in your bow, don't you?"

Hod smiled as he continued tracking, "You're very observant, girl. But, the skill to notice things won't help you here,"

"You never know," Kirsty hummed in a sing-song voice, "I've seen a lot of things in my time on the Grand Line,"

"And I've seen many more things in the New World!" Hod shot back, slowing down, "I've seen things that most people couldn't imagine!"

"Must be hard with those bandages...," Kirsty slowly inched out from behind the tree she was hiding behind, Come on...need something to work with here!

There she is... Hod smiled and spun around, release his arrow, "True Shot!"

"Crap!" Kirsty dove and rolled out of the way just in time as the arrow shot clean through the bark of the tree she was behind. Kirsty stared as the arrow punched right through the tree and kept flying into more trees behind it, "Shit...how does he find me?!"

"I've been hunting dangerous animals and enemies for as long as I can remember, girl...tracking you is no problem for me!"

Kirsty grit her teeth, What can I do now?

An all too familiar tingling in her hands made her look down at them. She expected to see them glowing, ready to use her own ki in blasts, like before, but she was surprised when she saw the white energy in her hands stretch out into her fingers. She watched as the energy wrapped itself around her fingers, giving them a sharp, talon-like appearance.

"What...the hell?" Kirsty raised her hands, confused and amazed, "What the hell is this?" she flexed her fingers and a small smile crossed her face, "I know what to do...," she came into plain view, hands at her sides, the smile still on her face...along with a strange look in her eyes.

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The three Norn sisters gasped loudly, their eyes popping wide open.

"The power...the power in the girl...,"

"It's amazing!"

"I've...I've never...,"

Frigga scowled at the three of them, "What is wrong with you three?!"

The triplets turned to their Goddess.

"Lady Frigga, it's the girl...she...!"

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"Dragon Claw!"

Two sets of gashes appeared on Hod's chest, blood shooting outward as Kirsty landed on her feet behind him, her hands losing the warm, white glow of ki. Moments before, Hod had released another set of arrows at her and surprisingly, she was able to not only to dodge them, but she sped past Hod, shattering his bow into splinters, the Fragment of Muspelheim falling to the ground.

Kirsty looked at her hands and the smile widened, "Oh...I like this move..," she flexed her fingers again and looked over her shoulder to the stunned, and now weaponless, archer, "Lessee what else I got!"

She turned around, feeling more and more ki flow through her body. She had felt this before, but this time, it felt like a larger amount of spiritual energy was coursing through her entire body. Whatever it was...it felt great, and she loved it!

"Dragon...," she sped towards Hod and when she was close enough, she flipped over onto her hands, "...Hammer Kick!"

Using unnatural strength, she sent Hod flying into the air, however, that wasn't the end of it. While he was rising into the air, she flipped back onto her feet, and jumped into the air. As soon as she reached Hod, she pulled her leg back, pooling her ki into her foot.

"Dragon Roundhouse!"

Swinging her leg hard, Kirsty landed the kick right in Hod's stomach. Blood shot out of his mouth as soon as the foot made contact, and he was sent soaring into a nearby tree. Hod made a network of huge cracks in the wood before falling, making a sizable crater as soon as he hit the ground.

As she descended, Kirsty grabbed the nearest branch and used her own momentum to swing around until she was sitting on the branch instead of falling to the ground below. Gripping the branch tightly so she wouldn't fall, Kirsty leaned forward to look at the damage she had down to Hod.

He wasn't moving at all.

Kirsty looked at her hands and feet, surprised at what she had done. Sure, she was used to using her ki to attack nowadays, and she was growing stronger with each fight and some training below deck, but she didn't think she could do all that!

"Whoa...,"

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Kilnorc: Alright, that chapter's done! Now, I had a bit of difficulty with this chapter because I wanted to show you guys a new level of fighting power for Kirsty, and with the archer, it was a little iffy for me. But, I hope you all enjoyed it!

On the next chapter of Homeland...

Frigga: Are you telling me...that I've lost two of my men against these weaklings,?! These rookies?!

Hugin: It seems that our former pupil has nakama with not only Devil Fruit abilities, but a hidden power in them?

Frigga: Grr...fine, you three think I should call the attack off? Tyr's the only one left out there!

Tyr: A rematch, boy?! We never finished the first one, but this time, I'll finish you off!

True Ability! Hidden Power of Captain Axe!

Axe: Finally...full form of my Devil Fruit! Now, to make it last long enough to win!

Later, folks!

P.S. I know I've shown my fans glimpses of Axe's true Devil ability, but I haven't really said much on it. I have this idea to reveal the full name of the fruit...but only if my fans want to finally know what it really is!