Disclaimer: If I owned One Piece then I wouldn't be sitting here writing fanfiction! Oda owns OP!
Authors Note: Sorry for this being late! I'm not very good at writing fight scenes, so you have been warned!
Sorry for grammar and spelling mistakes!
Chapter 11
Marine Dealings
"Luffy, what's wrong?" Nami looked worriedly at Luffy who was standing still, staring at some buildings. Nami glanced around when Luffy didn't answer her, she was looking for something unusual. Breath hitched in Nami's throat unexpectedly as she stared at Tori who was sitting on the edge of the rooftop in front of them. Tori was smiling and swinging her legs back and forth. Nami noticed she was wearing a black coat over her clothing and some sort of spear was strapped to her back.
Nami then heard foot steps from behind, she turned around to see Zoro and Robin panting. Through Robin's pants, Nami heard Robin say, "The-Marines they've got- the crew!"
Nami's eyes widen, she tried to go to Robin but Luffy had a strong grip on Nami's wrist. Luffy was still looking at Tori who was still swing her legs around. Robin and Zoro noticed Tori as well. Nami watched their reactions, Zoro eyes only hardened while Robin seemed to be staring in shock.
Robin then stuttered to Nami, "Torrikusuta...what is her last name?" Nami gave a puzzled look, "Tekiya, why?"
Something weird was definitely going on, 'Why is everyone acting like this? It's just Tori.' Nami wondered. Nami's answer only made Robin's face intensify.
"Faker...Tekiya means faker! I read it in my book while we were waiting for Luffy!" Robin exclaimed.Nami only gave Robin a confused reply, "What?" Robin voice and face trembled a bit, "You must have seen the Circus caravans! Why would a Circus be called Torikusuta!? It means trickster!"
Nami's eyes widen and she looked back at Tori. All of a sudden, shouts and the sounds of shoes hitting wet pavement echoed the street. Luffy's grip on Nami loosened when he told her, "Get your Clima Tact and run!"
Nami reached for her staff that was tied behind her back, she nearly jumped when she saw Tori stand up.
"Nami! Robin! Go now!" Luffy shouted at the two girls. As Zoro drew his swords, they heard the shouts get louder they were coming from behind them. Zoro decided he would fight off whatever was coming and leave Tori or whatever the hell her name was, to Luffy.
Nami and Robin started to panic a bit, if they went forward they would go straight to Tori, if they went down the road they crash into the thing that was heading this way. Nami looked at Luffy, his wet bangs clung to his forehead which made shadows over his eyes. Luffy was giving off a dangerous vibe, Nami grew scared, Luffy wasn't usually like this when a fight began.
"Oi! A whole bunch of Marines are coming after you! You should get back to your ship!" Tori yelled to the remaining Straw Hats.
Nami glanced at Luffy whose fist were clenched, " YOU WERE TOYING WITH US THE ENTIRE TIME!" Luffy shouted at the top of his lungs. Luffy looked insanely angry. Tori only chuckled, "Sorry, it's a habit." Tori didn't sound the least apologetic at all.
Luffy glared while taking a step forward, " Yeah I guess I forgot that Marines are all assholes, not to mention cowards!"
Nami wanted to pound Luffy into the ground, from looks of it Robin was terrified of Tori and Robin doesn't get scared usually.
Tori then crouched down a bit and disappeared. She appeared once again this time only a step away from Luffy. Nami and Robin stepped back a few feet.
"It sounds like your trying to challenge me, well I accept but not here. We might damage some buildings. Meet me on the Marine boat at the docks." With that final message she disappeared once more, Nami saw again on a rooftop and then she disappeared again. Nami noted that she must be using the Soru ability.
Without a warning Luffy ran off in Tori's direction just before a hundred Marines came around the corner. Zoro put Wado Ichimonji in his left hand since he only had two swords now. He charged right into the Marines.
While the Marines were occupied, Robin ran over to Nami and began to explain, "That girl was Admiral Warai Torikusuta! I heard about her through Crocodile! She's been ordering the Marines to kidnap the others!" Robin gave Nami a worried look, "She's dangerous, may be even as dangerous as CP9!"
Nami's eyes widen. How could she not have realized it! Tori had been giving out clues dead right and center!
"The Marines had somehow found them..."
"So how did you steer you boat in those strong currents with a sprained arm?"
"Also she loves to toy with her enemies"
"...So you would have to be the Pirate Prince."
"She also has the skills of a master when it comes to staffs and spears."
"Ranging from weapon masters..."
"Dammit! Where are the others now!?" Nami asked Robin, the rain had begun to pour again, bullets of water shot into their backs. In front of them the Marines were still trying to fight off Zoro. Occasionally a Marine would shoot up from the crowd and fall back down into the ground.
" I don't know!" Robin said worriedly. Nami then placed her staff in her injured hand and ran towards to crowd of Marines, ignoring Robin's calls. Nami reached out and grabbed a collar and pulled it towards her. Nami didn't take time to look at the person's face until she had shoved them against the wall.
Nami's eyes widen in shock as she looked at the Marines face but kept her grip strong.
"You were the girl at the bar! You guys have been playing us from the very beginning!" Nami yelled at the silver haired woman with a captains hat.
"Took ya long enough to figure it out! And here I heard you were smart!" The Marine mocked Nami. Nami shoved the girl harder against the wall and took out the lightning part of her Clima Tact. A Thunder Ball was hanging on the tip of her staff and held closely to the woman's face.
"Shut up! Now tell me where my friends are!" Nami yelled at her, the woman gulped nervously. She looked terrified of Nami.
"There's a warehouse at the docks! You can't miss it! In there are stairs leading to a basement! Your friends are there!" The terrified woman said. Nami held her Clima Tact even closer to her face. The rain made sparks fly from the Thunder Ball.
"Is there anyone guarding it?" Nami said with cold rage. The woman was absolutely terrified now.
"YES! There's one person in the basement! The Vice-Admiral is guarding the keys!" The silver haired woman quickly said. Nami let go of the woman and sprinted to the docks leaving Robin with the Marine.
Nami stopped and quickly shouted back to Robin, "Help Zoro and meet me at ship when you're done!" Robin nodded and then Nami started running again.
The silver haired Marine had drawn a sword and stalked towards Robin, who in turn sprouted a hand on top of her back and on her leg. Robin then knocked the Marines legs out behind her knee caps and used the hand on her back to slam her head into the concrete, knocking the poor woman unconscious.
Robin then began to work on the Marines that hadn't had a taste of Zoro's Oni Giri.
With Luffy
Luffy had just hopped on the boat to find Tori standing there with her spear in hand. Luffy stared at the spear head. It was shaped like a flame and had black swirls designed on the blade. Luffy also noticed that the something bluish was outlining the blade.
"I should warn you my the blade has Sea Stone melted within. So as long as my blade stays in your body you will be completely useless." Tori warned the young pirate. Luffy nodded and cracked his knuckles then got in his fighting stance. Tori stood motionless allowing Luffy to throw the first punch. Luffy's arm stretched way past her head.
"Soru, right?" Luffy questioned as his arm zipped into place. Tori nodded and said,"Yep, I guess you know all about it because of CP9, fortunately for you I haven't mastered Rokushiki."
Luffy gave her a puzzled look and asked, "Why are you telling me all this?" Tori only shrugged and stated, "I know so much about your fighting techniques yet you barely know anything about mine. I figure it was unfair to fight without letting you know."
Luffy smiled in return, this time he didn't ask any more questions, he waved at Tori and disappeared.
Luffy appeared right in front of Tori except he was crouching. Luffy then tried to upper-cut Tori who lifted her head back just in time. Luffy then stretched out one leg and swung towards Tori's ankles. Tori jumped back, then charged at Luffy but used Soru right in front of him. The next thing Luffy saw was Tori above him and spear aimed right at his head. Luffy barrel rolled out of the way.
Tori's spear had broken the deck's floorboards. Luffy looked in awe as thunder had shot down from the sky to Tori's blade. It caused a small fire to start. Luffy was briefly reminded of Enel. As Tori was picking her spear up Luffy launched a Gum Gum Bazooka.
"Shit!" Tori swore loudly as she let go of the spear to dodge Luffy's fists.
Luffy's arms returned to normal as he smirked at Tori. "You forgot to mention the thunder thing."
Tori smiled, "Sorry, it slipped my mind. Looks like I'm not going to be able to use though, you're too fast for it."
Tori then used Soru and landed behind Luffy. She slammed her leg into his back causing him to stumble forward and spit some blood out.
Luffy smirked and wiped the blood from his chin and charged at Tori.
With Nami
Nami sprinted to the docks. She looked around eagerly for a warehouse.
" 'Can't miss it' my ass!" Nami swore loudly. Her eyes darted around. She could see the Marine boat way down in the distance, she prayed desperately that Luffy was okay.
Nami eyes then found the words 'Boat Warehouse' along a big steel building that looked like a shed. Nami rushed to the door to find the handles chained together. Nami took out her Clima Tact and slammed it across a handle bar. The handle hung loosely on the chain. Nami mentally swore when she saw a small crack through the middle of her staff.
Nami then saw thunder hit the Marine boat in the distance, 'Luffy, please don't try anything stupid!'. Sadly Nami knew Luffy would most probably do something stupid.
Nami kicked the door open to find the warehouse filled with schooners. Seaweed and moss gave the room a damp feeling. It was pure black except when lighting shot through the sky, Nami could just barely see the outlines of the boats.
Nami pressed her good hand on the wall and started walking beside the wall cautiously. Nami realized she had hit a boat when her sprained arm rang with pain. She looked around to find the boat that she had hit but all the boats were at least 20 feet away.
Nami then saw a vague line of something to her right. She reached out to touch it. It was wet and hard and from its texture Nami could tell it was wood. Her hand grasped the wood. Lightning shone outside for a few seconds. In that time Nami declared it was a railing leading downwards.
She had found the stairs.
Carefully Nami went to the stairs while trying to avoid anything that may have been left on the ground. Nami nearly screamed, but bit her tongue, just as a rat ran down the stairs. Nami started to carefully descend down the stairs. From the top of the stairs she could see a small light.
As Nami went down she saw the light was coming from a barred window in a steel door. When Nami reached the bottom she could hear whistling from behind the door. She peered in the window to see a man with his back facing her. The guy was sitting on a chair swinging keys around his index finger.
Nami gingerly began to ease the door open, trying to avoid any squeaks from the wet hinges. Sadly fate did not grant Nami's wishes.
Man swung around the second the door squeaked. The man smirked at Nami's shocked face. His muscles rippled as he stood up. Nami rushed inside and quickly shut the door behind her, leaving the dark haired man slightly confused.
The basement didn't really look like a basement at all. It was more like a dimly lit hall with doors on side and a desk in far corner.
Nami looked around to see the doors made of thick steel, she also noted that a door had a bluish shine to them. 'The shine is Sea Stone probably.' Nami thought as she prepared her Clima Tact.
Nami panicked slightly when she fingered the crack in her staff. The man stood stationery, smirking at Nami very much like Tori had done to Luffy. The man gave the keys on last twirl before tossing them to the desk behind him.
"You know I rather not fight a girl-" Nami cut the Marine off, "Then give me the keys and get out!" Nami yelled at him.
The man shrugged and got into his fighting stance with legs at shoulder distance and arms in a boxing formation to guard his head.
Nami also got in her stance when the man said, " Sorry I can't do that even if I don't want to fight you. By the way the names Mairat Sasuke."
Nami nodded and charged, first she swung her staff straight down on his head only to have him upper block it. His arms were in the shape of an X as Nami pushed down. Nami retreated when she saw a blue shard fly from the crack, which was unnoticed by Sasuke.
Nami pushed a stray lock of her hair behind her ear, "I'm Nami." She said before charging once more, this time she faked left then right and finally ducked down to swing at his legs. Sasuke almost fell for her right fake but regain his composure quickly enough to jump up and avoid Nami.
A crack echoed throughout the hall. Nami's Clima Tact had hit the wall which sent splinters going in all directions. Nami looked horrified when she saw half her staff rolling on the floor.
Sasuke had began to laugh, Nami quickly got up slid through his legs and got back up and sprinted to the desk. Nami found what she had been hoping for, a slingshot with some ammo next to it.
Nami recognized the bullets as Ussop's Exploding Stars. Nami quickly loaded the slingshot and shot it at ,the now running Sasuke who had an angry face. The bullet landed right in Sasuke's stomach causing him to lean over which got smoke in his face. Nami quickly grabbed the broken half of her staff and slammed it down between his shoulder and neck.
Sasuke's body dropped silently on the floor. Nami sighed and grabbed the keys off the desk. Nami opened the door closest to her, which had the bluish shine to it. Inside was Chopper moaning softly on the ground.
Nami rushed over to Chopper, his eyes were closed, he seemed to be sleeping. Nami shook his shoulders but only got a moan. Nami shook harder but nothing else happened. Nami then smirked and shouted in Chopper's ear, "Chopper a zombie is trying to eat your soul!"
Immediately Chopper woke up squealing, "SOMEBODY SAVE ME-oh." Chopper had opened his eyes to see Nami grinning at him. Nami then grabbed chopper and lifted him to his feet.
"Come on! I'll explain everything once we get everyone to the ship!" Nami told Chopper as they both rushed out the cell. Nami begun fumbling with the keys for the next door. She couldn't find the right key until Chopper just used his beast point and lifted the door off its hinges. Nami sweat dropped and mumble a quick thanks.
Inside the cell was Sanji, Nami told Chopper to go open up all the other cells.
Sanji was chained to the wall and seemed to be muttering things with his eyes closed. Nami learned from her previous experience and shouted in Sanji's ear, "Robin kissed Zoro!"
Sanji woke up with flames in his eyes, he broke through the chains and shouted "Never!" Nami could hear from the next cell, Franky crying and saying "There's nothing sweeter than true love!"
Nami grabbed Sanji's hand (who was positive this was a dream) and ran out the cell, calling to Franky, "Come one!"
Nami stopped by the last cell and let go of Sanji's hand. Inside Chopper was trying to wake Ussop, "umm We just found One Piece!" Chopper said excitedly, sadly it didn't work.
Nami ran over to Ussop's slumped form and yelled, "You just beat up Crocodile!"
Ussop woke up and said, "What!?No way!" Ussop didn't seem to have understood what he had said and blinked around. Suddenly it dawned on him, "You guys the Marine's kidnapped me!"
Everyone just sweat dropped when Nami banged him on the head. Nami then led everyone out of the basement and through the dark warehouse. So far everyone had come out with only a few scratches except for Ussop who banged his head on some unexpected rudders.
Nami explained to the group that they had to get to the boat quickly. The group sprinted down the dock, heading the opposite way of the Marine boat.
Nami gave the Marine boat one final glance.
'Don't die Luffy!'
End of Chapter 11
Authors Note: I think Chapter 12 will be the last chapter before the epilogue! Sadly I've worked through this chapter for two days trying to fix up but somehow it disappoints me.
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