One Piece: The Edge Walker

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Chapter 5: The Bird that stopped in Baratie

Part IV

It hummed, his body hummed, the metal of his body hummed like a bee in the middle of the summer and it was painful, extremely painful. Kuryu tried to re-call the last time he felt this amount of pain, the excruciating feeling of every nervous connection aching in pain was unbearable. Kuryu only greeted his teeth holding back the shout of pain that he was baring over his body. His mind for the moment was divided: for once being a doctor had its good things and bad things, one of the bad things was when one realizes that what he was confronting was his natural enemy and knowing his little chance of victory….but he was not only a doctor, he was a monk and monk's sadly or thankfully, didn't know when to give up. Kuryu began to rise to confront Jazz, after being thrown to the ground already three times by this man's attacks Kuryu was beginning to consider using 'that' and this idea he wasn't exactly found about it. As he looked straight into Jazz eyes that were looking towards him with a light smirk on his face "Rainbow-man, doesn't matter how much you run….the rhythm will catch up to you, I can guarantee my man!" he ended up exaggerating while taking up the saxophone's mouthpiece back to prepare for another attack "The more you resist, the more painful it will be…"

Kuryu got up to and launched himself towards the sides, blood dripped from the places where his metal limbs were connected to his body. His body tensed and his eyes concentrated on his target, he couldn't read the attacks and less predict them. The sound waves traveled at a speed he couldn't reach and the intensity and direction were even harder to even guess, Kuryu was fighting blindly and he knew it, so bad he knew it that he was only trying his luck "Come on!" he greeted under his teeth while he began his sprint for the third time.

"Brave but futile my rainbow-man…" Jazz smirked to himself, as once again Jazz blew out from the saxophone and the ship's wood trembled yet as the sound traveled and the closer it got to Kuryu the more it seemed to increment in intensity and as soon as it the sound entered Kuryu's ears well the result didn't change as it hadn't change the last previous times. His metal limbs hummed as the sound waves reached them as it moved and then entered his body and this was something, as he felt once the pain and just like previous times he felled to the ground spitting blood to the ground.

"So sad Rainbow-man, I am not even using half of the intensity of the rhythm I can pull and you are already on all fours." Jazz continued while walking slowly towards Kuryu's body "Oh rainbow-man and I was beginning to think that you will be able to understand and take my rhythm but alas…seems you are just too…"

"…Weak." One-Eye muttered in his feelingless voice while he gazed to a kneeling Li. His long katana in hand and he didn't even seem to be nervous of the situation at all or even giving some fight of it "Girl, you are weak and believe me when I say: you will die….So why are you delaying the obvious?" he ended while he black long trench coat moved thru the air.

Li tried to maintain her balance flexing her knees while she looked seriously towards One-Eye, she couldn't loose it, not against this man "This was stupid…" she thought to herself while she eyed the fall from where she was standing. No jumping was not an option either, since she had began fighting One-Eye she noticed that the man was nervous, a glimpse of some sort of irrational feeling escaped him and so she had decided she could take advantage of it, considering his size and the blade he wielded she had decided to take the battle into the heights of the ship. By going up the shroud and finally into one of the yards and this had done the contrary effect of what she hopped to, One-Eye had calmed down and now Li was beginning to understand that this man could not be taken by simple fiery feeling as she had done so far, using purely instinct, she had to think and to calculate and so far she was being over-classed "Dunno Cyclops-Bastard, I am still here don't I." she teased smirking.

One-Eye didn't even seem to stern at the insult while looking at her and taking a step towards her with his blade in hand "Foolish girl…You are only making this more painful." He said seriously while preparing his blade for another slash.

Li's eyes tensed while she concentrated on the sword, the previous slashes seemed to her eye as one single slash but her body begged to differ. The scars that bleed in her body were all over her, even on her shoulders making her wonder how exactly did this man actually attacked but she was sure he only swung his blade once. While she looked towards the incoming attack, her eyes on the blade, the movement was firm and steady, almost perfect but there was one thing she couldn't figure: the strength it carried. The sword seemed to be moving as if it was just a stick on the air, One-Eye didn't apply any sort of strength into it. He just swung it and her body had felt that slash but the damage it caused her was not one slash, it felt like if a rain of slashes had felled down upon her "Here it comes…" she muttered. The slash will go diagonally, as it had gone the previous 5 times and as soon it finished it traveling thru the air the attack will have his effect, she had one chance: stop the blade before it finished its wake thru the air and if that didn't work…well she will strongly consider to jump from the yard "5 seconds, that's what it takes…5 seconds." she muttered to herself.

"1…" she muttered while she unshed her dagger and flexed her knees.

"2…" as her eyes now concentrated on the falling blade from One-Eye towards her. She couldn't help but to be surprised once again….

"3…" the blade was meant to miss her like it had done the previous times yet the slashes and cuts felt real and she was sure this was no illusion, it was painful and she was sure that if it wasn't for her speed, her destiny as the bastard will be the same. Her knees finished flexing while she prepared for the counter attack, her eyes only cached a glimpse of the battle that was being raged below, seeing that they were having the same luck she was having….

4 Pirates had fallen at her magnificent fighting ability, she though sarcastically and when Elina meant amazing ability she meant by moving them away from her. The rest had managed to at least grapple either one of her breasts or ass not mentioning the little slashes they had made to her…They were toying with her and she could tell. Back home her brothers used to do that to her but then again she will always punish them and right now this guys were anything but blood related. She wished she had listened to her big brother's advice more often "If you don't learn to do everything SUPER, nothing will come!" she remembered in her mind trying to search for any other "SUPER" advice she could remember to handle the situation at hand.

The brunette was surrounded and she had only one shot on her bazooka that she was actually saving "Saving for what…" she muttered to herself while looking towards the smiling pirates that had once again returned to their so called formation, that truth be told: Even if she saw no coordination whatsoever they where attacking in order or planned because each time one moved another answered almost like if they knew by instinct. Because by now she could know after a slash came a grapple and so on "Damn it…" she said looking from side to side.

"Come here pussy cat!" one of the pirates teased, "We won't hurt you!"

"We are here only to play little puss!" another one continued

Elina looked towards her side moving away avoiding another grapple in her ass, her eyes tensed a bit, she was afraid, no doubt of that but she was as well angry, damn it to hell, her anger over passed her fear and that was probably the sole reason why she wasn't trembling. She once again reviewed the situation: a knife, one shoot of bazooka without possibilities of re-loading and a very small place to maneuver. Yes, she had very limited choices and she did not like any of them, due that most of them included "luck" as a component of the equation.

"Come here Pussy, Pussy, Pussy!" another tease yet this time it came with the pirate doing some quite obscene pointing or so Elina considered.

Her hand trembled, finally the fear had kicked in and she knew that time was ticking and these pirates were not going to wait for till she felt like it. Her eyes now moved towards the monk that was having his own share of troubles and by the looks of it Jazz was just a few 'notes' from finishing him off, Elina's mind began to now measure her choices: Come on? How useful was she to them? All of them were strong and knew how to defend themselves and she…well she could barely avoid pirates grapple her ass and breast, some help she was…"At least I should make it count…" she greeted her teeth.

She had seconds or probably less to perform the movement and shoot the weapon. She had the strength to handle the weapon but she wondered: was she fast enough? To point, shoot and make the run for it? She wasn't sure and she wasn't one to be making this SUPER moves as her older brother called them but she wasn't exactly in a choosing position and she knew that the pirates will soon want more than just a touch.

"Don't make us wait Pussy!" another teased while he grappled her ass "We been so lonely!"

"Aye, Pussy, we require so much pampering!" shouted another one while he showed her his tongue in a very disgusting manner.

The circle of pirates was closing on her and the more time it passed the distance between her and Kuryu was only growing. It was now or never, as she moved her left hand to the handle on the back of her bazooka and now she had only to wait for the opening. Like her brother said, "Wait for the SUPER entrance queue! The call will come from them!" she should have listened to him more often; if she had surely she wouldn't be here.

"Ohhhh Pussy! I cannot hold myself!" the pirate threw herself towards Elina, indeed a SUPER queue. She expertly brought the bazooka too her front and pointed directly towards the pirates face making the pirate change his face to one of terror. Yeah, this was her SUPER queue.

"Here, Pussy will pamper you…" she mocked and clicked the trigger.

"Ohhhh, seems that we overestimated her rhythm!" Jazz commented while he looked towards the powerful energy shot that now raced thru the ship creating now even more damaged and finishing it's course on one of the masts "Yet the Girl will have her dance soon enough for…" he never finished.

He thanked this man was human and he thanked even more the Goddess of the Sun for providing such diversion. The moment that Jazz had turned around he literally jumped back up and threw his punch directly to the earlobes of Jazz, if this man was sound he had to take out the sound "Dazed…" he muttered, the punch was followed by an open hand moving directly towards the ribs that when connected he felt a crack "Two cracked ribs…", the previous punch had already gained a new momentum and was coming back for his cheek "Jaw damaged…" he called once again as the punch connected "And to end…" he pivoted expertly and moved his whole body back and launched both of his hands towards Jazz torso using his full body momentum "Final diagnosis: Two cracked ribs, damaged earlobes, Two missing teeth, partial deaf and out of battle…." Jazz was sent flying thru the air and then into one of the trap doors of the ship.

"Now, that's rhythm." Kuryu said with a light smirk while his eyes now turned towards Elina and smiled "Now time to let the path take its rightful course."

He began to run towards Elina that by now was only using her bazooka to maul any of the incoming pirates, that by now realized that the woman was an actual threat "Don't worry Goddess of the Sun, I will repay the debt the path has given to me!" he exclaimed.

He could barely run, he had taken too much damage not to mention that the mechanism within his metal limbs was damaged preventing him from moving so much and considering he was running he knew he was taking his body to the limits. Even with all these in consideration there was a smile in his face "See Sensei, I am able to do this without 'it'…" he muttered to himself "Just as the path, there is no easy solution…"

His limbs screeched as he moved them, they were complaining and he knew that he was only hurting himself more. The sound waves had changed the mechanism within but then again this was no time to think about this lesser matters "Move it! The path demands this!" he cried in his dramatic voice while he punched a pirate out of his way. He had to reach her, he had to help her before it was to late and repay his debt "Don't worry Sun Goddess I will do the path's will…"

Destiny, fate, will or plain simple luck, whichever of this factors had helped Li she thanked it. She had done it and she was surprised herself about the fact that she was locked with One-Eye in a contest of strength and surprisingly enough she was winning. Making her doubt the true power about this swordsman, since the moment she had blocked One-Eye's slash she had noticed a glint of surprise in the swordsman eye. She had to admit it when the blades clashed she felt she had stopped a hurricane, the momentum of One-Eye's blade had moved thru her whole body and left it as a gust of wind that even made of the wood of where she stood tremble "Seems you are tired, Cyclops bastard." mocked Li while she pushed herself towards One-Eye.

One-Eye was nervous, Li could tell, the man not being some one that expressed most of the time the changes on his face were to obvious and reflected to much on what was on this man's mind or she though. The contest was moving in her favor and she knew what was coming next….The blades unlocked and the momentum was on her favor, she knew what she had to do: let it go, let her feelings flow into combat and so she did… "BRING IT ON YOU BLISTERING DEFORMETY!" she shouted with all her might will she punched One-eye in the center of his thorax.

The man was definitely not strong and his body complexion was not of a swordsman, making her wonder how this man was able to move his blade with such ability. For now it didn't matter, this man was not as strong as he presumed and she was going to take advantage of it. The punch had the effect she expected making One-Eye loose balance and at the same time his fighting stance giving her the upper hand. While she slashed her blade back towards One-Eye, no need to be nice.

The blade returned towards his target after being forced back when both blades unlocked. Li smirked she had no intention on killing the Cyclops-bastard but she surely was going to make enough damage so this guy will think twice before wielding his blade against her once again. One-Eyes face finally showed fear or something similar to it, his expressionless face now held a new feeling: anger or surprised, she couldn't tell but she was glad, the man was human, he felt, feared and had feelings contrary to what she had seen till now and as any human, he could be harmed. One-Eye moved backwards trying to avoid the slash but it still made his work as the point of the blade made contact with his thorax leaving a cut and blood dripping thru his chest "So you are human after all Cyclops-chan.." she mocked sarcastically with a big smirk on her face.

One-Eye didn't speak while he tried to re-gain his stance pivoting expertly thru the small area they were standing on the yards. While he took some distance from Li but the girl had realized it: he was not good at close combat or to be more precise he required at least one meter to fight properly but if she was closer than that he was useless. "Oni-no…" he muttered while he prepared for another slash.

"Oni-no my ass!" Li shouted while she launched herself towards One-Eye with another slash directed towards his thorax once again.

"Damn it-" they were falling, the mast had been broken on the base and now they were falling down with the mast behind them. Deep inside One-Eye was thankful and the same time cursed his luck, the passenger ship on the horizon was closer and he knew that time was ticking. He had to finish this fast and leave this place before it was too late. His face returned towards his expressionless form while he felled down from the yard "Now then…Time to-" he never finished his sentence while he crashed directly into the ships floor making a whole new hole in it.

"HE CRASHED!" shouted Li in surprise while she looked towards the landing place of One-Eye, the man didn't even seemed to have tried to land correctly. Better for her, one less freak to deal with and more time to concentrate on the real objective. She reached out for her dagger and expertly pinned into the falling mast using it to impulse herself above it avoiding being crushed by it. While she looked towards the landing place and she smirked, this will cause some damage, some real damage.

Jackie looked from the back of the wheel at the battle happening before her which at first she admired it till she was looking at the new damage that had been orchestrated by the incompetent 'dogs', quite pissed if she had to add. "They say: If you want something done correctly….do it yourself." She said to herself angrily while she walked towards the edge of the second level where she could have a full view of the battle. Her eyes concentrated on the incoming mast while she opened her hands up into the air "Ultima no Touei (reflection)…" she muttered to herself.

In the middle of the sky like if a sword had slashed thru, a pink line that was about the size of the falling mast appeared, the line open like a crack in the sky and inside it one could see only darkness. She smiled as the mast began to enter the crack and as it entered it disappeared into nothingness, leaving just some ropes falling into the ship from the sky. She closed her hands and at her command the crack on the sky as well disappeared while her eyes turned towards the sea besides her and pointed her left hand towards it "Delusion…" above the sea a new pink crack opened and from it the mast appeared falling down into the sea.

Her eyes turned towards the mast and the battle that was being raged on the main deck "We are not getting anywhere with this thing…" she muttered towards herself angrily while she turned towards the battle ahead of her "Mr. Giddins!" she shouted angrily.

From the crew Mr. Giddins appeared with breathing heavily "Yes M'lady!" he answered while taking a light bow at his captain.

"Seems the 'dogs' have done enough damage for us to change plans." She said seriously while looking towards the horizon and at the incoming passenger ship and then back towards the main deck "Yet it seems that destiny smiles at us Mr. Giddins! Tell the carpenters that they have less than 25 minutes to finish the job, we are about to get a ride!" she exclaimed smiling "So prepare the men for the plan Mr. Giddins!"

"Aye M'lady!" answered back Mr. Giddins with a titanic smile as he entered the battle once again.

Jackie's eyes now turned towards the ship on the horizon while a smirked appeared in her face. She pointed one of her hands towards the incoming passenger ship "Houto no Hatsugen (Way of Revelation)…"

Her golden eyes now where gazing at the pirate ship while her short brown hair moved thru the wind, she had never seen one but she loved Lowell stories about them but to see one so close and nearby her destination got her a bit nervous but excited after all she always wanted to see one "Auntie! Look, it's a ship! A ship! A pirate ship!" she exclaimed happily while she looked at the ship with wide-open eyes.

Roza who was seating down got up and looked towards it calmly, the ship was nearby but she knew better than to alarm and panic, she should measure the situation. While her eyes gazed towards the ship before her while she remembered Lowell warning words "If you ever see a pirate ship…" her eyes tensed while she looked towards the flag "With a black raven…" as she grabbed Robin's hand "Robin…."

"Run, run and don't look back…"

"Yes Auntie?" she asked surprised while turning towards her aunt's eyes that for once in a long time seemed to gain a familiar fear and all to familiar fear for her. The last time she had seen her aunt's eyes that way was when she was with the doctor and the terrible news had arrived to her ears.

"We must…" she never finished the sentence as she turned towards the front of the ship and she saw now no sea, no, before the ship there was a titanic hole, literally a pink big hole and inside it there was nothing but darkness and as expected the crew was in panic running thru out the deck and even some of them jumping into the sea. But for Roza and Robin who stood on the top deck of the passenger ship jumping was not an option and right now due to the chaos on the ship it was impossible to move. She feared the worst, while she looked at the hole and how the ship slowly entered it.

"Auntie! What's wrong?" she cried to her aunt while she turned towards the pink hole before her, there was darkness and nothing else. Her eyes opened wide and trembled at the strange phenomenon that was happening before them. She hugged her aunt and she could feel her aunt hugging her back, her eyes concentrated on the titanic hole before them, while slowly they entered it, into the darkness while she closed her eyes and muttered barely to herself "Lowell…"

Li looked at the actions that had happened before her with an open mouth, she had heard rumors of her ability but she had never imagined she was able to teleport such things of such size from one place to another as he landed expertly right besides Kuryu and Elina that were already surrounded by the rest of the crew. While she rose and looked towards both of them "Seems it was not only me who was having a hard time…" she said with a light smirk while she moved both her sword back to her scabbard and her dagger.

Elina smiled lightly relief "Hey! You weren't being grappled all the time Miss Li!" she exclaimed while she loaded her bazooka once again and moved back to her shoulder.

Kuryu just smiled lightly while his eyes moved to the crew "It seems I can sense the path clear ahead of us…" he said while putting he assumed once again his attacking position.

"Now's lets tear that bird to-" Li never finished the sentence as besides the ship a titanic pink hole appeared, as her eyes tensed wondering what the Sparrow was bring in, the size of it was as tall as the ship they were standing while she awaited what was to come…."Oh shit…" she cursed while another ship came from it and people, there were people aboard the ship "Damn it, more trouble…"

"I don't think they are trouble Miss Li…." Kuryu said seriously while his eyes tensed as well but he was not concentrated on the fact that it was a ship but more what type of ship it was. For starters the ship didn't posses a Jolly Roger and secondly, most importantly the people aboard the ship looked more like civilians than… "A passenger ship…." The monk muttered while he noticed how the pirates just stood there position without any intentions of attacking and far from behind the attacking force he could see planks being prepared "Is she planning to…GIRLS MOVE!" he shouted while he launched himself against the pirate crew.

Li had taken note from Kuryu and she as well had noticed that strangely this new 'trouble' was a bit off…they were in fear and they didn't seem to be carrying any weapons at all, in fact the one's that seemed in trouble were them and just to add the equation they were children and old people on board. Her eyes moved towards the mast's and flag, no Jolly Roger and it did not take her even a second to realize what was before her "Freaking little bitch!" she shouted at the top of her lungs while from her back she pulled out a red stick and by a simple movement it grew and a blade appeared on one of its ends while she launched herself towards the crew.

Elina on the other hand was pointing her bazooka towards the pirates that where moving the plates towards the new ship "It just doesn't seem to end!" she shouted desperately.

"Dansu no Kikan…(Dance of Mirrors)"

Li felled to the ground bleeding from one of her legs while she looked at it noticing the mark of a blade in it while she glance to only notice the same effect in both Kuryu and Elina. With the only difference of Kuryu and herself greeting her teeth in anger and Elina crying in pain "Now, now, now 'dogs' I think that's enough…" the sarcastic and icy voice from Jackie could be heard from the crowd.

Jackie walked thru out her crew with two of her katana's in hand and with a big smile on her face. Soon she was in front of the group that was literally on their knees in pain "Such a beautiful sight….three dogs on all fours about to beg for mercy…" she bluffed sarcastically with a terrible smile "I am impressed dogs, you did last quite long but business calls and our ride is here."

"Sparrow! Leave them out of this! They don't hav-" Li stopped her shouting while she felt a blade under he neck but she couldn't see anyone actually pointing it at her. Till her eyes moved to Jackie and noticed the one of her blades was in one of the pink holes.

"Shhhhh, I had enough of your barking and don't worry we will kill you soon enough as soon as we have secured our ride for now just stay put, all right doggies?" she mocked once again while she turned towards her crew "All right dogs! Prepare to board!" she commanded while she adjusted her shades lightly.

"What about the crew m'lady? Should we just let them go?" asked Giddins with a light smirk on his face with a sword in hand.

Jackie's eyes came back towards the group of the 3 and big smile appeared on her face "Kill them…"

The command was instant and the crew began moving towards the passenger ship. Preparing planks and wooden bridges to board them, all the while cursing and shouting towards the passenger ship that by now the crew trembled and cried in fear at their incoming end.

"Asshole…." Li muttered under her breath her eyes still concentrated on Jackie.

"Thinking Miss Li….Thinking…" the monk answered back while looking towards the passenger ship.

"Damn it…" cursed Elina still with some teary eyes from the attack she had suffered at the hands of Jackie. Her eyes on the bazooka besides her, she had lost control and for that she regret it, while she concentrated on the enemy that had them on their feet and cursed "Forgive me monster, we might just not be able to save her…"

In the Baratie the crew watched as the battle unfolded but what truly they didn't expect was the passenger ship being taken. The crew was fully aware that most of them were customers of the Baratie and now the crew faced a dilemma "But Owner Zeff! They are customers!" cried Patty while he looked at the battle that was being raged on the other side of the sea.

"And Patch is still there Old Man! With more reason we must intervene!" shouted Sanji.

"Yes Owner! We must protect the customers! It is our pride of Battle Chefs that's at stake here!" Carne added.

The shouts from the staff continued towards Zeff that had his eyes closed without answering any of the protest from his fellow workers. Till the lid of his eyes opened a little revealing his eyes that for now where concentrated on the floor of the deck "If we do intervene…" the whole crew stopped shouting "We will be risking the life of the customers already in here and gain a powerful enemy but if we don't….too much blood will be in our hands and we will loose our reputation of a safe restaurant…." He said seriously "Either way, we will loose to much…and apart of that…" his eyes turned towards the sky and so did all the crew "A storm is coming…"

Indeed, from the sky gray clouds were forming and the sea was getting a bit more violent by the minute it passed. The crew now stood in silence looking towards the ship in front of them, all of them greeting their teeth in anger and without even moving "The decision is up to you all…" Zeff finished seriously while looking back towards the battle "If you-" he never finished the sentences as he felt a twitch in his spine, a cold so familiar sensation he remembered very well during his days on the Grand Line, the feeling of ice dripping thru his spine or how his men called it 'True Fear'. While his eyes concentrated on the inside of the Baratie "What was that?"

Robin cried, tears moved thru out her cheeks while she watched one of the planks falling towards their rail. She had held her eyes tightly shut during the time they had passed thru the hole and for what it seemed an eternity, thru that time she could hear nothing, no sound, not the sea just plain silence but as soon as she was able to hear the splash of water, she opened her eyes again to face a new terror. The pirate ship was just before them and for what it seemed they were no friendly pirates, as some of the stories of Lowell painted them. Robin couldn't help but to hug her Aunt even more.

Roza looked at the pirate ship defiantly and seriously while taking a step forward and stepping in front of Robin "Robin, stay behind me!" she ordered. Not that she wasn't afraid but this was something she knew and was aware of his existence, what she had just experimented thru that pink hole was nothing compared to this, the darkness and silence of it was something she didn't want to experiment again or wished any one to experiment.

"But Auntie!" Robin complained while she looked towards the falling plank that was now a few meters from the rail "You are going to get hurt!"

The plank finished falling into the rail and with it the hoard of pirates began their charge. Smiling evilly and shouting towards the passengers that kneeled in fear and begged for mercy but it seemed hopeless because didn't matter how much they shouted or begged the pirates continued charging towards the crew and soon one of them reached Roza and smirked "Ohhhhh so nice and beautiful women, I will enjoy you I can assure you that….After you die of course!" he mocked.

Roza greeted her teeth while she looked at the falling blade and closed her eyes awaiting the blow but still not flinching or giving any ground to the pirate. She just stood there as a statue awaiting the blow, remembering a bit of her life and what she had live thru and she thanked she had lived long enough.

"Dansu no Makai (Dancing Hell)…." An invisible force seemed to throw back the hoard of pirates that was moving into the ship, leaving sword cuts on some of them. Roza opened her eyes to only see a black trench coat moving thru the wind and titanic katana on the man's hand, her eyes opened widely as she looked at the man "Lowell!"

His body was in pain and he was breathing heavily for air, Lowell Knight, that was his name and how this two people knew him, only these two. He smiled a bit to himself at hearing his name, his true name, he had never told it to anyone else and never expected to even find himself in this situation. Within him he was cursing his luck but outside he smiled, how much time had passed since he had seen her: her brown hair, her golden eyes and that light voice that seemed to shine on his darkness and the person who made him smile. His eyes concentrated on the crew before him and his grip tight on his katana "Rosa…is Robin okay?" he asked seriously.

Rosa smiled lightly at Lowell while she moved a little revealing Robin who was hugging tightly her aunt with her eyes tight shot, Lowell only smiled lightly while his eyes turned back to the pirates before him. All of them frozen looking at the man before them in fear, in silence and taking a step back from him "Stand back…" he commanded.

"One-Eye, what in the name of Poseidon's blisterin beard are you doing?" Giddins demanded as he took position before the fearing crew on the plank while he eyes moved thru out One-Eye.

One-Eye just stood in silence while he moved his blade and prepared for another slash and looked straight into Giddins eyes "There is no need for them to die…" he said seriously.

"Sorry One-Eye, command from M'lady and you know what that means….unless you plan to betray her…" challenged Giddins seriously measuring One-Eye slowly. Even if this man had not taken a higher post on the ship, he was surely the strongest of all in the crew and that made him actually a threat or so Giddins considered.

The new silence caught her attention while she looked towards the place where the plank had been arranged. She could not actually see what was happening but it was something big for the crew to actually stop their advance and specially an order from her, while she turned towards the group before her "So sad 'dogs', as much as I wanted to make you suffer, seems I must take care of you earlier than planned…." she smirked while he moved her other sword like if she was preparing for a slash "Now….dogs seems I will-"

"M'lady if you will allow me!" the voice came from behind Jackie, as she turned her head lightly to only see before her Jazz walking slowly with his saxophone at hand, he moved a bit slowly as one could see blood dripping from his mouth and his elegant attire was dusty and with some drops of blood around it "Rainbow-man owes me one…" he stated evilly.

Jackie only smiled at her crew member "They are all yours Jazz….please, do as you wish with them…" she said with a wicked smile while the pink holes that surrounded her swords disappeared and both swords were revealed whole while she began to walk towards the place where the commotion was taking place "Also please be quick Jazz, we might need your assistance."

"With pleasure my lady…" Jazz answered with a light bow towards his captain while she walked towards the commotion.

"NOW!" shouted Kuryu while he launched himself towards Jazz, followed by both Elina and Li.

The sound of jazz music entered their ears and body while a new pain entered them. It wasn't the cuts that Jackie had made to them nor were the scars of the previous battles the three had encountered, it was within them, inside their brain. The felt their brain wanted to explode and go back into Davy Jones Locker. The three screamed this time, nor Kuryu or Li could held it back this time, while the three grabbed their head in pain "Now, Now, Now just when I was hearing the public wanted an 'encore' you turn me down….so disappointing…" Jazz said as he finished playing his saxophone.

Kuryu looked towards Jazz, this was not like his last attacks, the pain was not on his body. It was on his brain or that was what he though due to the pain he was suffering was mental not physical "Damn you…" he cursed while greeting his teeth.

Now, Now, Now Rainbow-man, don't tell me you cannot enjoy a good rhythm?" he said sarcastically "You felt it didn't you….The True Rhythm? Rainbow-man…" Jazz smiled victoriously while looking at his opponents that were still lying on the floor in pain.

"Allow me to amuse you my dear public…" Jazz said with a light bow towards the group "Indeed the rhythm travels in waves but within the rhythm there are levels my dear friends….for example…" music moved out thru his saxophone and the trio no shouted in pain while they spited blood from their mouths "A fast and medium paced rhythm moved within the first levels of the body, touching a little bit the marvelous fabric magic of music…." Jazz exaggerated while he gave a spin and looked towards the trio in pain with smirk "And so on….depending on which part of the fabric I touch but there is one level…so perfect, so extravagant, so unbelievable, so immense, so grand….that the level it reaches well….it is worth dying for." He said smirking evilly.

"Monk…tell me you have something under your sleeve?" Li said in a low voice while Jazz continued his monologue.

"I am thinking Miss Li…" he answered while his eyes concentrated on Jazz. He was weak and he could barely move, this was probably the worst situation he had been in years. His eyes moved towards Li and Elina: Li was to far to be able to even execute a maneuver against this man and Elina, well she was still crying in pain on the floor and bazooka was far beyond her reach. He had little time and a very small amount of probability to do something and right now he was considering 'it' and he hated himself for it, in fact he cursed himself more and more while the idea kept popping into his mind as the only solution…..

-12 years ago-

"Watch this movement boy, watch it closely." a female voice commanded.

"Yes Sensei!" answered the voice of a young boy the stood looking towards a tall slender body dressed in a nurse uniform. The boy was about 1 meter 10 centimeters tall, dressed in brown pants, a gray shirt and black shoes. Both stood on a barren land where only rocks surrounded the place and on the background the evening sun was giving it's last sunrays.

"The movement must be quick, precise, swift and firm…like a bullet boy. It will pierce whatever stands in your way." The female standing at least two heads taller than the boy walked in front of a rock. The moment she reached it she pointed her hand towards the rock and before any one could realize what was happening the rock blew up into pieces "Your enemies will never see this coming McLarenson."

The boy had a short black hair with a few strands of green and red, his blue eyes looked at the rock with a big smile "That is amazing Sensei! This attack will be more than enough to leave them out of battle, it will save one so much trouble!" Kuryu exclaimed happily while he ran towards another rock smiling in excitement "I can't wait to learn this technique!" he said while placing his hand in front of the rock.

"Perfect boy!" the female voice now sounded a bit more happy and relaxed while she moved in front of Kuryu and place her hand on his shoulders "You are learning quite quickly not to mention that with those fingers of yours the attack will be short than fatal."

Kuryu looked towards his metal fingers of his hand and then back to his master "Fatal Sensei? How much time will it take the enemy to heal from the injury?" he asked shyly.

"Heal? Boy didn't you heard me? This is like a bullet, a normal man will 'not' heal back." She stated a bit surprised at her pupils reaction.

"He will die?" Kuryu asked with a light voice "You are telling me this attack will take some one's life?"

"Yes McLarenson, a normal person wouldn't be able to stand again from this attack." The female voice didn't even seemed to stern at the words she was pronouncing them while she removed her hand from her pupils shoulder.

"How can you take some one's life so easily and still call yourself a nurse Sensei?" Kuryu asked now in a saddened voice "I mean, I see you on the hospital, the way you helped me and the way you helped the others. How can you still take some one's life so easily Sensei?"

"Seems that Monk really got into you boy?" she asked in an amused voice while she turned looking towards the sun giving her back to her disciple "Kuryu, I help the one's I care and I defend myself from those who wish me harm boy, by any means necessary. One day you will understand all this Kuryu."

"So learning this will give me the ability to take a life?" the boy asked seriously while looking directly into the rock with a serious face.

"In a way, yes, boy." The female voice answered seriously.

"Then Sensei…" Kuryu removed his hand from the rock and the turned to face his Master with his light blue eyes and a big smile "This is a Lesson I prefer not to learn…."

-End of Flashback-

Kuryu looked towards Jazz that was still talking in his monologue while his mind continued thinking and thinking for another option, any option. But the chances seemed slim and there was no opening or chance for him to make a move except for that and he didn't wanted to, he hated himself for even learning it on the first place but he had that option but he refused, yes, he had to endure it.

"…So yes, the rhythm the fabric can reach my dear public is far beyond your comprehension or understanding of such art." Jazz finished his explanation while smiling evilly at the trio that continued to stand on all fours on the ground in pain "Sadly this is the last of the act my dear public and I must change scenery yet I will give you the honor to hear the rhythm at it's best, at it's Requiem…" he said while moving the mouthpiece of his saxophone to his mouth.

Elina had tears in her eyes while she still stood frozen in fear looking at her executioner in fear without muttering a word; she was too afraid to speak and too much pain to even react at her incoming death. They had failed and this was the prize she thought but what she hated herself more was for being unable to save Haze and she hated herself for it.

"Monk…" Li cursed while looking towards Jazz in fear.

Kuryu looked at Jazz angrily and bowed his head looking towards the ground closing his eyes "Forgive me Master…" he muttered to himself.

A thunder struck the sky while a storm began to form on the skies above and the violence of the sea began to increment. The two forces stood frozen while confronting each other till from the crew a sarcastic and dark voice rose "Damn it One-Eye, I always knew that somebody of my crew will be stupid enough to betray me but not you…never, not even in my wildest dream." Jackie stated while she took a step forward standing right besides Giddins.

One-Eye stood looking at Jackie seriously while he took a deep breath and looked towards her with his only seeable eye "They don't need to die Captain…" he stated seriously.

"Captain?" muttered Roza behind Lowell while she tried to catch a glimpse of from whom came the voice.

"I beg to differ One-Eye…They NEED to die." She stated seriously "And I will greatly appreciate your help on the task if you don't mind." She added while she took out one of her swords.

One-Eye's eye turned slightly to the people behind him "Captain, I beg of you please for once have mercy." he asked seriously.

"Mercy One-Eye?" she exclaimed sarcastically "Don't make me laugh, you the legendary One-Eyed Demon asks for me to have mercy? That's a bit of hypocrisy don't you think, oh Mr. All-Merciful killer? One-Eye, you taken this joke to far so will you please begin hurting someone I am becoming annoyed." Jackie continue laughing maniacally while pointing her sword towards One-Eye.

One-Eye gripped his sword tightly while he looked straight into Jackie's eyes "This time is different Captain…" he stated seriously "They DON'T need to die."

"Different in what One-Eye?" she exclaimed while her eyes now turned towards what was behind One-Eye. His trench coat prevented her from seeing what exactly was there but she was able to take a glimpse of a two pair of female shoes while a smirk appeared on her face "Ahhhh, so the all mighty One-Eye Demon does have a weakness?" Jackie stated amused while she began to walk towards One-Eye with a new big smile "Let me re-state: They NEED to die." As she said these words one of her sword entered a little pink hole that had appeared besides her.

One-Eye tensed and turned towards Rosa and Robin to only see both women with the point of a blade on their neck both of them. One-Eye turned towards Jackie "Stop this Captain! There is no need for us to kill this people!" he shouted in panic.

"SHUT UP!" she shouted back "You forget who is holding the blade you fucking dog!" Jackie shouted now in anger "Now if you don't want to see your two little princesses on the floor covered in blood, I strongly suggest that like a good dog you begin what you know how to do best: Answer to the command of your owner!" she finished while take a deep breath and looking towards One-Eye "Now let's start again dog: I want this whole fucking ship on the floor, with no breath, no life, not even a single twitch of life must be left. Did I made myself clear, Dog?"

One-Eye looked towards Jackie and then back to Rosa and Robin that by now both females were looking towards One-Eye trembling "You don't need to do this Lowell…" muttered Rosa "You are not like this…and it's not worth it."

Lowell turned towards Rosa and Robin giving a light smile "I am sorry but you two are worth it…" he said seriously while he began to walk towards the crew preparing his blade while his face changed back to his cold demeanor looking at the people before him: all of them scared, some of them even had tears in their eyes but it was worth it, for them, he could actually let the world burn to the ground if necessary.

"Stop it Lowi! Please stop this!" the shout of Robin echoed thru his body, the girl was in distressed and was shouting almost desperate at the one-eyed man. Her face with tears and gasping for air and the strength to keep herself in her senses even with a blade in her neck "You are not like this! You are a good person! You are wonderful man!" she continued shouting.

The blade got closer to her neck "Please dog will you mind keeping it down? Let good ol'One-Eye do his work will ya?" Jackie said smiling evilly "After that you can go and hug good ol'wonderful Demon all you want but for now please stop your barking you distract me from the show." She finished sarcastically while her eyes turned towards One-Eye "Well, I am waiting…"

For a moment Lowell stopped at the voice of Robin while his eyes once again looked at the group before him, she was right and at the same time so wrong, he indeed was not like this but he was. For her sake he had done many things, for her he had killed, butchered, burned and even tortured all for her but now that desperate need to do 'anything' for her was becoming dim or better said he was questioning himself while his eyes concentrated on the people before him, on the fearful and trembling people "Whatever is necessary…" he muttered and continued walking towards the group.

"LOWI! STOP IT!" Robin shouted once again at the top of her lungs.

Jackie's eye only twitched a bit "Oh for the love of….'Lowi' please finish this fast this dog is just asking to be bitten." She stated angrily.

Lowell didn't stop while he continued his walk towards the group till he came to a halt just a meter from the group and prepared his blade "Oni-no…." he never finished the sentences as a pain entered his body, a pain he had never felt or even experienced but he shouted, in a long time he had never shouted or cried in pain but this was too much even for him. Soon he finished shouting and landed on the floor.

"Please listen to her…" the voice came within the group of people before Lowell: on the ground Patch laid without his left hand looking straight into Lowell's eye. From his body smoke was going out while tears dripped from his eyes "They don't need to die…you said it yourself…" he muttered being barely able to speak.

Lowell looked at the man seriously and then stood up to only see from his back a hand falling down as well from it smoke was coming out. He walked slowly towards Patch while he looked down smiling sadly at Patch "I wish it was that easy…" he muttered while he prepared his blade "Dansu no Makai…"

The blade began it's descent to only be stopped cold in mid air "Now, Now, Now I believe that's enough…." the new voice echoed thru the group of people while rain began to pour from the sky "I must commend you, it is been long since I been forced to go like this but you just seem to be asking for it…."

Lowell's only eye trembled while air moved his hair revealing the other half of his face: a mixture of skin, blood and organs were plastered all over, it had no form or shape it was just a formless plaster. Right now Lowell didn't care about this in fact he was more concerned that his mouth was open, that his body couldn't move, in fact he couldn't feel any pain of the previous encounters right now he felt fear but he knew this was beyond fear and if there was a name for such feeling what was before him could fit that description perfectly.

Dressed in a red garb full of metal straps, a white button shirt full of blood and a black trouser with boots. He was sure he had killed this man but here he was standing before him, smiling but this was not a smile, he could not actually say what it was but only seeing it made his back cold as ice while gusts of wind moved thru out the place t moving his trench coat and this man's garb. What drove this fear he wondered? His 'smile', his green eyes, his presence, his hand that was grabbing the blade with ease by only using two of his fingers or his cold, icy, maniac and childish voice "Now, let me present myself, I am Musashi Muramasa and this will be the last name you ever hear on this world…." He couldn't say but one thing was sure: Death would be much better than facing this man….

TO BE CONTINUED

Credits for Characters:

One-Eyed Devil, Aunt Roza and Robin Mayfield – Author: Hitman Mayora 13

Patch Work – Author: Dthehalfdragon

Jackie the Sparrow – Author: UsopppLover4Ever

Kuryu – Author: Alter Shead

Haze – Author: LaZy-RaIn-DaNcEr

Wong Li – Author: Sakura-chan 484

Musashi and Elina – Author: Me (Draketh)

Authors Note: So what do you think? I appreciate all feedback and the all the characters that have been submitted. I know I have not used characters in order that hey have been given to me but I will use them soon enough according to how the storyline moves. For now on this chapter I felt that the end could have been better but I liked it all in all but for now I want to thank all of you for reading the chapter and bearing with me. So for the old reader I always love your feedback and ways to improve and for the new readers I appreciate for taking your time and reading this story, which is greatly appreciated. Now as always I am accepting new character and ideas and here is the character template:

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