So now Alley has caught up to Vivi but she's not the same person Luffy met two years ago. She's stronger and has a few tricks up her sleeve. What will Vivi do?

Chapter 8

Vivi ran toward me while spinning her peacock slashers. As she approached, I simply stood there. She wouldn't hit me. I could see that she was setting up to do her runback technique. She shot them at me and I easily side stepped them.

"You missed." I said.

"Runback!" Vivi cried and jerked the strings back toward me.

"Geppou." and I jumped into the air and bounced behind Vivi and safely out of the way of her peacock slashers.

"Wh...what? That's impossible!" she cried.

"Not really. My last meeting with Luffy taught me something. I had to become stronger and I knew it. So, I tried to remember everything Chopper said about Luffy's Gear Second and what I saw when Luffy actually entered Gear Second. I also knew a little about CP9. It took me a while to learn Soru but after that, the rest came easy. So tell me something, do you still think you can win?" I asked.

Vivi looked shocked. When she got over it, she replied, "Yes. You may know some about me but you don't know all of my techniques." She paused. Then she crossed her arms and started spinning the peacock slashers. "Peacock Tornado!" she cried. She twisted the slashers until they formed a spiral.

The attack caught me off guard. There was something about the swirling colors that was hypnotizing. Then I remembered where I was. I didn't have time to do Geppou, so I did the next best thing. "Tekkai!" I still barely got it in before they hit me. It didn't hurt me but it did knock me off balance.

Vivi took the opening. "Peacock Slash!" she yelled as she brought both of them down on top of me.

I held my arms in front of my chest to stop them from piercing my heart. They left some cuts on my arms but nothing serious. I stood up. There was a little blood on my arms but it looked worse then it really was. "We are both pirates, right Vivi?" I asked calmly. "Because you know what it means when pirates fight, don't you?" I waited but she didn't answer, so I continued, "No? To bad. When pirates fight, it's till the end. Are you really willing to give up your life?"

"Give up my life for what? Pride? What is it that you want?" she asked.

"I want back what was taken from me after two long years." I replied.

"What did I ever take from you?!" she cried.

"Everything." I said. "You took the one person in this world who meant the most to me. For two years I waited for him. Two years of my life with nothing but a fading memory of a sunset past. And now you have taken him."

"Who?! Kohza?" she asked.

"Oh no. You've taken someone far more precious." I replied. "Someone you haven't seen until recently either." My voice was calm but there was a certain cruelty to it. It had been in my voice ever since this fight started and it kept growing more intense.

"Luffy?!" she gasped, finally figuring it out.

"It appears you are right. Way to go. Now, shall we continue?" I asked.

"You've got it all wrong!" she cried.

"Oh really? I saw your little beach party." I said. More venom was coming into my voice. I hardly recognized it anymore.

Vivi got silent. I could tell I was right.

"The truth comes out." I said.

"You can have him! I don't want to fight you anymore!!!" she said desperately.

"To late. We've already began. And like I said before, when pirates fight, it's to the death. It's to late for talk." I said.

"No! Listen to me!" she cried.

"To late! Soru!" I said and dissapeared.

"Peacock-" but she didn't get to finish it.

"Shigan!" I said as I appeared in front of her. I stuck my finger close to her heart and barely missed it. Still, I had caused a bullet shaped wound on her chest. The blood began to seep from the wound and onto my finger. I smiled. There was a wild look in my eye. I didn't know myself anymore. But I wasn't thinking of what I was doing. I was focussing all my pain and suffering out on the person I blamed for all my misery. I was in a fit of rage, not thinking of anything but that I wanted this person on front of me dead.

Vivi stumbled backwards. She gasped for air. Then regained her footing.

"Aw. To bad. I missed. Oh well. It will only make your suffering longer." I said.

She coughed. "Can't we talk about this?!" she cried.

"I told you before, it's to late. We will have this battle and you will die." I replied.

"It's never to late!" she cried.

"Hmph. It is for me." I said. I started toward her again. "Soru!" I cried.

"Peacock Net!" Vivi cried. She twisted them into something of a net and put it infront of her. I could see that I would get cut if I attempted shigan again.

I stopped. "Rankyaku." I said and kicked. The blade of air traveled toward her.

The blade hit the peacock net at full force. On contact, they immediately shattered. Vivi was thrown off her feet and sent flying backwards a couple feet. She stood up and dusted off. Then she looked down. Her peacock slashers were shattered and she was left defenseless.

"Direct hit." I said. I was now standing in front of her. "Now it's time to end this. I'll spare you some pain by killing you quickly. Shigan won't work so I'll have to use something stronger." I lifted her off her feet.

Vivi looked at me. The look in her eyes was of pure hatred and fear.

I smiled. "Hold still princess and this will be over quick."

"NO! I'm a pirate now and I won't stop fighting until I'm dead!!!!" she cried.

"That will be sooner then you think." I replied. "You should have stayed in Alabasta. Now, get ready. You are about to face the ultimate rokushiki teqnique. Only a person who has mastered the first six can do this. There has been only one person before me and he was defeated by Luffy long ago. What a pity. I didn't even have to use all my teqniques to beat you. Or for that matter, any variations of the ones I did use. And all I have are a few scratches to show for it. What a shame. I thought you would put up more of a fight. Goodbye Vivi. Rokuougan." I said. The blast was overpowering. If I hadn't been holding her, she would have gone flying to the other side of the clearing. The impact was ten times worse then any impact dial.

When the attack was over, Vivi had a far away look in her eyes. Blood was pouring out of her mouth. You couldn't see much from the outside, but I knew on the inside that her organs were failing her. Her breath came in shallow gasps and when I dropped her to the ground, she coughed and shook violently.

"It's over." I said.

"VIVI!!!!!!!!!!" I heard somebody cry from the forest. Chopper burst out of the trees followed by the rest of the Strawhats. who were now in there normal outfits.

I turned to look at them.

When he reached her, Chopper immediately said, "We have to get her back to the ship for immediate treatmeant. I need people to help me carry her back. But don't move her to much." he instructed.

Luffy looked at me. "Alley?" he asked. "Did...did you do this?" There was a haunted look of disbelief in his eyes. It said, how could you.

Suddenly, the reality of what I had done came rushing at me. I slowly returned to normal. I stared at the person lying on the ground, dying. And the worried faces of the crew. But I couldn't look at Luffy. I couldn't bear his dissapointment. I was ashamed. "I...I...I didn't..." I stutered. Then I turned and ran toward the forest. I didn't know where I was going or what I would do when I got there. I just wanted to be away from there. I had already began crying. How could I have done that? She didn't deserve that. How could I?

"Wait!" Luffy called but I barely heard him. "We can talk about this! What happened?!" he said in a desperate attempt to get me to stop. But I didn't. I would never go back. I couldn't.

Luffy and crew have caught up with Alley and Vivi and now Luffy sees what has been done. What will he do now?

Please review! This is my second time writing an action scene and I want to know how I did.