Chapter 16:
At the same time, everyone in the Straw Hat crew, as well as the Franky Family, Water 7 shipwrights, Dressrosa and Alabasta groups all looked towards Nico Robin. The woman was grinning calmly even with the hundred people staring her way and she spoke, "I do not know who West is," she admitted. She continued after, "Though, Curas is most likely Curas the Demolisher."
Just his name was enough to make Chopper and Usopp start hugging each other for comfort. The group from Water 7 was shaking nervously and Robin continued while lifting her gaze to the top of the snow area. "He's a member of the Kaido Pirates," she said and they watched as a man in a pitch black cloak stood up in the very back row of the arena. None of the other cloaked figures on Kaido's crew were sitting next to him and they all turned their heads and watched as the man left the top row and started walking down the stairs.
"Looks like that West guy is a member of Don Krieg's crew," Nami pointed over where they could see a familiar pirate sitting in the bleachers. Both Don Krieg and Pearl were still in the infirmary, but the ones who knew who Don Krieg was, recognized this man.
"Gin," Sanji whispered. The man had a pair of tonfa, long black weapons with balls at the end, resting over each of his shoulders crossed behind him.
The man who got up looked back at Gin who motioned for the arena with his head. "Captain's orders, we're winning that billion beri," the tonfa-wielding pirate had an open white jacket on and his muscular chest was visible as he commanded the lower ranking pirate on their crew. He had a headband with two stripes, one blue and the other black. Gin also had stubble on his chin and upper lip and his shoulders were broader than the last time they saw him.
"He's the guy you fought right Sanji?" Usopp whispered as they stared over at Gin.
The crewmate, West, was walking slowly down towards the arena. He was a less impressive man than the one who ordered him to go. He had a red bandanna wrapped around the top of his head and he reached the arena after a few seconds of hesitating at the ledge.
"Damn, my opponent is such a weakling," the voice on the other side of the arena growled. The man in the black cloak was walking on the snow section and he hadn't discarded the cloak yet and transformed like the other members of Kaido's crew had done at the start of their matches.
West seemed to want to prove this man wrong and reached behind him. He pulled out four swords and tossed two up in the air while he gripped the others in his hands. Anyone behind him could see six more swords strapped to his back, but they wondered why he tossed the first two up in the air. The timer was counting down from ten and hit five seconds left when the swords reached West. The man threw the two in his hands in the air and caught his descending swords.
He proceeded to toss the first two back up in the air and then reached behind his back again, pulling out two more. The man in the black cloak on the other side of the room looked up at the swords and two of them were arcing towards him while the other two were falling right back towards his opponent's head.
Two, one, West jumped as he knew the timer was about to end and he met his falling swords halfway. He kicked the hilts and the blades changed directions, flying straight towards Curas who jumped backwards to avoid them. The man in the black cloak looked like he wasn't as disappointed now and he ran forward, grabbing one of the blades that just stuck in the snow in front of him.
Curas ran forward as West was falling out of the sky with his swords out in front of him. He clashed both weapons down on his own blade in Curas's hand. The Beast pirate member pushed off and West flipped up in the air as he was knocked away. He threw one of his swords down at Curas while slashing with the other.
The blade he threw got caught in the black cloak and pinned it to the floor. Curas was trying to dodge the slash at the same time and his cloak got ripped off of him. The man underneath was large and had a fat stomach, chubby cheeks, and a bright green shirt that said on the front, 'I like dinosaurs!'
West missed his slash since the man moved out of the way, but at the same time he reached up and caught one of the blades he threw originally. He tossed up the second one with it a little harder so it would come down after another second. This one he threw and then jumped and kicked the second while throwing the one he was slashing at Curas with. All three blades looked on target, but Kaido's crew member reached up and caught all three by the blades with one hand.
West looked at the fat man's face and Curas stopped looking down and lifted his head up. "I wonder how you taste," he said and then clenched his fist holding the blades and all three weapons shattered.
Curas's fat body started to change color and his pale skin turned brown as he started to get larger. Gasps sounded around the arena as another Zoan type from Kaido's crew emerged. This time the man wasn't staying the same height or even close to it. He doubled in size as his legs got longer and sharp talons appeared at the ends of his claws.
West was terrified, but he kept enough composure to start backpedaling. He jumped back until he was at the edge of the wall, and it still didn't seem far enough. The man with the 'I love dinosaurs,' shirt got larger and larger and his shirt stretched with him. Everyone in the room gawked at the giant Tyrannosaurus Rex that stood with one claw on the snow section and one on the stone section. The only thing about him that wasn't menacing, were his human arms sticking out of his large T-rex body. "I-I-I give up!" the scared man finally was able to shout through his shock.
"Winner: Curas!" The announcer shouted. He couldn't have been more than twenty feet above the top of the dinosaur's head in his little box up on the ceiling.
"I really want to eat him though," the dinosaur growled and they all looked up at the sharp teeth showing through the dino's grin.
Gin was down on the arena within the second and he stood in front of West as Apoo had done during the earlier fight. If Curas attacked him now, it wouldn't just be a strike, it would eliminate Kaido as well.
The entire room stopped their cheers or angry shouts at the man for giving up when a voice growled above them all. "Curas, enough." The voice came from the top of the snow area and the T-rex wasted no time in shrinking back to his normal size. Kaido's order was enough to quiet the room down for a few seconds, but then everyone started talking about the cool ancient Zoan Devil Fruit and how big it was.
"That was amazing," Luffy said, his eyes still shining from staring at the giant dinosaur.
"More like terrifying," Usopp corrected him.
"Don't know what you're scared about," Zoro said to the sniper. "Didn't you already choose your opponent when we fight Kaido's crew?" The swordsman was expecting Usopp to get all nervous at the memory of the Ogre Arborn, but instead he was genuinely surprised as Usopp scowled.
The man with the long-nose remembered watching Arborn eat his friend Ideo. It wasn't a pleasant sight, and he was ready to return the favor. "Yeah, you're right," he muttered and Zoro nodded and turned back to the arena.
"Alright everyone," the announcer called out and started talking, "I want to make it our goal to get through at least the first sixteen matches of the second half by the time we hit lunch. We're eight down so far, so we've got eight more to go and still a lot of time. Also," he added and the ceiling started to lower a little and everyone looked up.
The mysterious announcer was still shrouded in black and hidden in the shadows as he spoke. He was surrounded by computers with men and women in purple working at them and he rose the microphone, "After the first round is over, which we will aim to get done by tonight, there will be a meeting in the lower basement below the mess hall. Those who have made it through the first round, and only those who made it through are to gather there at the allotted time that I'll set at the end of this round."
Robin and a few others in the room noticed how the man didn't request their presence. It was a part of the tournament to show up there and they weren't allowed to miss it.
Luffy looked excited and he grinned, "Maybe they're having a special dinner for the winners that's going to be better than their normal food!" The normal food wasn't bad, but the idea of a meeting celebrating their victories only meant one thing to the pirate with the straw hat tied around his neck by a string: more food.
"Perhaps," Robin mused. "Though I believe he may be giving us information for the next round."
"Or cake!" Chopper said excitedly, liking Luffy's idea of a party more. An idea hit the reindeer and his eyes lit up, "You think there might be cotton candy?"
Sanji chuckled and looked at their doctor, "You do remember you have to win your fight first?" Chopper nodded enthusiastically, now ready to give it his best in his upcoming match.
"So without further ado," the man in charge yelled. His platform lifted back up into the ceiling and his voice continued to reverberate around the room, "The next match is Jozu vs Don Chinjao!"
"Good luck grandfather," Sai said to the large old man standing up next to him.
Luffy turned and smiled at the old man. Chinjao originally wanted him dead for what Garp did to him, but he'd forgiven Luffy since the pirate fixed his head. He now had a large point over his head again and was indebted to the Straw Hats in more ways than just that. "God Usopp," the old man said as he walked past the Straw Hat crew. His beard, mustache, and his hair started to wave around in a wind forming around him as he pressed his hands together, increasing his own power. "When I win the prize money, I will finally repay my enormous debt to you."
Nami and Vivi were leaning as far away as they could from the insanely powerful man walking down the stairs. He scared the crap out of them with the powerful aura forming around him and the angry look on his face, but what he said to Usopp made them drop their jaws in more shock than the man's power ever could have.
"Yeah, good luck," Usopp called to the old man who walked past and then he started laughing. I love having strong allies, he looked around and saw Brook, Sanji, Chopper, Nami, Vivi, and Jimbei all staring at him with dropped jaws and he couldn't stop himself from laughing.
Robin chuckled a little too at the crew's reaction. They didn't see how Usopp made all the toys turn back to normal, and she did. It was truly an impressive feat spraying flames from his mouth so high in the air.
The rest of the crew not looking at Usopp was looking across the room at the Whitebeard Pirates. Jozu stood up and although missing an arm, he was still a monstrous presence, taking up three seats in the bleachers. He walked to the side and stepped down the stairs at the same pace as Don Chinjao, both men reaching the edge at the same time and hesitating.
Then, the two jumped down and their feet hit the ground at the same time. Jozu left an imprint in the sand section that dropped down several feet and created a small crater around him. Chinjao landed on the stone section and a dozen cracks emerged from below his feet and spread out as the ground cracked and pieces of it lifted in the air and broke apart inside his aura.
"It's truly a privilege being able to fight a pirate as renowned as yourself," Jozu stated respectfully while his left arm slowly turned shiny and blue. "Chinjao the Drill."
"I would say the same to you," Chinjao responded. He was a pirate from the old era, same as Whitebeard. Every time he'd ever met up with Newgate's crew, Jozu was on it for as long as he could remember. "Diamond Jozu."
The two large pirates were getting ready for a massive fight. Don Chinjao was easily the bigger of the two, and he had Jozu beaten in experience as well, but not by much. The older pirate knew all about his opponent's epithet and his Devil Fruit, and he doubted he would have been able to defeat him, until he went to Dressrosa. Since then, his drill had been reborn thanks to Mugiwara and he was ready to use it.
"Five! Four!" The Whitebeard Pirate crew was getting really into the fight as were the Straw Hats and a few other groups in the room. It was difficult not to get pumped when two men with insanely high bounties faced off against each other.
Marco shouted down to the arena, "Go for it Jozu!" He was still a little pissed his opponent Boo backed down from their fight, but he was going to enjoy watching this match.
Jozu's entire left arm was made of solid diamond and it spread onto the left side of his body. He was so shiny and Nami wondered how much money should could make if she could just chip a little bit off of his large stomach. He doesn't need all of it! Spread some around! The woman's eyes were shining and the glare was a little much for Vivi who had to hop a seat back next to Usopp.
"TWO! ONE!" The timer reached zero and the two men started charging at each other.
Chinjao's right fist turned black and the man pulled it behind him while Jozu dove to the left. Going up against a Conqueror who had amazing Armament Haki was going to be tough, but he was the Third Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, he wasn't going to lose. He hit the ground and rolled, dodging the fist that hit the stone floor and cracked it in a line towards Jozu's feet.
The Commander's right leg fell into an opened crack and his eyes went wide for a split second in surprise as the Don was flying towards him with tremendous speed. In much the same way that Inazuma tried to block Kyros by snipping up stone into a wall, Jozu grabbed the crack his foot fell in and yanked up hard. Only this time it worked.
The entire half of the stone section from where Jozu was standing until the snow area cracked and made a huge uproar as it lifted up in the air, hitting Chinjao's soaring body as he did and slamming the gramps into the air with multiple tons of stone. The cheers in the room were echoing around as people screamed their favorite's name. The man held the large stone section in one hand and had sweat dripping down the half of his face not made of diamonds, but he was strong enough to throw it up in the air at Chinjao who was now coming down.
The older pirate covered in a veil of thin white aura roared and the stone section beneath him started to shake. His pointy head turned black and he pointed himself so he was falling out of the air straight towards the approaching multi-ton boulder. "They don't call me Chinjao the Drill," he started and his head hit the section, creating a fissure that split the entire thing in half as the old man kept falling, "For nothing!" He yelled and splashed down in the lake below him as the stone section fell on either side.
The dirt and snow sections now had large pieces of stone covering them and the stone section was mostly a hole that led down to a black floor beneath the stone section. It was only visible in a few places because the stone rubble covered most of it, but a few people did notice the strange material. It looked strong and durable and the more perceptive fighters in the arena realized it must have been what protected the mess hall from being destroyed during Law or Enel's fights.
Van Auger leaned in and whispered something into Blackbeard's ear that made the Yonko start laughing. The burly man with the black beard and hairy chest leaned forward in his seat and smirked, "This is getting fun," the man bellowed and watched as Chinjao flew out of the ground of the dirt section near a dodging Jozu's feet.
Both pirates had masterful Observational Haki and Jozu felt the man coming out of the ground a second before Chinjao could predict his dodge. The Diamond Man tried to counter by slamming his left arm armored in diamonds down, but the old pirate jumped up and blocked the punch with a kick of completely black Armament Haki.
The diamond fist and black coated leg pushed against each other for a few seconds as the already cracked dirt floor started breaking apart. Little pieces of it lifted in the air and broke apart smaller around the two of them and finally Jozu's fist pushed farther and Chinjao's face distorted into one of pain as his leg was smashed backwards. The old man started spinning around in midair like he was doing cartwheels and then dragged a trench through the lake and then through half of the snow section on the other side.
Jozu didn't let up and jumped up in the air as soon as his fist broke through. He landed on the snow section and his entire body except the right side of his face was covered with diamonds now. Chinjao was just getting out of the hole he was in and he turned his fists black as Jozu was upon him. He punched forward right as Jozu brought up a knee, but the diamond knee knocked Chinjao's fist up and over the Whitebeard Pirate's head as Jozu was bringing forward his fist again.
The former leader of the Happo Navy barely had enough time to harden his stomach, and it still wasn't enough to escape from the majority of Jozu's attack.
"Gramps!" Sai shouted. He was on his feet shouting the whole time, but now his cheers faltered as he watched the diamond fist embed itself in his grandfather's chest. A collective, 'oooh' was released by the crowd as Chinjao opened his mouth and blood splattered out. Finally the punch took effect and the huge man was sent flying like a bullet into the back wall of the snow section. No one knew where he stopped. He could have been stuck in the wall, or in the hallway on the other side. Hell, he could have flown straight off the island, but the next thing they knew, the ground was shaking and they could hear a loud roar coming from the direction Chinjao just flew off.
Jozu had a bead of sweat coming down the right side of his face. He threw as hard a punch as he could muster at the giant of a man, and if Chinjao didn't protect himself with Haki it could have meant his death right there. He brought back his fist again and held it as far back as he could as he looked through the dark hole leading into darkness.
The Whitebeard Pirates stopped cheering and most of them gulped as they heard the terrifying roar come from inside the hole. Everyone else in the room was cheering at the top of their lungs and they finally saw Chinjao come back in the arena. He must have kicked off of something or just jumped, because he wasn't running back in, he was flying, with his black drill-shaped head pointed straight in front of him at his opponent.
"RaaaaaAAA!" Jozu twisted the entire upper half of his body and pulled his arm as far back as he could.
"Just try blocking this!" Chinjao yelled and flew full speed at his foe with the drill that is his head. The point of the black tipped head slammed into the huge diamond fist as Jozu threw it forward.
The shockwave of the two blasts made everyone leaning forward in their seats to slam back into their cushions with wide-eyes. All the loose rubble and debris went flying as the two men on the snow section collided. It couldn't really be called the snow section anymore since the top layer of snow was blown away showing the ice beneath that was cracking in every direction. The two men were shouting at the tops of their lungs and the crowd held their breaths as it finally started to move to one side.
Small cracks appeared on Jozu's knuckles and then they spread out until they covered his whole fist. "That's impossible," Vivi muttered, "nothing can cut diamonds, except for more diamonds."
No one paid her any mind as it looked like the tip of the drill was doing what she said couldn't be done. Chinjao roared again and the ground below him exploded outwards as he pushed into his attack and Jozu's arm couldn't take the pressure of Chinjao's drill any longer. Jozu made a last second decision; lose an arm, or break from the attack. He tried pulling his arm up away from the enemy's head as Chinjao was still plowing forward, but the tip of the drill was already in his arm and weighing him down. Without any pressure pushing towards Don Chinjao as Jozu was trying to pull away, the former Happo Navy leader started splitting through Jozu's arm like it was nothing.
Out of sheer respect for Shirohige, I will allow you to keep that second arm, Chinjao decided. But not without a scar, he changed the course of his attack a small bit and the drill going through Jozu's fist didn't go straight in and shatter his bones, but instead ran up the top of his arm all the way to his shoulder, leaving a deep cut in the man's skin below, but leaving the arm intact.
Chinjao finished drilling through and front-flipped in the air past his opponent before landing. He held his hands together and released a breath, causing his flowing hair on his face to drop down. The old pirate turned around and saw that his Haki broke through Jozu's Devil Fruit power, cutting the large man deeply on his arm from the wrist all the way to the shoulder blade. It was a good thing the Whitebeard Pirate was so large; a normal man's arm wouldn't have been big enough to get the drill through it as deep as it did and still have that arm.
Jozu no longer had his diamond coating, but the pirate slowly turned around to face his adversary. It made him furious what the old timer had just done. It was obvious to him that the man decided to let him keep his arm, which meant that this fight was over. However, he didn't want to give up, no matter how dizzy from blood loss he was, for him it would be too dishonorable, maybe even more so than attempting to keep going. Fortunately for him, he didn't have to choose. Chinjao was still ready and his left fist was black as he dove at Jozu.
The third division Commander didn't even have time to lower his lip as the fist collided with his face. A fist covered in Armament Haki when he wasn't ready for it, coming in like a rocket and smashing him backwards where he tumbled into a wall, right next to the hole he smashed Chinjao through earlier. Half the people in the room thought Jozu was dead with that hit, but the Whitebeard Pirates and anyone who knew the man's strength and durability didn't make such assumptions lightly.
The horde of Blackbeard Pirates on the left of the Straw Hat crew started talking about how the Whitebeard Pirates were losing everyone. They were laughing.
"First Ace, then Whitebeard, now Jozu," a man with glasses and a rifle over his shoulder laughed. "It's only a matter of time before Marco joins them."
"All those guys can go rot in Hell with their friends. Whitebeard and the demon son of Gold Roger, they're all from the same bunch."
Little did the Blackbeard Pirates know, every single person on their right were clenching their fists furiously. The announcer called out that Chinjao had won it, and the pirate looked up in the stands where he would be walking and froze. He could see the green haired swordsman with his hands on his blades and the man with blonde hair clenching his armrests so hard they were splintering. Jimbei was shaking in rage and even God Usopp had his fingers clenched around his slingshot so tightly he thought the weapon would break.
Vivi was so sad when she learned the gentleman she met on her island was killed, and even more so when she heard Luffy was there to witness it. She was clenching her fists in such rage and looked back at Luffy to see his reaction. Her mouth dropped and she nudged the sniper next to her who turned angrily away from the Blackbeard Pirates and dropped his jaw at their captain.
"Yeah! Great job ossan!" Luffy shouted down at the old man walking up the stairs.
Most of the other pirates on his crew looked down and saw their captain ignoring the idiots from Blackbeard's crew. They calmed down a little bit and if Luffy could contain his rage and not get them in trouble, then so could they. The laughing Blackbeard pirates weren't laughing for long as two Whitebeard Commanders came walking out of the hole with a badly injured Jozu between them, but the man definitely wasn't dead. His face looked a little funny with the crooked nose and blood coming down the corner of his mouth, but nothing life-threatening.
Jozu was brought in his semi-conscious stated towards the infirmary and the Blackbeard Pirates started wondering out loud about how a man shouldn't have been able to survive an attack like that. A few of them looked around for confirmation from their friends and then froze if they looked too far to the right.
Most of the Straw Hats were congratulating Don Chinjao, who seemed to be a friend of theirs. There was one man though who never stopped glaring at the pirates and when they saw him looking their way, two of the hardened New World Pirates wet themselves. The guy who slaughtered the God at the end of the day yesterday. He had bandages on his arms and chest, but he wasn't any less terrifying with the look in his eyes as he snarled in their direction.
Somehow they offended him, and the large group couldn't look away as the man with green hair lifted a hand. He didn't move his hand across his neck in what would be a menacing, but stereotypical gesture. Instead, Roronoa Zoro lifted up four fingers and held them there for a few seconds as a smirk formed on his face.
Out of anything the man could have done, for some reason the men didn't think they could get any more scared than he just made them. They were shaking and another of them lost control of their bladder in the stands. Zoro turned back around and Sanji looked back at him from a seat up, "Was that necessary?"
"Yes," Zoro stated and this time, Sanji didn't argue with him.
The announcer's voice rang out around the arena, "We would move right on to the next match," the man yelled, "but Kiwi has forfeited and her opponent moves on to the next round..."
"Didn't Zambai give up too?" Nami asked and looked over at the Franky Family.
"Yeah," the new leader of the Franky Family said and smirked, "but now I made it to round two and get that special dinner tonight."
Nami sweatdropped, "Are you so sure it's a special dinner you're going to?"
Zoro, Luffy, Zambai, Sanji, Kyros, Pell, and Chaka all nodded simultaneously, "It's definitely special dinner," they said in unison.
Franky opened his mouth to join them, but he froze and never spoke. First I have to beat Jesus Burgess.
The announcer was still talking and Nami hushed the others so she could hear what he was saying better. "...Franky vs. Jesus Burgess!"
The cyborg who was just thinking about his own match didn't realize it was up next and he turned his head to the left slowly. There was a man wearing a black and orange wrestling mask staring right back at him from the seat directly to the left of Blackbeard.
The Straw Hat Pirates and Blackbeard Pirate Commanders turned to each other and locked eyes. The tension in the room was intense as the Yonko's crew stared into the unwavering, fury-filled eyes of Luffy's crew. None of them could ever forgive Blackbeard for what he did to their captain, and Luffy couldn't forgive the man for turning in Ace.
"Zehaha," Blackbeard laughed as Burgess stood up. "Burgess," he was pretty loud and his voice carried around the arena. "Dismantle that robot."
If the tension could triple, it suddenly did and Franky got to his feet and stared at his opponent. "Wiihahahaha! Roger that, Captain. It'll be easy as pie," Burgess shouted and lifted his right arm. It was covered in some sort of steel contraption with small holes on it and gold plating at the top. It was a monstrous weapon and must have weighed hundreds of pounds, but Burgess walked around at all times with it like he was carrying a box of feathers.
"Franky," Luffy warned but it was unnecessary. The crew knew to be especially careful against these guys. Blackbeard didn't even try to hide the fact he planned on killing Straw Hat's crew; he wanted it known it wasn't an accident when his crew did it.
Every person in the room turned to Franky to see if he would respond to the taunt made by the Blackbeard Pirates. The pirate made one move and everyone stared closer as he pressed a finger to his nose. He held it there for three of the longest seconds any of them had ever felt, and then his hair popped out into a big afro above his head.
Nami instantly had to cover her ears as a thousand people started screaming like mad. Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper were going insane screaming, "AFRO POWER!"
Most of the Blackbeard Pirates gulped and turned to their soon-to-be former first ship's captain.
Senor Pink nodded his head, Dellinger gasped, Machvise, Lao G, and Buffalo all started shouting about afro power. Even Pica and Diamante shared a glance with each other and accepted Jesus Burgess's defeat.
Shanks's crew was one of the loudest. Every one of them were up on their feet cheering about afros and screaming Franky's name in amazement. "I never knew Luffy had someone so amazing on his crew," Ben muttered and whistled.
"He can make his," Yasopp had to stop for a second to collect himself since he was falling over the seat in front of him, "H-His own afros!"
The roof was bursting with noise and everyone in it, other than Nami, was freaking out. "What is afro power?!" the orange haired woman shouted but everyone around her just shook their heads and kept cheering the cyborg on. The Franky Family were going nuts since they were only recently introduced to Franky's strange new body.
A few people gasped and others started looking back over towards the Blackbeard Pirates. Blackbeard himself had wide eyes and he asked Burgess, "Are you sure about this?"
"It's the only way to beat him captain," Burgess replied and he grabbed the bottom of his wrestling mask with his left arm that didn't have a weapon on it. The cheering died down fast and the crowd stared silently as Burgess lifted up the mask. Most of the Blackbeard Pirates had never seen what was under it before, and no one else in the room had either. He lifted up the mask and everyone was shocked to the core.
The curly violet hair falling back behind Jesus's head sprang up, along with everything that was hiding under the mask. Almost everyone in the room gasped with their jaws dropped as they stared at the huge purple afro that was at least twice the size of Franky's. Burgess laughed menacingly and it was the cyborg's turn to gulp. The wrestling champion tossed his mask down on his seat and started walking down the steps with his hands held high above his head, "LET'S GET THIS MATCH STARTED!"
A/N AFRO POWER! Is that what Jesus Burgess had hiding under there all this time... absolutely. Franky and Burgess are about to go at it in the biggest, badest, AFROEST battle ever. I hope you enjoyed these fights and I just finished the chapter and couldn't wait to upload it. The first round is getting near its end with only two Straw Hats remaining... but who else still hasn't fought? There have to be a few big names on this list that have to go, including the captain of Super Afro over here XD! Franky's fight will probs take up the whole next chapter, but I guess I'll start this prediction off early. Another member of Drake's crew Stix, is right after Franky and Burgess, so if you guess who he'll be up against, shout out at the top of that chapter! Thanks to everyone who reviewed even if I didn't give you a lot of time to, :P
Lightningblade49
I thought Baby 5 would be all over Sai not still hanging with Doflamingo?
LALALALALA I'm not listening! Anyway, thanks for the review, and not so much the spoiler. Please try to refrain from doing that too much, or at all. Imagine the One Piece world as it is at its current episode, then take them out of there and toss everybody at this tournament. I know I've written it like they were just on a random island after Dressrosa, but I'm pretty sure Dressrosa just leads into the next saga anyway and Idk anything about that yet. As I write this I just remembered I missed the newest episode so I'm gonna do that now!
LittlemissTrafalgar
Oh I don't liked it, I definitely loved it! The battle between Jimbei and Hack is so exciting and so awesome, I can imagine everything well. It's sad tho because I won't see Marco fight in the battle, But it's okay at least Boo won't die? right? Lol! I can't wait for Marco and Luffy to interact.
PS. I don't know why I feel bad for Caribou for getting a shot on his face. It's just, I changed my opinion about him when I saw his little adventure in the Manga. XD
Glad you liked the battles and yeah I couldn't find an entertaining way for Marco to kick the shit out of Boo, it was just too obvious. Caribou is a weird, creepy guy, but I know what you mean. When I write out the battles I have the two characters' One Piece Wiki's up on different tabs so I can check their techniques and such, and I read something about Caribou caring for some old grandma or something. It made him not seem like such a bad guy... but then I remember the mermaids. I don't forgive, I don't forget, I am tmb1112! XD
Guest
Considering that it's random, this probably isn't true, but Jozu and Pica would be fitting. Another exciting chapter! Looks like Shanks vs Marco might still happen :DDDDD
Nice guess! It'll start to be easier to figure out who people will be fighting as there are less and less fighters remaining in the tournament. Process of elimination :D! Shanks and Marco is definitely a possibility if you've been keeping up with the bracket. If I haven't said it before, I'll say it now: After the first round, I'll post the second round bracket so everyone gets a good idea of what matches are coming up. Thanks for the review!
abhijeet
marco defeated by rob lucci, i dont think so
Hmm, maybe you're right. Marco being defeated by Lucci does seem a little far-fetched. Then again, if you read the battle... which you must have done because you found out Lucci won, then you would have saw Macro, jump in the water as soon as the match started. I'm going to spell it because their names are pretty similar: o. The C and the R are switched, but Macro was just a stupid fishman who tried to fight way out of his league. Catch up and you'll see Marco won his first match through intimidation alone! Again thank you everyone for reading and reviewing! Till next time!
