Brand New World

Ch. 22: Eye of the Tiger

-X-

Disclaimer: The following is a fan made work of fiction. One Piece is owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Fuji TV, Shueisha, Shonen Jump Manga, and Eiichiro Oda. I do not own One Piece or any of its characters, nor any of the songs I put in here. The only thing I own here is Kakusei and a few fan characters.

Summary: I`m Kakusei. I have no idea where I am, or who I am, but I feel I m in a familiar world, just not my own. Mentions other mangas as the character is from our world. I`m being realistic. Also, Robin x OC later.

Rating: T for Language, Violence, and Blood.

-X-

-DING!-

"Let's go!" Foxy said holding his boxing stance.

" Yeah!" Luffy said, winding up for a punch. "Gomu Gomu no…!"

"Fweh fweh!" Foxy said as he readied his counterattack.

"…PISTOL!" Luffy said as he launched his right fist forward.

"NORO NORO BEAM!" Foxy said as he jumped out of the way of Luffy`s punch and fired his attack at Luffy`s arm.

"Ah!" Nami exclaimed.

"Aaah...!" Luffy exclaimed as he tried to pull his arm back.

"Fweh fweh fweh!" Foxy laughed as he landed.

"Only my hand slowed down!" Luffy said as he continued to pull his arm back.

"You look tough, yet you're nothing but appearances!" Foxy said as he looked at Luffy`s attempt to pull back his punch.

"WHAT? ...Ngg! Come back!" Luffy said just as he began to skid forward, his arm finally retracting, but in a reverse of sorts. "Uwaaahh!"

"Fweh fweh! Noro Noro…" Foxy said as he pointed his hands at Luffy.

"Shit!" Luffy said as he jumped in a barrel roll to Foxy`s attack. Heh, barrel roll.

"Just kidding," Foxy said right after Luffy jumped.

"Huh?" Luffy said realizing the trick.

"NORO NORO BEAM!" Foxy said as he used his technique on Luffy, stalling his fall.

"Luffy!" Sanji yelled out.

"This is why I told him to be careful!" Nami said as she grabbed her head in worry.

"C'mon Boss, fuck him up! Gyahahah, this guy is weak!" The Foxy Pirates cheered.

"Ohhhhh... Crrrr... aaaaa... ppppp..." Luffy said very slowly.

"Fweh fweh, what's wrong, Straw Hat...?" Foxy said, mocking Luffy.

"He`s floating..." Zoro said stating the obvious. "I guess it even slows down your fall?"

"COOL, LUFFY!" Chopper yelled with stars in his eyes.

"Not good," I said looking a bit worried. "He`s a sitting duck."

"Hoi!" Foxy said as e jumped up onto Luffy.

"Whaaaa... ttttt..." Luffy said slowly noticing Foxy.

"KYUBI (Nine Tails)…" Foxy said as he lined up his fist to Luffy`s body.

"…theee..." Luffy slowly continued.

"…RUSH!" Foxy finished as he began punching Luffy at a rapid pace. "Rush! Rush! Ruuuush!"

"What the…? He's not moving!" Sanji observed.

"No, his reactions are ALSO slow," Zoro said being very insightful as Luffy`s face began twisting as it normally would from being punched, just in slow motion.

"Fwehhhh fweh fweh! That's my way of saying hello!" Foxy said as he got off Luffy.

"Shiii... iiitt..." Luffy said in a slow response to Foxy`s attack.

"The punches alone aren't that much, but together are quite strong. You`ll be done soon, even if you are a rubber-man!" Foxy said haughtily. "3… 2… 1... 30 seconds."

"UGEBABEDOGABU!" Luffy muttered as the 30 seconds worth of punches unloaded their effect, completely unaffected by Luffy`s rubber body.

"Fweh fweh fweh!" Foxy laughed.

"Aaah! That's 30 seconds' worth of impact all at once!" Sanji yelled worried for Luffy.

"LUFFY!" Nami yelled.

"He'll fall into the sea like that," Robin stated calmly.

"GRRR!" Luffy said as he stretched his arm out and grabbed the ear of the Fox figurehead.

"Whoa, look! He stretched! Cool! So that's the power of the Gomu Gomu no Mi!" The Foxy Pirates commented as Luffy landed and looked around for Foxy.

"Hahh... Hahh... Damn! This is gonna be tougher than I thought, this Noro Noro Beam!" Luffy said analyzing Foxy`s abilities. "But he`s not the only one with a beam attack. Seems like it would be better NOT to stretch out too much. ARRG! You won't get me anymore!"

"Aha! And the final round "Combat" begins with a bang!" Tubiflex commented.

"COME ON OUT, SPLIT-HEAD!" Luffy yelled as he charged further into the ship, and disappearing from our view.

"Our Boss`s combo attack has left Straw Hat is helpless! He`s getting fired up! Please try not to destroy the fox ears," Tubiflex said calmly as Luffy continued onto the deck, only to meet several slowed-down arrows, pointing at him, if my returning memory served me. At that point, I began to remember what was going on and relayed the info to the others. I told them how Luffy was now trying to fight Foxy while he rode on some slowed down cannonballs, and that`s when an explosion was heard.

"Was that the cannonballs?" Nami asked.

"Yep," I replied, as a few more explosions went off. "He apparently doesn`t care as much about his ship, due to the amount of shipwrights he has."

"NORO NORO FOXY FACE-BOMB!" Foxy yelled as I remembered he used his Noro Noro powers on an oddly shaped cannon at this time.

"OH MY GOD THAT'S TERRIFYING!" Luffy yelled as replicas of Foxy`s head shot out of the cannon in a line.

"I second that thought," I said remembering the situation as the others looked at me a bit funny. "Foxy just used a cannon that shoots out bombs shaped like his face."

"That is scary," Everyone but Robin said in unison.

"Damn, I can't see a thing. What's going on?" The Foxy Pirates asked.

"Aim for the body, Luffy! His body!" Usopp yelled as he joined us in the stands.

"Oh hey, Usopp," Sanji said calmly.

"Kakusei, is Luffy alright?" Nami yelled as she looked on.

"There they go! All direct hits! Has the Boss won already?" Tubiflex announced. "Look at that, a HUUUGE EXPLOSION!" he announced as a large explosion went off, probably from the Face Bombs. "On our ship-coincidentally-turned-battlefield…" he said coughing a bit.

"...Luffy?" Chopper asked as he tried to see through the smoke.

"Hey Luffy, what happened?" Usopp yelled trying to talk to Luffy.

"Chill out," Sanji said calmly.

"They can't let their own ship be the battleground like this..." Nami said objecting to this situation. "It's all kinds of cheating!"

"What gave you your first clue?" I said sarcastically, almost prompting Nami to hit me. Why she didn`t, I have no idea.

"Our Boss expertly used the coincidentally-placed "Foxy Face Bomb" cannons to launch a barrage against "Straw Hat Luffy"!" Tubiflex explained for those of us who could not see what was happening. "In the event of a contestant`s body being blown to bits, ANY INDIVIDUAL PIECE, should it fall out of bounds, will result in the end of the game."

"Whew, that was dangerous... " Luffy said as he coughed while squatting on the mast crossbeam of the ship.

"Yes, that was quite a dangerous atta... WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?" Tubiflex announced, shocked at Luffy`s survival.

"Shut up, what's your problem?" Luffy said to Tubiflex.

"MY GOODNESS! Straw Hat is STILL ALIVE! He managed to evade that close-range bombardment!" Tubiflex announced, still shocked. "What incredible speed! IS THIS THE POWER OF A HUNDRED-MILLION CLASS BOUNTY?"

"...oh my god. That's just scary," The Foxy Pirates commented.

"Hell yeah!" Usopp yelled from the stands.

"C'mon, finish it up already!" Sanji yelled.

"However... it appears that the Boss is already beginning his next assault!" Tubiflex announced. "His chuckle eerily echoes through the cloud of smoke! The Boss's voice give the enemy no time for breath! Where will Foxy the Silver Fox... come from next, and with what?"

"Ah," Luffy said as he saw something in the smoke.

"A SILHOUETTE!" Tubiflex said again.

"How do you like that?" Foxy said roughly as he staggered out of the smoke.

"YOU BLEW YOURSELF UP!" Luffy said looking at the beat up Foxy.

"NO I DIDN'T!" Foxy said angrily.

"Stop lying!" Luffy cried out.

"Don't assume you'll leave this battleground alive..." Foxy said slowly. "NORO NORO BEA..." he said as he shot out he Beam, but missed. In a split second, Luffy appeared behind him in a boxing stance.

"GOMU HOOK!" Luffy yelled as he swung his arm in an arc, nailing Foxy In the arm.

"UGYAAAAA!" Foxy cried out as he coughed up a little blood.

"I'll just break your arm so you can't shoot that beam anymore!" Luffy said grinning.

-Author: In order to speed this up a bit, I`m going to let someone else sum up the story for me. Ollie?

"Foxy used the smoke and stand-ups!"

Then, what?

"Luffy made him depressed!"

And then?

"Moving runway!"

After that?

"Foxy ran inside!"

Thanks Ollie. And now back to our regularly scheduled program. -

"After escaping the last trap, Straw Hat Luffy is beckoned by the eerie laugh of the Foxy Pin Badge! The inside of the ship is like our Boss's backyard! Will Straw Hat Luffy take the bait?" Tubiflex announced again.

"There he is...!" Luffy said realizing Foxy was inside.

"Don't, Luffy! It's a trap!" Nami said trying to get Luffy to use his head. Heheh, It`s a trap… More references…. "He's got all kinds of traps waiting for you!"

"That bastard! I'll kick his ass!" Luffy yelled as he charged inside.

"Straw Hat Luffy jumps straight in!" Tubiflex said. "The battle moves inside the ship! Not even I, your announcer, can go inside! That's how "Combat" works! An invisible battle between our two warriors has just begun!"

"STAND UP! STAND UP AND FIGHT, LUFFY!" Usopp yelled. "Have you forgotten your training already?"

"Who`s the trainer here?" I asked rhetorically as I hit Usopp lightly.

"Sit down, I can't see," Sanji said lightly hitting Usopp.

"Kakusei, is Luffy alright?" Nami asked me.

"He`s fighting, but Foxy is being the tricky asshole he is," I said calmly. I didn`t have the heart to tell her about the beating Foxy was giving Luffy. The cheap disguises, the Gorilla Puncher, that kind of stuff would just make her worry more. But the cannon and spike room bit was pretty funny. "He`ll be fine. You think an asshole like Foxy is gonna stop Luffy?"

"No," Nami said shaking he head at me with a small smile on her face. Phew, at least I kept her calm. That made me feel good.

"Davy Back Fight, round number 3, "Combat"!" Tubiflex said breaking the awkward silence. "We have no idea what's happening, but we can certainly guess that a ferocious exchange of blows is occurring inside the ship! The stands are roaring with cheers for the Boss!"

"He's not gonna lose...!" Zoro said calmly.

"Yeah, it's Luffy!" Chopper said excitedly.

"It's Luffy... with an afro!" Usopp said in a mysterious manner.

"The fact that it's Luffy should be more than enough... to get rid of that worthless fox," Sanji said as he lit a cigarette with a small flame on top of his thumb. Glad I taught him that. Now he`ll save money on matches.

"What makes you think the afro gives him a power-up?" Nami asked.

"He certainly looked stronger," Robin commented.

"It`s the placebo effect," I explained.

"Placebo effect?" the others asked me.

"The Placebo Effect is a medical and psychological term for someone who does something normally impossible alone because of an object or event because they believe it will help them in some way. Whether Usopp knew it or not, because he told Luffy the afro makes him stronger, he`ll believe it will and will be. It`s like giving a person a sugar pill when they`re sick, telling them it`s medicine, and they`re cured."

"Oh, I remember Doctorine telling me about that!" Chopper said happily as he understood the situation.

"So it`s a mental thing?" Nami asked.

"Yep," I replied. "It works because Luffy is so easily influenced."

"It`s true," The others said in their minds.

"I see movement on the deck! What's it going to look like? Is the fight already over?" Tubiflex said drawing our attention to the deck. "I see two shadows!"

"YEAAH!" The Foxy Pirates cheered as Foxy came out with additional armor on and Luffy at his feet.

"It's the Boss who's standing! BOSS! Straw Hat is burnt to a crisp!" Tubiflex said happily. "It looks like he took some heavy punches!"

"AAAAAH!" Chopper cried out.

"LUFFY!" Usopp yelled as he cried a bit.

"Impossible..." Sanji said amazed.

"How can he be burnt by normal punches?" Nami asked. " What happened?"

"That GODDAMN GORILLA PUNCHER!" I yelled as I stomped the ground, leaving a small crater at my feet.

"Look," Robin said calmly as Luffy slowly got back up.

"Straw Hat Luffy stands! Even after we assumed he was down for the count, he stands!" Tubiflex said almost supporting Luffy.

"You're just barely hanging on, Straw Hat..." Foxy said as he reached for a small wooden object tucked in his pant. (A/N: If I was on another site, I`d get so many questions about this…)

"It's his brotherly soul...! Afro power! CRUSH HIM, BOSS!" The Foxy Pirates said as Foxy swung the wood object at Luffy`s limbs.

"Huh?" Luffy said as he attempted to move his arms.

"Fweh fweh fweh, my Noro Noro Beam Sword," Foxy said smugly as he swung a blade made of the Noroma Photons in front of Luffy`s face. Damn bastard stole my idea! "I've got your arms and legs trapped. Feel free to go ahead and move your body, if you CAN... MEGATON KYUBI RUSH! RUSH!" Luffy dropped again, and Foxy just laughed.

"This time..." Tubiflex started to say as Luffy stood back up. "No, wait!"

"...Luffy," Nami said in shock and awe, and obviously worried about Luffy.

"STRAW HAT LUFFY IS STANDING!" Tubiflex announced excitedly. The Foxy Pirates were amazed at Luffy`s Afro-willpower, and Foxy just unleashed another Noro Noro Beam-Megaton Kyubi Rush combo on him.

"Damn, that beam attack is so cheap! It should be against the rules!" Usopp yelled.

"Usopp!" Zoro said as he held Usopp back.

"Do it!" The Foxy Pirates cheered.

"Hahh... hahh...! Hahh...It ain't easy... hittin' him all those times...! Hahh..." Foxy said tired from using all those punches against Luffy.

"This isn`t a fight, it`s torture!" Usopp yelled out.

"He`s still conscious?" The Foxy Pirates said in shock as Luffy stood up again.

"To save... my Nakama..." Luffy said as he stood up again.

"Luffy...!" Nami said as she covered her mouth with her hands and began crying a bit as we all sat in shock of Luffy`s willpower. I put my hand on her shoulder, and she seemed a bit relieved, like I was telling her it`d be fine.

"… I WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH!" Luffy yelled more than loud enough for all of us to hear.

"Straw Hat stands again! What amazing willpower!" Tubiflex said amazed, happy, and sad all at the same time as he teared up. "Every time he falls...!"

"Luffy...!" Chopper said tearing up.

"Luffyyyyy!" Usopp said as he began to cry.

"Every time he falls, he gets back up!" Tubiflex continued.

Why won`t you just stay down...?" Foxy asked himself a bit angry at Luffy now.

"LUFFY!" Nami cried out.

"His feet are wobbling...! And his breath comes hard... but! His eyes are shining, and he stands up again FOR HIS NAKAMA! Yes, this is the true spirit of the Davy Back Fight! I... I can't see ahead of me for the tears streaming out of my eyes!" Tubiflex said through his tears.

"LUFFY!" Usopp cried through his tears.

"LUFFY!" Tubiflex also cried out.

"LUFFY! LUFFY! LUFFY! LUFFY! LUFFY! LUFFY!" The Foxy Pirates began cheering for our captain, in a scene of true moving emotion.

"The crowd is on their feet, cheering for Luffy! Has there ever been an enemy that has challenged our Boss so?" Tubiflex said tearfully.

"HEY, WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON, ANYWAY?" Foxy said yelling at his crew.

"BOSS! BOSS! BOSS! BOSS! BOSS!" Tubiflex and the Foxy Pirates began cheering.

"Now watch, this'll be over in a second! Noro Noro Beam Sword!" Foxy said as Luffy tried to run, making the beam sword look more like a whip. "Hoy hoy, you can't get away with moves like that! HOY!"

"Oof!" Luffy said as his head and leg were caught in the beam trap.

"Damn, he doesn't even have the strength to run..." Usopp said crying a bit. "I can't stand to see Luffy like this!"

"Here comes the finishing blow...!" Foxy said as he pulled a lever, making a cannon fire at Luffy.

"Noro Noro Beam!" Foxy said as he back flipped over the cannonball.

"Boss is the first to act! He slows down a cannonball!" Tubiflex said as Foxy attached a wood glider with a Fox`s head onto the cannonball.

"Foxy Fighter! It'll be a perfect K.O. after a punch delivered with the velocity of this cannonball!" Foxy said haughtily as he prepared to hit Luffy.

"There it is! The Boss's super cannon-riding punch! He's going to finish the match with his Foxy Fighter!" Tubiflex said dramatically.

"Luffy! He hit you with the beam a split-second earlier! As soon as you can move, dodge out of the way!" Sanji yelled to Luffy.

"Hahh... Hahh..." Luffy said panting as he readied himself to run.

"Fweh fweh fweh...!" Foxy laughed as he got ready to hit Luffy.

"...ah! I can move...!" Luffy said as he ran while breathing heavily.

"Straw Hat is free of the beam's effect for a second!" Tubiflex announced.

"IT`S USELESS! You won't be getting away!" Foxy said as the glider shot forward and he tilted it to meet up with Luffy. Foxy hit Luffy, square in the face with his spiked glove, then jumped off the glider as Luffy fell backward into the railing.

"LUFFY! LOOK OUT!" Usopp and Chopper yelled as the glider then hit Luffy, knocking him off the ship.

"Fweh fweh! Take that as my farewell gift!" Foxy said as the glider continued after Luffy.

"IT'S ALL OVER!" Tubiflex said as the cannonball exploded, seemingly killing Luffy.

"LUFFY!" Nami yelled out.

"Aaaaaa!" Chopper yelled.

"All those attacks have put an end to Straw Hat!" Tubiflex said as he too believe Luffy was dead.

"What the...? He didn't have to go THAT far...?" Nami said, clutching my arm, I think unconsciously.

"HE! HE! HE...! HE STANDS AGAIN!" Tubiflex said, revealing to all of us that Luffy was alive, but still breathing heavily.

"Impossible, he`s not human!" The Foxy Pirates cried out.

"Hahh... Hahh," Luffy was breathing heavily, until he noticed something in his hand. "Hahh... Hahh ...ah. I Win."

"BULLSHIT! You're barely standing on your own two feet!" Foxy said, now pissed that Luffy just wouldn`t go down. "If THAT'S the way you feel I'll just keep hitting you until you go down! MEGATON KYUBI...!"

"Gomu Gomu no…" Luffy began saying.

"RUSH!" Foxy said in anger as he launched his assault, his eyes white in fury.

"…GATLING!" Luffy finished as he launched his Gomu Gomu no Gatling move to counter Foxy`s Megaton Kyubi Rush. "GRR...!"

"NRR...!" Foxy said as he struggled to beat Luffy.

"Incredible! The fiercest display we've seen yet! What an amazing exchange of punches!" Tubiflex said getting everyone riled up.

"Luffy...! Luffy! Crush him!" Usopp cheered.

"Beat him!" Chopper cheered along with Usopp.

"They won't stop! It keeps on going!" Tubiflex said amazed how long they were going at it.

"Pugope...! Babo! ...ga!" Foxy said as he was getting pummeled by Luffy. "...why you...! Where are you getting this power?"

"UAAAAAAAAAA! Hahh! Hahh!" Luffy roared as he continued his attack.

"You little-! BFF!" Foxy said as he got ready to fire his Noro Noro Beam into one of Luffy`s punches. "NORO NORO BEA...!" At that moment, the beam went off, and both fighters stood still, fists touching.

"Huh?" One of the Foxy Pirates asked.

"What?" Usopp asked.

"They're not moving...!" Nami observed.

I just smirked, causing Nami, and Usopp to look at me. "Luffy`s won," I said with my smirk still on my face.

"Hahh...! ...Hahh!" Luffy said as he dropped to his knees, exhausted.

"S... Straw Hat falls...!" Tubiflex announced, then quickly became shocked. "NO! Straw Hat only MOVED!"

"Shhhhh... iiiiitttt..." Foxy said slowly. He had been hit by his own Noroma Photons!

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?" Tubiflex asked loudly.

"Why?" Nami asked confused as well.

"BUH-! BOSS?" The Foxy Pirates exclaimed. Just then, Luffy dropped a mirror shard out of the hand he had met with Foxy`s attack.

"A MIRROR! A shard of mirror glass in Straw Hat's hand...!" Tubiflex said, explaining to everyone how the beam was deflected.

"...it was stuck in my afro..." Luffy said still tired. "Hahh... a piece of mirror from your stupid room...!"

"You… little… shit….: Foxy said slowly as he barely moved.

"Gomu Gomu no...!" Luffy said as he swung his Right forearm around in the air in a circular pattern, causing it to stretch out and gain power from centrifugal force.

"Aaaa..." Foxy struggled to say.

"UWOOOOOOH!" Luffy yelled as he swung the still-spinning fist towards Foxy.

"Aaah..." Foxy said with his "Oh SHIT!" look on his face.

"FLAIL!" Luffy said as he slammed his fist into Foxy`s face, full-force. Luffy just began slowly walking to the Fox figurehead as Foxy`s face began slowly caving in.

"No way..." The Foxy Pirates said in awe.

"...8 more seconds," Zoro said calmly with his eyes closed.

"Huh? ...huh?" Usopp said confused.

"Could this be...?" Tubiflex announced.

"7..." Sanji said as calmly as Zoro.

"What?" Nami asked as confused as Usopp.

"6..." Robin said calmly with her head resting in her hand.

"BOSS!" The Foxy Pirates yelled out.

"Hahaha! 5!" Usopp yelled getting the idea. "C'mon, you guys better count too! 4!"

"What the? Whatever, looks like fun," The Foxy Pirates said. "3!" Luffy stood on the Fox Figurehead catching his breath. "2! 1! 0!"

"BUHEHHH!" Foxy said as he was sent flying out of the ring by the force of Luffy`s punch.

"RAAAAHHHHH!" Luffy yelled as loud as he could.

"YAHOO!" We all cheered but Robin, who just smiled at the scene.

"Wait, THAT`S OUR BOSS FLYING!" The Foxy Pirates exclaimed realizing their error.

"THE BOSS GOES FLYING!" Tubiflex announced shocked.

"BOSS!" The Foxy Pirates yelled again.

"He lands...! Outside of the field!" Tubiflex said as Foxy landed in the water outside the barrier rings. "Round Three of the Davy Back Fight! A pitched "Combat" between both crew's captains for the fate of their own crews! The Boss's legend of 920 straight wins without a defeat is smashed, and the conqueror of the game is...!"

"...I'm not... going to let you have any of my Nakama, even if I die!" Luffy said in his mind.

"STRAW HAT LUFFY!" Tubiflex yelled at the top of his lungs.

"YEAH, LUFFY!" Usopp cheered loudly.

"LUFFY!" Nami said as she stood up and Sanji tried to hug and kiss her. The Bell rang, and the fight was over!

-X-

The fight is over! Luffy has triumphed over the cheating, conniving Foxy the Silver Fox!

Next chapter, we wrap up this arc, and an unexpected visitor comes looking for someone… or maybe, two someones….

Tsugino jikan made! (Until next time!)