Chapter 6

Nera frowned as she squeezed her brother's hand tighter. She has this sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach, the same feeling when she read Ace is going to be executed. Her brothers are going to get hurt, badly hurt, and she doesn't know what to do. She know they have to be injured to get stronger, that's life, but the incident in Marine Ford, she might not able to handle seeing her families' blood, ever again.

As Doflomigo explained his sinister game, the more worried the group became. There are thirteen 'fools' and the Warlord is offering a quite handsome amount of money per head. He made a system of 100 million beri per star, meaning if a person has two stars placed on their head, they're worth 200 million beri and so forth.

"These fools," he growled and smirked, "they are the true prisoners of Dressrosa." The blonde's profile disappeared, replacing with twelve people and how much they worth. They are: "Pirate Hunter" Zoro – two stars, Dressrosa Former Captain, Kyros – two stars, Cyborg Franky – one star, Dressrosa's Former Princess, Viola – one star, Foxfire Kinemon – one star, Gladiator Rebecca – one star, Former King of Dressrosa, Riku Dold III – three stars, "Surgeon of Death" Trafalgar Law – three stars, Straw Hat Luffy – three stars, Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff, Sabo – three stars; and Nera, the Milokaross – four stars.

Nera's eyes widened and tightened her hold of Sabo's hand. Her breath was caught in her throat and her body tensed. She felt her older brother's hand gave her a slight squeeze for comfort. She turned and looked up at her brother, as she was welcomed with a warm smile.

"Don't worry," he told her and gave his little sister's hand another squeeze, "it's just a nickname they put on people to make it easier to identify."

The girl blinked and her body relaxed. Her expression shows distress no more and her lips stretched into a cheerful smile.

"Look nii-chan, I'm worth four stars! One more than you!" she grinned, while Doflomigo spoke.

"Yeah! I can't believe your bounty is higher than mine and Luffy's," the blonde chuckled and ruffled the girl's hair, before sighing, "but why we're part of this?"

"But that's not all!" Doflomigo grinned in his palace, "We've still got the man on my shit list today! He is the one responsible for throwing all of you into this cruel game! To the one that his head goes to, receives 500 million beri, "God" Usopp!" Doflomigo displayed a picture of a heroic looking Usopp on the screen and widened his grin on the uproar outside his castle. The Warlord chuckled sinisterly and ended his announcement and shut the transmitter snails. The snail did a 'clank' noise and the current King of Dressrosa turned to one of his subordinates. "When the commotion dies down a bit, bring that Nera girl to me," he ordered and sat on his chair with a chilling grin, "and inform the whole family not to kill her."

"Yes, young master," the man saluted, "but may I ask why? You've put such a high bounty on her. Plenty of people will be after her."

The pirate smirked darkly and suddenly laughed evilly. "That girl has more value than you think," he replied, "her powers will either help or kill me. It's either she's my ally or perish with those other pests." The blonde laughed darkly and rubbed his chin. "Let's see how powerful is she," he declared lowly.

Usopp's eyes bulged out in pure horror, as he let out a silent cry. For a second, he thought he was safe, but who would have known he pissed the Warlord the most. He damned his 'heroic' self, the guilt he felt when those darn dwarves crying for his aid and he damned his his bloody rush of adrenaline and rashness.

The long-nosed man let out another silent distress cry when he heard people – probably people a lot bigger and stronger than him – calling out his worth value and his location. He heard a herd of stomping feet racing towards his direction.

"Shit," the Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff coursed and took his fighting stance "we have to get everyone above ground. Hurry!"

The dwarves quickly grab hold of their hero and pulled him away from civilians and warriors. The Revolutionaries grinned their teeth to think of a way to escape as quick as possible. Bartolomeo quickly ran between the two groups and hastily activated his devil fruit powers. The mob ran straight towards Bartolomeo and smashed right in the greenette's invisible barrier.

"Go above ground first," the pirate captain told the group, "I'll catch up later."

The troop nodded and quickly ran off. Suddenly, Robin heard ringing from her bag pack. She pulled a strap off her shoulder and grabbed the transmitter snail out of her bag. "Hello, Zoro?" she spoke hastily, "Where are you now?"

"I'm with Luffy and the others," he replied, "it looks like we're on the King Plateau or whatever. Looks like things have gotten really annoying."

Zoro let out an annoyed scoff and Luffy's voice was suddenly heard. "Robin! Did you see that?" he growled, "Mingo really pisses me off!" Then light chuckles were heard through the snail, making the brunette smile. "But that Usopp really cracked me up," he cackled, "Rebecca, also, somehow managed to get on the list, but I think she'll be fine."

"Luffy-nii! Did you see me too?" Nera blurted out, while they ran.

There was a gasp from the other line and then light chuckles. "Nera! I can't believe you participated in the tournament!" the raven let out his signature laugh, "You even got a higher bounty than mine. You've got a lot stronger."

The younger sister let out a cheerful laugh and jumped over a boulder. "Do you still remember our promise?" she asked.

There was a slight pause, before Luffy's voice was heard again. "Sure do!"

"Lucy, is that you?" Rebecca asked, with a huff.

The pirate captain grinned through the other line when he heard the gladiator's voice. "Oi, perfect timing! Soldier-san is here and…" the raven turned to his left, to see the person he was looking for, gone, "HUH? Where did soldier go?"

The pinkette took a deep breath and gulped. "Soldier-san, he should have turned back into a human," she stated, "what is he like?"

There was a slight pause and and baffled speech were heard from the transmitter snail. "What do you mean?" the raven captain spoke, "the one-legged solder is your father. He's the guy from the monument in the coliseum."

Rebecca's eyes widen and tears start to blur out her vision. Memories and thoughts ran through her head and she let out a cry. "I knew it," he whispered and choked on her tears, "he was always there for me."

Luffy frowned and let out a growl. He started to scold the gladiator, apologising about the outcome and assuring her he will be there for her. Lastly, he promised, he will defeat Doflomingo, once and for all. He didn't want her to give up and lose hope. He want her to live and be happy because she deserved it.

"I'll put an end to this game, right now!" he declared, "Survive, got it?"

The pinkette choked out a 'yes' and continued running above ground.

The group were running up to the coliseum and Nera looked back, to see no top-hat wearing man. The girl blinked and slowed down, allowing everyone else to proceed before her and slowly stopped moving in total. The brunette blinked again and scanned the area, but her brother was nowhere in sight. The younger sister snapped her head to an open window and ran over to it. She heard men marching and yelling behind, while calling her star value. With a huff, the girl leaped out the window to search for her older brother.

The brunette jabbed her leg in the air and huffed, while she scanned over Dressrossa. Nera has been searching for her brother about twenty minutes now, occasionally running into people wanting to kill her. She landed on top of a house with a coned roof and took a deep breathe.

The girl was quite distressed and agitated when she realised her older brother went missing. She was worried and felt slightly betrayed. She knew her older sibling is strong and his capabilities – from what she saw in the coliseum – especially with his new devil fruit powers, but she once believed he was dead and the fact that the four sworn siblings always go everywhere and do everything together, if not, at least informed, that's why Nera became somewhat upset and scared. Many possibilities that her blonde brother might be dead once again. She doesn't want to go through the pain and sorrow again, not again. Feeling the grief of losing your loved ones and close to losing them is devastatingly painful. All her sworn brothers and adopted father keep on getting themselves into danger and occasionally knocking on Death's door – in fact, one actually went in. She doesn't want to lose Sabo again, not when she just reunited with him, after he 'passed away' for almost twelve years. She'll damn fate, destiny, Death and God for mocking her.

Nera scanned the area of town and in a distant, the brunette saw smoke and flickers of fire. The girl grinned, hopped off the roof and pounced towards the smoke.

Sabo stood behind a barrier made out of fire, with marines under his feet and on the other side. He stood sternly with a metal pipe, which were lit up at the two ends.

"Whoever attempts to bring harms to these pirates shall not be allowed to pass this point onwards," the Revolutionary declared.

"Well, the pirates of the Straw Hat Crew and those warriors who currently aid them…" Fujitora paused and seemingly eyed the blonde, "… has the support of the Revolutionary Army?"

"Indeed it is," the Chief of Staff replied, "as a member of the Revolutionary Army, I shall not let you pass."

The admiral raised his brow at the younger's answer, but the following statement made him slightly amused and curious.

"Actually, what I meant was, as a big brother," the blonde corrected himself.

"Oh," the older scoffed, "and exactly whose big brother may you be?"

The boy smirked and the marines started attacking. The blonde jumped up, forgetting he doesn't have to worry about the bullets and cannons from the enemy. He pounced towards a marine with a bazooka and stretched his hand into a dragon's claw. He took hold of the weapon and easily crushed it, which made it explode.

"This bastard," a marine, with the standard marine cap and stash, growled and shot his bazooka, "his fingers are crazy strong."

The Revolutionary member sneered and landed in front of the man. "They're talons," he corrected and crushed the weapon.

Vice Admiral Bastille grinned his teeth in frustration and lifted his giant blade. "Move! There nothing you lot can do!" he cried and swung his sword at the blonde. However, before he could land an attack on the boy, his blade was stopped with just one hand, which cracked in an instant.

"My fingers," the blonde spoke, "will end the power of arrogance." He clutched his fingers and the so-called "Shark Blade" snapped like a twig. "Those are my talons!" Sabo declared.

The giant's eyes widened behind his mask and growled. Before he knew it, he was face to face with the Revolutionary Army's second in command, with the man's talons on his mask.

"Something like a human skull," the Chief of Staff smirked and added pressure, "I can simply crush like an egg." In a flash, the vice admiral's scull was crushed and his mask in the boy's hand, dripping in his own blood.

The admiral sighed and looked up at the bird cage, while muttering something. Out of nowhere, dozens of meteors started crashing down. Many marines – and people nearby – started to panic and run for their lives. The first meteor struck the bird cage, but instead of crushing the fine string, it was sliced into pieces, making the attack range larger.

Fujitsu muttered his miscalculation and praying for they safely of the citizens and Sabo dodging smaller parts of the meteor, when a silicone flashed above them.

Everyone snapped their heads upwards, with their eyes widened.

"Crushing Scream!"

A loud yell was heard and the meteor smashed into tiny particles, but not enough to break eardrums. The sound wave crashed into the fine strings, which disfigured the wave and sent back a horrible shrill.

Many people clutched their ears from the shrill, especially the admiral and the figure started to fall. The body flipped itself and allowed the light of the sun shone over it, revealing Block D's winner, Shishinomi L. Nera.

Author's Note: Hello! Chapter 6 is up! I hope you guys enjoyed it!

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