Chapter 5 - Kain

As we approached the spiked hills I activated my power, creating a solid path up to the top of the hill.

"Why didn't you do this before? Last time all you did was make a platform." Said Franky.

"I wasn't too sure about the extent of my powers up till now, I'm trying them out further."

"Kain. What's with the scar's, why can't we see them."

"Drop it Luffy, just drop it."

Reaching the top of the hill we looked down to see two marine battle ships by the Sunny. "So what's the plan guy's?" Asked Franky

"I think I can get on the sunny undetected but I won't be able to create a path for you"

"Fine, Aokiji can create one for us, can't you?"

"Yes I can create a path. Just what are you going to do then?"

"I'm going to do this" I reply as I liquidate myself into a pile of liquid metal. "I'll be on the ship" said my disembodied voice. "Cya."

I shot down the hill at speed unnoticed, travelling as a puddle of metal before reaching the bottom. Quickly climbing up the rope in liquid form. I arrived on the deck of the Sunny, it was empty.

'How strange,' I thought, moving inside I found two marines searching through Nami and Robin's things. Moving over I surround their feet.

"What is this stuff around our feet."

"I don't Know. Ignore it."

Rising up and reforming I create two hammers. "I wouldn't do that if I was you." Smashing the hammers over their heads I take them down silently. Moving over to the door I poke my head out just as I hear the scream.

"Straw Hat is back prepare to fight."

Bursting out the door I see Luffy jump into the air activating Gear Third, enlarging his arm. He punched the nearest battleship destroying it. Zoro them leapt past me with his swords drawn, slashing the other battleship into 3 pieces, Sanji then jumped after him smashing the pieces into drift wood.

That's when marine's began boarding the ship. "It's only an unarmed boy. Get him." The marines were not expecting what happened next. I stood there as they closed in and just let them slash me, the blades passing through my body. "What is this!"

Transforming my arms into swords I slash him across his chest. I follow up by stabbing the person next to him before reeling back. Creating a ball of steel in front of me I shout "Blade Frenzy." Firing the ball out from my hands it transforms in mid air into 20 short blades thudding into the growing group of marines sending many flying off the ship. "Dammit, Steel Wall." Creating a wall in front of me I launch it at the crowd "Battering Ram." The wall struck the group sending them flying off the ship.

"Franky, get this ship airborne."

"O.K. Kain protect the ship while I get it ready." As he runs into the boat the next batch of marines begin climbing the ship.

Luffy, Zoro and Sanji land on the ship. "Aokiji get on the ship."

"I'm already on Straw Hat." Replied Aokiji. Walking down from the top of the ship.

"Aokiji."

"Ex-Admiral Aokiji."

"He's a Straw Hat Pirate now?"

"Everyone run."

The marines all let go of the Sunny and began swimming away and dragging the wounded.

"Everyone into the Sunny." Shouted Franky. "I need to deploy the gas sack."

As we got inside I turned around and looked, the floor had split in the middle and the two sides had opened up revealing a pile of cloth. This cloth quickly expanded into a single massive balloon which began lifting the ship up.

The floor quickly reverted to it's original position and we walked outside. "Franky. Take us to the town quickly, we've already been gone an hour. The execution should be starting soon." As the ship rose higher we began to see the town, a giant rain cloud was above it keeping the town wet, but buildings were showing signs of having been ablaze. "I think the cloud is Nami's doing."

"My guess is that they have tried to get the townspeople on their side." Said Aokiji.

It looked like the fighting had died down, the marines were gathered in the plaza in front of the destroyed candy factory.

"Guy's, I can see Kizaru, Sentomaru and a whole lot of Pacifista's. Wait Kizaru is leaving. He just disappeared."

"He is probably being called back to G5 or Mariejois."

"This simplifies things."

"Hey guy's." Said Franky as I turned I saw he had produced a pair of binoculars out of his hand. "One of those has a tattoo saying PX-0, its Kuma."

"Check the plan's, I swear that one was how to get Kuma to regain his mind."

"What plan's?" Asked Zoro.

"The ones we collected in our world. We gave them to Franky." I replied, "We collected them from Vegapunk's off-dimension base."

"You found Vegapunk's base. How?" Asked Aokiji. "Didn't it have defences."

"No. In our world that would have made it easily seen and our technology is far advanced in the way of weapons. So the best thing to do would be to make it inconspicuous, so he disguised it as a shed and built the lab underneath it."

"So how did you find it then?"

"He didn't count on two teenagers looking for a place to get drunk. We went through a hole in the roof of the shed and accidentally found the trapdoor. In the way of defences it looked like he was partway through building them, as there were parts of a Pacifista around the place."

Franky went into his workshop and we all stood in silence, except for Luffy, who had climbed on top of the gas sack.

"Oi, Kain." I turned to look at Zoro. "Just so you know, I do not trust you yet and if you betray us I will kill you."

"I always knew that Zoro, only you, Luffy and Aokiji have the power to harm me and Aokiji is the only one I can't hurt."

"So you are fairly confident. Confident that you could survive?"

"No. I would not survive, I am confident because I am telling no lies. I have nothing to fear."

"As long as you know that." He replied, with his meanest look. Drawing his swords he looked over the town. "Who is taking who down there."

"Luffy is going to take Sentomaru, that's for certain. I think I will work with Franky to contain PX-0. Zoro, Sanji and Aokiji, I guess will take on the Pacifista."

"Why are you and Franky taking on Kuma." Asked Zoro.

"Because we may have a way to let him regain his mind and metal is harder to break than ice, so I am going to restrain him while Franky makes him regain his mind."

"What makes you think he is going to help us." Asked Aokiji. "He was a Shichibaki, what makes you think he isn't loyal."

"He's a revolutionary, and he has let the Straw Hats go twice and had a final directive put into him to protect the Sunny." I replied. "And I doubt that he will want to lose his mind a second time."

Running out of the workshop Franky turned to us. "I have the information, we need to get access to the panel on top of his head."

"Good, I will be pinning him down while you do that. I think we should prepare to fire the Goan Cannon." Turning to face the town I say. "Take out all but 1 battleship. We need to leave one to let the marines escape."

"Okay lets prepare."

"Fire the Goan Cannon."