hey everyone! How's it hanging? Cause if I had to guess only two things you'd be holding onto either your mom or the edge of cliff so take your pick anyways here's the brand new chapter for my one piece story Pirates Destiny so as usual I hope that you will all enjoy this story cause I'm having such a fun time writing this well that's enough talk for right now so all of you folks set the sails and head to the next adventure!

Chapter 18

Let the tournament of guts begin!

First up Mark Vs Homer

a fight in the cage?

Previously on One piece after arriving on Rumble Valley to participle in the tournament of guts a special event held every six years for powerful fighters to gather and fight one another to see who is worthy of claiming the title of the north blues conquer but little does the crew know that trouble is only brewing along with a deadly force to be reckoned with sometime later on because as always trouble finds them were ever they go.

The crew was now at the coliseum where the tournament of guts was being held and upon arriving they were surprised by all the people who came to watch the event and Zack whistled at this sight

" wow talk about quite the crowd " he said examining the area and watched a few woman passing by him

" well this is the biggest event on the whole island and fighter come from all around the north blue to participate and even fish folk are welcomed here " Takamaru exclaimed as he stood right next to the group who we're wearing the same clothes from yesterday but tala arum had given something to each of them.

" Speaking of entering where do we go? " mark said looking around and then takamaru tapped on his shoulder and pointed to the gate along with a stand for the participates to enter making mark a little embarrassed " heh heh my bad " and after he said that okra hitted him on the head " ow! Are you gonna keeping doing that? " he exclaimed while rubbing his bump

" only if you do something really stupid plus it counts as scolding "

" oh bull crap what if you do something really stupid then? "

" simple... I forgive myself " kora said acting all innocent while the group sweat dropped as they went to the stand and after that mark, blade and kora all went inside to change while the rest of the group raced to the stands to get the best seats witch everyone else was doing.

and then

Mark exited the changing room and his clothes were now a white gi that had a kanji symbol meaning courage that was tied around a gold belt while he wore a red headband along with black training gloves along while he wore no shoes

as for blade he wore a very light blue armor with black zigzagged marks all around it that made blade resemble that of a samurai curtesy of takamaru since he figured that it would be more of his style, it did include a helmet though but blade kept his sunglasses. On his left shoulder was a spiked pauldron that went down his arm while his other shoulder was plain with no armor on it at all as for his bottoms he kept his pants since he didn't want to held down by the sheer weight making it harder to fight so he figured that the top part of him would be alright since it wasn't that heavy at all.

" Geez blade that's look that suits you really well " mark commented while blade grinned

" you don't say? Your doing not to shabby yourself "

" how about me boys? " a voice called out making mark and blade turn around to see was kora.

right now she was wearing a yellow gi that exposed a little bit of cleavage but was tied by blue belt around her waist and her long violet colored hair was now formed into a bun that way now body would grab it. The clothes also included a set of two silver bracelets including strapped thongs for her feet.

when they saw that sight only one word was in both of their minds describe this sight ( Dam! )

" uh huh your not doing to bad " " yep that's for sure " they both said that way she wouldn't flip out on them for now

" aw your both to kind " she said happily and twirled around while both men sighed in relief as they all went to the stadium where the tournament would start.

They then exited through out a door revealing a massive stadium that was surrounded by a large ring showing all the people who came cheering for the excitement that would be taking place real soon.

they even got a glimpse of some of the other fighters some were fish folk along with very unusual charcters Wearing all sorts of things such as masks resembling mythical monsters like a cyclops and a griffin while a few wore hoods concealing their faces.

but it was then the three of them saw the rest of the group wearing clothes just like them Ben was wearing a orange gi that easily fitted him thanks to his devil fruit while zack's color was dark purple including Mell, Red and Mecho who wore matching pink komodo's. The group called out their names and waved with the three of them waving back.

while blade was looking around for his brother he noticed Fester and Rune who was wearing a sky blue version of her previous outfit. Blade then bumped mark with his elbow getting his attention and pointed to the duo

" whoa I didn't know rune was competing " " yeah me neither I wonder why she's here? " blade added to marks saying while okra tapped both of their shoulders

" hey guys look over there " kora then pointed out to Damian who was standing right next to Job, Sam and Homer including Breaker.

Blade tensed up and mark noticed this " which one is it? " he asked " the one wearing the black gauntlets, that's Brock " blade pointed out with the other two nodding

" well we know what he looks like now, but blade who are those other guys standing with him? "

" yeah and why are they here with damian? " mark added to kora's question

" I don't what why he's with the Purple Salamanders but I'm pretty sure those other guys that's his crew " blade answered both of their questions.

Then all the sudden a bright light flashed above in the stadium that flew downwards revealing two figures levitating in the air.

First was a ghost like entity wearing a strange mask that resembled a star. while the other was an old man who wore a gold devil mask with long white hair draping down his shoulders and he wore a red Komodo along with black pants and firmly held onto a round wooden staff with a large pearl on the top.

" greetings one and all and welcome to the one hundredth tournament of guts " the ghost spoke up with the crowd cheering in approval and glad to be there

" now I proudly present to you the ruler of Rumble Valley lord Tyro " the ghost then stood aside and then the old man known as tyro stepped forward and planted his staff into the ground making the area shake meaning for everyone to be silent as he spoke in a mighty voice

" welcome brave fighters from far and wide in this sea, many of you have come to participate in my tournament that is held every six years and now those years have passed a few who stand before us have trained long and hard to fight with every thing they have to offer, now as you know only one may claim the title of the north blues conquerer and become the best fighter this ocean will know, however not only will you be facing each other but a few will have to face our current champion who has held the title for eighteen long years now enter Ryker! "

tyro then pointed his staff to the right of him to a pad that stuck out in the side of the stadium and out came ryker who entered revealing himself and with his arms crossed showing a perfesional look making everyone in the crowd cheer for him when they don't know what he is.

mark saw him and he knew this guys was giving off a bad vibe and then noticed that he looking right at him ( that's guy up there so he's ryker, defiantly has that look but I have a bad felling about him ) mark thought too himself as ruler kept looking down on him from where he was standing an noticed that rune was giving him an eye that showed anger from what he could tell and a lot of it.

( humph he may not look like much but i will watch and see if he's really worthy ) ryker thought to himself as he shifted to rune and saw that she was glaring at him ( looks like your hear two huh? ).

" Now if I can have your attention and let Cretan speak " the old man gestured to the ghost

" the rules are simple each opponent will be chosen randomly and the two who are selected will face against each other in a one on one battle that will be decided until one no longer can battle, also those who are too seriously can and won't be able to continue will removed from the tournament for safety precautions, next those who cheat will be disqualified including the ones who will not yield and strike down a fallen challenger and as of this moment I will be the referee of this tournament and also a heads up some matches will be special but they will all happen at random ".

" indeed now the first match will begin in ten minutes so be prepared " and with that the duo went two a ledge wear they would be at for the whole time

" seems the crowd is happy to be hear as usual " a voice called out and it was only takamaru who took a seat right next to tyro

" good to see old friend "

" and you as well so is it true about rune entering? " the wise man asked in worry with takamaru nodding yes " I just hope she won't let her anger get the better of her "

" as do I not only as her sensei but also as her caretaker ".

" but I have one question though " tyro then stomped his staff and then an image showing mark,blade and kora talking to each other appears in front of them " are these the ones you were talking about? "

" yes but the one wearing the white Gi he's special and I think he might have what it takes to defeat ryker " takamaru exclaimed proudly

" hmmm this boy defiantly has a strong Will but would that be enough to take down ryker's raw power? "

" I believe so "

" we'll have to see for ourselves then "

a few minutes later

All the fighters gathered into the side lines waiting for the first match up to begin along with the tournament

" thank you for waiting! " tyro called out from his spot and got everyone's attention " now the results of the of the first match up! " tyro then planted his staff making the peril glow very brightly and then two names appeared in the air

" now the fist match is Mark BlackFiled Vs J,F Homer " and after he said that mark got pumped up cause he was going first while homer on the other hand scoffed

" alright! Better get my game on "

" he better not bore me " then the two of them were teleported to the stadium and that's when cretan appeared

" are you both ready? " they looked to him and nodded their heads yes and cretan gave tyro a thumbs up

" now let the tournament begin! " tyro then raised his staff in the air and the pearl began to leak a white energy that enveloped the stadium and a massive round cage surrounded it. " this first match shall include a fight in the cage! And now may the gods decide fate! Fight! " after saying that cretan waved the flag signaling the fight to begin and disappeared leaving mark and homer in a stare off.

" you don't look so strong " homer then raised one leg in the air

" like your one to talk " mark took his stance as well then after five seconds homer elapsed forward and started a rabid assault of kicks at mark was easily able to block. Seeing a chance mark kicked homer away and grabbed his leg throwing him to the fence only for homer to use it a trampling and shot towards mark kicking him upside the jaw and punching him the stomach.

Regaining focus mark slammed both of his fists together and slammed homer to he side followed by his taking a familiar stance

" Shogun shark fist! " mark punched forward making homer a little confused before he felt the shockwave of his punch hitting him and made him bounce back to mark who caught him and slammed him to the ground.

Homer then head butted mark in the gut and then jumped into the air and began to rabidly kick mark with such tremendous force and speed making it hard for him to defend off these attacks ( he might have some skill after all ) after that homer jumped up and bounced off and again from the wall just like a bullet " Bullet jumper! " homer landed a hard blow on marks back.

even with that pain mark then performed a round house kick followed by him rabidly punching him with homer fighting back. After ducking it out like that for about a few seconds they both jumped backwards bit of them exhausted but mark didn't care he just loved hearing that crowd then looking back to homer and smirked

" your actually pretty good "

" I have to admit your doing rather better then I expected however.. " then all the sudden his arms began to change along with two more sets of arms sprouting from the side and then two antennas sprouted from his forehead. After a few seconds homer was now a hybrid between a human and a grasshopper making everyone in the arena surprised including the rest of the crew

" what the hell!? Did he just turn into a human grasshopper!? " red,mell and micho all said at once cause they were a little but freaked out by this while zack sighed in annoyance

" geez will you three calm down that's only because of his devil fruit " then the three woman turned to him including Ben who seemed to listening and was watching the fight

" huh really but what kind? " mell asked first

" from the looks of it a zoan type only this kind allows the user to turn into an insect "

" I never heard of that I thought most of them turned people into animals like a cat or a dog " micho added.

" true but there's different types but finding these types there hard to come by since I heard there's even a human human fruit out there "

" wow that's crazy I didn't know all devil fruits were a mystery " red exclaimed a little dumbfounded

" you got that right devil fruits are defiantly one of the few mysteries of the world

" but what about mark you think he can win? " red asked with zack grinning in response " there's not a single doubt in my mind ".

" That's some devil fruit you got there " mark exclaimed taking a stance and was really curious about his devil fruit since he never seem anybody turn into a bug plus he hoped that he was done with them because he was creeped out by those insect animal hybrids back on Big Island

" I get that a lot, this kind of devil fruit was really hard to find and it's called the Bug Bug fruit model: Grasshopper "

mark then began to laugh a little bit making homer confused " what are laughing at? "

" haha! cause the way how look right now really matches your cheap costume! Haha! " mark said while laughing his ass because homer indeed stood out when he was in his man beast form.

" amusing but now your finished " homer then began to jump into the air a few times before bouncing back and forth thanks to the cage walls. Mark was completely surprised how fast he was in fact he couldn't even keep his eyes on him

" ha! What's the matter to fast for ya then let's go! Bullet bounce house! " homers speed increased and was now hitting mark so fast that he couldn't keep up with him plus thanks to the walls that confined them both it was like being trapped in a nest of hornets constantly being stung.

( come one think of something! Think of something! ) mark thought to himself before he got a really good idea. As homer kept his attack going he did not expect what he was seeing mark began to spin with water beginning to surround his body

" Sea Dragoon: whirlpool! " mark speed then increased and then intercepting homers attack. But that didn't stop mark cause he was spinning like the tasmanian devil only his body was spinning with water around his body and then headed towards homer.

" Alrighty then! Grasshopper rocket! " homer then lunged forward with a mighty kick that intercepted marks attack and was a stale mate for about five seconds before the two of them created a shockwave. Unexpectedly mark lunged at him with both of his palms in a spear like pattern and hitted homer right in the chest

" Twin saw shark spear palm! " mark then sended homer flying back into the wall but he instantly held onto the fence and then grinned.

" Wow fighting you is fun but I got to now end this " homer then landed back down and had his arms across his chest with his boys radiating yellow energy " Multiple cricketers! " then four smaller versions of homer appeared and they all posed with their fists in the air.

mark sighed cause this fight he wanted it to over with already " eh what the hell I'm done playing around with this guy "

" hya! " the miniature homers then charged at mark and began to hit all over and then all sudden they just exploded like bombs sending mark skidding back a few feet

" what the!? They just blew up? " mark did not expect that at all and regained his composure and took a stance " take this! WaterUprising kraken assault! " then all the sudden the water around shaped into fists that tried to hit homer but he kept jumping away from them

" ha! can't catch me! " homer mocked him and then all the sudden mark instantly appeared infringing if him and landed a powerful punch right onto his stomach " gotcha.."

" Oh crap! " " Reverse Shogun shark fist! " mark twisted his fist and sent a powerful shock wave that made homer crash into the wall and then back to mark " followed by Hammer Shark Kick! " mark then landed a powerful kick making homer crash onto the ground.

mark then landed a few feet on the ground and then homer stood up and began to laugh ha your actually more fun then I expected maybe it's time for more of little friends to come out " homer said ready to perform his technique but then drops of water began to gather on his right hand forming into a small orb

" Water Bomb! " he threw the orb that exploded into a massive surge of water witch homer easily dodged and by then little homers were already formed. Homer then laughed as he landed back on too the ground

" you missed "

mark then smiled and raised his hand into the air making homer confused " nope I didn't Crushing Typhoon! " then all the sudden and to homers surprise the water around him instantly turned into a whirlpool that surprised the whole coliseum. After a seconds the whirlpool dispersed and then homer fell onto the ground unconscious.

That was Cretans call to reappear and examined homer who was still alive

" J,P Homer is unable to continue! The winner of this match goes to Mark BlackField! " cretan announced and when he did the crowd cheered for mark cause for he truly was an amazing fighter and showed a will of solid confidence with a steady mind even in battle

" Yeah! " zack cheered for his friend along with red, mell and micho while Ben roared in recognition for his buds victory.

mark felt really good when he won in fact he went up to homer and offered his hand leaving his opponent confused " huh? " mark grinned

" you make a good sparring partner and that was fun lets do that again sometime " homer scoffed before taking marks offer and got up

" yep i like the sound of that kid " he said before jumping away leaving without a trace leaving mark a little confused

Breaker watched the fight and thought to himself ( heh I wonder if a can get him angry ) he then looked over to his little brother blade ( I know the perfect way ).

Tyro watched the whole fight as well with Takamaru both showing signs of surprise " that boy is defiantly something alright "

" I'm telling you lord tyro he's more promising then ever "

" even so and that time does come all who face against Ryker must not underestimate his power like with Rokca for example "

" yes your right but don't forget he lost before "

" but that was only one man and he was the only one to ever beat him "

" well you never know "

Ryker looked down from where he was standing and he had to admit he had some skill but he still didn't see mark as his true opponent yet " Mark BlackField I will wacth you closely but until then your nothing more but a nuisance who can bend the water too his will but yet you may be the one I have been searching for, but why do you bear a resemblance to that man? "

a image a man with his face not showing appeared

" well no matter because you will be just like everyone else who kneel before my power " he exclaimed before leaving his spot.

To be continued

Next time: Tournament continues!

Rounds 2 The swordsman Vs The Barbarian!

Promising fights that might make you surprised?

Whew! That's a rap for this long chapter for me folks! I really hopped that you all enjoyed it. Maybe the fight isn't really that exciting but I wanted it to simple and not to very long unlike the other fights from the other chapters besides there's actually a bunch of shirt fights in the anime so that's okay.

Also that devil fruit with the grasshopper I wanted it to be original so that way it stands out along with the cage match including the tensions that will build as the story progresses

okay that's enough for me right now so again i hope you enjoyed it and please review if you would be so kind and as usual

unit next next time

G King!

Out!