Chapter 4

Execution Day

Part II

Tyri unsheathed her claws and let her canine teeth grow again. Carnassier and Sinn stared at her as she got ready for the fight.

"Time to finish this!" Tyri hissed.

"Indeed…" Sinn said calmly.

"Mind if I start?"

"Certainly not. Go ahead. Captain Carnassier, standby please…"

Tyri smiled and pawed the deck. Suddenly, she leapt at Sinn, teeth bared and claws unsheathed. As she came at him, she twisted in the air until she looked like a giant black torpedo. Sinn smirked and raised his hands. A wall of dark energy surrounded him just as Tyri reached him. She hit the shield with incredible force and the impact shook the entire shield.

"Humph… child's play…. You should know that could never work…" Sinn smirked as Tyri bounced off the shield.

Tyri growled angrily and cracked her knuckles. Flexing her claws, Tyri leapt again at Sinn again a prepared to slash him when the force field came up again and her attack was blocked. All this time, Sinn had his eyes closed. Now, he opened them, and they were slits of hate.

"You….." Sinn began calmly. "Are becoming a nuisance!"

Suddenly, a large ball of psychic energy appeared in front of Sinn's head. He raised one hand, and the ball of energy slammed into Tyri. She shrieked in pain and the ball of energy exploded. Tyri went flying and hit the mast, trembling from the attack.

"So you have an obvious weakness against my psychic energy balls?" Sinn asked.

Tyri growled angrily and screeched in anger. To her surprise, Sinn put a hand on his head and it hit her. Sinn had to concentrate really hard to generate psychic energy with that much power. Noise affected his concentration. Tyri smiled as a line of blood trickled from her mouth. She found his weakness. She stuck her hand in her pocket and pulled out a small yellow jaw breaker-like pill.

"Thank you so much Chopper!" Tyri thought. "I owe you for teaching me about these!"

"Time for you to meet your match!" Tyri growled at Sinn and stuck the pill in her mouth and crushed it between her teeth. "Rumble ball!"

Almost immediately after taking the Rumble ball, Tyri's claws became the length of rapiers, and her teeth sharpened. Sinn grinned.

"As if sharper claws and teeth are going to stop me!" Sinn smirked.

"Oh they will…" Tyri growled smiling. "Voice point…."

Suddenly Tyri let loose a screech that sounded like the wail of an orca, furious and piercing. Sinn grabbed his head in pain. It felt like someone was tearing his entire head apart. Still screeching, Tyri charged at Sinn and raked his side with her long claws.

Sinn yelled in pain and fell to his knees. Tyri stopped screeching and smiled.

"How's that?" Tyri yelled at Sinn.

"Very good little one. But you have much to learn!" Sinn said smiling.

Suddenly, a giant ball of psychic energy surrounded Tyri. She was trapped and couldn't make any sound waves to penetrate the barrier. Sinn smiled, lifted a finger, and the ball went flying into a mast, where it shattered like glass. To Tyri's surprise and horror, the pieces exploded, sending waves of pain through her body and she fell.

"Well that worked….." Sinn smirked raising both hands to his head. "Time to shut you up for good…"

A large ball of energy appeared beside Sinn and took the shape of a large snake. Sinn raised two fingers and it lunged for Tyri, teeth bared and hissing. Tyri got up and tried to dodge the snake but it caught her ankle and sunk its teeth into it. Tyri yelped as the teeth went deeper into her flesh and threw her. Tyri hit the deck hard and turned back into her human form. The power of the Rumble ball had run out and she had no feeling in her left ankle. The snake slithered close by and Sinn, hissing.

"Finish her!" Sinn commanded raising three fingers.

The snake lunged at Tyri, mouth wide and ready to end the girl's life. But suddenly, a falcon's screech split the air and in mere seconds a figure took a sword from his side and severed the snake's head. It exploded, but the figure was safe. He rushed to Tyri and picked her up. Tyri opened her eyes to see Pell holding her gently. He had bandages all over him but he looked healed.

"Tyri are you okay? We heard you from below, and I decided to come up to see what was! I'm glad I was able to save you just in time!" he exclaimed.

"I was fine Pell…. Honest!" Tyri insisted.

"Your ankle is bleeding from a deep bite and we heard explosions! You probably would have been dead snow flower…" Pell said softly.

"Yeah…. I guess… but how can we beat Sinn? He's better than me with his Devil Fruit powers…. But he can't concentrate with noise…"

"Then let's work together Ty" Pell said carefully letting Tyri down.

Both of them turned into their full Zoan forms as Sinn began to prepare a giant ball of psychic energy. With her paw in his wing, Tyri and Pell let loose incredible animal cries, sending waves of pain through Sinn's head. The ball of energy exploded in Sinn's face and he fell to the deck and lay still.

"Well he's out for the count…" Pell said looking at Tyri.

"There's only one more…" Tyri growled looking up at Carnassier.

Carnassier was red in the face and roared in fury. He was louder and angrier than ever.

"Now you've made me mad! You're both going to die!" He roared.

To Tyri and Pell's horror, Carnassier began to grow bigger and bigger, and his eyes fused into one. His nails grew longer and his upper and lower canine teeth grew so they stuck out of his mouth, and his arms and legs grew longer. In seconds, Carnassier had transformed into a Cyclops.

"Human-Human Fruit. Model: Cyclops!" Carnassier roared in a deeper voice. "Found this a few weeks ago… now I can finally try it out!"

"He never-" Tyri started, but with one quick swipe of his large hand, Carnassier smacked Tyri with incredible force.

The impact sent Tyri flying into the crows nest. There was a horrible snap, and Tyri fell back to the deck and lay very still. Pell looked in horror at the limp body of his friend, and anger overtook him. He glared up at Carnassier, who was grinning down at him. All of a sudden, Pell screeched with anger, sending Carnassier stumbling backward. In seconds, Pell took to the sky and slashed Carnassier with his hooked talons. Carnassier cried out in pain and swung at Pell with his club. Pell easily dodged the attack, and dive bombed Carnassier, tearing a cut in his cheek. Pell turned in the air, but not fast enough, and a large blue hand seized him. Carnassier brought Pell to a position where he was looking at him with his large eye.

"NICE TRY VERMIN….." Carnassier growled grinning. "BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO TRY HARDER!"

Raising the arm with Pell in it, Carnassier threw Pell into the air. Before Pell could fly away, Carnassier swung his large club and smashed Pell into the deck. Pell felt pain whenever he tried to move, and he could feel blood oozing from his body. Carnassier howled with laughter and picked up Pell by the back of the neckline on his robes.

"NOT SO HEROIC NOW ARE YOU?" Carnassier said laughing.

Pell didn't speak as a thick line of blood ran down his chin. Carnassier laughed again and raised his club.

"TIME TO SHUT YOU UP FOR GOOD…" Carnassier growled smiling.

As Carnassier swung his club Pell fell unconscious from blood loss and never felt the club hit his body. Tyri had blocked the attack with her bare paws. Grabbing the club, Tyri tore it from Carnassier's hand, grabbed the handle, and bashed him in the stomach. Carnassier lost his grip on Pell and let the falcon go as he crashed into the mast. Tyri hoped it was the right mast like she planned, and it was, for in the next moment, a large spike pierced Carnassier left hand. He yowled in pain and was stuck to the mast as another spike pierced his right arm. Tyri carefully took a piece of metal from her pocket and slowly walked toward Carnassier, who was rocking the entire boat and roaring in anger. As Tyri neared the enraged monster, she turned back into human form and placed the piece of metal on Carnassier. The energy was drained out of him and he turned back into his human form.

"W-what did you d-do t-to me you…..m-monster…" Carnassier growled weakly.

"I used the sea prism stones. Since you're a Devil Fruit user, water is your weakness like the rest of us." Tyri said hoarsely.

Carnassier blinked then slowly closed his eyes. Tyri's blood ran cold. Had she killed him? Suddenly, there was a hand on her shoulder, and she turned to see Vilks staring gravely at Carnassier.

"No, he's not dead…neither is Sinn… you just knocked them out…" he said as if he'd known what Tyri was thinking.

Tyri nodded to him, but rushed over to Pell and shook him.

"Pell…. Wake up…." Tyri said gently.

Pell groaned softly and spoke.

"Mom….. Just 5 more minutes…." Pell groaned and snored softly.

Tyri smiled and chuckled. Pell was alive, badly injured, but alive. Vilks smiled at them.

"Guess we have some work to do. Some of the prisoners and I going to get Carnassier and Sinn in your old cell, and get a boat ready for you, Pell, and Arias to go to Alabasta." He said.

"Is it okay if stay for awhile until our wounds heal?" Tyri asked.

"Of course! You can stay for as long as you like!" Vilks replied grinning.

Within a few hours, Tyri and Pell got their wounds treated and were resting in the infirmary, Carnassier and Sinn were in Pell and Tyri's old cell, and Arias was out of his cell and was helping Vilks fix dinner along with other prisoners. Pell woke up first two hours later. Most his chest was covered in bandages and his right arm as well. He rubbed his eyes and looked around, and saw Tyri lying in another bed. She was breathing softly and purring in her sleep. Pell smiled, slowly slid out his bed, and climbed into Tyri's.

As he threw the blanket back, he was shocked to see Tyri's chest covered in bandages, and her ankle wrapped. He sighed and pulled Tyri close to his body, and she purred at the touch of his warm skin. He knew she would wake up soon, and he would lay by her side until she did. He stroked her hair gently as she slept, and she purred. A half hour passed, and Tyri began to stir. Her eyes opened a minute later and Pell smiled.

"Hey Tyri…. Did you sleep well?" Pell asked tussling the girl's hair.

"Yes I did….. Thanks for asking…" Tyri replied. "Are you better?"

"Much… you fight well for a girl snow flower…." Pell teased.

"Thanks… you fight really well too…. Thanks for saving me today…" Tyri purred.

"Hey, you saved my butt as well, so we're even, but I'm still going to improve so I won't need to be saved."

"I'll improve too, but I don't really mind getting saved if it's you doing the saving, Pell."

Pell held her closer when she said that, and looked into her green eyes. Tyri snuggled into his muscular chest and purred as Pell put his hands around her waist and stroked her. Tyri's skin tingled as Pell stroked her, and she trembled under his touch. Never had she experienced a man who could make her feel so good and comfort her like this, and she loved every second of it.

"This feels like a beautiful dream…" Tyri murmured as she traced the lines in Pell's 6-pack. "This…. Can't be reality…"

"I'll show you this isn't a dream Tyri…" Pell said softly.

Pell leaned forward and was about to graze Tyri's lips with his own, but there was a sudden knock on the door, and Vilks came in and froze. Pell and Tyri looked up and their cheeks burned. Vilks gaped at the twosome, and then straightened up.

"Um… well…. We uh…. Just finished dinner so….. Um… yeah…" he stuttered and left as quickly as he'd come.

Pell and Tyri looked at each other and slid out of bed. Tyri slipped on her shirt, which to her surprise, had been sewn and washed. Pell's robes had been washed as well, and he pulled them on along with his socks and shoes.

"We can finish this later." Pell whispered to Tyri.

"Okay Pell but I just want to tell you one more thing." Tyri said softly.

"Yes? What is it Ty?" Pell asked.

"This…"

Tyri came over to Pell and whispered in his ear.

"I really like you Pell…. And not just as friends…" She whispered.

Before Pell could say anything else, Tyri softly kissed his cheek and ran out to the mess hall. Pell touched his cheek and blushed.

"Tyri..." Pell thought smiling. "I really like you too."