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Cassandra's transport ship sailed through the watery ocean with a quickened pace, trying to quicken to their destination. While the ship sped through the waters Cassandra stood at the back looking out at the birds flying through the sky. She let out a sigh as she watched the birds fly. Oh how she wished she could have been a bird, free and able to fly away from all of her worries and pain.
"Huff, how I envy you birds, how I wish to be like you," she closed her eyes and sighed again. "Being human really sucks."
"What sucks Cassandra-sama?"
Cassandra jumped to her feet in shock and looked behind her to see Rachael and Tanya there looking at her. She was starting to wonder just how much they had heard.
"How long where you there," she asked, her tone carrying a dangerous edge to it?
"Oh not that long," Rachael said with a grin. "Just long enough to hear you wish you were a bird."
"Never knew way Cassandra-sama," Tanya said with a smug grin of her own.
Cassandra looked as if she was going to blow her top, but then she calmed down. Sighing she looked out at the retreating forms of the seagulls.
"It's not that I want to be a bird or fly, that I can already do. What I really want is to be able to do whatever my heart desires to do," the others looked at her in surprise. "I want to go to places that I've never seen before in my life. I want to be able to meet new people and have wild adventures that aren't bound by the laws of the government. That's what I really want,"
Rachael chuckled slightly hearing this, "Heh, sounds like you almost wish you were a pirate."
Cassandra looked at Rachael and glared her down. The look on her face could even make Mihawk shudder in fear and how evil the look she was giving was.
"I would never become a pirate. They are the third thing I hate most in this world."
Tanya laughed at this, "Yeah, the only thing I think you hate even more than pirates is that Blood Countess Kairi." Hearing that name caused Cassandra to break the railing from how tight she was holding it.
"Oh, just hearing that woman's name makes my blood boil. I swear you guys if it's the last thing I do I will find that woman and then I'll break her, make her suffer, and then I'll haul her all the way to Impel Down and make sure that they stick her in the Eternal Hell."
Rachael and Tanya winced slightly as Cassandra described what she planned to do with the Blood Countess when she found her. Kairi and Cassandra had some history with each other from several years back. And whenever her name was mentioned Cassandra would always end up pissed and start to boil in anger.
"Well lets move on from that topic shall we? How about we head back down and call in to see how things are going with Jaden and the others," Tanya offered as she led Cassandra from the rear of the boat back into her quarters.
---With Jaden---
As soon as Jaden's boat hit land he had dashed into town. He had searched almost half of the town and had yet to see hide or hair of Jericho or any of the others. He had stopped by the ship earlier only to find Brandon on board. He told Jaden that the others had gone into town to do whatever. Needless to say Jaden was planning on killing them when he found them.
Running through the streets Jaden couldn't help but groan in annoyance.
"Damn it Jericho, I told you all to stay at the ship, but do you listen HEAVENS NO! At this rate I'll never find you." Looking at the sky he let out a aggravated sigh, "Come on Jericho show me where you're at."
Just then and explosion was seen and heard from about a couple of miles from where Jaden was. The people nearby started running in terror heading away from the explosion. Jaden meanwhile let out a breath of relief at this.
"Well at least I know where you're at Jericho," looking at where the explosion came from he wondered what Jericho was doing. Though he already had a pretty good hunch.
"So either you're hunting a major felon worth a hundred-million, or someone pissed you off and you lost your temper…..probably lost your temper."
Heading towards the explosion and making his through the crowd of fleeing people he accidentally bumped into someone. When he looked at who he bumped into he saw that they wore a black hooded cloak that covered their entire body. Bowing his head Jaden apologized to the person, "Sorry I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
"It's quite all right, there was no harm done. Excuse me," as he started away Jaden caught a glimpse of his eyes before he disappeared into the crowd. As soon as he was out of sight Jaden thought back to those eyes. So cold, so devoid of life, so….hollow. But he couldn't help but shake the feeling that he had seen them before.
"Now let's see, where have I seen that man before? And more importantly why do those eyes seem to be so familiar to me?"
Jaden racked his brain, thinking about those eyes. Then it hit him, and his eyes widened in pure dread. "O merciful lord on high," he said to himself as he dropped to a knee. His skin was pale, his hand was shaking and his throat became dry. "Oh dear God on high, what is he doing here on this island, what could he be after?"
Standing to his feet he took off in the direction the man was heading. "Sorry Jericho, but I have to see if I'm right. And if I am and we don't do something……no one will leave this island alive," with that in mind he picked up the pace and ran like a wolf on the hunt. What he didn't notice was the same man was on top of the nearby roof watching him since he had apparently left.
"Heheheheheheheh, yes Jaden run, run to your hearts content. But it changes absolutely nothing. You and everyone on this island will not live to see tomorrow," and with that and a flip of his cloak he was gone.
---Michael & Drake's fight---
Michael ducked as Drake swung his sword to cut his throat. Then he threw a right hook at drake only for his mace to block and injure Michael's hand. Jumping back Michael grabbed two large stones and threw them at Drake, who merely crushed them with his sword and mace. But then Michael rushes up to him and delivers a hard blow to the gut, followed by a side kick to the side of his head, sending the former marine skidding down the street.
"Is that all you got Drake? I was expecting much more from you," he taunted as he slowly approached the pirate that stumbled to his feet.
"Not at all Michael. In fact I've not yet begun to fight," he replied readying his weapons for battle. Seeing this just made Michael laugh even more.
"Heh heh heh heh, it dosen't matter Drake. Have you forgotten about my special….condition?"
"Of course not. There is no possible way that I would ever forget about your special condition," he tells Michael as he moves slightly closer. "It was because of that special condition that you were made the Vice-Head Gaoler at Impel Down alongside Shinryuu for all those years."
Michael chuckled as he thought back to his time working at Impel Down. He had some fond memories there….well….fond for him anyways, disturbing for other people. He had been working there for about seven years before he had been re-assigned to his post at Marine HQ, much to his protest. He remembered when Jericho and Drake came there and literally dragged him from the prison and sent him to HQ.
"Yeah, would have loved to still be working there, but we can't always get what we want now can we?"
Drake said nothing as he broke into a sprint towards Michael. He swung his mace overhead but Michael only jumped away, but was unable to stop the blade from slicing his stomach.
Jumping back away from Drake he checked to see how deep the wound was. Luckily for him the wound wasn't too deep, but a bit of blood was dripping. Tearing off a piece of his bandages he stuffed it inside the wound, stopping the bleeding for the time being, then turned and glared at Drake.
"You know how much I hate it when I shed blood," he seemed to be trembling and grasped his hand in a fist. "IT REALLY GETS MY BLOOD BOILING!"
Charging at Drake he sent a round house kick to the left temple of Drakes head, but had it blocked by Drake's sword, cutting deep into his leg. Grasping the sword with his left hand he tossed it away, followed up by a blow to the face from his fight hand.
But as he landed the blow Drake swung his mace and smashed Michael in the side sending him crashing into the building and himself flying down the road into a nearby building.
"Ah damn, I've forgotten how much Michael packs in his punches when he gets like that.
As he stood to his feet his face turned to the side just as Michael appeared and drove his fist into Drake's face. The former marine howled in pain as he held his face. Michael seemed to be enjoying the sounds of Drakes pain.
"So Drake, how's life like on the other side huh?" Walking up to the pirate he was caught off guard as Drake spun around and landed a good blow to his gut, sending Michael stumbling back.
"Well the being hunted part isn't really the best," he looked at Michael and grinned," "But it beats doing paperwork for hours on end."
That little comment really pissed Michael off.
"I DO NOT DO PAPERWORK FOR HOURS. THAT ONE TIME WAS BECAUSE YOU AND RACHAEL DUMPED ALL YOUR WORK INTO MY OWN!!"
Drake's eyes slightly widened at that name, "Oh yeah," he said. "How is Rachael doing," he asked as he swung his sword at Michael's head?
"Oh fine considering you missed her birthday," Michael told him as he dogged the blade and threw a barrage of punches at him.
"Oh really, remind me to send her a card," Drake told Michael as he dogged the punches and fought back with his barrage of strikes from his sword.
"Why don't you give it to her yourself? She'll be here in about a hour or two," he replied as he dodged the onslaught of strikes from his blade.
Drake ducked down low as Michael swung a kick at him. Rearing his blades back he slashes Michael's chest causing the Rear-Admiral to clench his teeth in pain. Not stopping there he delivers a kick to his head, spinning him around, and with his mace struck his back, sending him flying into a nearby building.
Looking at where Michael landed he checked to make sure that he was still alive or not. Seeing no sign of movement he let out a sigh as he sheathed his weapons and turned to leave.
"Looks like this is the last time we'll ever see each other Michael. If it helps I never held anything against you."
"But I hold something's against you," Michael's voice rang out.
Turning around Drake had no time to react as a hand grabbed his face and lifted him off the ground. Michael stood and held Drake with a strong grip, sure to keep him in the air, and to cause some pain. Reaching out his other hand he grabbed Drake's weapons and tossed them to the side.
"It's been quite a while since someone has pissed me off this much Drake, no surprise it's you that does it. So to commemorate this special reunion of ours I think I'll treat you to a special show. Drake was confused at first but then he noticed something, something that sent a chill down his spine…the hand that held him had the glove off. Drake struggled and thrashed around but it was to no avail.
"What's the matter Drake, don't you want to see my special show," Drake thrashed around even more while Michael merely grinned under his bandages. "if you remember right this is the skill that made me Shinryuu's equal in executions, and torture….my Touch of Pain." Drake began to struggle with even more vigor then before, but it was to no avail.
"Inferno Pain," Michael called out. A second later Drake was screaming in pain as he shook in agony, his skin had become hot red. Hearing him suffer put a smile on Michael's face.
"Yes, the touch of pain is a wonderful little trick that when anyone makes contact with my skin I can send images into the body so real that the brain actually believes its happening. And can even come to cause physical pin, as you can easily vouch for.
Looking at Drake he saw that blood was coming out of his mouth and ears, but he was still alive. Seeing the look of defiance in Drake's eyes really pissed Michael off.
"One more should do the trick," he said as Drake's eyes widened.
"Head-shot Pain," he called out. A second later Drakes head violently snapped back before slumping forward. A spot on his forehead started turning really red. Seeing that he wasn't moving Michael dropped him to the ground and slipped his glove back on.
"Once less piece of garbage to pollute the oceans," he said as he started walking away from Drake's beaten form. "Wonder how the others are?"
"Think about your own condition first!"
Michael's head wiped around so hard that he through he heard a bone break. To his complete and utter shock there stood Drake, alive and kicking. Michael clenched his fists in anger as Drake stood to his full height.
"HOW THE HELL ARE YOU STILL ALIVE FRAKE!!!"
"Heh, I actually have you to thank for that Michael," this caused the marine to scratch his head in confusion. "Have you forgotten that when I was still in the marine's employ I was subjected to a taste of your touch of pain already? So I had already built up a mental defense to just keep me alive.
Michael was bleeding from his mouth from biting down on his lips so hard from under his bandages.
"And now Michael, it's my turn to treat you to a show," he told him as he dug his feet into the ground. He started to change, grow bigger, his arms shrank, his skin became scaly, his legs became longer, his teeth became fangs, and he grew a tail. Once the change was finished Michael looked at him with wide eyes, and a sweat drop.
"AH COME ON!! YOU HAD TO EAT THAT DEVIL FRUIT OUT OF ALL THE ZOANS IN THE WORLD!!!?"
Drake's reply was a loud roar that could be heard all across the island. Michael sweat dropped at this.
"Of course that would be his response. BUT WHY THE HELL DID YOU PICK A DEVIL FRUIT THAT TURNS YOU INTO A DAMN DINOSAUR!!?"
As if insulted by the comment he reared his tail back and swung it at Michael. Seeing the tail coming at him he let out a sigh.
"Ah fuck," he managed to say before the tail made contact, sending him flying across the city.
Well there we are peoples. Sorry for the long wait but exams and finals are just three days away for me. Anyway as you can all plainly see Michael is kinda a sadist, but luckily he's only like that to pirates and those he thinks have betrayed him. Anyway on to the preview.
Next time on Guardians of the sea
Jericho: Now you gonna feel my hooks
Law: Keep this up and I'll eliminate you Mr. Marine
???: Wooooooooo baby, look at em go
Hugo: Did you hear something that sounded like a dinosaur
Dark Doctor vs. Iron Bison
Jericho: In the words of Boss Kizaru, have you ever been kicked at the speed of light