Ladies and gentlemen, I am back. And I bring you fight number six of my story. Here we go.
Zoro had been looking for someone or something to test out how good he had gotten with his techniques since Alabasta, and now he had it
Krieg, although infinitely slower that he was, still had a slight advantage over him, thanks to his reinforced steel armor, which now covered most of his body. Zoro's attacks were damn near ineffective against Krieg, who for the most part simply had to stand there, moving only to cover the unarmored parts of his body. Zoro, still holding only two of his swords, now stood away from him, trying to find some way of penetrating Krieg's defenses.
"Ahahahahahahaha, so are you ready to give it up now? You have seen how strong I have made my armor. There is no possible way for you to penetrate it."
Zoro simply smiled at his. "Maybe, maybe not. I'll never know until I try, right?" And with that he attacked again. "Nitoryu Nanaju-ni Pondou Hou!" He whirled his swords sending a devastating wind towards Krieg. Krieg was momentarily shocked by the attack but stood his ground not budging an inch.
Then he caught sight of Zoro running straight towards him. "A distraction." Too late he realized Zoro's plan. "Nitoryu Nigiri: Tourou!" Zoro jumped up and brought both of his swords down on to Krieg, aiming for his head. Krieg was barely able to get his forearms up, which were also armored. Zoro, however simply used the force of the blow to propel himself up again. "Outourou!" Zoro, now directly above Krieg, tried to hit him again, only this time he aimed for his armored forearms. Krieg 'blocked' his attack, unaware that he was aiming for his gauntlets. "Hirameki!" Finally Zoro put all of his power into his final attack and struck the gauntlets. He landed behind Krieg and let out a deep breath.
"Was that it, sword boy? Was that really all you could muster up? Because if it was then you are in for a world of hurt." He was about to laugh his head off at Zoro's seemingly vain attempt at injuring him, but his gauntlets picked that very moment to break on him. "Whaaaaaaaat???" Then he remembered. 'Shit, I reinforced my chest plate but I forgot to do it to the rest of my armor'
Zoro let out a light laugh and turned toward him. "If that is all your great armor is then I doubt that this is going to be a very long match." Zoro then got set to attack again.
"Grrrrr, don't get cocky yet. This battle is far from over." And with that Krieg assembled his battle spear. Only this one now sported three blades; two on the sides and one on top. "Now try and come at me."
Zoro, not one to pass up a challenge, gratefully accepted and attacked. Krieg brought his spear down on Zoro, who expertly blocked the coming hit. However he was surprised to see a smile on the face of the armored pirate. That surprise turned to shock when a large explosion came from the spear, sending Zoro straight to the ground. Krieg laughed.
"What? Did your captain forget to tell you about my spears nice little ability?" Krieg sneered down at the swordsman, but was not surprised to see him stand. Not after the fight he had with the captain. "Good, now I can have some more fun with you." He swung his spear down upon the swordsman again. There was a clang of metal on metal and then a loud boom. Krieg laughed again at the stupidity of his opponent. That laughter stopped when the smoke cleared and Zoro was still standing, the Wado Ichimonji in his mouth, and his bandana on his head.
"You know, I've just about had it with your mouth. More importantly, I've just about had enough of this spear, so what do you say we get rid of it?" He got set for his attack. "Santoryu Tatsumaki!" He created a huge whirlwind that blew the spear right out of Krieg's hands and into the distance.
Krieg was in shock but kept his cool. "So what? I still have tons of weapons to use against you." Suddenly, 6 guns appeared on various points of his armor. Try this on for size. Hell storm Barrage!" Krieg then fired all of his weapons at Zoro.
However Zoro, in a flash of sword movements, deflected each and every bullet send his way. Krieg kept on firing and Zoro just kept on deflecting them. Finally Krieg ran out of ammunition; however he was not going to give up just yet. "Ok then, let's see how you handle this." He pulled out a spare shield and set it up for his most devastating attack. "Try this. MH5, poison gas." He fired the shell straight at Zoro, who, remembering the explanation that Luffy and Sanji gave him, was ready for it.
"Santoryu Hyaku-Hachi Pondou Hou!" He swung all three of his swords at the shell and let loose a powerful gust of ki at the shell. The shell was blown far away over a cliff where it would explode harmlessly in the water. Well, harmlessly as far as Zoro was concerned. "Is that all? Because I have a move that I want to try out now, and you seem like a prime customer." He sheathed the Kitestu and the Yubashiri and took the Wado in his right hand. He then closed his eyes and began to breathe slowly.
'This must be what it was.' He began to think to himself. 'When I used it on him, I was able to hear the breath of everything. All I have to do is calm myself and listen. Then I can have the power to cut nothing….' He slashed at a bush near him and didn't cut a single leaf. '…..and the power to cut anything.' Switching hands he slashed at a tree trunk, slicing cleanly through it.
Krieg watched the entire scene with little interest. "Hey! What are you doing? I'm still standing right here!" He then lunged at Zoro trying to knock him out with his diamond knuckles.
Zoro had already sheathed the Wado and was preparing to attack. "Ittoryu Iai…." Krieg was getting closer and closer, but it was already too late. "Shishi Sonson!" And in a flash, Zoro lunged forward, slashed at his armor, and stopped leaving just an inch of his sword unsheathed.
Krieg was left standing there wondering what the hell had just happened. He looked down at his armor to see that it still didn't have a scratch on it. He began to laugh once again. "Was that it? That was nothing!" Krieg continued to laugh as Zoro sheathed the rest of his sword. And in that instant Krieg's new, reinforced steel armor, split in half.
Krieg couldn't believe his eyes. "Whaaaaaaaaaat??? This can't be real! That was the best armor in the world! You shouldn't have been able to cut it!"
Zoro simply sighed. "Damn, I was trying to cut you as well. Guess I gotta work on that a little more." He placed the Wado back in his mouth and took out his other swords and set up for the last attack. "Later. Oni…… Giri!" And using his trademark technique, he slashed into Krieg's chest, not killing him, but at least making sure that he wouldn't be fighting anytime soon.
Zoro sheathed his swords and removed his bandana, looking back on his victim. "I have definitely been hanging around Luffy too long." He thought for a second. "Speaking of which, something tells me that this bastard isn't the only one here. I'd better get back to the ship before I miss out on whatever fun is about to go down." Tying his bandana to his arms again, he then ran off……
In the complete opposite direction of the ship.
Now of course I Just had to put that last bit in there. I was something that I had neglected to put into the other chapters so I apologize to all of the Zoro fans out there.
Ok Almost done with the fight scenes. I'll try to make the last one go for a little longer than I have. SO please R&R and I will try to get back up as soon as possible.
