CHAPTER 3

TRAFALGAR LAW vs. RORONOA ZORO

Law tightens his grip on his Shinai and standing up with slow motion. Penguin and Sachi patting Law's back.

"Have fun, Law-sencho!"

The three referee, each one of them holding a pair of white and red flags. They walk into the ring of battle.

"Please, to the center of arena. White, Trafalgar Law and Red, Roronoa Zoro!"

The two Demons who awaited by all the eyes, were in. Finally. The drums of war, begin. The stadium filled with epic loud cheering and heavy claps.

The bell of Final round tingling, echoing through the gigantic stadium.

Zoro and Law walk in facing each other. They lower down their stand, doing sonkyo, itto met nito. They meeting each other's gaze before stand up, immediately taking a few steps for the comfortable stance and swiftly clashing their Shinais.

Black and White striking their Shinais, a few by few moves the normal strikes turns to hard strikes. The sounds of bamboo being smashed to the brick wall echoing through the stadium.

They keep blocking, attack and flipping again to strikes desperately. Looks like they eagerly beating each other, but still no result. The three referee watch sharply on every side, while all the audience gulping their own saliva.

This duo wild beasts duel deathly serious in their Final round. 8 minutes passed. Moves and attacks was formed numerously. Sometimes the Stadium full with cheers and sometimes it silence like a dead land. They all thrilled watching that duo figures hungrily hunting for some bloody painful strikes. Or rather, scores.

Both of them got the equal of powers, speeds and strength. Although they have different kind of style, skills and attack form, the collision between their attacks blow up a large mass of deathly impact and the wind around them shaken till forming a tornado.

That enough said that this different style of fighting rhythm shares the same level of destructive powers.

Both of Zoro and Law sent backward and instantly recovering their battle stand. Both of them panting heavily, rushing in filling their lungs with air. The audience cheers loudly, some of them cries Zoro and Law's name repeatedly.

Zoro bent his head to right and left, the 'kruk' sounds from his neck. Zoro smirks, and roaring his terrifying growl to Law. Law hissing like a mad cat, and they both steps forward, slashing their Shinai and repeating the attacks and blows.

The fights was spectacular and getting intense. A few while, Law waits for right time to attack again. He scans his opponent. 'So perfect.. I can't find his weak point. This kid is well trained.' Law watching on Zoro's hand move and leg's steps. He makes the calculating about Zoro's attack and planning his own next move.

From the deck of Observer, Ryuma watch both of the youngster's body moves. Ryuma knows Zoro's habit. Zoro will let his opponent make a move first. Just likes a spider, waiting for the prey fall on the nets, watch it struggles till it maceration, dehydration. Then the spider will kill the prey with his venom sting and eat it.

Both of them switch attacks and defend before do the strikes again. Law launch himself, swing his Shinai with great speed. Zoro defends himself, blocking Law and repays another savaging beats towards Law. Law took the hit with his Shinai. The hits between Shinai just like a sounds of canon fire. They were combating their strength forces.

The raging eyes clashing their mad stares.

Their Shinais shaken along with their hands. Law muffled a single huffing breath, tried his best to compete with Zoro's non inhumanly ton weighed hand pressure. Their height can be measures that time, and indeed Law is taller than Zoro. Law body seen bend a little to the back because of Zoro's heavy force, shows some whistle-able curvy posture of Law's perfect figure.

Now that black warrior tried to make himself taller than his tall opponent, the white warrior.

Their body stands to close causing their legs rubs each other as they tried to stay stand. Zoro vigorously want to smash this man. Law is not a person who simply let himself defeated. Law control over his breathe, concentrating in divided all his energy to work perfectly as he wishes. And Law pushes all his energy on his shoulder, decrease the bent angle of his body and tried to take his taller form than Zoro again.

In between their head armor, you can see the veins popping from their rage face. The stresses begin wearing both of them, Law push all his might of Zoro's Shinai to the side with his Shinai in order to stop that troublesome ton pinning energy. Law's heels feel a little sore because of the sudden momentum just now. Law postures keep the cool.

Somehow, Zoro finds the fragility in Law's form. Wonder if it's that man's egoistic that covers those hidden about-to-crumble sides. Law shifts his Shinai facing Zoro. He is 'waiting'.

Zoro watch Law's legs move. Yesterday, after Zoro finished meditation with Ryuma and Koshiro, Ryuma told Zoro something about graded Kendoka was restricted to do some kind of attack, because Zoro might be broke his opponent's neck. Moreover, if the opponent of him is too fragile. Trafalgar is fragile..? 'What if I do the thrust on his neck?'

Oh how he desirous to do those absolutely bloody licking thing and love to see lick-able reactions coming from this royal Trafalgar. Zoro raising his long Shinai above his head, while the shorter Shinai facing Law's Shinai. Zoro plays 'Cak Ba~~ Au Cak~~!' with Law, daring Law to come to Zoro. Law annoyed.

When Zoro notice Law slips his guard a little, Zoro already lick his upper lip deliciously and use his long Shinai as trick then make a sudden shocking thrust towards Law's neck with his short Shinai in a blink of eyes. Law could not block it in time so his poor neck got sweetly hi-five.

All the three referee shocked, Law steps back a few unstable steps, fighting the pain on his throat. One of the referees lifts his red and white flag, announcing the end of the first round. Audience cries havoc. Law coughing a rasps cough. His neck feels sore. Zoro smirks, he stares into Law's anger eyes.

"Tsuki."

Zoro teases. Law's eyes widen. {The words 'tsuki' (technique of thrust on throat in Kendo) pronounce same as 'suki' (like) in Japanese words.} Law misheard it wrong as 'Like?'. Law bloody familiar with this kind of attack. Law knows Zoro can do the continues head strike after this neck attack, but Zoro left the chance, and seems it means Zoro looked down on him like Law was a pity.

The battle were call in again. Law let out an exasperated snort.

"Damn brat don't play with me..!"

Law snapped, he tricked in Zoro's little playful game in their match. Law gives a load thunder strikes that managed to be blocked by Zoro and clashing their Shinais again. Actually, Law didn't wish Zoro to hit his head, tough... That would be more pain in the head. They vigorously exchange their hard strikes.

Sweats drenched their battle suit, it didn't effects their battle. Law manage to stay calm. Law read all Zoro's leg steps and hand's rough movements. The thrust like a brick smasher thingy, and Law wonders did Zoro trains with people who do Boxing? And now that would be more damn interesting to find out. He has time complaints on Zoro's fighting style.

"Your swordsmanship.. Too violent..!"

Zoro didn't understand why if wielding a sword, they can't be or act violent..? Any weapon was created to do harm, of course. Even the innocent pencil can do harm, if you stab it on fleshy thing called skin. Zoro did tried it very long ago and it works, on his own shoulder.

Zoro carelessly hurt Luffy with Kitetsu, but Luffy didn't cry even a single tear about pain. Zoro can't accept his fault by hurting his own nakama. So Zoro punish himself by pick the pencil and stab his shoulder. Luffy shocked and beat Zoro, snapping about Zoro's stupidity in hurting himself. Luffy's rock hard bitch slap still clearly felt on his cheeks. Luffy never said it was Zoro's fault. Because they are men who were playing 'Pirates'.

Damn. Everytime Zoro saw Luffy's under eye scar, Zoro's cheeks will throbbing madly with guilty.

Now Zoro still didn't notice that he carried away with the behavior when he does his Kendo practice with Luffy's amuck fists. Zoro thinks about the other thing. He did notice something from his fight with Law minutes ago.

"Yours too soft, Trafalgar."

Zoro smile. The evil one. Law can't catch Zoro's exact means of 'soft'. Neither he praised or insults him. Law didn't smile. Zoro give a hard hits strike on Law's shoulder and head but Law block it in time.

"It's what they call calmness."

"Beware.. Mine might bite."

Zoro smirk evilly. Law push Zoro behind, launch another strikes. Zoro block with his Shinai and bend his body, give a shocking shove five times continuously. Law step back off. He grit his teeth. Law can see that Zoro laugh on him silently. 'This brat like teased his opponents.. Bad habit'.

"Ch'. Teaser."

"Told ya. I'm biting."

"Bring it on, Roronoa-ya."

"Hm'mn. Don't cry later."

Law didn't like it how that brat keep put the woods in his fire. Law give a hard blow. Zoro didn't leave the change and repay him the same. They continue to attack, withstand and firing each other over about 6 minutes without stop.

Though drench in sweats, there no hints of tire and exhausted on them. It's normal for the breath look heavier, it's about their moves that didn't weaken even a bit. The attacks, getting more and more stronger. They raise highly their Shinai in the same time and launch both bodies towards.

"HIARGHHH!"

"HOAHHHH!"

A loud, like a sound of bombard implodes in whole stadium. The three referees too frightened and fell sediment outside from the battle square. They manage to hits each other head and stop, immediately referees rise up both their red and white flags. All agreed. The result of hits, is draw. The stadium fell into loud and vociferous state.

Both Zoro and Law steps back, pant and take breathe heavily, waiting for the judges to give a call to continue.

Their breath is steady. Law checks his precious Shinai for instant.

Suddenly, Law feels the chilling shivers run through his body. 'Haki..!' Law glare to his opponent, Zoro. 'Roronoa's Haki.'

The One Piece OST 'Very Very Strongest' plays as the background sound..

To be continue...

They just finished their first round of Final, and the finally final will began.

I'll make sure Zoro REALLY give Law a ton of FUN. So much fun, that Zoro warns Law "Don't cry later."

Thank you for reading and I hope you guys have a good and warm day.

Authors Explanations :

Sencho– Captain

Shinai– Bamboo sword

Kendoka– People who do Kendo

Kendo – Japanese martial arts that use Shinai as sword and wear some protective battle armored suit

along with Japanese traditional cloth.

Katana– metal bladed sword.

Nodachi – metal bladed long sword.

Santoryu– three styled swords combatant, using katana.

Itto – one styled combatant in Kendo.

Nito – two styled combatant in Kendo.