Chapter 12: The Force to Control the World! The Power of Yukio's Fullbring!
"It's looks like I might have been wrong." Robin said, laying Jackie down on the remains of one of the destroyed boulders. "I thought if I defeated her, I would get out of this place. What else do I have to do? There must be an exit somewhere."
"You probably can't leave here because I'm still alive." Jackie said, getting Robin's attention.
Robin looked behind her shoulder at the fallen fullbringer. "Well now, I've already come to. You're certainly a tough one."
"I may be conscious but I don't think that I'm going anywhere anytime soon. Now's your chance to finish me off."
A loud noise was heard above the two women, getting their attention. Robin looked at the sky and saw pieces of the sky getting pushed backwards by an unknown force. "What's that? It looks like the sky is folding."
"Damn!" Jackie cursed. "That's means Yukio was watching us. He's thinking that since I haven't defeated you, he might as well wipe out this whole dimension with us in it. Go on, hurry up and kill me. If one of our spiritual pressures were to disappear, then dimension would open up instantly. Quick, kill me!"
"I can't do that." Robin said.
"Why not?!"
"It's because I'm not obligated to play by your rules. And besides knowing a certain trio in my crew, they wouldn't finish off who can't even fight back." Robin walked over to Jackie and picked her up. "You're coming with me. We're finding another way out of this place."
"That sounds the logic of a child." Jackie said, remembering a tragic moment in her childhood. "I thought that I was cynical enough now so that kind of talk wouldn't affect me anymore. I just wished that somehow like you would've saved me when I needed it the most." Robin looked into Jackie's eyes as her own eyes start to widen.
"What are you…" A blast erupted, engulfing both Robin and Jackie.
"Jackie's gone." Yukio said, watching what just happened from his control room. "How noble of her. She died while trying to save her enemy. But I'm not too sure that her enemy could've survived that." Then door to the control room was kicked off and flew to the other side of the room, close to the fullbringer. Yukio looked behind him and saw Sanji inside the room.
"Oh hey, good job." Yukio stood up from his chair and faced the cook. "So you finally made it. I was starting to think that you would never find me. You must have located me by leveling up from all of those traps I've put in your way. You don't seem the least bit tired. I'm surprised that you're not."
"You sure do talk a lot." Sanji said as he charged towards Yukio with one of his legs catching fire. Sanji threw a kick with his flaming leg, creating an explosion that made a hole leading to another hallway. When the smoke cleared, it revealed that Sanji's kick was stopped by Yukio's digital shield.
"You're pretty violent. What do you would've happened if I felt a bomb in the next room? You could've just blown yourself up."
"I didn't come here to have a chat with you."
"Well in that way, we both have something in common, don't we?" Yukio said as his shield vanished and the damages that were by Sanji was repaired.
"So you can reset the broken wall and room that I've destroyed." Sanji said. "That's awfully useful."
"Didn't you see all that I've done? My ability is this whole dimension that you're in. So in here, I'm basically God."
"I see."
"You don't understand. As the God of this dimension, I can do anything. For example…" Yukio pressed a command on his gauntlets and a huge monster materialized behind him. "How about that?"
"You truly are a God." Sanji said, not impressed by what Yukio just did. "How impressive."
Yukio glared at Sanji said, "Why is it that you insist of making fun of my ability, you jerk?!" Yukio pressed another button on his gauntlet, commanding the monster to attack. Yukio's monster threw a monster towards Sanji but the cook quickly jumped out of the way. "So why did you dodged that? Is it because you're afraid?"
"Don't let me dodge it then." Sanji said, running and dodging the monster's attacks. "You're holding back."
"Of course, I am. Shall I show what happens if I don't" Yukio pressed more buttons on his gauntlet, summoning more monsters. "It's time for your worst nightmare!" Sanji looked behind his shoulder and saw more monsters coming after him. "There's no way for you to escape this room because the next room and the next, all of the walls, the ceiling, and the floor, are all a part of my ability. I've just all of the beasts to follow you wherever you go forever until your life gets crushed out of you." One of the monsters tried to grab Sanji but the cook jumped out of the monster's reach. "That's it! Come right at me so I can kill you! People like you are elite snobs who were raised with a silver spoon and a happy home! A spoiled elitist like you never beat me!"
"Now I get it." Sanji said, looking at Yukio. "You were abandoned.
Yukio widen his eyes in anger. "You're wrong!" he shouted. "I left them! I was the one who abandoned my stupid parents! I was the one who chose to get out! Don't you dare talk like you know anything about me! I transferred all of my dad's bank account over to me and destroyed his life by bankrupting him. He left me alone all of the time so I'm self-taught. That's what they get for always being so busy and never taking their child seriously. It felt great when I heard that they committed suicide." Yukio widen his eyes when Sanji appeared behind him.
"Sorry to interrupt your sad story." Sanji said. "But you're wide open." Sanji kicked the gauntlets on Yukio's arms, damaging them and pushing the fullbringer back.
"Damn it!" Yukio cursed, trying to press the buttons on his gauntlets but stopped when he noticed Sanji was behind him again.
"Uh-oh, you've programmed them to pursue me until they crush me." Sanji said, talking about Yukio's monsters. "Would you like to shut them down before they destroy us both?" Yukio looked at his monsters and screamed in fear as they were charged towards him, trying to get to Sanji.
"Diable Jambe…" Sanji leaped over the scared Yukio, lighting both of his legs on fire. "Poele a Frire: Spectre!" Sanji unleashed a barrage of flaming kicks at the monsters, destroying them. Yukio widen his eyes, seeing his monsters being easily defeated. Then a laugh escaped from his lips.
"How's that?!" Yukio shouted. "You've decided to save me anyway! Of course I knew that you would! You pity me!" Then Sanji kicked Yukio in his chest, knocking him to the group.
"Don't think that I took pity on you." Sanji said, walking towards Yukio. "I don't give a crap about your past. But if I were to finish you off now, there's no guarantee that this dimension and other dimensions would disappear. Since that's the case, how about I make you deal?" Yukio widen his eyes as one of Sanji's leg lit up again.
"Wait a sec…hold it!" Yukio shouted, backing away from the pirate.
"The deal is I won't kick your teeth in. If you shut down your power within the next 5 minutes, I'll make sure my next kick won't burn you to a crisp."
'Damn it!' Yukio thought, narrowing his eyes at Sanji. 'No! Never!'
"I'm not scared, you whip!" Shishigawara shouted. "You are!" Shishigawara punched a tree with his brass-knuckle loaded right hand and it fell to the ground. "See?! There's enough power in my punch to pulverize you ass! That's why you're the one who's scared to death here! Damn you, pirate! Come over here and fight!"
"Without knowing what your power is, it wouldn't be that satisfying to beat you." Franky said, putting his shades. "So I thought that I would try and understand your ability first. But I'm done with that. So I ask you, do you want me to slap you around like a brat or destroy you like a man? You choose."
"That's an easy choice!" Shishigawara shouted, charging towards Franky. "I've decided that I want to destroy you like a man!"
"Glad to hear it!" Franky shouted, opening his left and revealing a cannon. "Let's go! Weapons Left!" Franky fired a cannonball at the oncoming fullbringer. Shishigawara punched the cannonball and it exploded. Shishigawara threw another punch at Franky's face with fullbring infused right hand. Franky quickly caught the punch with his left hand and felt the power from the punch damaging his hand. Franky's left hand was pushed towards his face and punched the shipwright back.
'Damn, he smashed the wire in my two fingers.' Franky thought, watching as two fingers on his left hand go limb. 'And he even destroyed that cannonball I fired.'
"That was a good block!" Shishigawara shouted. "If I would've hit your head, it would've split it open and this fight would be all done!"
Franky smirked and said, "You're right there. I'm damn lucky!"
"That's stupid talk! You're not lucky! I destroyed your cannonball with a single punch! I'm the only lucky one here! But if you want to push your luck, why don't you try attacking me again?! If you do that, you'll wind up with a busted head."
"It looks like that punch of yours breaks any weapon that gets close to you." Franky said, balling his fists. "I guess that means I'll have to do this job by hand."
"So you want to take me on with just your fists?!" Shishigawara said. "Bring it on!"
"You got it!" Franky shouted, charging towards the fullbringer. Shishigawa punched Franky in the face with his fullbring fueled right hand and Franky responded with a punch with his right hand. Then the two started to exchange punches with each other with punch connecting to the others.
'What the hell is it with this guy?!' Shishigawara thought, punching Franky again. 'This is impossible! I know I'm really connecting with my punches. He's got to feel them. How is it that my hits aren't having any effect on him at all?! Damn! I may not be breaking bones with each punch but he doesn't even look hurt!' Shishigawara punched Franky in the gut and it didn't hurt the shipwright at all. 'What was that just now? I didn't feel anything.' Shishigawara punched Franky again and it had no effect on him. 'Oh no, my chances of hitting the jackpot are going down! My Jackpot Knuckle always allows me to make one lucky hit. I've never used it this many times in a row. I had no idea that this could even happen! The odds of hitting go down if it used too often!'
"What's wrong?" Franky asked, getting the fullbringer's attention. "It looks like your big punch stopped working. You're worn out already?"
"Shut the hell up." Shishigawara said bitterly. "I'm not worn out damn it!" He punched Franky in the gut with both of his fists, infusing his fullbring into them. Franky widen his eyes as he coughed out blood. 'Alright, jackpot!' A smirk happened on the fullbringer's face.
"Strong Hammer!" Franky punched Shishigawara hard in his face with his right hand, forcing him back.
'How did he…" Shishigawara thought as he fell to the ground, knocked out.
"I have to hand it to you." Franky said. "Your punches were pretty damn powerful. Luckily when you did hit a vital spot, it didn't do much damage. Sorry kid. I'll admit that you may be lucky, but I'm the luckiest guy in the Straw Hat Pirates!"
"What's wrong?" Zoro questioned Tsukishima, who's standing several feet away from the pirate hunter. "From this distance, you won't be able to cut me."
"The fact that you're waiting from where you are means that coming will put well within my range." Tsukishima said. "I must formulate another plan."
"I see that you're quite cautious." A leaf was blown by the wind and heading towards the fullbringer, only to be cut by his sword.
"Doesn't that move seem meaningful to you?" Tsukishima asked. Then he dragged his sword across the ground. "How about this?"
"You think that I would view them as meaningless acts in this situation?" Zoro questioned. Tsukishima smirked as he took a step forward towards the swordsman. Zoro drew his swords as the duel was about to begin.
To be continued…
Next Chapter: Sensation! Riruka, the Dollhouse Fullbringer!