Ch. 8- Warlord Law vs. Vice-Admiral Smoker

One Piece © Oda

Blizzard, Aika, Kumi, and Jupiter © Me

Tashigi gasped as her upper half fell in the snow while her legs remained standing. The G-5 soldiers were also shocked at her sudden defeat. The only one who found it amusing was Law.

"The captain's been cut in two!"

"Captain Tashigi, are you alive?!"

"Say something, sweetheart!"

Tashigi seethed angrily as she stood up on her elbows.

"How humiliating," she hissed. "To be cut in half and still breathing! DO THE JOB RIGHT AND KILL ME, TRAFALGAR LAW!"

"Humph," Law scoffed. "You think spirit alone is what makes a swordsman? You listen here, lady sailor…the weak do not have the right…to choose how they die."

Tashigi gritted her teeth in anger and frustration, trying hard not to let her tears form.

At that moment, Jupiter appeared at Law's side.

"Did it work?" Law asked.

"Yep," Jupiter answered. "There's no way they can escape now. Not in their current state."

"Good," Law said. "Let's go after them, next."

"Hold it!" Tashigi said, crawling towards Law. "You're not going anywhere! NOT UNTIL YOU FINISH YOU STARTED, YOU BASTARD!"

SLASH! Tashigi slashed her sword at Law…only to miss, entirely.

"What the…?!" the Marine Captain muttered in shock.

"Your flimsy little blade won't reach me," Law said.

It is revealed that when Law cut Tashigi in half…he also did the same to her sword.

"If you like," Law said, holding his blade, "I can slice you up a little bit more; make it so you can't be put back together and I won't have to your annoying chatter!"

But then, BLAM-BLAM-BLAM! The G-5 Marines stared to fire their guns at Law and Jupiter!

"You bastard!"

"How dare you disgrace Cap'n Tashigi?!"

But then, Law simply flicked his fingers upward, and out of nowhere, the G-5 Marines found themselves getting shot at!

"WAAAH!"

"BULLETS?!"

"Why are there bullets flying at us?! What happened to the ones that we shot?!"

"Those ARE you bullets, you dunderheads," Law said. "I simply switched them with the snow around."

"What the hell?!" a soldier questioned. "Is he invincible or something?!"

Law then lifted up his sword, getting ready to swing.

"AAAH! LOOK OUT!" another soldier screamed. "HE'S GONNA SLICE US AGAIN!"

"There's no way we can defend against that attack!" cried another. "Captain Tashigi! Get away from him!"

But Tashigi didn't run. Even now, as she remained cut up, she would stay and fight to the bitter end…despite the fact that her sword has been rendered useless.

"Law, just get it over with," Jupiter said. "I'm getting tired of their nonsense."

But just when Law was about to slice Tashigi up again, CLAANG! Smoker suddenly jumped in between them, holding Law's blade back with his jutte.

"YEEEAAAAAH!" the G-5 Marines cheered. "GO, SMOKEY~!"

Then, Smoker disappeared in a puff of smoke, still leaving his arm behind to hold Law back.

"Where'd he go?" Law questioned, looking around.

"Law! Behind you!" Jupiter shouted, but before Law could turn around, a hand grabbed him by his throat and slammed him against the ground!

"Law!" Jupiter cried.

Smoker raised his jutte, causing Law to gasped before CRUNCH! The Vice-Admiral stabbed his weapon into the ground. The crunching sound he heard…actually came from a piece of 2x4.

"I feel an unpleasant energy from that weapon of yours."

Smoker turned and saw Law standing beside him, preparing to swing his sword, again.

"It must be tipped with sea prism stone," Law said. "Am I right?"

"Damn you!" Smoker cursed as he tried to hit Law with his jutte again, but Law swung his sword once more, blocking Smoker's attack. Not just that, but the resulting slash cut up the cliff and the other half of the G-5 battleship!

"YAAAAAAAAAAH!" the G-5 soldiers screamed.

"He cut up the weird sculpture!"

"The ship's gonna fall right on top of us!"

"I think it's time we amscray! Smokey was right! We ARE dead weight here!"

BWOOF-BWOOF-BWOOF-BWOOF! Smoker started to fire his fists at Law, who stood back and poised his fingers, preparing to strike. As they continued their battle, Jupiter flew off to a safe distance while the G-5 Marines carried their dismantled comrades, including Tashigi.

"C'mon, Captain! We gotta get outta here!" cried a bald-headed soldier.

"No!" Tashigi shouted. "Leave me here!"

"He's beyond your level, Captain!" shouted another soldier.

"Run, run, RUN!"

"Get outta the circle! Get to a safer place!"

KRASH! The ship and the rubble came crashing down around them…still inside Law's circle.

XXX

But meanwhile, not too far away, Luffy and the others are now wearing nice, warm coats…as well as riding on top of Brownbeard's back. The former pirate had a couple of fresh lumps on his head from when Luffy hit him earlier after they had stripped his men of their coats.

"Hey, guys," Luffy said, wearing a red-and-white striped coat and a pair of yellow earmuffs. "I just heard a crashing sound not too far from here. Maybe it was Nami and the others."

"Hey, Crocotaur," Zoro said, wearing a beige coat with dark green fur trimmings.

"Be silent," Brownbeard panted. "I will no speak of anything!"

"Fine, be that way," Luffy said. "Just run!"

"Such humiliation!" Brownbeard exclaimed. "Lousy brats…vicious bandits, every single one of you!"

Blizzard just let out a lazy yawn, wearing nothing but his scarf and his silver necklace, which is now around his paw.

"This man-o-dile sure has an attitude problem," Zoro said.

"Hey, Brook," said Usopp, wearing a dark purple suit. "How can you be cold if you're nothing but bones?"

"Yohohoho!" Brook chortled, wearing a yellow-and-green pinstriped coat. "Call it a mental thing, if you will."

"I feel so sorry for the others who were kidnapped," Robin said, wearing a magenta, leopard spotted coat. "After all, they weren't wearing warm clothes. I hope they haven't lost their limbs to frostbite yet."

"CUT THAT OUT, ROBIN!" Usopp shouted. "SERIOUSLY!"

"Hey! Don't you yell at Robin like that!" Zoro barked.

Just then, Blizzard sat up, his nose twitching.

"Huh? What's up, Blizzard?" Luffy asked.

"…Up ahead," Blizzard replied. "I smell a familiar scent."

"Really?" Luffy asked. "Do you smell Nami and the others?"

"…No," Blizzard answered. "It's different."

XXX

Meanwhile, inside the laboratory, the Master is seen having a drink while a guard came to report to him.

"Master!" the guard cried. "What should we do?! Mr. Law and Smoker having quite a duel out there!"

"What in the world is Law thinking?!" the Master questioned. "He was only supposed to drive them away!"

"Meanwhile, those escaped pirates have taken the children and the little puppy from the Biscuits Room…and have run straight into the battle at the front entrance!"

The Master spat out his drink in shock.

"WHAT?!" he questioned. "Are you saying that the Marines SAW THE CHILDREN?!"

"Y-yes, Master!" the guard replied, nervously.

The Master growled in anger as he crushed his glass.

"That's EXACTLY what I was afraid!" he shouted. "Now they'll be monitoring this island! And even if we kill Smoker now, the Marines will suspect something's wrong here!"

"I knew it."

The Master turned and saw…the same harpy from earlier. She was a woman with mint-green hair, golden yellow eyes with slit pupils, a light green tank top that said "HAPPY" in big green letters, huge wings, a pair of knee-length, yellow-and-orange stockings, and two large bird legs.

"It's them, all right," the woman said, chuckling darkly as she held a newspaper in her wings.

"Monet!" the Master shouted. "Do you know something about this?!"

"I think we should've been a little more cautious about those pirates," Monet answered. "Oh, that's right! I forgot to mention…both Vegapunk's pet dragon and Brownbeard's Centaur Patrol have been wiped out."

"WHAT?!" the Master questioned in shock.

"In other words," Monet said, pointing to the guard, "the pirates you abducted, ship and all, had friends who were already on the burning side of the island. They have now crossed the lake and are approaching fast. I wonder why there were so powerful…and now look. This is them, isn't it?"

She put the newspaper…revealing the Straw Hats on the front page. It is revealed that they had finally gotten a picture of Sanji…but, unfortunately for him, they only got the back of his head.

"The Straw Hat Pirates…?!" the Master whispered. "What are those derelicts doing here?!"

XXX

Back at the front entrance, Jupiter sat on a ledge as he watched Law and Smoker continuing to go at it. As they did, the clash completely destroyed the G-5 battleship, like it was nothing. The owl-dog knew very well that by being in Law's circle, he would just as much be a victim as Tashigi and the G-5 Marines, who are also watching the battle as they tried to reassemble their dismantled comrades.

"Look at the ship. It's almost like it's as fragile as a leaf!" said one of the soldiers.

"Hey, Cap'n Tashigi!" another called. "How's your body feel?! Did it reattach okay?!"

Tashigi didn't answer him.

"Hey, buddy!" shouted another soldier. "My left foot's attached to your right arm!"

"HUUUUUUH?!"

"Man, this is getting WAY outta hand!" cried another soldier with a kodachi tied to his back and a right foot attached to his side.

"I thought the Seven Warlords are supposed to be on OUR side!" shouted another soldier. "What's going on?!"

That's when Tashigi remembered a few words that Smoker once told her, two years ago.

"Tashigi….once a pirate, always a pirate!"

"…In the end, a pirate is still a pirate," the female swordsman whispered.

Meanwhile, THOOM! Smoker tried to hit Law with his jutte again, but the Warlord dodged him, yet again.

"I make it a rule NEVER to trust the Seven Warlords from the beginning, Trafalgar!" Smoker shouted.

"Really, now?" Law quipped as he pointed his index finger up. "Probably the right idea, then."

BOOM! A spear of rock jutted out of the ground, impaling Smoker, who turned into smoke at the last minute.

"Do you REALLY need this place?" Smoker questioned. "There's someone else behind it, isn't there?!"

Law's grin soon fell as he heard this.

"Tell the truth!" Smoker shouted as he darted at Law, again. "What are you plotting on this island?!"

"Why don't you answer that one, first?!" Law questioned as he blocked Smoker's jutte with his sword, once again. "What are you PEOPLE plotting?!"

Smoker growled as he and Law continued to block each other's blows, when suddenly, Law lifted his finger up, again, causing more rock to come out of the ground, using it as a shield to stop Smoker's attack. As he did, he dropped his sword and held up his fist.

"If you don't change your vantage point," Law said, "then there are some sights you'll never see…Smoker. Now…MES!"

JAB! Law punched his fist in Smoker's chest…and a cube-shaped object flew out of the Vice-Admiral's back. Smoker looked down…and saw a square-shaped hole in his chest, causing him to gasp silently in horror.

'My…my heart…!' he thought. 'That bastard took out my heart!'

Indeed it was. Law walked up to the cube and picked it up…revealing Smoker's still-beating heart within.

(A/N: Nightmare Fuel for you. Good luck sleeping tonight!)

"Ugh…!" Smoker groaned as he fell to the ground…completely unconscious.

"I don't have to tell you…a single thing," Law said as Jupiter flew down and landed by his side.

"So…can I eat it?" Jupiter asked.

"No, Jupiter!" Law said. "I'm not gonna feed you every heart I cut out of somebody's chest! I'm not some crazed mad scientist!"

Jupiter groaned…but then his nose twitched, and he looked to his left, suddenly alert.

"What is it?" Law asked.

"…There's a familiar scent coming this way," Jupiter said before he took a few whips. "Old straw…meat…peanut butter…and the blood of Marines."

"Who smells like that?" Law asked.

Suddenly, they heard a familiar voice.

"Look! Over there! See?! It IS a battleship!"

"Oh, crap! Does that mean the Marines are here?!"

"What?! But there was nothing here, just a minute ago!"

"Oh, look! I see somebody!"

Law and Jupiter turned around…and saw Luffy and company, being toted by Brownbeard.

"Huh?" Luffy muttered as he caught sight of Law…before he gasped in delight. "Hey! It's you!"

"Oh, no," Blizzard said, a look of pure dread on his face. "It's them."

TO BE CONTINUED…

Ugh...I always HATED it Law took out someone's heart like that!

Anyway, Luffy and Aika should be meeting in about 3 more chapters. Until then, review please!