Ch. 16- Blizzard with a Chance of Slime

One Piece © Oda

Blizzard, Aika, Kumi, and Jupiter © Me

"It's the Straw Hat Pirates!"

"Take 'em out!"

Caesar's men roared as they charged at Franky, who grinned as he reeled back a fist.

"Strong…RIGHT!" the Cyborg shouted before he launched his fist and punched them away!

"Well, now we're here!" Luffy said. "So where's the Master guy?"

"He's not going to be waiting outside, Luffy," Robin said as she used her powers to break a few spines. "Let's check inside the laboratory."

"Straw Hat Luffy!"

Luffy turned around and saw Tashigi, still in Smoker's body.

"What are you plotting on this island?!" Tashigi questioned, brandishing her sword.

"Oh! Hey, Smokey!" Luffy said. "You're okay! I was a little worried after I saw you on the ground, earlier!"

"Grr…how dare you mock me!" Tashigi barked before she held her sword and made a strained face.

"Huh?" Luffy asked. "What's wrong with you, Smokey? Got a tummy ache? Do you gotta go to the bathroom or something?"

"Ngh…UGH!" Tashigi grunted before she used Smoker's powers to shoot her sword at Luffy. "Oh! I did it!"

But then, Luffy sidestepped out of the way and grabbed Smoker's hand before pulling Tashigi down to the ground and pinning her there.

"AGH!" Tashigi cried. "Dammit!"

"What the hell happened to you, Smoker?!" Luffy questioned. "You weren't THIS weak when I saw you, last time!"

"N-no! Wait!" Tashigi cried. "I-I'm not who-"

"Oh, come on, Tashigi! I don't wanna see myself losing to this trash!"

WOOSH! Luffy yelped as he dodged a jab from Smoker's jutte.

"What the hell?!" he questioned. "That weapon…!"

"So, you're back on the scene, eh, Straw Hat?!" Smoker questioned. "Well, I can assure, you won't escape judgment, this time! Not if I have anything to say about it!"

"W-w-what the?!" Luffy questioned as he used his Haki imbued fists to block the jabs from Smoker's jutte, but in the end, he got hit in the chest.

"AGH!" Luffy cried as he clutched at the spot where he got. "Dammit…that's sea stone, all right. Since when did you get this strong, Glasses Lady?! Uh…what was your name again?!"

"I'm Smoker, you dumb-ass!" Smoker shouted.

"WHAT?!" Luffy questioned in shock as he quickly dodged the weapon again. "But…but…!"

"It must be Law's doing, Luffy!" Robin said as she used her Clutch attack to break another spine!

"Huh?!" Luffy questioned before he realized. "Oh, right! The old switcheroo thing!"

So no wonder that one's so weak!"

Tashigi gasped at this.

"So…that means…" Luffy started…before he burst into laughter while pointing at Smoker. "THAT'S Smokey?! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING, YOU LITTLE TURD?!" Smoker questioned as he tried to hit Luffy with the jutte, again, only for him to evade it.

"Gear…SECOND!" Luffy shouted before he disappeared and then reappeared before Smoker, quick as a flash!

"W-what the-?!" Smoker questioned.

"How about this?" Luffy asked. "Next time we see each other, we'll have us a real fight! There's no use in us squaring off when you're not at your best!"

"You little smartass!" Smoker shouted as he tried to kick Luffy, only for to dodge again. Not long after though, a huge explosion went off.

"Huh?" Luffy asked before he turned around. "What happened?"

It is revealed that there is a now a huge hole in the wall.

"That guy just blasted through the wall!" exclaimed one of Caesar's followers. "Who IS he?!"

"And was that…a laser beam?!" questioned another.

"AHAHAHAHA!" Franky laughed. "That's more like it! Luffy! Robin! The door's open! Let's get going!"

"Alright!" Luffy said. "Great work, Franky! Let's go, Robin!"

"Right," Robin agreed before she followed the boys.

"Damn them!" Smoker cursed. "Men! After them! Don't let those pirates get away!"

"Uh…Smokey…we got a bit of a situation here!" said one of the G-5 soldiers. "Something's going on with the ship!"

"What?!" Smoker questioned before he turned around. "What are you dumb-asses talking…about…?!"

On the ship…it is revealed that there is a large, magenta blob of slime, oozing on the sails.

"W…what the hell is that thing?!" Smoker questioned in shock.

"Luffy! Franky! Wait!" Robin called, causing the captain and shipwright to turn around.

"Whoa…what is that stuff?!" Franky questioned.

"Is it poop?" Luffy asked, puzzled.

"This stuff just stared falling outta the sky!" cried one Smoker's men. "What the hell is it, anyway?! It's…it's MOVING!"

He was right. As smaller drops of the blob fell onto the deck of the ship…they seemed to grow eyes and started moving around by themselves.

"Stay away from it!" shouted one of the soldiers. "It's spraying some kind of poison gas! We tried cutting it and shooting it, and the gas started coming out!"

"Masks on! Now!" shouted another.

"What is that slimy stuff?!" Luffy questioned.

"Is it even alive?!" Franky asked.

"I have no idea," Robin answered. "What could it be?"

"Hey, you!" Smoker questioned as he grabbed one of Caesar's men. "What is that thing?!"

"I…I dunno! I've never seen it before!" the satyr admitted.

"So you're saying it fell from the sky?!" asked one of Smoker's men.

"Look at that! It's moving!" shouted another. "Talk about creepy!"

"Is it…a living creature?!" asked one more.

Suddenly, the smaller blobs began to conjoin into a bigger mass, much to the G-5 men's shock.

"Whoa! Look at that!"

"It's…combining…and getting bigger!"

Before long, it stood at least 10 feet tall, towering over the soldiers!

"N-no big deal!" said one of the soldiers, wearing a gas mask. "Maybe we can just push it into the river or something!"

As he attempted to do so…the Marine sunk into the gelatinous mass…unleashing more poisonous gas as he did so!

"AAAH!" his comrades screamed as they ran to help. "MORE GAS!"

"Quick! Get him outta there before he suffocates!"

"What were you thinking, man?!"

"Ugh…! It…it burns! It's on my skin! Get it off!"

"Hey! Get a cloth or something and wipe this stuff off!"

"No! Don't touch it! It'll get on you, too!"

As they dragged him away, one G-5 soldier approached…arm with a flamethrower.

"Stand back, boys!" he exclaimed. "It's gotta be weak to fire, so let's immolate the sucker! After all, every living creature's afraid of a good blaze!"

BWOOMF! He fired his flamethrower at the blob, setting it ablaze. The fellow Marines cheered at this.

"Yeah! Great idea!"

"Burn that thing to a crisp! GYAHAHAHAHA!"

The blob seemed to move around, as if trying to shake off the flames.

"Look! It's working! It hates it!"

"It's on fire, now! We found its weakness!"

But then…the blob started swelling up…and before long…it combusted into a huge explosion, much to the shock of everyone watching!

"Oh…my…god…!" Tashigi whispered in horror as tears began to form in Smoker's eyes.

"MY MEN~!" Smoker shouted.

XXX

Not too far away, Law and Chopper were watching everything…and needless to say, they were shocked.

(A/N: I know they don't really appear in this part, but I'm just adding it anyway. It's gonna be important later.)

"Holy…!" Chopper whispered in horror. "Those Marines…they…!"

"Dammit to hell," Law cursed. "I must admit…even I'm a bit nervous…but we can't stop now. Still…what the hell is that thing? It's poisonous to the touch and it combusts when it comes into contact with flames? Straw Hat-ya better watch his back."

"Oh, you don't worry about Luffy," Chopper said.

"What?" Law asked. "What do you mean?"

"No matter what kind of poison Luffy comes in contact with, it won't hurt him," Chopper said. "He has antitoxins in his bloodstream that will fight them off."

'Well…I know what I'm doing when this is all over,' Law thought before he and Chopper went inside.

XXX

Back at the front entrance of the lab, Caesar's men were also shocked by what they had just witnessed, but for some reason, they appeared not to be too worried about it.

"What the hell was that thing?!" asked a guard in a hazmat suit. "I've never seen it around here, before!"

"Whatever it was, it's dead, now," said Fen Bock.

"Y-yeah, good timing," agreed Chappe. "And at least it did us the favor of taking out that ship the Marines were trying to escape with!"

"Yeah!" agreed Smoothy. "Hehehehe…"

SPLOTCH! Caesar's men turned and saw, to their horror…that another blob had appeared behind them.

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" they screamed. "IT'S HERE!"

"Hey!" Luffy said. "Something just came falling outta the sky!"

Robin and Franky looked up and saw…more blobs, raining from the sky and plopping down all around them!

"Holy shit!" Franky cursed as he jumped away from one.

"Don't touch it, whatever you do!" Robin shouted.

Soon, the blobs started moving around, attacking anyone in their sights and combining together as they got closer. The G-5 men and some of Caesar's minions began to panic as they tried to escape.

"AAAAAAAAAH!"

"IT JUST KEEPS COMING DOWN!"

"RUN FOR IT! DON'T TOUCH THAT STUFF!"

"Smoker!" Tashigi cried. "It's way too dangerous out here! We need take shelter under a roof, immediately!"

"You're right," Smoker agreed…but then, he spotted someone in the distance, standing on the remains of the destroyed ship. "Wait…is that…!?"

"Shulololololo! Very good boy…forgive me for locking you for 3 whole years!"

The satyrs in gas masks and suits gasped in surprise.

"M-Master!"

"What are you doing outside?!"

"It's too dangerous out here!"

"I knew it!" Smoker shouted. "You're…Caesar Clown…aren't you?!"

"So it's you!" Luffy shouted. "You're the Master!"

"Shulolololololo!" Caesar laughed as he revealed himself. "Indeed, I am! And you are the Straw Hat Crew and the G-5 Marines!"

As he spoke, more blobs began to fall from the sky.

"Just give him a bit more time," said Smoker. "He doesn't like water, you see, so in order to get the lake, he's launching…pieces of himself, one after another!"

"He?" Robin repeated. "He who?"

XXX

"So…" Zoro began, "is thing actually…you know…alive?"

"No idea," Sanji answered. "I've never seen anything like it."

Brook just remained quiet.

What they saw…was an even more massive blob of slime…spitting smaller blobs into the air.

"So, basically," said Zoro, "what we've got here is something creepy and weird here…doing something weird and creepy."

"That seems to be the consensus," Sanji agreed.

XXX

"Shulolololololo!" Caesar laughed. "Once all the pieces of the slime have traveled here from the burning side of the island…you fools will finally know the terror of what transpired here, four years a-"

WHOOSH! WHAP! Luffy suddenly appeared in the blink of an eye and grabbed Caesar around his waist!

"Ha!" the Straw Hat Captain shouted. "Now I gotcha!"

"E…EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHH?!" Caesar cried out in shock.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Yeah, I know, it's a short one, but what can you do?

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