Chapter 31: An Unfamiliar Familiar Foe! Ellix vs. Captain Ash!

Colour Spread: Nightmare Ellix's SBS!

Specific Animal: Wolf

Specific Number: -10; 66

Specific Colour: Dark Purple

Specific Smell: Blood and Fear.

Favourite Island and Season: Death on a Nightmare Island.

Favourite Food: Dreams.

In a Family: Demented Fourth Son.

Genderswapped: "Fucking Bitches! I'll kill you all!"

Nationality: Hell.

Inner Brain: ?

Specific Flower: Venus Flytrap.

Blood Type: No Blood.

Bathing: Every day...in blood!

Suited Japenese Prefecture: All of them!

Sea of Origin: Grand Line (Enies Lobby).

Least Favourite Food: Vegetables.

If Nightmare Ellix was Nightmare Ellie, these would be her measurements: B92-W17-H110

After we landed from the powerful attacks, I clutched my head in pain from Daydream wearing off as Luffy returned to normal size, I was also now aware of Ivankov and Jimbei backing us up from behind. I glanced around me, catching glimpses of faces that seemed vaguely familiar as a strategy seemed to be forming.

"They're splitting up into left and right flanks!" I noted.

"Vhitebeard must be putting a plan into action, Nightmare-boy." Ivankov said, oh god, he knows my epithet, I feel so...violated.

As Jimbei split away from us to deal with Moriah, we came across some more Marines in front of us, no surprise there. "Wah! Woah!" Luffy yelled as he jumped and spun to dodge.

"Get away from my captain! Soru Tsubatsu!" I jumped and spun as well, though with a lot more force, knocking away the surrounding opponents.

"Strawhat! Rokushiki!" A familiar voice yelled at us.

"Hey! It's Tashigi!" I recognised the swordswoman from back at Loguetown...and wherever she goes...

Before I could think further, what felt like very condensed sand (and therefore VERY hard) smashed into my face, burning me as well.

"Glack!" A small amount of blood spurted out of my mouth from the impact as I was thrown back. "Yeoooowch! HOT! Very HOT!" I pressed my burning cheek against the ice, there was a hissing sound, traces of smoke, and the numbing of pain. "Ahhh..."

"It's you! Smokey!" Luffy yelled at the only Marine I liked, Smoker.

"Hey! That hurt, Ashy!" I yelled, rubbing my cheek.

The man I was shouting at was the same height as Smoker, and wore relatively the same uniform. heck even their muscle mass looked identical! The only things that distinguished them were his sharp features to Smoker's broad ones, and his black spiky hair with streaks of red in it. He had a cigar in his mouth, though he was literally eating the cinders, in bites.

This, was Captain Ash.

Flashback...

I ran down the street of Loguetown in the pounding rain and relentless wind. 'Where the hell did this storm come from!? It doesn't matter, I have to get back to Merry!'

"Hold it right there."

I instantly hit the brakes as a man with weird hair stood in front of me, looking at a bounty poster, and he was...LITERALLY EATING A CIGAR! Why wasn't his tongue burning!?

"Rokushiki User Ellix..." He said. "You have a bounty of 10,000,000."

"So what if I do?" I retorted. "I need to get back to my nakama! What do you need?"

He looked at me before tossing the bounty poster to the wind. "My name is Red Chase Ash of the Marines. I will repeat the following statement only once. Comply and surrender yourself quietly, or I will have to use force."

"Wait, Ash the Red Hunter?" A piece fell into place in my mind. "Ah! I know you! Your the younger brother of Captain Smoker! The Marine Hunter Brothers!" I snickered. "Wow, its true, it really IS priceless how alike you are."

"Please give an answer to my previously stated question." He demanded with growing impatience.

"I think no. Bye!" Without warning I Sorued past him.

"Why you-! Red Dash!" His bottom half turned into what looked like black sand with cinders flying around it, and he flew after me.

"So it's true, you ate the Ash-Ash Fruit!" I gasped as I continued to run, remembering what Oren told me.

"Your very well informed." He said. "Tell me who you get your information of the Marines from!"

"I'll die ten times before I tell you!" I shouted. 'How is he keeping up with me!? Is he using Soru with his Devil Fruit?'

"Red Strike!" Ash turned his fist into his namesake, the black soot hardening together with the cinders before shooting at me, luckily I jumped out of the way, along with two other Red Strike's.

"Red Ember!" Suddenly he began shooting loads of ash chunks at me, and I dashed as fast as my legs could carry me.

"Hey! Stop that!" I screamed as I just barely outran the attacks.

"Red Coil!" Suddenly ash blocked my path and I had to stop, I looked around desperately as the ash spun upwards like a twister, gradually narrowing my movement space.

'If this keeps up, I'm as good as caught! But I can't fight a Logia!' I thought quickly. 'I'll just make a break for it!' "Soru...Tsubatsu!" That was the first time I tried that technique, and it worked! It got me through the ash, blowing it away in the process.

"You can't escape!" Ash yelled as he once again charged for me, only this time a powerful wind blew him and his Logia abilities back. "Nani!? What type of wind is this!?"

"Looks like the weather's on my side." I chuckled to myself before dashing off full speed.

Flashback End...

"I remember that Jitte! It's made of Seastone! You bastard!" Luffy cursed.

"I'm going to finish you off!" Smoker declared.

"No warnings this time." Ash followed.

Luffy pumped his legs, once more activating Gear Second. "Gum Gum...Jet Gatling!" He threw his fists rapidly at Smoker, but they simply passed through him.

'Fighting a Logia won't do me any good.' I thought. 'At least not at the moment, I have to delay him until this damn headache wears off!'

I spun around rapidly. "Rankyaku Gaichou!" I shot a giant air wave in the shape of a bird at him, and as expected it simply passed through him.

He turned into full ash and flew upwards. "Your Doriki's improved...and I heard you ate a Devil Fruit as well."

"Soru!" I dashed into the air in front of him. "Shigan Akai Hatsu Dangan!" I began shoooting hundreds of air bullets at him using my fingers, but he simply swerved around them.

"Red Ember!" He began shooting ash at me, but this time they were a lot bigger!

"Geppo!" I kicked off the air repeatedly to avoid the attack whilst keeping up my own. "Soru Ken!"

"Red Rocket!" We dashed at each other and clashed, my fist sunk into the burning ash and I gritted my teeth as we both crashed to the ground. I stuck my hand into the ice to quickly cool it off.

"You should know you can't beat me like this." Ash lectured me.

"No." I agreed as I pulled my hand out. "But then how about like this!? Daydream!" I pressed against both sides of my face, activating the technique.

"So this is your Devil Fruit." Ash swallowed the leftovers inside his cigar, tossing the wrapping away before flying up. "Red Strike!" An ash fist shot towards me.

"Dream Dream..." I readied my fist. "Substitute Shot!" A multicoloured strip of paper shot out from my arm, the end contracting into a fist as it cancelled out Ash's attack.

"A clever technique." Ash almost praised me. "But you still can't hurt me!" He turned full ash and circled around me, ash building up around my body.

"Ah! It's hot!" I gasped as the ash hardened, pressing my arms to my sides and my legs in as I was trapped in a black pod, only my head uncovered.

"Red Statue." Ash finished as he reformed in front of me.

I craned my neck as far as I could to see Luffy pinned down by Smoker's Jitte. 'Damnit! We're in trouble!'

"Let him go!" Suddenly a figure appeared and kicked Smoker away!

"Arnaments Haki!" I gasped.

"Nani!?" Ash turned towards the figure and I took the oppurtunity.

"Dream Dream...Copter!" My arms transformed into plane blades and spun around, blasting away the ash and propelling my into the sky.

Still spinning my arms I got a good vantage point. "Hancock! Why aren't you doing your job as a Shichibukai!?" Smoker demanded the woman who I now recognised as the Snake Princess Boa Hancock.

"Shut up! Nothing you can say can break my anger!" She roared. "How dare you hit my beloved and hold him down!?"

'Wait...beloved?' It took a few minutes for a brain to click. 'HANCOCK IS IN LOVE WITH LUFFY!? LUFFY!? THE ASEXUAL WHO'S ONLY LOVE IS MEAT!?...I feel kinda sorry for her. But at least that makes her on our side!'

"Yes?" Hancock turned to Luffy at the mention of her name with a school girl love look on her face.

'Wow, pretty deep, huh?' I sweatdropped.

"Red Strike!" i was interrupted by an ash fist that knocked me out of the sky and down onto my back. I pushed myself to my feet with my propeller arms and glared at Ash. "Don't think you can get away on my watch! Red Rocket!" He launched himself at me.

I held my arms out as the ends formed into fans. "Dream Dream Fan!" The propellers spun rapidly pushing Ash back.

"Damn you!" He grunted as he flew up and behind me, I quickly returned my arms to normal. "Red Strike!"

"Soru!" I dashed away from the two ash punches. 'I don't have time to keep fighting! I have to keep moving!'

"No you don't!" Ash dashed alongside me with his whole body except his head ash. We repeatedly rammed into each other until we were both puahed back.

"Red Strike!"

"Dream Dream Substitute Shot!" The ash and paper fists collided and we both charged forward for a head on collision.

"Ahhhhh!"

"Hraaaaaaah!"

Suddenly a figure dashed in between us, punching Ash in the face whilst simply blocking me. Ash was sent flying back.

"Who the-!?" I started before realising who it was. "Thom!"

"Hey Ellix! Good to see your not dead yet!" He joked.

Ash stood up, clutching his forhead in pain. "How did you hit me?"

"Looks like I gotta stamp out this ash." Thom quipped. "Get moving, Ellix! I got this guy."

"Okay, arigatou, Thom," I thanked him before running forward.

I looked frantically for Luffy or Hancock (still not over that.) but instead I found three other people.

Ivankov...Kuma...and Donquixete Doflamingo.

New chapter! Yaaaay! Sorry it's so late but...school. Just...school.

Ellix: Now I'm finally gonna get some info!

Good for you, anyway, I've got something cool to say! ThiefofStealth has drawn Ellix and Nightmare Ellix as a late birthday present for me! And it's reeeeeeeeally cool!

Ellix: Thief-chan made me look so awesome!

So until I find a way to make it my profile pic along with this stories cover, go to ThiefofStealth's deviantart page (ThiefofStealth) and check out 'For OPFan37!'

Ellix: Do it!

And if you want more stuff to look up, then how about music? Here are some songs I think fit some of the Strawhat's, so type 'em into Youtube and listen to them! They're awesome!

Ellix: Until the Day I Die

Nightmare Ellix: Monster

Luffy: Your Gonna Go Far Kid

Zoro: Remember the Name

Robin: Never Too Late

Alright, enough stuff, reviews!

To Thief-chan: I know, Marco is so awesome.

Ellix: I got to fight with him! Yaaaaaay!

To Exile037: Cool idea, would it work as a Haki though?

Ellix: I dunno, but I want that ability!

To TheRealEvanSG: Let's do this!

Ellix: Hell yeah!

To Son of Whitebeard: Yes they are sir, yes they are.

To R.E.W. 4: There you go Ellix, two questions.

Ellix: Okay, first one, it does seem pretty cool to be a Supernova, it's another title to add, but in the end, do titles really matter? As long as I'm with my nakama, I don't mind what I'm called! Doririririri! Second, no, I can't copy the Gura Gura no Mi. The reason being because that Devil Fruit creates quakes and cracks in the air. First remember that my dreams have to stay attached to my body to be used during Daydream in the real world, so quakes are a no, second, I wouldn't be able to generate enough power to make regular quakes, so I would only be able to create cracks in the air, nothing more.

There you have it folks. Thank you for reading! Reviews are always appreciated! Check out all that stuff! They're REALLY cool!

Nakama!