Chapter 32: A Fight for Knowledge! Ellix vs. Doflamingo!

Colour Spread: Shadows-The Strawhats all sit in a poorly lit bar, Zoro, Sanji, Franky and Usopp are playing poker (With Usopp cheating) with Robin as the dealer whilst Nami excessively drinks. Brook and Chopper are poorly playing darts whilst Luffy and Eri stuff themselves with food, Ellix just sits in the corner contemplatively. The shadows reflected on the wall show Zoro and Sanji arguing, Franky doing his pose, Usopp sniping the darts, Robin and Nami sitting patiently, Brook dancing and Luffy with his serious posture. Chopper's shadow shows his Monster Point destroying the tables, Eri's shows her standing with her bo staff menacingly, and Ellix's shows Nightmare Ellix hanging over him, a constant reminder.

"Ivankov!" I called as I ran up to him.

"Nightmare-boy! Something is wrong with Kuma!" Ivankov yelled.

"I know..." I panted, getting a morbid feeling just being next to him.

"Fuffuffuffuffu!" Doflamingo laughed. "I don't know what kind of history the three of you have, but just give up, talking is useless...Emperio Ivankov, leader of the Revolutionary Army, and Wodos T. Ellix, mercenary of the Strawhat Pirates."

'Nani!? THIS guy's the leader of the Revolutionary Army under Dragon!?' I facefaulted. '...That actually makes sense why he's helping Luffy, if he is Dragon's son...'

"Vhat do you mean!?" Ivankov asked Doflamingo.

"Well I guess the man you once knew, 'The Tyrant' Kuma, also known as Bartholomew Kuma..." His sick grin widened. "Well he's...dead!"

"Huh!?" Both me and Ivankov gasped.

'Dead!? That's impossible!" I looked at Kuma's blank face. 'But still...this unease I can feel...'

"Kuma is dead!? Do you know vhat you are saying!?" Ivankov yelled angrily. "He's standing right in front of me!"

"Ellix! Iva-chan!" Luffy shouted as he ran up to us.

"Luffy!" I gasped, relieved that he was okay.

It was then that he noticed Kuma. "It's that bear guy! Iva-chan, you know this guy?"

"From a vhile ago..." He/She mumbled. "But zere's something wrong with him!"

"Fuffuffuffuffu, looks like the two of you remember Kuma." Doflamingo cackled. "This isn't him, though."

"The hell's he talking about!?" Luffy thought aloud.

"Stop giving us half answers, damn you!" I shouted, just him going around the subject made me angry.

"You are telling lies!" And evidently, Ivankov too. "There is no mistaking him! He's the user of the Paw-Paw Fruit! He's Kuma! Answer me, Kuma!" Kuma didn't answer.

"It was just the other day!" Doflamingo finally elaborated. "The Government Scientist, Dr. Vegapunk, did the last of his modifications on him. He's now become the perfect weaponized human! It's better to call him...'former' Bartholomew Kuma."

'Dr. Vegapunk?' I thought. 'No-one knows what that man does...but something like this!?'

"Modifications!? Veaponised!? Vat is this!?" Iva questioned the deranged Shichibukai.

"Basically, he became the Government's test subject. He volunteered himself to become a 'weaponized human!'" Doflamingo continued. "They started with his hands, then his legs, his body kept its original consciousness. Piece by piece, little by little, he was being modified!"

"You are lying to me again! Kuma hated the Government!" Iva declared. "Zere is no way he would give himself over to ze Government!"

"Scream at me all you want, even I don't know what kind of deal he had worked out with the Government. Even a few days ago he still retained his own personality!" Doflamingo said as Kuma began charging his mouth laser. "But now he's a walking corpse with no memory of ever being human! He's a monster, hearing only the Government's command to strike!"

"He's Pacifista PX-0! And he's put his past way behind him!" And with that, Kuma fired, causing all three of us to jump out of the way.

'Kuma is...gone?" For some reason, as soon as those words crossed my mind, it felt like I was being torn apart inside, like some part of me had been ripped out forever, and it made me sad.

"Kuma! Vat has happened to your body!?" Iva yelled at him.

"Ask Donquixote Doflamingo."

'That...That's right!' I quickly got up and ran to Doflamingo, ignoring everything else around me. "Hey! Doflamingo!"

He turned that malevolent grin on me. "Oh, it's you, Rokushiki Nightmare Ellix."

"You know who I am, right!?" I shouted. "Tell me!"

"Hm?" He kept his grin as he looked like he was thinking, then it grew twice as big. "Right...you must be him."

"Stop screwing around! And tell me who I am!" I was quickly losing patience.

"The memory seems...hazy." He smiled tauntingly. "Who could you possibly be? Who is your family? What could I have done to them?" My eyes widened. "Did I or didn't I kill them?" His smile widened. "Do you hate...not knowing that?"

"You bastard!" I roared as I jumped in front of him and pulled back my arm. "Shigan!" I attempted to stab him with my finger, but he jumped to avoid it.

"Good try." He smirked as he swung his leg up in preparation.

"Tekkai Gou!" I hardened my whole body as he drove his axe kick into my head. I resisted as much as I could but pretty soon I was smashed into the ground, creating a large crater.

"What's the matter?" Doflamingo asked mockingly. "I thought you wanted to know what happened to them?"

I gritted my teeth as I pushed myself up. "Rankyaku Rin!" I did a handstand and spun around with outstretched legs, but Doflamingo jumped again, so high he went out of the crater and seemingly floated in the air, so I jumped after him.

"Shigan Akai Hatsu!" I began throwing both my forefingers rapidly at him.

"Is this the best you can do?" Doflamingo smirked as he backhanded me across the face, managing to avoid my stabbing fingers and throw me back into the crater.

'Damnit! He's strong!' I cursed in my head as I stood up.

"Fuffuffuffu! Do you really think you can make me talk with such simple attacks?" Doflamingo laughed as he pointed at me.

Suddenly a vision flashed through my mind, of me getting stabbed through the chest! "Kami-E!"

"Tamaito!" I quickly leaned away as...something pierced the ground instead of my torso, followed by a second one. "Good to see this won't be too boring. Goshikito!"

Another vision, this time me getting sliced up! "Soru!" I dashed out of the crater as five deep slash marks appeared in the ground I previously stood on. I skidded across the icy ground to break. 'Woah...am I using Observation Haki? I think I'll need it to fight this guy!'

I jumped up at his level, he turned his head to flash that grin at me. "Rankyaku Bumeran!" I launched a spinning 'V' away from me. "Rankyaku Ogame!" I sent a Rankyaku that arched above Doflamingo and dropped down towards him, but he destroyed it with a single kick!

"What's the matter? Too afraid to attack me yourself?" I ignored his taunts, knowing my other Rankyaku would-...I was gonna get decapitated! I let myself fall, avoiding a large slice of air from Doflamingo's spinning kick to destroy my Bumeran.

'Too close!' I thought as I landed, dashing away from another invisible shot, making me skid for brakes again. "Kamisori!" I dashed through the air in a zigzag pattern, heading closer for Doflamingo as I pulled my arm back and bent it.

"Shinaru Shigan Whip!" I whipped my finger forward to stab him, but he just leaned to the side and grazed my cheek with another kick. At least that's what I thought. The impact caught up with me and I was sent crashing down.

"Fuffuffuffuffu! Is this really all you can do?" He asked. "It'd be such a shame...for HER to lose you without ever seeing your face again! Fuffuffuffuffu!"

Ping!

An air bullet nicked Doflamingo in the cheek, sending a little blood trickling down.

"Shigan Dangan." I panted as I stood up out of the smoke, panting heavily.

He licked the blood off of his face, keeping his grin. "Good job, your the first to hit me. Perhaps I underestimated you...allow me to reward you."

'I...I can't keep fighting this guy!' I thought desperately. 'If I were to keep going like this, he'll either kill me or my body will give up! I can't die so early whilst my goal is to save Ace! At this point in time...there's no possible way I can win!'

"Geppo!" Turning away I began sprinting through the air.

"Eh? Running away? But it was just about to get interesting!" Doflamingo cackled. "Overheat!"

Using what little Observation I had at the moment, I jumped and ducked and dodged every single invisible deadly thing in my way, then one more vision of me getting completely cut up! "Geppo Bakuhatsu!" Stamping down hard on the air, I launched myself away as a web of threads slashed the place I previously was.

As I fled, Doflamingo looked on and smiled. "I can't believe the boy everyone was talking about is still alive..." His grin grew as big as possible. "But it doesn't matter...he can find out his horrible past for himself! Fuffuffuffuffu!"

...Umm...did you run away?

Ellix: No, I made a tactical withdrawal.

...You ran away.

Ellix: If I didn't I would have used up all my strength! And Ace is more important anyway!

Riiiiight...if you guys don't know, I've finally posted my special project: One Piece OC Movie: EoE-The Crystallized Fortress Beyond the Portals! Check it out if you have the time! Now reviews!

To Exile037: I see...I can work something out.

Ellix: I still want that!

To R.E.W. 4: 3 Comments in one chapter!? *Passes out*

Ellix: I think he fainted from joyful shock...anyway, sorry if I destroyed your expectations, but hey, Ace comes first. And I'm sure the author can fit my stories of previous times in somehow.

To TheRealEvanSG:...HELL YEAH! BIRTHDAYS ON FANFICTION ARE THE BEST! Okay then, from reading the first chapter of Episode of Ellix Plus, hopefully you have a good idea what he looks like physically. Oh! In case you need it, here's Ellix's Alabasta Arc attire:

Wears red desert attire with white crescent moons on the sleeves and a dark brown hood.

And here's his list of moves:

Soru

Kamisori: A combination of Soru and Geppo, dash through the air in a zigzag pattern at high speed.

Soru Ken: A strong punch at Soru speed.

Soru Tsuisuta: Dashes towards the enemy with Soru whilst spinning, increasing damage.

Shigan

Shigan Oren: Stab the enemy rapidly with one forefinger.

Shigan Akai Hatsu: Stab the enemy rapidly with both forefingers.

Shigan Dangan: Stab the air, shooting an air bullet.

Shigan Oren Dangan: Stab the air rapidly with one forefinger, launching loads of air bullets.

Shigan Akai Hatsu Dangan: Stab the air repeatedly with both forefingers, launching countless air bullets. (Prior to Ellix's final Alabasta fight, this was his strongest attack.)

Shinaru Shigan Whip: Whip a Shigan into the foe.

Rankyaku

Rankyaku Ran: Launch loads of smaller Rankyakus.

Rankyaku Bumeran: Launch a 'V' shaped Rankyaku that curves around and returns to Ellix.

Rankyaku Yufo: Send a buzzsaw-like Rankyaku at the target.

Rankyaku Igama: Launch a curving Rankyaku that falls onto the target.

Rankyaku Kogeki: Launch a curving Rankyaku from both legs that trap the foe in a pincer movement.

Tekkai:

Tekkai Sai: A combination of Soru and Tekkai, rams the foe at Soru speed with Tekkai strength for a powerful tackle.

Geppo

Kami-E

There you go, all the moves Ellix could use during the Alabasta Arc (Not including the end.)

To ThiefofStealth: Haha! Glad you like Smoker's brother Ash!

Ellix: Doririri! They're so alike it's priceless! And Eri-chan definitely has a thing for muscles.

Your not gonna turn her head then are you.

Ellix: *Glare*

As always, thank you for reading, reviews are always appreciated!

Nakama!