Shirahoshi In Danger
The next chapter is out after a delay. The title is self explanatory about the chapter. Forgive me for that but I couldn't really make a better title. Also this chapter has a lot of end of chapter notes that explain a lot of what is going on in this chapter. It mentions a lot of things not present in the chapter that explains various things so please read them.
The revolutionary commanders, the Knights of D, the Special Weapons, these three groups formed the terrifying power of the revolutionary army. These three groups held such great power that Dragon himself had enough confidence that not only could they overthrow the entire world government, but also keep the revolutionary army in power and destroy any opposing force. Such an opposing force was none other than the Straw Hat Pirates.
One of the commanders attempted to break the Straw Hats will by telling them of the overwhelming power of the revolutionary army and how futile it was to oppose them. It failed. The Straw Hats were not intimidated and did not back down. As such the only option was to destroy them all.
Zoro with three swords in hand raced towards Doflamingo at amazing speed. He began slashing at Doflamingo with incredible ferocity, however Doflamingo's natural agility allowed him to dodge the three swords.
Doflamingo jumped in the air to avoid one of Zoro's attacks.
When he landed Zoro was on him without mercy.
Crossing the three swords he had together, he charged towards Doflamingo.
"Oni Giri," said Zoro.
Doflamingo sidestepped at the last second and attempted to outstretch his finger to slice of one of Zoro's limbs. Zoro however was faster.
"Hyakuhachi Pound Ho," cried out Zoro who sent a large air projectile at Doflamingo.
Doflamingo narrowly escaped the attack with his life. Had he been any later he would have been hit.
"You seem more aggressive now than before," said Doflamingo.
"I'm always aggressive towards my enemies," replied Zoro.
"But maybe there's something about you that's making me more aggressive," finished Zoro.
"The way you are now, you certainly live up to your reputation as a sword demon," said Doflamingo.
"Oh well I don't know much about my reputation. But it could be that you brought the demon out in me," said Zoro with an insane look.
"Well then come on demon, let me rid the world of you," challenged Doflamingo.
"You don't have to tell me twice," replied Zoro.
Zoro pointed out his swords towards Doflamingo almost like a bull.
"Santoryu," said Zoro initiating his attack.
The silhouette of a bull appeared behind Zoro.
"Ushi Bari," said Zoro who sped towards Doflamingo.
Zoro charged towards Doflamingo with his swords out like a raging bull. Doflamingo however was prepared.
"That's it come on," said Doflamingo mentally.
Just as Zoro was about to hit, Doflamingo sidestepped just barely avoiding his attack and the wind generated from it. He then moved his finger slicing part of Zoro's leg. Zoro fell down in pain at feeling his leg sliced open.
"Well that's pretty impressive. Usually when I do this, the person's entire leg would come off. You only have it severed but still very much attached and functional. I must say you have some incredibly strong armament haki to counter my ability to such an extent," complimented Doflamingo.
"Not only that but you also were able to avoid my attack to some extent. Just before I hit, you moved your leg out of the way so that my attack only grazed your leg. To do that after using such an attack. You have great mastery of observation haki," complimented Doflamingo.
Then Doflamingo began clapping.
"Strong observation haki to avoid getting directly hit by my attack. And strong armament haki to block its effects. You have incredibly mastery over haki for one so young. I truly applaud you," said Doflamingo clapping.
Zoro looked at Doflamingo neutrally. Despite knowing that Doflamingo was sincere, his clapping made it feel as if he was actually mocking him instead of praising him. This made him feel somewhat insulted.
"You certainly are a strong Roronoro Zoro. Why don't you join us? We could use someone of your skill in the army. You'd certainly make commander" invited Doflamingo.
Zoro looked at Doflamingo neutrally before smirking.
"Che like the future world greatest swordsman would actually work for someone," retorted Zoro smirking.
"You, the future world's greatest swordsman, please," said Doflamingo sarcastically.
"I know who the true future world's greatest swordsman is," said Doflamingo.
"Oh and who would that be. I'd like to face him," said Zoro.
"Why don't you join us and find out," replied Doflamingo.
"No thanks, I'll find him on my own eventually," said Zoro.
"Oh you don't have to worry about that since you wouldn't live to find him," said Doflamingo.
Doflamingo then held out his finger ready to cut Zoro with his powers, however Zoro saw it coming with observation haki and jumped sideways avoiding the path of the attack.
"Tatsu Maki," called out Zoro.
A tornado the shape of a dragon was formed from Zoro's three swords that was hurled towards Doflamingo. Doflamingo seeing the attack and knowing that a tornado can damage anything close to it jumped sideways a far distance avoiding the cutting wind of the attack.
Not letting up, Zoro sprang after Doflamingo and swang his swords in a descending slash.
"Tora Gari," called out Zoro as a tiger head aura manifested around him.
Doflamingo jumped high into the air easily dodging the attack. However to his surprise he saw that Sanji was standing on all three of his swords. Zoro smirked as he used his three swords to propel Sanji into the air. Sanji who was already very high immediately began using Sky Walk to jump in different directions.
"What's he doing?" thought Doflamingo as he watched Sanji just jump around randomly not doing anything.
Unfortunately for him that was a bad move as paying attention to Sanji caused him to lose focus on the equally dangerous Zoro.
"Santoryu," said Zoro getting into a stance.
"Kokujo," continued Zoro as a dragon began manifesting around Zoro.
"O Tatsumaki," said Zoro finished.
The powerful dragon shaped tornado was sent towards Doflamingo who actually looked worried.
"Damn I can't get too close to that thing or I'll be cut to pieces," said Doflamingo.
Doflamingo twisted himself around and narrowly dodged the dangerous range of the attack. Unfortunately he was still too close and got some small cuts on his body but nothing bad. However the real problem was that in trying to dodge Zoro's attack, he once again took his attention off Sanji.
Sanji meanwhile was spinning in the air powering up his Diable Jambe.
"Diable Jambe," said Sanji whose leg was now glowing yellow from heat.
It was only when he heard the words Diable Jambe did he finally pay attention to Sanji. Unfortunately it was too late as he saw Sanji using Sky Walk to quickly get to his location. While mid air he delivered a hard kick to Doflamingo's mid section.
"Moutun Shot," said Sanji who delivered a Diable Jambe enhanced Mouton Shot to Doflamingo.
Doflamingo took a direct hit from the powerful attack and was sent pummeling to the ground from the attack. The attack was not only extremely strong due to the extreme force behind it but very hot due to the intense heat of Diable Jambe. He however was an experience Shichbukai and revolutionary commander and as a result can quickly think on his feet even when in great pain.
Using his powers he quickly took control of Zoro's body.
"What the …" said Zoro in surprise as he felt himself being controlled.
Doflamingo then made Zoro start running towards him.
Sanji who after successfully delivering one of his strongest attacks to Doflamingo knew what he was planning.
"That bastard, he's trying to get Zoro to catch his fall," said Sanji.
Sanji then quickly sprang to Doflamingo using Sky Walk to kick him away. Doflamingo however saw this one coming. Using his powers he severed Sanji's leg causing it to bleed profusely. However it didn't come off as like Zoro, he had strong observation and armament haki which allowed him to avoid a critical attack as well as block some of the damage. The attack however was able to stun Sanji long enough to stop his attack.
Meanwhile Doflamingo was able to get Zoro directly underneath him. Using his powers he made Zoro jump high into the air to lessen the height of his fall and then used Zoro's shoulders to springboard himself onto the ground safely. He avoided the fall but still took a damaging hit to his torso from Sanji's Diable Jambe.
As soon as he landed he fell to one knee clutching his bleeding chest. Sanji meanwhile landed directly next to Zoro and the two looked at Doflamingo with calculating gazes.
"That was really impressive. It's actually been a long time since anyway has ever landed this kind of damage to me," said Doflamingo.
"No, it's been a long time since anyway has ever landed a hit on me at all, much less one so strong. I must say that you two really are something," complimented Doflamingo still holding his bleeding torso.
"Well I guess that goes to show you how strong we are," replied Zoro grinning.
Sanji like Zoro was grinning as well. The two of them were currently getting the best of Doflamingo. It was true that they both took some damage from Doflamingo's slicing powers and from Drake's attacks but in the end they were still able to deliver some successful attacks at the powerful Shichbukai. It showed that he was not as invincible as he appeared to be or made himself out to be. It meant that they had a chance and that he could be defeated.
With the rest of the Straw Hats they were currently fending off Drake. Right now the battle had taken a different direction as Chopper finally went into his most powerful form, Monster Point.
"That reindeer transformed into a giant monster," said Drake as he evaded one of Chopper's large hands.
"You think you're the only one that can change into a monster. Well so can I," said Chopper.
Chopper then raised his hands high into the air and slammed them down hard on the ground. However Drake was able to evade the attack successfully.
"That's quite an interesting ability that you have there. Normally most zoans can only change into two forms, a complete animal form and a hybrid form. But you've shown many forms. I don't know how you did it but it's certainly very impressive," complimented Drake.
Chopper would have normally went into one of his happy dances. Unfortunately because the person who complimented him was an enemy he didn't. Anyone else, even a complete stranger he would have definitely started, but for an enemy, he knows that he should be focused on the battle.
"It's honestly unfathomable that someone like you can have such a low bounty. If I had to be honest, your bounty would be around the same as Cyborg Franky's," noted Drake.
"Heh, don't worry. Soon the New World will know my power and everyone will acknowledge me once I get a real bounty," said Chopper.
"But in order for you to get a real bounty as you say, you need to get past me first," said Drake.
Chopper looked at Drake ready to rumble now that he was in his strongest form.
"Since you went into your monster form, I think I should do the same," said Drake.
Drake then became larger transforming into his full dinosaur form. In this form his size was equal to Chopper's.
"Suge, he's as big as Chopper," said Ussop in a surprise voice.
"Oh don't worry, I'm about to get just as big," said Franky with a grin.
"How?" asked Ussop.
"Why I become Iron Pirate Franky Shogun," replied Franky with a grin.
"But how, the Kurosai FR-U IV and the Brachio Tank V are with Sunny?" asked Ussop.
"Heh, don't worry about that. You're going to find out soon enough," replied Franky with a thumbs up.
Meanwhile Chopper and Drake were locked together in a fierce match. It was fairly reminiscent of King Kong vs Tyrannosaur Rex. However unlike that one, this one had the opposite results. Chopper despite his incredible strength only just recently unlocked this ability and as a result did not have time to properly harness its strength. Drake on the other hand was a revolutionary commander and as a result possessed far greater raw power than Chopper. Also while Chopper's hands were huge and strong, his legs were fairly week. Drake unlike him possessed powerful legs and was currently pushing Chopper back. And while he had very weak hands in his full dinosaur form, he possessed very sharp teeth and powerful jaws that more than compensated. Overall despite Chopper holding his own, Drake was clearly superior.
"Damn it, even in Monster Point I can't overcome this guy," said Chopper.
Chopper was currently using his large hands to hold back Drake's powerful jaws to prevent him from sinking his teeth into him. Chopper was holding on but just barely. Right now Drake's mouth was very close to Chopper. Out of sheer desperation, Chopper pulled back his huge fists and struck Drake's face forcing the dinosaur man back. Chopper then delivered another more powerful mighty punch to Drake that forced him off the ground and on his back.
"Nice Chopper," cheered Ussop on.
Nami, Robin, Franky and Brook all smiled at seeing Chopper force the revolutionary commander back by himself.
Chopper then jumped onto the downed Drake and begun pounding him continuously with his gigantic arms. Since Drake's full dinosaur form only had small arms, he couldn't block the hits. However he was very durable and had high endurance and was able to bite Chopper's shoulder. Chopper screamed out in pain when he felt Drake sink his powerful teeth into his shoulders.
"Chopper!" cried out Robin.
Chopper who was in pain from Drake's attack stopped his own pounding. This gave Drake the time needed to use his powerful legs to kick Chopper off him. With Chopper off him he got to his feet and sprang towards Chopper headfirst and delivered a powerful tackle to Chopper sending Chopper flying back a few feet. With Chopper down for the count, Drake leapt into the air and pinned Chopper down using his feet.
Ussop seeing that Chopper was in danger acted quickly.
"Midori Boshi: Sargasso," said Ussop who fired some pop greens at Drake's head.
The pop greens just before they hit Drake's head turned into a large mass of seaweed that covered his face. Drake was temporarily distracted by the seaweed that he didn't notice Brook coming towards him at high speed.
"Hanauta Sancho: Yahazu Giri," said Brook who jumped on Drake's back and slashed his back several times.
Drake himself hissed out in pain and turned his attention to the source of the attack, Brook. He lunged at Brook mouth first intending to crush him with his powerful jaws but then suddenly several arms bloomed on his snout.
"Ochenta Fleur," said Robin as the arms bloomed on Drake's snout as he was about to devour Brook.
"Shut," finished Robin.
The arms promptly shut Drake's mouth thus saving Brook.
"Sorry about this but the weather is cloudy," said Nami.
And indeed the weather was cloudy for several black balls were floating above him into a large thunder cloud.
"Thunderbolt tempo," said Nami.
A lightning bolt then struck the stunned revolutionary dinosaur commander forcing him to his knees.
"Nice guys but now it's time for Iron Pirate Franky Shogun to super take the stage," said Franky with a grin.
And just as he said that, suddenly the Kurosai FR-U IV and the Brachio Tank V came out of no where.
"What the, that's the Kurosai FR-U IV and the Brachio Tank V, where'd they come from?" asked a confused Ussop.
"More importantly, whose controlling them?" asked Chopper who was back in brain point having been exhausted from using Monster Point to stall Drake.
"Heh, I haven't mentioned it to you guys yet but there is a built in system inside my new body that allows me to remotely control those two vehicles and bring them to my location so that I may become Iron Pirate Franky Shogun whenever I want," said a grinning Franky.
Both Ussop and Chopper had stars in their eyes excited at the prospect of seeing Iron Pirate Franky Shogun again.
The Kurosai FR-U IV, Brachio Tank C and Franky himself began the docking process with Franky himself at the top. While this was happening Chopper and Ussop were watching in awe and fascination as the docking completed revealing the Iron Pirate Franky Shogun in all its glory.
"Iron Pirate Franky Shogun," said Franky as he sat upon the giant robot.
"Suge!" shouted both Ussop and Chopper at the same time with stars in their eyes.
It seemed that even though they saw it already back at Fishman Island, they couldn't help but marvel at it.
"A giant robot" said Drake questionably.
"Yeah that's right. This is Iron Pirate Franky Shogun. And now get ready to experience its power," said Franky grinning.
"It's smaller than the gorilla's monster form," said Drake.
"That's true but this baby packs a hell of a lot of power. Power that I'm about to show you," said Franky.
"General Left," said Franky.
The robot then began shooting bullets from its left arm. The attack hit causing the dinosaur to cry out a bit.
"Followed by," said Franky while the giant robot began charging towards Drake.
Franky Shogun then using its massive arms gave a powerful punch to Drake's jaw while he was stunned from the robot's initial attack. Drake staggered back several feet from being decked by the robot's massive metal arms but soon recovered and glared at Franky and the robot.
Meanwhile, Zoro and Sanji were currently squaring off against Doflamingo. Despite the power of the two along with their incredible teamwork, Doflamingo was able to keep dodging and avoiding their attacks. Both individual attacks and combinations attacks didn't seem to do much against him showing his incredible fighting prowess and why he was a feared Shichbukai and powerful revolutionary commander. The only really successful attack was the combination that they used earlier whereby Sanji was able to hit Doflamingo with his Diable Jambe. However Doflamingo had both powerful armament haki and incredible pain tolerance so he was able to fight unhindered. Besides that one, they were unable to get any good hits on him, though they were able to avoid much damage as well.
"Hahaha you two are really interesting giving me this good of a fight. You're crewmates are also pretty interesting as well being able to go toe to toe with Drake," said Doflamingo.
Zoro and Sanji continued to stare at Doflamingo neutrally.
"Since all of you are so interesting, allow me to repay the favor and tell you all something interesting as well," said Doflamingo.
"I received word about something very interesting on Fishman Island from a pirate named Caribou. You all remember him right," said Doflamingo.
"No, who the hell is that?" questioned Zoro rudely.
"Never heard of him," said Sanji.
"Oh really, well I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. After all he's nothing compared to you hot shot rookies," commented Doflamingo.
"Since you two don't remember him, then why don't we ask Nico Robin over there since I'm sure she knows," said Doflamingo.
Doflamingo then turned to face Robin's direction.
"Nico Robin," called out Doflamingo.
Robin upon hearing her name called out by Doflamingo turned her attention to him. The other Straw Hats who were busy fending off Drake paused what they were doing and turned towards Doflamingo wanting to know what he called Robin out for. Drake himself stopped his relentless onslaught to give his fellow commander a chance to speak.
Upon seeing that he had Robin's attention, Doflamingo decided to ask her about Caribou.
"Tell me Nico Robin, what do you know about the pirate known as Caribou?" asked Doflamingo.
"Wet Haired Caribou. He's a pirate with a 210 million beli bounty. He is the captain of the Caribou Pirates. He and his brother are infamous for being marine killers," said Robin recalling her knowledge about Caribou.
"We also met him during out descent to Fishman Island," said Robin.
"So he was that pirate guy from before," said Zoro remembering him.
"I never actually knew his name. Though I did remember that his ship was being towed by Momoo and that he tried to attack us when we were going to Fishman Island," said Nami also remembering the brief encounter with him.
"And he tried to kidnap Shirahoshi-chan. Bastard I'll never forgive him for that. If I ever see him again, I'll make sure he pays," said Sanji whose eyes and entire body were on fire.
"Oh you don't have to worry about that because he's dead," said Drake.
"He's dead," said Ussop questionably.
"Yes, I'm the one who killed him," said Doflamingo.
The crew was not very much fazed by this. Despite Caribou's high bounty, he was fairly weak. The only thing he had going for him was his logia class devil fruit and Zoro and Sanji already showed that they can handle that. So it was not surprising for anyone to kill him much less a revolutionary commander like Doflamingo who is capable of holding his own against both Zoro and Sanji.
"But he did tell me something interesting," said Doflamingo.
"So what did he tell you?" asked Zoro.
"Oh nothing much, just something about a certain mermaid princess with the ability to control sea kings," said Doflamingo menacingly.
A shocked expression appeared on each of the Straw Hats. Mermaid princess alone was a dead giveaway but the ability to control sea kings was the real clue. The one who he was talking about was Shirahoshi.
"Oh no, he knows about Shirahoshi and her ability to call sea kings," said Chopper worriedly.
"This isn't good. If anyone finds out about Shirahoshi then everyone's going to come after her for her power," said Nami.
Franky, Ussop and Brook gritted their teeth in worry and frustration. Zoro and Sanji had hard and dangerous looks on their faces while Robin had a neutral one.
"Tell me Doflamingo, how is it that Caribou even knows about Shirahoshi's powers?" asked Robin.
Doflamingo looked at Robin questionably.
No one on Fishman Island besides us, her family, the defeated New Fishman pirates and Jinbe know about her powers. And no one would of Fishman Island would tell anyone about it," said Robin.
"So how?" asked Robin.
"Oh that's simple actually, Caribou was eavesdropping on you," answered Doflamingo.
Begin Flashback
"Two years ago at a Sky Island, I read a poneglyph indicating where one of the ancient weapons is," started Robin looking at King Neptune.
"The mermaid princess who lived around the same time as Joy Boy, was known by a specific name wasn't she?" continued Robin.
"The ancient weapon, Poseidon," said Robin,
King Neptune had a serious look on his face when he heard that Robin knew of her power and the legend.
"I do not know their purpose but a long time ago there were powerful entities that could destroy the world," said Neptune
"They were three ancient weapons given the names of Gods, Pluton, Uranus and Poseidon" continued Neptune.
"And she is one of them?" questioned Robin seriously.
"Indeed," answered Neptune equally as serious.
While they were talking they failed to notice some mud moving around subtlety.
"We can't let anyone know about this. Every powerful group would want Shirahoshi's power. The Government, even pirates," said Robin who failed to notice an ear of mud form listen in on their conversation.
"The Ancient Weapons, they could destroy the world," thought a surprised Caribou whose head formed from a pool of swamp mud.
"I got all their treasure and was about to leave but this is even bigger news," thought Caribou.
"I see so that mermaid princess is …" thought Caribou realizing that Shirahoshi is the ancient weapon Poseidon.
Caribou slowly melted away as he made plans to kidnap Shirahoshi.
End Flashback
"So that's why that guy tried to kidnap Shirahoshi-chan. Because he knew of her power," said Sanji remembering that event.
"Tell me Doflamingo, if Caribou actually spoke to you and told you about Shirahoshi, then that must mean that Caribou is also a member of the revolutionary army and that he was ordered to kidnap Shirahoshi by Dragon," deduced Robin.
All eyes were now on Doflamingo wanting to hear the answer to Robin's question.
"The answer to both questions is no. Caribou is not a member of the army and was certainly not ordered to kidnap the mermaid princess," said Doflamingo.
"Then why did he try and kidnap Shirahoshi?" asked Robin.
"For the same reason anyone else would have done. For her power. He obviously kidnapped her because he wanted her powers," answered Doflamingo.
"So you're saying that Dragon or the revolutionary army had nothing to do with Shirahoshi's attempted kidnapping by Caribou?" asked Robin.
"That's right, however…" said Doflamingo before pausing.
"However what?" asked Robin.
"After Caribou left Fishman Island, he contacted me and informed me of her powers. After that I informed Dragon-sama about this new development," said Doflamingo.
"Of course we couldn't allow someone like Caribou to walk away with such important information. So I killed him," said Doflamingo.
"So Dragon now knows about Shirahoshi's power. If that's the case the revolutionary army might come for her," said Franky.
"Shirahoshi is now in great danger," said Ussop gravely.
"Dragon-sama has already taken measures to insure that the revolutionary army gained that power, or more specifically the power of the ancient weapon Poseidon," said Doflamingo.
"So he knows that Shirahoshi is actually one of those three ancient weapons," said Nami.
"I did mention in my conversation with the King that Shirahoshi is the current reincarnation of the ancient weapon Poseidon. And since Caribou was spying on us, then it's no surprise that Doflamingo and Dragon know about her being an ancient weapon," said Robin.
"Oh it's more than that. Lord Dragon is very knowledgeable about the true history and void century. So he's well aware that Posiedon is actually a mermaid with the ability to call forth sea kings," said Doflamingo.
"Dragon knows about the true history and void century," said a very surprised Robin.
"That's right. So he knows all about Posiedon and its powers. And he wishes to gain that power. So he's sent someone to Fishman Island to bring her to him. And that person is one of the Knights of D," said Doflamingo.
All the Straw Hats and aghast features at hearing that.
"Dragon already sent someone to capture Shirahoshi," said a shocked Nami.
"And that person is one of those Knights of D," said an equally shocked Brook.
"This isn't good. I don't think anyone in Fishman Island can handle one of those Knights," said Chopper.
"So while we were trying to free this kingdom, Dragon already sent one of those Knight guys after her," said Franky.
Zoro, Sanji and Robin also had worried looks. They knew from Doflamingo's explanation of the Knights that they are extraordinarily powerful and have some kind of legendary power. If what Doflamingo said was true, then not even Jinbe who was an ex Shichbukai would be able to handle him.
"Hahaha from the expressions on your faces I could tell that you know what all this means," said Doflamingo.
"It means that soon the power of the ancient weapon Poseidon would belong to the revolutionary army," finished Doflamingo ominously.
All the Straw Hats knew that the situation was now graver that ever before. Everything that they have found out so far, the alliance between Blackbeard and Dragon, the power of the Knights and the Special Weapons, everything just became worse. Now that dangerous power has been directed towards Fishman Island. Shirahoshi was now in grave danger now that the revolutionary army has targeted her and deployed one of its Knights of D after her. Not only that but they also knew that no one in Fishman Island would willingly hand Shirahoshi over to the army. Jinbe, Neptune, Fukaboshi, Ryuboshi, Manoboshi and Neptune's army would rather die than surrender Shirahoshi. And given how stronger this Knight was, they could very well die. Even worse, Camie, Hachi, Pappug and other civilians could get caught in the crossfire. Hody and the New Fishman Pirate by themselves were able to nearly bring Fishman Island to their knees with their power. And this Knight is likely, no guaranteed to be much stronger than all of the New Fishman Pirates combined since according to Doflamingo, each of the Knights had power on par with an admiral. When the Knight engages the merfolk, causalities will be high. Shirahoshi would be captured to be made a weapon for the most dangerous being in existence. The entire Fishman Island, in fact the entire ocean that the island was in would be dyed red with blood, fishman blood, mermen blood, the blood of their friends.
One thought crossed the minds of each of the Straw Hats. They had to defeat Doflamingo and Drake as quickly as possible so that they can go to Fishman Island before the Knight of D destroys everything.
Major development, Shirahoshi is now being targeted by one of the Knights. Just what is she going to do? First she had to contend with Hody, now she has to face someone far stronger than he was. Even the power of the ex Shichbukai Jinbe who swore to protect her wouldn't stand a chance. Anyway some end of chapter notes as usual. Please read them everyone. They explain a lot of things including things that weren't mentioned in the chapter.
Somone mentioned in a review that the fight is too long. Well so far in each chapter, something has been revealed. In one chapter, Drake reveals himself and explains his role as a commander, in the next chapter the truth about Kuma is revealed, in the next chapter the Knights, Commanders and Special Weapons are explained, now we know that a Knight is going after Shirahoshi. Each chapter brought something new. The fights scenes were added because a fight is going on. But they were also added to separate each revelation from the other. It would not be good if everything was explained in one chapter. People need time to breath and take all this in. The fights scenes do just that. They separate all new information and revelations so that they are not all in one chapter. And there is a fight going on so I have to add fight scenes.
I need to point out that that all revolutionary elites except Sentinel can use a both observation and armament haki with the Knights being able to use all three types of haki. I added the changes to the Profile of the Revolutionary Army. This was just in case some people didn't read the author note because I know people would rather read the story that boring author notes and I can't blame you. Just that I forget to put in certain things at time.
I'm sure you realize that soon after this battle, the Straw Hats are going to have their first battle against the dreaded Knights of D.
The Straw Hats do not know about the identities or powers of any of the Knights, Commanders or Special Weapons beyond what Doflamingo told them. All they know is that Luffy is a member of the Knights and that he can use the mysterious power of D. They obviously know about his devil fruit powers and that he can use all three types of haki since he was their captain. But they did not know that he was a member of the Knights nor that he has the power of D, in fact they do not even know what the power of D is except that it is described as the power of the gods.
Also the Straw Hats again do not know who any of the Knights, Special Weapons or Commanders are. We know who they are because I posted a detailed profile of them but the Straw Hats don't. Just wanted everyone to keep that in mind, we the readers know but the Straw Hats don't.
The Straw Hats are really going all out now. Zoro really using Santoryu, Sanji using Diable Jambe, Chopper using Monster Point and Franky using the Franky Shogun.
Zoro and Sanji not having their limbs sliced by Doflamingo's attacks. Doflamingo's slicing powers can be avoided or overcome by the use of haki. Both Zoro and Sanji were using observation haki to move the part of their body that is about to be cut out of the way just before Doflamingo's attack. The result is that Doflamingo partially misses that particular part of their body. Also Zoro and Sanji apply armament haki to the part of the body that Doflamingo was able to partially hit thus strengthening it and making it hard enough to avoid it completely coming off. The overall result is that even though the body part does take good damage, it is still attached and fully functional despite being painful. It is something that only Zoro and Sanji can use since the rest of the Straw Hats can't use haki and also the reason why they are the ones taking on Doflamingo while the rest of the crew handle Drake.
Doflamingo made a cryptic comment about the future world's greatest swordsman. He was talking about Melkon D Kanka of the Knights of D. Kanka being a former student of Mihawk is one of the top candidates for world's greatest swordsman and someone Zoro would definitely have to face in order to achieve his goal.
Franky becoming Iron Pirate Franky Shogun. Franky has a built in system that allows him to control the Kurosai FR-U IV and the Brachio Tank V remotely. This means that no one has to be inside of either vehicle to control them. Of course since no one is inside either vehicle then they can't use their full potential. But Franky can at least control them and make them come to his location where they can dock together becoming Iron Pirate Franky Shogun. That means that Franky does not need to be close to either vehicle to become the giant robot. I'm not too sure if this is a real ability that Franky has or if it's one that I created myself but I sure there must be a way for Franky to become Franky Shogun without having to be close to the two vehicles. Him being able to control them remotely is my explanation. I'm sure that Oda has his own.
The mystery person that Caribou was talking about is revealed. Caribou stated that with a mountain of treasure and the secret of the mermaid princess as presents, he would get on a certain someone's good side. That certain someone is Doflamingo. Caribou is actually a subordinate of Doflamingo similar to how Bellamy was. If he gave Doflamingo treasure then Doflamingo would be happy since he is a pirate (ignoring his revolutionary commander status since he wants to keep that hidden) and the secret of the mermaid princess would certainly make the revolutionary army stronger thus keeping with Doflamingo's might is right philosophy.
Caribou's initial boldness to the Straw Hats. Remember how bold Caribou was in wanting to kill the Straw Hats at Sabody Archipelago and on the way to Fishman Island prior to his capture. In my opinion he was far too brave to want to face the Straw Hats when they were all extremely infamous pirates, especially given how he saw the monster trio all one shotting a Pacifista. His bravery had to come from more than just his logia devil fruit. That bravery and boldness came from Doflamingo. Being allied to an extremely powerful and infamous pirate like Doflamingo would surely make anyone far braver and bolder than they actually are, as evidenced by Bellamy. Caribou was sure that even if the Straw Hats were vastly stronger than him, he could still intimidate them by telling them that if they harmed him, Doflamingo wouldn't stay quiet. Despite Luffy being a hot shot rookie, he is still a rookie while Doflamingo was a veteran pirate and Shichbukai. He was confident that Doflamingo could easily defeat the Straw Hats and him being a subordinate of Doflamingo would give him protection from the Straw Hats.
Why didn't Caribou mention the fact that he was Doflamingo's subordinate upon his initial capture? Well first given that he supposedly lost his entire crew quickly, the shock and fright made him more into begging for his life than trying to intimidate the Straw Hats about his connection to Doflamingo. Also the Kraken attacked almost immediately so he didn't really have time to tell them about Doflamingo. The same thing applied for when Franky sealed him in the barrel. In fright, he forgot to tell them about Doflamingo. Caribou when in fright forgets to mention certain things, such as his connection to Doflamingo. And you can understand why, people all react difficult when they are begging for their lives. Some such as Caribou try and plead and beg. Some like the fake Straw Hat Luffy tried to use his supposed father and grandfather's fame along with his own to intimidate the enemy.
Why didn't Bellamy mention that he was Doflamingo's subordinate back at Jaya? Well he was trying to keep up an image of a feared and dangerous pirate and being a subordinate to anyone would do the opposite. People would think that he was weak and that he had to rely on Doflamingo instead. Also when he fought Luffy, he honestly thought that he was stronger than him so there was no need to try and intimidate Luffy when he could just beat him up himself.
Why did I make Caribou a subordinate of Doflamingo at all? Well I was just going by Doflamingo's theme. Most groups have a theme. For example the Blackbeard Pirates all have a theme of being extremely ugly and deformed. Moriah's subordinates all had a spooky haunted house theme. The New Fishman Pirates have a fishman theme. So going by what I saw of Doflamingo so far, I thought he had a psychotic mad man theme and all his subordinates would have big psychotic grins. Doflamingo has it obviously and his subordinate Bellamy has it. And since Caribou also had a psychotic grin then I thought that he would make a great subordinate for Doflamingo.
Caribou is not a member of the revolutionary army. Caribou is not a revolutionary in any way shape or form. He doesn't fit the revolutionary theme in any way. Caribou is simply a subordinate of Doflamingo, not a subordinate of Dragon or a member of the army. Caribou does not even know that Doflamingo is a revolutionary. Caribou is simply Doflamingo's subordinate since being a subordinate of an infamous pirate and Shichbukai like Doflamingo would mean that not only would he be more infamous due to his connection to Doflamingo but he would gain protection from Doflamingo since he is not only an extremely powerful and brutal pirate but also a Shichbukai.
Caribou's reasons for capturing Shiraboshi the first time. The first time Caribou attempted to kidnap Shiraboshi was not because of Doflamingo's orders. He did not even tell Doflamingo any this until after he left Fishman Island. His decision to try and kidnap Shirahoshi was entirely his own. He thought that if he had Shirahoshi's power then he would be the most powerful person in the world. He wouldn't need Doflamingo anymore and he can be the most powerful pirate in the world, take over the world and whatever. Essentially he tried to kidnap her to do the same thing that any other person would do if they had Shirahoshi's power.
Why did he tell Doflamingo about Shirahoshi? Caribou originally wanted Shirahoshi's power for himself. However that failed since Luffy kicked him out of Ryuuga Palace. So he instead settled for the next best thing, telling Doflamingo which would get on his good side. The only reason that he was going to tell Doflamingo was because he failed to capture Shirahoshi himself. So he decided that he would gain at least something out of this. And that was a better relationship with Doflamingo. It is not what he would have wanted. He would have preferred to have Shirahoshi's power for himself but since he can't get that, then a closer connection with Doflamingo would have been the next best thing.
Caribou's activities after Fishman Island. It was shown that after the Straw Hats left, Jinbe captured Caribou and left him with the marines after which he escaped. In this fic, he just left Fishman Island and reunited with his crew who survived and were in the New World. After that he found Doflamingo and told him about Shirahoshi and her powers. Doflamingo then killed him because he can't let the secret of Poseidon out because it would complicate the revolutionary army's plans for her.
Dragon is aware of Poseidon's power. Dragon is extremely knowledgeable about the true history of the world and the void century. So he knows all about the ancient weapon Posiedon and how it is a mermaid that can control sea kings. He doesn't know that Shirahoshi is actually Poseidon. In other words, he knows that Poseidon is a mermaid, but he doesn't know that it is Shirahoshi. Basically all he knows is that Poseidon is a mermaid, he doesn't not know which mermaid exactly is Poseidon.
The mission that Dragon was talking about is revealed. Remember at the end of the chapter Breakout, Dragon sent one of the Knights on a mission. Well that mission has been revealed. It is to capture Shirahoshi. Of course we don't know which of the Knights actually he sent to capture Shirahoshi. A clue was given. Ren said that he didn't think that the Knight was the best choice because of the nature and importance of the mission. Also Dragon said that this mission would be the Knight's greatest mission and ultimate test of loyalty. So given the mission and Ren and Dragon's words, I guess all of you can speculate which of the Knights is going to Fishman Island for Shirahoshi. Which of the Knights is this going to be their greatest mission and ultimate test of loyalty?
As soon as the Straw Hats defeat Doflamingo, they would be heading straight to Fishman Island. Normally after a big battle there would be a huge victory celebration. Unfortunately the Straw Hats aren't going to have time for that. Right now one of the powerful Knights is on his way to Fishman Island for Shirahoshi. The Straw Hats can't celebrate when they're friend is in danger of being targeted by one of the most powerful fighters of the revolutionary army. They don't have time to celebrate. As soon as this is over, they are going to Fishman Island and to the first of many incredibly difficult battles.