Zoro's clash with the Best! Sanji's reason to Stay and Fight!

Terrified, that's the only description to the sight before everyone as they look at the Greatest Swordsman in the World.

"T-T-T-The bastard followed us!"

"We're doom!"

"I want my mommy!"

The Krieg Pirates were pussies at seeing him. On famous Deadpool's words; too bad they aren't wearing brown pants.

"Hold on, I don't see any kind of weapon on him." one of the cooks commented as he couldn't see the giant sword on his back.

"He carries his weapon on his back," said Zeff- Hey! I just explained that!

"What?! You mean he destroyed that fleet with nothing but a sword?! That's impossible!" It was an impossible feat.

"Not for Mihawk it isn't. He is without a doubt a true master, the greatest swordsman in the world." When Zoro heard those words, the blood inside him was boiling in excitement.

"...Well?" Seth asked before pointing, "There he is Zoro, your dream is in front of you, go get it boy!" he said.

"Yeah! Go fetch your dream!" Luffy joins in.

"Good luck, Zoro! Don't fail us!" Usopp saluted.

"We believe in you Big Bro!" Johnny and Yosaku had flags with Zoro's name on it.

"Why are you guys treating me like a dog?!" the green-haired man yells at them with shark teeth.

Meanwhile, back with Mihawk, he looked bored at the Krieg Pirates, whom only one demanded to know, "You damn monster! We've done nothing to you, so why the hell are you doing this?!"

"...Just killing time," he replied.

"BASTARD!" The pirate whipped out his pistols and shot at Mihawk.

As the bullets sailed towards him, Mihawk drew his sword and ever so slightly moved it causing the bullets to change paths. It happened so quickly that almost no one saw what he did.

"Wha...I miss?" the pirate was confused, even his companions were confused.

"No," all of them looked back and saw Zoro standing behind them while looking at the Musketeer. (XD) "He diverted them, changing the course of the bullets using the tip of his sword." He walked towards Mihawk with a smirk on his face while the pirates around him noticed his three swords.

"I've never seen a sword handled so gently or with such grace," Zoro addressed Mihawk.

"A sword with no skill or technique is just an iron bar." the hawk-eye man replied.

"Did you use that sword to carve up the ship too?"

"I did."

"Then it's true…You are the best…I set sail for only one reason; to meet you," Zoro said as he took his bandana off his arm to tie it around his head.

"And what is your goal?"

"To beat you."

"Tch. Foolish boy."

"You said you had spare time, so let's do this."

"N-no way. It's the Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro!" one of the non-important pirates exclaimed. Now the rest realized just who was challenging Mihawk to a duel.

"...You're a weak fool," Mihawk said before he leaped over to the floating piece of the ship that Zoro was standing on. "If you're a competent swordsman, you should understand the difference between us even before you draw your blade. Why do you challenge me? Bravery, or stupidity?"

"Neither of them…Only my dream…" Zoro said as he placed his white sword between his teeth and drew his two other swords. "That, and a promise I plan to fulfill."

Mihawk then took the tiny golden cross from his neck and unsheathed the tiny blade inside, confusing Zoro.

"What do you plan to do with that?" Zoro asked.

"This is more than enough to fight you, after all, you wouldn't kill a fly with a cannon, would you?" Mihawk said before saying, "Although you must forgive me."

"For what?"

"I'm afraid I don't have a much smaller knife to fight you with," Mihawk said with a pitying look.

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT!

Ooooooooooooooooh!

"You're gonna regret that," Zoro growled as he ran toward Hawk-Eye. "DIE!"

"Fool. You have no idea how big the world truly is." Mihawk mumbled out.

"ONIGIRI!" Zoro slashed Mihawk but was met with a startling scene. To his and everyone else's shock, all three swords were stopped by Mihawk's small blade, dead center.

"What the-" Zoro said, stunned.

"N-No way!" Yosaku said.

"I-I don't believe it!" Johnny said.

"Holy Shit! He stops all three of them!" Seth had widened eyes.

('I-I can't move my swords...No one's been able to defend against that technique, and he stopped it with a pocket knife! This can't be happening! There's no way he's this much better than me! Our skills can't be this far apart!') Zoro was in a state of shock."NO! I AM NOT THAT FAR BEHIND THE WORLD'S STRONGEST!" With that defiant yell, Zoro started slashing wildly as Mihawk blocked every swing with calm precision, eventually knocking the Pirate Hunter to the ground.

"Come on, you're just toying, right, Big Bro!?" Yosaku called out desperately.

"Fight for real, Big Bro!" Johnny yelled just as desperately.

Zoro got up, refusing to be defeated and attacked again. Yet no matter how much force he put into his attacks, Mihawk just kept parrying every move he made.

"Such ferocious swordplay," Mihawk commented as he continued to block.

('I did not…devote my entire life to swordsmanship…Just to be dispatched by a toy like this!') Zoro thought desperately.

Before long Mihawk completely dodged Zoro's slashes and retaliated with a chop to the neck, and all Zoro could do was think back to his old friend Kuina, whose death sparked Zoro to become the world's greatest swordsman for both of them. By this time Zoro had become winded and could barely stand up. He could not believe what was happening. It was a cold slap of reality as he began to realize just how big the gap between their powers was.

"What is the weight that you carry upon your shoulders?" Mihawk inquired. "Speak up, weakling."

"Hey, don't you dare call Big Bro weak!" Yosaku yelled in outrage.

"We'll show you!" Johnny yelled.

Before either of them could jump in, they were restrained and held down by Luffy and Seth.

"Don't! This is his fight!" Luffy yelled, however, his face showed how much he wants to stop this.

Seth was in the same boat as him, "You two will stay here!"

The green-haired man slowly stood up from the ground, "No...I refuse...to be defeated!" Zoro shouted as he prepared his next technique. "Tiger…Hunt!"

He swung his two-hand swords down, but he completely missed. Not only that, but he also ended up with Mihawk's knife jammed into his chest, dangerously close to his heart. Blood dripped from the wound as well as out of his mouth.

Everybody was looking in shock at the scene….But Zoro never backed away from it.

The Warlord notices it, confused at why hasn't he moved. "It appears that you have lost, yet you have not stepped back away...Why?" he asked.

"Why?...I...Don't know," Zoro's eyes were dead serious, "But…If I back down now…My promise will be shattered…My honor will be lost…I'll never fight you again..."

"Yes. That is called a defeat."

"Heh….I won't accept defeat..."

"And dying?"

"It's better than defeat..."

Mihawk stood there, thinking about the words of this rookie. He removed the knife from his chest. "Boy…state your name."

"...Roronoa Zoro."

"I'll remember it. No one as strong as you have come around in quite some time." With that, he grabbed the handle of the sword on his back and pulled it out, revealing the seven feet long sword. "So as a swordsman's courtesy, I'll finish you with Yoru, the world's strongest black sword."

"Thank you…I appreciated..."

And so the two swordsmen took their stances and prepared their final attacks.

('This is it. It's either the world's strongest or death,') Zoro thought as he held his two-hand swords perpendicular to each other while Mihawk prepared his attack.

This was it…the moment of truth…who will be the last swordsman standing?

"Please! Big Bro! Stop!" the pirate hunter duo pleads to their idol.

"Zoro stop! Please!" Usopp was scared for the swordsman's well being. "You are going to die!"

"Three Swords Style…." Zoro began to twirl his swords in opposite directions as Mihawk charged at him.

"FALL!"

"…THREE-THOUSAND WORLDS!"

They clashed and all was silent for about five seconds...then Zoro's hand swords snapped! Blood flew from the gash created from Mihawk's sword…

It was clear as day…Roronoa Zoro has been utterly defeated.

('I...lost…') he dropped his broken swords and sheathed the sword in his mouth. ('Never in my life...I thought I would lose…By the strength of the Greatest Swordsman in the world…')

Zoro stood up and turned to face Mihawk with his arm spread wide.

"What are you doing?" Mihawk asked.

Zoro forms a smirk, "A scar on the back is a swordsman shame."

"...Well said."

That's when Mihawk slashed Zoro, creating a massive gash on him that blood poured out onto the deck. He slowly fell to the water.

"ZOROOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Luffy yelled so loud, a powerful shock wave came out of him, surrounding the area. Several pirates and cooks began to fall unconscious to the ground. Catching both Mihawk and Zeff's attention.

('Conqueror's Haki?! In the East Blue?!') they both though.

Meanwhile, Sanji watches in disbelief at where the green-haired idiot fell. He couldn't understand him, ('He knew he was outmatched...so why?!') "YOU MORON! You should've given up if you knew you didn't stand a chance!"

"Damn you!" Luffy shouts in anger and gets ready to throw his rubber punch until Seth grabs him. "Let me go! Let me go!"

"Control dammit! You promise to accept the outcome!" the lion said as he controlled both his and Luffy's rage.

Mihawk turned to them, "Are you all that warrior's comrade? I'm impressed with you for not interfering," he said. "There's nothing to be upset about, your friend is alive."

With that, Johnny and Yosaku had emerged from the water, helping an injured Zoro out as they placed him in the boat. Seeing his crewmate alive, Luffy calmed down a bit as Seth released the hold on him.

"My name is Dracule Mihawk! It's too soon for you to die! You're strong but there is much for you to learn! You must experience the world and hone your skills! However long it may take, I will wait at the top as the strongest in the world! Surpass this sword! Surpass me, Roronoa Zoro!"

A shocking moment, the Greatest Swordsman in the World has shown his respect to the Pirate Hunter, and not just anyone can earn the regards of 'Hawk-Eye' Mihawk.

The Musketeer looked at the rubber, "Boy...what's your dream?"

"King of the Pirates."

"And you boy?"

"The Strongest Beast in all the Sea."

"...Both of your ambitions are far more dangerous than your friend," Mihawk said with a grin of his own.

"We can make it!" Both of them answer him.

Usopp shouted, "He's alive!"

Johnny and Yosaku were yelling at him, "Big Bro! Say something to us!"

"...L...Luffy…" Zoro spoke with a pained voice. He slowly raised his white sword in the sky, "Can...Can you hear me…?"

"Zoro, I hear you!" Luffy responds to him.

"I'm sorry for disappointing you...I know that you need nothing less and the greatest swordsman in the world...I've let you down…Please forgive me."

"Please Big Bro, stop talking!" Yosaku pleaded as Zoro coughed up blood.

Tears began to flow from Zoro's eyes. "I solemnly swear…from this moment forward…that I will never lose again! Until the day comes, when I defeat him and take his title…I WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!" His promise to both his friend and captain starts here. "IS THAT OKAY…KING OF THE PIRATES!?"

The rubber idiot could only smile at his swordsman vow, "It sure is!"

('They make a great team together…I hope to meet them again.') Mihawk turned around and began to walk away.

"Hold on Mihawk," comes the voice of Krieg from behind him. "I thought you came here for me…Weren't you here to kill Don Krieg, Ruler of the East Blue?"

"The thought had crossed my mind, but I've had enough fun for today, so I'm going home."

"Funny," Krieg said as he cracked his neck. "Because I haven't had enough!" His men were shouting at him to reconsider, but he ignored it as he pulled out his arsenal from his armor and attacked Mihawk. "DIE!"

"You don't learn, do you?" Mihawk asked as he grabbed his sword and in a full swing, made cloud dust and disappeared.

"Tch! Miss!" Krieg scowled.

Luffy and Seth stood with cooks on the other side.

"Usopp!" Luffy shouted. "Go on ahead! I'll leave Nami to you!"

"You got it!" Usopp yelled as he waved his hands around. "Zoro and I will get her back, so don't worry! Just get that cook to join us! Then, we can all set sail for the Grand Line!"

"All so, whatever you do, don't make something stupid," Seth yelled, "At least until I get there!"

"Got it!" Usopp said as he, Zoro, Johnny, and Yosaku sailed away.

…

..

.

The Krieg pirates were getting ready to attack as Zeff looked at the two boys, "Not going with your friends?"

"I've got unfinished business here," Luffy said with a grin.

"And if he's staying, so am I," Seth responds, as he points at Luffy, "Besides, I'm not missing this kind of action."

"I see…So, you said you aim to be King of the Pirates?" Zeff asked.

"That's right," Luffy said.

"I've seen many pirates in my day," Zeff said with a smirk. "But you're the first to state your desire without a doubt."

"Yeah!"

At the same time in the ruined galleon ship, Krieg had just shot another man who had voiced fear about meeting more people like Mihawk on the Grand Line.

"Do you fools think an ordinary man could cut up a ship like that!? He must've had a Devil Fruit!" Krieg claimed.

"A Devil Fruit?"

"Here in the East Blue, those who have Devil Fruit powers are rare and legendary, but on the Grand Line, those powers won't be special. However, that logbook Zeff must have a secret on defeating those freaks. So we'll take it along with that ship and learn that secret."

"Wow Don, you're a genius," one pirate said.

"Yeah, you're brilliant!"

"More like a dumber than Buggy," Seth said, earning a laugh from Luffy.

"WHAT YOU SAY BRAT?!"

"THE TRUTH! A LOGBOOK WILL CHANGE NOTHING!"

Just then, the fins of the restaurant came up and the cooks prepared themselves as the pirate's charged at them. Luffy grabs on at the railing as Seth grabs his waist and pulls him back, stretching his arms in the process.

"Let's go!" Seth stops pulling and lets go of Luffy who shoots forward with arms still stretched out, "Gum-Gum Giant Scythe!" he clotheslines several pirates away.

"Incoming!" Seth began to roll into a ball, "Beast Roll!" his spinning form shot like a cannon, ramming through pirates like bowling pins.

"Wow!"

"Good job kids!"

The cooks comment as Krieg snarls, seeing all his men getting owned by two kids, noticing the straw hat boys power, "A Devil Fruit user…"

"You'll never get this restaurant, you pirate scum!"

"That's right! You ingrates are in for it now!"

Just then, the fish head detached from the rest of the restaurant to reveal that it was a small battleship called the Mackerel Head I, piloted by none other than Patty and Carne.

"Dafuq? Did the head just pop out?" Seth asked, holding down a pirate in a chokehold.

"So cool!" Luffy had stars in his eyes while he hung on a destroyed mast.

The two cooks paddled the ship towards the wrecked galleon and fired the three cannons inside the fish head's mouth, taking down several pirates. The cooks cheered them on as they continued firing until they focused their attention on Krieg himself.

"Krieg, say your prayers!" Patty yelled.

The three cannons were fired directly at Krieg but when the smoke cleared Krieg was still standing, his armor had protected him! He then grabbed the front of the ship with his hand, stopping it dead in its tracks and lifting it out of the water.

"Epic Fail!" Seth commented before dodging a sword and punch the wielder with his fist.

"I AM DON KRIEG! HOW DARE YOU FIRE AT ME!? GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!" Krieg yelled as he threw the Mackerel Head, hurling it towards the Baratie.

"I don't believe this! How is he so strong!?" Patty and Carne yelled.

"Oh, no! It's headed right for us!" one of the cooks exclaimed.

The small boat commenced getting close to the cooks. Sanji, however, looks relaxed and puffs some smoke out. He then jumps in the air and shouts, "Collider Shoot!" before kicking the ship, sending it into the expanded deck, and shocking everyone even Krieg.

"One kick?! He stopped the thing with one kick?!" Seth exclaimed in surprise.

"Awesome! I now want him to join my crew even more!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Tch! He's just another Devil Fruit user…" Krieg mutter.

Meanwhile, Patty and Carne had gotten out of their ship and started yelling at Sanji. "WHAT THE HELL SANJI!? ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US!?"

"Whatever, just get ready to fight because we've got company," Sanji said coolly.

Sure enough, many of the Krieg Pirates had made it to the deck and were ready to fight. All the cooks were on the floor, they were utterly defeated, their forks and knives broken as the pirates laughed in their faces.

"What the hell guys!? How could you let them beat you so easily?" Carne yelled.

"These guys…are different. T-they're completely different from the pirates we've fought before."

"Fools, we're the Krieg Pirates; don't you dare compare us with your average pirates. Now die!" one pirate said before Patty slams his spoon in his face.

"Keep talking, give me more reasons to stuff your face with today's special; Soup of Pain!" Patty shouted as he and Carne, with a big fork, began to beat the shit out of the Krieg Pirates.

"What the hell!? These two aren't like the rest!" One of the pirates said before getting smashed by a giant spoon.

They were so into it, they never noticed a person behind them, but it was too late as they got slammed down.

"Prrrrresenting! Pearl the Invincible Shield!" shouted a new voice. It was a man encased in two giant shields with pearls in the middle. He also had gauntlets, knee pads, and elbow shields with the same design. Lay man's term-

"Oh great, another weirdo." Seth sweats at the guy's custom.

"Pearl! Right on time!" The Krieg Pirates began to cheer for the man named Pear.

"Hey! That's a nice knife. I think I'll take it!" one pirate said as he was about to reach Patty's kitchen knife before Sanji came and kick him hard in the chest.

Which sent him crashing against four others, which crashed against the pearl shield of Pearl.

"Don't you dare touch your filthy hands in a kitchen knife! That's the soul of all chefs!" he yells at them as he looks at Pearl with murderous intent. "Come on, big guy! I'll kick you into next Thursday!"

"Hahaha! You can't beat me, my shields are impenetrable! In all of the sixty-one fights I've been in, I've never lost even one drop of blood! Not even a Marine's cannon could penetrate-"

He didn't finish as Seth jumped in his head, Mario style, making him feel pain, and Luffy, who was sent back by Krieg's attack, bumped into him, causing a nosebleed.

"Few...That was close." Luffy sighs.

"You tell me," Seth commented.

Meanwhile, the Krieg Pirates look in terror, in Krieg's case grit his teeth, as Pearl places a hand on his nose and looks at his blood in shock. "I'm…bleeding?... These guys are dangerous!" Pear screams out.

"Pearl! Calm down! It's just a nosebleed!" one of the pirates said as others tried to keep Pearl calm.

"He's crying over a nosebleed?" Sanji said in a bored tone as Luffy picked his nose and Seth sweatdropped at it.

Pearl just kept freaking out, clanging his gauntlets together saying "I'm in danger! I'm in danger!" over and over again.

"Stop it, Pearl! Do you want to burn down the whole restaurant?!" Krieg yelled.

"Wait, What!?" Patty yelled.

Suddenly, Pearl burst into flames from head to toe and began attacking everything in his path. "NOW I'M TRULY INVINCIBLE! FIRE PEARL'S SPECIAL ATTACK!" he throws several fireballs around the fins, commencing a wall of fire. Forcing the pirates and the cooks to throw themselves into the ocean.

Sanji simply jumps over the fire and stomps Pearl's head, spooking the shield man. "What?! But this fire scares everyone away!" Pearl cried in disbelief.

"If I was afraid of fire, I couldn't be a cook," Sanji said with a smirk.

"Ah! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!" Luffy was running around with a small fire in his ass.

"Idiot! Stop running so I can put it off!" Seth yelled while carrying a bucket of water.

Krieg took the moment to take out his spiky ball chain, "I have no choice. Either break the deck or let the restaurant burn."He then threw the spiked ball directly at Pearl and Sanji, neither of whom could get out of the way.

Luckily, Luffy jumped in the way and threw his hands backward, "Gum-Gum Bazooka!" his hand came forward, colliding with the ball. Sending it back to a shocked Krieg and a ruined galleon mast, which fell flat onto Pearl's head, knocking him out cold.

"He...did all this..." Sanji was surprised at the straw hat's strength.

"Hot! Hot! Hot!" Luffy continued to yell with fire.

"Hold still, dammit!" Seth managed to stop Luffy and dump water in his fried pants.

"Grk!"

A voice of pain made everyone look back, only to see, and anger the cooks, Gin back to his feet with Zeff on the ground, pointing a flintlock to his head.

"Move and he dies." Gin said in a cold voice. The Krieg Pirates cheered for their commander. "You should've just left the ship," he said as Sanji looked at the head chef.

"What are you doing down there geezer?" Sanji said. He and Zeff insulted each other before Sanji looked at Gin. "Point that at me Gin! Leave the old man out of this!"

"...I can't do that, Sanji." Gin said. "I'm sorry, but this is how we fight."

"That's right," the voice of Pearl spoke from behind Sanji, "If you want to die so badly, I'll be more than happy to oblige," he said with a sadistic smile. "Absolute Natural Pearl Surprise!"

Pearl punched Sanji with the full force of his pearl shield, drawing blood and sending the blonde cook hurling into the railing of the restaurant.

"SANJI!" Luffy yelled at the cook.

"And you call Zoro an idiot! Why didn't you dodge!?" Seth asked him.

"Koff...Because…if I did….Gin would have killed geezer..." Sanji explained in pain.

Gin didn't understand anything, he could just ask himself the same thing, "Why…Why are you doing this? What is it about this place that means so much to you?" he inquired.

Sanji managed to stand up, blood going down his forehead, "...This restaurant…is the old man's life…It's all he has left…I've taken away…everything else he holds dear…His power, his dream, because of me...he lost his life as a pirate!" he could still remember that day….when he realized all the geezer had to do for him, a simple baby eggplant as he says.

His crew…gone…

His leg…chopped off and eaten…

All the food…gave it to a kid that treated him like shit...

He gave up everything…only for him….

"Stupid brat," Zeff muttered out.

"That's…why I will…defend this place…EVEN IF IT COST MY LIFE!" Sanji declared.

"Hahaha! What a stupid thing to say!" Pearl laughs at the blonde's motive, "Let me do a favor and kill you right now!" he shouts as he throws another shield punch at Sanji, and then another, and then another.

However, Luffy clenched his teeth hard, "THAT'S IT!" Seth immediately moves out of the way as his captain stretches his leg up into the air.

"TACTICAL NUKE! INCOMING!"

"...What the fuck is a tactical nuke?"

"GUM-GUM…BATTLE AX!"

Luffy brought his leg down with enormous speed, followed up by a CRASH, destroying much of the deck everyone was standing on.

Everyone lost their balance and ended up either on their knees or in the ocean. Needless to say, the cooks were not the least bit pleased, especially Sanji who grabbed Luffy by the shirt and lifted him in the air.

"You bastard! What the hell are you trying to do!?" he angrily asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Luffy simply responds neutral, "I'm sinking this ship."

"WHAT?!" everybody was shocked at the straw hat boy, except Seth and Zeff, who had a smirk on his face.

NO WAY! You will not sink this restaurant!" Sanji yelled. "Do you have any idea how much I own Zeff?! Do you?!" he demanded an answer.

And he got it…

WA-POW!

By Seth, punching him in the face. The blonde hit the floor hard as everyone looked in shock at the auburn-haired action.

The cook stood up with more blood on his forehead before the lion grabbed him by the collar, "You're right…we don't know how much you owe him…But dying for this will never make up for it!" Sanji's eyes widened as he saw Seth's eyes turns into lion's pupil, "If you haven't noticed how you can repay him, then you're more stupid than Luffy!"

"Yeah! He didn't save you so that you can throw your life away!" Luffy shouted.

Meanwhile, Pearl took the chance of distracting the three of them, "You fools should pay more attention to your surroundings. Now take this!"

Finally, Sanji, Seth, and Luffy looked up and saw Pearl about to punch them with his pearl shield. But just before the attack hit-

"Move it, Pearl."

The pearl freak was struck by a powerful force, causing both of his shields to shatter. Everyone stared wide-eyed and face-faulted, shocked at who had just put Pearl down for good: none other than Gin, who had two tonfas in his hands.

Krieg snarled at this sudden action, "Gin! What are you doing attacking your shipmates?! Have you lost your mind?!"

"I know that Don…I'm sorry," Gin said. "But Sanji saved my life. The least I can do is take him out myself. I owe him that much. Please, Don," Krieg stared at Gin before he sat down on the wreckage of his ship.

"Fine," Krieg said. "You take out that cook and the kid in the straw hat."

The Krieg pirates then started yelling, "Holy shit! We are about to see one of the Commanders in the Armada!"

"Now these guys are fuck! Gin is not just a man! He is a cold heartless pirate!"

"His victims didn't get any mercy out of him! That's why the Naive dub him 'Demon' Gin!"

('Demon?') someone though as they look at a Gin in interest.

"'Demon-Man' Gin…That's my name," Gin said before pointing his tonfa at the three of them. "I was hoping that you leave this ship, but I guess I have to do this the hard way…Sorry Sanji, I'm just following orders."

Sanji lit a cigarette, "I see…But if you want this restaurant, then you're gonna have to kill me first."

"Sounds fair." Gin said. "It'll be an honor...my friend."

"Hold it!"

The two of them look at Seth walk and stand in front of Sanji, crossing his hands together, "Sounds good and all...but I want to clarify one thing Gin." He looked at with a thirst for battle, "I'm the one that helped you out first."

It took a full minute for the commander to harden his eyes, "Kid...Are you challenging me?"

The lion smirked, "You got it."

"Move aside boy, this is my-" Sanji spoke up only for Seth to punch him in the stomach. "Kuh!"

"I'm doing you a favor, so shut up and let me do my work," Seth said as he motioned to Luffy, who dragged Sanji away.

"Are you sure you want to fight me, kid?" Gin asked.

"Yep, although, before we begin, tell me," Seth looked at the commander with a serious look, "Are you truly a demon?"

"..Make no mistake, I don't take pleasure in killing others…But I will show no mercy." Gin's eyes turn dark.

"Good! Because now, I only have one question in my mind." Seth said with his eyes closed.

The dark demon raised an eyebrow, "And that is?"

"...Which one is a real monster?" Seth opens his eyes, once again in lion's pupil, "The Demon…" his hands change to his lion ones, his hair grew longer, his ears came out, and his tail popped out. "Or The Beast?"