Some people cheered for Bezerka, some for Mari-hero. It was mainly a heated debate between Lucy and Kami. As Kami walked into the arena with a heavy sigh, people noticed something odd. Katakuri was covering his mouth with a red and black headscarf, whilst Kami was covering her face with a black and white scarf.
"Why did they swap scarves?" Robin asked Law secretly. Law shrugged as he wondered this, too. The scarves contrasted their outfits but also complimented it confusingly well. Kami walked closer to Luffy, almost painstakingly fast. She put a cold hand on his shoulder, leaned into his ear, and whispered something that cause Luffy to shudder. The man who death is afraid of shuddered at the simple words from Kami. A secret not meant for the common ears. A secret not even the World Government can know. As she walked back to her spot, people were muttering across the world. Around The World. A pirate so infamous was broadcasting his little game. Marshall D. Teech was the man behind the oppression of the Republic of Vetova! People across the world just witnessed Luffy hear something from the unofficial champion of Naivalf Collosus.
"3!" The people cheered.
"2!" Kami covered her mouth even more.
"1!" A small crush of paper could be heard from Kami.
"GO!!" The crowd and commenter roared.
Suddenly, Luffy started to bite his thumb, only for a ginormous fist to appear in front of them. He then plummeted the fist into Mari-hero and Bezerka, almost killing them as they weren't ready for it. Luckily, Kami avoided it by turning into a paper aeroplane to dodge it as fast as she could, as she had the vision of it happening. Legs sprouted from the piece of paper, then the rest of her body. As Luffy retracted his arm, he did something else, which shocked people who hadn't seen his bounty poster. He bent down, with his knees bent and his feet and hand on the ground, his hair and clothes gave a white steam, as they slowly turned white.
"Fith Gear!" He called, as he started to laugh like it was his first time. He bounced all over the place, without a care in the world. 'Oh how I wish I could do that' Kami thought to herself. Luckily, the full moon was still visable, so Kami used it to her advantage. She slowly started to breath at a faster rate, a warning sign of looming death was coming. She knew that this could kill her. She didn't care. Katakuri was there, after all. White, flowing hair drooped down but there was a change. The scarf slightly fell down, unbeknownst to her, and it revealed a skit in her face. It was unnatural, as the slit didn't spill any blood. As she streached, waiting for Luffy to do something, the ground started to wobble.
"Nika-sama. It's nice to know you finally." She whispered after realising what Luffy's Devil Fruit was. A tear fell, but was only visable through the slit in her face. She had read about Nika, the Sun God who had been said to have liberated many places in the past. She was hoping to meet the person with that Devil Fruit, as she knew that they would be seen again. But she didn't expect to meet then this soon. As Luffy threw a punch at her face, she dodged it lazily, causing her face to become distorted. Her face seemed to warp towards the area Luffy punched her face, causing people point and scream. Suddenly, she grabbed her face, with tears flowing down her dishevelled face, and scrunched it in her hand and tossed it to the side. Dishevelled was an understatement. Bruises and blisters, cuts and now a fist mark. What had happened when Luffy walked away? Before then, she wasn't hiding her face.
"I shouldn't hide how I look in the midst of a fight. Corpo di Carta - Gigantesco!" She called out before astounding the people viewing, especially Robin. A colossal foot appeared, then legs, then a body. A body only covered up by paper; a body so horrific, you'd think it was a nightmare. It mimicked her Sulong, with large, horrifying eyes and hands, with a sprinkle of androgyny in the mix. She bore a proud smile, before back flipping into a small hole in it's chest. As she went into the hole, Sulong had disappeared, but Corpo di Carta remained. She commanded it like Franky commands General Franky.
"Gigantesco Carta - Schiaffo di Carta!" She yelled, before letting the paper demon slap Luffy about. Not that it hurt or effected him. He slipped through a tiny gap, then beat the paper body up like it was nothing. As she fell from the body, she quickly covered her face with Katakuri's scarf, so she wouldn't see the moon. Luffy noticed that for every slap dealt to the body, it dealt the same pain to Kami. Using that to his advantage, he started to squish the paper person, causing Kami to scream out in pain. From the sidelines, Mari-hero and Bezerka were watching this, being thankful that they don't have to get involved, as they couldn't fight anymore. Mari-hero was feeling better, but there was no way he was going to get involved. Blow after blow, there was no improvement for Kami. Know what she had to do, she did something very unusual. She did something to her shoulders, which caused a muscle to pump up near her elbow and fist. She started to laugh, despite the pain of being beat up. She ran towards Luffy, with her fists in Franky's pose, to which Franky looked at in suprise but also confusion, and lept towards him. She thrust her fists at the side of his head, and caused him to lose a tooth, but not enought to beat him. Out of shock,he grabbed her and threw her into the paper body, before he processed what had just happened. After realising what he did, he verbally apologised, which suprised spectators as that was unusual. She crashed into it head-first, giving Lucy the win.
"Do you wanna join my crew?" Luffy asked as he lost the white shine from his hair. Kami looked at him blankly. She couldn't, but she wanted to. Struggling for the words to come out, she told him:
"Only if you liberate the Republic of Vetova!" She laughed, then whispered under her breath, "and I live."
"Lucy wins!" People cheered as his crew, Katakuri and Law ran down. Katakuri and Law had different plans, though. Intead of congratulating Luffy for his blazing win, they comforted Kami for her loss. Katakuri had told Law what happened, to Kami in her past, which meant only 4 people knew the full story. Brulee, Katakuri, Kami and now Law.
"Come on, Kami! Your only way to stay alive after the incident was to win, and you couldn't even do that! Blackbeard-sama is gonna find you! Well done for your win streak of 2064, though!" The announcer happily cheered.
"WHAT??" Luffy screamed in horror at Kami, who hadn't warned him about that.
