Disclaimer: All credit except original creations belongs to One Piece's creator, Oda.
The sun glared off Loki's blue eyes as the zoan user jumped from building to building, following a certain individual.
I can't let him get away, but I can't be caught...dammit!!
As Loki followed his target, he suddenly took a sharp turn to the right and quickly moved to the side as the person he was following turned around. In this critical situation, Loki knew he could not afford to make any mistakes that could jeopardize the mission and his reputation as a Marine.
The individual Loki had been following for the past 15 minutes had an all-black cloke covering his entire body, denying anyone of any sort of entry to the sight of his body.
The only kind of analysis Loki could do on the user was that he was a tall, lean, quick-moving figure. It seemed as if he were in a hurry for some reason.
Loki scoffed at the sight of the individual quickly going into the forest. Just had to go and make everything harder for me huh.
Neko Neko No mi:Full transformation!
With its piercing blue eyes locked onto its prey, the imposing snow leopard charged through the forest, its heightened senses picking up even the faintest of sounds. However, Loki was not one to be easily detected, moving through the woods with ease and grace, his thick fur padding his steps and muffling any noise
.
Loki abruptly stopped as the person he was following did the same.
The individual took 3 more steps before disseapearing.
What.
Loki watched from the trees as he waited for any sign of the individual. None. No sound, no noise, no tree branches being stepped on, nothing.
After a prolonged period of stillness, lasting approximately 5 minutes, the marine suddenly descended from the lofty canopy of trees onto the exact location where the individual had vanished.
"Must be some kind of paramythia ability." Loki calmy said as he sniffed a piece of dirt the person stepped on.
Loki grumbled to himself, pondering the situation at hand. He had noticed a faint trace that led him to believe teleportation was not the cause of the disturbance. Instead, he deduced that the culprit possessed an invisibility Devil Fruit power, which made the situation all the more complicated. Despite the challenges, Loki was determined to use the information he had gathered to unravel the mystery that plagued the town.
It would be best to find Tashigi and Hina around now.
Loki calmly walked through the town, making sure to not let his guard down but also ensuring he didn't look suspicious. Knowing that there crew had the use of devil fruits just made everything harder.
Loki sighed, pulling a frozen banana out of thin air, and startled onlookers who happened to see him do it. Where were they? Loki had been looking for 7 minutes and couldn't find Tashigi or Hina.
Even at the spot they were supposed to meet up at nobody was there.
Well if I can't find them I'll continue piecing togethers what I know. It's best to start where it all started.
BAM!!
The back of a sword slammed into the back of a bulky man's neck as he fell to the floor, his eyes rolled back and foam spewed through his mouth.
"That's the last of them," declared the female marin3 confidently, her sword now safely sheathed. She cast a decisive gaze over the unconscious bodies littering the ground before her..
Who'd think there'd be so many low level pirates hiding her..
Tashigi had just about finished beating every pirate in the building that Hina had led her to, feeling proud of her great success.
I never asked her what to do when I was done..
After completing her mission, Tashigi set out on her journey back to the town. As she walked, her mind was consumed with thoughts of her next steps. She was eager to find Hina, her superior, and report the success of her mission. Tashigi couldn't wait to see the look on Hina's face when she heard the news. She walked with determination, her heart racing with excitement and anticipation. Finally, she arrived in town, and her eyes scanned the crowd, searching for Hina's familiar face.
15 minutes Later.
The determined female marine had been scouring every corner of the town for over fifteen minutes, her eyes scanning every nook and cranny for any sign of Hina or Loki. Despite her best efforts, she had not yet come across any clues, but she remained undeterred and determined to find them no matter what.
Creak...!
The sound of a battered door vibrated throughout the empty bar as a familiar white-haired marine stepped through the door, evidently cautious of anyone being there.
I have to figure out why they chose this place as their spot for a meeting. Come on, Loki, think!
Loki slowly searched the empty bar, checking behind every chair and inspecting every corner, hoping to find a clue of any sort or a hidden hideout.
The Devil fruit user picked up a full bottle of alcohol. Why is it full..this place looks as if no one has been here in years..
Loki put the bottle close to his nose hoping to catch any sort of smell or traces of human life.
BAM!!
The bottle slammed on the ground shattering into tiny pieces as Loki held his nose in pain.
"Such a strong scent!!" Loki muttered as his nose trembled in pain. I have to follow the scent!.
Loki rushed straight out the door, making a sharp left, and quickly hopped onto the top of a building.
Come on nose..lead me to the right way!!
Loki hopped building to building his animalistic features starting to show as he gradually got faster and faster.
The snow haired boy jumped into a forest morphing into a miniature snow leopard as his speed increased into a full sprint.
Im getting close..
Loki gradually started slowing down as he began to jog, looking around with his catlike blue eyes, ensuring that his ears and nose picked up anything of interest.
The snow leopard's thick paws stopped in place as the scent Loki had picked up from the bottle back at the bar dissipated.
It must be somewhere around here..
Loki moved through the forest, his pure black boots lightly stepping through a pile of leaves. "WHAT'S THE CODE?!" A booming deep voice reverberated throughout the forest as Loki turned around to the sight of a familiar sight.
A tall, manly-looking figure hiding behind a big black cloak, denying sight of his body, stood menacingly behind Loki. His eyes glared at the blue-eyed boy.
Loki stared back at the figure gathering all the information he could get just off first impressions. "What are you talking about?"
The cloked figure eyes twitched as the corners of his lips slightly tipped downwards in response to Loki stupidity. "Why are you here?"
"Your hands sure do twitch alot.."
The cloked figure slightly looked down to his uncontrollable twitching hands.
BAMM!!
Loki's fist slammed into the cloked figure's face, sending him flying through multiple trees. "YOU SURE DID LOOK LIKE YOU WERE ITCHING FOR BATTLE!" Loki's lips twisted into a grin as he walked towards the unmoving body, sitting on a cracked tree.
Loki grabbed the man by the collar, lifting him high enough that his entire body shone in the fading sunlight. "Hey! I know you're alive." Loki's hands twitched in response to the fact that the man wasn't responding.
Loki slammed his leg into the man's body, gathering a mix of pain and annoyance from the figure. "Get your insolent hands off of me!" The man tried to grab Loki's hand, but another swift kick reverberated through his entire body.
"You are not in a position to make any demands here." Loki sharpened his nails, putting them right next to the man's right eye. "Either cooperate or say goodbye to your right to see.
The man glared at Loki, but Loki's cold gaze stared right back, making the man's eyes slightly shiver. "What.. do you want." The man hesitantly gave in to Loki's demands as his struggle to get free dissappeared.
"Wheres your hideout,What are you making and the abilities of all notable figures in your crew." Loki listed his demands gaining a scoff from the man.
"I don't know what were making and I dont not know the abilities of my superiors." The mans response made Loki harden his glare at the man. "But I can tell you where the hideout is." Loki lips twitched upwards.
Later that evening..
Night was approaching as a snow leopard stood atop the tallest building in the town. Loki, who was searching for a specific place, his feline eyes glowed in the night, searching for its target.
"There it is." In the far ends of the city near the place where no one usually went was a smaller beat and broken down house that showed no chance of life form living there.
"I'm not surprised that's where their hideout is." Loki muttered as his paws started running in the direction of the house,scaring some of the residents who would have trouble sleeping later in the night.
Landing infront of the building Loki entered the building quickly going upstairs as he grinned in success.
In front of him was a mechanical door that, when opened, showed a deep hole with a ladder that Loki could only assume was an underground base.
The base reminded him of a ant tunnel as there was multiple holes that led to other parts of the base.
Loki morphed back into his human form very cautiously, descending the ladder, making sure he made absolutely no noise. Once at the bottom of the ladder, his feet landed softly on the ground as he hid behind a box when a group of people walked by.
"You guys have the materials to finish the robot right?"
"Yeah very soon the robot will be finished and we can over the east blue!"
The marines eyes widended at the newfound information. "A robot? how could you even build that type of stuff.. ?"
When the group of people passed Loki quietly moved into another part of the base where he saw the long awaited machine they were building.
A giant Mechanical 20 foot robot identical to a regular human stood in the middle of a giant room with metal plates on the bottom that seemed to be glowing.
"So this is where all the weapons and materials of Weapons Cove went.." Loki Quietly talked to himself before glancing at the metal plates below the robot.
"Those must be powering it of some sorts.. I have to destroy that robot I can't let it go rampant in this town nor the east the blue!"
Right now Loki was regretting was not finding Hina and Tashigi as he had just to hope they were near.
Well speak of the devil.
He could see a familiar pink haired women in a dress carrying a box in his direction. Once close she sat the box down and quickly hid behind the box.
"Loki, I'm glad you've made it here. Tashigi was captured two bases away; I need you to save her. Once you're done with that, come back quickly and assist me in destroying this robot!" Hina quickly gave instructions before she picked up the box and walked off, acting like nothing had happened.
The second she dissappeared from sight Loki silently bursted through the walls of the underground making sure to hide from any sight of life.
"One more base to go.."
"GET OFF OF MY SWORD YOU EVIL PIRATES!!" A familiar raven haired girl with red outlined glasses squirmed and struggled being tied down to a chair in rope.
Loki watched as the pirates ripped the sword out of Tashigis hands.
"Nice sword you got here girly.." A low level pirate lightly swung the sword.
"Enjoy knowing this sword will be donated to greater use!" The pirate started to walk away with the sword in hand as Tashigi continued to struggle even harder in response.
"Your only doing this because im a Swordswomen!" Tashigi screamed.
At that moment Loki burst onto the scene, knocking out the pirate who was holding the sword grabbing it,and slamming the back of the sword into the pirate's jaw, sending him straight to sleep.
Loki quickly grabbed two pirates by there heads and slammed them into eachother rolling there eyes all the way back as they fell to the ground foaming from there mouth.
"I've come to save the beauty in distress..I think that's how it goes." A sweat mark formed on Loki's eyebrow from Tashigi terryfing glare at him.
The marine quickly cut Tashigi's ropes as she ripped her sword from his hand, hugging it as if it were a blood relative.
"All that for a measly sword," Loki barely dodged the slash that came from Tashigi.
"Don't talk about swords like that! Swords are a man's and woman's honor and will! Without a sword, people have no honor!" Tashigi lectured a nonchalant Loki who had stopped listening a while ago.
"We should start heading to Hina's whereabouts before it's too late." Loki started running in Hina's direction as Tashigi shortly ran behind him, yelling at him to "Wait up!"
5 minutes later..
"We encountered numerous tough pirates and the fight lasted much longer than we had anticipated," Loki recounted, his eyes shining with determination. He winced as he saw Hina being held by the neck by a tall, muscular pirate who had already inflicted bruises on her. The pirate had light brown hair that obscured his black eyes, and he was dressed in a camouflage military uniform. He glared at the two rookie marines, poised for action.
Without hesitation, Tashigi lunged at the pirate, swinging her meito as fast as she could. However, the pirate was quick to react and punched Tashigi in the face, sending her flying across the room.
Loki's eyes widened in shock and anger at the sight of Tashigi being knocked down so easily. "You should learn to respect women," he snarled as he charged at the pirate, throwing a quick jab at his face. But the pirate dodged the punch and let go of Hina, tilting his head slightly. Regardless, Loki stood his ground, intent on protecting his comrades.
The pirate jumped a few feet back, and a smirk formed on his lips. "You can't stop the robot from being completed! Just sit back and watch in fear!"
With a determined look on his face, Loki charged at the pirate and yelled out, "Not if I can help it!" He threw a flurry of punches in quick succession, but the big man proved to be quite nimble as he deftly avoided each blow. Undeterred, the brown-haired pirate grabbed Loki's arm and, in a swift move, delivered a powerful blow to Loki's stomach in an attempt to bring the fight to a quick end.
To the pirate's surprise, Loki stood firm and grabbed the outstretched arm. Loki tensed his leg, then kicked it forward with speed and power, slamming it into the Pirate's face and sending him flying back a few feet.
"Seems you're a tough one..!" The pirate complimented Loki before putting his hands in a strange position.
"I must end this quickly!" The brown-haired pirate muttered some words before disappearing.
Loki looked around, perplexed, wondering where the man had gone.
"Did that scummy pirate run away?"
BAMM!!!
A tremendous punch shook Loki's entire body, sending him flying across the room and slamming him into a wall. Another blow landed directly in his stomach, and before he could recover, he was hit in the back again.
"LOKI!! HE HAS A INVISIBILITY FRUIT!" Tashigi yelled hoping to help the struggling Loki while putting Hina's arm around her shoulder helping her get up.
"I know-"
Loki's frustration boiled over as he once again got punched in the face, causing his fangs to bare in anger. His body started to morph into a snow leopard, his feline ears tracking every noise made by the pirate.
The pirate threw another punch at Loki and even tho he was invisible you can still see the smug grin evident on his face.
BAM!!!
Loki frost frost-covered paws slammed into the pirate's stomach making him cough up blood and just barely recover himself in time to dodge another frost-covered paw.
Loki just as the pirate did to him, gave him no time to recover and quickly wrapped his entire tail around the pirate. The Brown-haired pirate struggled and turned in hopes of releasing himself but it came to no avail as the Snow Leopard's tail didn't budge. "Tell us where your leader is" Loki demanded answers as he glared at the pirate.
Loki, with his menacing tail, struck the pirate with such force that the latter crumpled to the ground, unconscious. The defeated pirate lay on the ground, convulsing and with foam at his mouth and his eyes rolled back in pain.
Hina and Tashigi rushed to Loki, praising him for his swift and powerful action. "Good job Loki, I'll certainly put in a good word for you and Tashigi" Hina said, her voice filled with praise
Tashigi's eyes shone with fierce determination as she surveyed the entire base, ready to take on any foe that came their way.
Loki, with his sharp fangs and twisted grin, exuded confidence and readiness.
"Let's do this!" he said, with a fierce determination that echoed throughout the base.