SUNFLOWER ISLAND (CAMP)
Luffy hugged Kraken as he screamed and cried, happy to see his long-lost brother! Kraken smiled awkwardly as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Hey hey hey, Luffy … calm down a bit will ya? I know it's your first time seeing me since I erm um … went missing, but please calm yourself!" Kraken said.
Akainu stared with boiling anger and suspicion at Kraken. Kraken looked over at Akainu with a little worry.
"Monkey D. Kraken. The missing navy admiral … you went AWOL 11yrs ago." Akainu said.
Kraken gulped.
"And where were you all that time, Kraken? Last I remember you were sent off to fight Psycho and no one heard from you again. Why did it take you so long to reappear?" Akainu asked.
Kraken turned away.
"I KNOW YOU HEAR ME TALKING TO YOU, KRAKEN! YOU AND I BOTH KNOW YOU ACTED LIKE A COWARD AND LEFT THE MARINES WHEN YOU WERE ORDERED TO GO AFTER PSYCHO!" Akainu yelled.
"THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED!" Kraken snapped.
"BUT IT IS! YOU INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF MARINES WITH YOUR INHUMAN STRENGTH COMPARABLE TO THEN FLEET ADMIRAL KONG!" Akainu yelled.
Luffy, still hugging Kraken, looked up at his brother. Kraken's eyes were hidden by the shadow from his marine hat. His teeth clenched.
"WHEN WE HAD HEARD YOU DIED YOU WERE GIVEN A NAVY FUNERAL OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL! THAT'S HOW MUCH THE MARINES LOVED AND RESPECTED YOU!" Akainu continued, "Then I had heard your body wasn't found at the island you were reported to have gone to and I immediately knew it was an act of a coward!"
WHAM!
Luffy punched Akainu with pure power sending the fleet admiral rolling away. Akainu got onto one knee and wiped the blood from his mouth.
"Straw hat, you bastard. It doesn't matter how much you hit me; your brother is a disgrace to the marines. Why someone like him was put on the pedestal he was makes me sick!" Akainu yelled.
Luffy huffed and puffed.
"JUST SHUT UP! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT KRAKEN!" Luffy yelled.
"FOOL! YOU WOULD PROTECT A MARINE AND YOU'RE A PIRATE!? THE DAY I PROTECT A PIRATE IS THE DAY I LOSE MY LIFE!" Akainu yelled.
"KRAKEN IS MY BROTHER! I WON'T LET YOU TALK BAD ABOUT HIM! YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR MAGMA POWERS ANYMORE SO YOU CAN'T BEAT US!" Luffy yelled back.
"DO YOU THINK I WOULD BE A SUITABLE FLEET ADMIRAL IF I ONLY RELIED ON A DEVIL FRUIT FOOL?!" Akainu yelled, coating his arm in haki and running towards Luffy.
Akainu yelled, jumping over Luffy and Kraken.
"DIE!" Akainu yelled.
"Pistol kiss!" A voice yelled.
A heart shaped bulled was fired and smacked Akainu in the chest.
"GUAG!" Akainu coughed as he spit up blood and fell onto his back.
"You keep your hands off Luffy!" Hancock yelled.
Kraken and Luffy looked over to see Hancock standing tall.
"HANCOCK!" Luffy yelled running over and hugging her.
Hancock blushed and couldn't control herself.
"Luffy, oh my, Luffy … yes I'm okay!" Hancock said, hugging back.
Akainu slowly got to his feet and huffed and puffed.
"You're all dead … as soon as I get off this island I'm going to report you all! How does 20 navy warships sound!? Ha ha ha!" Akainu laughed.
Kraken still stood in a way that hid his expression from the others, all that could be seen was his teeth clenched with anger. Hancock and Luffy stared down the fleet admiral.
"After I dispose of you criminals I will go back to the old Marineford base and settle the score with Psycho once and for all!" Akainu yelled, standing up.
"The only attacks that have landed on me have been surprise attacks. Do you really think your raw strength compares to mine!? STRAW HAT!" Akainu yelled again.
Luffy heard enough talking! He stared at the fleet admiral with hate in his heart! Luffy hardened his arm and blasted it towards Akainu!
"JUST SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!" Luffy yelled.
Akainu widened his stance as if he was planning to catch one of Luffy's strongest punches!
BOOM!
The island shook from the impact of two armament coated weapons clashing against each other! Akainu stared down at the man who had blocked the punch in his place.
"Hm? And who are you? Why did you jump in the way?" Akainu asked.
Hancock's face became angry! Luffy looked up and was shocked!
"SMOKEY!" Luffy yelled.
Smoker had blocked Luffy's punch with his sea stone rod, coated in haki!
"Luffy bring your arm back! Remember his rod is made from sea stone!" Hancock said.
Luffy nodded.
"Yeah, right!" Luffy said.
Smoker stood tall.
"When I woke up a few moments ago I had no idea where I was. All I remember is waking up with my wounds healed. I could hear fighting outside of the tent and that's when I came to investigate. Straw Hat Luffy, Warlord Boa, I will not allow you to attack the Fleet Admiral another time!" Smoker said.
Akainu smirked.
"I don't have a single clue as to who you are, but that jacket reads "Vice Admiral" so while I don't expect you to be terribly strong, you should be strong enough to help me take out these two criminals!" Akainu spit.
Smoker nodded.
"Aye aye sir." Smoker said.
"DIE! PIRATES!" Akainu yelled, charging Luffy and Hancock.
Smoker followed suit! Hancock and Luffy charged towards them as well!
"Enough." Kraken said softly.
The groups got ever so closely! If Kraken didn't make a miracle move and stop this, surely he would have trouble on his hands!
"I SAID ENOUGH!" Kraken yelled!
Kraken ripped off his sunglasses and shot one of the angriest looks imaginable at the two sides! Kraken's eyes turned red and energy burst over the battlefield!
When the energy caught up to both sides they stopped in their tracks, unable to move off their strength alone! Flowers in the way fell to the left and right, the ones in the middle died! Leaving a dirt path in a straight line towards his target, much like Moses splitting the Red Sea!
The fighters were forced on their hands and knees, no matter how much they resisted!
"W-W-What's going on?" Luffy asked, struggling to move.
"What the hell is this! Gravity manipulation!?" Smoker asked.
Hancock and Akainu knew well what this was!
"It's … It's Kraken's …!" Hancock struggled to speak under the pressure.
"Conqueror's haki …" Akainu spit softly.
Kraken walked up to the group with his hands in his pockets. His pupils still a crimson red! Kraken's conqueror's haki is unlike any other! The regular usage of the haki forces weak willed people to succumb to the user's presence, however!
Kraken's haki allows him to force all around him to kneel, seemingly no matter who they are! A technique this powerful surely has draw backs, as once Kraken has accomplished what he set out to do using the haki, he must take it easy and withdraw from any form of stress, as the use of this supreme haki speeds his heart rate to heart attack levels!
"Kraken … you bastard." Akainu said, passing out.
Akainu looked up at Kraken, who put his glasses back on.
Kraken looked up and around at the four bodies passed out.
"Good grief … hm?" Kraken sensed something with observation.
Just a ways out, the Thousand Sunny was on pace to reach Sunflower Island! Kraken's observation was strong enough to pinpoint how fast the boat moved, and who all were on it!
Kraken, eyes closed, could see Team 7 from the ninja world, as well as all of the straw hat's minus Zoro, Robin, and Luffy, Trafalgar Law, and Dracule Mihawk!
"The shinobi from Drum Island and the Straw Hats … yes! Exactly who I've been waiting for! Once they get here I can finally tell them how I plan to defeat DEATH!" Kraken said with a smile.
Kraken clutched his chest.
"That's right … I need to take it easy until my heart rate returns to normal. I'll just relax until they arrive." Kraken said, sitting down.
Kraken began to read a newspaper when a tear dropped down his face!
"I'm so happy … these are the people I've waited 11yrs for … I just know it!" Kraken said.
SUNFLOWER ISLAND (TILLING FIELDS)
Okua looked around for any possible sign of Lucci.
"Looks like just looking around isn't going to cut it … I'll have to keep using advanced observation! But that'll be hard to do while I maintain advanced armament as well. I'll just have to risk it … for my safety as well as Lionel Newgate-san's!" Okua said, closing his eyes and focusing.
Okua again entered his conscious and looked around. It was dead quiet except for a small sound he heard.
He shot his eyes open and dodged out the way of Lucci's claw! Okua rolled on the ground and swung his sword in the direction of the attempted swipe and attempted to cut Lucci down.
"Shave!" Lucci yelled.
Lucci teleported out of the way and behind Okua.
"Impressive, Yuke Okua." Lucci said softly, slowly making himself visible again.
Okua swung his sword around quickly but was blocked by Lucci's arm, hardened with haki. Okua clenched his teeth under his face mask.
"Something about the way you sensed me just now has peaked my curiosity … that wasn't normal observation haki, was it?" Lucci asked.
Okua sucked his teeth.
"I see … you did it earlier too didn't you? When you saw me about to cut down Whitebeard's son." Lucci continued.
Okua continued staring at Lucci with an angry face.
"When I am completely camouflaged no regular observation haki can locate me. Only warn my target of potential attacks, but that's if their haki is even strong enough to guess an attack from an un-seeable enemy. The fact that two times you were able to not just know I was about to attack, but where I was before and after each attack leads me to believe you can see me when I'm camouflaged … correct?" Lucci asked.
Okua yelled and brought his sword back and attempted to cut Lucci, but Lucci swayed backwards, Okua tried to follow with a horizontal slash to the head but Lucci teleported out the way and re appeared in front of Okua.
"FINGER PISTOL!" Lucci yelled, jamming his finger into Okua's throat.
"AAHHHHHGGGG!" Okua coughed.
Okua fell onto his back and held his throat which leaked with blood.
"Finger pistol. I can pierce any part of your body as if you were shot by a real bullet. Quite recently I was able to develop other variations to this technique. The DEATH organization has brought out my potential more than I could ever imagine! Ha ha ha!" Lucci yelled.
Okua stared up at Lucci with labored breathing.
"L-L-Lucci … that's why you betrayed the world government and joined DEATH …" Okua choked out.
Lucci smiled sadistically.
"Yes … I never liked working for the government, nor did I favor anyone I worked with. It was all business." Lucci said.
"If you call … killing innocent people and getting away with it … "business" then I guess you're right …" Okua choked.
Lucci looked up and smiled.
"Ah yes. A simple way to satisfy my ever growing blood lust was by carrying out hitman missions for the government, but that became tedious … it got to the point where I was tired of clocking in and out to kill I just wanted to kill kill kill!" Lucci explained.
Okua continued to stare up at Lucci.
"Psycho approached me and informed me of a position opening up. He told me that I was aloud to do whenever, wherever as long as I carried out the duties he assigned to me with flawless execution … that's why I will be leaving this island today with your blood on my hands, no questions asked! Please, roll over and die Yuke Okua, so I can please Psycho-sama!" Lucci yelled.
"I'd … rather die!" Okua hoarsely yelled.
"Then so be it!" Lucci yelled advancing towards Okua.
Then something strange happened! Out of nowhere Lucci gripped his wrist. Okua's eyes shot open. Lucci's vision had diminished a little and he had difficulty swallowing!
"What in the world is going on … my entire left arm feels weak … this numbness, this tingling … my diminishing vision … could I be …?" Lucci, still holding his wrist, looked at Okua angrily.
"YOU BASTARD! SHAVE!" Lucci yelled, zipping away.
Okua jumped towards Lucci but it was too late. Okua, still choking on the wound to his neck, slowly got onto his knees.
"I … need to … fix this wound …" Okua said, standing up.
Okua reached into his robe and pulled out a tube.
"This wound to my neck was no accident … Rob Lucci did his research on me for sure … he knows about my asthma and attempted to one shot me. I always carry this breathing tube with me just in case someone went for an attack at my throat." Okua said to himself, inserting the tube into his neck.
Okua breathed in and out carefully until his breathing was stable.
"Now, to find Rob Lucci!" Okua said, running off.
Lucci hid behind a boulder. Lucci stuck his finger in his throat and threw up a dark blood. His eyes were wide with shock!
"I knew it … somehow that bastard … cut me from the inside out!" Lucci said to himself, "All those symptoms I mentioned earlier … as well as my dark blood, is proof I'm suffering internal bleeding right now!" Lucci said to himself.
Lucci pulled out a container containing pills given to him by DEATH's doctors.
Flashback
"Rob Lucci-san, please take these pills with you on your journey." A DEATH doctor said, handing Lucci pills.
"Pills?" Lucci asked.
"If you're stricken with damages that requires immediate attention these pills are designed to help you "heal" momentarily until you can get real help." The doctor said.
"What do they do?" Lucci asked.
"Well for instance the Vitamin K pill is to be eaten if you were bleeding internally for instance. It clots your blood preventing the bleeding from getting worse, however, you'll have to come see us when you're safe so we can perform a more accurate surgery." The doctor finished.
END OF FLASHBACK
Lucci took out the vitamin K pill and swallowed it whole. After a few moments Lucci felt his symptoms wear off. Lucci took a deep breath.
"I can feel the symptoms wearing off … ugh." Lucci groaned, standing to his feet.
"The observation haki he uses allows him to see me even though I'm invisible … so I reckon it won't take him long to find a visible me. There's no way around it … seemingly. All abilities have a weakness someway. Even my camo abilities have a weakness, but he'll never figure that out." Lucci said to himself.
Lucci looked around the side of the boulder carefully. Okua was getting close!
"If this brat finds me I'm in trouble … I don't think blending in to the surroundings is going to work anymore … this looks like it's going to be a fight to the death, hmph just so happens to be my specialty!" Lucci said with a sadistic smile.
Lucci checked around again to locate Okua, but he was gone.
"WHAT?!" Lucci shouted, "Where did he go!?"
Lucci thought for a second and ducked. He looked up to see the boulder he was hiding behind was cut perfectly in half, Okua standing over him! Lucci turned and looked up with an annoyed face.
"You brat …" Lucci spit.
"It's over, Rob Lucci-san. I see my attack did it's damage." Okua said.
Lucci looked down at his wrist and growled, he then looked at Okua's throat.
"Hm. And I see my attack did it's damage as well." Lucci said.
"That it did …" Okua said.
Lucci and Okua stared at each other for a moment before in the blink of an eye Lucci went camo and attempted to cut Okua, but Okua used his advanced observation to see Lucci's blob move to the left of him!
Okua opened his eyes and swung his sword at the invisible Lucci. Okua believed he cut him.
"There's no way I didn't get him. He was definitely in range!" Okua looked to the left and right.
"ROKOUGON!"
Okua's eyes widened as a massive burst of air blasted his chest! Okua coughed up blood and spit. Okua used advanced observation to see a large blob walking towards him, he opened his eyes to see Lucci in leopard form.
"I see. So I was right." Lucci said.
Okua breathed heavily.
"You haven't mastered your advanced observation. Any time you think you see a threat you have to open your eyes to get a clearer view …" Lucci explained, "To the average fighter and maybe even an experienced one, this would be tough to beat, simple as it is. But to me, it was childs play."
Okua continued his labored breathing.
"You saw me begin my attack in your advanced observation state right? When you believed you had me caught you began to open your eyes … in that microscopic second of time It takes to open your eye lids completely is when I changed routes and charged my attack." Lucci explained.
"I-Impossible … you're really that fast?" Okua asked.
Lucci smirked.
"I've learned a thing or two about speed." Lucci said, taking a step towards Okua.
Okua grabbed his blade.
"Oh, I see … you're going to use what strength and speed you have left to cut me with that haki again aren't you? I guess I'd better play it safe and keep my distance." Lucci said, bringing out his claws.
Okua's eyes widened a little.
"I could just use rokougon, but I don't have the time or energy to chase you and make sure you're dead, besides I like this method a whole lot more." Lucci said with a smirk, aiming his index finger claw at Okua.
Okua looked left and right.
"Somebody please help ...!" Okua thought.
Okua put a hand up in fear!
"LEOPARD SPOT!" Lucci yelled.
Lucci shot a sharp claw directly into Okua's chest!
"AHHHHHHH!" Okua yelled.
Lucci smiled.
"I'm surprised you can still yell so loud, Yuke Okua." Lucci said, aiming again.
Tears fell down Okua's face.
"I-I couldn't do it brothers … I was … to weak!" Okua said.
Then graceful winds fell upon the battlefield and Okua's eyes shot open.
Okua thought about his brothers and his parents. About Iwataka who willingly sacrificed himself so he could live peacefully.
Okua reached down and grabbed his sword and shot up at Lucci. Who wore a panicked expression!
"Brothers … I can't give up … not yet! I must surpass you, I have to! Until that day … I WON'T DIE!" Okua thought to himself.
Lucci readied another claw.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Lucci said, firing a claw.
Okua cut the air in front of him at a diagonal angle, from bottom right to the upper left, with advanced armament. He slightly turned his arm, causing the wind to shift and knock the claw off course. Lucci growled seeing he missed while Okua fell on the ground face down.
"I don't know how you knocked my claw off course like that, but look at you. You're far too weak to do anything now!" Lucci said, aiming his claws.
Okua looked up with a bloody face. Lucci smiled.
"Die." Lucci whispered.
THUMP THUMP THUMP … THUMP THUMP THUMP
Lucci stopped moving completely and blood ran down his mouth and out his eyes. Lucci dropped down on his hands and knees and vomited blood. He also turned back into a human.
"Wh-Wh-What the hell is happening to me!?" Lucci yelled.
"Severe internal bleeding …" Okua whispered.
Lucci looked at the boy, shocked.
"But you never …" Lucci started.
"When I swung in front of you … I sent a air slash of advanced armament at you.." Okua explained.
Lucci turned to run but fell on his face.
"You're going … to die here Lucci … hmph … so much for completing your mission." Okua taunted, coughing up blood.
Lucci's eyes shot open and he slowly turned to Okua.
Okua stared at Lucci with shock and fear as the man jumped on him and began scratching him over with leopard claws. Blood shot everywhere!
"IN WHAT ROOM DOES A DEAD MAN HAVE A PLACE TO TALK?!" Lucci yelled.
"How is he doing this … he shouldn't … even … be able to move!" Okua thought to himself.
Lucci turned into a leopard again and stood over Okua.
"You're pretty much dead already … but because of the damage you've done to me you have to be mercilessly killed." Lucci said.
Okua lay unconscious on the ground. Lucci readied all five claws to run them through his chest.
"Die already!" Lucci yelled.
ZOO WIP ZOO WIP ZOO WIP!
Suddenly a colorful portal began to open and show space! Lucci stared at the portal with awe until something that resembled a foot was coming straight at him!
WHAM!
Lucci coughed blood as Nagashima Kingo kicked him in the stomach. Lucci flew a little away and squirmed and coughed. Nagashima stood tall with his fists up.
"Alright that's enough leopard man, I can't let you bully him all day long, that's my job" Nagashima said.
Lucci stared up with rage.
"How many of them are there on this damn island!" Lucci thought to himself, coughing up more blood and falling to the side.
Nagashima used this opportunity to jump into a portal. Lucci looked up to see a portal open over him and Nagashima fly out attempting to punch him!
"SHAVE!" Lucci screamed, zipping away.
Nagashima punched the ground, putting a crater in it.
"Damn. He slipped away." Nagashima said, looking over at Okua's body.
Nagashima picked Okua up.
"I already took Lionel back to base. Now I just gotta get your useless haul over there." Nagashima said.
Okua smiled softly.
"Thank you … Nagashima Kingo-san …"
"Hey, don't get all soft on me!" Nagashima said.
Elsewhere, Lucci was behind another boulder sitting down with is back against the wall, blood running down his mouth.
A small black scorpion walked over to his hand. Lucci looked at the scorpion and then back out front.
"My apologies … Psycho-sama … I … failed you. I deserve to die … for even speaking those words of course … this is … my fate. And I'll accept it." Lucci said, closing his eyes.
"You don't have to accept anything.. Lucci." A deep voice said.
Lucci's eyes shot open and he looked down to the side again.
"Ps-Ps-Psycho … S-S-Sama …?" Lucci asked out loud.
The black scorpion appeared to be looking directly at Lucci!
"Loyalty is such a rare quality this day and age... loyalty goes longer ways than people think.." The scorpion said, Sharingan in its eyes.
"I'm going to give you something that will help you, I trust you'll use it wisely." The scorpion said.
"Yes, Psycho-sama!" Lucci said.
"Hold out your hand." The scorpion said.
Lucci did as was told and was stabbed by the scorpion's tail! Chakra ran through Lucci's body until it reached his right eye!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Lucci yelled.
"Your eye will be shut when this is over … when you are ready to use my gift, just open that eye … but use it wisely. Since you are a false user of the sharingan, a technique an Uchiha could do multiple times without going blind, reduces to only once. You'll lose your eye after you use my gift. Oh and I also gave you some of my power …" The scorpion said.
Lucci smirked and stood to his feet.
"Psycho-sama … thank you." Lucci said.