LW: So, I was wrong, tiny bit of Punk Hazard left to deal with, as well as the Caesar retreval arc, which will be speed ran, because it's not that important. I think you can guess what happens from the title, but if not, enjoy either way.
Rubber King & Mirror Master - New World Chaos: Medusa II's Bizarre Kidnappings Part 3: Bloodlusted Crusaders
Punk Hazard docks
The staredown between the 2 shade-wearing pirates, one being a former Admiral continues, frosting forming and spreading from Kuzan's feet as he awaits Doflamingo's response.
"Holy Crap, that's Aokiji!" one of the G5 tensely whispered
"Nobody's seen him since he lost to Akainu and left the marines," another adds.
"You. Can't. Win" Smoker wheezes, voicing Doffy's thoughts, which his pride prevents him from admitting, that fighting the Ice Logia would not end well for him. That pride is also why he still went for the killing blow, getting flash-frozen mid-blow by a surge of ice from Kuzan, his expression still cold and stony even as everyone is engulfed in his pulse.
"Oh no!"
"Young Master!"
Doflamingo manages to free himself from the deep freeze, but now his focus was off Smoker and solely on Kuzan, who still hadn't moved since making his prescience known to the Warlord.
Though to the shock of everyone, Doflamingo just walked right past him on the path to his subordinates. "I'm not really looking to pick a fight with you" he states as he passes "But you should encourage your 'friend' to keep his trap shut, he might not like how things go otherwise" he bluntly threatens "While we're here, let me ask you something. You're not a marine anymore, so what the FUCK are you now Kuzan?" he asks, actually sounding curious as he looks back at the logia. Getting no response he continues walking and monologuing "Your reputation's not what it used to be, Fufufufufu" he chuckles.
"You gonna give the man some first aid or what?" Kuzan shouts, ignoring the warlord to berate the G5 who rush over to save their boss, and the only pillar in their lives. Though his haki continued to track Doflamingo as he and Baby 5 flew off on Buffalo's back, most likely heading straight for Dressrosa.
"There's a difference between that of a Vagabond, and those truly determined. He's found a purpose, you can see it in his eyes. What's lit a fire in your heart Kuzan? It can't be Blackbeard, so what game are you playing?" Doflamingo muses aloud once they were in the open ocean once more.
A Little Later
"I never thought the World Government was Absolute you know" Kuzan monologues/ converses with Smoker "There's plenty of things I can accomplish in this world without being a Marine Admiral. Plenty of things I can see now, that I was previously blind to"
"I was as good as dead," Smoker groans, getting a low chuckle out of Kuzan.
"Well, maybe it was fate that brought me here. 1st the Straw Hats last week, now you, I'm seeing a lot of familiar, and friendly faces recently"
"Why'd you really come here?" Smoker asks
"I came to see you Smoker"
"And how'd you know I was here?" the Vice Admiral continued, then sighs "Damn it, don't tell me you're in with the Black Market dealers now?"
After scaring off the rest of G5, Kuzan sighs deeply "Smoker, I'm still me, remember that. Nothing has changed at my core, I just couldn't continue walking the path I'd been on. Maybe this one isn't the right one either, but it's the one I'm on for now, and I should at least see where it's going"
"So I can trust you then, if you're being honest with me" Smoker muses, nodding slightly.
"Anywho. I recommend you keep an eye on Doflamingo, he's not just a Warlord, but the King of Dressrosa, and don't think that makes him like the snake princess either, he's in a class of his own, as dangerous and insane as they come" Kuzan warns as he prepares to leave "Tell Sakazuki to mobilise the admirals right away, whatever Law has planned is going to be a mess, and the marines are going to need their best to deal with the fallout. Well, you've been warned, I'm leaving" he hums, then snaps his fingers "Oh and don't tell anyone I was here ok? If word gets out then….. Um…. ah… fuck I don't usually have to threaten people like this, give me a minute. Actually, never mind, who cares? Later" he waves before wandering over to Camel who was just as eager to leave as he was.
Elsewhere, Thousand Sunny.
"Surely you can't possibly believe you're capable of defeating a Monster such as Kaido!" Kinemon shouts, while Momo looks to be mid panic attack, even accidentally transforming into his dragon zoan form.
"Jeez, what's got you in such a mess?" Zoro grunts, not seeing what the big deal was, one Emperor is as bad as any other in his eyes.
"Pay no attention to me, I was just thinking aloud" Kinemon attempts to backtrack, then has a different panic when he sees Momo.
"Do they not have Zoan Devil fruits in Wano? You stole enough from us" Valentina grumbles.
"This pink dragon I see before me, is truly Momonosuke?" Kinemon cries, getting a nod from the dragon boy "Oh you poor child, cursed like this, with no hope of remedy!"
"He's an idiot isn't he?" Nami groans, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Ignoring…. All of that. If we want to strike Kaido we need to cut away at his alliances first, destabilize his powerbase. In this case, he's getting a lot of Devil fruits from Joker, artificial, mass-produced Zoans known as SMILE."
"HOLD IT! They can MAKE Devil fruits?" Ussop shrieks, partially because he slammed his hammer down on his fingers.
"Not out of nothing, even Kaos's little cheat code still required a Devil fruit to already exist, he just turned the previous user's heart into fruit's new vessel" Victor argues, referring to how their researcher ended up in possession of the Suna Suna no mi before he fed it to Vivi.
"How are you so calm about this, that someone can just whammy up Zoan class Devil fruits, the most offensively viable of the 3 classes?" Vivi asks.
"Because the process isn't exactly stable, and so not every SMILE eaten results in a Devil fruit esque effect. Of course that hasn't stopped Kaido buying them in droves, explaining why he's believed to have at least 500 users in his ranks" Law explains
"Oh, sounds fun" Luffy grins, Zoan types usually mean a straight-up brawl like Rob Lucci, no funny business or rules to follow like with paramecia or logias.
"The good news, for now is that with Caesar's capture, and the destruction of the SAD, we've halted their production of artificial fruits" Law continues.
"Wait a minute, he's the one who made the SMILEs?" Sanji asks with a raised eyebrow.
"That's quite impressive, and it's nice to finally know what the SAD is for" Chopper smiles.
"Is it dangerous that I drank…. Basically all of it?" Alvida mutters a drop of cold sweat sliding down her smooth head, getting a shrug from Kaos as he was the only one in earshot of her question.
"So this SAD junk must be pretty hard to make if only Caesar can do so" Luffy muses, getting a shake of the head from Law.
"Vegapunk discovered it, Caesar just put lineage factor into practice" he corrects, at which point the crew nod in understanding, as if the world makes sense again "We've stopped production by destroying the base on Punk Hazard, now to deal with distribution. There's a factory on Dressrosa that converts SAD into SMILE fruits, as well as ship out the finished products to whoever pays better"
"I can guess where things go from here, you want us to find and bust the place up like you did that last one" Franky guesses/summarises, pointing his thumb back where they came from.
"If we can find it, yes, Joker has no doubt put a lot of effort into hiding his operations, stopping nosy locals and marines from uncovering his darker secrets. Plus he's not just going to sit back and watch us dismantle his empire, he's going to try stop us, both directly and via his power followers" Law agrees, and explains.
"Dressrosa, oh yeah that's where Kinemon and Momo had to go, at least we can drop them off while we're there" Luffy chuckles.
"INDEED! One of my comrades is there, held prisoner by a most dastardly foe!" Kinemon declares, even drawing his sword in anger… right until the weather changes, distracting him "Hark, there be a storm approaching"
"Yes, maybe we should continue this discussion inside" Vivi agrees, the sand logia already developing a dislike of being wet, and so standing out in the rain would be miserable for her.
"Hail? Yeah, everyone pack it in, we're getting out of the storm" Sanji shouts as hailstones drop onto his platter.
"Hmm, something feels off" Nami mutters, then springs into action, climbing the support ropes to get to the Crows nest "Franky, you and Val need to prepare a Co De Burst, pronto!"
"You got it Sister!" Franky salutes, informing their helmsman/kunoichi of the current state of play.
"Hard port, Co De Burst at 9 o'clock. Aim for the spot with no clouds!" Nami relays down to Val and Franky.
"I can do that, one moment please" the blond chirps, spinning the wheel.
"Oh…. that's what got her spooked. Shit" Kaos chuckles ominously, just before a massive fuck off meteor of Ice emerges from the cloud layer barreling towards the Sunny.
"FIRE!"
"Co De Burst!"
The Sunny declares as she shoots across the sky, just as more iceberg sized hailstones begin to fall, but the ship was in no danger as they skip across the surface like a stone, and before long they are once more in clearer skies and calmer weather.
"Well that was fun. See Momo, stuff like this happens all the time" Luffy grins as he hops down from where he'd been clinging to the sails, amusement growing when he sees the dragon transform back into a boy.
"That was, EXTRAORDINARY!" he cheers.
"Glad to see Sunny continue to impress little bro, that's what she's meant to do after all, amaze with how SUPER she is" Franky cheers, Kinemon and Momo joining in.
"Well, since we'll all be heading in for heavier subjects, how about we give you a tour of the interior too, there's plenty more to see" Nami offers, Artemis deciding to join in.
"Really? I shall allow it then" Momo huffs, Kinemon noticing the boy had transformed once more, which at least meant the process was most likely controllable.
Momo didn't know what to expect, but with the first thing being the indoor aquarium, his expectations were already blown. So many fish just swimming around contently, for the pirate's amusement?
Following the navigator and artist down the ladder, Momo is lead to the library (which Nami admits is mostly stocked by Robin and Kaos, though several of the scrolls lying around are Valentina and Artemis'), where he sits and has a gander of a few of the tomes.
A quick pitstop to the kitchen amazed the boy at its size upon a sailing vessel, while Sanji was more than happy to whip up something quick for the trio at Nami's request.
Given everything that had happened to him, it was understandable that a trip to Chopper and Kaya was on the itinerary for young Momo, especially as the reindeer was definitely their Zoan expert, having been one for a lot longer than even their general DF expert, aka Kaos. Luckily despite everything that had occured, he was in pretty good shape, just needed a few hearty meals to get his weight back to normal levels, but other than that Momo was fine.
Unfortunately nothing was ever simple with the Straw Hats…
"So, care to explain why we had to do this?" Kaos asks, several bumps on Kinemon's head and the samurai secured in a bubble of Kaya's syrup.
"That honorless curr has the legendary Shusui, wielded by Wano's greatest hero, and stolen by a wrecked thief many years ago" Kinemon accuses.
"Yeah we know, Moriah was a dick, stole Ryuma and his sword, and Zoro re-killed him, taking the sword as a trophy…. Your point being?" Valentina asks, unsure why he was getting his panties in a bunch.
"You expect me to believe the pride of Wano fell into your lap? It's clear you're a dirty, rotten crook!"
"That's Nami's job, stealing shit. Mine is fighting things, such as an undead samurai wielding a black blade. I didn't steal your damn treasure, I wasn't even born when it was taken you dimwitt!" Zoro argues.
"I… how old are you?"
"21"
"Shit, that's a good point" Kinemon droops "A thousand apologies swordsman, my slight on your honor was unwarranted, especially as it's clear even before now, that you carry yourself with the poise of a samurai of my homeland. By the way, where did Momonosuke go, I lost track of him in my rage and he should really be going to bed by now" he wonders.
"Oh, he's taking a bath with Robin and Shirahoshi" Nami answers "Though I'm not sure how necessary Artemis' threat before they went up was" she wonders aloud.
"Was it, 'drool on my mom's tits and I tear off your little dragon' by any chance?" Zoro deadpans.
"Actually yes," Nami responds with a smirk.
"Momonosuke is a growing boy, he'll be tempted by the pleasures of the flesh one day, preferably not yet, but you never know" Kinemon admits with a shrug.
"Plus he's a mythical zoan, they tend to mess with a lot of things internally" Kaos nods, not worried as Robin can handle herself, and Artemis already threatened the brat before he could.
The bath
"You've not had a chance to properly bathe in a week have you, little one?" Robin coos as she suds up the young lad, Shirahoshi joining them in mermaid form in case of issues from 2 Devil fruit users being alone in a bath together.
"Indeed, this is most relaxing, I feel better already" Momo states softly, eyes closed so as to not be tempted, as there were 4 mounds bigger than his head, just asking to be caressed by his firm little hands. But the aura of the buxom one with hair of blood and eyes of a Serpent, they force his hands to his lap, almost as if to protect his boyhood from her fearsome attack.
Kinemon was hand-delivered a squeaky clean Momo by an equally clean and refreshed Robin, before the Straw Hat MILF heads to bed, and the 2 Wano residents prepare for their own rest.
"Kinemon"
"Yes Momonosuke?"
"Girls are scary"
"I know my boy, the women of the sea are powerful, majestic, buxom, and greatly terrifying"
Elsewhere
"So, you've located the Straw Hats…. Perfect"
A little later
Everyone was sleeping, the ship was at peace, until it wasn't as a hoard of, somethings slammed into the deck of the Sunny waking everyone up.
"Did we just get attacked…. What are these things?" Luffy asks as he barges out the door, seeing large things in the shadows, the only thing noteworthy being fluorescent green 'collars' on each of their necks. Either way, the things shoot forth in a burst of speed attacking the straw hats with a flurry of blows, most moving too quickly to be struck by return attacks, though at least the beast's were able to either be blocked or dodged. Then before they knew it, all of the beasties dove into the sea.
"This can't be normal for the New World, can it?" Nami asks, concerned and a little annoyed that her sleep had been interrupted.
"No, never seen anything like it in my life" Law assures her.
"Heads up, we got a new weirdo" Kaos sighs, leaning against the side of the ship.
"Pleased to make your acquaintance" an oily voice purrs, all the straw hats turning to look up at the sole human intruder "Petototototo! You may call me, Breed, and that was just a taste of my Peto Peto no mi" the fancy dressed man introduces himself.
"Huh, he does look like a weirdo, good eye sparkles" Valentina teases, which given he was wearing a top hat, oversized bowtie, spotted cape and an emerald green monocle, it seemed a fair description.
"Peto peto? So I presume those things that attacked us are your 'pets' as you put it?" Sanji asks.
"We don't want any pets, keep them off the ship!" Luffy shouts.
"That's not Doflamingo" Usopp whispers, having been worried since they got told the plan that the Warlord would drop out of the sky and murder them.
Law's eyes widened as one of the creatures landed beside Breed, with a passenger "No! Caesar!" he bellows.
"Shirorororo, guess I'm no longer a guest of yours Law, you troglodytes have once more underestimated the power and influence of Doflamingo!" the gasbag cackles.
"Oh joy, Doffy has more weird minions" Vivi groans, tired and already done with this alliance/mission.
Luffy was about to leap up and get him, when he's cold-cocked by a haki blackened fist and slammed into the side of the ship.
"Yeah, probably should have seen that coming. Haki is will, so if an animal is intelligent enough it should be able to use it too" Victor muses, as Luffy's attacker is revealed to be a Kung Fu Dugong.
"Well isn't that nostalgic? Can we kill it now?" Alvida asks, summoning her hammer.
"Have fun with that, Caesar and I will be leaving now, with our latest quarry" Breed laughs, and just before Law can trap him in a Room bubble, the ship starts to shake, the waves turning turbulent and oddly rabbit-shaped, as Breed's many pets disorientate the pirate crew.
"This just isn't our night. Val, can you do anything?" Franky shouts.
"No, whatever's messing with the waves, the ship's bouncing around too much to have any hope of sailing directly" the kunoichi responds, grimacing.
"Um guys, that wasn't there before" Brook points out in deep concern "Also, does anyone else think our newest foe is compensating for something?" he asks idly.
"That ships' as big as an island…. So yes" Robin nods in agreement.
"Either way, we're going to have trouble getting the Sunny to do anything right now. Luffy, take the Shark Sub, it only holds 3 but it should be able to bypass these waves" Franky orders, Luffy nods and heads on down, Chopper grabbing his shoulder, while Law follows for obvious reasons, namely that Caesar was his plan, therefore his problem. Plus the crew had other problems to deal with.
"You forgot that like 5 of us can basically fly didn't you?" Kaos deadpans, the cyborg laughing awkwardly, while scratching his head.
"In my defence, you guys couldn't do that 2 years ago," he retorts.
"Fair enough," the researcher acknowledges.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Are we being attacked again? Kinemon cries, drawing his sword.
"No… he wouldn't," Kaos whispers, eyes wide as his Observation haki picks up something, or more a lack of something.
"Medusa's missing!" Shirahoshi screams, rushing onto the deck in her naga form "The window's broken and she's just gone!"
"And there goes any chance of a peaceful solution" Val muses, surprisingly calm "What's that, 3 times since we ended the New World?"
"It's almost like the criminals of these seas can smell the Yonko adjacent aura off her," Kaya frets.
"I'd try to think of something…. But let's not think, this guy kidnaps toddlers he can rot for all I care" Vivi sighs, not even trying tonight.
"Maybe it was unwise to bring a child her age into the New World" Kinemon thinks aloud, though doesn't get any further than that as bloomed hands wrap around his throat.
"I don't need your lecturing, you also brought a child into the seas that isn't even yours" Robin scowls, her eyes darken as his vision blurs "Kaos, get me over there now. We're rescuing our baby girl, and killing the bastard who laid a hand on her"
"Yes Ma'am" Kaos hisses, a hungry grin and eyes red with malice, before scooping the archaeologist up and bouncing over to the ship with a series of Gepo's, the blooms dissipating once Robin left the ship, leaving Kinemon gasping as he refills his lungs.
"You got off lightly, means Robin wasn't really mad at you, just pissed off in general" Sanji states as he and Brook help the samurai to his feet.
"I can see that. Your 1st mate is quite the formidable man to couple with a demon such as she"
"Mom is the Devil of Ohara, and on this crew she and Pops are called the Demon Twins for a reason. You don't want to fuck with them" Artemis lays out bluntly for the Wano resident "And Bread here is about to find that out personally"
"Um Artemis, you're doing the Luffy thing of calling people the wrong name, it's Breed" Nami corrects
"And when they're done with him, he'll be brown bread" Artemis continues, ignoring the navigator.
Meanwhile, underwater
"Those are indeed Sea Lappins, but they're native to the North Blue, not the New World" Law notes, eyes narrowing with suspicion.
"Maybe it's the collars? They're Breed's pets, so he got them in the North and they go wherever he goes?" Luffy suggests with a shrug.
"Is that why you joined us, Raccoon?" Law asks "Because of the Sea Lappins?"
"Not just them…. Hey wait a minute, I'm not a raccoon, I'm a reindeer, stupid humans!" Chopper rants, then groans heavily "The point is, one of them didn't want to fight us, he said so himself. Pet is probably a bad name for what his fruit does, it seems more like a Slave fruit, manifested in toxic green collars around their necks" the doctor scowls.
"Hey, they've stopped messing with the ship, we could probably follow them in to try to find Caesar" Luffy suggests, pointing to a hole the Sea-Lappins were swimming into.
Breed's ship
"Be extra careful, this ship is enemy territory" Law warns as he exits the sub, not 3 seconds later…
"HEY, IT'S NOT AS DARK OVER HERE!" Luffy screams at the top of his lungs, as stealth has never been his thing.
"How? How are you still alive, with no self preservation skills?" Law mutters to himself, as he and Chopper follow the rubber idiot finding what looks to be an aquarium/terrarium large enough to be a lake, encompassing the area they were currently walking within. They reach the centre of the area, when the glass shatters, and a whole horde of collared beasts start to swarm them.
Chopper screams, then switches to Kung Fu point, Luffy grins eager for a fight, and Law finally gets to set up his Room, ensuring things go smoother this time than on the Sunny.
The Sea-Lappins were all cleaved in 2 by Law, Luffy managed to make short work of an octoboxer, and Chopper had 2 more martial art animals to deal with, and overcome, all leading to the pile of knocked-out animals they saw before them.
But they missed one, as the trio leapt out of the way of a potentially lethal, Armament-infused punch from a Kung Fu Dugong.
"So it can use haki, that's annoying" Law mutters.
"Nah it's fine, just means I can fight him going all out. Bet I can take him in one blow when I'm not being blindsided" Luffy smirks, giving the dugong the 'come at me' gesture, then both combatants lunge, fists meeting in mid-air, before Luffy's punch overpowers the animal's, throwing it across the arena "There we go, I gotcha!" he cheers, the animal blinks tiredly, before sitting up and staring at the cheering rubber boy… and it leaps at him in joy rather than aggression, to Luffy's confusion.
"Um, what's it doing?" Law stage whispers.
"It's reuniting with its Master after so long…. Oh my, he IS the one I thought he was. He's the same Dougong from Alabasta, the one you beat up and trained when we got to the river" Chopper translates and explains. Luffy was happy to hug the beastie back now he understood what was going on.
"Hey buddy, how'd you end up all the way out here?" he asks as he sets the Dugong down.
"And why did you kidnap our hostage?" Law asks irritably.
The dugong drops and babbles, the 2 pirates turn to Chopper for translation.
"I'm sorry Master, I didn't mean to attack your ship or steal your calf… Oh gOda no" Chopper eyes shrink to pin pricks.
"What?" Luffy looks confused.
"Calves are baby dugong, now what could that mean? They took the baby" Law clarifies.
"Oh Fuck! Oh No! Oh God! Oh SHIT! We gotta save Medusa and re-capture Caesar! Preferably before Kaos and Robin get here, because if they do…. This ship is going to be sunk more than just the bottom of the sea," Luffy panics.
"You're exaggerating, though I am at least glad you're finally taking this seriously" Law grumbles.
"The Dugong apologizes, saying that as long as we're collared, we have to follow any order Breed gives us, we're physically incapable of disobeying, or fighting him" Chopper continues, his scowl deepening.
"Line up, you miserable fleabags!" Breed is heard on the intercom, the collars glowing as the animals groan and shake, before leaping into action, standing as if awaiting the arrival of a king or important dignitary.
"Compulsion. This fruit is a dangerous weapon" Law grimaces, as Breed enters the arena through another tunnel.
"Petototototo. Why isn't this a surprise, some human mongrels infiltrating my lovely pet sanctuary. Greetings my dearies, I am Breed, and I'm a pirate" Breed once more introduces himself with a shallow bow.
Crack!
"Hmm?" Breed looks up in confusion, before the pressure, and gravity, hits them all like a SeaKing.
"What, is that?" Law gasps
"It's a monster!" Chopper screams as lightning strikes the dome, causing spider-webbing-like cracks to grow and spread from each hit.
"We always forget, just how many Devil Fruits he's witnessed, and studied" Luffy mutters, causing the 2 allied pirates to turn sharply, while Breed is busy shouting and demanding an explanation.
'Fire Bird make air feel like mountain, don't make mad' Chopper remembers hearing during his training, vowing to never seek out an Infernal Rok from that warning alone.
'You guys may have started to dip your toes into the otherworldly aspects of the Grand Line, your brother, his kid, and your ninja friend are proof of that, but with true masters, they can exude their prescience like a dense fog, and one thing you'll never mistake is the WEIGHT of that power. Sometimes a clash between 2 Master Sorcerers is more impressive than Haki wielders, as it's not even a fight, more a stare down while the world crumbles under the pressure of their overwhelming aura' Rayleigh's words echo in Luffy's head, as the dome shatters and, suspended by the power of the Fuwa Fuwa no mi, his cloak billowing from the strength of his haki and magic was Kaos, Robin held in his arms in a princess carry. Not for long though as the moment his talons hit the floor, Robins did too, her eyes were cold, but filled with rage, as she found Breed surrounded by his many 'pets'
"You have something of mine. Return it, and I will make your end swift and only mildly painful" Robin scowls, her pale features shimmering in the moonlight.
"Petotototo, oh you are an interesting one Missy. I think I'll enjoy making you my pet" Breed grins sadistically as he activates his Devil fruit power, his left hand beginning to exude a syrupy green substance.
Shing!
"AHH!" the Pet pirate screams as his arm is cut off at the elbow, Kaos' haki-coated tail returning, though it loosely coils around Robin's waist.
"We weren't asking. But I suppose you have made your decision of a long and painful demise" Kaos hisses, scales spreading across his skin as he shifts into his Zoan form.
"Giganto Fleur: Titan" Robin scowls as the duo are engulfed in an ever-expanding storm of flower petals.
"Oh, this is bad. Traffy, Chopper, find Medusa…. And Caesar too I guess. I don't know how long Robin and Kaos will play nice so the sooner we get back the reason for their anger, the better!" Luffy orders as the petals clear, and a shiver runs down his spine.
Robin's 'Titan' form appeared on par with Oars in size, especially when he realised Kaos's full Zoan form was comparable to an ordinary serpent on her, his thick coils protecting some of her modesty by hiding her nipples, as doing anything else with those potentially ship sized breasts was a lesson in futility. Her skin was a milky white, her black hair was now wilder and lengthened far enough to cover about half of her impressively huge rear end, with some at the very base of her scalp forming little horns in her hair similar to Boa Marigold's, though black as night rather than a vibrant orange. Then finally were the eyes, embracing her moniker Robin's eyes now had black sclera and golden iris, practically burning with malice and rage.
"Grr, you think you can talk back to me you dirty little ingrates. Take her down, but leave her alive, I'm gonna collar her myself!" Breed orders, the collars all glow as does the now red eyes of the animals, preparing to launch themselves at the giantess.
"Pitiful really, the whimpers of a weak little man, who sends tiny playthings to fight his battles for him. Well disobedient pets must be brought to HEEL!" Robin cries, a wave of black energy pulsating off of her, knocking out all of the Animal pirates, making Law's knees buckle and slam Breed into the floor, only Luffy and Chopper seem unaffected by the wave.
"You damn bitch, I'm going to break you, then make you my personal pet. My Devil fruit enables me to control any living beings fitted with my collars to the fullest extent of their powers, including myself" Breed snarls as his right hand exudes the green slime, collaring himself "Now, I order myself to destroy the 3 of you!" he declares, the collar glowing a toxic green, before shifting to a blazing crimson, then he began to rapidly bulk up, shredding most of his clothes as he gained a hulking physique, wild flowing locks and a brutish expression on his face.
"What an irritating little man you are. Gigantesco Mano Stomp" Robin scowls before not just stepping on but slamming her foot into the ground, the floor cracking and pushing Luffy back several feet from the shockwave.
Elsewhere
"We need to find them, now" Law mutters through gritted teeth as they pass through more corridors, Caesar has to be around here somewhere "And what the Hell was that tremor just now, we're on a ship they need to be more careful or we'll sink and everyone dies then" he scowls, those 2 idiots forgetting EVERYONE on this ship is a Devil fruit user.
"I don't think they care, they're too pissed off about Medusa. All that matters is making Breed suffer, which I for one am not getting in the way of" Chopper argues, then his nose twitches "I got a scent, just down this hallway to the right!" he cries, rushing on ahead in Walk Point, the other doctor running after him.
"There there little one, please don't wake up…. Oh thank goodness someone else is here" Caesar blurts as Chopper and Law enter the room, both shocked to see him as he is now.
"Why do you have Medusa?" Chopper asks suspiciously.
"Because Breed gave her to me after he collared us both, told me to watch after her while he dealt with some pests… should have known it was you" Caesar sighs, but was still gently rocking the child, whose head wings fluttered softly "I can see why Monet was entranced, she is quite adorable, and those eyes… She has her parent's intellect from what I'd been able to uncover and theorise about the Devil Child and Mirror Demon. Kiddo might even be an intellectual rival to me one day, Shirorororo, if they can cultivate it at least" the gasbag chuckles, surprising Law most of all.
"I…I don't know how to take this, you being nice to a child after everything you've done" he groans, this night was one thing after another wasn't it? "Let's get you out of here. You were ordered to keep her safe, correct?"
"Indeed, content if possible, hence the rocking and trying to keep her asleep" Caesar nods.
"Great, then the best thing for her is if you follow us, in one moment. Room" Law chants, before tearing the cage to shreds with just 2 swings "Now we can leave"
"And not a moment too soon" Chopper nods "Is she ok?"
"As well as she can be given the circumstances, it's probably a hidden blessing Breed's collars retain at least some degree of gooey malleability, else something like that would be horrible on a being of her age" Caesar muses as he stands walking behind Law, Chopper taking up the rear.
"While bringing it up would probably kill you, you're probably right that a lack of any long-term damage or marks is a very good thing for the mood of the White Elephant's parents" Law agrees, reluctantly.
Arena
"YOU BITCH! I'm not some bug so easily crushed!" Breed screams as he gets to his feet, albeit a little shakily
"I know, you're more of a rat, that's why I did it twice, and yet you're still backtalking me" Robin sneers.
"Grr, see how smug you are when I turn your own pet against you!" Breed shouts as he slings several collars up at Robin, Kaos' eye ridges barely move, before the collars are struck and destroyed with a haki-infused tail swipe.
"Not a smart guy is he, think he's friends with the imposter guy at Sabody?" Luffy sighs, you'd think after the show of force, Robin's haki wave AND getting stepped on twice by a pissed off giant, something would click…. But nope, still thinks he can beat and control Robin and/or Kaos.
"We're back and we have Medusa!" Chopper cheers as the foursome enter the arena.
"And Caesar" Law adds "We can leave now"
"Petotototo, now I couldn't have planned for timing that good, seems fate is smiling on me. I can't beat you physically, but I can break your spirit! Caesar, break that brat's neck!" Breed shouts, cracking his whip as he gives the order.
"Shit. Room!" Law cries, teleporting the child to him as Caesar's eyes flash "Chopper"
"On it" the reindeer nods, tackling the gasbag to the ground in Heavy Point.
"Thank you Law owowowowow, I can't control my body. Keep that little demon away from me" Caesar whimpers as he squirms beneath Chopper's bulk, the compulsion absolute, his body would comply with any order Breed gave him no matter what it was.
"And, now you die" Robin scowls "Cuatro Manos" she hisses, 4 giant arms forming around Breed, grabbing a limb and lifting him up "This will not be a quick experience, but I'm going to enjoy it immensely" her grin reveals jagged fangs, before the bloomed limbs pull in all directions, Breed screaming bloody murder the entire time 'Maybe I should have gagged him' Robin wonders.
Creeeeeeeeeak…..Pop!
As his shoulders and hips dislocate, Breed is dropped with a squishy sounding thud, making eye contact Kaos slides off Robin's shoulders, transforming as he falls so his talons click against the floor the moment he lands. Towering over the whimpering pirate, his eyes shimmer with malice, as he pressed his fingers to Breed's chest and slashes down, disemboweling him with a single swing.
"Zesesese, you might want to stay awake for this, she's really getting creative with you" Kaos grins maniacally, to which Chopper shivers and Luffy pinches the bridge of his nose in somewhat irriation, those 2 were basically feeding off the other's anger and cruelty….. But he sure as fuck wasn't going to try and stop them.
"That's enou-" Law tries to interrupt but Luffy bounces into his way "Really, Straw Hat"
"Trafalgar D. Water Law, if you couldn't beat us when we're calm, do you really think you can stop me or her PISSED OFF!" Kaos hisses out, his head tilted as he looks at the Warlord with an expression best described as 'Are you stupid?'
Robin's fingers curl and normal-sized blooms form around Breed, tearing at him and pulling out his innards, taking great effort to extend his suffering before looping the man's small intestines around his neck like a noose. Not tight enough to suffocate him, but definitely choke him, as well as the pain from having his internal organs now being entirely external.
"Are you done yet, he's already at death's door?" Law scowls in disgust.
"Just one more thing, I need to send him to Hell, with a more delicate touch" Robin heavily intones, before with a flare of haki her right arm turns jet black to her elbow. She then reaches down and scoops up the choking, wheezing Breed… and squeezes with all her might, there was less a crunch and more a pop as the "Pet Pirate" dies at the hand of the Devil Child.
The deed done, the titan disperses into flower petals, Kaos zipping over to Robin as she sways, having gone a lot further than she'd done before. She gives him a tired smile which he returns with a proud grin, then lifts her into his arms. Turning on his heels the parents look at Law, blooms forming on his arms and making grabby motions in Medusa's direction.
"One track minds" the surgeon of death mutters, looking down as the noxious green collar turns grey and turns to dust, freeing Medusa, Caesar, and ALL of the animals Breed had enslaved "Here you go, please try not to kill anyone else tonight. For pete's sake Doflamingo would give you a 7/10 right now."
"No promises" Robin chuckles as she cuddles Medusa to her chest, the toddler instantly passing out when nestled between 'Mommy's soft pillows' "Can you get us out of here sweety, the sub only fits 3?"
"Crap, I forgot about that… Can you take Chopper too?" Luffy asks.
"Way ahead of you" Kaos chuckles, shortly followed by a yelp from Chopper as Kaos' tail wraps around his waist now he had returned to Brain Point "Meet you there" he winks, then floats out the hole in the roof they'd made previously.
"You people are completely insane" Caesar mutters, surprisingly getting a 'yep' and a very dry look from Luffy in response, before being dragged/pushed to the Shark Sub to get them back to the Sunny.
A little later
"Goodbye everyone!" Luffy waves down at the Sea Lapins and various other beasties the Kung Fu Dugong had collected into his pirate crew "Keep getting stronger, and be as free as you can"
"They say if we keep going straight we should make it to Dressrosa rather soon" Chopper translates one of the lapin's growls "We should probably tell Law and Valentina"
Upstairs
"Do you think anyone noticed?" Kaos asks as he lays Robin and Medusa down to bed, that new technique and form of hers was clearly draining.
"Unlikely, but they won't be ignorant for long, the little one's growth spurt is hard to miss" Shirahoshi retorts, making him smirk, less than a week and she was already comfortable enough as a Straw Hat to tease, plus only a 40ft mermaid could call someone just shy of 10ft tall 'little one' though it is true that even now Robin was the shortest of the 3 of them.
"We'll deal with it in the morning, whatever mystery power this is, hopefully it's not too dangerous" Kaos hums, before pulling Robin into an embrace, Shirahoshi sliding in behind the sleeping mother.
"You're starting to talk like Luffy too now" she giggles, resting her head on Robin's shoulder.
Outside
"Hm, the paper's arrived? They're early" Brook muses as a News Coo drops one at his feet and flies off, Law briskly approaching the paper and opening it, mind focused on one thing, and there it was….
Doflamingo resigned as a member of the Shicibukai, he wasn't a Warlord anymore, just an ordinary pirate. Exactly as planned.
TBC
LW: Well, glad that's over.
I know he's a filler villain, but Breed was a special kind of stupid, ngl.