Chapter 31
LONG RING LONG ISLAND
The straw hat shinobi, aside from Sakura who was helping Law, all stood in a line, arms crossed, waiting for Arlong to make a move. The ground rumbled, but the crew didn't budge. Arlong suddenly jumped out of the ruined mountain he was crushed under and landed about 10ft in front of them. The ground cracked when he landed. Arlong stood tall with an insane smile on his face. Naruto, filled with anger, thought about their last meeting.
FLASHBACK
While Naruto continued to go airborne Psycho jumped into the sky and caught Naruto by the throat and threw him back towards the ground head first, Eneru didn't let him hit the ground though, catching him by Naruto hitting his stomach on his golden rod, then got rammed into a wall by Arlong.
END OF FLASHBACK
Naruto's eyes shot open and in a quick flash he appeared in front of Arlong with his arm cocked back ready to punch the fishman. Arlong smiled wide and his eyes were wide open, veins sprouting.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Naruto yelled.
Arlong took a stance and threw a punch of his own. The clash of fists shook the island and cracked the ground even further.
Naruto wound up a punch with his other arm and threw it. Arlong also clashed his fist with Naruto. Even with the large wind produced by the heavy clash the straw hat shinobi continued to stand ten toes down.
Arlong smiled and brought his head back to which Naruto got surprised. Arlong attempted to stab Naruto with his nose, but Naruto ducked and crouched on the ground below Arlong who then tried to stomp him.
Naruto quickly jumped to the side and while Arlong was focused on Naruto, Sanji tried to attack.
"DIABLE JAMBE: JOUE SHOT!" Sanji yelled.
Sanji launched towards Arlong and attempted to kick him but Arlong grabbed Sanji's leg and swung him around then tossed him into Naruto. The two me n crashed into each other and Arlong turned to see Usopp firing a ball at him.
"USOPP SPECIAL ATTACK!" Usopp yelled.
Arlong loaded a punch and punched the ball, which burst into a bunch of smaller balls. Arlong stared with surprise.
"Hm? What's this!?" Arlong asked.
Usopp smiled.
"FRAG GRENADE!"
The frag grenade balls blew up one by one causing a bunch of smaller explosions that grew into a much bigger explosion. Naruto and Sanji got up to their feet to see the damage.
The smoke cleared slowly until Arlong's silhouette appeared. When the smoke cleared Arlong stood smiling, not a scratch on him. The straw hat shinobi stared in shock.
"AHHHHH HA HA HA HA! ARE WE ALL DONE THEN!?" Arlong asked.
Kakashi and Sasuke both charged chidori, Sasuke in his right hand and Kakashi in his left hand, and ran side by side. Arlong stared at the two smiling. The two shinobi jumped in the air, landed, and pointed their combined chidoris at the fishman.
"LIGHTNING STYLE: SUPER CHIDORI SPEAR!" Kakashi and Sasuke yelled in unison.
Arlong squatted and crossed his arms. When the lightning attacked hit him he smiled and repelled the attack back towards the two who dodged it by jumping into the air.
As they floated, Kakashi noticed Arlong disappeared and before he knew it Arlong appeared next to him in mid air and gave him two huge hooks then grabbed his face and slammed his fist sideways down onto Kakashi's head making Kakashi's pupils disappear and fall towards the ground at super speeds.
KABOOM!
Kakashi hit the ground with tremendous force and struggled to move. Arlong then pointed downwards and attempted to charge through Kakashi with his saw nose.
As Arlong dashed towards Kakashi two giant golden hands grabbed him out of the air and began swinging him around in circles. Naruto, in his chakra mode, swung Arlong around.
"NAMI! DID YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THAT ROD YET!?" Usopp asked.
"Hey I'm trying!" Nami said, fiddling with Eneru's old lightning staff.
Nami pressed the two small buttons on both ends and the staff expanded.
"Oh!" Nami exclaimed, "I think I got it!"
"That's great! Now come on and use it already! I can't do this forever!" Naruto yelled out.
Nami continued to fiddle with the staff.
"What do I do just swing it at him?" Nami asked.
Arlong got angry and burst out of the two hands and grabbed the thumbs and landed on the ground. Arlong's expression was hidden by black, his smile turned into a frown.
With sheer power Arlong lifted Naruto off the ground and threw him over his shoulder and slammed him on the ground. Naruto coughed up blood when he hit the ground.
"So strong!" Usopp thought.
As Sanji watched the display of strength he suddenly felt somebody behind him, it was Arlong, who was loading up a punch.
Sanji charged diable jambe and threw a straight kick at Arlong, who clashed against it with his fist. Arlong and Sanji both held angry expressions. Arlong threw another hard punch at Sanji with his opposite hand knocking Sanji into the air, Arlong grabbed Sanji's leg and threw an overhand punch knocking Sanji into the ground and on his head.
Sanji's pupils disappeared from the pain.
Brook got tired of watching and charged Arlong attempting to stab him, but the giant fish man dodged the slices.
Sasuke zipped in and joined but Arlong continued to dodge the sword slashes with ease. After enough dodging Arlong threw too uppercuts to the skeleton and shinobi's bodies.
Brook was hit with full force, but Sasuke blocked it with his susano ribs. The susano grew an arm and grabbed Brook out of the air, but Arlong appeared over Sasuke and punched the purple rib cage with awesome power, Sasuke groaned.
"He's strong! Too strong!" Sasuke thought to himself.
Arlong smiled and put his hands together and slammed his hands down onto Sasuke, sending him crashing into the ground with Brook.
Arlong crashed down on Sasuke with both feet. Sasuke tried not to cough up blood but it all came out with one big groan and his pupils disappeared.
"STRONG RIGHT!" Franky yelled as he blasted a punch at Arlong. Arlong caught the punch easily and grabbed the chain it was attached to, swinging Franky around.
"Grgh! FRANKYYYY RADICALLL BEAMMM!" Franky blasted his radical beam out of his free hand and Arlong loaded a punch.
Arlong punched the beam and it flew back into Franky, blasting him out of the air.
As Franky fell towards the ground, Arlong ran towards him with insane speed and as he attempted to stop he skid across the ground until he caught Franky right before he hit the ground with a huge punch to the chest.
Franky flew down the island and crashed through giant trees and rocks.
BOOOOOOOOMMM!
Franky's body rest in a crater. Usopp, Nami, Chopper, Hinata, and Sakura couldn't believe what they were seeing.
"HORN POINT!" Chopper yelled as he charged Arlong with giant horns.
Chopper smacked Arlong in the body with his antlers, but Arlong blocked it, it was still strong enough to push Arlong back a little thought, to Arlong's surprise; however, Arlong grabbed Chopper's antlers and lifted the reindeer into the air then slammed into the ground, cracking it.
Arlong picked Chopper up and loaded another punch and threw it, but it was parried. While Arlong wore a face of surprise, Hinata had parried his punch and took a stance. Two of Hinata's hands became blue flames with tiger faces.
"Twin lion fists!" Hinata said to herself.
"Hm!?" Arlong asked.
Hinata threw a punch at Arlong's body, hitting him hard in the gut.
"HUAG!" Arlong yelped.
Hinata proceeded to give Arlong heavy combos with her twin lion fists.
"How the hell is this girl hurting me!? My incredibly tough body shouldn't be able to be hurt not even a little bit!" Arlong said to himself.
Hinata spun around and delivered a major double punch to Arlong's body sending him walking backwards. As Arlong fell backwards a huge lightning burst fired and shocked him.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Arlong screamed.
Hinata looked back, as did Usopp, to see Nami smiling.
"I figured it out." Nami said confidently, "Sakura-chan!"
Sakura jumped towards Arlong, who stood completely still, shocked by Eneru's staff and charged a huge chakra infused punch, a giant blue orb surrounding the pink-haired kunoichi's hand.
"CHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA!" Sakura yelled as she slammed her fist into Arlong's body.
BOOOOOOM! CRUNCH!
"GAHHHHHHH!" Arlong coughed up blood and spit.
Sakura's face held a bunch of anger after witnessing what Arlong did to her friends. Sakura slowly added more and more power to the punch until Arlong was launched away a terrifying speeds and crashed miles away.
KABOOOOOOOOMMMM!
Arlong's body laid in a giant crater full of smoke and rock. Hinata and Nami walked next to Sakura.
"Looks like we gotta handle things until the men get back up!" Sakura said, punching her hand.
"Right!" Hinata and Nami said in unison.
MARINEFORD
Psycho continued to hold onto Blackbeard's fist.
"GRGH! LET GO!" Blackbeard demanded.
Psycho looked up at Blackbeard, his leg becoming light, Psycho spun around and kicked Blackbeard into the Marineford palace with his light speed kick.
BOOOM! CRACKLE
Blackbeard rest inside the debris with an angry face.
"That fruit is logia correct? Darkness sucks things in which takes away your ability to turn into your element to avoid pain. As a matter of fact.. you take more pain don't you?" Psycho asked.
Blackbeard smiled and slowly got to his feet, walking out of the hole in the wall.
"Ze ha ha ha. The dark dark fruit wouldn't have such an obvious weakness without having advantages too!" Blackbeard said happily.
Psycho squinted.
"Vortex!" Blackbeard extended his arm and his hand became black. Psycho winced as he was dragged forward a little and then sucked completely into Blackbeard's grasp.
"ZE HA HA HA HA! LET'S SEE YOU USE THAT LIGHT KICK OR WEIRD ENERGY BLASTS NOW!" Blackbeard taunted.
Psycho struggled to get out of Blackbeard's tight grip until he closed his eyes and opened his left eye wide open, looking directly at Blackbeard.
"EVIL EYE!" Psycho yelled to himself.
Suddenly, an explosion in Blackbeard's face made him let go of Psycho, who landed and back flipped away. Blackbeard whined and cried as his face burned and was covered in blood. Psycho chuckled.
"WH-WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Blackbeard yelled in excruciating pain.
"You're going to lose here today, Teach. Destiny has already decided it." Psycho said.
Blackbeard finally calmed down and huffed and puffed, then smiled.
ON A MOUNTAIN FAR OUT OF SIGHT
"Such an easy shot… he's quite observant… but…" Van Auger took aim at Psycho, "There's no way even he can detect me all the way down here… he's right... destiny has indeed decided something today… and that is his death."
MARINEFORD
Psycho noticed Blackbeard's smile.
"Something funny, Teach?" Psycho asked.
Blackbeard chuckled and stood straight up staring at Psycho. Psycho squinted as he snapped his hand up to catch something. Blackbeard's eyes widened with fear.
"N-NO! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Blackbeard screamrd.
Psycho slowly brought his hand down and looked at the bullet. Psycho looked out in the distance.
"Cyclone." Psycho said.
Cyclone walked out of the crowd and stuck his hand out towards the sea, he began moving it around as if he was aiming.
"Byakugan." Cyclone said to himself, activating his byakugan, spotting Van Auger sitting on a mountain.
A blue beam expanded in Cyclone's hand. Cyclone kept his neutral face as he blasted the beam off into the far off distance.
ON A MOUNTAIN FAR OUT OF SIGHT
Van Auger stood to his feet and rest his rifle on his shoulder.
"Destiny chose someone's death here today. It looks like it was mine." Auger said.
MARINEFORD
The blue beam that blasted off into the distance disappeared and stayed gone for about 10 long seconds. Then, a small mushroom cloud could be seen just barely. After about 20 more seconds a giant shockwave shook Marineford. Blackbeard stared with fear.
"AUGER! HOW DID THEY KNOW!?" Blackbeard yelled.
Sakazuki stared up at Cyclone.
"How in the hell?..." Sakazuki asked himself.
Inside the Marineford palace Robin watched the entire thing.
Psycho smiled at Blackbeard the entire time.
"I wonder what Auger's last words were. Probably something destiny related since that's what he always spoke about. What do you think?" Psycho taunted.
Blackbeard clenched his fist and a white orb appeared around it. He looked up and punched the air with all his might, cracks formed in the air and a huge shockwave approached Psycho. Psycho uncrossed his arms and blew them up then threw them behind himself. The forearms became giant balls and the hands became giant. The arms themselves were hardened.
"GRIZZLY MAGNUM!" Psycho yelled, launching his arms towards the shockwave.
The clash shook the island of Marineford and knocked away Navy and DEATH officers alike. Even the DEATH generals were pushed back by it. After it calmed down Psycho smiled.
"You've mastered his abilities well… Teach." Psycho said.
Blackbeard stared at Psycho with anger.
"What's wrong? Are you angry with me over Auger's death? What did you expect? The rest of your captains will die the same way." Psycho continued.
Sakazuki slowly stood to his feet as Psycho continued talking.
"I guess it's time for me to take this a little more seriously.." Psycho said, slowly taking off his gloves. Psycho then took off his black jacket, revealing a chiseled and very fit upper body.
Robin watched from the palace.
Psycho held his gloves and shirt in his hand.
"You think holding a couple of taking off a couple pieces of clothing is going to increase your power?" Blackbeard asked, "You'll pay for what you did to Auger! It doesn't matter what you do! You can't evade my darkness forever and need I remind you I have the power to destroy this whole world!" Blackbeard yelled.
Psycho's smile slowly turned into a neutral expression.
"Darkness… the power to destroy the world… you speak on those powers as if you earned them." Psycho said.
Blackbeard and Sakazuki were a little surprised.
"You killed an innocent man for that dark power you possess and your own captain for his power. You've committed two of the biggest sins a pirate could ever commit all because of your selfishness. After this battle, answer this question, was it worth it? Was stealing those two powers worth the path destiny put you on?" Psycho said.
Blackbeard smiled.
"I took these fruits fair and square! Ze ha ha ha!" Blackbeard laughed.
Psycho became angry.
"Enough." Psycho said softly.
Psycho dropped his gloves and shirt onto the ground and the ground exploded under the pressure.
BOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!
Sakazuki and Blackbeard stared in shock.
"Those clothes were that heavy!?" Sakazuki yelled.
"How the hell did he even so much as move with those kinds of clothes on!?" Blackbeard asked.
Psycho smiled and reached into his pocket.
Psycho said, pulled out a headband.
"A headband?" Sakazuki asked.
Psycho tied the headband around his head. It had a logo on it, a spiral with an arrow pointing down and to the side. Three scratches down vertically over the logo.
"Let me guess… the headband gives you more power too!? Ze ha ha ha ha!" Blackbeard laughed.
"These techniques I'm about to use are called jutsu, the number one form of offensive attacks used by ninja of the shinobi world." Psycho said.
Sakazuki's eyes widened.
"The shinobi world?! THAT'S where he's from?" Sakazuki said to himself angrily.
"Fleet Admiral." Psycho said.
Sakazuki looked up.
"Hm?" Sakazuki asked.
"If you'd please give me and Teach the battlefield to fight this out one on one. I'd appreciate it." Psycho said.
Sakazuki's arm turned into magma.
"AFTER HOW YOU'VE DONE ME OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WAR I WOULDN'T DREAM OF LETTING TEACH BE THE ONE TO KILL YOU!" Sakazuki yelled blasting multiple giant magma fists at Psycho.
"SABLES!" A gruff voice said.
A sand tornado of sand sucked up the magma fists and threw them all throughout the battlefield hitting the war ships at the docks and men on navy and DEATH's sides.
DEATH and navy officers looked up to the top of a Marineford wall and navy soldiers became paralyzed with fear.
DEATH soldiers smiled and cheered. Kaku, Lucci, Doflamingo, Cyclone, and Kuro all smiled. Robin stuck her head out the window and looked up above her and froze.
"Wh-wh-what… but… he-he Sabo told us he!" Robin stuttered.
Slowly long black pants and black shoes with a black suit and red undershirt with a white tie appeared.
The outfit was topped off with a giant black and red DEATH general jacket strung over the man's shoulders. The man stared down at the battlefield, cigar in his mouth.
He lifted his golden hook up a little. DEATH members continued to cheer. Psycho looked up at the man and smirked.
"So, you finally showed up.. Crocodile." Psycho said.