OP: A Smash Adventure CH 111

The duel has begun. Luffy and Wolf began their battle of death, with Nami being the only one watching it. The battle was brutal and intense as Wolf seemed to be winning, but Luffy turned the tables as he got into Gear Second, and attacked Wolf with all he got. Inspite of that, Wolf remained standing, and revealed that he had more tricks under his gloves. The battle continues, but who will be victorious?

Chapter 111: The epic climax!, Obscurum's subordinate

Oikonny's soldiers were quickly searching in the ship for Franky and Peppy. As they did that, Andrew, accompanied by one of his guards, furiously walked around the crowded hallways while holding an ice bag up against his swollen cheek to reduce the swelling.

"I can't believe that hooligan did this to me!" Andrew yelled while walking, "When he get my hands on him, I will make him suffer!"

"Don't worry, Emperor Oikonny. We'll capture them in no time." Said a guard next to Andrew, "We have all the soldiers onboard finding these scoundrels from top to bottom of this ship as we speak. They won't get far."

"Even so... I want the security defense systems up and running!" Andrew replied, "I also want all units of my fleet to come right here, and find those two at all costs! I don't care if my men have to die for this! I just want them to bring Peppy, and that hooligan to me so I can kill them myself!"

"Yes, Emperor Oikonny! I'll see to it that every soldier gets that command!"

The soldier ran off, leaving Andrew who clenched his fist in anger. "I'll get him for this! Nobody makes a fool out of the Emperor! Nobody!"

The soldier then turned on the intercom to all stations, "Attention all units! Two hostages are on the loose in the Emperor's mothership! We order all units to come to the mothership, and help capture these men before more damage could be ensued! I repeat-"

As the soldier repeated the message on the intercom, Oikonny's ships started to let out some transportation aircrafts to his mothership, sending nearly everyone to it.

Franky and Peppy were running along the hallways until Franky stopped around the corner. Peppy stopped as well as he panted while placing his hands on his knees. "Ha... ha... I'm too old for this..." Peppy sighed. Franky looked out the windows, and saw the ships boarding on the mothership they were on.

"So they're sending the whole cavalry after us, eh?" Franky asked with a smirk, "This should be a little interesting."

"I don't see how we will escape with them onboard though." Peppy replied.

"No need to worry about that, Rabbit bro. We'll be getting outta here no matter what they throw at us." Franky said while looking over the corner, and saw a door at the end of the hallway, "There is the control room. We just need to get in there, and turn this ship around."

"There they are!"

Franky and Peppy turned around to see several guards behind him. "Let's go!" Franky yelled. The guards started firing at Franky and Peppy as they went around the corner, and headed towards the control room. "STRONG RIGHT!" Franky launched his right arm, and busted the door open, startling the men inside.

"Who's there!" A guard yelled. Once he, and his partners saw Franky and Peppy coming, they aimed at them. "Stay back!"

"BEANS LEFT!" Franky fired multiple bullets at all the guards, knocking all of them down afterwards. The only enemy remaining was the pilot behind the controls as Franky approached him while cracking his knuckles.

"N-No matter what you do to me, I won't do as you say!" Yelled the pilot.

POW!

Franky knocked the pilot off his seat as the pilot fell on his back unconscious. "Rabbit bro, turn this ship around! Take it back to Corneria!" Franky yelled.

"Oh! Well, I am not familiar with the controlling systems here... but I'll see what I can do!" Peppy said. He went to the control panel, and started typing on the keyboard. Laser beams then could be seen being shot into the room as Franky heard some guards in the hallways.

"Tsk! You work on that while I take care of these guys!" Franky yelled. The guards were about to storm into the control room, until Franky blocked the road while opening his left wrist, "WEAPONS LEFT!" Franky fired several blasts at the guards, knocking them all back. Franky nearly took care off all the guards as he then took a deep breath, "FRESH FIRE!" Franky breathed out a stream of fire, engulfing the entrance with flames, preventing anyone from coming in or out.

Peppy wiped the sweat off his forehead as he saw a window panel on the screen, showing the controls. "I got it now!" Peppy yelled.

"Good! Turn the ship as hard as you can towards Corneria!" Franky said while approaching him, shocking Peppy.

"But if I do that, we might hit something!" Peppy warned.

"Who cares! This isn't our ship! And none of those ships around here are friendly neither!" Franky yelled. Peppy gulped nervously as he looked back at the controls.

"I hope you know what you are doing! Here goes nothing!" Peppy said as he then did several typing on the keyboard, making the big mothership to turn.

Once it did, everyone else on the ship lost their footing from the ship's sudden movements. Andrew himself fell on his rear in shock. "What's going on!" He asked.

"The ship is turning around!" Cried one of the guards. As the ship turned, there were many ships that were in it's way. It destroyed several of them when they came in contact, including hundreds of transportation ships that were suppose to aboard it. This ship also several damage two of Oikonny's mothership, knocking some of them away as the ship finally stopped turning, and started moving forward.

"What the...!" Andrew's eyes then widened in shock, "I don't believe it! They are in the control room! STOP THEM!"

Back in the control room, Peppy finished typing as he then sighed in relief. "Phew, I didn't think this ship would hold after this." Peppy said, "Now, I managed to put the ship into autopilot. We should be able to get back on Corneria in less than an hour. Even if they try to stop us, I locked the autopilot mode with a password. They won't have time to deactivate it!"

"Supaa good job, bro!" Franky said as he then pointed to an open exit, other than the one that is engulfed with flames, "Now let's get back to my ship!" Peppy nodded, and ran with Franky to the exit. Franky then stopped, and glanced over his shoulder as he noticed something. "Hold up..."

"What is it, Franky?" Peppy asked.

Franky walked over to the control panel, and saw the jamming device Andrew left there several chapters ago. He picked up, and looked at it for a while before smiling. "Say, bro, how much do you know about this jamming stuff?"

"Hmm? Well, I have had experience with that kind of technology before." Peppy said, "Why do you ask?" Franky then looked over to Peppy while holding the device, making Peppy realize what he has in mind, "Oh, I see now!"

"Ahahahaha!" Franky laughed while staring at the device, "That horseface... the biggest moron ever!"

Meanwhile...

Nami ran for cover as Luffy and Wolf were fighting with eachother so brutally, that they were destroying, and disfiguring everything in their path. "Ah! If this keeps up, they are going to end up killing me!" Nami cried as she hid around the corner. She then looked back at the battle, seeing Luffy and Wolf continuously attacking at one another with multiple fist, and claw strike with incredible speed.

"JET PISTOL!" Luffy stretched his arm forward in a split second, which Wolf swiftly avoided by dodging to the side.

"HEERGH!" Wolf countered with triple combo slash with his claws, but Luffy dodged them, and jumped backwards.

"JET STAMP!" Luffy stretched his leg towards Wolf, but missed as Wolf got out of the way, "JET WHIP!" Luffy stretched his other leg, and swung it horizontally at Wolf, who jumped over his attack as he then covered himself with wind.

"CYCLONE WOLF!" Wolf flew towards Luffy while being covered with wind.

"JET RIFLE!" Luffy stretched his twisted arm, and hits Wolf, stopping him in midair as both of their attacks created a tremendous that knocked them away from eachother. They both landed on their feet as Luffy dashed towards Wolf again, "JET PISTOL!" Luffy stretched his arm at Wolf again, but Wolf jumped over it, and got on the second floor as he then fired his Claw blaster at Luffy with the same rapid succession as Fox's blaster. Luffy went after Wolf while zigzagging around the laser beams as he then got into a handstand, "JET YARI!" Luffy stretched his legs at Wolf, but Wolf jumped as Luffy's legs went right through the wall behind him.

"Ha ha ha!" Wolf landed his feet on the second floor column, and started jumping around the floor with great speed, shooting at Luffy in the process.

Luffy instantly jumped up to the second floor, and twisted his body around several times, "JET HANABI!" Luffy instantly untwisted himself, unleashing a furry of kicks and punches in a split second, hitting at almost every single thing in the area, including Wolf.

"ERGH!" Wolf got hurt, but remained smirking as he nearly crashed down to the floor, but landed on his feet while lowering his stance. "FLASH!" In less than a split second, Wolf tackled Luffy in the air with his spiky shoulder pad.

"Ugh!" The attack was dreadful enough to crash right onto the ceiling, and momentarily falling down to the ground limplessly. "Grr!" But Luffy quickly recovered, and stretched his arms past Wolf, and onto the ledge of the second floor behind him. "JET ROCKET!" Luffy instantly sprung towards Wolf, and gave him a nasty tackle of his own.

"Oagh!" Luffy tackled Wolf all the way through the ledge of the second floor, and into the wall, cutting through the west part of the second floor like a piece of paper. "REFLECTOR!" Wolf activated his reflector, knocking Luffy away in midair as Wolf then jumped after him, "CYCLONE FANG!"

Wolf repeatedly swung his arms towards Luffy, but unlike last time, he attacked with his sharp claws, leaving several cuts on Luffy's frontal body. "Ah! ... JET FUUSEN!" Luffy inflated his stomach, knocking Wolf back a bit. It didn't stop Wolf for long, though, as he then did air jump above Luffy, and kicked him hard on the head with a forward flip heel. "Agh!" Luffy deflated his stomach as he fell to the ground like a missile, creating a dust cloud upon landing. Wolf smirked, but then gasped as he Luffy's leg stretching all the way above his altitude level. "JET ONO!" Luffy brought down his stretched leg, slamming down Wolf down to the ground.

"Egh.. ah!" Wolf cried in pain as Luffy came out of the dust cloud he made earlier, "JET SENSUIKAN!" Luffy stretched his arm as it traveled along the ground towards Wolf, but Wolf instantly got out of the way as Luffy's attack created a trail of dust afterwards.

"Yagh!" Wolf suddenly appeared out of that dust, and impaled Luffy's chest with his claws. Luffy cried in pain until he then grabbed Wolf's arms, preventing him from getting away as Luffy then twisted his body vertically around his waist.

"JET BOWGUN!" Luffy untwisted himself, sending Wolf flying up towards the ceiling, but Wolf turned towards it, and landed hard on with his legs and feet.

"RAAAH!" Both Luffy and Wolf disappeared in an instant as sudden tremors could be felt in some parts of the area. It was actually Luffy and Wolf hitting, and jumping from eachother afterwards, but they were doing it so fast, you couldn't even see them. It looked like sudden bursts that came out of nowhere as this was making the area to nearly fall apart.

"Ah!" Nami cried as she held onto Luffy's hat out of fear. The quick attacks suddenly stopped as Luffy and Wolf could now be seen charging at eachother.

"Haaaa!" They both went through eachother, with Wolf leaving more cuts on Luffy's body, and Luffy leaving more wounds on Wolf's body as well. They then stood firm with their heads lowered as Wolf then chuckled.

"You know... if we keep this up, none of us may survive." Wolf said, noticing that the area was nearly destroyed, "But as long as you die, then none of that matters..." Wolf then turned towards Luffy, who did the same to Wolf, "It will all end in just of matter of minutes... GIVE ME WHAT'S LEFT OF YOU, BOY!"

Meanwhile...

The Sharpclaw army just stood back in shock upon seeing Zoro still alive. Tricky was so happy to see him that way, but Scales wasn't.

"What is going on here!" Scales thought with a shocked look, "I was sure that I killed him back in Cloudrunner Fortress. Even the scars I left on him were fatal, and yet..." Scales observed Zoro, noticing the two cuts he gave him on his chest, as well as the wounds around his body. Noticing this made him even angrier, "I don't understand how that measly human can still be alive after all that! There is something more in him than it meets the eye..."

Zoro stood firm in front of the Redeye he knocked out earlier. Inspite being heavily wounded, he acted as if nothing happened to him as he looked at his surroundings before sighing.

"Since when did I get here?" Zoro asked, "Oh well, I guess that doesn't matter right now." Zoro then looked straight towards Scales with a blunt look, "Oi... get over here so we can continue fighting."

"Is he insane!" Asked one of the sharpclaw.

"This guy must be delusional!"

"Grrr..." Scales clenched his fist in anger, "You already lost to me! Why should I bother fighting someone as weak as you!"

"The only way I could lose is that if I were to die right here and now." Zoro replied, "Since I'm still alive, I assume you wanted more out of me." Zoro then smirked, "... Or did you believed that you actually killed me? It would be pathetic if you did."

Scales was angrier now as Tricky admired Zoro's toughness. "Incredible... He defeated a Redeye, and he's still willing to fight Scales after getting beat so hard... HE'S SO COOL!" Tricky thought as sparks of joy sparkled around his eyes. He then got worried, "But how will he stand up to Scales now? I doubt Scales will fight fair. There must be a way out of this." Tricky then noticed a Sharpclaw next to Scales while holding Zoro's swords. "Maybe I can..."

"You are a foolish human!" Scales yelled, "You should have let that Redeye kill you! I don't know how you managed to defeat it, but it no longer concerns me!" Scales then smirked, "I am the strongest warrior in Sauria. The only one who brings fear to all who oppose him! You will bow down in pieces after I take care of you!"

"Hoh? If you are the strongest here, then I am very disappointed." Zoro replied with a smirk before frowning, "Now give me back my swords, and I promise that I'll finish you off quick."

Scales then took out his sabre, "You don't scare me, human! I am General Scales; the ruler of Sauria!" Scales' army then got in front of their leader, and faced Zoro, "This is the end for you! You're heavily wounded, and I doubt that you can take down all of us! If you want your swords so badly, come and get them!"

"Hmm... not that challenging, but it's an improvement." Zoro said as he then removed the bandanna around his left arm, and wrapped around his head before getting into a stance. Scales had enough of Zoro's egotistic attitude as he raised his sword.

"Sharpclaws! Destroy him!" Scales yelled.

"Look out, Zoro!" Tricky yelled worryingly. Scales' army yelled as they charged towards Zoro, who got into a familiar stance.

"ONI GIRI!" Zoro dashed right through some Sharpclaws with his fists spread out, knocking all the Sharpclaw up in the air. Zoro then proceeded to attack the rest of Sharpclaw with several fists and kicks. Several of them tried to attack Zoro from behind, but Zoro evaded their attacks, and countered with a punch to the face, or a kick to the gut. "TATSU MAKI!" Zoro spinned around with his arms spread out, creating a tornado of cutting waves as he sended the Sharpclaw around him flying. Some of them fell on their own companions as Zoro then continued hitting every single Sharpclaw in sight.

This went on for a while as it was now raining Sharpclaws, over and over again. Scales gritted his teeth in anger upon seeing this. "Where is he getting all this energy from! He shouldn't even have enough to stand up!" Scales thought. He then picked up one of his men by the garments with his hook, "You useless trash! Must I do everything to keep you all alive!"

Scales threw his own soldier towards Zoro, who faced towards the incoming soldier, and backhanded him in the back, sending flying into the river. This gave the other Sharpclaw the chance to pounce on Zoro, punching him down on the ground mercilessly.

"Hey, you cheated!" Tricky yelled at Scales.

"Ha ha ha ha! That's right, show him no mercy!" Scales laughed, ignoring Tricky. But suddenly, Zoro got right back up, knocking all the Sharpclaw around him down on their backs. "What!" Scales was shocked to see this as Zoro then got on one knee.

"HYOU KINDAMA!" Zoro raised his arms, and lowered them down fast as if he slashed something, when he really punched right through some Sharpclaw, knocking them away as the path in front of him was clear. Scales gasped as Zoro was about to get to him, until the Sharpclaw from behind tried to stop him. Zoro turned around, and knocked them out first until more showed up from their posts. "Tsk!" Zoro had no choice but to deal with them, delaying his chance to get to Scales.

"I cannot believe this! I cannot lose like this!" Scales yelled, but then glanced at Tricky, "Unless..."

"What the?" Tricky looked to Scales, only to get kicked in the stomach by him, "Agh!" Tricky fell on his side in pain as his fellow Earthwalkers chained to the floor, and the rest of them in the cage were shocked to see that happened. Tricky groggily got back on his feet as Scales got down on one knee, and placed his sabre around Tricky's neck. "Ugh!"

"Human! Take a good look here!" Scales yelled. The Sharpclaw stopped attacking Zoro, allowing him to turn around, and see what was happening. Zoro only frowned at this as Scales smirked, "What are you going to do now! Are your swords so important that you are willing to sacrifice this pathetic Earthwalker's life for them! If so, then I dare you to keep fighting! I can't guarantee if this pathetic Earthwalker would remain alive, though!"

The Sharpclaw were relieved to get some help from their leader. They now felt assured that they can take down Zoro. They waited for Zoro to turn around so they can kill him, but Zoro never did. He just looked at Tricky with a blunt look, not even showing a hint of worry about him.

Tricky noticed Zoro's stare, and it made him nervous. Tricky looked away from Zoro, not wanting to feel ashamed for being a burden to him again. He quickly glanced back, and saw that Zoro was still looking at him. Tricky then felt weird as he remembered what Zoro told him.

"Sometimes, you have to be strong, and face your fears. There is no point in escaping from it."

Tricky lowered his head upon remembering this as he then looked at his fellow Earthwalkers. He knew that he was responsible for their safety, and he let them down. He looked at one the Earthwalkers near the pyramid he was on. Tricky saw how sad he looked, and couldn't bear to see his people look like that. That's when it hit him; he realized that there really is no point in running from it. He had to be strong; not for himself, but for his people as well. It was then that Tricky grew confident, and no longer felt afraid. He had a determined look as he raised his head.

"Everyone!" Tricky yelled loud enough for everyone in the Walled city to hear. The Earthwalkers looked at Tricky in confusion as Tricky closed his eyes, "Don't worry about me! You have to fight back no matter what happens! We cannot live in fear by under the Sharpclaw's rule! We have to make a stand, and show them who we really are! We are the Earthwalker tribe; one of the rightful ruling tribes of Sauria! Are we just going to let them take us over! As long as we exist, we will never let that happen!"

The Earthwalkers were surprised to see Tricky acting like a leader as they continued to pay attention to him. This made Scales look at all of them in a frustrated manner. "What! What is this! Stay down, you lower class tribe, or I'll kill your former king!" Scales yelled.

"This is our world!" Tricky continued, "We'll fight for our peace even if it means dying! Let's show them what we do to the people who try to ruin our way of life! All Earthwalkers; stop running, and CHAAAAAARGGGEE!"

"URRAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!" All the Earthwalkers' morale skyrocketed as the ones inside the cage tried to force their way out of the cage by going through the steel bars. The Sharpclaws were about to stop them, but the Earthwalkers managed to bust their way out as they ran through the Sharpclaw as if they were ants. The ones chained to the floor pulled their legs up with all their might, and broke free of the chains as they joined their fellow brethren, and went towards the Sharpclaws.

The Sharpclaws behind Zoro fought back, but most of them were being run over by the Earthwalkers. Before you know it, the entire Walled city was at war. Every Earthwalker, and Sharpclaw were taking down each other mercilessly. With Sharpclaw either slashing at the Earthwalkers, or the Earthwalkers goring through the Sharpclaw, it was battle of lifetime, and the Earthwalkers were slowly winning.

Zoro simply stood in the middle war as he smirked at Tricky, proud that he gained such confidence in himself, and his people. Tricky smirked back at him as Scales was shocked, and upset upon he was seeing.

"This can't be happening... THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Scales yelled. He then looked towards Tricky, ready to slit his throat off, "You will-!"

"GET OFF OF ME!" Tricky side tackled Scales, staggering him back as he fell on one knee.

"Oof! Huh!" Scales looked up, and saw Tricky facing towards him while lowering his stance.

"This has gone far enough, Scales!" Tricky yelled, "We are no longer at your mercy! We will teach you not to step on us! And the best thing of all; WE ARE NO LONGER AFRAID OF YOU ANYMORE!"

Tricky then charged towards Scales, who could only get up on his feet as Tricky then gored him in the stomach hard. "GUAH!" Scales cried as he was knocked right out of his feet, and fell back.

"Uwah!" The Sharpclaw holding Zoro's swords tried to get out of the way, but crashed right on him, causing him to let go of Zoro's swords as they fell off the pyramid, and into the fields.

"Zoro, your swords!" Tricky yelled.

"I see them!" Zoro ran after his swords, going past some Sharpclaws, and Earthwalkers that were fighting eachother along the way. Scales turned over to his front side, and looked ahead of himself to see Zoro running to get his swords. Scales was now angrier than ever.

"You..." Scales snarled with his pupils now dilated, "This is all your fault... if it wasn't for you... none of this would have happened! I will kill you... I WILL KILL YOU!"

Scales quickly got up, and jumped off the pyramid to chase after Zoro. Zoro ran towards his swords, anxiously wanting to have them back after every second that passed by. He didn't know that Scales was after him, but he wouldn't have cared; the only thing he cared about right now was getting his swords back as quickly as possible. Zoro was now close as he jumped to his swords, and picked them up from the ground.

"I got them!" Zoro yelled with a smirk as he finally got his swords back. It was then that Scales caught up to him, and raised his sabre to strike him down.

"Zoro, watch out!" Tricky cried.

"RRRRRAAAAAAAAGGHHH!" Scales lowered his sabre down at Zoro, who puts his swords around his waist again before turning around.

BAM!

Scales hits Zoro on the head hard with the back of his sabre's hilt. "ZZZOOORROOOO!" Tricky cried upon seeing this. Everyone stopped fighting to see this dreadful thing happen. Zoro's head then bled as his blood flowed down from out of his bandanna, and down his face. Scales was proud for what he has done as he still hadn't removed the hilt from ontop of Zoro's head as he enjoyed watching Zoro bleed.

"... Is this good enough?" Zoro asked. Scales smile faded away as Zoro was still conscious, "... I think it is. This is good enough of a handicap for you. Now we can fight evenly."

"What did you say!" Scales asked. Zoro then raised his head, showing off a demonic smirk he had on his face. This actually intimidated Scales a bit as he backed off from Zoro. Everyone just stared at Zoro stood firm, still having that creepy look as Scales was nearly shivering, "I don't understand any of this! Why... WHY!"

"Zoro..." Tricky said in awe. Zoro smiled at his swords before looking back at Scales.

"Now then..." Zoro said, unsheathing one of his swords, "Where were we?"

Meanwhile...

Sanji continued to thrust his feet towards Panther, who was swift enough to dodge his attacks with ease. "EXTRA HACHE!" Sanji sped his kicking momentum, giving Panther a harder time to counterattack while trying to evade at the same time.

"Tsk!" Panther backflipped away from Sanji as far as possible, and raised his open palms, "CORTADA INOLVIDABLE!" Panther repeatedly swung his open palms towards, letting out some small, red waves towards him. Sanji ran to the side to avoid, and jumped off the wall beside him, and went down towards Panther while spinning forwardly.

"CONCASSE!" Sanji lowered his heel down at Panther, who quickly got out of the way as Sanji left a huge crack on the floor upon hitting it.

"You're wasting your time!" Panther yelled, "Don't you know that Nami wants to be with me!"

The only reply Panther was a kick from Sanji, which Panther blocked with his forearm, "Don't you lie to me! I cant let Nami-san be with a stupid cat like you with the rest of her life!" Sanji then brought back his foot, and swung it at Panther again, but missed as Panther backflipped. Panther threw several punches at Sanji, who avoided by moving his head to the sides, and countered with some upper kicks, which Panther knocked with his arms. Panther then did a spin kick, which Sanji had to backflip to avoid.

"I rather be a stupid cat than a filthy poser of a real man like yourself!" Panther replied. He then leaped towards Sanji, and tried hitting him with his fist, but Sanji got into a handstand, and pushed Panther away with his right heel. Panther landed away from Sanji, who got on his feet, and charged at Panther.

"I am a real man! I deeply care about every single woman that I come across with, and Nami-san happens to be very important to me!" Sanji leaped, and did a thrust kick at Panther, who jumped above Sanji to avoid, and counter with a lower kick, but Sanji arched his back backwards, and kicked Panther from behind, knocking him forward as he managed to landed on his knees before getting back up.

"If you really care about her, then leave her with me!" Panther yelled as he charged at Sanji, who jumped off the wall, and flew towards Panther. Panther attempted to punch Sanji in midair, but Sanji dodged, and balanced on Panther's attacking arm with his hands. Panther glared at him, "You and I know both know that I am the only one worthy of her needs, so why don't you leave now with some dignity!" Panther then tried to get Sanji off him, but Sanji kicked him in the face before getting back on the ground. "Agh!"

"That's because I can already predict how Nami would feel if I would have failed her." Sanji said with his head lowered, "She will be sad, and miserable; thinking that she has to be with you guys for the rest of her life. And worst of all..." Sanji then glared at Panther, "She has to smell your perfume you have on every day."

Panther's eyes widened in anger upon hearing this, "IT'S COLOGNE!" Panther yelled furiously as he charged at Sanji.

"WHATEVER!" Sanji yelled as he went towards Panther as well, continuing their onslaught without slowing down.

Back in the second floor, Usopp fell on his knees while resting his arm up against a column as he was exhausted from running all over the place. "I can't do it! This is all too much! He's just too strong!" Usopp cried. He then heard Leon coming, and decided to run away again.

"You can't run away forever!" Leon yelled while being invisible, "I will get you, and make you suffer!"

"Geh..." Usopp then collapsed on his limbs, heaving as if he was having a heart attack. He didn't have the energy to run anymore. He then got picked up by an invisible force, which turned out to be Leon as he turned visible again.

"Ha! Is that all! You're pathetic!" Leon said as he pointed his blaster to Usopp's face, "I'll present your corpse to that annoying girl! Once I do, she'll think twice before trying to piss me off!"

"KOUSHOU BOSHI!" Usopp threw a pellet at Leon's face as it exploded into a cloud of pepper. This caught Leon off guard as he then sneezed uncontrollably while letting go of Usopp.

"Ugh! Damn it! Don't think you can get away with this! Achoo!" Leon sneezed.

"I already have!" Usopp said confidently, yet scared in the inside. He stood straight as their appeared to be a weird fog around the second floor. Once Leon stopped sneezing, he noticed the fog too.

"What is this?" Leon asked. He then picked up a familiar scent, "Is this... gas!"

"That's right!" Usopp said confidently. "You didn't think I was just running around the place for nothing, did you!" Around some hidden areas in the second floor, there were breath dials letting out a stream of gas into the entire floor. "Thanks to a dark place like this, you failed to notice that I let out a stream of gas that will engulf this entire floor into flames once I fire at you!"

"You did what! You must be crazy!" Leon gasped.

"I-I'm not crazy!" Usopp yelled, sounding a bit nervous as he aimed at Leon with his slingshot. "I am Captain Usopp; the bravest warrior of the seas! An-An-And I will even go this far to rescue Nami! HISSATSU KATAKI BOSHI!"

Usopp fired an explosive pellet at Leon, and then started to run for his life. "I have to escape!" Leon tried to get away, but he couldn't move his legs. He looked down, and saw that he was stepping on glue again. "No!" Leon looked back at the incoming pellet while he also saw Usopp running away, "DAMN YOU!"

KABOOOOOM!

"WAAAAAAHHH!" Usopp jumped out of the second floor just before the second floor exploded behind him. Usopp fell on his rear in pain as the explosion was powerful enough to send Leon flying out of it, and fall unconsciously on the ground, with his body nearly covered with burn marks. Usopp looked up to the burning floor as he couldn't believe what he did "Oh... oh man, what was I thinking! I could've died! Although..." He looked back towards Leon, who was still unconscious, "Atleast I finally got that guy off my back... phew..."

Panther avoided another kick from Sanji as he then backed away from him. He then noticed his partner unconscious on the ground, "... Even though your friend managed to defeat Leon, that won't mean you can beat me!" Panther said to Sanji.

"I don't plan on losing to you!" Sanji replied with a glare. Panther then took out a rose, and threw it's petals in front of Sanji, who remained standing on the same spot.

"I'll show you... what it takes for a man to put everything on the line for the woman he is willing to sacrifice for." Panther said bluntly. The petals around Sanji then started to spin as Panther lowered his stance, "IMPERDONABLE!" Panther lunged forward, with the petals of the rose now spiraling around him as he headed towards Sanji, who was still standing on the same spot.

"Sanji, watch out!" Usopp cried. Panther flew through Sanji as the petals around left various cuts all over Sanji's body.

"Gergh!" Sanji fell on his knees in pain after getting receiving so many cuts. Panther then landed on his feet, and smirked.

"Imperdonable is a move where I can cut not only through my enemies bodies, but their pride and ambition. The weaker their pride, the easier I cut them to pieces." Panther explained, "Seeing how you easily went down, it proved that you were nothing but a measly child that just pretends to be a man."

"Why don't you shut up?" Sanji asked. Panther glanced at Sanji, and saw him getting up. Sanji panted before he suddenly vanished, startling Panther.

"Huh! He can still move!" Panther gasped.

"You underestimated me!" Sanji yelled from behind Panther. He hooked his leg over Panther's face, and slammed his head down on the floor. "That was for insulting me!" Sanji yelled as he then kicked Panther multiple times while he was on the ground, "This is for pissing me off so much!" Panther rolled back to his feet, but then saw Sanji in the air before getting kicked across the face. Panther cried in pain as he flew across the ground. "That was for calling me a kid all the time!"

Sanji went into a complete frenzy. He kept attacking Panther again and again, and Panther couldn't do anything to defend himself. The only thing he could do is to endure all the kicks as Sanji kicked him hard, staggering him back as Panther was now bleeding.

"Oh! Ergh... even after he got hit with my strongest attack, he still has the same amount of pride in him!" Panther thought in shock, "He actually is willing to take Nami back with him!"

Sanji then did several front flips, and jumped in the air while spinning sideways, creating an strong, and blazing around him. "AND THIS IS FOR KIDNAPPING NAMI-SAN! ENTREMETS KICK COURSE!" Sanji stopped spinning, allowing the aura to form into a ball as Sanji kicked it towards Panther, and hits him with great force.

"UWAH!" Panther cried as the ball exploded afterwards. As the explosion died down, Sanji could see that Panther was no longer conscious as he then landed back on the floor while panting heavily.

"Sanji, are you okay!" Usopp asked while coming to Sanji's aid.

"I'll be fine." Sanji replied as he looked up to the highest floor. "We did what we could here. It's all up to Luffy now."

Meanwhile...

Luffy and Wolf remained standing in the same spot as the whole area they were seemed like it would collapse any second now. Nami just stared at the duo, and noticed that they were really injured. "This is getting ridiculous!" She thought, "They plan to keep on fighting even though this place is about to collapse! Luffy, you better not lose!"

Luffy and Wolf then disappeared, and reappeared in the center of the area trying to run around eachother so fast, they turned into a red, and grey blur. The sound of punches, and claw slashes could then be heard as well as this lasted several seconds before Wolf jumped up, and spinned his body vertically with his tail extended.

"JET PISTOL!" Luffy stretched his arm, and punched Wolf in the shoulder at the same time Wolf slammed his tail onto Luffy's shoulder. "Gyergh!" Luffy then did some backflips as Wolf chased after him with his arms spread out.

"CYCLONE WOLF!" Wolf leaped towards Luffy while covered in air, as Luffy then jumped in the air backwards, and stretched his arms back.

"JET BAZOOKA!" Luffy thrusted his palms towards the ground in front of Wolf, knocking him back, but managed to recover in midair.

"LIGHT FOOT!" Wolf suddenly disappeared as he did several air jumps to get right behind Luffy in an instant. Luffy turned around, and tried punching Wolf, only to miss him as Wolf then countered by slamming his fists down on Luffy's face.

"Uagh!" Luffy crashed into the ground hard, but quickly got up, and stretched his arm past Wolf, and towards the ledge of the north part of the second floor, "JET SICKLE!" Luffy sprung forward, trying to give Wolf a clothesline, but Wolf barely dodged by air jumping to the floor. Luffy instead clotheslined right through a second floor column, destroying it to bits as that corner of the area was slowly starting to collapse. "JET DOUBLE WHIP!" Luffy jumped off the second floor, and spinned his body with legs stretched diagonally. Wolf did backflip to avoid to avoid the first kick, and jumped over the other as Wolf charged towards Luffy while driving his claws across the floor.

"CROSS FANG!" Wolf raised his claws diagonally from the ground, creating a big, cutting cross wave as Luffy barely avoided by flipping himself upside-down. The wave destroyed most of the east part of the area as Luffy stretched his arm back, and grabbed Wolf by the neck before landing on his feet. "Guagh!"

"DAAAA!" Luffy slammed Wolf's head hard on the ground, and droved his body across it towards a column, which Luffy then slammed Wolf right through it before letting go of him.

"GRAAGH!" Wolf fired his Claw blaster at Luffy repeatedly, causing Luffy to jump back several times as Wolf got back on his feet while gritting his teeth in anger. After Wolf finished shooting, Luffy dashed right at him again as Wolf did the same as he faced his open palm towards Luffy's face. "CYCLONE BULLET!"

Wolf thrusted his palm, creating a gust of air as Wolf then thrusted his Claw blaster forward, making the gust of air surround it before Wolf fired the air at Luffy like an actual bullet. Luffy tried to dodge the air bullet, but got hit at the side of his ribs before it went flying past him. "Agh!" Luffy cried as Wolf's air bullet left a hold through the rubble behind him.

Wolf then attacked Luffy with several swings from his Claw blaster. Luffy had a little rough time dodging Wolf's slashes as he was holding on to the side of his stomach after getting hit with the air bullet. "Hagh!" Wolf raised his Claw blaster, and managed to slash at the side of Luffy's right arm, leaving a cut that bled soon afterwards.

"Ah!" Luffy countered with a left fist, but Wolf ducked to avoid, and tried to stab Luffy in the gut with his Claw blaster, but Luffy quickly lowered his head, and stopped Wolf's blaster with his teeth around the claw.

"Grr!" Wolf tried to pull his blaster back, but couldnt budge it out of Luffy's teeth as Luffy tilted his head up, raising the blaster as well as lifting Wolf from the ground, and let's go of it, throwing Wolf over himself, and into the rubble behind him.

"JET STAMP!" Luffy turned around, and stretched his leg towards Wolf, who got kicked hard as he flew right into the rubble before Luffy pulled his leg back.

"REFLECTOR!" The rubble that Wolf crashed into were suddenly knocked up in the air as they began to fall down towards Luffy. Luffy instantly breaked the rubble into pieces, but wasn't fast enough to see appearing right in front of him. "FLASH!" Wolf leaped, and tackled Luffy hard in the gut.

"Aghargh!" Luffy was sent flying right into the wall behind him, creating a huge dust cloud upon impact. Wolf landed on his feet, and looked at the cloud as he saw Luffy slowly making his way out of it. "GUAH!" Luffy then coughed up some blood as he then fell on his knees in pain. He then got up, and despite feeling such pain, he charged towards Wolf again, "HAAA!" Luffy were throwing some multiple fists at Wolf, who was having no trouble dodging.

"Ha ha! What's wrong, boy! You're getting slower!" Wolf laughed while dodging. Luffy certaintly wasnt moving as fast as he was before as this made Nami worried.

"Luffy is reaching his limit with that form!" Nami thought, "If he doesnt win soon, he'll be doomed!"

"JET PISTOL!" Luffy stretched his arm at Wolf in close range, but Wolf dodged, and countered with some kicks. Luffy blocked with his forearms, and countered with a left uppercut, which Wolf dodged by moving his body back, and then trying to backhand Luffy, who blocked with his right arm, and countered with an upper kick, which Wolf avoided by doing a backflip. Luffy ran towards Wolf, and rapidly swunged his fists at him, but Wolf sidestepped several times to avoid as he then tried to slash Luffy in the face, but Luffy ducked to avoid as he stretched his arm back, "JET BULLET!" Luffy pulled his arm back, and punched Wolf hard in the gut.

"Ergh!" Wolf cried as some of his blood came out of his mouth. Luffy then grabbed him by the neck, and winded up his other arm, but before Luffy could strike, Wolf did an upper kick, kicking Luffy up across the chin as this staggered him back. "Hiya!" Wolf then tried to claw Luffy, but Luffy instantly countered with a strong right fist across Wolf's face. "Gouh!" Wolf fell on his back in pain as he then sat up, only to get kicked in the face by Luffy again.

Wolf tumbled back even further as Luffy went after him while stretching his arms back. "JET BAZOOKA!" Luffy thrusted his palms forward, hitting Wolf in the gut as soon as he got back up.

"GAAGHH!" Wolf crashed into the wall behind him with great force, creating a humongous dust cloud upon impact. Luffy then felt fatigue as he fell on one knee while coughing.

"Luffy!" Nami cried worringly. Wolf then emerged from the dust cloud, panting heavily as he looked nearly beat. He glared at Luffy, who was still feeling weak.

"For some reason... you keep fighting, even though you have nothing to gain." Wolf panted, "No matter what you do, you can never be a true captain! Why don't you just accept that already!" Luffy remained silent, "I can't let you beat me, boy. I can't let you keep making a fool of yourself. You need to cast off your delusions, and accept for what you really are. A faker must never accomplish their goals; that is why you must die!"

Luffy then got up on his feet, clenching his fists with his head lowered. "I will beat you... so I can take Nami back with me!" Luffy then glared furiously at Wolf, "I won't do as you want! I will beat you even if I have to die!"

Luffy then pulled back his arms as Wolf was completely pissed off, "IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, THEN I'LL GLADLY FINISH YOU OFF!"

"JET GATLING!" Luffy sends a barrage of fists that were moving so fast, they were invisible as Wolf got into his stance.

"MECH REFLECTOR!" Wolf activated his reflector at maximum power. His reflector helped him to evade several of the incoming fists as he repeatedly activated it several times while zigzagging towards Luffy.

"OOOWAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Luffy continued to throw his quick and invisible punches, but was unware that Wolf was dodging them while heading towards him. Wolf then finally got right in front of Luffy while squatting down to him while giving off an intense glare.

"FLASH!" Wolf leaped, and tackled Luffy for the third time, stopping his Jet gatling move in an instant.

"Uwaaaaaaggghhh!" Luffy was knocked up into the air, bleeding from the mouth as he fell hard to the center of the floor afterwards. Nami couldnt believe what was happening as she saw Luffy being motionless, "I... can't... urgh... can't... move..."

Nami's eyes widened in shock. Luffy was already at his limit; he didnt had the energy to fight on. Even after using his form's strongest move as of yet, Wolf somehow was able to take him down. "Luffy..." Nami said worringly.

Wolf fell on his knees in fatigue. His body hurts after moving around so much. "Ergh... it's over... it's over..." Wolf panted. He then got up, and placed some sensor bombs on the big cracks in the center of the floor, where Luffy was. Wolf then walked away silently as he got next to Nami. He looked down at her, and saw that she was scared. Wolf blinked, and bluntly looked at Luffy over his shoulder. He sighed as he looked away while taking out the bomb trigger. "Goodbye, boy."

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Wolf activated the bombs as they exploded around Luffy, destroying the center part of the floor as he fell limblessly all the way down to the bottom floors.

Usopp and Sanji looked up, and couldnt believe what they were seeing. "L-Luffy!" Sanji gasped.

"AAAHHHH! LUFFY!" Usopp cried while placing his hands on his head in shock. Luffy continued to fall as Nami quickly looked over the edge of the destroyed floor to see him. She just couldnt believe it. She was so shocked that she dropped Luffy's hat down from where he fell. Tears could be seen coming out of her eyes as she then closed them shut in fear.

"LUUUUUUUUUFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFYYYYYYYY!"

Luffy heard Nami crying his name, which immediately got him going again as he glared up towards the top floor.

"NAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMIIIIIIIIII!" Luffy yelled at the top of his lungs. Nami gasped upon hearing Luffy yell her name, "I AM GOING TO SAVE YOU!"

Wolf turned around in sheer anger upon hearing Luffy's voice as he peered over the destroyed floor, and saw Luffy was about to crash down to the bottom floor, or so he thought.

Luffy took a very deep breath, inflating his stomach into a big balloon before twisting his body several times. Just as anybody would think that he was about to crash, he let out all the air he inhaled, stopping himself in midair as he blew so hard, that he knocked his crew, and Wolf's team off the floor."WHOAHAHA!" As they got sent flying up a bit, Luffy blew away from the ground so hard that he actually went flying up like comet as he untwisted body while heading all the way back up to the fighting area.

Wolf was now frusterated; he wanted to defeat Luffy once and for all. "I'll destroy you with my strongest move; the one that they didn't even allow me to use in the tournament!" Wolf growled. He jumped above the center of the hole, and started to spin his body multiple directions, gathering a huge amount of air around his body like never before. "CYCLONE DEATHBRINGER!"

Wolf airjumped downward, creating a powerful gust of wind around him that formed into a giant head of a wolf with it's mouth open.

"JET STOOOOOORRRRRMMMM!" Luffy repeatedly send a storm of fists towards Wolf. It was like his Jet gatling attack, only it was faster, bigger, and so much deadlier that his fists were also invisible, destroying every single part of the walls around him.

Luffy and Wolf's strongest attacks collided, creating a tremondous shockforce that shook the entire base. It was such an amazing sight to behold as their attacks were making strong air currents that were sending everyone down below flying upwards. They both yelled furiously as they both were trying to push eachother away as hard as they could. "YOU'LL NEVER BEAT ME, BOY! YOU WILL DIE!" Wolf yelled.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Luffy was now punching faster, starting to push back Wolf. Luffy's punches were also destroying the wind around Wolf as it's face slowly disappeared while howling in agony.

"NO! COME ON! KEEP GOING!" Wolf yelled, but it was no use; Luffy overpowered his strongest attack, and started recieving thousands and thousands of hits per second. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Luffy was rapidly punching Wolf all the way up to top floor, and into the ceiling. Nami gasped as she tried getting away as the area she was finally collapsing. "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

Back outside, the Titanian base was starting to shake. The little round mechs that attacked Starwolf several chapters ago wondered what was going on as the center of the base was getting bulgier by the second. Not only that, but the entire desert area between the cliffs were starting to lose it's shape for every second that passed by.

"Look, something's happening!" Chopper cried from onboard the Great Fox. He, and everyone else were still in the hangar bay, waiting for Luffy and the others to come back. They could see that the Titanian base was looking strange.

"What's going on down there!" Slippy asked.

Fox's eyes then widened with shock, "Everyone, take cover!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The center of the base was blown open from underground, knocking most of the sand into the air. Everyone in the Great Fox were shocked to see this. "Was that an earthquake!" Falco gasped.

"There is something in the air!" Robin yelled. Along with the sand in the air, Wolf was limplessly spiraling upward from getting hit so much as he looked unconcious. The Starfox team couldnt believe they've seen that.

"Wolf!" Fox gasped. Wolf fell back down hard on the desert floor, with his arms and spreaded out. He couldnt get up, he couldn't say anything, he was too hurt to even get his head together. He lost.

Luffy, and the others fell down on the desert floor as well, but not as hard Wolf did earlier. Luffy's body turned back to normal as Nami dazedly went up to him. "Luffy! Luffy, are you alright!" Nami asked worringly.

Luffy panted a bit, but he seemed okay. "Y-Yeah... I'm okay... are you okay?" He asked. Nami couldnt help but cry as she hugged Luffy.

"Yes, I am!" Nami cried. Luffy smiled, until Nami hits him upside the head, "Dont ever make me worry like that again! You hear me!"

Luffy rubbed his head, but smiled in response. Everyone in the Great Fox were relieved to see that their friends were alright.

"He did it! He defeated Wolf!" Slippy cried in joy.

"That kid was actually strong enough to do all that to him! I have to say, that's very impressive!" Falco said with a shocked tone.

"And there's Nami! NAMI!" Chopper yelled.

"Huh?" Nami heard Chopper, and saw him inside the Great Fox, "What is that thing?" Before she could get an answer, Usopp and Sanji emerged from the sand, and dazedly got up on their feet.

"NAMI-SWAN!" Sanji yelled happily while running over to her, "Oh, I am so happy that you're alright! I am so sorry for leaving you alone in the ship!"

"O-Oi, is everything okay, Nami? You're not hurt, or anything, are you?" Usopp asked while approaching her. Nami just smiled seeing that she is back with her friends again.

"I'm okay you guys, and it's all thanks to our captain here." Nami said while winking. Luffy just did his usual smile until he then looked at his surroundings. He saw Leon and Panther unconcious around the sandhills, and that the titanian base no longer remains, but a massive hole in it's place.

"Phew, I cant believe we did it." Usopp said while wiping the sweat of his brow, "But I know we would come out on top since we are powerful! Ha ha ha ha!"

"Let's get outta here, Nami-san." Sanji said, "We need to get back with the others."

"Okay." Nami replied. She was about to leave with Usopp and Sanji, until she noticed that Luffy wasnt around. "Luffy?" Nami turned around, and saw that Luffy was right in front of Wolf. "Oh, now what?"

Luffy stared down at Wolf with plain, but blunt look. Wolf opened his eyes, and looked at Luffy before frowning. "... Well? Are you just going to stand there all day?" Wolf said in a weak tone, "This is your chance to get rid of me. You hate me, right? The only way to relieve that anger is to wipe me out of existance. So, come on, boy... finish me." Luffy did not say anything, which made Wolf impatient, "FINISH ME OFF, DAMMIT!"

"Haaa!" Luffy stretched his arm down to Wolf.

POW!

"Luffy!" Nami yelled as she quickly went to Luffy. She then saw that Luffy didnt hit Wolf, but the sand inches away from Wolf's face. Wolf remained motionless, but sighed in pain.

"Pathetic... truly pathetic." Wolf commented, "What's the point in having so much strength if you can't even finish off your opponent. It sickens me to see that this is the way you treat your enemies after a battle." Wolf then glared at Luffy, "Don't think you've heard the end of this. Every time you spare a life, it will come back to haunt you. And when it does, it will destroy everything you cherish most, and you will forever regret not being able to do anything to stop that from happening."

Titania's sun was about to set as Luffy remained silent while Wolf continued talking, "Listen to me, boy. You may have beaten me, but that doesn't change the fact that you are still a fake captain. You will never achieve anything in the end; all your efforts will be all for nothing. You may have rescued your princess from me, but nevertheless; she, and the rest of your crew, will never respect you!"

Luffy looked emotionless upon being told this as Nami was now worried about him. Back in the Great Fox, ROB spoke in the intercom.

"I have detected a large vessel heading towards Corneria." ROB said, "It may be one of Oikonny's ships."

"Oikonny! What's he doing now!" Fox asked. He then looked out at the desert, "Hey, you all have to come back in the ship. We must leave right now!" Nami heard him, but looked back at Luffy, and saw that he didnt react to his words.

"Pup's calling you, boy." Wolf said, "Do me a big favor, and let me rot here since you can't finish me off by yourself. I don't want to see the likes of you in my sights ever again; You, and neither your manipulative princess!" Nami looked back at Wolf sternly, "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY SIGHT!"

"... Let's go, Nami." Luffy said bluntly. He walked away as Nami took a good stern look at Wolf before leaving as well.

From all the way to the cliffsides, Pigma witnessed the entire thing happen. "Whoa... what was that just now?" He asked while scratching his head, "Well... whoever were those brats, I oughta to thank them for helping me." Pigma then smirked wickedly, "Now I can kill Wolf, and be the richest man alive! Bweh heh heh heh heh heh!

Meanwhile... Several minutes later...

The Great Fox was already in space, heading back towards Corneria as fast as they could. Everyone were in the bridge, thinking of their previous plan to attack Oikonny. "So now that Wolf is out of the picture, we can focus on rescueing Franky and Peppy from Oikonny." Fox said.

"Yeah, but why is he going back to Corneria?" Slippy asked.

"Who knows? As long we can kick his ass, then there should be no problem for us." Falco said confidently.

As the Starfox team talked, the Strawhat crew were with Nami, except for Luffy, who was staring out the window. Nami looked over at Starfox with a curious look.

"So that's Starfox." Nami said.

"Yeah, they helped us getting out of jail, and Zoro is in a world called Sauria to help us clear our name." Chopper explained.

"Hmph... of all the things that happened; you guys are nothing without me." Nami said.

"We are still not out of this yet. We still need to rescue Franky, and get our ship back, or else we'll be stuck in this system forever." Robin said.

"It's not that I don't like it here, but I really want to get back to our world already!" Usopp said.

"Yeah..." Nami said. She looked over at Luffy, worried about him after what Wolf told him.

"Is something wrong, Nami-san?" Sanji asked.

"No, nothing." Nami said. ROB then faced towards everyone.

"We will be getting to Corneria in just of matter of minutes. I suggest you all get ready for what my come to us." ROB said.

"Right!" Fox said as he then faced the Strawhat crew, "Follow us to the hangar; we got something that will help you fight alongside us out there."

"What do you mean?" Chopper asked.

"You'll see! Come on!" Falco said. The Starfox team ran out of the bridge, with the Strawhat following them. Nami stopped as she realized that Luffy wasn't following.

"Hey, Luffy..." Nami trailed off as Luffy turned towards her.

"Yeah, I know. Let's go." Luffy said with a plain look. He ran past Nami, who sighed sadly as she then followed him.

"Hey, Slippy; did you finish fixing my arwing?" Falco asked while running.

"All taken care of!" Slippy replied, "I also finished my special bomb! We are sure to win now!"

They've gotten to the hangar, which they could Falco's arwing still on the bay, but was all fixed up and ready to go. Fox then turned towards everyone, "Okay, are we all ready? We can afford to mess up!"

"Yeah, we're ready!" Chopper said confidently.

"Captain Usopp is ready to go!" Usopp said confidently, but his legs shivered anyway.

"Okay, good. Now here is... huh?" Fox trailed off upon seeing someone enter the hangar. Everyone turned around to see Krystal, nearly dazed as she slowly walked over to the group, "Krystal?"

"Fox..." Krystal said in a weak tone as she then fell on her knees.

"Krystal!" Chopper gasped as he, and everyone else, except for Luffy, went to check up on her.

"Krystal-san, what's wrong?" Sanji asked, "Are you hurt?" Krystal didn't reply, which made everyone worry even more.

"She looks pale. What could have happened?" Slippy asked.

"That was weird; she looked fine the last time we've seen her." Usopp said.

"There is no need to worry about her. She will recover momentarily."

"I hope so. I hate to see anything happen to...?" Usopp then realized something, "Who said that?"

"Over here."

Everyone looked towards Falco's arwing, and saw MPNo. 1 standing on top of it with his folded on his back. Luffy's eyes widened in shock upon recognizing him, "Oi! It's the black coat guy from town!"

"Hey, buddy, what are you doing on my ship!" Falco asked angrily. MPNo. 1 looked down towards Luffy, and saw that he was angry.

"Monkey D. Luffy... we meet at last." MPNo. 1 said with a calm tone, "I see that your friends managed to get out of prison. It was hardly unexpected though."

"Who are you!?" Luffy asked while getting into his battle stance.

MPNo. 1 removed his hood, revealing his face for the first time. He appeared to be a tanned skin man, with yellow eyes, and long gray hair reaching down to his upper back. He tilted his head up while looking at Luffy.

"I am one of the rulers... no... I am one of the true subordinates of the new world, Obscurum. You may call me Xemnas. It is a pleasure to meet you all at last."

TO BE CONTINUED...