Serious: Hooded Knights chapter 4- Whatever happens in Amazon Lily Stays in Amazon Lily

Darnel considered his options. Seeing that his crew were both outnumbered and outmanned, Darnel agreed to their competition. According to the rules of the Kuja, there would be three matches. If the hooded knights could win two of the three matches they would prove that they are worthy. If not well lets just say that there will be six new graves caused by the kuja. Darnel choose wisely knowing their lives depended on them winning. Darnel first chose Mail, then Martain, and himself as last. Mail was a cyborg so his superstrength would come as an advantage, Martain was known martial artist, and last Darnel was a zoan user giving himself superstrength and agility. Darnel turned toward Mail sticking his arms up "Ok listen to me. Here are some tips about boxing. First hold your arms to guard your face. The more blows to head the more chances of you getting knocked out. Second body shots are the best hits because they knock the wind straight out your opponent. You can't fight if you can't breathe. Third a non moving target is an easier target don't stand in one place. Last don't kill your opponent, and remember have fun."


Empress Borina sat on her throne deciding who to choose. Her daughter Begonia volunteer to fight Mail, since they were both near the same age. Tulip was the opponent for Martain. She stood about 25 feet equallying a giant's ankle. Her size and brute strength alone made her forminable opponent. The last opponent was ironically the empress herself. This fight would prove to be great. Begonia stood at the end of the ring awaiting for Mail, so the match could begin.

Mail sighed and nodded "Yes Commodore Darnel-Senpai." Mail said as his eyes narrowed at the woman. "Fight as if it's your last fight princess...." Mail said putting his arms up to block his face. "I may look like a scrawny runt but I am much more powerful then I appear." he said. "Oh yes fair fight not killing." Mail said as to blades shot out from his wrist and he tossed them over to Darnel. "Don't cut your self on the wet one you'll go insane." he said returning to his postion of his arms guarding his face. Moving quickly towards the princess he attempted a rib shot before backing up.

Begonia used life return to tighten the muscles in her stomach allowing it to become hard as steel "Tighten!" Mail's punch felt like a small thing compare to the damage it would have caused. Begonia leaped in the air about to deliver a round house kick toward Mail's face "Tighten" She used life return to harden the muscles around her leg to enhance the attack toward Mail.

Jonathan was watching on the side lines, taking down notes on small pieces of paper which were tied together at the edge so that he may freely flip through them without losing any of the pieces of paper. The paper seemed to be roughly A5 in size and there was roughly one hundred sheets. Jonathan seemed to flip to the back after just looking at a Kuja and flipping to the front after looking at any of The Hooded Knights. Jonathan continuously scribbled down word after word, seemingly not stopping for a break at any point. Jonathan flipped to the back of the pieces of paper, writing something down in thick ink; Learn about Kuja's fighting style.

Mail ducked under the kick and smirked. Leaping backwards after fully doging the kick a glow came from his right eye. Soon a blue beam shot towards the right leg of the princess if it hit her leg would become frozen.

Begonia fell to the ground with her leg frozen thanks to her beam "Men can shoot ice from their eyes?!" Begonia has never seen such power before apparenly Mail must be some kind of wizard. Begonic nodded her head indicating defeat. The gong was rung indicating the match was over. Victory belonged to the hooded knights. "You are indeed a great warrior, and I wish to give you something." Begonia blew as kiss toward Mail as the female warriors carried her off the ring.

It was now Martain's turn against Tulip who stood in the ring awaiting for him.

Mail blushed a light red and moved quickly back to Darnel's side. "I hope I made you proud Commodore Darnel-Senpai." Mail said looking down. Mail quickly took his blades back and reinserted them into his wrist. "I wish to see Martin-san's fighting style soon...Is it any good?" he asked mainly him self.

Oddly enough, though they would normally be right at the sidelines cheering on their crewmates, the Lysander brothers were nowhere to be found. Curiously, another thing that was missing was... all the booze. All of it. All the alcohol, plus the Lysander siblings, had vanished. Not into the ocean, of course not, but... it was strange for no arguing to be going on.

Martin, who had been cheering on their new recruit Mail, saw the match was over and got up from where he had sat, and walked into the arena. He got into his fighting stance and sighed.

"You'r move, ma'am" Martin said, ready to counter

Jonathan began writing, mainly writing the look and overall seen personality of Mail, though putting his name as "Anonymous". Jonathan would suddenly flash to the back, writing about the princess and his evaluation of her before flicking back to the front and writing "Beam?.
Jonathan would walk over to Mail, beginning to talk to him; "Sorry to bother you, but I'm wondering; What was that beam that you used? I don't think I've seen one like that before."

Mail suddenly became nervous when Jonathan talked to him. "It is a special w-world goverment w-weapon. A-A special g-generator in my eye fires t-that concentrated beam of ice." he said looking down.

Darnel rubbed Mail's head "Thats was good Mail. Very nice. I'll have you be a great marine soldier yet. As for Martain, he is trained in Rokushiki, a special superhuman martial arts style. If anyone fight a 25 foot woman its Martian. Wait a minute where are the triplets? Victor, can u please go search for them?"

Tulip stood in the ring increasing her muscle size tenfold using life return "Expansion". She ran toward Martain throwing a gigantic fist toward him. Then places her hand unto the ground in front of Martain spinning her body to deliver a kick at Martain.

Martin reacted fast. Using his soru speed he ran sideways to avoid the punch, then gueppoed quickly using soru to avoid the top kick. He then began falling; perfect. He flipped over in midair and tried to land his extremely powerful fist into Tulip's skull.

"That was a quickie" Said Martin to himself, confident of his ability

"Of course, Darnel. They can't be too hard to find..." Looking around, Victor realized that he hadn't seen them around for a while either. He knew they were ON the boat, as they were all over Carlos when the ship departed from Marineford. He couldn't hear them, so they were most likely deep inside of the ship. Victor glanced at the Kuja ship. Martian seemed to also be adept at fighting. Victor then proceeded to enter the ship, heading towards the kitchen.

Tulip used her Cardiac technique to increase the blood flow throughout her entire body by speeding her heart beat "Blood Flow". The blood delievered all the nutrients throughout her body very fast causing her movements to equal Martian's. In a flash, Tulip kick herself to move out the way of Martian's punch. She moved to the left right before Martian punch the ground. She stood up from the ground "You are not only one who can move in a blink of an eye. Blood Flow." Tulip disappeared in front of Martain ready to deliver a palm attack straight toward Martain.

Martin acted fast. He was surprised this women could move so quickly but couldn't crunch numbers or make a hypothesis at that moment, at that moment he had to win. He gueppoed into the air quickly, guessing she would go for an obvious attack, and he was right. Now directly above the warrior, he aimed 2 rankyaku at her, then let himself fall, and drew his switchblade.

Tulip used her techique to shrink her body using life return changing her body to size of a little girl. She jumped up in the air dodging the two rankyakus with little problem since Martian probably aimed for her with her giant size. She then summoned her snake, Sunflower, from her waist to wrap around Martain. Weapons were normally not used in these matches, but Martain brought his blade.

"God Dammat!" Mrtin yelled as the snake curled around him.

He quickly began stabbing at the snake, hoping to end it and get on with the fight. He then aimed a few more rankyakus at Tulip to keep her busy while he battled the reptile

Tulip tried her best to manuever the air blades, but couldn't do so because she did not learn Geppo. Her arms was badly severed along with her right leg which caused her to fall down unto the ring with her spine hitting the ground. The gong was rung meaning the match was over. Victory again belonged to the hooded knights meaning they win by default. The women were impressed by the men although they didn't allow it to show on their faces. They were too prideful to show that. The empress stepped off her throne "You men are indeed powerful, and have proven your worth to us. Girls prepare a feast for the hooded knights. You will need your strength for the battle to come." The women gladly exclaimed "We will be glad to empress-sama!!!" The empress walked toward Tulip injecting with her nails into shoulder "You have fought well. You deserve rest." The Empress injected her with healing hormone causing her body so clot the blood, and her skin to heal in a matter of moments. "Thanks milady, thank you." Tulip said.

Just like clockwork the amazons began preparing a feast for the hooded knigthts. They swept and cleaned the ring making sure to wipe off any sweat or blood was not left behind. Six of them carried three tables into the ring. They put table cloths on them was as plates and silverware. Then last filled the table with exotic fruits and meats along with cups of wine for the hooded knights. They all stood in a line bowing before the hooded knights "Enjoy!"
Darnel rolled his eyes muttering "Do they all have to speak at the same time?"

Martin landed and the snake fell off of him, he then smiled and shot his switchblade up, then faced his crew. He was glad that his first fight while he was with them had ended with a victory.

"Well boys, celebrate?" he asked, smiling

Mail looked at the food drooling slightly as his stomach growled before he got a sheepish look on his face. "I should have ate before going to the ship." he said rubbing the back of his head. "Commodores first Senpai." he said gesturing for Darnel to go first.

Victor didn't find the triplets in the kitchen. If they were there, it would be rather hard to find three rather large men who would most likely be fighting one another. Going through the ship's storage, he didn't find any alcohol around either. Sure that they restocked before departure, Victor headed the only reasonable place they would be; in their cabin.

Victor knocked on their door. No answer. He did not want to barge into the room, as he respected their privacy, but drinking while still on the job was a no-no. Victor slowly began to open the door, not expecting what was on the other side....

To summarize what Victor was walking into: it was a mess. A big, awkward mess. Nearly anything that could've passed as a vessel for holding liquid was scattered on the floor. Duke was sitting on a chair, laughing his ass off, somehow missing both his pants and shirt. Luckily, his boxers were still on. What he was laughing at, his face flushed due to the alcohol, was his two brothers kissing each other on one of the beds. Duke suddenly looked up and noticed Victor in the doorway and said, "Heyo! Sorry bro, but we kinda drank all the alcohol... sorry!" He continued to laugh, pushing back his chair and knocking it over by accident. The other two continued unperturbed, as if Victor couldn't possibly matter less.

Victor stared at the chaos for a moment. He then backed out of the doorway and closed it, staring at the door or a while. After a minute or so, Victor opened the door again and stared into the room, witnessing the same scene he had seen just moments before. Once again, Victor closed the door...

A few minutes later, Victor opened the door once again, this time with two buckets of water. He splashed Duke with the first and the other two with the second. Victor left the room, closed the door, and returned to the supply closet to return the buckets. Once that was done, he returned to the deck to tell his captain that he "found them."

Darnel shakes his head at Mail "No boy, you guys eat first. I'll join in soon enough. Go ahead and enjoy, here let me be the first to propose a toast." He picked some glasses and hand them to each of men. Darnel gives Mail a glass but with very little wine, so he wouldn't get drunk. Then Darnel said "To union of the Kuja tribe and the world governemnt. May our treaty be muturally benefical!" Darnel takes a big gulp of his wime as well as the empress and her warriors. The food and wine were waiting for the hooded knights to enjoy.

Darnel soon began to regret his decision about not eating seeing the lobster, decious sea king meat, an assortment of sushi, rice balls, grilled shrimp, and other delicous things. "Dammit where are those triplets?! I'm hungry!" He saw that victor had returned saying that he found them "Well where are they? What are they doing?!"