(Serious) The Iron Raiders ~ Just another day at work (Open to the Iron Raiders)

Galeria's smile disappeared as he noticed Ferdinand arriving, he didn't like people interfering with his explosions, especially not marines. "What you've got here is a man that will save the world from your bad puns, by killing you! Blehehehehehehehe" Galeria shouted with a new evil smile, proving that he was as bad as making jokes as Ferdinand, and as crazy too. He paid no attention to Tark, who was busy treating bloody marines around the ship. He passed a hand through his purple mohawk, and then pulled out one of his three cigars. The tip of the cigar was covered with Galeria's spit. "Let's see you dance silly marine" He said, before tossing the wet cigar at Ferdinand's direction. The cigar's small fire traveled down it's length and touched the spit in midair, just half a meter in front of Ferdinand. "I am GALERIA BANE! THE HUMAN TNT! ONE STICK! Blehehehehehe" He shouted, naming his attack. The spit on the cigar was acting as a violent explosive, and when the fire touched it, the cigar exploded with a force equal to that of one stick of dynamite. The fight has just begun.

The inflatable boats were cruising with speed, heading for the ships. Sean's boat and another boat were heading for the shuttle, while the remaining one headed for the first marine ship. Tania turned to Sean. "We'll take care of the wounded, you go help your captain" She said, but then her professional voice was switched by a more emotional voice, "And be careful" she added. The boats reached the shuttle, and the students began climbing the ladder on to the metallic deck. At that point, the explosion from the neighboring ship filled the air with light and heat, the situation was getting intense.

On the shuttle, Leo assumed a battle position. "Ceryneian Steps" He announced, before vanishing into thin air. This technique allowed Leo to move in Soru-like speed, and he reappeared right in front of Don Cornelio. "Lernaean Mark!" He shouted and performed a wide slash with his gunblade. The captain of the Family pirates blocked the strike with his gem rings, holding Leo off. "It's your time to die" Cornelio hissed, his voice strained with the stress that his body was under. At that point, Salvador moved behind Leo and prepared to slash his back with one of his katanas. Leo needed Sean's immediate help.

"Fahahahahahahahaha!" Ferdinard laughed as he listened to Galeria's words about his bad puns. "Saving the world from bad puns? No... You do not happen to have a sense of humour... That is all." he said while still laughing in front of his enemy who seemed to not have liked the sentence of the marine Commander. That was painful for Ferdinard... Very, very painful. How could that man not have liked Ferdinard's puns and his humour? That was definitely something unacceptable for the marine. However, he would not stop laughing, no matter what. Instead, he would hide his angry feelings inside him and would show a smile on his face that was wider than ever.

"See me dance? I would prefer to see you... Dancing with the stars! Fahahahahahahahaha!" Ferdinard responded to the pirate, in order to make him understand his intentions that could extend up to killing... "As a marine, I can never allow a pirate like you to escape. I have the responsibility to stop you, at all costs. It will not matter if I get your head or not as long as I will have saved the world from your danger!" was his speech in front of Galeria. Ferdinard was making his intentions clearer to the pirate.

Then, he stretched himself as Galeria was saying who he was. That name... Ferdinard had heard that before... Galeria Bane... He was an infamous pirate of the Grand Line... The human TNT... He would be a tough opponent to battle, especially for a melee combat fighter like Ferdinard. "Human TNT, you said? This is funny! FAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Allow me to introduce myself... I am Ferdinard Maimou... And I am a "Trained 'N' Turboed" fighter! And I shall stop you in the name of justice! FAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!".

Then, as the cigar was about to explode, Ferdinard moved his arms forward, forming an "X". His palms were pointing towards Galeria's side and they were widely opened. The muscles on the palms instantly moved releasing a shockwave from each palm. The two shockwaves combined together formed a shield, that would prevent some damage from the explosion. However, that was still not enough... The shield was not enough to block the explosion. It hit Ferdinard at his "X" formed arms and he was moved several steps backwards, while he put a resistance in the attack. His arms got slightly burned from the attack... That was amazing... That was a very powerful explosion. It seemed that this was what Galeria could do. The high bounty he had on his head was not something random. It matched his level of danger...

"Fahahahahahaha!" Ferdinard surprisingly laughed, even after he got hit. "That attack... You really got me there! I was surprised! I thought I could have blocked that... Not even my Shockwave Shield could block that... That is very interesting!". Afterwards, he stopped for a moment. Only the violence that the Family Pirates were causing around could be heard. He did not say anything for two seconds... Only his face had a small smile on its face.

After these two seconds passed, Ferdinard moved his hand towards Galeria, with the palm of his hand pointing towards him. "Galeria Bane, the TNT man... Let our battle start! Fahahahahaha! Shockwave!" he said before he moved the muscle on his palm instantly, releasing his signature Shockwave towards him in order to cause him some damage. Ferdinard had just started battling as well... Who would emerge victorious from the battle? The infamous pirate or the member of the Iron Raiders?

Sean got upon the shuttle looking back at Tania "You be careful too. You still need to teach us rokushiki." He saw that the neighboring ship exploded. A feeling of anger and remorse came over the young marine. This was the first time Sean had been in battle. Sean ran toward the battlefield. He saw that Ferdinard was battle with Galeria. He knew that Ferdinard could handle himself. Leo was fighting Cornelio, but Salvador was about to sneak attack him. Sean ran toward Salvador intercepting his katana with the criminal's "I will not let you harm another marine!" Sean said with tears flowing down his cheek. Sean pushed back Salvador holding katana close to him in a defensive position.

Galeria assumed an empty expression on his face, as if he was considering something with all of his brain power. After about 5 seconds of consentration, his eyes shot open, as if an epiphany landed on him. "I got! Traind N' Turboed! TNT!" He announced, finally getting the joke Ferdinand laid out. But he didn't have time to laugh because a shockwave was heading for him right when he finished his words. Galeria had little time to react, the dumb pirate wasn't focused and allowed gave Ferdinand an openning.
He managed to place his forearm in front of his torso to shiled himself. The shockwave hit him, and began pushing him back, but then Galeria wore his evil smile and another bright explosion was produced from his forearm. The shockwave from the explosion and Ferdinand's shockwaves colided, and swallowed on another, leaving Galeria relatively unharmed. "So, you are a Maimou, that explains your surprising strength..." Galeria said as the smoke from his explosion cleared. "That bastard Maximillion is stealing the spotlight of the Grand Line, I'll be honored to KILL A MAIMOU! Blehehehehe" He announced. He took out the two remaing cigars out of his mouth. "Two Sticks" He announced, before tossing the cigars towards Ferdinand. Each cigar would detonate with the force of a dynamite stick. Ferdinand will have to react quickly.

Back aboard Shuttle 554, the battle between Sean and Salvador was about to start. Slalvador was surprised to have his attack blocked by Sean, he never saw him coming. He quickly pulled his katana back and retreated a few steps back. "More rats..." He complained, placing his katana into one of his black sheaths. Oddly, Salvador was carrying six sheathed katanas on him: One on either side of his weists, one below each of his armpits, and one on each shoulder. This was an unusual set-up. He rested each of his hands on the katanas on his weists, and dashed towards Sean. "Roullete Sword Style: Sure Bet!" He shouted. At the last moment, Salvador drew two katanas and attempted a slash from both sides, but these weren't the katanas from his weists, they were from his shoulders. The man could move his hands with incredible speed, and he was trying to trick Sean into a downward block, while the attack was actually coming from above.

"You ok there Sea-?" Leo asked, but he was disturbed by a punch from Cornelio. He managed to duck under it, but this gave Cornelio a chance to pull his fist away from Leo's sword and back away. "You think you can take me down?" Cornelio asked sarcasticly, "I'll just assume you know nothing of my powers". The mafia boss was right, Leo had no idea what Cornelio was capable of, but one thing was sure: He managed to tag him. This simple fact made Leo smile in the corner of his mouth. "I'll just assume you know nothing of MY powers as well" Leo answered. This made Cornelio frown, and he reacted by aiming his right hand at Leo, forming a makeshift gun. "It's time for you to shut up, TIME OUT! He shouted. A purple beam bursted out of Cornelio's stretched index finger. It included many purple rings and it was heading for Leo.

"It seems that you have got a sense of humour, after all..." Ferdinard said as soon as he saw his opponent understanding the pun in his words. However, before he could laugh, Galeria was being attacked by Ferdinard's Shockwaves that was moving towards him with great speed. The member of the Family Pirates, though, by using a few careful movements managed to hold it off and avoid getting much damaged. In fact his injuries seemed to be little to none. "Damn it..." Ferdinard said with a smile on his face, as he noticed that Galeria was not going to be an easy match. It would be a difficult battle for him. He would not stop laughing, though... Laughter was the source of his power.

"Fahahahahahahahahahaha!" Ferdinard laughed madly as he looked at his enemy. "You seem to be safe and sound! Interesting! This battle is going to be great!" he continued saying and he pointed towards him with his pointer finger of his right hand. "Let us see what you can do..." he said with a serious voice, even if he had the smile on his face. Then, as the "Two Sticks" attack was moving towards him, Ferdinard easily used his Shockwave from his feet to give force to himself and move high on the air. He looked towards the two cigars from above and without losing any time, he moved his right hand forward, releasing his Shockwave from his palms by moving his muscles instantly. The cigars got hit by the Shockwave and they were sent on the floor, on which they exploded. The marine had just avoided the powerful explosion...

"Fahahahahahahahahaha! I expected something better from you..." were his words, as he looked at his enemy. Then, he moved both his hands forward, in a similar way like before. He started moving them quickly back and forward and while doing so, the muscles on his palms were moving as well, releasing a barrage of his signature Shockwaves that was moving towards Galeria with great force in order to damage him. Even if Galeria could block the previous attack that was because there were not many Shockwaves... This time, it would be more difficult to block it.

Sean braced himself for the attack confused at where the pirate was going to attack. He held his sword above him luckily blocking the two swords "For crimes of the high seas, treson of the world government, multiple counts of piracy, and murder of several marines I hereby place you under arrest." Sean tried to kick the pirate in the groin, while blocking the attack. He would then launch an attack if he managed to land the kick "Shadow Thrust" which sean would crouch down while giving a fast thrust in the pirate's gut through his spinal cord. This attack was meant to kill the oppent in one strike.

"BLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEHEHEHEHEHEHE" Galeria laughed as he watched his explosion. Hi laughter didn't seize even when Ferdinand escaped. The explosion had his results: The left side of the marine ship was heavily damaged, and the ship began tilting towards the left as it filled with water. Seeing this, Tark ordered the four students that helped him to lower the wounded to the inflatable boat, which they started doing. Galeria noticed it and was about to attack them when he heard Ferdinand insult him from above. "Think you're the only one who can get there?!" Galeria asked as Ferdinand fired his barrage of shockwaves. Galeria's feet then started glowing bright orange. A second before he was about to get hit by the first shockwave, he yelled "Rocket Jump!". His glowing feet then detonated with devastating force, balancing the ship's tilt. Ferdinand's shockwaves then slammed into the ship, damaging the left side as well and creating a rare balance that allowed the ship to stay above water for the time being.
"Up here!" A voice called from several meters above Ferdinand. It was Galeria, who blasted himself all the way up there to dodge the shockwaves. He then started dropping down towards Ferdinand, letting gravity do it's work. He held his fists over his head, both of them glowing bright orange as well. "Megaton Hammer!" He announced, sending his fists down towards Ferdinand, who could blow up at any second.

Salvador was surprised by Sean's block. His sword style was named Roulette because it was so fast that people had to bet where they should block. "Impressive, you seem to be lucky" Salvador admitted. Sean's justice speech gave Salvador a chance to prepare himself for the incoming counter strike. He pulled both of his katanas back into their sheaths when Sean's leg raced towards him. He bent his left leg, blocking the groin kick with his foreleg. Then, by letting Sean's kick trip him, he performed a cartwheel roll, stopping besides Sean. Salvador planned on striking, but Sean surprised him with his crouch-n-thrust technique that threatened to pierce his spine. He jumped over Sean's blade and avoided the attack, and he was now suspended in midair above Sean, with his right hand on the hilt of the katana resting on his left shoulder.

"What the hell?!" Leo shouted as the purple beam raced towards him. He jumped to the side to dodge it, letting it hit the shuttle's deck. Instead of blowing the deck up, the beam slowed the shuttle down, almost to a complete halt. "What is that?!" Leo asked as he assumed a battle position once again. "I ate the Noro Noro No mi, which lets me control the rare Noroma particles that can slow down anything they touch" Cornelio explained with a devilish smile. "In other words... Your time is up" He said, aiming his right fist at Leo. In response, Leo pointed the tip of his gunblade at Cornelio, revealing it's barrel. "Time Out!" Cornelio announced again, only this time, the purple beam was shot into the gem ring on Cornelio's index finger. The beam made the gem shine pink, before it shot out of it, 3 times wider than before. Cornelio's rings could power up his beams by making them bounce inside of them.

"Fahahahahahahaha!" Ferdinard laughed, as he thought that Galeria got hit by the Shockwave barrage at first and got eliminated. However, unlike what he believed, the man used his Devil Fruit abilities to create a powerful explosion on his feet that was enough to repel him on the air and make him float, just like Ferdinard. Upon realising that, Ferdinard looked at his enemy surprised. He could not believe that he could dodge his barrage that easily... The marine would have to be extremely cautious with Galeria, after all. Way more cautious than he was.

As his enemy was falling on him, Ferdinard noticed that he would be in big trouble if he let himself get hit. He would have to make his move soon to avoid getting damaged. Without losing any time, the man stopped using the Shockwave move from his feet, to stop himself from staying on the air. As a result, he landed on the ground with a speed as fast as that of Galeria, who was falling.

After landing on the marine ship, Ferdinard quickly rose his head above him to see where Galeria was. Apparently, he was reaching him more and more as the time passed. He would have to get away from a big radius around the place the pirate would fall because his explosions could hit him. With a smile on his face, the marine said to Galeria who had almost reached him "Fahahahahahaha! I like your style! It gives me many opportunities to win...". Then, after mocking him, Ferdinard used his Shockwave Rush. He quickly used his Shockwave from his feet to echance his speed to Soru levels and move away from the spot that Galeria would fall. Soon later, he raised his hand and said "Shockwave!" with a serious look on his face, as he attempted to hit Galeria with his signature attack, while he had almost landed. Would the attack work or not?

Sean looked up at his opponent completely confused on what to do. He wasn't use to someone acrobatic skill. Sean knew had to be creative with his techniques now in order to survive. He copied his entire sword into his other hand giving him two swords to work with. Though he wasn't skilled in using two swords, it was never too late to learn. They also say hands on experience was the best teacher. Sean leaped back from underneath Salvador. He had to put some distance between himself and the pirate, since he hasn't figured out his fighting style yet.

Galeria frowned as he watched Ferdinard evading his attack. "Damn marine chicken..." He hissed. He did not appreciate Ferdinard's insult, nor did he like being the one who has to cool off, but he had a major problem to deal with: He was fighting on a ship. If he'll Megaton Hammer technique will hit the ship, it might sink and leave Galeria with less ground to stand on, which was horrible for a devil fruit user. "Ah damn it! Defuse!" He shouted with frustration as his hands stopped glowing. But he wasn't in the clear yet: Ferdinard's shockwave was heading towards him as he fell. He had no time to produce a powerful explosion, so a small one had to do. He pointed his fingers towards the shockwave and their tips began glowing bright orange. They detonated when the shockwave connected, canceling out some of the damage but making Galeria flinch in pain as he dropped down. "I hate cowards like you... running around only to hand out some sneak attacks... I guess the chicken gene runs in the Maimou family" Galeria muttered as he stood up on his feet, referring to Manta Maimou who was said to have a chicken fetish. He closed his hands to fists, who in turn began glowing orange. "So, think you can fight me without running away? Chicken?" he asked, holding his unstable fists to the sides.

Salvador's eyes widened as Sean's sword duplicated itself. The surprise made him forget about his attack, letting Sean back away without a fight. "Interesting..." Salvador said. "I've never seen such a unique sword" He admitted. He then cracked his knuckles and his neck, warming up for what appeared to be an interesting fight. "Too bad I'll have to take it from you" he said. As an expert swordsman, he could see that Sean was frightened, and playing his fears was a good way to get him to make mistakes. "I'll tell you what" He said with a perfect grin. He held his arms stretched to both sides and explained. "I'll let you have the next move, let's see how worthy you are of such a sword" Salvador said, setting up a challenge for Sean.

"Ceryneian Steps" Leo said as he dashed away from sight to avoid the purple beam. The beam passed by his head, barely missing him. "What's a matter marine? Can't handle my power?" Cornelio asked as one of his rings gained a pink glow. "You won't be able to run forever" He warned. "I'm not planning to" Leo said, appearing right in front of Cornelio, with the barrel of his gunblade pointing at the man. "Stymphalian Assault!" He said and pressed the trigger six times, releasing six bullets from his weapon. Cornelio managed to time the attack and fired his purple beam at the pack of bullets, making them slow down in midair. The problem was, that the beam also caught Leo in it.

Ferdinard laughed madly as he looked at his enemy getting hit from the attack and being sent several meters backwards because of the hit he received from the attack. Then, as Galeria stood up and spoke his speech about the Maimou family, Ferdinard yawned with his mouth opened in a way that he was smiling at the same time. At the time his enemy was finished with his sentence, Ferdinard decided to start talking. He said

"Whether you believe it or not, I admit that, too. I am not a big fan of straight forward fights. In a battle, when you are fighting for your own life, you should not be honest. As long as you are facing enemies who will take advantage of your straight-forward ways to sneak up on you, you should never be attacking straight-forward. That is the point of the "Hit and Run" strategy. However, a bastard like you will never get to understand that. Anyway, let us finish this battle..."

As soon as he spoke these words, he started laughing like a maniac. "Fahahahahahahahahahaha!" he laughed and he took his battle stance once more in order to prepare himself to continue the battle with his enemy, Galeria.

Sean took both swords in his hands one on top of each other in an x shape. Once he got close enough Sean would swing his swords away from each of other using the X shape to cut the person half toward the waist. "Never underestimate a summer. Our bloodline has generations of master swordsmen born to fight criminals like yourself." Sean deep down was nervous as hell. This guy was skilled and dangerous while he himself couldn't tie his shoes without causing some kind of damage on himself. He can't back down now. If he failed now he would be a disgrace to his family. Better to die than he be a failure.

"So you ARE a chicken... Blehehehehehe" Galeria said, with an evil grin on his face. "You know, the food in your shuttles isn't that bad..." Galeria noted, starting a story. "They gave me fried chicken last night, the last meal that stinking marine chef made for me..." He continued. "And you know what? I liked it" He said, with drool starting to form in his mouth and dripping down on the deck. His fists' glow then grew brighter, almost blinding to stare at. "I want more" He said, and with that, he rushed for battle. He started sprinting towards Ferdinard, with the face of a hungry beast. "Cannon Force!" He announced and aimed a fist towards Ferdinard's face. The fist would detonate on impact with anything, exploding with the force of a cannonball.

Salvador smiled to himself as Sean rushed at him. The attack was so predictable... It seemed that Sean's fighting style was the exact opposite to Salvador's. While Sean's style focused on powerful yet predictable moves, Salvador took advantage of his agility to force his opponent to gamble, forming the Roulette sword style. As Sean began his slash, Salvador reached for the sword that was resting next to his right waist. He pulled it out in blinding speed and pointed it towards Sean's face. If Sean would continue with his slash, his face will be impaled, he'll have to stop. "You lack originality... I could spot that slash form miles! Surprise me marine scum!" Salvador said.

"Brrrrrrihihihihihihi" Cornelio giggled at the sight of the frozen marine captain. Leo was standing still, as if he was trapped in a suspended animation. His bullets were also trapped in midair, moving as slowly as a limping turtle. "So much stupidity in one pathetic being" Cornelio mentioned as he sidestepped the bullets and stood in front of the frozen Leo. He stretched his right arm and sent a rock-cracking punch towards Leo's gut. And then he sent another one, and another one, making a total of six powerful punches. "By my calculations, you'll be freed in a few seconds, good luck surviving..." He said with a grin and stepped back, watching the show.
As the Noroma particles effect faded, Leo's body twitched with pain as the power of the six punches hit it simultaneously. He body was shot back into the railing, making them crack with sheer power. He would have screamed in pain if he could speak, but it was too painful to do so.
"Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrihihihihihihi!" Cornelio laughed with enjoyment. "Ready for another round?!" He asked. Leo crouched down, spitting out some blood he had packed in his mouth. "You bet..." Leo hissed from his low position as he slowly got up. "By my calculations, you are about to suffer in exactly six second..." Leo said. "NONSENSE!" Cornelio shouted, aiming his hand to fire another beam.The whistle of bullets could be heard in the far distance, getting louder and louder. "3...2........1...." Leo said with a smile as he eyed Cornelio.

As soon as he listened to Galeria's words, Ferdinard started laughing more manically than ever and the smile on his face was never stopping. It seemed that the infamous pirate had said something that seemed quite funny to Ferdinard. He said that thing about chickens... He was clearly trying to mock Ferdinard to make him lose his temper and attack recklessly. How pathetic he was... He really believed that he could achieve that with his simple ways... Ferdinard was sick of him and wanted to take care of him as soon as possible.

Seeing him moving towards himself with the powerful punch attack that would explode on impact, the marine commander did something really surprising. Instead of moving away to dodge, he raised his hand swiftly and grabbed the hand of the pirate. Then, as the hand started exploding on his own fist, Ferdinard swiftly threw the hand on the ground, hitting the ship and the powerful explosion not only damaged Ferdinard, but also damaged the ship... A big hole was opened... Ferdinard had just something that nobody would expect. He prefered to sacrifice one of his body parts and make it useless for the rest of the fight in order to use Galeria's power against him and destroy the ship...

Ferdinard's hand was completely bleeding because of the explosion and his skin had turned to black because of the heat of the explosion. Hopefully, the injury was limited only to the hand that had blocked Galeria's hand. He had not been damaged anywhere else... And on top of that, he had succeeded at doing what he wanted. With the hole on the ship, the ship would probably start sinking soon... And along with the ship, Galeria would sink, too. Ferdinard did not have any problems because he was not a Devil Fruit user. However, Galeria would be in great trouble because of his Bomu Bomu no Mi abilities...

"Fahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" the marine commander laughed hysterically, while touching his injured hand with his other one. "The ship is going to ship soon, pirate! What are you going to do? Will you swim away? Fahahahahahahahaha!". And while that happened, he raised his leg to perform a Shockwave from his leg, that moved towards Galeria in order to damage him and injure him so that he would not have time to escape... Ferdinard had achieved what he wanted... The battle seemed to be in his favor. Would he emerge victorious or not? He would find out soon. Very, very soon.

Sean seeing his life in danger had to react quick or die. He quickly sprouted a blade from his head to intercept Slavador's attack "Was that good enough for you? You overestimated your abilities. That will be your biggest mistake ever." Sean put the tips of his blades by Salvador, and sliced across his torso in half. Sean hoped his attack worked as he fell toward the ground due to gravity. He landed right on his head causing him to roll right to left screaming in pain "I meant to do that."

Galeria smiled madly as he noticed Ferdinard's plan unfold. You tricky bastard!", he shouted. Falling into the ocean meant one of two things: He was either going to die, or being thrown back to prison, and he didn't like either of the options. "Rocket Jump!" He shouted, aiming his feet down and detonating them. He was capable of mastering just enough power to lift himself up and away from the ocean, throwing himself to midair. As he rose, a sniper bullet pierced his right shoulder. Now that the ship was down, the snipers of the second ship could fire without hesitation. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! You are all bastards!" He shouted with anger. And then, a bright idea popped into his mind. He wanted his revenge, both on putting him in a prison cell and on trying to kill him, and that revenge never seemed so clear: The Big Igloo. "It's time you idiots pay the price for messing with the Family Pirates. ROCKET JUMP! BLEHEHEHEHEHE!" He shouted maniacally before launching himself towards the marine base. There was no doubt about his plans: He was going to try and destroy the base.

Salvador was taken by surprise by the head mounted blade Sean produced.
He only managed to curl his back in order to reduce the damage from Sean's slash, but it did take a significant amount of blood out of him. "Bastard..." He hissed at Sean. He was now mad, raging, boiling to kill Sean and take his goddamn sword. He took a deep breath and turned to face Sean who was sitting on the floor after stumbling forward. "I'm done playing..." Salvador warned. He compacted his muscles and allowed the adrenaline to numb the pain form the slash to let him perform one last attack: His most powerful one. He began sprinting towards Sean, and as he got closer, he raced his hands through all six of his sheaths, taking out all six katanas. "Roulette Drill!" He shouted, and then all of his katanas began spinning, with their tips joined in front of Salvador to form a drill-like formation. They were spinning blindingly fast, and Salvador's hands disappeared from sight thanks to their amazing speed. This was definitely a powerful technique, and also Salvador's last attempt at Sean's life.

"You're full of crap, Time Ou~" Cornelio said, but he was cut in mid sentence by a pack of six bullet who raced into his aiming arm. "Zero" Leo said with a grin. "Cornelio remained silent for a second, with a shocked face as he glanced at his deformed arm, before releasing an ear-piercing scream of pain. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHGHG! What kind of black magic is THAT?!" Cornelio shouted, holding his injured arm in pain.
Hearing that, Leo smiled and lowered his weapon, the captain of the Iron Raiders was about to explain his abilities.

"You will not get away! Fahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Ferdinard laughed madly, as he prepared to finish off the First Mate of the Family Pirates. The marine had trapped him into a corner. His plan was going on successfully... Now, he would have to go on with the final phase... And that would be to cuff him with his seastone handcuffs before finishing him off.

Apparently, Ferdinard could not go on with his melee attacks because of the Devil Fruit that Galeria ate. Moreover, while they were on the ship, the first mate of the Family Pirates could hide himself behind obstacles and avoid being reached by the marine. However, now that there was no ship on the sea, he was standing on the air. There was no place for him to hide at all, no place to avoid being captured. Ferdinard knew that he had emerged victorious from the battle...

Without even thinking for a second time, the marine used his Shockwave to move on a height on the air to reach Galeria and he grabbed the seastone handcuffs he received earlier. He laughed loudly from behind his enemy with a loud voice so that he could listen to him. He wanted to toy with him a little bit before finishing everything. "This is..." he said before disappearing from behind of Galeria and reappearing in front of him at a distance of ten meters by using his Shockwave Soru technique, a technique that combined the effects of his Shockwave Rush technique and his Soru to increase his speed dramatically. "The end..." he continued, while moving the handcuffs around, just like hypnotising somebody. "Fahahahahahahahaha!" was the last that could be heard from his mouth, as he disappeared once again, continuing his Shockwave Rush technique to reappear behind Galeria and attempt to cuff him with these handcuffs at the neck... Of course, it would be very painful for Galeria if Ferdinard managed to do that... But that was the way the marine battled. He liked torturing his enemies before ultimately killing them. Would his plan work?

Sean stared in horror as Salvador came down with his rotating katanas. This swordsman was so fast he could wield six of his katanas at the same time. Sean turned pale in compelete fright. There was only way to defeat such a powerful attack. Sean quickly rolled out the way hoping to avoid the attack before he shredded into pieces. Sean couldn't help himself. There wasn't anything he could think of to defeat this guy.

Galeria smiled back at Ferdinand when he appeared in front of him. The marine seemed to be persistent, and won't let Galeria reach the marine base without a proper fight. "If you want to die so bad, you could have just asked! BLEHEHEHEHEHE!" Galeria laughed madly. He was done playing around, it was time for his most powerful attack. His entire body began glowing orange, as if he was about to self destruct. "This is it marine scum, my most powerful attack, just for you, KRAKATOA! This is~" He bagan saying, but his words were cut off in mid sentence. His body stopped glowing in an instant as Ferdinard appeared behind him, with a pair of seastone cuffs pressed around his neck. "This is the end" Ferdinard said, completing what Galeria was about to say without even knowing it. His breath turned heavy as the cuff pressed against his throat, and he had no power to disarm Ferdinard, this really seemed like the end of Galeria. His life were now in the hands of Ferdinard.

Seeing Sean cripple in fear in front of his attack made the bleeding Salvador laugh. "You're pathetic! You call yourself a man?!" He shouted as his blades continued spinning. But, when the spinning drill was only a few inches away from Sean's face, a gunshot was heard, and the katanas stopped spinning. They dropped to the ground, one after another, as Salvador's shoulder got pierced by a sniper's bullet. The man, who was already bleeding from Sean's successful hit, was now completely overtaken by pain and injuries. He remained frozen for a second, before collapsing to the ground in front of Sean, squirming in pain. A sniper from the neighboring ship saved Sean. "Are you alright?!" a worried feminine voice called towards Sean. It was Tania, who rushed towards him after taking care of wounded marine with her fellow classmates. "Are you hurt?" She asked, crouching next to him. In the meantime, the other students surrounded Salvador, and began cuffing him while kicking him out of hatred.

"This, is the source of my powers, this is the secret weapon that will allow the marines to overpower you pirate scums and bring justice to this world, It's called hard work" Leo said. He took out a blue wipe that he kept in his pocket and rubbed it against the blade of his weapon, cleaning it. "My sword has a special fruit imbued into it. It's called the Mato Mato No Mi, and it allows it to focus it's attack towards anything it touches." Leo explained, revealing his weapon's powers for the first time.
"But, but" Cornelio said, still holding his injured arm in pain. "You never touched me!" He said. "True, but I did clash with the ring on your right index finger in the beginning of the fight" Leo reminded. He then moved towards Cornelio and pulled a pair of seastone handcuffs from his pocket. "By the authority given to me by the mighty World Government" He said, cuffing one of Cornelio's hands. "I hereby arrest you, Don Cornelio Mann, for pirate activity, the operation of illegal businesses, an escape attempt, damging a marine vessel, and murder of several marine angels" He said, cuffing Cornelio's other hand. "Rot in hell" He finished.

"You know... It is REALLY interesting Galeria! Fahahahahahahahaha! I enjoyed our battle up until now. You see, your speech, your motions... They are really disgusting! By eliminating you, even pirates will owe me one~!!! Fahahahahahahahahahahaha!" were the words of Ferdinard who was grabbing the chained with sea-stone pirate. The first mate of the Family Pirates had just been caught and Ferdinard would show him no mercy...

Without even thinking about it twice, Ferdinard started going for the finishing move. He grabbed the already trapped man from the back of his shirt while he was still behind and he pulled the sea-stone handcuffs towards his direction to tighten them and make Galeria unable to breath. He pulled the man's head with such force towards his direction so that it could come nearby his mouth. He wanted to speak a few more words to Galeria before finally killing him...

As soon as he did that, he moved his head forward and he licked the man's ear in order to intimidate him to the maximum. He whispered with an extremely evil voice to his ear "Well... This is the end... Give my greetings to any pirate you happen to find in Hell... Especially to the rest of the Family Pirates WHO ARE GOING TO BE ELIMINATED! EVEN IF LEO DOES NOT KILL THEM, BE SURE THAT ONE DAY... THEY SHALL DIE... BY MY OWN HAND... MY VERY OWN HAND!". Then, he took a deep breath and he laughed louder than ever "FAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! FAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

As soon as he speaked his last words to Galeria, he proceeded for the final act of the battle. He raised him upwards so that any marines from around could see him. He speaked loudly once again, saying "Marines... Take a look at this guy... He is... Galeria Bane of the Family Pirates! The so called first mate of Don Cornelio Mann is lying on my hands... And he shall be executed right now! The world shall bear the weight of one less criminal. The marines succeeded! A victory was earned for our side... A victory was earned for the whole world.". Then, he stopped for a second. He raised the hand that was not grabbing Galeria. It was the hand that had been previously injured by Galeria's bomb attack that ended up destroying the ship. He pointed with his whole hand towards the man's heart and he said "Shockwave... Gun." as he used a combination of his Shockwave and his Shigan from the hand, in an attempt to pierce through Galeria's heart and ultimately kill him. Ferdinard was merciless to his enemies...

Sean grabbed unto Tania clinging to her close breathing heavily from being scared from battle "Yes I think I'm alright. Thank you. You saved me." Sean got up walking toward Salvador who was getting beat up by the other group of marines. He snatched up his six katanas seeing that a pirate was unworthy of wielding these swords. Sean then walked away toward Leo "Mission complete captain"

After he finished cuffing Cornelio, Leo dragged him across the shuttle's deck next to the group of students that surrounded Salvador. "Cuff him, beating him up won't return lives" He said with a cold voice that made a few students shudder. They raised Salvador up and cuffed him, grabbing hold of Cornelio as well. Then, just when Leo realized he had two crew mates to take care of, he heard Sean's voice calling him. He turned to his new mate and saluted him. "Great job Sean, I hope you weren't hurt too badly" Leo said with a reassuring smile. He had to make sure his mates were safe before he moved to teaching them whatever lesson they should have learned from this battle. "Did you happen to see Fer~" Leo began saying, but then was cut off by Ferdinard's voice that came down from above. He raised his head to watch his mate holding the defeated Galeria by the neck. "So he's like that..." Leo said.

After the first part of Ferdinard's speech was over, the sound of cheers and applause rose from the remaining marine ship and the remaining forces on the shuttle, including some of the students, but Leo wasn't one of the cheerers. "Life for life!" "Kill the bastard!" "Dibs on his remains!" were only a few of the shouts that raced up towards Ferdinard.

Galeria watched Ferdinard, not with fear, but madness. He heard that when people were about to die they thought back of their lives, but there was nothing he wa ssorry about. He had a terrible pair of parents who wanted nothing but to kick him out of their lives, he was lucky enough to come by a fruit that allowed him to achieve the life he wanted and take revenge at his parentsץ He could still remember his mother's cries when he was about to blow his father's head off, of course she was the next in line. He could remember her speech about giving birth to a monster, about how he was an ungrateful bastard, about how he should spare her life, he could still remember how he killed her without getting even one drop of blood staining his cloths, and he was sorry for nothing. Galeria Bane, was a complete psycho. It didn't take a genius to realize that Galeria's story was over, and he knew it, but he decided to not let the marine get his goal, the one he was craving for the most, at least in Galeria's eyes: The Last Laugh. As Ferdinard finished his speech, Galeria put all of his remaining strength to his throat, mustering one last deep breath. Then, he opened his mouth as Ferdinard pulled his free hand back, and laughed. "Blehehehe.... BLEhehehehe... BLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!!" He laughed, with nothing but pure madness in his voice, laughing loud enough for all of the marines, and his captain to hear. His laugh silenced the marines who cheered from below. His eyes then twitched as Ferdinard's hand pierced his chest. The pain was second to none, but Galeria refused to give Ferdinard the win. He kept his eyes open as his soul got dragged to hell, with a mad smile spread across his face. That was the end of the Family Pirates' first mate.

Tania, along with a few other marines looked away when Ferdinard's hand protruded out of Galeria's open chest, while the others clapped with admiration. Cornelio lowered his eyes, to give his most precious comrade the respect he deserved, while Salvador only frowned at the smiling corpse. After a full minute of reactions, a few of the marines returned to their jobs in order to reach the base with the ship and shuttle. Back in dock 5, a large crowd that consisted of the entire population of the Big Igloo gathered.

((I hope to end the thread in my next post, so try to finish whatever unfinished businesses you have in your next post. We'll also be getting a new member in the next thread and possibly get Thor back who seems to be back))

A few hours passed, and the marine base was in a delicate balance between happiness and grief. On one hand, they stopped a deadly pirate crew from escaping, but on the other hand, 3 marines died during the battle, and many were injured. Most of the marines were housing the sponsored bars, while those who knew the victims shared them their last respect.

For their involvement in the emergency, the Raiders' departure was delayed until further notice, because paperwork had to be done. It seemed like the storm had passed and everything got back to normal, just another day at work.

[The Grey Igloo - Big Igloo's temporary arrest house - 1:00AM]

After receiving poor medical treatment, Cornelio and Salvador were sent to the Grey Igloo. Galeria's remains were burnt and scattered the moment his body reached the shore. Depressed about his first mate's loss, Cornelio sat at the far corner of his small cell, head between his knees. Galeria was more than a brother to him, and was by far better than Salvador in Cornelio's eyes.

Then, back in the opposite cell, Salvador began twisting, His body entered a few spasms, and his mouth started producing great amounts of saliva. It seemed like he was about to roll over and die, but instead, he opened his mouth and vomited. Inside the puddle of his own vomit, a set of keys was lying. Seeing this, Cornelio opened his eyes with amazement. "Salvador! You amazing rouge! How did you manage that?!" He whispered, making sure he won't be overheard by the guards. Salvador didn't answer, and instead took the key in his mouth and jammed it into his hand cuffs, freeing himself. He then stood up and jammed a different key into the keyhole of his cell, freeing himself from that as well. "Great! Now free me so we can escape this dump!" Cornelio said with excitement, but Salvador didn't even flinch. He rubbed his vomit-covered hands against the wall to clean himself, and then dropped the keys into his pocket. "What.. What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Cornelio raged, his face turning red.
"Oh you stupid brother..." Salvador said. "You should have known that when you chose Galeria as your second in command instead of your own brother, you declared war" he said. "Now, it's time for me to take what's rightfully mine, your empire" He said. "I got Peng waiting for me, he thinks he's here to collect all three of us, just wait until he hears that you decided to stay behind with the injured Galeria out of loyalty to your first mate..." Salvador said with an evil grin.

Cornelio was speechless, he never expected his own brother to betray him. "You're gonna live your older brother in prison?!" he managed to say. "Oh don't worry, I'll free you eventually, after I'll make sure you won't be able to take the empire back, which means after I'll find myself a devil fruit to eat" He said, revealing his plan. "Oh, and don't think of calling the guards, cause you will ruin your last chance to get out of here by doing so..." Salvador said. Cornelio had nothing else to say: He was defeated.

Proud of his victory, Salvador approached a window blocked by bars and kicked it, taking it down easily. The sound didn't alert the guards, who were busy drinking and swearing at each other, celebrating the victory over the Family Pirates.

Salvador escaped, and he was now rushing for shore. On his way, he made sure to cut his clothes against some rocks and get some blood dripping form his body. He finally reached the rocky side of the Igloo, where almost no light reached. The place wasn't guarded cause no ship could pass the sharp rocks that covered that side of the shore, but a small vessel like a fishing boat could. Between the rocks, a boat rested, hidden by the night's darkness. Salvador approached the boat, limping to make his act more convincing. "Where's the boss?! Where's Galeria?!" The boat's driver asked. It wasn't any normal boat driver, it wasn't even a human, it was a penguin in a business suit!

Introduction Box:
Peng Mann
500,000B
An IQ enhanced Penguin and an adopted family member of the Mann family

"Nice to see you too Peng..." Salvador said, gasping for air as he crawlled into the boat. "Don't mess around! Where's the boss?" the penguin asked again. "Galeria and the boss were injured during escape attempt. The boss ordered me to keep going while he stayed behind to help Galeria out. He is incredibly loyal..." Salvador said.

Peng wasn't sure. He didn't like Salvador, nor his weird attitude, but his story was convincing. The boss was someone who would stay behind to help his first mate, a true captain. "We'll have to get them out as soon as possible..." Peng said, pushing the boat away from a rock and sending it out of the deadly shore. "As the second mate and the boss's brother, I guess that means you're in charge now..." Peng said with a sad tone. "Please Peng, don't speak about filling my brother's place while I grief" Salvador said, pulling off a convincing act. And so, Salvador completed his brilliant scheme, and headed over to take control of the crime empire of the Mann family. For him too, it was just another day at work.

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