Serious: Training at Punk Hazard; Listen to the Dragons Roar: A Vial Villain Appears

The Nation of Steel sailed through the rough waters of the New World. It's mighty haul repaired was easily able to cut through the turbulent waters. It was a nice day, which was strange for this side of the Grand. For more than a month the ship sailed towards the next island the log pose pointed towards. At first the needle was steady indicating a safe island, however over the last couple of days it began to spin around rapidly; it only stayed pointed towards the direction of the island for a few seconds before spinning once again.

The mood of the ship was rather solemn. Two things may have caused this, the long trip and the fact that one of the crew wasn't on the ship with them. Ever since they had left port the entire journey was met with bad luck. Clouds were the norm, while a clear sky was something that only seemed like a far of legend made up by the crew's dreams. The resulting storms weren't anything big, however they did cause some minor damages to the ships. Fights broke out what seemed like ever couple of days. Crew members were on each others nerves as they had to fight waves of enemy vessels. None of the enemies near the level of the Unknown, they posed as an annoyance more so than a threat.

As for the crew member not on the ship with them....it was Iken. After the last battle he was in no condition to stay with a rowdy crew. So the doctors had him stay on the Steel Village; the crew's smaller secondary ship. It was the flagship before the crew became a Yonkou crew. Despite all of the horrible conditions, the crew stayed strong. Now for the first time in over a month, the crew could see land. They had arrived, at PUNK HAZARD.

It was a lush and green island with a large population of animals. The island almost looked like a nice place to live. However with all off the ferocious monster that inhabited it, this was truly not the case. As the crew maybe have been admiring the green landscape, a powerful roar was head. A small spec dove down from the mountain in the middle of the island. The spec seemed to grow the close it came to the ships. It was huge, and what seemed to be....a....dragon. Fire rained from the monsters mouth down at the ships on which the Steel Villagers stood.

The sudden appearance of the dragon shocked Desais, but just before the fire reigned down he created a shield on his arm made of 10mm bone. The bone on his arm seemed to crack at the sheering heat from the dragons flame. This made Desais aware that his armor wont do much against the ferocious beast. In any case Desais knew he had to strike back at the beast. Aiming his fingers up towards the beast, Desais started launching Phalange Bullets at the beasts wings.

Sangjo was sitting along the railings of the ship thinking. He was staring at the deep blue ocean. With Iken in need of some rest, Sangjo was acting captain of steel. This was the biggest thing he had ever taken upon himself. I mean being vice captain was pretty easy when u never made any big decisions. Ordinary it would have been left to Kenji, but he left the crew. Dammit why am I so weak at this kind of things? Why can't I ever make a decision. Sangjo grabbed a bottle of rum "Ah whole 30 days at sea, and the rum is gone. Why is the rum gone?" Then all of a sudden a shadow descended upon the ship. Sangjo thought there was an eciplise or something, but it was way worse than that. It was a dragon.... Sangjo watched as it spat out fire toward the ships. He ran toward the bell that hanged in the mast ringing it fast and hard. Sangjo also opened his mouth to amplify the sound louder so the other ships can hear too "All hand on deck. We are under attack. I repeat we are under attack. Snipers at the cannons quick, and fire once I have the dragon distracted." Sangjo let out a loud sonic wail toward the dragon. Animals has heightened sense better than humans, and his pitch was so loud it would make dogs howl in pain. This attack would at least distact the dragon long enough for the others to get into battle stations. Sangjo jumped up in the air using his strong legs to seemling fly in the air. Then sangjo yelled in air pushing himself higher. Sangjo had designed his screams to jet himself into the air giving himself the ability to fly.

The woman groaned and shook her head as she regained consciousness. Her silvery blue eyes rolled from the back of her head into focus as she sat up from the small vessel she was on. Sophie blinked once, then twice before looking at her hand and noticing the bottle of whiskey that her fingers were curled around. At this she hung her head before crying out curses into the open sea air.

"Last time I bet outside my home seas!" she exclaimed to no one before slapping herself as she stood up. The woman stumbled a bit before grumbling and throwing the bottle into the ocean, running a hand through her hair as she blinked and took a hold of her sails. She was startled into full recovery from her hangover as she grinned when the salty sea breeze passed through her. She didn't know how but somehow being in the ocean always brought her back around and made her....serious enough.

These were different kinds of waters that she was accustomed to, harsher and more treacherous...but to Sophie it was exciting and new. The former captain had years of experience under her belt and just because she was located in the New World didn't mean she was going to give up that easily. So far she was facing an island, her eyes narrowing as she smirked. The first island she had since since coming to the New World and her bad sense of direction had brought her to it.

Sophie cried out and laughed when she hit rough waves and her small boat jumped off of them and landed with thunderous splashes. She was so near the island she could already taste the grass that she could see from where she was. It wasn't long that the pirate woman stretched and checked to see if all her equipment was secured on her person before stepping on the ledge and used Geppo to jump out of the boat while using Soru to reach the island quickly.

"Ah, that's the stuff," she said with a deep sigh while cracking her bones and stretching. She looked around and scratched her head before placing her hat back and then letting her hands rest on her hips. Just as expected for an island in the New World to look: beautiful with lush environment with vicious animals roaming around and looking at her like if she was lunch. This made her smirk while placing a hand over the brush resting on her back.

A roar was heard from the other side of the island.

"This is going to be fun."

"Wha-What the hell is this?" Maletrix said with a worried look on his face as he looked at the dragon that was breathing fire, right in front of the crew. Apparently, the aging that Maletrix suffered due to the effect of the Energy Steroids made him lose much of his power and he turned into an old man. However, except from turning into an old man, he also started behaving just like a weak old man... And just like a weak old man would do, the commander of the fishman division of the crew screamed in agony as he looked at the monster. Then, he fell his heart beating more and more... His aged organ couldn't hold the strain... He was having a heart attack.

The fishman fell on the ground and he started breathing heavily. He could feel his lungs breathing with great difficulty and his vision was blurry. He felt great pain on his back and he thought that his time had just come... "Is that it?" Maletrix wondered as he closed his eyes and fell unconscious. The sudden appearance of the dragon had caused a heart attack to the fishman and he was on the verge of death. He needed medical attention soon, otherwise, he would probably end up dying...

Underwater, from inside the 0th division's submarine control room, Kiba could watch the dragon attacking the ship through a periscope. This was obviously dangerous, to both the crew and Iken who were on different ships. Normally, Kiba would stay out of fights like these and handle the unknown dangers as he was the commander of the spying division, but seeing how weak the crew was after their journey through the New World, Kiba had to take action. By pressing a button, Kiba shot an anchor, holding the submarine in place, with it's opening allowing the people inside to leave it.

"Luke, protect the main ship! Myra, go and protect Iken! I'll go and try to get the dragon away, we are under attack!" Kiba ordered his division members before exiting the submarine with Geppo, while his living cloak made him invisible at the same time to hide form the dragon's eyes. With Geppo, Kiba above the dragon and out of it's flames' reach. He flicked his hand scythes open and quickly unleashed an attack. By slashing swiftly through the air, Kiba released two air blades that could easily cut through flesh towards the dragon. While flying, the air blades produced the sound of a predator's roar. "Predator Roar!" Kiba shouted as he turned visible again, hoping the dragon was hiding him from the crew. He hoped his attack would distract the dragon enough to get him away form the ship and after him.

Amphirite Nereid- mermaid musician, militant optimist and the future wife of Sangjo Bass- had been watching her love on the upper decks with slight worry. He had seemed unsure of himself lately, perhaps due to the stress and pressure of having to take over the crew whilst their beloved Captain Iken-sama was out of commission.
She sighed, letting her long dark hair fall forward over her brown skinned shoulders, gazing up at Sangjo wistfully as he mourned the loss of his journey's supply of rum.
Ami hated to see him feeling so low and even more despised the fact that he was calling himself weak.
A gentle smile spreading across her face, she used her tail to stretch herself up and moved to take Sangjo's strong arm, stroking it. "You're doing a wonderful job as captain, Sangjo-kun. Iken-sama would be so prou-"
But the little mermaid was cut off there.
At that very moment, an approaching speck in the distance suddenly tore through the lush, verdant landscape, revealing itself to be a horrifying, fire-breathing dragon.
Ami let out a scream of terror, having never seen one before, but let go of Sangjo in order to let him command the crew and head off into the fight.

Ami immediately flexed out her tail, preparing herself to join in, in order to protect her lover...but blinked, noticing another of their crewmates who appeared to need more help than the new Captain.
Her violet eyes widened further. "Maletrix-sama!"
The head of the fishman division and as such, her main captain, seemed to have collapsed, breathing heavily in a wizened state.
"It must be those horrid steroids having an effect on him again," thought Ami with horror as she moved to his side.
With all of the strength in her lithe arms, she pushed out of reach of the dragons flames and over to a sheltered part of the deck, out of the fray.
Ami listened to his chest, propping his head up on to her scaly lap.
Uh-oh.
His heartbeat was erratic and fast. No doubt triggered by the appearance of the dragon.
Ami bit her lip, starting to panic; she was no trained doctor or medic! How was she supposed to help him?
She lifted her head and called out for Dr Nocht Meinkroft but then quickly realised that he'd probably joined the fight too.
Swallowing, with a vague idea of what she could do to help him in mind, Ami leaned down to Maletrix's ear, cupping his face to keep his airway open as she started to sing softly to calm him down:
"There's a song that's inside of my soul. It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again. I'm awake in the infinite cold. But you sing to me over and over and over again..."
Her Mermaid's Lullaby ability would hopefully sedate him and if not put him to sleep, at least put his body into a more relaxed, pressure-free state.
This would have to do, at least until Dr Meinkroft could take a look at him.


She kept her eyes on Maletrix but silently worried for her love, Sangjo, who was leading the attack on the flame-throwing beast that had decided to confront them. Hopefully, he'd be alright too...

"Why am I allways the one defending the ship.. oh wait, I'm the commander of the Defending steel"

Alphonse was already on deck when the Dragon appeared, he made himself a metal walking stick to assist his movements. He was still unable to move himself as well as before, but the doctors assured him he was fine enough to walk about with a cane for over a month. His coat was taken off already so he could fee comfortable then usual. His very well toned body showed the shards glowing in the dark, his skin tanned didn't exactly make them shine any less brightly. His hair blew sideways from the wind picking up. Once he saw the flames he put both his arms forward creating a Giant metal wall made specifically to defend the ship, the fire stopped in front of the wall and caused no harm to the ship. He was only getting more angry as he thought about the dragon hurting his Nakama.

"You guys better kill him.. someone has to stay behind and protect everyone."

((His grumpy mood was caused by the endless nights of him fighting and the body being in constant pain))

The fire was entirely blocked by the large metal wall made by Alphonse. However this was not before it turned red hot; this shown the intensity of the flames the beast could produce. If the metal was hit again, it could very well turn into more of a hazard than a help. If it melted if could potentially drip on the ship, causing a fire on the wooden haul. As the assault on the dragon began, the bone bullets merely bounced off the massive beasts thick leathery wings. Air blades and a blast of sound seemed to only serve to enrage the dragon more. It roared breathing fire into the sky in an attempt to roast all of the attackers. Flapping it's great wings the dragon soared towards Sangjo; it appeared his attack had gotten the dragon's attention more so than the others.


[Iken]

Iken leaped out of the smaller ship he occupied. With his air walking technique he learned from Ranyx, Iken raced towards the dragon. It almost appeared as if Iken was climbing an invisible staircase in the sky. Pulling his tungsten long sword from it's sheath, Iken raised it above his head; ready to attack. "WORLD CLAAAAA......" Iken roared, nearly as loud as the dragon. However before he could finish he fell backwards. His wound reopened and his body still weak he overexerted himself almost instantly trying to produce one of his strongest attacks. Adding insult to injury the dragon paid little attention to the Yonkou. The beasts response was a mere flick of it's large tail. Iken was slammed by it's tail; it sent him hurdling down into the ocean below. Water shot up as Iken's body his the water, the splash nearly reached the same level Iken had been previously, showing just how powerful the dragon was without even trying.

Jack had been sitting on deck, strumming his guitar, enjoying the sight of land when this was all occurring. He was quite happy to see land, as he was not used to being on ships yet, but since he was a pirate he assumed it would be fine and he would get used to it. For the last month he had trained with his devils fruit and swordsmanship, polishing his abilities more, but he was hoping Punk Hazard had something to offer. He was hoping to get new weapons, new techniques and the works in order to making him a much better fighter. He also was just going to enjoy not rocking around every few seconds. This all and all would be a great-

"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR" Yelled a beast in the distance.

As they came closer, Jack saw that it was, in fact, a dragon. Annnnddd Fuck. Jack thought, sighing about how he was sure he was screwed a second time. He had faced danger with that man before, and fear hadn't helped him at all. He decided to bottle up his fear to maybe get a better composure on his swords if he had to fight them. He then saw the crew jump into action at amazing speed just moments after Sango yelled for help. That amazed him. Alot. He didn't think response would be so quick. Then, Iken got ready to fight, but as soon as he got into the position, the dragon knocked him into the water. Jack thought about trying to help, but then remembered he couldn't swim from his devils fruit. He sighed and drew his katana, hoping for the best.

Seeing how the dragon blasted fire his way, Kiba realized he had to do more than just fire it to make it turn around. By using Geppo he by-passed the stream of flames and started rushing down towards the dragon's back. If the dragon won't turn to Kiba, it will only work at his favor. He landed on the beast's back, stretching his arms to both sides. By doing so, Kiba made the scythes on his hands rotate at high speed, creating two buzzsaw-like weapons for him to use. "Predator Typhoon!" He shouted and dug the two spinning scythes into the area between the dragon's wings, hoping to make him turn away from the steel Village.

He couldn't understand why the beast was attacking them when it obviously had an island worth of food close by, animals don't just attack for no reason, dragons included.

Sangjo too angry to focus being scared of the beast. The beast was robbed of his advantage Sangjo was also agile in the air as well as on the ground. Then the beast hit Iken toward the ocean "Dammit Iken you should be resting. There is no point in protecting you if you die." Sangjo shouted looking up in the sky pushing himself down below the dragon. He ran down hoping to get close to the soft underbelly of the dragon which is skin is vulnerable or at least in myth. If the dragon was following him it would try to defend itself. This would give Kiba the chance deal the kill blows "Kiba cut off its wings. It this thing can fly. I bet it can't swim. We can fight it much easier on our play field than in the sky."

Slightly stunned by the effect his Phalange bullets had, Desais stood trying to figure out what to do. Then all of a sudden his attention turned to the loud noise towards Iken's boat. "What the hell?!?! Iken shouldnt be up!" Desais yelled as he jumped from boat to boat using Soru and Rokushik. He kept getting closer and closer to Iken, but out of nowhere the vile dragon swooped in and slammed Iken in the torso with its tail. Thus sending Iken directly into the water. Desais's first reaction was to jump in and pull him up, but his conscious warned him about the devil fruit he had eaten all those years ago. As well as what water would do to him. Thinking for a brief moment Desais thought up a plan. Jumping to the nearest ship to Iken, Desais began creating 20 foot long Spinal Whip. "IKEN!!!" Desais yelled as he sent the Spinal Whip towards him in hopes he would grab onto it or least have it wrap around Iken so that he may pull him aboard.

((So sorry for the long delay. My ability to RP has withered and died, and I don't even really know how to keep going anymore. This was the best I could do; I apologize for that, as well.))

"Hey hey heeeeey!" shouted Nocht, watching his patient leap up from bed and rush out into the frey. "You're still under bed arrest, you know? You agreed-"

The doctor shut up for a moment when he followed Iken outside, spotting the dragon raining fire down at them. His eyes widened with glee at the thought of what he could learn from it; the shock of seeing such a magnificent creature completely overloaded his sense of self-preservation. It wasn't until he watched his captain leap at the thing and take a crushing blow that would likely have undone weeks of treatment that the full gravity of the situation hit him.

"Ahh, hey! That's dangerous!" Nocht cried out, jumping over the side of the boat without hesitation.

The doctor didn't like getting wet, but the thought of some other moron manhandling his patient in a failed rescue attempt was too much to bare. As if to prove his point, one of the other pirates was already flailing some nasty looking bone whip at the man. Pulling on his goggles, Nocht dived under and began swimming at full speed. Within moments, he'd reached Iken and carefully, avoiding every wound like the pro he is, lifted him back to the surface and shifted him carefully to rest against his shoulder.

"I don't suppose there's any chance you'll just listen and stay put for a bit, Kapi?" asked Nocht as he pulled a small golden apple out from somewhere in his coat. He hated using so many of them on Iken in a short time; the medicine would begin to lose effect if he didn't stop. All the same, when it came to short bursts of extreme healing, there was no better option.

The two flopped back onto the deck of the ship shortly after, the scientist looking rather worn out from the whole thing. Sighing and muttering something to himself, he crushed the apple between his hands and began applying the paste to the Yonkou's wounds, which began to scab up and heal at an alarming rate.

"If you do that again, I'll..." the angry mad scientist began, a warning tone to his voice. Realizing that his worst threat would be pretty hollow, Nocht slumped his shoulders and took a more even tone.

"...heal you again, anyway, of course. But still! You're on borrowed time already, Kapi. You're going to have to trust the rest of us to handle this one."

[Iken]

Iken merely stared up at the light shining down through the water as he sunk. The deeper he went the darker it became. He could have easily swam back up, if he had wanted. However it just felt pointless, the cold and darkness was relaxing. Iken was so tired, he just wanted to rest for a little longer. Closing his eyes, Iken decided not to fight it anymore; he decided to just lay back and let the water take him into it's arms. He felt safe, as if he was a child in his mothers arms.

The month was hard on Iken. He had little company, other than Notch that was. He liked Notch, however the situation was often a stuffy doctor patient one. Iken knew what Notch could be like, and he felt like his actions were sucking the life out of the usually lively doctor. This made Iken feel horrible, he felt like such a failure as a captain. Notch was such a great doctor, he healed mentally as well as physical. The doctors bedside manner was the best thing, better than even his mystical golden apples rapid healing effect.

A sudden splash awoke Iken from his dream like daze. Deep in the water, Iken grabbed for whatever object was thrown at him. However, before he could get a grip, something grabbed him. Slowly he was taken to the surface where he took a deep breath. Allowing his eyes to adjust, he saw the one that pulled him out was none other than Notch. The doctor pulled both on them back on deck. Notch applied more the salve to Iken's wound, causing it to close instantly. It was really miracle cure that the good doctor invented. Iken appreciated the doctors inventiveness, however he couldn't shake the feeling he felt in the water. For once, Iken nodded to Notch's request and just laid there.

[Dragon]

Kiba's attack did some major cosmetic damage to the dragon. It cut through the beast thick leathery skin that covered it's wings and even it's flesh. However it was stopped dead when it hit the monsters thick and super hard bones. Despite not severing it's wings the overall effect was the same, just not as fast. The dragon began losing altitude and slowly glided down with it's barely function-able wings. Landing in the shallow waters below the dragon bellowed loudly shooting fire at it's attacker that were now above it.

With the dragon grounded, the majority of it's agility was gone. It would now be much easier to attack, however it would certainly be a dangerous foe. It's thick scale like armor would protect it from all but the strongest of cuts and the powerful fire breath could turn someone into ashes quickly.

[So sorry for the late post! I was busy with school and a trip to where I have to compete x .x, this will be my last post before I come back]

Sophie looked around her pockets and patted them to find something to smoke, mainly her cigarette case. While she was looking for it though she kept a watchful eye at the beasts that had suddenly backed away but if she let her guard down they would attack at any moment and not show mercy. there was only one that didn't back away and was lying on the ground in front of her, battered but still conscious as it breathed heavily.

She really didn't know what it was. At first glance it looked like a big cat, with reddish brown fur that reminded her of a pretty sunset on a good day. Its paws were huge, the pirate knowing fair well that with one swipe of it can tear someone's face away...or a limb. This interested the endowed woman and couldn't help but smirk as she got closer. Sophie took out a cigarette and lit it up, not caring about the growls the other was giving her as she examined it closer. It's tail was like a cat's as well as his ears...but just the sheer size of it makes her think it's a bear or something.

"Up close, you're pretty cute," she said with a smile while grabbing him from the scruff of his neck and pulled him up, the beast yowling and growling at her while trying to swipe his paw and take away her face. She stopped it with her brass hand and squeezed it, bringing him back into submission while petting his head. "good boy, now you'll give me a ride to where those sounds of battle are coming from," Sophie said with a toothy grin before getting on, eyeing the other animals carefully before calling out to the cat beast she had now named Paws and let it dash to where the commotion was.

Kiba was pleased with his attack's outcome. The dragon was now target practice, with only it's fiery breath serving as his weapon. "Aim the cannons at him!" Kiba shouted to the people aboard the steel village's ship. surely direct cannon fire from such close range would easily put the beast to rest. He pulled his scythes out of the dragon's back and ran along it. The beast won't shoot flames at itself, and in the worst case, Kiba would just jump back to the submarine. He just hoped the Steel Village would cooperate and finish the job.

With a shocked look on Desais's face he watched as Notch grabbed Iken from his Spinal Whip. Anger and rage hadn't rose to him, only happiness and cheer as he saw Iken rescued and quickly fixed up. "Its nice to know Iken has so many people that care for him." Desais said as he turns to battle at hand. "Maybe one day my life could be so fortunate." Suddenly sharp bone like wings ripped out of Desais's back. Blood flowed and skin tore as the demonic looking wings shown. "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Desais screamed in pain as they formed. Turning towards the wings with tears in his eyes, Desais looked at what had just been created. Just as quickly as they appeared, Desais was sent into the sky using Rokushik technique around the tips of the wings. "Maybe these will help with this meager battle!" Desais screamed as he drew his katanas as well as his whole body being engulfed in a 20 mm holy looking bone armor. At a distance the being looked as though it were a Demonic Holy Paladin. I shall fight for this future I seek. Brother I won't let anything stop me from finding and defeating you. "FOR MY FAMILY!!!" Desais screamed as he attacked the wound on the dragons right wing.

As Myra awoke from her sickbed, she imedietly heard Kiba's orders to protect Iken, to which she snarled in anger as she did her best to get to her feet and pick up her giant chakram, managing only a shuffle to make her way up deck. For once, she was not in her usual attire, having been covered entirely in bandages bar a small space which left her eyes un-wrapped, which revealed her glare filled with hate, most of it directed at the Unknown Pirates, who one of it's members put her in this condition. She had full body burns from being struck directly by lightning, which made walking an exhausting and painful task.
After some time dragging her chakram through the ship's halls she eventually made it next to Iken to which she snarled once more with hate, and then stood guard over him, glaring at the dragon that was attacking. Although suprised by such a beast, she was still too furuious to care.
Someone kill me already. If im stuck like this, there's no reason for me to carry on. I could of been chopping up that dragon right now if it wasn't for that f***ing pirate! I need to become stronger, so I can murder those Unknown Pirates! I'll need very little proof of my slaughtering skill then!, she thought to her self, her very essence boiling at the thought of how she ended up fully bandaged.

Nagami was getting tired of sitting in the Bushes and watching. Finally the dragon was within her reach and She Could Help Her Crew-mates. A Small cat scurried out of the Bushes and Started making her way up the Dragons tail. Surely her small form would not be noticed by the Dragon. He had other attack to deal with right now. As Nagami scrambled up the tail and the back of the Dragon she watched her crew-mates launch their attacks. They all seemed so strong and she had no Idea what she could do. But she had to try.
When Nagami Reached the around the Dragons neck. She decided this would be the best way and place to attack. Pushing the Dragon Forward and hopefully over is what she would have to do.

Nagami Began to change Back into her Human form, She changed for a Moment and In The place that there was once a Cat. A Woman in her Twenties stood. Nagami Pulled a Hair Elastic From her Pocket And Tied her hair up into a Pony-tail to keep it out of her face while fighting.

"Strike Him down. Sakura Blade!" Nagami Yelled as She Jumped into the air And Pulled her Glowing pink Sword. She would Direct the Tip at the Dragons back as a spiked surge of wood started flowing towards the dragons back. The wood Almost looked like water. But it was Solid. Hopefully it would have a Strong enough Force to disable the dragon and Give her Crew a Chance to Land the Fatal Blow on the Beast.

All of the cannons on the massive Nation of the Steel ship, began blasting away at the downed beast. However it did little more than bruise it, and make it even angrier. Just as it was about to blast the ship with another super heated fire attack. However a sudden force caused it to bite down on it's own fireball. The flames exploded in the dragon's mouth, causing smoke to rise out between it's teeth. Although it prevented the blast, the attack did no damage; even the exploding flame-ball did very little.

All of the sudden the dragon threw back it's head. The sheer force would have sent Nagami flying back. Just as it looked like the dragon would again gain the upper-hand, a pack of humandrill came running from the forest. They brandished guns, swords, and other human weapons. Running up the dragon's back and up to the shore the monkeys aimed their weapons at the Steel Villagers and their ships. Even looking as grim as it was, the situation only got worse. A kraken arose from the waters behind the Steel Village's ships. Standing on top of it's head a lone fishman stood. With the paw symbol branded on his chest, it could mean only one thing.

"PIRATES, THIS ISLAND IS USED AS A BREEDING GROUND FOR RARE ANIMALS THAT BELONG TO THE HOLY NOBLES OF THE PROMISE LAND, MARIEJOIS! BY TRESPASSING ON THIS ISLAND, YOU HERE BY ARE PROPERTY OF THE CELESTIAL DRAGONS! SURRENDER NOW OR BE DESTROYED BY THE ARMY OF TRAIN EXOTIC ANIMALS!" yelled the fishman to the Steel Village crew.

The fishman had obviously been in the possession of the Celestial Dragon's for quite sometime. He was totally brainwashed. With the large stingers he hand hanging on his face, the fishman appeared to be some type of catfish. He didn't appear to be overly powerful, however he commanded such a large army. It would be nearly impossible for one lone man to do so much, so there were likely more humanoid creatures on the island.

Iken held himself up using one of his swords. The look on his face was utter disgust and annoyance. His crew was in no condition to deal with the kind of trouble that came from defying the Tenryuubito. However, the young Yonkou would be damned if his crew would fall into their hands. As long as they could kill the fishman before he could report them, they should have plenty of time to gather supplies and leave. However that plan was about to be all shot to hell when the fishman pulled out a den den mushi. As he lifted it to his head, the fishman's arm fell off. The den den mushi and the arm fell down onto the kraken then rolled down it's back and into the waters below. Taking a step forward the swordsman was revealed as he attempted to finish the fishman. However, Luke's sword was blocked by the catfish's thick spine positioned in front of his back fin. With it's stingers the fishman grabbed Luke's sword before he could swing again. Trying to pull Luke with him, the catfish leaped off the monster he was standing down towards the water. His plan was obviously two fold, take out the df user and retrieve the den den mushi.

Luke on the other hand had other plans. He dug his dagger into the back of the kraken, stopping the catfishman from reaching the water. The kraken roared angrily at the throbbing pain that was shooting through it's back from the blade. Using it's tentacles it began smashing them into Luke and the catfishman in an attempt to remove the blade. Dangling from his stingers, Cat ((the catfishman)) tried to let go of the sword. However one of his stingers got stuck when the kraken's tentacle slam wedged Luke's sword into it's own back. With his free stinger, Cat began stabbing Luke in the chest. Unfortunately with both of his hands full the Black Steel Assassin was unable to defend. All he could do was hang there an be used for a pin cushion.

"Whoa: the woman called to ease the beast into a stop, slowing down as they reached their destination, her eyes filled with mirth now narrowing in a calculative glance as she watched the scene before her. Apparently a pirate crew had docked here as well, and the roaring was apparently from this certain dragon that was attacking the crew. By the looks of it they weren't fairing that good with the winged creature even though they had dealt good damage to it.

She was about to go in there and help out but stayed in her place when something started moving and coming out from the ocean behind the ships. The busty woman had also noticed the humandrills coming from the opposite side from where she was but didn't do anything other than calm the beast she was on when the primates came out.

Her brow arched and just shook her head when she heard the figure shouting out from the kraken about them being in property of the Celestial Dragons and how they now belonged to them or suffer the consequences, blah blah blah. Sophie had stopped hearing halfway and just cleaned her ear before flicking her cigarette and getting a new one out. She had noticed someone attacking the fishman on top of the sea creature but just smirked as she signaled the cat beast to go foward.

"What an unfortunate situation we find ourselves in eh?" Sophie then called out as the beast strides near the pirates now, letting out a chuckle while flicking her cigarette before putting it back in her mouth. She then blinked and looked around through the crew before setting eyes on the obvious one in charge, her eyes widening for a fraction before jumping off the feline and using Flash to appear in front of Iken but not close enough as to disturb his personal space. "Never thought I'd see one of the yonkous in person after so long...what are you going to do now with this predicament?" she asked amusingly with a smile on her face.

She's never had good history with yonkous, but right now she couldn't be picky. The pirate knew she was risking it by simply making her presence known to the crew but it wasn't like she cared because the pirate was confident of her skills. "I don't like yonkous, in fact I hate them with a passion...but just this once I wouldn't mind working with one to save myself," she said with slight disdain but a smirk on her features while placing a hand over her brush.

The explosion from the cannons and the dragon sent Desais flying back into the island nearby. Arising from the rubble he heard a voice and noticed the fighting has stopped. Quickly Desais took a glance at what was going on. Suddenly he was surrounded by the primates that had appeared, with guns pointed at him as well as everyone else. "You think because you have guns that I will back down so easily?" Desais asked with a devilish grin behind his bone armor. Then one of the primates spoke about how if Desais doesn't surrender then they will be forced to shoot not only him but the rest of the crew. This made Desais's smile dim just a little. "You pieces of shit think your stronger than the Steel Village? Dont make me laugh." Desais answered with annoyance.

Suddenly Desais noticed off in the distance that the one on top of the kraken had been attacked and the kraken whipping around violently. A few of the primates looked at the direction of the commotion. This is my chance Desais thought as he used Soru to send air blasts are all the primates around him, sending them flying away from where he was at. Before they could get up, Desais had disappeared into the forests away from the primates. I could fly back to the ship but then they would all easily spot me. The crew would most likely be targeted as well, if i return. I'll just stay away from all the commotion and when my chance arises, I'll re-join the fight Thought Desais.

Monty Finbreak had been training for a long time in the waters between Fishman Island and the islands of the new world. It was a harsh place with strong water currents, but it had allowed Monty to develop himself to a strong level and now had an advanced knowledge of fishman karate. He now was able to pull currents and manipulate them, even in the strongness of the New World currents, due to having trained there.

Monty was now heading towards Punk Hazard, although he didnt know the name of the island, but he had seen the ships of the Steel Village moving towards that island. He had followed them and when they were near Punk Hazard he popped out of the water, but tried to remain unseen.

He hadn't revealed his position with the dragon but now seeing that the situation required of someone with knowledge of swimming and the sea. Luke was in great danger because of that fishman stabbing him.

Monty dived into the waters and saw the den den mushi falling into the dephts, since it the owner was a fishman he decided to retrieve it. easily because of his webbed feet and hands he got the den den mushi and placed it in the right pocket of his shorts.

Monty jumped out of the water at the same time as he concentrated force in a fist and attempted to punch Cat, using the momentum of the jump.

"Senmaigawara Seiken!" -Monty had exclaimed as he jumped out of the water and performed this punch.

As Myra saw Luke being attacked, she closed her eyes for a moment, imagening the fishman foe was a member of the unknown pirates before turning to Iken and telling him; "If Kiba asks why I left ya, tell him it was to save this knob."
She then screamed in anger and frustration at the catfish man, managing to leap towards him, her chakram slashing wildly at the animal tamer.
"Die! Now!", Myra snarled as her onslaught close din on the catfish-man, paying little attention to anything going on around her.