Serious; The Dusk Pirates; Chapter 10; The legendary tower of Vavel (Open to the Dusk Pirates)

[find the Hitman reference Shad0w!!!]

Quatrum vs Sabres

"It seems like I was not as easy as ya thought, right? HAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Quatrum shouted with a smile on his face as soon as he realized that he managed to actually irritate Sabres with his movement. "Things would be much more easy if you just shut up and not attack me... I even ignored ya, but ya seemed to be quite savage to understand that... Right????????!!!" Quatrum started talking. "Anyway, I will explain... I have eaten a fruit called Kopi Kopi no Mi that allows me to copy the fruit abilities of people and their appearances... This form I currently have is a form that combines the appearance of several people I have managed to copy... And what I used against you is the power of Pushi Pushi no Mi, which I copied from a powerful marine I battled once. I still wonder how I managed to survive against him, ya know! That guy was cracked!!!" Quatrum finished his speech with a pun before he stretched himself. "Now... Do ya really wanna see my real appearance, fool?" he questioned Sabres while taking a battling stance.

Suigo vs Sogun

Seeing the technique that Suigo unleashed, Sogun moved his sword in order to perform a movement. He was about to launch another similar attack against Suigo in order to make the two attacks collide and disappear. However, before he could move his hand, the attack struck him. It was not because he was weak or slow. It was his armor.

"Huh? I can't move quickly enough to dodge it or stop it? It must be the armor... That guy is a beast! He is the first guy to overpower me while wearing the "Armor of Wano!". What a swordsman!" were Sogun's thoughts as the attack struck him and the armor was cut down in several pieces. The parts of the armor fell on the ground, causing another loud sound. They were extremely heavy from what it seemed. A few drops of blood came out of his arms and that showed that the armor was extremely dense and hard to break. Suigo had just performed another amazing feat.

Sogun looked at his hands. It was the first time he looked at his real hands after a long time and not at the gloves of the armor. They were full of scratches... Full of scratches that he gained in his past battles. In past battles that were coming to his mind slowly.


In a village in Wano Country, a young boy is walking with a wooden sword at his waist. The boy has black colored hair that are tied in a ponytail and a black colored face. His eyes were light brown and he had a smile on his face. He wore a long dark blue robe and a light blue sash. Also, he had a white bandana around his neck, something very unusual for a resident of Wano Country. He was whistling cheerfully as if he was not caring about anything.

As he walked, a bunch of children could be seen in front of him. The children were talking about their achievements with their sword and they seemed to ignore Sogun's presence. Sogun saw them and smiled and he slowly approached them but the children turned their back on him when he greeted them and they continued talking about matters over their swordsmanship.

"Hey! Why are you not talking to me?!" Sogun questioned them with a disappointed and somewhat angry look on his face.
"Because you are weak." another boy replied to him. The boy wore a dark orange robe with red stripes and had a yellow sash. He carried two katanas, unlike the other children around him who only carried one.


"Weak people like you have no relationship with my gang... And generally with this country." he commented.


It had been the first time after a while that Sogun was thinking of this. It looked like the clashes of the two swords awakened his memories that were lying deep inside his heart. "Why? Why am I thinking of all these things right now?" he wondered before he took a smile on his face.

"I see... It looks like that guy's fighting spirit reminded me of my own." he understood and he grabbed his second sword. He unsheathed it and looked at its blade. At the blade's edge, his face was reflecting. Dark, as when he was a child and his eyes were slightly darker. His hair were not in a ponytail anymore, they were quite spiky and they were cut. That could easily prove his defection from the land of Wano.

"Hahahaha... It's been a while since somebody took a look at my face." he commented before he took his battling stance. "This time, I will show you what I can really do. That armor was a hindrance, after all." he said and he started launching a barrage of air slashes which were shaped in the form of spheres. "Blue Lotus!!!" he yelled as he launched the barrage of the extremely cutting spheres towards his enemy by piercing the air in front of him with his two katanas. The sheer force of his movements were causing this! WHAT A BATTLE!

Maha (looking at Sogun vs Suigo)

Meanwhile, Maha was looking at the battle while practicing his Echo Walk technique. That technique was quite useful and he had to master it but more importantly, he had to master it to be able to keep up with people of the highest caliber like Sogun and Suigo. "Those guys... I am nothing compared to them... I must watch a technique of their and master it in order to be able to keep up with them. Otherwise, there is no way I will achieve my goals soon enough." he thought while looking at the battle.

Orianna (With Quincy)

At the same time, Orianna is staring at Quincy who is in front of her and he looks like he does not behave at all. Was he stunned with her beauty or the heart of the doctor of the Dusk Pirates stopped in front of her presence? Could her presence have caused all of that? "Hey, you! Why are you not talking?!" she said to the frozen doctor.

(It's a post for SK to not forget what's going on btw)

Lappy (With Wako, Maes and the mysterious man vs Gracius)

"CHA!" the lapahn rushed towards the beastly guy who was effortlessly dodging all his movements. As nobody actually did anything, not even the annoying Wako, Lappy decided to rush towards the enemy and he started a barrage of kicks and punches against him, though none of them reached their targets. Even if Lappy was quite strong, he could not deal with the likes of Gracius. It looked like despite his potential, he was still not ready for a place like the New World and that made him wonder why Maximillion brought him there. Was he really important for him for the chores at the ship, was Maximillion really believing in him or was he just at the ship to become a guinea pig for the experiments of Quincy one day? He did not really know.

(This post is another reminder for you, Rodo and Karasu)

Frank vs Cargoan vs Richard

Seeing Richard run away, Cargoan turned his head towards Frank who was not interfering in the battle and seemed to be watching the short fight between himself and Richard. It was clear that Richard had understood that he could not do anything with his normal attacks against Cargoan and that he would have to try something else. Cargoan could easily understand that his enemy was planning something but he would not react. "I have to be aware of him." he thought and then he turned his head towards the zombie and vice captain of the Dusk Pirates. "Now... Now... Where did we stop?" he said while taking a battling stance. "This time, I will really fry your decayed body parts." he commented and he took a smile on his face that could show how serious he was over the battle, even if he had it.

[This is for Sleepy to post]

It has been some time, yea probably too long. It was a shame, Nathan didn't wanted to be a part of. It's not in his name or nature to be a shame. You just can't leave your comrades alone in a difficult fight like this, atleast Nathan can't.
A breeze in the air, a vibration of the energy in the area. That's all what it takes for Nathan to appear seemingly from 'nothing'. Of course it is one of his fancy and mysterious tricks to surprise and impress whether the enemy or his friends. All it has been seen was just some refreaction in matter of seconds and yet he was standing next to Lappy like nothing happened. ''A shame'' he quietly said, and continiued.. ''A shame, I can't bring upon this legendary crew. I don't want to be the part of the crew the captain doesn't deserves.
Now, lets see if the enemy is even worthy fighting the Dusks.''
He then proudly said with a sneaky grin on his face, yet then turned to his his comrades standing next to him and finished with ''Sorry, seems like time is deadlier then death itself, at least in my case.''

Lappy, Maes, Wako and the mysterious man vs Gracius (With Nathan)

Lappy jumped behind when he noticed the presence of his comrade. That guy... The creepiest guy who was in the crew of the Dusk Pirates, even creepier than Maximillion, finally made his movement and appeared in the battlefield for once prepared to battle. Most of the members of the crew had not seen him in combat before. Lappy expected that Wako would tell him to step behind. Only Lappy and Maximillion knew about him as they were the only ones to have seen what he could do before he joined the Dusk Pirates. That guy, an ignored guy by most people, as he had no bounty at all, was in fact a trump card for the crew, one of the deadliest fighters that Maximillion had under his arsenal... And even if Maximillion knew that a guy like him could not be easily commanded as he happened to be a kind of a lonely stray dog which would only do things to survive and not because he is asked to.

The fur of Lappy became spiky in front of the presence of the serious Nathan. The fear was moving through his spine and he could feel a chill around the area. Even Nathan's aura was making him tremble in the thoughts of whatever he could do. That guy was not normal. Despite the fact that he was quiet and lonely, he was a beast. He was a beast more than even Lappy was, even more than an animal if he wanted. In Lappy's eyes, he was one of the most powerful swordsmen that ever existed.

"Who are you?" Gracius said with a smile on his face. "You are a friend of these bugs? What are you doing here? Do you want to have your ass handed on your hands after I smash you with my hammer? COME ON!" he continued speaking and he jumped towards Nathan with his giant hammer in an attempt to smash his head. Gracius was recklessly attacking Nathan as he had never heard about him before at all... He was confused because of the fact that Nathan was never heard before.

"!?????" was the only thought of Lappy when that happened. His eyes twitched and he looked at the reaction of Nathan towards the attack of the assassin with the bounty of 82,000,000 beri.

Also, the mysterious man looked towards Nathan with curiosity in order to see how he would counter the incoming attack.

Nathan saw the guy jumping towards him. He of course didn't panic, that's not in his nature, calm and light are the words closest to him when it goes for fighting. Nathan closed his eyes and slowly grabbed the handle of his deadly green sword. With closed eyes he slowly lift his right leg up and went for a step while he was slowly pulling out his katana. No over-reacted actions or lapped movements. The one step and the pulling of the katana out of its sheeth, all done calmly in one balanced motion. When Nathans right heel did the first touch to the ground also the katana was fully drawn, but again Nathan with his scary tricks in the same second it was already all the way but 2 centi-meters back in the sheeth. The scary time yet was to come when Nathan completed the one step he was going to make and yet it seemed like Nathan went literally through Gracious. Nathan completed his only step when he acceded with his left food right next to his right, meanwhile the katana was already full stored in its sheeth. Nathan slowly opened his eyes. And said with a calm voice When speed succumbs your body, you might as well influence the time people are living in...

As Cargoan finally gave Frank his deserving attention, the zombie held his hand against his mouth and yawned deeply, extending his other hand upwards to signify how tired and bored he felt. "If it's two against me, fine, I can handle anything, but two against someone like you? Well that just won't be very interesting now would it?" Frank bragged. "But, seeing as you finally managed to handle that small fry, we can finally start something over here" Frank added. The arm that was used in the Zombie Bat attack from before was stitched back to his shoulder minutes ago, while Cargoan and Richard were busy, and it looked like the zombie was bored enough to carve lines into the tunnel wall with his finger to keep score of their fight.

"Oh, and about my decayed body..." Frank mumbled as he stretched his arms and bent his knees, preparing for a fight that was way overdue. Then, out of nowhere, Frank's bipolarity kicked in, switching his bragging tone with pure rage. His facial expression changed into that of a frenzied animal, his pupil-less eyes nearly jumping out of their sockets as his teeth clamped down with anger. "I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY!" He screamed, once again bombarding the corridors of the tunnel with his echo. He arched his back and extended his arms to the sides while bending his knees, assuming a fighting stance that resembled that of a wrestler, waiting for Cargoan to set the fight into motion.

(Haha opps. I said that Richard was running away, I was actually supposed to post wasn't not was.)

Richard waited but the man didn't seem to come, he sighed. It looked like he had to return but he needed back up. He couldn't handle both of them on his own. He clutched his fist. It was worth a try. He quickly ran back to his spot, with a smile on his face he looked towards the gargoyle.

"Let's settle this once and for all."

Richard was ready, he didn't care if he got fried or burnt. He took a stance. He was a pro at Fishman Karate. He just wasn't gonna show his back to the enemy. While waiting for the gargoyle to attack he looked towards the zombie, the zombie suddenly let out a loud shout. Richard was suprised. But it looked like it was 2 vs 1, unless the gargoyle sided with him...it was very unlikely.

"Here goes nothing."

Lappy (With Wako, Maes and the mysterious man watching Nathan vs Gracius)

Lappy took a look at the movements of the two people. Nathan was calm as always, scarily calm. He was not like the guy who was bored of everything and acted based on whatever he liked. He was just like that time, that time that Lappy met him in Drum Kingdom before he joined the crew, along with Maximillion. He was reminding him of the guy that he saw during that time and not of the guy that was with the Dusk Pirates the whole time they were traveling together with Lappy; the hunter that would easily cut down the pray if he had to. Tiny red veins appeared inside the white part of his twitched eyes. The view in front of his eyes was a quite shocking one and was bringing back memories that Lappy would always try to forget because of how scary they looked to his simple mind.

"H-u-h?" Gracius said and he noticed that Nathan was not near him anymore. After seeing him move his sword, he took a look at him sheathing it back at the edge of his vision radius. He could not feel the pain from the attack. In fact, he did not feel almost anything. He felt only one thing... One thing that the more he felt it, the more insane he would get over the fact that it was actually happening. He felt the chill around his whole body. He was as cold as he never was... Not because the tunnels were cold, but because he was dying. He looked downwards. He could not see anything. His body was not seen. His vision was becoming slowly wider and wider... His body was slowly separating in two different parts, exactly cut in half. The slash of Nathan hit him at the top of his head and separated his body vertically in two with one slash.

"What?!" the mysterious man who was stalking the Dusk Pirates said with a shocked voice. His face could not be seen as he was wearing a mask. "How-How did he do this?" he said with a voice that showed that he was slightly scared. After a second, though, he regained his senses and he said with a calm voice "It looks like there is somebody interesting here, after all...".

However, the most noteworthy reaction was that of Gracius himself. The man's eyes were widely opened and he could not speak a single word. He could not speak any of his dying words because the psychological shock that came with the one hit kill slash of Nathan was enormous. Instead, images were coming in front of his eyes... Images of a young girl that he deeply cared for... Images that were reminding him of his childhood... Of his life... A life with murders and tears.

[Flashback]

Inside a house in a village in the Grand Line, two kids, one boy and one girl, are hiding behind a wall, in a short secret room that is used as a hideout. Outside the wall, shots are being heard. Somebody has entered the house and is attacking the people who happen to be inside it. "Please-Please don't!" a woman's voice is heard and a shot is heard afterwards. "NO!!! Roland!" she cried for a man that was shot and then she yelled at the murderer "Why?! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!". "I am a pirate..." the murderer responded. "I do as I please." he completed before he shot the woman as well. However, the kids would not speak a single word for this. The girl was only trying to yell and cry but the boy would close her mouth with his hand so that she would not speak and so that they would not be found. "Sssssssssssssh! Freya... They will find us..." he whispered to the girl in order to calm her down.

The next day, the two kids got out from their hideout. They looked at the corpses inside the house. They were the corpses of their parents. Their mother and their father was killed... Killed by pirates. However, the kids would not speak a single word for this. Instead, the boy said to the girl "Do not cry... From now on, I will protect you and get my revenge for us.". "Protect me? How do you think you can do it, Gracius?" she questioned with tears on her eyes. "Will you become a marine?". "No... It's their mistake that they are dead... If they were here, we would not have to suffer this. I will become a strong pirate... To protect you and get my revenge on them.". "Would Mom and Dad want that?" Freya questioned the boy. "No... But we see how they ended up. Now, we have to take our lives on our hands..." Gracius responded and hugged his sister. "From now on, I will train myself to become strong and bring us out of this misery." he completed.

[Flashback Ends]

"!!!!!" Gracius could not even think of his last words because of the shock. His separated body fell on the ground and a small lake of blood was formed. He was just killed by Nathan.

Frank vs Cargoan vs Richard

"Your screams will not be enough to bring an end to me!!! I am invincible, you know!" Cargoan said to Frank, completely ignoring Richard. "This will be settled right now and let me tell you one thing... I can see how it will be settled... I can see who is going to win and who is going to lose. I will burn your decayed body to make you a real corpse and I will fry this stupid fish that is standing behind me and believe that I do not know that he is planning to attack me. You can both take me on if you want. You can try all your tricks. As long as I am alive, there is no way you can win against me! I am Cargoan of the Unknown Pirates, sworn to bow to only Wormus Gingerback... I AM THE STRONGEST FIST TO FIST FIGHTER OF MY DIVISION!!!" Cargoan made a speech to his two enemies before he clenched his fist. "Meteor Punch!" he said afterwards and he jumped towards Frank with a clenched fist that was not only powered up with the powers of the Kachi Kachi no Mi, but was also extremely hot as Cargoan used his fruit power to also increase the heat of the attack to extremely high temperatures. That, combined with his superhuman strength turned the simple punch to a really deadly attack. How would Frank counter him?

Nathan lifted his head up and slowly used one hand to take off his hood. He then softly said; He was beaten by the time, I just finished it. He then turned back o Lappy and passed the seperated body, while without hesetating stepped in the little lake of blood. It was a clear cut without any aggresion cuts in any parts of the enemys body. It was sharp flat cut. Of course the interesting thing was that Nathans katana didn't even touched the enemy. That's because of his sin and control of the areas vibrations and air-cuts. Even though it seemed and Nathan also said that the enemy got beaten by the 'time'. Nathans habbits were always playing around with the space and time since he could do that with the great feel of the area and a speed he seemed to improve in, that what made it sometimes seem that Nathan totally controls the enviroment. Since he totally felt the vibrations of the area that may also cause the influence on hw people felt while being in the same room with him, anyways. He looked a little around and saw the myseterious guy. He looked at him for a while and then asked Lappy who this guy is an what he is doing here.

Suigo
Suigo quickly begins literally chopping down the barrage of attacks, but one manages to reach him close enough to actually strike him on his torso. However, as the smoke clears, an unharmed Suigo appears, grinning widely. "This is exciting .. hence I decided to take that armor of yours away, it looked heavy .." he then jumps into the air, about 15 meters and, surely much to Maha's surprise, he performs Echo Walk right before his eyes, to stay up there. "Let me make another test, to see your ability to work under pressure .. don't fail me." He fires off a pair of massive energy blasts, going down towards Sogun.

Sabres
"Kopi Kopi .. Pushi Pushi .. what a pain in the ass, such stupid names .."" Sabres cracks his fists, and looks at Quatrum seriously. "However .. you did just pissed me off .. so, Ima fight you seriously now, fat ass .. ! He moves forward, and prepares to punch Quatrum again, but it seems that .. his right hand is actually double in size than before !

Quatrum vs Sabres

"Pretty useless, if you ask me." Quatrum commented when the punch was performed towards him. "Ya obviously do not see what is going to happen when that fist of yars hits my chest. I will explain. Yar arm will crack with the powers of Pushi Pushi no Mi and I will use a technique to enhance my endurance to the point that yar hand will break. It is that simple, ya know!" Quatrum continued and he stayed still at his position. He took an evil look on his face, a quite gloomy one and he said "Tekkai!" while waiting for the fist to strike him. Even if he looked quite dump, he actually was smarter than he showed!

Sogun vs Suigo

"Oh come on, this is pathetic." the swordsman said with a smile on his face. With a smile on his face, the tyrant from Wano, threw both his swords on the air and while they were dropped they were performing circular motions. The swords moved circular extremely fast and while they were on the air and Sogun did not even touch them, they launched two giant circular air blades that blocked the attacks of Suigo. "See? I do not even have to move away... I do not even have to have my sword grabbed." Sogun commented with a smile on his face. That guy... He was indeed as proficient as Suigo.

Unknown (With Wako, Maes, Lappy and Nathan)

"Allow me to explain as the lapahn cannot even speak because you scared him too much..." the mysterious man said with a voice that could easily show that he was laughing slightly, below his mask of course. "I am just an observer of this all-out war... My superior officers have sent me to observe the Dusk Pirates, as well as the Unknown Pirates. I am afraid I cannot reveal my identity to you, but you have to know that one thing is for certain... I am neither an ally or an enemy..." the man completed and he disappeared from his position. Then, he reappeared behind Nathan and performed a slash at him in order to scare him. The slash was nothing at all. It was just an empty, hollow slash, just like the man. The sword passed through Nathan and the man said "I bet that scared you... But you have no reason to be afraid of my sword. It is just a hologram, just like me.". Who was that man? If he wasn't with the Unknown Pirates for whom was he working for? The words of the man were definitely surprising!

Suigo
"As expected .." Suigo says, and then looks above at Maha. He's sure that the boy must be surprised to see Suigo perform that move. "Do not think over it, boy. I learned that move back there as well. Don't worry, your ability to learn things far excess mine .. it's just that my moving speed that is greater that allowed me to learn it fast like you." He turns back towards Sogun. This guy, he was alot stronger than this Goten he last faced. That was great, Suigo could finally go all out on someone. He was getting excited. Kicking the air, he hurls himself like a missile towards Sogun, and a massive explosion occurs.

Sabres
"My hand will break ? .." Sabres thinks, as his fist goes towards Quatrum. Then, scene is different. There he is, a little boy. Probably no more than 8 years old. The kids around are playing, they are having fun. Seems really nice. But, as soon as he goes close, the children's behavior changes. "Whoah, it's that kid again !" "What kid, he is a monster !" "Look at those tusks !" "Stay away freak !!" day after day, no one there for him. His family was killed on an accident when he was just an infant, and his sheer appearance made everyone believe that he is satan, or a demon. He was saved by a man, he can't remember the name. That man raised him, until he was killed when Sabres was just 10. He was killed because he was "raising the demon." He still remembers what that man told him one day. "Sabres .. this is a cruel world. No matter what you do, people will always judge you by your appearance. But, you must never forget that .. you are strong. Those kids, those men, those people .. those words can't hurt you. Because I know that you are someone that will become a strong person, and follow his path. And dream. Okay ? Never forget it, Sabres. You just have to be strong, so you can face all burdens, even if you are alone."
Sabres opens widely his eyes. "DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT YOUR PUNY ABILITY, OR YOUR DURABLE BODY, OR ALL THE POWER IN THE WORLD FOR THAT MATTER, WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER ? REMEMBER MY NAME, FOR I WILL SMASH YOU ! DAMIEL SABRES, OFFICER OF THE BLACK CROSS PIRATES !!" following that, the strongest punch Sabres ever fired, connects right on Quatrum's face, senting him flying. In the process, the entire hand of Sabres cracks, it gets filled with cracks.

Sogun vs Suigo

Sogun smiles when he sees his movement be capable enough to stop the technique of Suigo. He has a wide smile on his face and says "Hm... You guys... You all are... amazing. It has been a while since I met people like you... Especially swordsmen.". Apparently, that was the first time in a while that Sogun actually commented somebody for his skills and he actually meant it. He was not talking with a mocking voice or anything. His words were true, as real as his mastership over the sword.

Then, when he noticed Suigo jumping towards him, he opened his hands and grabbed his swords that had fallen down to his hands. He took a battling stance with his two katanas. He lowered his body stance and he placed on of the two katanas in front of him, while the other one was placed behind him so that he could perform consecutive slashes by spinning his body. "I am waiting..." he said while Suigo was moving towards him.

Maha (With Suigo and Sogun)

Maha was keeping using his Echo Walk technique to keep up with the flow of the battle and also manage to master it. That battle... It was so great that a desire to join the battle was being created deeply inside Maha's heart. However, even if he wanted to actually assist his superior officer, the two swordsmen were obviously on such a level that the interference of Maha would be nothing more than a burden for Suigo, who was shockingly for Maha as adaptable as he was. Sogun could take advantage of that and find an opening on Suigo by threatening Maha to die. As a result, he decided to keep watching the battle from afar, while having his hand placed on the handle of his sword in case an attack came in front of him. He would have to defend himself, after all.

Quatrum vs Sabres

Quatrum screamed in pain when the punch of Sabres actually hit him. Surprisingly for him, Sabres actually decided to punch him. Before he managed to set up his Tekkai, the man performed a punch in his face and sent him flying several meters away, while his fist was cracked, just like his head. Like before, Quatrum ended up hitting on a wall of the tunnels. The damage he received was great... However, as expected from him, he actually managed to endure that damage, even if blood was coming out from his nose for the first time. "That... was... painfull... YA KNOW!" he screamed before he regained his senses. "I should not have underestimated YA!" he said before taking a battling stance but this time with an extremely serious look on his face, more serious than ever. It looked like he was up to something... "In my next 5 movements, this battle will have finished." he commented. What was Quatrum planning to do?

Nathan stood there just hearing what the mysterious guy had to say while time to time he pointed a weird look to Lappy. The mysterious guy seemed quite interesting to Nathan and also a freak, but most importantly he trusted him when he said that he is on no-ones side, Nathan could actually feel his heart beat and sometimes tell if the person is lying or not. It was quite hard for him now, the guys seemsed calmed and trustfull though. The little trick he made seemed quite entertaining for Nathan, he liked the guy. He nicely asked the guy after his representation of the wierd but cool trick with the hologram sword. That's very interesting, how did you do that? He then looked back to Lappy and asked him in a rush oh, wait, where is Maximillion? I need orders to help the crew!

Unknown (With Nathan, Lappy, Wako and Maes)

The mysterious man smiled below his mask as soon as he listened to the question of the swordsman of the Dusk Pirates. He started walking slowly away from him and he said "Well... It does not need much explanation, does it? I simply walked towards you and unsheathed my sword. Then, I performed a slash at your body and sheathed my sword back at its sheath. Pretty simple, you know.". Then, he unsheathed his sword once again and slashed Lappy, Wako and Maes with it, though he did not actually damage them. The sword passed through their bodies and nothing happened at all, just like it happened with Nathan and even Suigo before. "You will eventually learn about my trick... Mufufufufufu." he said and laughed afterwards.

Lappy was shocked to see the man coming towards him and slashing him with his sword. Even if he looked at him when he slashed Nathan and nothing happened, he could still not prevent himself from getting afraid. Fear was an instinct and instincts are self activated after all... However, after the man pulled the sword back and slashed the other two in a demonstration of his powers, Lappy came back to his senses and answered to Nathan. He raised his hands above and moved his head negatively. He did not know where the captain was. After all, the tunnels inside the giant pit were way too many... He was inside one of the tunnels but he did not know in which one.

Suigo
Suigo slowly walks his way towards Sogun, grinning in the process. Come to think of it, this isn't his usual stance at all. He's usually calm and carefully analyzes the opponent's style first, then comes up with a counter strategy. But this time it's different. Maybe that's him when he's totally serious in a fight thought, after all, he was known as a sadistic and battle-hungry man, yet so far, he never displayed that demeanor. He raises his sword, only holding it with his right hand. "You told my name before but .. tradition back at my place tells that we should address ourselves to real swordsmen .." he shakes the sword away. "Hanashi Suigo, swordsman & officer of the Black Cross Pirates !!"

Sabres
Sabres grins at Quatrum's sudden change of expression and behavior about all this. He grabs a piece of broken down wall, and then makes a loud scream, before he talks again. "How was that ? Shoud have used full power to blow your head down .. five moves ? You sure are arrogant, fat ass .. Bring it !"

Sogun vs Suigo

"Tradition back at your place? Interesting... You seem to have some connection with your place... However, I have defected from my home place for a very long time to be able to keep its tradition..." Sogun commented over the words of Suigo. Then, he smiled as the man was moving towards him and he says with a slightly louder voice "However, now that you introduced yourself properly to me, you can be sure that you will have the honorable death of a real swordsman, Hanashi Suigo!!! TYRANT'S ARROGANCE!!!". At the moment he said his move's name, Sogun slashed the air with his two katanas forming a gust of wind that moved towards Suigo. The gust looked really powerful. It was even cutting the ground of the tunnel. It surely was a devastating move. How would Suigo counter it?

Quatrum vs Sabres

"I see... Ya really are ready for everything!" Quatrum commented and he smiled. "I guess I can start it...". With the smile on his face, Quatrum placed his hand on the ground of the tunnel. Then, the ground of the tunnel itself started cracking thanks to the powers of Pushi Pushi no Mi. When the ground started cracking, a tremor was created as an aftermath of it, strong enough to make Sabres lose his balance.

It didn't take a genius to know that Cargoan's fist shouldn't be touched, even Frank managed to figure this much out. But coming up with a good way to counter it? that needed some sort of intelligence, and Frank wasn't the guy who'd go bragging about his diplomas. Fortunately, being underground was Frank's playground, and already planted a good idea to handle Cargoan in his dull head. As Cargoan rushed forward, Frank blasted both his hands deep into the floor of the tunnel, digging his entire forearms into the solid rocky ground without even being slowing down. The rock was like water for him, easily manipulated by his immense strength. With a powerful swoop to both sides, Frank blasted the ground away, creating a hole big enough to contain him in an instant, he was indeed a master digger.

It took about a second and a half for Frank to completely disappear from sight underground, leaving Cargoan's boiling fist attack behind him. As the zombie made his way through the solid rocks deep underneath Cargoan's and Richard's feet, the ground shook, cracks forming in random spots as boulders were shifted underneath. Then, in an instant, the quakes stopped, but not even a moment later a hole was blasted behind Cargoan, and Frank launched out of it towards the boiling gargoyle, holding what seemed to be a large boulder in front of him.

"LAUNCH!" Frank shouted as he flew towards Cargoan with the speed of a rocket. The point of the move was to ram into Cargoan with full force, with the rock being a buffer between the two to protect Frank from the heat, which was one of the only things that could actually kill him. Perhaps he wasn't the smartest fighter, but underground, Frank was in his domain.

Cargoan vs Richard vs Frank

"ARGH!" Cargoan shouted as the attack struck him and sent him flying several meters away. Even if his super human endurance was enhanced with the powers of his fruit, Frank's superhuman strength combined with his speed were more than enough for him to actually damage him and send him flying away. Of course, the rock was destroyed as soon as it reached Cargoan, but the hit was pretty good and blood came out from Cargoan's nose. Frank had just managed to perform a very good hit on the 11th Division Commander of the Unknown Pirates.

Cargoan was sent flying and he fell on the ground. He stayed there for a second, with Richard and Frank looking towards him. His body stopped heating up and returned back to its normal form. He was thinking of something... Something that happened in the past. Another vision was coming in front of him.

[Flashback 3]

"Cargoan!!! Don't be arrogant!!! You have a lot of things to learn!" Cargoan's sister said to him. This time, they were inside the square of a village and they were surrounded by people.
"Kill the wizards!" the people would say and they were about to attack.
"Don't worry, sis! I am invincible! Those idiots won't kill us for being fruit users!!!" Cargoan responded and rushed towards the people who were surrounding them and were about to attack them.
"Cargoan... Don't be so reckless..." his sister said.

[Flashback 3 ends]

"Haha... It looks like I was pretty reckless to underestimate those guys, sister." Cargoan said before he got up again and looked towards his two enemies. He looked towards Frank and Richard and said "Now, now... You can celebrate for this... I won't let that happen, ever again.". Then, Cargoan rushed towards Frank and attempted to perform a kick that was enhanced with the powers of his fruit and was stronger than a kick of sheer super human strength.

Richard just stood there wit surprise, the two were battling toe to toe. Richard has nothing to do but to sit and watch however if this fight didn't end soon the whole maze could be destroyed. His Nakama were still inside, he couldn't allow this to happen. He quickly moved backwards and and pulled back his right fist. Using the all of the sweat in his hand he pushed the fist with great strength sending a shockwave towards the two fighters. Sure it wasn't powerful as using water but it hand to give some damage.

"Gyojin Karate Ogi: Buraikan (Fishman Karate Ultimate Technique: Mighty Reliant Piercing)"

Suigo
Suigo is grinning, and slowly walks towards the tornado formed by Sogun's attack. He then extents his hand, with his sword's edge facing towards the tornado of energy blades. "I see .. so now, you are testing me, right ? Otherwise, I cannot accept this .. !" he swings the blade across, at a horizontal pace. "Red Path !" The tornado's split in half, and disperses into shiny dust, as Suigo walks towards Sogun. "I know you can do more, so don't make me regret using my named attacks on you !" Suigo then grabs the sword with both hands, and swings it downwards. "Crimson Division !" A massive, red slash goes onward, with explosive power. It's going to get serious from now on.

Sabres
Sabres loses his balance, thanks to Quatrum's unexpected reaction. "What a troublesome power !" he says, and slams the rumble onto the ground, running across it, and jumps from it high into the air, and it seems that he takes ai m at his opponent with his bare hands. "Did you know that my punches can throw shockwaves ?" He punches so rapidly, a loud noise is heard at the point of the impact, the air itself, and an invisible pressure shockwave goes towards Quatrum.

Cargoan vs Frank vs Richard

Before the kick of Cargoan reached Frank, something unexpected happened; Richard prepared his own attack against the two and launched a powerful shockwave towards them. Of course, Cargoan would not receive too much damage thanks to his ability to enhance his defense. However, the shockwave was strong enough to sent him several meters away as soon as it hit him and thus intercept his kick towards Frank before it reached him. With his attack, Richard managed to actually protect Frank, even if that was not his original intention.

The hit struck Cargoan at the chest and the pirate screamed in pain when it did so. However, even if that happened, Cargoan was very endurable. He was the tank of the Unknown Pirates, the strongest fighter in unarmed close combat. As a result, he managed to stand up once again and he prepared for his next movement. Without saying a single word, the man increased the heat of his hands and caused a part of the ground below him to melt. His hands moved through the ground as if it was in a liquid state. When he reached a deep part of the ground, he deactivated his fruit ability and he pulled his hands back, grabbing a large boulder below him and creating a quite deep hole in the ground. The boulder was pretty large, large enough to cover both Frank and Richard easily, if it struck them.

"KA!!!" Cargoan screamed afterwards and he dropped the boulder towards the two of them.

Sogun vs Suigo

"As expected." Sogun said before he disappeared from his position by using a high speed movement technique. Without his armor, the swordsman commander of the Unknown Pirates was now much faster and he was able to run with speeds that the human eye could not keep up with at all. He was the fastest person in the divisions which Wormus had control over and that was one of the many reasons that he was chosen as the commander of his own division. When he disappeared, due to the speed of his technique, an afterimage was left behind, similar to the afterimages that the Echo Walk technique used to leave behind when mastered. The Red Path technique passed right through the afterimage and reached a wall behind it, exploding and causing it to crumble at first and eventually fall. Then, after Sogun dodged the technique, he reappeared in front of Suigo and smiled. "Let's see now if you are fast enough to counter this again! TYRANT'S ARROGANCE!!!" Sogun said once more and he launched the same technique as before from the short distance of 2-3 meters in front of Suigo. How would Suigo deal with this?

Quatrum vs Sabres

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Quatrum screamed when the shockwave struck him and managed to send him towards a wall once again and break it upon contact. The strength of Sabres was absolutely great and the damage the man received was great, even greater than before. As he managed to slightly enrage Sabres, he managed to make him unleash more strength in his attacks, even if he did not notice it.

This time, the durable Quatrum got up from the ground and he moved his head around to see if he was fine. While moving his head, blood fell over the place. The shockwave managed to actually break his nose and cause bleeding... Blood... That was something that Quatrum hated...

"Bastard!!!" Quatrum yelled at Sabres and moved his hand on the ground once again, causing it to crack even more than before. Then, he jumped with great force on it and caused it to crumble. The ground below Sabres started collapsing and the two would start falling into another tunnel. Another round of the battle would start, this time while they were on the air and while they were falling on another tower, deeper than before. How would this battle end?!

Frank was pleased with the result of his attack, but not satisfied yet. He had a lot of anger built inside of him, and he only managed to let a portion of it out. Luckily for him, Cargoan wasn't down, meaning that the fight could go on. "Now that's more like it... Hehehe" He mumbled as he cracked his knuckles in preparation for Cargoan's heated kick. He had a plan in mind, and as the gargoyle got closer and closer, Frank began to chant "Scatte~", but before he could finish and execute his move, Richard meddled.

It seemed that neither Frank nor Cargoan were expecting an attack from the fishman, and they both had to face it head on. Fortunately enough, neither of them was going to be beaten by it so easily. While Cargoan was blown back by the shockwave, his attack proving futile, Frank was blasted forward towards Cargoan. To prevent collision, the zombie kicked his feet into the wall of the cave, stopping himself from flying any further and simply dropped to the ground, leaving the wall in shambles.

"I thought you left tuna-boy..." Frank mumbled as he got back to his feet. "Well, I guess it's better this way, now I have two dummies to play with..." He hissed, cracking his neck back into place. He grabbed his left shoulder with his right arm, before yanking his entire left arm out of its socket with a sickening sound of torn stitches. "You're done!" He shouted, but the attention once again shifted away, towards the sound of boiling earth coming from Cargoan's location. "WHAT NOW?!" Frank shouted as he turned to face Cargoan again, only to see him lifting a gigantic boulder over his head and launching it towards him and Richard.

"Oh hell yeah!" Frank shouted as he readied his swinging arm, flinging his detached left arm over his left shoulder like a baseball bat. "You'll have to do better than that! ZOMBIE BAT!!!" Frank shouted as he swung his left arm at the incoming boulder. With his rock-breaking strength, breaking the boulder wasn't difficult, but with its given momentum, dodging the shrapnel was a bit trickier. Debris and shrapnel from the boulder blasted around the gave like bullet, hitting the walls and anything around them. Frank himself had a few lodged into him, with others leaving cuts in his limbs as they passed by, but no blood was visible. "THAT hurts..."

Cargoan vs Frank vs Richard

"This is just the start of a painful end. This is the start of your torture." Cargoan said with a serious look on his face. He bended his knees in order to give strength to his legs and he jumped with great strength towards Frank. His strength was turned into speed while he was jumping. Even if Cargoan was not the fastest commander, he had his own tricks to give himself a speed increase and keep up with fast opponents. While moving towards Frank, he heated up his right hand and enhanced it to become stronger. "Meteorite Punch!" he said while moving towards the enemy. He hoped that this time he would manage to burn the zombie.

Richard was amazed as the gargoyle picked up the boulder, however he was even more amazed when the zombie broke it, bits of the rock began to fall towards Richard, some of rocks managed to actually injur Richard however he only had a few scratches on his face and arms. He looked towards the Gargoyle who seemed to be aiming for the zombie. Richard jumped over the two so that he was behind the gargoyle. He quickly took a stance. This was getting dirty.

Suigo
Swiftly moving his sword upwards, he sends another wave of this red energy, only that this time, the force was coming from the blunt side of the sword. Suigo basically raised the sword, that was lowered after executing "Crimson Division", in a rapid, explosive way, similar to that move, thus sending that counter attack, which manages to cleave Sogun's attack just well enough to make it pass next to him, split, even for a moment, in two. "You are too close." Suigo let's go of his left hand, and attempts to slice Sogun's torso with an almost point-blank range swing. Obviously, both swordsmen have fighting abilities that far exceed the abilities seen even in the Grand Line itself.

Sabres
"Will you stop destroying the ground, you shit ?!" Sabres begins punching the air with both hands, sending a barrage of shockwaves towards the falling Quatrum's direction. The right arm begins to crack more with each usage, but Sabres doesn't seem to concern.