West Blue: Aftermath

Kaizen ran towards the enemy, but a poll suddenly came out of the man's hand. Kaizen could almost tell that the poll was too short to reach him.. until it suddenly grew. Kaizen instinctively did a limbo type of defense and watched the stick narrowly miss his body. If Kaizen wasn't smart enough to know he had to take care of the guy next to the captain first he would have been hit directly by ignorance. Kaizen almost felt the hit too, despite it missing.. the man had too much strength for Kaizen to fight one on one. The swing was faster then his body, and the strength was definitely more then Kaizen could handle. The thing that saved him was his side planning in the obvious chance that the man next to the captain would try to kill Kaizen.

Suddenly Kaizen smirked at the enemy and ran in the direction of a hole on the ship; it was a hole with a staircase that lead to the middle of the ship, most pirate ships had these. Kaizen ran down the stairs and into the bottom of the ship. In here he was outside Iken's line of vision, and he was inside an area where he could fight the enemy with a surprise. Kaizen ran through the hallways looking for canons as well. If he could direct one at the bottom, or even at the captain of the ship aimed at the top (Kaizen memorized his location) he could hit him with a direct blast from the canon. A surprise from bellow wouldn't hurt the fight.

Desais thought on forever. The images seemed to dance in his head as the light in the room dimmed and glowed bright then dimmed again. It was all thanks to the roaming clouds outside that this was happening. Desais made out what he saw in the shadows as a game of sorts. Well sense he couldn't go to sleep and was really inclined to go outside this room, he figured he'd do something to pass the time. "That looks like a sword....Flames most definitely flames. Hmmmm tough one, maybe a bird? Or possibly a demon halfbreed." It seemed to keep Desais's attention until he heard a sound on the other side of the door.

It was Ada, and she was telling Desais that it will be okay. Desais overheard her mention that the other guys probably don't know about her and Desais. This made Desais feel a bit frantic. "Others?!? What others!?? and what do you mean Iken should be able to handle it?!? What's going on out there?!?" Desais asked nervously and bit a excitedly. He clearly got over his entertainment and really wanted to get out of this room now. In his mind he knew that Iken would be able to handle anything that was possibly on board, but he felt the need to fight along with him. It didn't help that Desais was badly injured. As well as not even able to break down a wooden door when, in his normal state, would have easily been able to. All he could do was look around the room for some way out. But then the Iken's orders popped into his head again and made him less entitled to look for a means out. Pains shot out throughout Desais's body as he moved around frantically. He winced at the pain and then came to an agreement with himself. "Captain's orders are absolute. I must stay here and heal. I'm of no use to him in this state." Desais said as he went back to the bed and laid down calmly. He looked sternly into the ceiling with his arms crossed.

13/15

[Captain versus Captain]

After a slow walk towards the enemy captain, Iken charged once he had gotten closer. Iken took note of the strength of the other man attacking Kaizen. It was a reasonable assumption to assume that the captain would be at least a little stronger than the man with the extendable pole. If Iken had his way, he was going to end and end it quick. Iken raised his blade into the air and prepared one of his strongest techniques. "Dark King's Iron Guillotine” Iken brought the sword down expecting to finish the foe in one blow. A loud clank was heard as Iken's sword hit and bounced off of a hard white structure that had suddenly appeared all over the captain. It looked as if the enemy had grown a set of super durable bones on the outside of his body.

Iken hung exposed for a moment after his attack; it would have been an opportune time for the foe to attack. Jumping back, Iken noticed the area he had struck had been damaged slightly. It meant that the foe had a devil fruit that could produce a substance similar to bone at least as strong as steel. However it also shown a slight weakness, the foe seemed somewhat immobile when using the protective part of his power. Iken knew if he was going to have any chance of winning he'd have to let the match drag on so he could come to understand the foes powers completely. He wasn't confident he could win however there was one thing he was confident in. The enemy wouldn't be able to exert his full powers while the ship was the only thing keeping them all floating. Iken focused on that fact when trying to come up with a plan of attack.

"Go after the other one, I'll handle everything up here. John, make sure to leave no survivors down there. Crush their skulls for we are the Skull Pirates, those who crush the skulls of all those who dare oppose us." order Captain Skull.

Captain Skull:

[Kaizen versus the Navigator -John]

"Aye, aye captain." John answered back. The man with the pole chuckled as Kaizen ran from the battle. From the look of his foe John didn't have to try to win this time, and the fact his foe was running was evidence enough. John casually followed behind Kaizen as the two who had been watching over Johnson were lead on. Pulling out a pearly white object the navigator attached it to the end of his metallic pole. The white object looked like a make shift spear head that had been carved from the same material or one similar from what the captain produced to protect himself from Iken's attack. There was something a little different about it though, it seemed to be more polished than what the captain had produce so far. The object also looked rather sharp.

10/15

Kaizen ran inside the ship with the enemy shortly behind him. Kaizen made a sharp right turn to go deeper inside the ship, all the while he tried to picture himself in the ship as he was moving. Eventually he'll be in a good position to strike the captain from bellow.. but he had to deal with his opponent first/ Before the opponent was faster, and definitely stronger. There wasn't much else Kaizen could tell about the opponent other then him being out of Kaizen's physical league at his current form.. there was only one way to fight back. He had to give it all he had, but in secret.

Eventually Kaizen made it to a door that seemed half open; Kaizen burst through it and tried to run into the darkness to hide himself. Kaizen suddenly turned into a snake while in the room and slide, rapidly, under some old pair of clothes he found. He wrapped himself into a striking position and waited for his opponent to come through the door. Kaizen made enough random sharp turns in this ship to confuse most people, he only hoped the opponent had average tactical intelligence. If he didn't then Kaizen will be in a world of trouble with that speed of his. Kaizen waited inside the room after opening he room and waited. The pile of clothes on top of him wasn't enough to hide a human, but it was definitely enough to hide a coiled snake. Now it was a waiting game.

After not hearing a reply from Ada, Desais decided to roam around the room. Clearly he was getting stir crazy. He wasn't sure he could make it the whole 24 hours trapped in a room alone to his thoughts. Desais grabbed his blades and looked at them. He decided that its been awhile since he has cleaned them. The little stains of blood can attest to that. So Desais sat down and began thoroughly wiping down his weapons. "Weird how calm it is out there." Desais said to himself as he looked from the hilt of his blade straight down to the tip. The sunlight from the porthole glistened off the water and onto the blade. This lightened the room up slightly, but the beams of light seemed to dance around the room. It made Desais happy to see his swords glisten. Although all he did was wipe them down hard with the cloth of his shirt. He dare not use Iken's blankets for he was worried he would have to clean them. He didn't really know how to do that.

Once he finished looking at his fine swords Desais got an idea. "If the sun reflects perfectly off them then why wouldn't the image of what they are doing on deck?" Desais thought as he jumped out of the bed and stuck his sword out of the porthole to see whats up. He couldn't really make out any images on the blade. All he really could see was the side of their ship and few moving bodies. But then again the bodies didn't look all to familiar to Desais. It brought up some warning signs in Desais's brain, but he decided to shrug them off. Well for the time being. After he got a good look at the reflection, Desais went back to the bed and laid back down.

14/15

[Iken versus Skull]

"Nightmare Stabs" Iken pulled out his seastone blade and jabbed it into his foe multiple times. He went in low trying to get the foe in the abominable area. If he was lucky it would only take an inch or two of penetration and the right spot to take down his foe with a strike to a vital area. Each time the blade connected with bone, doing no damage to the small shield that man had mad himself. With his free arm, the foe formed a blade from his bone like material. Skull pulled his arm back trying to stab Iken with the spear like blade. Dropping his green blade it stabbed into the deck, meanwhile Iken pulled out the Cursed Crusade. Iken quickly preformed a sliding block, moving the man's attack and arm to the side. It created an opening, leaving the man's front wide open with Iken crouched read to attack.

Iken attacked with a powerful horizontal slash to his foe's midsection. Unfortunately it seemed Skull's defense was absolute. The man's ribs extended from his body shooting out like spears towards Iken. The blade and the bones collided creating a power clash between the two sending both Iken and Skull flying backwards. It seemed for a moment that Iken and the foe were even. That was until the wounds Iken received from the blow were made known. More than one of the rib spears had hit their mark, causing blood to drip from Iken's left side, right shoulder, and a gash on his cheek. Both Skull and Iken got back to their feet relatively quickly, as neither of them were so weak as to be taken out by such a clash.

[Kaizen versus The Navigator]

The two men as well as John made their way down the ladder after Kaizen. By the time the three men had gotten down, Kaizen wasn't anywhere to be seen. They looked down the hallway, there were at least five doors and their could could be in any of them. "Spread out. After each room wait outside the door of the room you just checked. We move on once all three of us are standing outside the room. This is their ship and we don't know who or how many could be waiting to jump us." said the man as he kicked open the door to the kitchen. All that was in there was a woman, she looked so useless she couldn't have been anything more than the cook. John didn't even bother dispatching her, she could make a good slave like the other one they had on their ship. The two other men went into the bathroom and then into the men's bedroom. They cleared both, neither of them seen anything. John opened the door to the woman's room and glanced in. There were clothes on the floor, but nowhere for a full grown man to hide. The three men turned their back and walked towards the grand-hall at the end of the hallway.

11/15

Kaizen watched one of the henchmen walk in the room and look around. He stood perfectly still. The opponent seemed to have average perception, which meant he would be an easy kill. The second the opponent turned around Kaizen slithered behind him in incredible speed and quietness. All of the opponents faced the hallway, which meant that Kaizen could attack the one all the way in the back.. hopefully without the other two noticing. Kaizen slithered quietly, left to right, and came within inches of the henchmen in the back. The second the henchman walked through a previously opened door Kaizen turned into his hybrid form and cut the opponent's jugular vein with his claws. Kaizen made sure to cover his mouth before this and stabbed his neck multiple times to make sure the opponent would be too busy choking on blood to utter a noise.

Kaizen moved to the side, which had the opened door, and left the body on the ground peacefully. The sounds of waves in the outside made more noise then Kaizen did in the second it took him to perform all of this. The only real sound that the others might hear, with enough perception, is the cracking of the thyroid cartilage when Kaizen stabbed it. When the body dropped Kaizen turned into a snake and slithered on the bed under the pillow. His head poked out only a little from under the sheet, but it was only to see the opponents while under the covering.

[Kaizen versus The Navigator]

John opened the door to the final room, the dining hall. He didn't see the foe in the room, however he was going to checking it out thoroughly. As they two men were about to step into the room, they noticed that the presence of the third man was gone. His footsteps and heavy breathing were gone, and they noticed; they just noticed too late. The two men turned around to see their comrade laying on the floor dead. John examined the body, it was obvious that it was the work of an assassin. The man they were fighting was obviously more than he appeared to be.

"Where the hell?..." uttered the lacky.

"Shut up. Just turn you back to the dining hall. We know he can't have gotten in there, no matter what kind of tricks he's using." order the navigator. "You see anything move, you shoot it!" said John attaching a hammer to the end of his pole. Taking the long pole and swinging it and the hammer attachment, John slammed it into the wall. The hammer smashed into the wall of the woman's living quarters causing a small collapse inside of the room. The man then repeated the process on the men's quarters causing sharp wood and debris to fall onto everything within the rooms. The powerful blow combined with the existing damage caused water to begin to leak into the rooms.

[Iken versus Skull]

"Angelica Armor Gear" A brilliant white, pearl colored armor grew upon Skull's body. The armor covered the man completely. It looked thick and powerful, much more durable than the exoskeleton he had used earlier. Iken look upon the foe, his new transformation was somewhat terrifying in the fact it was likely intended to finish Iken for good. He held his sword in a defensive position wait to see what the enemy captain had in-store. A creak from the floor boards could be heard as the armor finished growing out of the man's body. Head to toe, the foe was covered in armor that Iken couldn't cut or break. Iken's chances of winning drastically dwindled in that second.

Skull began towards Iken slowly increasing his speed to a run. Iken could feel the ship shaking as the man charged towards him. The power behind Skull was unreal, and Iken wasn't sure he was going to be able to pull something off. Once the foe had decreased the distance to about a third, Iken charged forward building up momentum. At the last second wings spurted out of Skulls back, devilish bony wings. With a flap of those new wings, Skull doubled his momentum right before he crashed into Iken.

"Fallen Angel Gear"

As the foe charged Iken stopped and began to skid towards the foe. His sword behind his back, he held it with both hands as he twisted his torso preparing it like a loaded spring. At the moment of the clash, Iken released the twisting slash like spring putting all of his power into the counter attack.

"Counter Strike"

Iken's blade smashed into the foes missile like punch. The hard bone material combined with the momentum the foe had built up trumped Iken's superior strength, speed, and weaponry. A burst of air shot in all directions as the clash held for a brief moment, neither of the two powerful attack wanting to give into the other. Skull's attack burst through Iken's defense smashing his own blade into his chest. The overwhelming momentum and power of the attack continued as it sent Iken flying across the ship. Iken flew over twenty meters before he smashed through the door to his cabin and onto the floor right in front of Desais. Laid flat on the floor, Iken struggled to breath after taking such a hit, blood spewed from his mouth and rolled down his cheek.

12/15

Kaizen waited till the man finished trying to crumble the room down to the ground. Kaizen waited under the pillow for him to walk to the other room. The navigator didn't seem to have much of a tactical recognition by this point. He's having the other lacky separate from him while he continued to put the room down; which would normally work if Kaizen weren't a devil fruit eater.. more specifically, a stealthy type of devil fruit. Kaizen heard his footsteps, kinda, walk away from the room. Since he told his lacky to go to the hall Kaizen was basically told his next destination.. albeit indirectly.

Kaizen slithered out of his room and out of the door. The room was starting to pile up with water, which meant the man was crazy. Was he trying to sink the ship or something? Kaizen moved at 40% speed towards his next target in silence. The man's pounding in the other room confirmed that he was busy at the moment to witness Kaizen's snake form moving towards the next opponent. While the henchman made a swift right turn, out of view, to the main area Kaizen sprang up from behind him and bit his neck. He then wrapped himself around his neck, as a constrictor, and forced his body to get on its knees with a very small thud. Kaizen then squeezed the opponent. With the bite on his neck the opponent didn't last very long before he passed out. Kaizen released his grip and slithered behind a barrel with his superior speed. He coiled himself in a strike position. The man he ha just bit had venom in his veins now. Even if the navigator had him wake up, somehow, the man would still die within a few minutes. Kaizen didn't want to risk the time it would take to kill someone by suffocating them. If the navigator found Kaizen it would mean a straight forward combat; those are best avoided whenever necessary.

Desais was staring into the ceiling thinking of many things with the time he had. But that suddenly changed as Iken burst through the wall and landed right on the bed in front of him. Desais was confused at first until he saw the chunks of a blade imbedded into Iken's flesh. Rage erupted within him as he looked down at Iken and then back up at his opponent. "You BASTARD!" Desais screamed as he drew his blades. They seemed to glisten in the sunlight as he pulled them out. What the hell is up with this guy? Desais wondered as he gritted his teeth. Why is he so white? Questions kept coming to Desais's mind as he looked at the man. He noticed a few cracks here and there on the pearly white shell. Desais had no idea that it was bone.

With rage fueling his steps and adrenaline fueling his pain resistance, Desais rushed at the guy. He wasn't very fast but his strength helped him push hard into the deck of the ship to go a little faster. Once he got to the man he swung his swords at a horizontal angle. Both blades side by side each other went straight at the enemy. He used as much force as he could muster into the attack, and the rage he had to try and defeat the enemy. Little did he know that he won't be doing much, if any, damage at all.

1/15

[Kaizen versus The Navigator]

Once John has finished smashing down the wall from the men's room, he turned to see his comrade gone. John turned, walking towards the hall. Upon entering the room, John seen the man sitting there. He examined his comrade for any clues as to what the hell had happened. First off he noticed the marks on the man's neck as well as the small bite marks. The strangest part of it was that he wasn't dead, just knocked out. John wasn't sure what was going on, but he did have an idea that the foe was still in the room. Looking around the room, John backed up to the wall in a panic, he jumped when he hit it, but he soon realized nothing could get behind him. It was all a matter of time at this point. The room was filling up with water, about an inch already; John has a sneaking suspicion that the increase of water would be more harmful to his foe than it would be to himself.

[Iken and Desais versus Skull]

Skull raised his armored arm up and easily blocked the sword attack. The armor substained no damage, not even a scratch from the edges of the blades Desais had attacked with. Iken leaped to his feet like a bolt of lightining. Just as the foe pulled his arm back to punch Desais, Iken raised his blade above his head. "Dark King's Iron Guillotine" It was as if Iken had anticipated the attack before it even happened. The pure power of Iken's strongest attack slammed into the man's armored fist. The clash was less flashy than the previous and the out come changed as well. Iken's attack sent the heavy foe skidding back, giving Iken and Desais room to exit the room. Despite being pushed back, the foe took no damage from the clashing attacks; his armor protected him completely.

13/15

Kaizen watched the opponent back himself to a wall. Now he couldn't attack him like he did the others; but he had to take care of easy prey first, he was lucky to be the last one.. however, now Kaizen had to do what he feared most. Kaizen had to fight the man face to face, but Kaizen still had the element of surprise. He sprinted forward at his top speed the moment the opponent looked around and forced his vision in the opposite direction. Kaizen quickly, at 50 speed (he was fighting seriously now) opened his fangs and attempted to bite the opponent in the leg then turn to his hybrid form to jab his finger in the opponent's hip joint, attempting to dislocate it. Kaizen then jumped back so he could give himself some room to defend himself before the opponent even knew who or what hit him.

Kaizen looked a the opponent and spoke. "Your friend over there needs medical attention. I injected him with some of my venom, upon injection he'll feel nauseous; this makes it easier for me to strangle him. You can save him though with a decent antidote. I'll wait here, alone with him, while you go get it if you want." Kaizen smirked, he knew the opponent wouldn't go with it whether he was a friend of this man or not. Worst case scenario the navigator didn't care for this man's life, but that just meant Kaizen looked more evil at that moment. A smirk crept across Kaizen's face cheek to cheek. If the opponent was hit by his venom he'll get weaker slowly, until he dies. Kaizen's venom currently forces 3% out of a person's endurance every post.

Desais's eyes opened wide as he saw how easily the man had defended against his attack. He knew this man had to be very powerful because of what he did to Iken, but he didn't realize that this man was so strong that not even an attack could harm him. It seemed like the blades just slid away once they hit the opponents arm. Shit I can't do anything! Desais thought as the opponent readied a beat down to Desais's face. Desais raised his two swords and crossed them in front of him as he prepared for the blow. But just as soon as Desais expected the hit to land, He saw a sudden glimpse pass by him. And there he was, Iken back on his feet. Desais's stomach seemed to leap as he realized Iken not only blocked the oncoming attack, but his sent the foe backwards. Though it didn't damage him a bit.

"Damn what is this guy made of? Iron?" Desais yelled as he gritted his teeth. Then without a second thought, Desais lept forward at the man and swung his blades down upon him. He knew that he wouldn't be able to do anything to the enemy but he had to continue fighting. To protect a badly wounded Iken, and the rest of the crew. Even if it meant his life. But he was just so weak! He knew it too. Especially after the last battle. This just angered Desais even more at how pathetic he must seem. But he didn't give in. Even though the odds were not in his favor.

2/15

[Kaizen versus The Navigator]

John jumped when Kaizen leaped out and attacked, the snake appearing from nowhere was rather startling to the West Blue pirate. As the snakes fangs entered his knee, the man winced before trying to defend with his pole. He managed to block the second attack aimed for his hip. The time it took for Kaizen's transformation gave just enough time for John to react. As John readied himself to attack, the foe began to speak. John gave the man time to speak. As Kaizen revealed the poison that took out John's other comrades, it dawned on the navigator he was in the same boat.

"You bastard!" John yelled as he spun his pole. The heavy hammer attachment was nothing to the the man. He knew his time was limited, and thus he needed to end the battle quickly. John charged forward turning his body as the hammer trailed behind him. Once he was in range of Kaizen, he swung the pole. Even if John missed a direct hit from the hammer the pole itself carried a large amount of momentum. If the attack were to miss Kaizen, it would destroy the wall behind him putting the ship in even more peril.

[Iken and Desais versus Skull]

"No. If it was iron, I'd have been able to cut through him the first hit." Iken said answering Desais' question.

Skull didn't even bother blocking Desais' attack this time, he merely let the foe's blades bounce off of him like they were no more significant than attacks by an insect. He started moving towards Iken, moving forward through Desais' attack. Skull swiped at Desais with his arm trying the swat him out of the way. He had bigger fish to fry.

When Iken seen the foe start to move, he bolted towards the right trying to get away from the aftercastle. He didn't want to be trapped in a corner with Skull attacking him again. Iken knew that Desais and he had been lucky to make it out after the first time, and the was only because Iken has been able to catch him off-guard. With Desais charging start in, it only made things more difficult for Iken. Iken had to worry about Desais as much as he did fighting the foe. At the very least, Desais helped distract the foe, a fact that Iken tried to play in his favor. As Skull moved through Desais, Iken went in for an attack. Iken's attack bounced off of the foe as easily as Desais' had, leaving little more than a scratch on the foe's pearly white armor.

Skull grabbed Iken by the throat tightening his grip around it. Iken struggled to breath as his foe tried to squeeze the life out of him. Kicking and swinging his blade, Iken seemed to struggle in vain as the foe lifted the two of them into the air using his large and powerful wings. Skull and Iken were more than twenty feet above the deck of the ship as Skull's grip on Iken's throat strengthened.

14/15

Kaizen watched the opponent prepare himself for a swing. All Kaizen saw was an opportunity for an attack, he forgot about the wall behind him that could put water in the room. Just as the opponent was about to swing Kaizen turned into his snake form and rapidly ran towards the opponent. Just as the opponent swung the hammer Kaizen transformed into his hybrid form, which is near instant, and attempted to jab his finger in the opponent's shoulder. Kaizen then, with his knee, attempted to strike the opponent's thigh to decrease the speed of that area. At Kaizen's current stats the opponent's leg will lose 20% in speed (he'll have to hobble).

If the opponent's shoulder is dislocated then that arm will have a very hard time breaking through the hard wall of the ship. If Kaizen manages to strike the man's leg then he will have a very hard time moving around to fight Kaizen.

Right after the attacks Kaizen stepped back rapidly to check the opponent's status. He made sure to stay in the middle of the room this time so the opponent wouldn't try to sink the ship. Kaizen noticed after his attack that the hammer could have, or did, made/make a hole in the ship because of his recklessness. He needs to be more cautious in this battle. The last thing he wanted was to drown in a place like this. He had an underworld to conquer.

The blades bounced off so smoothly, and Desais was pushed aside. This enraged Desais even more so. He wasn't exactly sure what to do but he realized his swords weren't gonna be of much help. Not iron eh? Desais thought as he sheathed his blades. Desais pushed his feet into the ships deck as he kicked off of the deck and rushed his opponent. Desais attempted to tackle the enemy with all of his might and to grip him from under the arms and up to his neck. Hopefully this attack won't be so hopeless. Desais thought as he lifted the opponent up with all of his might and attempted to slam him into the ships hull.

If this doesn't work, then I am gonna be open to an attack. Desais thought as he legs wobbled slightly. Though he was wobbling, Desais's rage and will was strong. If the attack Doesn't work Desais will have just slammed into the opponent with his strength. Thus leaving an opening to the opponent being tackled to the ground. Either way, Desais really attempted to do something that would throw the opponent off guard.

3/15

Down in the enemy ship, It was dark and empty. While the ruckess happened near by, it seemed to be quiet in this place. The soft creaking of the ship on the water was all that could be heard, unless you moved close to one door. If your ear was placed on said door, the sound of what seemed like something was shuffling across the floor could be heard. Though the sound seemed to be coming closer to the door, as if it was getting right next to it. With out a sudden warning a loud bang ran though the small area of the ship, ringing down the halls as if something had slammed into the back of the door, trying to force it open. What was behind the door, it seemed desperate to get out, as it quickly started to make a rhythm. Waiting a moment before banging again, Almost seeming like a cry for help as it was clear that something alive was causing the banging. The door rattled a bit, but didn't budge much. It would seem that what ever slammed into the door from behind, was not aware of the large board that was placed in front of it, making sure to keep what ever was inside, from getting away. Even so, What ever was alive inside, was not going to give up as easily as the banging kept going, ringing out as an almost plea for someone to come to it, to fallow the sound and find the secret behind said door.

That Secret, that refused to give up, was in fact a woman. Her Clothes where tattered and Dirty, Showing that she had been there for a small while. The red ribbons that wrapped around her body, or clothes as she called them, where dark in color. Her once soft skin had a layer of dust on it. Her Hair was long and pink, but matted and dirty as well. She laid on her back, her arms under her as they where bound at the wrists. Her legs too where tied together, at the ankles, her knees doing most of the power to slam her feet into the door in an attempt to call or help or even open the door. Her voice was muffled by a clothes that had been tied around it, keeping her from calling out for rescue.

[Kaizen versus The Navigator]

As Kaizen slithered under the pole and hammer attachment, John followed through with the attack. Even with the stabbing blow to his shoulder, the momentum put into the swing had been more than enough. The hammer struck the front end on the inside of the ship causing part of the wall to break down. A large stream of water burst into the room from the hole knocking John and possibly Kaizen back right as Kaizen attempted to strike his foe's thigh. If the full power of the wing had been reached, the room would have likely been flooded almost instantly. 10 posts till the second level is completely flooded.

John struggled to get up as the water continued to flood into the room. The injury he had sustained to his knee was taking effect in more than one way. Not only was the foe feeling sick from the venom, the damage to the knee itself seemed to have worsened when the water slammed him again the far wall. John had to use his pole as a crutch to actually make it to his feet.

[Iken and Desais versus Skull]

Skull looked down and snickered as Desais tried leaping into the air and tackling him. For as high into the air as Skull and Iken were, there was no way Desais could reach them. However that fact wasn't meant to be true for long. Just as Iken had given up, the moment he stopped writhing and struggling for his life; the two of them began to fall. Skull's two transformations had run out of time. Skull let go of Iken as he formed an exoskeleton around himself to avoid being hurt during the fall. Iken smashed against the deck from twenty feet above, his body causing a few of the planks to crack. When Skull hit the deck, all of the extra weight from the bone exoskeleton caused him to crash through the desk and down to the floor below.

Iken heaved out blood from his mouth before gasping and taking deep breaths. It was the breath, which had been stolen by his foe just a few moments prior. Iken gripped his neck rubbing the place where Skull's hand had made a large red mark. Staring down at the deck, lying on his side; Iken realized that if Skull got his hands on him again he wouldn't survive. Skull's and Iken's next encounter would most certainly be their last, for one of them at least.

15/15

Leonardo had been drifting in and out of consciousness for an unknown amount of time.  It smelled and was dirty.  Cussing under his breath he tried levitate at first. Shaking his head he knew that his power still but he was chained down his wrist bound together and bolted to the wall.  The way his palms were he could not touch anything.

"Jeeze this sucks." I never thought they would be this careful.  Leo had been preparing to sail away from the previous island when he had been hit by a dart.  Was it some angry person who had lost money betting on his fight or perhaps just general slave trade? Whomever it didn't matter as soon his hands could move he would free himself and sink the ship.

It was dark but he could still tell that he wasn't the only person around.  "Who’s there?" He called out speaking into the darkness it was a long shot but speaking to the person might be beneficial.  Leonardo could potentially use her to get out.   My time here might not be long something seems to be going on above.

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Kaizen noticed his attack did damage, but the opponent still managed to break through the walls of the ship. Water started to drip in which made Kaizen feel weak all of a sudden. Kaizen stood up and looked at the opponent, whom seemed like he was at his limit. Kaizen smirked and ran towards the opponent. With his right shoulder dislocated the man was in a much worse position then Kaizen. Suddenly Kaizen jumped up and tried to land on the opponent's chest. From there Kaizen tried to jab his finger inside the opponent's throat to cut his jugular artery. Even after the attack Kaizen jumped off the opponent's body and landed on on his feet on the area Kaizen was positioned before. That's when Kaizen noticed the banging coming from downstairs. Kaizen gritted his teeth and wondered if he should turn around and check the banging. The last thing he wanted to do was leave behind something that could be of value to him.

Kaizen readied himself in case the opponent was still up for another round, but knew that if the opponent's jugular artery was hit there was no way the opponent would survive too long. The water in the room kept increasing, which means that Kaizen didn't have too long to fight. Half of Kaizen wanted to stab the opponent several hundred times for being an idiot; yes the ship was about to sink already, BUT WHO WOULD DROWN THEMSELVES TO HURT SOMEONE ELSE! Kaizen didn't have time for the opponent, he had to check around the ship for anything that could give him some profit. Kaizen waited for the opponent's reaction first before starting to move.

Desais kicked himself for the dumb attempt at getting at Skull. All he could do was stand there and watch as the battle ensued above him. Then suddenly, Desais saw Skull's ability disappear. Desais got out of the way as Iken fell to the deck and Skull fell through the deck. Desais looked at Iken as he saw he was breathing again. Good thing the effect of this ability disappeared. Now Iken can finally breathe again. Im not certain but I think maybe this ability of this opponent comes from a devil fruit. Desais had thought as he looked at how beat up Iken was. Desais rage had definitely not subsided.

He jumped down the hole Skull had created. Desais wanted to reach his opponent and hopefully defeat him. At least before he got a hold of Iken like he did before. As he started to see Skull, Desais drew his swords and lifted them high above his head. Skull drew closer and closer, then Desais slammed the hilts of his swords into Skull's chest. Desais knew this wasn't gonna do much if any damage. After he had slammed into Skull, Desais turned towards Skull. He put away his swords and prepared his fists. There was no point in him dulling his blades on this opponent any longer. Desais rushed Skull with his strength instead. As he got to Skull, Desais wrapped his arms around him and chucked him across the room. Then he ran to him again and began punching Skull in the face. The adrenaline surging into him was enough to prevent him from stopping from the pain in his fists. Desais didn't want this man to harm Iken any longer.

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She started to wince as her bare feet felt the pain coming from banging on a wooden door so hard over and over agian. She started to have longer pauses between the banging. She jumped slightly and looked around in the dark room as she heard a voice.

She kept banging, but would make muffled sounds between them, letting whom ever was in the room with her know that speaking would not be a very effective way of communicating. She froze as she suddenly felt water, a small layer of it, rush under the door and into the room. The woman got a sudden burst of energy as she started kicking away at the door harder, her feet going numb as she did.

She had to think of something else, she needed to find a way to free her hands, or at least her mouth. She rocked and moved till she was rolled over on her stomach, she closed her eyes and started moving her feet back, trying to catch them with her hands. It wasn't long though, before she gasped as she caught her feet with her bound wrists. She whimpered and started to slowly push her arms down her legs, feeling the pain in her back from being bent in such a way. She let out a groan in pain from the situation.

If she lived though this, she would be in a lot of pain the next day. Thankfully, she was able to wiggle and worm, her arms coming over her legs and now in front of her. she could feel the rope burn on her wrists from twisting them in the bind so much but was able to grab the cloth from her mouth and pull it free "thank the gods!" she said out loud, gasping for a good breath as she moved to sit up, getting off the wet floor for the moment and looking at the man whom was chain to the wall. "any ideas on how to get out of here?" she said, a bit of fear in her voice but she was holding on it seemed.

[Kaizen versus The Navigator]
 
As Kaizen leaped onto John, the added weight and the momentum form Kaizen's jump proved to be too much.  John wasn't able to withstand all of the pressure.  He fell to the around as Kaizen attempted to stab him in the jugular.  The sudden fall caused the man to hit his head and the attack from Kaizen to drift off from the original target.  Kaizen still hit the foe's neck causing him to bleed badly, however the attack wasn't instantly fatal.  John laid there in a pool of seawater and his own blood.  It was unlikely that John would survive even if Kaizen didn't come back to finish the foe off.  
 
[Iken and Desais versus Skull]
 
Skull braced himself as Desais slammed the two blades into his chest.  Like clockwork, the enemy captain had thrown up a seemingly impregnable defense with his bone creation power.  The blades that Desais had attack with merely grazed off once again without a scratch to show for it.  As Desais once again rushed the foe, it was a simple matter of increasing the density of his bones for Skull to prevent Desais from throwing him.  Skull just stood there as Desais punched him in the face.  The foe didn't even both to put of up protective shield, as his bones were already strong enough to easily with stand the simple punches from Desais.  There would likely be more damage to Desais' fists than there would be to Skull's face.  
 
Skull stood there as Desais punched him for a few moments.  After he had enough of the abuse, Skull formed a hammer of bone on his elbow.  With the hammer, Skull attempted to bring it down smashing Desais in the head to knock him out.  Regardless of his success or lack of Skull then began to make his way up to the upper deck.  Skull looked at Iken, before walking towards his foe and forming the exoskeleton he had used to block Iken's first attack.  Immediately, Skull's movements slowed and became sluggish, but it was still enough.

Iken took a deep breath as he started down Skull.  It was time, if he wasn't able to do what he couldn't just a moment ago; he would die.  Iken had to cut through someone that was as strong as steel in order to survive.  Hell it was in order for all of them to survive.  Iken had to do the impossible, or everything would just have been a waste. It would all have been a waste, everything from meeting the members of his crew to the family and friends that had died so he could survive.  It was all riding on Iken's shoulders now.  Iken took to his stance ready for the oncoming foe.  
 
Skull formed two spiraling spears out of his wrists with the thick and powerful bone.  They extended out from his arm bones to about three feet in length.  As he drew closers the foe began to force the bones to spin like a drill, he intended to take Iken out once and for all.  Iken waited for the right moment as Skull charged in towards him.  If Iken could just get through the bone he would be able to attack the foe as he pleased, for the exoskeleton would slow Skull down enough.  "Curse of the Puppet Master"  "Act One: Dark King's Hard Appendage” With one swift slice, Iken cut through the two spinning bone blades as well as the chest plate of the exoskeleton armor.  Iken threw his blade into the air as he drew his second blade.  "Act Two: Dark King Kenpachi” In the blink of an eye, Iken had literally slashed the foe 18 times.  The slashes prevented the rib cage trap from forming by destroying the ribs before they could grow.  Iken then sheathed the seastone blade with one hand as he caught his thrown blade with the other.  "Final Act: Dark King's Iron Guillotine”  Grabbing his blade with both hands, Iken brought it down on the foe.  The supreme grade blade sliced through the foe, cleaving him perfectly in-half; super dense bones and all.      
 
Iken could hear Desais below deck and was relieved that he was okay.  "Kaizen." Iken mumbled as he jolted forward.  "Desais grab the dingy and some bags, we're going to need them to raid the enemy ship.  He ran over to the enemy ship and leaped onto their deck causing a big thud as his weight hit the damaged floor boards.  With a single draw of his blade, Iken sliced a hole into the deck of the ship allowing him to drop the floor below.  Iken heard a splash when he and the debris from the deck landed.  There was no sign of Kaizen, however there was a thumping sound coming from a door down on the deck below.  Once again slicing his way through the flood, Iken landed on the flood below with a splash.  This time, however there was quite a bit more water than there was on the floor above.  It was above Iken's ankles, almost half way up his calves.  
 
Iken pulled on the door where the sound was coming from, but it seemed to be locked or stuck; possibly swollen from the water.  Frowning for a moment, Iken proceeded to rip the door off of the hinges and throw it aside.  The resulting splash caused drops of water to hit his back and neck.  With the door gone, dimmed light trickled into the room illuminating the two captives inside as well as their surroundings.  Iken sliced off the chains connecting the man to the wall as well as the binds on the woman’s hands and legs.  Looking down, Iken noticed the water level had risen to about waist level.  They needed to get out of there quickly.  "Can you two walk?" Iken asked.  Five (5) posts till the ship is completely flooded.
 
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Forgetting momentarily he was bound he moved to wave his hand to signal he to stop trying. Not only did that not work she couldn't see the hand just like he couldn't see her. "Enough your embarrassing yourself no one can hear you.. "Listening to muffled sounds and all the noise she made him grateful that he wasn't gagged. But then she got desperate and it was to sad to listen to.

Then he noticed the water.  Was the ships sinking? Slaves were are a dime a dozen easily replaceable no one was coming for them so he thought.  He had to make an effort to save himself.  If only he could free his hand before the seawater took affect him. Even more desperate than the woman in the dark he yanked on his shackles if he could set his arms free he could leave this ship.

Then light came through. Looks like fools still exist someone came done here after all As the chains hit floor Leonardo jumped up and rushed for the exit taking no time to thank the man. "I can walk" chuckling he wondered to himself this person was. Not turning back he called out to the man. "Do you have a way off this ship?" If at all possible he didn't want to fly away and be seen.  Then again if they didn't have away to safety they wouldn't live so it would not matter.  But he didn't want to leave his benefactor to die if it possible to assist in someway.

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Kaizen heard a thud nearby. He continued to hear the sound of something hitting a plank, or the wall of the ship. Suddenly Kaizen heard the sound of wood snapping. Kaizen's immediate reaction is to turn into his snake form to hide. Nothing happened. He turned back to his human form and noticed the sound of steps heading towards the thudding noise. Kaizen didn't care if it was Iken down there, or the enemy, but he'll soon find out. If it was Iken he needed him alive. Kaizen turned to his hybrid form and walked quickly through the walls marking quick arrows through the wooden walls. These arrows showed the way to the top of the ship. Kaizen memorized this place as he was running down, but only his steps. The arrows eventually led to the stairs that lead to the top deck. Before Kaizen left the ship he turned back to his normal form and walked towards Iken's ship.

Kaizen made sure to look back every few seconds while marking the area on his way up. He didn't see the enemy, which meant that it was fine to continue in his hybrid form while avoiding any unneeded windows or large holes to give away his secret form. When Kaizen made it to the top he walked over to the mast of the ship and waited for people to pop out of the hole on the ground. Kaizen will jump to Iken's ship when the ship became a little dangerous for Kaizen's own safety (like when it's about to land on the water). Kaizen made sure to look around him to make sure everything was fine. The last thing he needed was an unsuspecting wave to grab a hold of the ship, or for the ship to suddenly drop to the ocean. Kaizen took off the pieces of wood from his fingernails; he didn't want them to suspect anything.