Stranded

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Hal saw as Koske destroyed the ships with such ease and his jaw dropped.

"That, Is, AWESOME" he yelled as he pointed at it "Did you see that, Owen?!?!?!" he yelled all excited, the adrenaline was running through his veins faster than a car on a high way in a state with no speed limit.

[timezten]

"BAHAHAHAHA! Good show Koske old bo...." Owen's laugh stopped instantly his jaw dropping as he saw the warship in ramming position. "OI! You're going the wrong way!" He attempted shouting but gave it up as futile and gripped Henry's shirt. "Come on, we're going." He said as the sand beneath his feet erupted into the air Owen and Henry on the Dragon Wing's deck before it managed to hit the ground. Owen's large form turning as he slide to a stop upon the deck letting go of Henry before letting out a yell.

"JOHNNY! GET UP HERE! WE'RE LEAVING! SET SAIL! FULL SPEED AHE.."

"SHUT YOUR FILTHY MOUTH YOU UGLY AFRO SON OF A..."

Johnny clenched his teeth gripping onto the wheel in defeat his eyes locking onto Koske. "Koske you bastard, you better have a damn good plan. He shouted, he didn't know how their fight ended, all he knew was he only now awaken to Koske in the midst of a battle as if he was unhurt. It hurt Johnny to admit, but one could only assume that he had lost which meant he'd recognize Koske as the first mate, for now.

Owen on the other hand stood dumbfounded having been yelled at by Johnny. He had to figure out how he felt about being yelled at by his own subordinate. His face sad as he turned towards Henry pouting a bit, "My afro's really not ugly right?"

[Koske]

Koske burst forwards, shouting out as he went to abandon ship; but by this time most of the marine's had realised it wasn't their captain, and merely readied to accumulate on deck. But it did not matter, so long as they weren't all below deck the plan could work. He blasted through the door ahead of him with a flurry of Hertz punches, fighting through the marine's infront of him as he ran full pelt towards the vice admiral's office, he would easily find what he needed in there.

He smashed through the door, it was locked anyway, and started rummaging through the rubbish as he grabbed whatever he wanted from the room, a camera, a nice looking pen, a small chest of valuables, a photo den den mushi, a nice looking pair of drapes, and then what he'd been really searching for; a small box, he opened it, a log box, it contained within it four eternal posts, one for mariejoa, one for water seven, as per all marine ships, and then the spaces for the next mission, it had the current little garden post, clearly lables and pointing towards the island Koske had just flown from on an avalanche of sand (he still thought that was cool), and the one for the next island 'mirror ball'. He smiled as he threw that into his pockets that where now buldging out with stolen wares... well, he was a pirate.

The marines by that time had readied a resistance, and where trying to find a way to turn the ship, but with a ship's wheel broken off that was a little hard. Koske blasted through back onto the deck, this time with just his feet, as his hands where slightly full, as was his mouth as he bit down on the den den mushi's tail (don't try this at home, it's not tasty, healthy or very much liked by the snail), but it did not matter, he spotted the young ensign or private or whatever from earlier and ran to him, before unloading the camera and phone to him. "we're pirates it's high time we have bounty posters; so take our pictures" Koske ordered the kid, who with a shake nodded to say okay. Then koske continued runnin, blasting through a nice line of sight for the pictures.

"GUYS!" he shouted up to the dragon wing, "tell us what your adventure was!" And he jumped onto the figure-head, his hands turning dark grey as they blurred out. He twisted on his feet, and listenned to the creaking of the ship as he held back the shots with grey hand fault-lines from his feet. He was using alot of energy about now, but the excitement was giving him the drive to carry on. He was smiling, he really was becoming a proper member of the Horizon King Pirates.

[timezten]

The gloom and doom seemingly melted from Owen's face as he looked up with a large grin, Koske had asked about his favorite subject: Owen. "BAHAHAHAHA!" He laugh his chest poked out, fist propped on his hips. "My adventure you ask?" He laughed again as if it were no big deal, that his adventures were always the highlight of the conversation. "Oh nothing much," The modest approach to make his feat seem even more amazing, the small giant was quite the performer. His proud face turned from the sky and toward the warship self-impressed grin. "I just beat some Vice Admiral with a single blow, BAHAHAHAHA!" His laugh grew louder, and if even possible, a little more annoying. His head tilting back as his chest pumped up an down.

"Isn't that right?" Owen's large hand pushing Henry's shoulder a little harder than needed, but he was a giant it was to be expected. "Don't be so modest, you handled that other guy with the big mouth and sword BAHAHAHAHAHA! Owen's blurted out looking for some credibility to his story hoping Henry would be the one to add it. The one hit story seemed a little far fetch even for a giant, but with Owen anything was possible. "It was a little touch and go there for a minute but you pulled it out in the end huh?"

[Monkey D. Luffy]

"yeah, sure" said Henry as he heard the conceited giant tell his tale. He then looked at Koske all glad and destroying things.

"Don't you think it's a bit too much of Koske to ASK for a bounty?" he asked Owen chuckling at the scene where a pirate just says 'hey, i've been a pirate long enough, give me a bounty'

[Koske]

Koske smiled, it was obvious his captain'd do something outrageous, and the tremmors he'd felt where certainly pointing towards impressive as well, but to beat a vice admiral in one hit, well, sometimes even Koske couldn't comprehend Owen's true strength, and Hal clearly did something pretty good too. But then the next line came, and his mouth opened with a laugh; "I'm not ASKing for a bounty, I'm ORDERING him to get me one," he shouted back, "but enough of this, the boats are gonna collide if we don't hurry up." The Young marine started taking his snaps, as the two boats edged closer and closer, and so began the end. Koske's hands slammed onto the figure-head's head, as a thousand frequencies of vibration passed through the ship; the creaking stopped for a moment before becoming a deafenning sound, a moaning sound, it was as if the boat itself was screaming out in pain. Planks of the wood snapped off the ship, others cracked or shifted, more and more the ship fell apart.

"Quasso"

He shouted out as the ship stopped creaking completely, or more the sound becoming inaudible.

"Grey Hand"

By this time his entire arm was grey, and the ship had developed an unusual hue aswell, but the name still stood.

"Reverb"

He breathed in for the last word, changing his position to a sprinting start. He wouldn't have much time, afterall.

"Exitium!"

He launched up as a deafenning crack was heard, and the marines were again free to move. Koske spun, and launched himself towards the ship, reaching out with his arm, trying to grab the deck with all of his strength. The marines went to shoot, finally able to now, but stopped, as the deck shifted and the precursor to that crack became aparant; the ship had cracked in two. Not cleanly, not even close, some planks had come away fine, but others had snapped, and the overall shape of the crack was jagged and horrible, but the ship had snapped, and that was enough. Koske's bandages where red with his blood, he'd been bleeding alot during this fight, but that didn't matter; his hands where red, steaming, burning from the technique he had just used, but again, it didn't matter; his head pounded with the concentration his last attack had taken, but it did not matter; his body felt heavy with all of his adrenaline suddenly dissappearing, but that did not matter; he wasn't sure that he'd reach the ship, and with his fruit he'd sink like a stone, but none of this mattered; his plan had worked, he'd just destroyed two naval warships and helped his crew escape, single handedly, with no damage to his own ship; the exhilliration overtook all. The marines jumped into the sea, except one, who sat on the deck sending three photos to marine HQ with a description of their acts, one man who defeated a vice admiral in one hit, one who defeated a rear admiral who was known for his strength, even at heavy cost, and one who destroyed two warships on his own. He didn't particularly care if they got bounties or not, but getting those pictures could easily get him a placement in the photography department, and after this fight, that safer sounding job seemed like a dream. He lay down on the deck, recuperating, after sending a third mail, with a distress call for two warships worth of crew. He got up, threw the snail aside, and followed the rest of his crew over-board looking up to the man who just destroyed his ship, and seeing his hand just miss the deck; he was gonna fall, he almost felt sad, or maybe even responsible, but he did not have time to think of that now, he assumed a diving possition and hit the sea.

Koske was unconcious, and wasn't going to make it; his plan still wasn't quit 100%, but as per usual, his greatest flaw was his lack of strength, and in this crew, he knew he'd build that up in no time. His unconcious face held upon it a perfect smile, and a few small tear-streaks, even if he fell into the ocean, he'd saved his crew, and afterall, that's the job of a first mate.

[timezten]

"Tch, don't try to act cool." Scoffed Johnny as he guided the ship away from the wreckage Koske had created. "It's only thanks to me your stupid plan worked. If it was anyone else driving you think they'd be able to avoid all that debris? I can't believe I actually trusted you." He complained Owen grinning wide down at his first mate in his grasp, "Bahahah! As if I'd actually let you fall." He laughed holding Koske over the edge of the dragon's wing.

"Oi? You gonna pull him up already or are you just gonna hold his hand all day." Owen's eyes widened as he blushed letting go of Koske's hand and covered his cheeks. "Oh Koske, I never knew you thought about me that way, BAHAHAHA!" The naviator's jaw dropped as he saw the captain drop one of his precious namaka for a stupid joke, "AHHHH! Y-y-you dropped him!"

Owen stopped laughing looking towards Johnny obliviously, "Huh?... OH KOSKE!" Owen snapped jumping over the edge and after his first mate. After a two large splashes there was a moment of silence finally broken by Owen's call. "GOT 'IM" Johnny actually breathing a sigh of relief as he shook his head. "Idiot captain." He said partially under his breath before shouting. "Hurry back up so we can get out of here before they send reinforcements."


((OK NOW THAT THAT'S DONE, NEXT STOP MIRROR BALL ISLAND!"))