PARTY NIGHT~!!!!!!!

[timezten]

"What?" The bouncer answered with a little more boom in his voice than usual, almost as if it was an giant dialect.

"B-but, but if you're here but your body is there then... then." Johnny stutter trying to make heads and tail of the current situation.

"Someone stole my body again." He said with a nonchalant tone as he wiggled in his skin as if he was trying to get the feel of new clothes.

Johnny stared blankly as Owen seemed to be taking this far too causally. The hothead, always ready to fight, Owen taking something like this so easy? It didn't make sense, and as if a personification of Johnny's mind, the disco ball erupted and fell upon the party goers below.

BAHAHAHAHAHA!... wait that's not funny." The bouncer found himself caught up in his infectious laugh as he sat on the edge of the stage. His legs swung freely almost as if he had given up before the fight had even started. "BOO! Use the rubber chicken more!" He shouted out a little comedic advice to his body-napper, if he had to lose his body he could at least try to save some face.

"KATSU!" Devin punishment in the form of a well place karate chop rained down upon the back of the bouncer's neck. Again the bouncer's body was plummeted through the stage with a rather exaggerated explosion of dust and debris. It seemed Johnny had finally snapped at all the nonchalant behavior. "If you have time for tips why not go get your body back idiot!"

"OUCH YOU BASTARD THAT REALLY HURT!" Owen, or well the bouncer. erupted once again from below the stage shouting.

"ITS YOUR FAULT FOR JUST SITTING THERE WHEN YOU SHOULD BE TRYING TO GET YOU BODY BACK!" And so another famous shouting match had begun.

"HOW YOU IDIOT, YOU JUST LEVELED ME WITH ONE BLOW HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO BEAT ME IN THIS WEAK BODY!?!?!?!" Owen actually... made sense. Trust no one was as surprised as Owen.

"Oh...You're right that would be suicide..." It seemed the nonchalant was contagious as Johnny crossed his arms over his chest and buried his chin into his chest, lost in thought. For a moment silence rang before Johnny's head snapped up with and exaggerated. "That's it! If you kill yourself then your body will die too and then you won't be possessed anymore!" He exclaimed proudly his chest poked out.

The bouncer's head nodded in agreement, it did sound feasible but there was something important that was amiss. "AH! But then I'd miss the rest of the party!" ... Idiots.

"Hm... Sounded like a few thousand grains of gun powder." Again the monotone returned as Hanzo scribbled in his note pad. He had made great strides that day and made his first friend, he had to document the entire occasions.

[Xondo]

Vice Admiral Will suddenly felt a haki from above him. He looked up to see a man falling down.
Will pointed a finger up at the falling figure. “Ten TNT!” Black power was sent flying up towards Hal. “Detona…” Will stopped himself as he saw a bright light coming from the corner of his eyes. He managed to turn his head toward the light right before the lightning hit him.
A cloud of dust and flame erupted when the lightning hit him. Once the dust cleared a man was laying on the ground. A laugh that was growing louder and louder came from the Vice Admiral. He forced himself up onto his feet with his now shredded justice coat. “Now I am pissed off.” He said as he ignored Hal and turned into a cloud of dust and then reappeared a few feet away from the giant. “You all will die here!”
The Vice Admiral had his fist back and sent it flying forward with incredible speed. It wasn’t his hardest hit, but it was hard enough to get a reaction from a giant, or at least a person inside a giant’s body.

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Xondo looked at Hanzo with no emotions on his face. He quickly walked off the treadmill and towards the door. Once he opened the door and stopped he turned around and looked at Hanzo, “Lets go make sure captain isn’t in trouble.” Xondo said as he forced a smile onto his face.

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Alex, who was still on the ground, was confused about what was going on. He looked around seriously until he saw the giant shoot lightning from his knuckles. He eyes suddenly just shined as he stood up and screamed out, “That’s so cool!” He said as he admired the attack, but then was thrown back into confusion as all these people were just talking about body switching.

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Sakotsu was almost hit by the giants punch, not even flinching but just being blown in the face by air. He knew it was not the giant. A giants force cannot be completely exerted unless the giant himself is in control. If the giant would have been the one to punch, even without him being hit, he would have definitely been pushed back a couple of feet. He got ready for anything that could happen from now on, even him having to fight a giant.

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Hal was now running around the crowd looking for the Vice-Admiral. Amongst the commotion he could barely see anything, all he could tell was that Will was focusing on him one moment and then was gone the next. He kept running around the party without fruits of labor. Suddenly he tripped, he almost got stepped on a couple of times but once he got up he had a glimpse of his target.

[Koske]

Sakotsu's lack of reaction was enough for Lyuri, she should have landed that hit, she made a mistake; but one that was easily sorted, but first a punch was coming in her direction.

Will's fist plunged deep into Owen's chest, much deeper than it should have with the strength behind it. Lyuri was a clever one, she saw the punch, as fast as it was, and counteracted, but yet she seemingly took more damage, but that's the trick. A normal person having spotted the attack would defend, attempting to block and making it harder to retatliate, the battle would go in one dirrection; why exactly? well that's obvious, they care that their body does not get hurt; however for lyrui this body had to be beaten up later anyway, it was not in her interest to keep it in good condition; and so her counter action was an attack, a bum-rush, forcing her chest dirrectly into Will's fist. Will's attack gained a bonus, but such a technique has a second meaning, such a movement puts force against the puncher's arm aswell, force the attacker would not expect; Lyuri in this case had the advantage of knowing what was coming, Will did not. The fist deep in Owen's chest catapulted outwards, the force of Lyuri's sudden movement splashing into Will's fist, but that was not enough for Lyuri; she couldn't kill him, but so long as he got in her way, he was a target; and so, mid-rush, she swung wide with her fists and crashed them in-wards, attempting to crush Will in his moment of weakness.

The Giant's fists coming together, though without the refine of Owen's own control, with an even greater strength this time, as she wasted energy, and burned his muscles in a powerful attack, grabbing pockets of air in Owen's fists as they ripped through the space in it's centre ready to clap it together.


And in this simple, but painful move, she had already come to check; not necessarily mate, but check. The obvious options were to push into his attack, strengthenning his arm, attempting to spot it breaking, to strengthen his defense, ignoring his arm but protecting against the clapping fists, or to become dust once more; but that's what the air was for:

If there was no flesh or bones to break, then he could create a great gust, spreading his dust, and giving Lyuri time to prepare her next attack as he moved his theoretical king; and as such, she knew what the next move was, no man would sacrifice himself like that, and thus the bar would be full of fast moving dust, creating in turn more charge; if she could tap into this she may have found a way to power up her lightning fist, or use it indefinitely, that part, she didn't know yet, but either way, she could rid one nuisance, and two marks even before the cavalry arrived, while probably powering up another Fifth shot for whoever came next; and she hadn't even touched Owen's secret power, or lost much strength by her reckoning; she could feel this giant's strength, the damage she caused to her own body would be a drop in the ocean for a guy like this. She smiled lightly. Mixing this giant's strength with her mind, and no fear of death... Nightmares were made of milder things.

((okay, mirrorball breaking post-poned, I realised that this post was less than a second in length by what actually happened, but Koske's entry will be soon.))

[timezten]

The thunderous clap caught the bickering idiots attention and once again they realized the magnitude of their current situation. Their heads turn near in unison toward the giant's body causing havoc as if it was some sort of hulk like... hulk.

"Ahem," The giant cleared the bouncer's throat which was enough to send an all to deathly chill up the d.j.'s spine. "Speaking of which Johnny, shouldn't you be down there trying to get your captain's body back?"

A big gulp worth swallow of what pride he had regained today keep Johnny on stage. His arm's crossed over his chest as he watched the makings of a all out royal rumble. "Tch, as if I have any reason to help a shitty captain like you." That's right they hated each other, it was his out. Able to not go on the suicide mission and keep his pride. Besides, it wasn't as if he was the only member of the crew, "Get Hal and Koske to do it." He griped as he dropped onto the stage folding his legs "Indian style," sitting defiantly.

"BAHAHAHAHA!, that's right. Those two are more reliable... but Koske's probably off helping himself get closer to some damsel in distress... And Hal is... I don't know. BAHAHAHA! " He was a bit of loner, going off to do what he wanted. Owen didn't really mind, he could handle himself after all. The bouncer's body sat on the edge of the stage next to Johnny swinging his legs freely off the ledge. "Sides if I don't get my body back Koske'll make a great captain don't you thin..." Owen said as he turned to face his navigator with the cheeky grin but he was already gone.

"LIKE HELL I'D LET THAT COCKY BASTARD BE MY CAPTAIN!" Johnny roared charging full steam ahead upon Lyuri almost before his words meet her new giant ears. "HIGH FREQUENCY! The war cry rung out with the capoeira style went out the proverbial window as he mounted an all out barrage of tuning fist. His dub term for the new technique he designed to change an object's resonance note. By themselves they were fairly harmless to anyone who could take the sonic punch, as he demonstrated earlier on the pirates he turned into his instruments. But when piled upon each other so rapidly, well something was bound to shatter.

The bouncer's eyes widen as he watched the display that seemed to have been crafted specifically to put down its current resident's former body. "I may have to stop picking on him soon... NOT! BAHAHAHAHA! DON'T DIE AND I'LL SHOW YOU A REAL BEAT DOWN YOU UGLY NAVIGATOR." He thought to himself, almost a hint of concern for his namaka but Johnny needed a goal, not concern so he keep it to himself... "Oh cool I sound like me in his head BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ECHO... Hey it doesn't echo in here." *sigh* Just how empty was that giant's head.

"OUS!" Was Hanzo's only response as he shot up and removed the rest of the clothes he had on. He paused once in his boxers and looked around the room having only now noticing he didn't bring it. "Oi, I forgot. I'll be right back." He said to himself sprinting out the gym to his quarters. It had been a while since he had felt comfortable without his ninja garbs close by, but why did he have to run through the ship naked? "YOSHA! Lets go." He shouted excitedly, the full mask of his normal grabs dropped for a half mask, for some reason he felt as if he wanted to be seen now.

"HALT PIRATES! This is where you end. Was the shout of the armada that surrounded the harbor. A blockade separating the pirates from escape as the fled the party. And subsequently from help to getting to them.

"Hello?" A timid cry rung out deep in the lush jungle on the other side of the island upon the deck of the dragon's wing. Wait a boat in the jungle dock on the bank of a small lake? How it get there, for that matter how did the jail boat captain end up there? Wasn't she headed into the city. "Excuse me, I got lost. Can you point me back in to the party?" .... *sigh* Idiots, all of them.

[Xondo]

Will was even surprised by how far that the punch went into the giant. Wow, I guess that these people in this half the grad line are really weak; Will thought as suddenly he knew what the giant was doing, but it was to late he was caught in her trap.
His fist shot out of the giant’s stomach almost as fast as he entered. Will stumbled back to catch his balance and right when he regained his balanced the giant hands slammed against him. Just like any sane logia man he turned into black powder, even though he expected the wave of air to throw him back; the wave through him back even more than he had expected.
The giants last plan didn’t work out as planned. The cloud of black powder immediately fell to the ground and a figure of a man started to form. Will laughed with excitement. “I didn’t expect to find someone this strong here!” Will was still forming back up when he released about 50% of his haki now. The walls of the room cracked and creak to the immense haki that has just been released.

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Xondo waited for his crewmate as he went to go get his cloths on. Xondo thought it was very strange of him to do that, but he didn’t say anything. Xondo walked out the door only to be surprised to see hundreds of marines on the docks below the ship. “This doesn’t look good,” Xondo whispered to Hanzo.

[Koske]

"Bahahaha!" Lyuri laughed whole heartedly, she knew strong folk, she knew what to expect from someone like a Marine Vice Admiral; but she wasn't the queen of tactics for no reason. The greatest of the five hunters as she likes to believe, she could trick even the greatest fighters and thinkers; though she didn't expect Will's strength to be so great as it was; she really did underestimate him. "I know they say that the strong can ignore pain, but I did not expect this."

She spoke clearly as she shook the giant's hair, black powder falling from it like snow. Such a thick afro could hold swords and weapons in it, as well as many other secrets, but most of all, the separated parts of a logia user. Will reformed incorrectly.

"The pain must be horrendous, but the solution is easy; re-absorb the powder at my feet and you may stop the internal bleeding and live; but know this; that stream of black powder shall be the fuse to your defeat." She smiled inside the giant's body, holding her hand up, a gap between her index finger and her thumb, and a stream of electricity between the two. "I have the ignition righ..." She was iterupted.


Her plan was almost perfect. But almost is a big word.

The problem with thinkers is they always have problems with reacting to sudden shocks; or for the matter DJs flying at them at almost the speed of light and throwing several attacks into her side.

Will's moment was there, his Haki burst was not his last act after all. Saved by a stranger. Saved by someone not involved in this fight, someone who was never meant to be there. Someone who was meant to be on stage, who didn't even have a bounty. He wasn't a mark, he was a nothing, a no one, a nameless person, someone she never even considered being part of the action. Her plan had ignored his existence, as it had never been brought to her attention. But despite this, here he was, playing her like a cello.

Something snapped inside of her head. Rage boiled up out of her. She let go of the plan, Will was a target, someone in this fight, but he was not the first. Johnny was the first one who was going to see the full strength of this giant's body. "Raarrgghh!!!!! She shouted, her own Haki filtering through into this giant's voice.

Her flesh quavered like violin strings, noted passing through each other one by one, building up and cancelling out, but in no discernible pattern. In the sea this causes waves to break, in strings this causes quavered notes, and the screeches you hear from beginner violinists. But flesh is neither one of these, and instead somewhere between. The sea can't rip, and gut can't flow, and so rip and flow the skin did, or would do had anger not overwhelmed Lyuri. You see, strings and the sea can both be calmed by force, be it stopping a note with your hand, or stopping a wave with a ships bow. In this case however, the force was a sudden tightening of muscles. Against a normal person that attack could rip skin and break bones, but on a body such as this, strength overwhelmed the attack fast. Though Lyuri bled, internally and out, it was not enough to limit her combat potential, at least not now.


A shoulder pushed outwards pushing Johnny away for a moment, a chance to breath... though breathing was the last thing on Lyuri's mind. The giant's hand plunged into the thick net of hair that took such an important role in her previous plan, and found something, not a sword, not a gun, not any weapon. Instead she found a small box, a box that opened with a hinge, releasing what was inside into Lyuri's grasp. The cool and untouched metal that reacted to the lightning earlier making her know exactly what she held, along ofcourse with the shape.


Her hand removed and she used the item for it's purpose, placing them on the giant's nose, and around the ears. Her pinky extending from her fist, and launching towards Johnny with accuracy beyond any of the giant's previous movement, but still just the same power, if not slightly more. Lightning did not describe this attack, instead one could only describe it as a spark, but a spark of absolutely blinding intensity. The lightning of before would fire into the enemies body, frying them with a great blast, from the outside in. This attack however was more clever, jumping into Johnny's mouth and down into his stomach and lungs before the light show began. This attack cooked the enemy, but this attack did it from the inside out.



Owen's body stood there, lightning still zapping through the other arm, one more attack from the powder's friction. "Don't get in my way!" came out of the Giant's mouth, but even without Lyuri's haki it felt wrong, too serious, not Owen, atleast not the Owen we know well. A serious Owen, an accurate Owen, but most shockingly of all: An Owen wearing spectacles.


((Sorry for stepping out of place,but I felt this was the perfect time to step the whole thing up as I wished. Oh and don't worry, Timezten and I had a conversation about this already, in fact it was his idea; though I did take it a little into my own hands for the attack above.

Anyway, sorry Sak, for taking your spot in the posting order!))

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Hal pulled out his blade and began to walk towards Will. He got close enough and said "You! Marine!" waiting for a reply for a cold-hearted killer. His body was pulsing, he could feel his heart beating. Something inside was, for some unexplainable reason, thirsting for battle.Not just any battle, though. Battle with this specific man. A man who didn't care for anything, no actual justice. Lives were obviously nothing to him, then why should he be able to keep his intact? Or at least keep it without any damages.

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Jimi finally reacted to this havoc, crushed people and large giants being possessed. He then got off the stage as he heard the whole conversation. The body being snatched by someone else and sort of flipped out. "how could this happen? switching your body? hurting others with it? not caring what happens to this body?...

Jimi stood there confused and thinking of a solution he couldn't figure this whole thing out. Then a light bulb lit over his head. "Wait... she doesn't care what happens to THIS body? what about the other one?" Jimi then sped off around the city. Her body could not be that far, or at least Jimi preyed it wasn't.

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Sakotsu was pretty calm for the whole situation. He noticed he wasn't really doing anything about this. All he could really think about were his crew mates, but at the same time he knew he could trust them.

"Hey You! what's your name? The one inside Owen's body?!" Sakotsu demanded an answer from the giant. But without even hearing the answer he said "You know what, I don't need to know your name, you just have to remember mine. Sakotsu D. Hikaru. The man that's gonna get that giant's body back." Sakotsu said as he grinned at her and crouched down turning his legs into springs, launching at Owen with immense velocity. Not as much as Johnny's but still pretty quickly. And right when it seemed the attack was about to be delivered Sakotsu turned his toes into springs using Soru to end up on the other side of the enemies body and delivering a round house kick to the giants head.

[timezten]

A cloud of dust slowly fluttered up from beneath those once proud knees. Specs, once as proud as those knees, beaten down into a fine powder over centuries to settle upon this very earth. Centuries, in that way the differ, the knees beaten to the ground in a flash: an instant that even the man couldn't comprehend. The shocked expression, beyond the pun, was evidence enough of the D.J.'s, the navigator's, the pirate's, the fallen man's confusion. "W-w-wait, what's... why?" A slow blink and hazed vision searched for Owen's body, the horizon, up? Anything to regain its bearings besides those two oblong protrusions upon cobblestone.

The fading vision listed lazily up only to catch the glimpse of the giant's body towering over him even more than usual. "Oh... those were my knees. But why? Why am I the one on my knees? Wha...What happened? What did you d..." For some reason he couldn't talk, for some reason he knew he couldn't but his mind worked as if it could. Even going so far as to end mid-sentence as that gaze lifted to catch something so... "Ri-ridic..." his vision faded in and out, before focusing one last time upon the tiny glasses sitting upon the giant's nose. "You look ridiculous in those." One last insult before the conscience winged and like that: was loss.

Something was amiss, even Owen could tell with that strained roar that rose from his body... That was over there, in the middle of a fight, while his consciousness was over here... on the stage... watching. It was surprising that Owen even managed to follow that without getting confused. Or perhaps he was just to simple to understand he should be confused, as he was dead focused on the fight between his body and his navigator. The vicious assault fended off with sheer force that sent the D.J. flying back a few meters. But the D.J. seemed prepared as rocketed forward with another clap of thunder only to be meet with something that sent a deathly chill down the bouncer's spine.

Not that. The man was loud and obnoxious but he didn't deserve that. "JOHNNY!" The shout was in vain, it couldn't even reach those ears in time. It was over before the bouncer's eyes could see, before Johnny's body even noticed... And silenced reigned, or in least for Owen's mind. His eyes shifted frantically, searching for an answer that wouldn't come. No, that wasn't it. It was panic, genuine fear, how long has it been since he's felt that? Not fear for himself, but for his namaka. The bouncer's mouth grew dry with desperation as something snapped deep inside the Giant's psyche.

"Oi... Koske?" The voice was shaky, mixed with the boom of the giant, and something... different. More stern, soft spoken, but definitely Owen. It seemed the bouncer's voice wasn't the only thing missing as his body vanished from the stage. The body was more trained than Owen had let on, it had to be in order to work for that man. Standing against the fallen mirror ball, the hand pressed against the glass feeling the slight vibrations of his voice run through it. "You better take care of them...first m... Captain. Bahahaha thought you'd like the sound of that." Famous last words, he left him with everything but; 'it's only temporary.' Either it didn't have to be said, or he didn't plan on returning: even now he wasn't sure which. But he was out of time, Sak had already mounted his assault, William wouldn't be far behind he had to get there before the chances for victory were lost... Before another namaka was hurt.

Another burst of that rudimentary suru the giant had created once upon a time. He had long given it up for raw strength, all of his skills, so he had to be forgiven if he was little rusty. The bouncer reappearing in at the side of the vie admiral. "That's some thick haki, but he's not the type you should hold back against... you may not get a chance to go all out later if you do... Excuse me I'm borrowing this." The marine said reaching at the waist of an unconscious pirate that couldn't handle the pressure William had released. His hand drew back the nodachi and rested it upon the rather broad shoulder. "Tch, first time I'm out in years and it's in such a tiny body." What a day this body must of had, it woke up this morning as a bouncer, made a quick career change briefly as a bounty hunter, then a pirate, and now... "First Division Giant Squad Captain, Owen. At you're service." marine?

A wholehearted solute given before a glance back at Henry Drake. There was a bigger threat then a corrupt Marine right now, Owen's body had to be put down and for that William was needed. The bouncer's gaze returning upon the giant despite his words begin directed at, "Pirate. You better get your friend here and escape while you have a chance. After I'm finish disposing of your captain... you're next." There was little of Pirate Captain Owen left, and that bit was telling Henry to take Johnny and run. This island was littered with strong enemies, he couldn't waste his strength in a fight with the VA and hope to be able to escape this island. The tip of the blade aimed at the giant's heart as if initiating the three on one battle, "Hit him hard, fast, and with everything you got... And we might just live." He shouted all but 'charge,' but who knew how to defeat the giant better than the giant after all?

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A flame erupted at Xondo's side, Hanzo seemed to be in prime form despite his injuries. However even that was simple muscle memory, his body wouldn't last long in a fight in its current condition. It was obvious he knew this better than anyone, but if this was the situation deeper in than that meant his Captain was in danger. Even if he only had one attack left in him, he'd make it count. That hard flame spiraling around the twin nihontos at Hanzo's side. "No worries friend," He wanted to try the word out, and had to admit he was a little giddy on the inside. "I'll clear a path and you go to help Captain" That monotone determination returned to his voice as the flames grew around his blades, hotter and hotter until turning to a brilliant blue. He didn't wait for an response as he sprung forward with a cyclone slash that fired a pillar of twisting blue inferno towards the Marine's blockade. "Demon twister!"

"N-no anyone but himMMMMMMAAHHHHAAHHH!!!..." was all the lead marine could utter before being engulfed by the flames. "AHAHHAAAA AHHH HELP I'M BEING BURNED ALIVE! AAHHHH!!!!!" The marine cried out before the realization dawned on him that he was completely unharmed. In fact, he was even better than before, his wounds those same blades had inflicted earlier this week gone, healed. And for the first time for both, Hanzo and the marine had been on the same wave length as an enemy... "Huh?"

((I'll NPC post Grace's crew when they get approved, this is long enough anyway ))

[NPC]

"Whew!"

The loud whistle cut the tension created by the little ninja boy's big exhibition.

"Would you look at that there now, that lil' bloke made all that? This might get dangerous no... Maybe you should take these off?"

The clang of the shackles rung in the now silence as the attention was turned to the four figures growing ever nearer from the docks.

"Tsk, yeah right. Like I care if its gets dangerous for criminals. In fact it'd be easier on me if you just died already"

”Aw now t’at not nice homme, don’ wanna up and ’urt de boy’s feelin’s now do ya?”

The Creole voice of reason rose but it seemed as if it was too late to comfort.

"Oy, say that again you blimey bastard, I dare ya."

The shackled pirate’s attitude as fiery as that red ember hair on his head, as he erupted at such a small comment.

”See, what I tell you ,no?”

"No not him, you bloke! Call me a boy again yea, and say I have feeling‘s and I‘ll knock your teeth out!"

”Enough…”

And with a word the squabble ended. But it was easy to see why. The voice was filled with such commanding sprit that it demanded instant respect.

”We don’t need you running wild here, we just came to bring the captain back.”

For him to not be captain of this little rag tag group was something amazing, to think anyone with such presence would bow to anyone. Just how powerful was this person whom captained such a dreadful crew. The air of the entire dock had grown so dense just from them being there as they radiated another level aura.

"Tch…"

It was clear he didn’t agree but he didn’t argue, he was probably the one that wanted to find her most after all.

”It ok, no need t‘scold the boy. He jus‘ a little love sick, can make a boy real irritable. Bet he just want the shackles off so ‘im can go hug her no?”

"Alright That‘s it bloke me and you!”

A loud boom echoed through the dock as that punched with a flat palm of the only one not in chains.

"Don‘t cause problems for me."

”Ho ho, looks like ‘im got it right on the head ya?”

A growl grew in the red head’s chest but it quickly faded with that commanding voice rise once again.

”Even more a reason to keep the cuffs on.

It seemed they all were against him and so he gave up rightly so with nothing more than a suck of his teeth.

”Rite den, I guess I‘ll get going. Hold dis for me den no?”

The shackles were flung toward the marine as the witchdoctor was the first to step forward placing his top hat upon his head.

”OY! Why does he get to get his cuffs off? At least take mine off too!”

The marine sighed heavily as he looked at the shackles in his hand. That was right, there still wasn’t a lock that man couldn’t pick, he didn’t even know why he bothered putting them on.

”Dat‘s against de rules homme, but I‘ll be sure t‘give her a great big hug for you no? ‘Sides dis don‘ look like my fight no way ain‘t dat rite first mate?”

"Yeah yeah, do me a favor and don‘t come back."

”OY! You just gonna let him go off like that? Then let me go too!”

"Nah, someone‘s gotta stick around and clean up here and it looks like your friends chose you."

Said the Marine as two of the four seemed to have had vanished before the red head had even noticed. Apparent as he searched rather frantically for them even going so far as to look under a rock. No sign of either all he could do was concede to his defeat.

”Cor blimey.”

[Xondo]

After the giant became distracted Will reformed correctly. “Ah, that feels better” Will said with a smile and a low laugh. He then went into an uncontrollable coughing fit. Even though he was in the heat of battle he dared not forget to cover his mouth. Though, as quickly as the coughing fit came, it left. Will slowly started to lower his hand from his mouth but stopped as he saw the red substance on his hands. “Blood,” he said in an angry manner.
Will’s eyes changed from a clam demeanor to absolutely bursting with excitement. “Looks like we got a true fight here!” Will’s muscles began to bulge as even a vain appeared on his forehead. Nothing would distract Will from his prey now.
Will stood there almost in a trance like state. He ignored everything, including the giant’s rampage and lightning. A voice then came from his side as an unknown pirate, to him, was calling him.
“100-TNT-Dragon!” Will said as he had his open hand pointed towards Hal. A ball of black powder formed as it slowly floated out of his palm towards Hal. About one foot away from Will’s hand, two wings, a head, and legs shot out of the ball and formed a small six foot by six foot bird like object. The bird like object flapped its wings and flew towards Hal ready to explode when it touches anything (The bird explodes when ever it touches something, anything, it doesn’t have to be to the target just eh first thing it touches).
Will then turned his attention back towards the giant. He stood ready, this time he wasn’t planning to make any careless moves.

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Xondo took a few steps back when Hanzo created the giant mass of flames. “Good job!” Xondo said as he jumped off their boat onto the dock past where the flames had been. “Don’t worry about the captain; I will make sure he is safe.” Xondo was now running towards the center of town with an uneasy feeling in his stomach. He didn’t like leaving his new friend who was injured to fight alone, but he felt that he could handle marines alone, and he had an even worse feeling about his captain. Captain best be all right….And you better be stay safe Hanzo.”

[Koske]

Lyuri's anger swelled, someone else rushing in to fight her, this was becoming a pain; and there were too many people nearby; especially to stay in this bar all this time. She had two people readying to attack her, onw having thrown the attack, the other taking a weapon ready; a third lay in the wings waiting, but throwing an attack to another person; someone not interested in fighting her. Given the pieces in the bar she had a simple choice: The bird flying, or just about to fly was going to hit someone other than it's target, should it be the giant in the bouncers body or the boy in his original body. Sakotsu was obviously the more dangerous in this situation.

Her giant hands moved with great speed and accuracy, the eyes given to her may be imperfect, but with glasses they were very sharp indeed. This giant's strength was impressive, but when he could see properly he became new world class, and when combined with a tactical genius (self confessed), even most of the new world would tremble. It was easy to see Sakotsu's Feint, It wasn't too difficult to catch his leg, and Owen's accuracy even made him capable of throwing his catch right into the line of a bird of explosives. Combining the three was a little more difficult, but again, she did not care if she was damaging the body with these sudden movements, and so she did it despite the pain.


The next part of her plan was to get out of the bar, but that was all coming together as it was anyway. The bar had mirrors behind the bar, pointing out into the dance-floor, a dance-floor devoid of dancers, but where three people stood with a strange contraption by their sides. A contraption quickly built with parts from speakers, drinks pumps and other things just scattered around the area. Roll's quick work with a spanner made this whole thing possible.

"Time ta doo dis!" Roll said as she flipped the switch, Itam holding the thing together with his massive muscles. "Vacuum Blaster!"

"This is very quiet" Itam stated, but no-one heard him over the humm of the giant machine.


Lyuri could have easily stopped, this giant's strength was more than enough to dig his feet in, but Lyuri let it happen, infact jumping back into the vortex, towards the beat hunter pirates. She knew what she was doing, she was making space to fight.

The giant's body crashed into the machine, smashing it to pieces, Itam barely managing to get out of the way with enough time to remark "That was boring."

"Don't lie Idiot!" Toto shouted as she stepped forward, her part of the plan coming in. Roll's concerned look being to only reason she didn't hit Itam at that moment.


Lyuri stood, the giant's body looming over the little Girl in front of her, but for Toto this was nothing to fear. She simply let her breath out before smiling at the punch coming at great speed to her face.

It missed.

"Don't bother, you'll never hit me"

Toto's fists landed in the giant's back, right on the spine. Painful, but with a girl's strength and a giant's defence it was nowhere near enough to take him down. Toto's normal plan was not enough, but she could change quite safely.

Another swing came from Lyuri's slightly perplexed dirrection. But it was simply redirected by Toto's foot as she dodged, and repositioned.

"I have captured your biorhythm, there is nothing you can do." She said simply as she got back onto her feet, her hand going up and taking the glasses off the giant's face, pulled closer to the ground with the masterful redirection.

Another punch, this time straight, not a swing, but again Toto simply pushed off it and jumped over his head, lifting her spoils in her hand a smug look on her face. "Itam, you finish this won't you?"

Itam stepped forward, simply saying "never" as he wound back his fist, his muscles flexing as he threw an attack of tremendous strength. His strength even greater than Owen's but not by much; to everyone else on this sea however he was a monster; unfortunately a slow monster with very little in the way of brains, but Roll and Toto easily made up on that front.

The Beat Hunter Pirates were amazing as a team, it seemed even Lyuri was no match. But as I've said many times throughout this fight, things aren't always as they seem.

"Toto, he was weak!!" Itam shouted, a warning, but one too late. Roll however understood Itam's opposite meaning, and the smile of victory on her face left.

Toto's hands bled, her feet the same; the great strength of the giant had made his skin like steel to her flesh, and her flesh had reacted as it would. She didn't nottice the pain, pain that went on her own biorhythm, untill she stopped her fighting stance. The glasses fell; the pain making her scream and fall to the floor clutching her bloody hands.

Lyuri was merciless, taking out Itam with a lightning bolt and swinging to remove Toto from the game too. She picked up the glasses, a scared Roll attempting to find her rifle buried somewhere around here obviously not an issue. Lyuri laughed, her anger slightly lessened, one plan going perfectly atleast. The glasses placed instead above the giant's eyes resting on his forehead.

"These glasses are boring me, I want at least some challenge in this." She wasn't lying, though it was clear she did not know herself as well as she thought. She smiled lightly as she threw another lightning bolt punch behind, hitting Roll in the process, her other hand wiping the blood from the giant's borken nose and spitting out a tooth, Itam's punch having caused a little damage, even shaking the brain a little, but obviously not enough.

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Another change of plans however was moving fast. A giant series of cracks breaking out through the mirror ball, before it finally shattered, large pieces flying everywhere, glittering in the sky, and plunging into the earth. A high pitched ring, slight cracking sound and a great deal of glass dust however were the biggest indications something happened, most people unable to see the damage through it.

Koske lay, his body covering Sati's, and her luck he was. Blood came out with a hack as Koske coughed in pain, looking down to his stomach, only seeing blood, but knowing there was more.

He got up, and Sati saw the full horror. A great piece of glass sticking out of his back. "Oh my god, don't move!" She shouted instantly as she saw his hands reaching to pull it out: "You remove that thing and you'll bleed to death."

Koske's eyes widened simply knowing how big the shard was, the idea of leaving it in their only made him more scared. "I have to move tho, I have to fight."

"If you do you'll kill yourself"

"If I don't then Lyuri will kill us both"

Sati wanted to argue saying she'd keep them alive to get a bigger bounty, but understood his meaning it was the only choice it seemed. She thus remained quiet, trying desperately to think of another. Koske however ran off, towards the runbles of an explosion.

"WAIT!"

Koske turned, the urgency of the voice somehow getting to him.

"Five attacks, you can't make on more!" Sati said, this may be knew to her, but her understanding of the body and medicine came up with 5, any more and the damage would become too severe; well, that was the ball-park figure atleast.

"Why? You know medicine", Sati simply nodded; she travelled alone, she needed to know medicine. "Then I agree, on one condition"

Sati was about to shout out, but Koske had already turned: "You'll find out later!"

Sati followed him, both ready to enter the fray aswell. The battle was moving fast. But Koske didn't feel fast enough. Don't do anything stupid, he thought Owen!

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Hal saw as an enormous dragon made out of what seemed as TNT floate d towards him. Logic came up with the idea that anything this TNT came in contact with would make it blow up. So Hal had to think fast before he would get caught in this enormous life-threatening situation. Henry looked around quickly, trying to find anything to cause that dragon to disappear. He found a large crate. He just charged towards it and as he ran he said "Ichitoryuu: Chinese crane slash!" as he slashed it upwards, causing the large crate to fly into the air, he then jumped into the air and gave the crate a round house kick causing it to fly into the dragon.

The crate stopped in the middle of the dragon. It looked like its shape was distorted although it was just the TNT shaping around it, preparing for an enormous explosion. The explosion occurred moments later and Hal exclaimed

"YES!! THAT'S RIGHT!" but before he could finish his statement he got caught in the explosive outburst and pelted with a piece of the crate only giving him enough time to block it a little bit. He was blown into the stands in the back.

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Sakotsu was thrown into the large bird made out of TNT. He didn't have time for a much more elaborate plan and went with his gut instinct. A fighter's plot, he faced his legs towards the black cloud and on impact with it the explosion caused a wave before he was caught in it. He used soru to bounce off of the explosion. Adding up the speed of Soru plus the speed of the explosion caused an all new speed, never achieved by Sakotsu, he flew in an instant towards Lyuuri in the giants body, and this for sure was going to hurt her. He threw a superman punch at her with the strength of the largest giant, exerted by the velocity and his own strength.

After striking the giant in the face, in an almost immediate reaction the giant was catapulted against a wall fifty yards away. Sakotsu landed with his right hand bleeding and aching in pain. He just stood up without complaining about it, and he looked at the wall into which he had just catapulted Lyuuri, this was a punch strong enough to defeat any opponent, would be enough to defeat a little girl in a giants body?

"Don't get up, please don't get up!" was all Sakotsu was thinking this instant in time.

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Jimi was now running, entering from building to building, looking for where this girls body could be. She couldn't be very far, and honestly how hard could it be?... Very hard as it seemed. He had been running and he never noticed how many homes there were on this island.

"Please God!! Give me a sign! I beg of you, anything!!" Suddenly out of the sky came flying a very sharp piece of a crate, flaming a bit from what seemed to be TNT. It then crashed into a wall the sharp part first and got stuck there. It was at a building, secluded at the end of the long street.

"Not what I had in mind, but thanks anyways"

Jimi ran in that direction frantically, he couldn't wait to get this over with.

[Koske]

((This is getting impossible, might have to start doing this post after every other post thing more often, but hokkai, let's go.))

Sakotsu was lucky for sure. His punch landed just at the right time, The giant's brain shaking inside his head from Itam's attack had him off balance, Sakotsu's tremendous speed having made a massive effect on his punch. Perfect timing and great luck; skills in themselvs as some would believe, but Lyuri could not bring herself to accept that.

Beneath her lay, unconscious each member of the Toco Runners; a lucky break in some respects, them being a target and all; but not enough. She had smashed through them with the giant's body as it flew and skipped across the stone floor, but she would not be able to collect the bounty in this state. Blood came from her nose and the back of her head. Her breath was shallow despite the Giant's great lungs, and her eye's were beginning to white out. "No," she said, but only her breath came, no word, "It's not over yet," Her consciousness slowly slipping away.

The Dust rolled in, obscuring her view of Sakotsu, and anyone else for that matter, the glinting glass dust covering all. the Giant's eyelids almost fell, but if there was anything positive you could accredit to Lyuri it was her persistence. Her hands went to the sources of blood; the back of the head and the face, and readied her greatest move. Her paupers haki skill wasn't just designed for switching 2 people's bodies, but for this final stand attack. A deep snotty and bloody breath exited her nostrils and Owen's leg moved despite it's body saying, nay shouting, no. Her arm pushed down into earht, but only to steady herself upright. The blood slathered on Owen's legs and arms now controlling his movements, those blood stains which hold Lyuri's consciousness. "I never expected to be forced into this technique outside of the new world. Forcing me into his blood" Lyuri's voice came from the blood as Owen stumbled forward, not falling, but close to it. Controlling such a big body is difficult like this. "But so long as I can move this body I will win in the end." Another step. "I will simply find another body and take you all in for the bounty."

She breathed again, coughing up blood in the process, though that was the body, not her. She knew what lay ahead, Sakotsu Hikaru, his fists unusable now after that attack, A bouncer with the consciousness of this body named Owen, and a Vice Admiral who was split between this and another fight. With these as the only three enemies she felt fairly confident in a win, unfortunately she was two short of the real number.


"Captain! Spring Boy! Vice Admiral! Hal! Sati!"

Lyuri would be gritting her teeth now if she were more than blood.

"She won't be defeated unless we can fatigue the body enough to shut down each and every limb." Koske shouted, having hear Lyuri's monologue through the dust. "Hal! get Johnny out of her now! Captain! Owen even! You know that body best, you take whatever limb you want! Sakotsu! Will! Take out the others! Sati! Splash the blood to seperate her consciousness, and hopefully knock sort this all out!"


Koske let a breath out as his hands hit the floor, Tremmors passing through, into Owen's legs, stopping Lyuri in her tracks. "Only four left, and I've still to get Owen off this island"



The Final attacks begin, Lyuri Vs. Vice Admiral + Bouncer and Marine + Pirate + Bounty Hunter. The end is nigh...?

[timezten]

The bouncer charged after the Devil's pirate captain's initial attack. A dash which kick off left little more than a meager pothole, more an agitation of gravel rather than the carters the mind had come accustomed to. Too slow the body stopped short of the Giant, much to the marine's surprise and luck. That spring loaded captain rocketed back towards him after being tossed by the giant-napper. The bouncer's form hit the ground as Sakotsu flew above propelling towards the TNT bird.

"Shhh...it," his only response through gritted teeth as the body was willed to scramble to its feet gripping the blade. A war cry rallied the bouncer's strength for the mad dash and titan slash that hit... nothing but air? The body seemed just as confused as it's wielder with that bewilder expression as it searched the area for the giant that was just there seconds ago. It seemed that the mind hadn't exactly remembered it was in a human as it check under the arms and beneath the feet as if it had lost something small.

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CRRRRASHHHhhhh!!!!...


The loud crash erupted like and explosion of thunder as the little ninja boy was rocketed below deck the bullet ripping a hole through the deck and haul as if it was just hit by a cannon despite it coming merely from the red head's pistol. The force of the shot enough to seemingly put a hole into the sea itself a small vortex forming as the water began filling the gap made by single attack that took of the ninja pirate. True he was already weakened but the prisoner showed no mercy. The vortex slowly beginning to suck the blue typhoon below.

"You see that mate, one down already." The clank of the empty shells hitting the ground as he expelled the revolvers cylinders.

"Yeah, and?" The jail boat marine didn't seem to surprised by the attack despite the rest all in shock and awe by such destructive power. It wasn't seen here often, what an unfortunate year.

"How 'bout takin' the cuffs off then?" He argued as he reloaded each round one by one.

"You're still on that?... Hey do your job and load them on the boat already!" He yelled at the harbor marines that still stood in shock while the pirates that were feeling ran for their dock vessels.

"Tch, why not?" He sucked his teeth as he closed the cylinder and directed his aim toward another pirate ship.

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CRRRRASHHHhhhh!!!!...


The noise called Owen's attention as he looked up to see his body crashing into a vacuum. More attackers? The bouncer's eyes widened, not so much from shock, it was a free for all after all, but more from watching the body being beaten. This wasn't the first time he had to watch it, the pirate Owen was an idiot that with much the same fighting style Lyuri was adopting. Taking such devastating attacks head on, all strength, but the marine used...

"First skill." The nodachi twisted in the bouncers grip, slow and steadily the blade fell into position. Its back edge braced upon the bouncer's adjacent forearm as his stance widened and center lowered. "Fifty caliber: thrust!" Every muscle in the bouncer's body was pushed beyond their limits before being rocketed forward with a perfect thrust. If Owen's strength was the power then his skill was definitely the ammunition, the speedy burst mixed with precision and knowledge mustered only from years of training erupted into a brilliant attack that... missed. Again. This time Sakotsu had gotten there split second before the marine returning the rocketing from earlier.

The thrust hit empty air welling a feeling of depression into the marines heart. The bouncer almost seemed as if it'd cry, it was far out classed it couldn't even compete with the level of these monsters. It wasn't fair, why in ages he's free and he has such a weak body. Its s tance went limp, his shoulders and head down as a cloud of depression formed over him. A slight sniffle in his chest as he complained under his breath, "Dumb pirates, I hate them all."

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"Dumb pirates, I hate them all." The jail boat's official first mate shook his head watching the pirates turn on each other just to get away as their boat was hit with the same attack that had hit the blue typhoon moments before and now theirs. Only this time it had breached the haul low enough to blow out the bottom. It was sinking far faster then the typhoon and definitely wouldn't be able to be repaired. However his thought was interrupted by the clank of those empty shells again. All expended despite only one shot being heard.

"Even more an reason to take off the cuff mate, I can't go all out with them on." He still tried to convince the marine to set him free, however this time he was actually acknowledge with a look. To which he smiled eagerly lifting his wrist in the marine's direction. "How bout it then mate?"

"That one's getting away." His monotone voice matched his expressionless face as he pointed in the direction of Xondo. The red head only able to sigh in defeat as he reloaded, his next target already picked for him.

"Can't wait to get bloody..."

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"off this island" The words rung in the bouncer's head, and the depression fled. This pirate was still thinking of him, how pathetic he must of looked right now.

"Tch, stupid pirate..." He mumbled slightly before taking up his stance once again. "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" He roared as he gripped the hilt tight and his eye's snapped closed. This body wasn't as strong as his old one, but it mattered not. He relied on skill, he'd have to train more if he ever got that body back, complacency would be his death. However all that was for another time, if it ever came to it. Right here, right now all that he could focus on was his... "Final Skill."

His tone was hushed as here went over the math in his head. Wait, Owen? Math? Something was very wrong with that statement, but none the less it was true. "About, one-hundred-twenty-five kilograms at best, so that's four thousand. That makes, about four...tch only four... its just going to have to do." His eyes snapped open on that thought and his sword drew back over his shoulder. "HAKOKU: Four tonne slash!" He shouted as the overhead slash rocketed down to earth again. The shock wave was invisible but A thick cloud of smoke shot back from the blade as if it had just launched a rocket. The plume of smoke swallowed the bouncer as an explosion erupted upon hitting the immobilize target. It was that of a four ton rocket, not very impressive as explosions go, perhaps close to what a large cannon could put out. However this was contained to a razorblades width focusing the pressure to that single point.

The thick cloud of smoke faded revealing the frail almost mummified form of the bouncer holding a mangled shattered blade. He he spent all of the bodied energy into that one attack, no wonder it was his final skill.