One Piece: ROTPQ Chapter 11

One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen

Last time on One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen. After landing on Pebble Shore Island and infiltrating Tony's base, the crew separated to rescue Nicole. With Lena having successfully defeated Kincad, Akio had his own troubles facing off with Tsukagi, the Feint King. After a grueling battle, Akio emerged the victor. Meanwhile, the captains of both crews have begun their own fight for Nicole's freedom.

I'm Not Backing Down! Spark Spark vs. Grow Grow

"Come on, Ryuudo. We gotta help Akio and Mika." yelled Lena from up the tunnel.

"Well sorry that I got hit in the leg! Maybe next time I'll make sure that they aim for my HEAD!" shouted back Ryuudo incredibly pissed off as he walked down the tunnel slowly while leaning on a crutch.

"Hey! Don't get snappy with me!"

"Ms. Lena, is Mr. Ryuudo okay?" asked Toby with a bit of fright in the tone as he stood next to Lena.

"Oh, he is just peeved off because he's slower than turtle and his wound probably acting up."

"Shut up!"

"Whatever."

"Ms. Lena, I see the end of the tunnel." shouted Toby pointing down the tunnel to reveal to the bricking teens a lighted opening.

"Finally! Some fresh air, hopefully I'll get the smell of fish out of my nose."

"I hate you."

"It was a joke!"

"Doesn't change a thing."

"Whatever."

"Mr. Akio!"

The bricking teens attention was soon drawn away from their heated argument to see that Toby had gotten ahead of them. Both quickly, and Ryuudo painfully, made their way down the tunnel. However, instead of meeting fresh air and a cool breeze, they were greeted by the smells of a battle feed. And it definitely looked like a battle field. Many crates all over the huge room were destroyed and their materials spread all over the room. There were even a few fires, but what caught there attention was the two men that laid before them. The closest was obviously Akio, appearing to be knocked out with Toby checking him over, and the other was Tsukagi obviously knocked out.

"Ha! Serves you right! You prick!" mocked Ryuudo seeing Tsukagi's unconscious body.

"Who's he?" asked Lena.

"Just an insufferable prick that likes to mess with anyone that he finds amusing." said Ryuudo with a tone of hate.

"Sounds interesting." said Lena as she removed her finished lollipop and replaced with a orange one. "But lets attend to Akio first."

"Right." agreed Ryuudo though slightly baffled by the younger girl's need for a lollipop, or even having some yo begin with. Both teens then moved closer to the boy and teen to check the situation.

"How is he, Kid?" asked Lena looking over Akio herself.

"Not good, Ms. Lena. He's bleeding from the chest and hands, and he won't wake up." cried Toby fearing the worst.

"Don't worry." said Lena as she placed a hand on Toby's shoulder to calm him down and talked in a soothing voice. "Akio's been through worst, he'll be fine."

"Alright." said Toby as his fears lessened. Lena then went to work on Akio pulling out the basic first aid kit.

"He's had worst than this?" whispered Ryuudo.

"I don't know? I've only been with the crew for a few days." quietly admitted Lena making sure Toby did not hear her.

"Why did you lie then?"

"To shut him up." Ryuudo sweat-dropped at the comment.

***BBBRRRROOOOOOMMMMM***

Suddenly the entire base shook as if an earthquake had just occurred throwing off everyone's balance. Lena immediately grabbed for Akio while Ryuudo and Toby tired not to lose their balance. Ryuudo, with his bullet wound in all, failed miserable and fell on his face. While Toby found solace in keeping his balance by accidentally making Ryuudo lose his. And this all happened within ten seconds. Once the quake settled everyone tired to recompose themselves.

"What was that?" asked Lena looking up from Akio's body.

"An earthquake?" questioned Ryuudo who was rubbing his red swollen face.

"That was Tony!" stated Toby as he hid behind a recovering Ryuudo. "Only he could make an entire mountain shake."

"With his powers, I would agree." nodded Lena as she returned to dressing Akio's wounds.

"Why is he trying to bring a mountain down on us!?" loudly asked Ryuudo.

"Not a mountain." said Akio even though his eyes were closed. "But Mika."

"Ahh! You're awake." yelled Lena in surprise causing her to lose her gauze.

"I never fell asleep." sweat-dropped Akio. "I'm just too tired to move."

"Wimp." replied Lena and Ryuudo.

"Sorry if my guy actually did physical combat and I didn't get shot in the leg."

"Whatever." replied both teens.

"Is Ms. Mika really fighting Tony?" asked the kid with a nervous voice.

"You bet, Toby." said Akio opening one of eyes and gave a small smile.

"B-b-but Tony, he..."

"Don't worry, Mika's a big girl. She can handle herself." said Akio with confidence looking cool in front of the kid.

"Yeah, but she's facing a man that can be bigger than herself." stated Ryuudo throwing off Akio's cool look.

"Whatever, Ryuudo. I know Mika will win."

"As long as she rescues Nicole." Akio nodded in agreement with Ryuudo.

Meanwhile outside the base.

"I'm surprised that you dodged my punch, most people just stand their like idiots." chuckled Tony. Mika was now way to the left to where the entrance was.

'Why didn't it work?!' thought Mika recalling their first confrontation. Mika had launched her Spark Shotgun and it had collided with Tony's enlarged fist, yet, it had no effect on him whatsoever. Though she was shocked for a bit, she quickly jumped out of the way letting the punch collide with the side of the mountain. The punch made a rather large indent in the mountain and completely destroyed the entrance/exit.

"So how do you like my Grow Grow powers, little girl."

"Grow Grow?" questioned Mika.

"Yes, I ate the Grow Grow fruit." said Tony with a smug smile. "Now my hands can grow to the size of giants!"

"Wouldn't they get heavy?"

"You know! I've never really noticed it, but they don't gain an ounce of weight." responded Tony as he himself began pondering about why his hands never felt heavy.

"It could be because......" muttered Tony until he realized what he was doing. "Wait! Why am I talking to you like we're friends."

"I don't know?" shrugged Mika making Tony angrier.

"Don't fool with me!" yelled Tony as he threw another punch and, like the last one, grew.

"Uh-oh! Spark Jump!" With only seconds to spare, Mika launched herself over the giant-sized fist causing it to continue it's path and hit the mountain. Mika landed on the enlarged fist and ran towards Tony as she once again gathered spark energy into her feet.

"Hey! Not so fast!" yelled Tony as he threw his other fist at Mika and, like the last one, it grew as well.

"Ha! Boring!" laughed Mika confidently. "Try this on for size. Spark Jump Shocker!" Using both feet, Mika used the momentum of releasing her spark energy and jumped dodging Tony's attack completely as well as attack Tony at the same time. Mika, still smiling, took a glance at Tony from where she landed, a tree limb, and gasped.

"Hey! That tickles!" laughed Tony as his hands returned to normal size.

"What the hell!?" shouted Mika in surprise.

"Aw! What's wrong Princess." smirked Tony while mocking Mika. "Your little sparks don't seem to be working. Cuhahahaha!"

"Oh! I'll show you Princess!" yelled Mika in fury. She then began collecting more spark energy, but this time into her fingers.

"Try this! Spark Pistol: 20-Caliber!" Like a regular Spark Pistol, the energy collected into her fingers and while this is also the same for the Spark Gatling Gun, the energy is released all at once. Tony didn't seemed phased.

"Big Shield!" Before Mika's attack could land, Tony opened his palm and had it grow to have the size of what the Jumbo Punch was. The attack hit Tony's hand shield and dispersed.

***BZZT***

"Grrrrrah!" But not without giving Tony a bit of a jolt. "You Brat!"

Meanwhile, Swellow and Nicole were silently watching their battle play out. Nicole was extremely worried for her new friend and captain. She often tried to break through Swellow's hold to assist Mika, however, for being a lifeless husk of a person she had a very firm grip. Unlike Nicole, Swellow showed no signs of letting go or even to enter the battle. She had never really seen Swellow show any emotions at all, but this was no time to feel sorry for her.

'How am I going to get out of Swellow's hold?' thought Nicole staring casual at Swellow, whose full attention was focused on the fight. Her own attention also returned to the battle only to see Mika dodge another of Tony's over-sized punches. Unfortunately, the punch continued like always and knocked down a tree. It made her furious what disregard Tony had for nature, but then she realized something.

'I'm outside!' happily thought Nicole. Giving Swellow another quick glance making sure that she was completely focused on the fight. She was and Nicole went into action. She began looking around for something that could help her and to her luck there was. To the left of Swellow was a tree covered in vines.

'Ever growing vines, lend me your help.' inwardly chanted Nicole as she used her powers to control the vines. As commanded, the vines began moving their way towards Swellow ever so carefully as to make sure her holder did not noticed them.

"Hold still!"

"No!" Back to the fight, Tony once again threw another one of his Jumbo Punches only to have Mika once again dodge it.

"Seriously, is that all you got?" mocked Mika getting bored with Tony's repetitive attacks.

"Your one to talk!" shouted back Tony and was about to continue with his sentence until an idea formed earning him an evil grin. "But if you want something new, then try this on for size."

"Huh?"questioned Mika. Tony did not reply, instead he put one of his fists to the ground.

"Fist Launcher!" Tony then had his fist grow causing him to be launched upwards. Immediately, Tony then had his fist shrink back to him now in mid-air.

"What the-"

"Fist Meteor Impact!" Tony then threw another growing punch at a downward direction giving Tony's usually slow punch more speed and even more power.

"Shit!" cursed Mika unable to react fast enough to dodge. "Spark Defense!"

As fast as she could, she put up a small electrical field around herself. With only a second to spare, Tony's fist collided with Mika's defense, however, the field was not strong enough to hold the fist completely back. As the fist slowly fazed through the field, Mika did the only thing she could do: try to stop it with her own strength. With the field still on, Mika placed both her hands on Tony's over-sized fist and tired to push it back.

From the outside, Nicole stared at the two colliding moves in awe and fear. She could she that Mika's defense was not going to hold against Tony's attack. She also saw that Mika had noticed as well and resorted  to using her own physical strength, but doesn't seem to be working. Then Mika disappeared from her view now completely covered by Tony's fist.

"Mmka!" (Mika!) shouted Nicole though muffled.

"Finally! That girl is out!" chuckled Tony as his fist shrank and he landed a few feet away from the indent where Mika was. 'That attack was genius! If only that girl didn't put up that damn defense.' Although Tony wouldn't admit it, he himself received some damage from Mika's defense.

"Hey, Swellow! Is my gold mine okay?" asked Tony as he turned around. He was shocked to see that Swellow was now wrapped in vines with Nicole now free giving Tony a menacing glare.

"Well, well look who grew a backbone."

"Be quiet!" shouted Nicole politely though with an angry tone. "I usually don't condole violence, but..."

"It's okay Nicole." Both Tony and Nicole were both shocked to hear a familiar voice as both looked towards the indent to find Mika standing though injured and exhausted. "I'll finish what I started!"

"Mika! Your okay!" exclaimed Nicole with happiness.

"How Did You Survive My Attack!?"

"You know your right!" said Mika confidently. "Your hands don't you really weigh that much."

"What?!"

"Great job escaping Nicole!"

"Thanks!" smiled Nicole. "I was worried about you for a second. I was going to ask the trees to assist you."

"Aw, you don't have to do that. I can take care of myself in a fight."

"I see that now. You were able to to take one of Tony's punches! Amazing!"

"It was nothing, really."

"STOP IGNORING ME!" shouted Tony as he repeated his previous attack now aimed for all three females.

"Not so fast!" smiled Mika as she she grabbed one of Tony's over-sized fingers and twirled him around only to throw him at the mountain. However, Tony was able to catch himself before colliding with the mountain. He looked at the girl with anger, but also saw that the girl looked exhausted

'It's now or never' "That's it! I don't care how much your could be worth, you die now." shouted Tony in anger as he grew out both his hands and climbed the mountain.

"Uh-oh." said both girls predicting what Tony's move was going to be.

"Mika, we should go!" shouted Nicole.

"No." said Mika calmly. "I'm not backing down yet." Suddenly the air around Mika changed, no longer feeling childish, but as if royalty itself had entered a room. However, Nicole was not frightened by it, it actually felt...inspiring.

"Hey Nicole, can I borrow your abilities for a bit." asked Mika in a calm tone.

"Yes, what is your request." smiled Nicole as she bowed much like she did when taking a cooking request.

"Akio's gonna hate me after this but..." said Mika as she then whispered the rest of her plan to Nicole.

"Got it!"

"Get Ready Little Princess!" shouted Tony from half up the mountain. "Now Let See You Handle The Double Fist Meteor Impact!" Tony then launched himself off the mountain and dived straight for Mika. Mika, however, was not worried. Instead she threw both her hands out much like a familiar pose that her father often makes at the end of this attack. She then began gathering spark energy into a orb in front of her open palms. It soon grew bigger and bigger as Tony got closer, however, it seemed that gathering said energy was taking a toll on Mika.

"Get Ready Nicole!" shouted Mika with a spark orb the size of a beach ball. Nicole nodded in response and held out both her hands.

"Oh, great forest that grows on Pebble Shore hear my plead." As Nicole chanted as calming breeze blew by rustling the surrounding forest making it as if the forest was responding to chant. At the same time, Tony was coming in hot and about half way to Mika.

"Lend us your strength." The ground in front of Mika began shaking. Tony's fist was now three-fourths of the way to Mika.

"Clear the path for Mika and allow her to finish off Tony!" Tony's fist were only a few feet from hitting Mika, when suddenly huge tree roots sprang from the ground and quickly grew in between Tony's enlarged fist and drew both fist away from Mika leaving Tony shocked and wide open for Mika's attack.

"What the-!"

"Know your place, Dumb-ass! Spark BAAZOOOKKKAAA!" And with that Mika launched the beach ball-sized spark orb directly towards Tony. Immediately, Nicole had the roots let go of Tony's fist.

"GGGAAAAHHHHH!" screamed Tony in pain as he was hit by the orb and amazingly began flying into the distance even with his hands enlarged. As he reached the top of the the mountain, he only had one last thing to say. "I'll remember next time!" Then the orb exploded in an electrical fury sending Tony blasting off (again! Ahahaha! Sorry couldn't resist) into the distance.

"Finally." said Mika in her usual childish tone as she fell back onto her back from exhaustion.

"Thank you, Mika." smiled Nicole as she sat next to Mika who was now in a relaxing position.

"Anything for one of my nakama!" smiled Mika as she fell asleep. Nicole could only smile, knowing that she joined a great crew. Though she had one worry on here mind as she watched over Mika.

'Will she except Ryuudo?'

"Hey! Are you okay?" yelled a voice from behind the crushed door that led into the mountain.

"Nicole! You out there!" yelled a familiar voice that Nicole knew well.

"I'm fine Ryuudo!" smiled Nicole knowing that she will get to meet her new crew.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Next on One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen.

Lena: Hey! Where's Tony?

Toby's mother: Thank you! Thank you so much!

Nicole: But I don't want you to leave.

Ryuudo: There's no way that they'll except me.

Mika, Akio, and Lena: Shut Up! And Get Your Ass Up Here!

Next time: Decisions, Decisions. Destination: Cocoyashi Village!

???: Welcome back, "Princess" Mika.