One Piece: RotPQ Chapter 37

One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen

Last time on One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen, with the crew arriving on Sandy Island they met with Mika's family, old and new. However, the kids, Titi, Ace, and Sabo, were kidnapped by mercenaries disguised as servants and taken to the Port of Ruins. The crew, riding the Super Spot-Billed Duck squad, reached the ruins before the joint marine-Royal Army force. Meanwhile, a group from Capone's crew is making their way to an unusual destination. Now most of the crew is facing off with the SDM group. Who will emerge victorious? And will they be able to rescue the children?

Lena and Ryuudo
the Best Offense vs. the Best Defense
Who's the Strongest?

"Raaaaa!"

"Arrrrrr!" The sounds of battle filled the ruins with noise that it had not seen in hundreds of years. Loud screams boomed through the ruins as they were quickly followed by the sounds of the ruined buildings crashing and sand flying in the air. Accompanied with these were explosions that were a bit farther away from the ruins.

"Hold still please. I just want to talk."

"Fuck you!" More explosions took place as ruins became even more ruined, possibly destroyed. Whatever was going on, it was a good thing no one beyond fighters were currently there. Of course, else where more fights were taking place.

".....Mach Jab."

" Asava Payot!" Like at the front of the ruins, others were fighting for the same thing. While on a smaller scale then the destructive one in the front, the battles were no less intense.

"Why can't you stay still!"

***WHOOSH/CRASH***

"Ahhhhh!" Then again, some weren't so great of battles. More like, a game of whack-a-mole.

"Mach Left!" And others seemed to be going nowhere such as Akio's fight as he attacked the man known as Wrath/Ty who simply dodged the attack with ease infuriating the young mach boxer. Then there was the game of cat and mouse.

"Spark Pistol!" shouted Mika in fury as she shot her attack at the lion man. The man called Pride skillfully maneuvered away from the shot as he continued deeper into the ruins.

"Come on, make it at least a challenge." smirked Pride toothily as he jumped back and away. Mika growled and soon flowed behind the large man. To each there own fight, and so let's check in on the front lines.

"Can't you just give up?" sighed Greed/Don as he stood calmly and causally staring at Lena with half-lid eyes. Meanwhile, all around him was smoldering from the constant explosions that occurred around him. "I rather go on a date with you then have to fight."

"You can forget about a date, how about a break-up." stated Lena dryly as she stared back at the blacken armored man. At the same time she began loading another round into her pistol, all the while not taking her eye off either Greed/Don or, but only occasional, Gluttony/Zeichi.

"My how cold." chuckled the armored man.

"Shut up." said Lena unconcerned about the man's opinion as she aimed back at the man. "Try this: Drilling Bullet-!"

"Huh?" As Greed/Don stood his ground looking on confusedly, Lena took her shot sending the drilling bullet towards the man. The black-haired man just stood there a smug smile on his face as he waited for the attack.

"You know that it won't wor-" The man was unprepared for what came next as he was met with the bullet. The moment the bullet hit, the man felt a sudden force actually hurdle him forward the man back.

'What the!' thought Greed/Don as he began flying back and crashing through the ruins. As he looked down in confusion and shock he saw the the drilling bullet, not exactly boring into him, but the power that kept the the bullet moving was stronger then the explosions. As he stared in shock at the bullet, it suddenly exploded in his face.

"Explosion." smirked Lena finishing her attack's name. She watched from a distance seeing the explosion, however, she was weary that it had defeated her enemy. But it did give her a bit of time to plan.

"What was that?" The hippo man looked back as he and Ryuudo stopped their fight seeing the explosion further off from where they used to be. Ryuudo only smirked at the man's confusion.

"That would be the top, most adaptable sniper in the world." stated Ryuudo with pride for his friend's skill. Taking advantage of the man's lack of attention and charged forth with a punch ready. "But don't forget about me!"

"Wha-(BAM)!" Before the hippo could react, Ryuudo sent a strong right to the hippo's large jaw. Ryuudo smirked victoriously, however, it was short lived as the hippo smirked back.

"That tickled." Ryuudo looked at the hybrid a bit freaked when suddenly a rather large pink brown fist came crashing into his side.

"Gah!" Ryuudo was sent back a bit not expecting such a powerful attack or for even the man to react so quickly.

"Still think this is just fat." smirked Gluttony/Zeichi as he gestured to himself. Ryuudo recovered from the attack and looked on his opponent unamused.

"I'm still not impressed." said Ryuudo retorting back smugly irritating the bigger man.

"Then how about this then, Hippo Rush!" Instantly the man started started charging at Ryuudo, though his speed was way faster than his regular human self.

"Bring it!" said Ryuudo confident that he could take the charging hybrid. As the hippo man rushed closer, Ryuudo threw a punch at the man's stomach. As his fist connected with the hippo's stomach it was like punching concert. As Ryuudo reeled back he forgot that the hippo was still charging.

"Hippo Impact Bounce!" Ryuudo didn't see it coming as Gluttony/Zeichi's stomach collided with the half-Fishmen like a ton of bricks. Ryuudo was sent flying back into a nearby ruin collapsing it over him. Meanwhile the hippo man chuckled.

"Didn't expect that did you." smirked the mercenary as he looked over to where Ryuudo landed triumphantly. Suddenly the pile of rubble toppled over as Ryuudo stood up dirtied, bruised, and slightly bleeding. Gluttony/Zeichi looked on with surprise, but kept his smirk. "Oh good, you still have some fight left."

"Please." huffed Ryuudo as he brushed off dust and rubble from his shoulder looking nonetheless tired. "It's not like this is the first time I've beaten up a fat guy."

"I'm Not Fat You Fish Bastard!" In a blind fury, Gluttony/Zeichi charged forward snapping his jaw angrily.

"Whoa!!!" Ryuudo jumped to the side as the hippo tried to snapped down on him. With Gluttony/Zeichi unable to reel back, Ryuudo took this opportunity and smash his joined hand down on the hippo's head. The hippo crashed down on the ruins, but wasn't stopped for long as he ankle-swiped Ryuudo. Ryuudo fell back onto a large slab only to be quickly met with a quickly recovered Gluttony/Zeichi launching straight towards him.

"Hungry Hungry Chomp!" As the hippo went to chomp, Ryuudo rolled off the slab causing the hippo's large mouth to bite on the slab.

"Ha! Now your big mouth is clogged!" laughed Ryuudo mockingly as he pointed towards the hippo's predicament. "Now what are you gonna-"

***CRACK***

"-do-" The slab that was in Gluttony/Zeichi's mouth began to crack while Ryuudo looked on in shock as he continued with his sentence.

***CRACK CRACK***

"-now?" At Ryuudo's finish, the slab was crushed into pieces. Ryuudo looked with shock and amazement while the hippo man continued to chew on the rubble with a smug grin.

"I guess you didn't know? A hippo's jaw is powerful enough to break bones." smirked Gluttony/Zeichi then spitting out the rubble he was chewing on. The man then got a wicked idea as he turned to Ryuudo."I wonder if Fishman bones are the same?"

"Crap!" shouted Ryuudo a worried that he may not make it out live.

"Let's find out: Hungry Hungry Rampage!" Suddenly the hippo man came charging forth at the Ryuudo at an incredible speed that frightened him. Ryuudo quickly leaped to the side as Gluttony/Zeichi snapped down. Moving fast, Ryuudo jumped away from the next bite. It was the same thing over and over as Ryuudo dodged with the utmost skill he could muster and Gluttony/Zeichi snapping his powerful jaws. Eventually, Ryuudo was backed into the a wall of one of the ruined buildings.

"Hah! Got Ya!" roared the hippo man as he lunged forward for the kill. Ryuudo instincts took over as he ducked under the huge hybrid. Unable to stop, Gluttony/Zeichi crashed into the building though not breaking. But Ryuudo was about to change that.

"Sea King Tumble!" Using his abnormal strength, Ryuudo pushed himself up from underneath the hybrid sending him crashing through the building wall. Much to Ryuudo's convenience, the building collapsed on top of the hippo man. Breathing a bit heavy, Ryuudo looked over the rubble seeing no sign of the hippo. "Heh, that should take care of hi-"

"Rawr!" Suddenly from the rubble, Gluttony/Zeichi burst through looking none the worse though a bit more damaged.

"Eiichiro Oda!" cursed Ryuudo as he jumped back in fright and shock.

"You'll need more than a building to get a scratch on me." smirked the hybrid with pride as he pointed to himself. "You see, as far as defense go, only Greed tops me, but we both have the best defenses in the SDM group."

***BOOOOOOOOM***

"Looks like your friend drew the short end of the stick, eh?" chuckled Gluttony/Zeichi as he and Ryuudo looked back hearing another explosion not to far off.

"I'm not worried." smiled Ryuudo drawing the hippo's attention to him with a curious look. "Like I said, Lena is the most adaptable sniper in all the East Blue! I'm sure she has something to beat the arrogant asshole."

"Ugh! None of my special bullets are working!" growled Lena frustratedly as she reloaded her pistol with another round of bomber bullets while hiding behind a large slab.

"Oh Ms Sniper, where are you." Lena froze as a shiver was sent through her body hearing the somewhat creepy voice of Greed/Don. She leaned into the slab as she heard the heavy footsteps of her opponent somewhat close to where she was hiding. "Come on, can't we just talk. Once you get to know me, you'll learn to love me."

'Damn. This guy is so annoying. That stupid defense of his won't break. Damn devil fruit powers.' thought Lena as she kept quiet hearing the the man's footsteps get farther and farther. She quietly breathed in relief, sliding onto the ground with ease. "None of my Bullet Bombers can't even move him, the Drilling Bullet Explosion was only able to force him back, and all my other specials probably won't be anymore effective. Damn this is hard."

"Do you require my assistants."

"That would be nice. Thank y-" As Lena addressed the nice person offering their help with a happy smile, she soon saw that it was the last person she wanted to see. "Ahhhhhhhh!"

"Found you." smiled Greed/Don playfully. Panicking, Lena crawled backwards getting away from the black armored man as fast as she can. Greed/Don seemed find the action confusing and sighed. "Now don't be like that."

"Dumb-ass! Bullet Bomber!" Lena shot another explosive bullet at the man, once again directly exploding on him.

"Now come on." said Greed/Don as the smoke cleared revealing himself still undamaged. "You know that those exploding bullets won't work. My defense is perfect."

"Nothing ventured nothing gained." said Lena determinedly as she aimed with her other pistol. "And nothing is perfect. Dual Shot: Smokescreen-"

"Huh?" Lena took her shot, but rather than an explosion on contact it exploded with smoke blinding him. "This is slightly new?"

"Explosion!" Greed/Don's eyes widen as he froze in his spot expected a frontal attack. However, the bullet explosion came from his side.

"Ahhh!" screamed Greed/Don as he actually flew back from the unexpected angle of the shot. However, it did not send him flying too far, more like a few feet. As the man stood back up, looking somewhat irritated.

"Ha! I got ya!" smirked Lena victorious. The black armored man looked at the girl only to give a arrogant chuckle.

"I'm not actually hurt." The man then launched forward with great speed coming at Lena.

"Bullet Bomber!" At the risk of her own safety, Lena shot the explosive bullet causing the shield man to freeze in his spot and at a weird running position. While the distance was far enough not to do serious damage to Lena, she was caught in force of the explosion sending her flying back in a slab.

"Dammit." groaned Lena slightly much in pain from colliding with the slab. She had to act quickly, knowing well that the attack wouldn't stop him for long. However, she used it as an opportunity to take cover in the nearest ruined building and recover.

"Ah man." said Greed/Don with a disappointed tone as the smoke cleared and finding Lena no where in sight.  He then started to walk around looking around for the young teen."She ran away again, man this is troublesome."

'I've gotta think of something to take down that monster.' thought Lena as she watched the man walk away from where she was currently hiding out. However, he seemed to never go to far as he seemed to be checking everywhere around the building. Taking this opportunity, she tried to study her opponent a bit more.

"So far, none of my specials can't even pierce his armor, but my drilling bullet was able to move him." said Lena as she contemplated her fight with the Shield man. She took every detail she could recall from their fight. Lena cautiously peered around the doorway to see where Greed/Don was currently. He seemed to be looking high and low for her at a causal pace. "This guy doesn't give up."

"Maybe if I look higher?" said the armored man as he looked over to a nearby slab. Lena watched carefully as the man walked over to it. He first tired to climb it, but he oddly couldn't lift his arms.

'That's odd.' observed Lena finding the action weird. However, suddenly the man in question was able to lift his arms and begin to climb. Lena continued to observe the man, who seemed to be having slight difficulty climbing.

***CRASH***

"What the?" What she saw was surprising, quite literally half the slab broke off with Greed/Don under it. She didn't expect the man to take any damage from the slab, but she still kept an eye out. After a few seconds, the man burst out from the rubble cursing up a storm all at the slab. Lena sweat-dropped at the man's actions, but saw something distinct coming off his arm: blood.

"I see now." smiled Lena triumphantly as she put the pieces together and formed her battle plan.

"Hold! (CHOMP) Still! (CHOMP)" roared Gluttony/Zeichi as he repeatedly tried to chomp on Ryuudo. Ryuudo though was quickly dodging the large mouth, but was having a hard time keeping up.

'Why didn't I bring the anchor!?' thought Ryuudo frantically as he dodged another snap. Right now, Ryuudo was needing something big and heavy to reach through the hippo's defense. With another snap from the hippo, Ryuudo decided to fight back.

"Let's see your 'defense' handle this! Fishman Karate: Hundred Tile True Punch!" Ryuudo launched forward punching Gluttony/Zeichi right in his stomach. The hippo man flinched back in pain, but did not move from his spot. Needless to say, Ryuudo was left speechless.

"I told ya." painfully smirked Gluttony/Zeichi as he stood back up and prepared to punch. "I have one of the best defenses! Hippo Punch!"

"Gah!" With the hippo man following through with his punch, Ryuudo coughed blood and was sent hurtling backwards into a pillar immediately falling on top of him.

"That should be it." said the hippo man with a sigh in relief as he blooped down onto the ground somewhat tired. He then started digging around in his pockets bringing out a meat bun wrapped in paper. Looked at the small snack with great want as he unwrapped the bun revealing it's sweet scent. "Finally, I can eat my snac-"

"Rawr!" Before the man could enjoy his meal, Ryuudo burst through the rubble roaring with a fury much like other Fishmen. Gluttony/Zeichi had his jaw hang amazed that the half-Fishmen was standing back up. "I'm far from defeated!"

"Man, Fishman are a stubborn species." sighed the hippo man as he re-wrapped his meat bun and set on a nearby slab. He then stood back up, dusting his pants off, and looked over to the raging half-Fishmen. "Well, I guess I can respect your tenacity, but I'm-"

"Desert Slam!" Before Gluttony/Zeichi could finish, he was met with a large slab of the fallen pillar smashing down onto his head. While the hippo man stood frozen in pain, the pillar quickly retracted back to its sender holding a unique device that was pulling the chain into it. It stopped right in front of Ryuudo, who grabbed a handle protruding out of the pillar and picked it up showing off his strength, giving the hippo man a confident smirk. "And I'm only a half-Fishmen."

"W-W-W-What the hell!" spoke the hybrid as he faltered in both his speech and his walk. "Where.....did you get-?"

"Oh, this." smiled Ryuudo as he shrugged to the pillar on his shoulder. "I just made it."

"How?" said Gluttony/Zeichi as he started to recover from Ryuudo's attack. Ryuudo's smile grew larger as he lifted the pillar back a bit revealing a much like one of those extendable key rings. Extending out from the other end was a chain that connected to a metal pole sticking into the pillar.

"Call it a special gift from her majesty."

Flashback

"Ryuudo," spoke Vivi as she addressed the half-Fishmen as the crew walked into the weaponry room. As the crew walked passed weapons after weapons, they soon stopped at a table with several unique objects on it. "Mika told me you fight with an anchor, correct."

"Yes" nodded Ryuudo as he eyed the objects before the crew. "or sometimes I just fight with my fist, but usually like to fight with something that easily outweighs my opponent."

"And you didn't bring it." stated Vivi making the half-Fishmen rather embarrassed.

"Well, we were going to walk through a desert and I thought-"

"It was wise of you to do so." smiled Vivi as he grabbed the extendable key chain looking object with a spear sticking out. "After all, crossing a desert with a big anchor would slow you down and waste energy."

"Yeah." nodded Ryuudo.

"I think this will solve your problem then." Vivi then gave Ryuudo the spear like object making him and the crew curious about the object.

"What is it?" asked Ryuudo as he curiously looked over the weapon.

"It was developed to be an easier way to conserve and even launch spears during battle. It's powerful enough to even pierce steel. The chain is the strongest ever made, only a master swordsmen like Zoro could cut it without breaking their swords." informed Vivi confident in the make. "I think you could easily fix your need for a heavy club weapon."

"Awesome." said Ryuudo amazed at the device he held in his hands while many of the crew looked on to the curious device. "Does it have a name?"

"No, but your welcome to give it one." smiled Vivi.

Flash in

"I call it the True Blue Harpoon." smirked Ryuudo as he grabbed the makeshift handle of the pillar and swung it smashing everything in its path. Much of the debris came flying at Gluttony/Zeichi only to either pass him or bounce off him while he looked upon the half-Fishmen with great surprise.

"Don't think that just because you have some giant club means you still have a chance of winning." stated Gluttony/Zeichi slightly nervous but trying to put on a brave face.

"Oh, I know." scoffed Ryuudo as he brought the makeshift club on to his shoulder then looked at the hippo man with a smirk. "It's my skills with it that are going to beat you."

"Like hell it is!" roared the hybrid as he once again charged forward in rage. Ryuudo didn't fell worried as he grabbed the handle with one hand and another on the device ready to strike.

"This is for the kids." smirked Ryuudo as he then swung the pillar out of his hand, but grabbing the device pushing a button to extend the chain. As the hippo man kept charging he was met with the pillar stopping his charge and traveled with the pillar. "Around the Blue: Desert Takeover!"

"Waahhhh!" As the hippo man traveled with the pillar crashing through building after rock after wall taking tremendous amounts of damage. Wit Ryuudo allowing the chain to extend, Gluttony/Zeichi was met with new objects to crash into.

"Bon voyage!" Ryuudo then jerked the chain pulling the harpoon out of the pillar allowing it and its passenger to sail forward crashing into several more buildings until finally the pillar broke. However, Gluttony/Zeichi was allowed to continue his path crashing down into the sand, unconscious.

"Huff...huff...huff...I win." huffed Ryuudo as he fell onto his ass tired looking over at where the hippo man fell. He then pushed the button on the TB-Harpoon allowing the chain to coil back into the device with the harpoon closing the opening. Finished with his task, he soon smelt something delicious nearby. Looking around, Ryuudo saw the hippo's snack.

"Mmmm, this is good." commented Ryuudo as he finished his defeated opponent's meat bun minutes later. With a content stomach and taking another breathe, he turned back towards where he figured Lena was suppose to be.

"I wonder how Lena's doing?" asked the half-Fishmen to himself as he slowly picked himself up and began to wobble towards the sniper's direction. "Better go check."

"Let's check this building." said Greed/Don to himself as he looked at the building Lena had hidden in a while back. After having searched everywhere around the ruined building, the armored man had figured that she be there probably on the high floor taking aim, to which he knew would fail.

"5-Shot Sting Bullet Barrage!" As the mercenary approached the building, he was suddenly attacked from the upper level of the ruined building with paralyzing bullets. He sighed and prepared to take the shots with his armored self.

"Yeow!" However, he soon felt a nasty sting in the back of his knees that greatly shocked him. As he turned, he saw Lena smirking rather triumphantly as he soon found himself unable to move.

"What the?!" shouted Greed/Don in panic as his eyes batted around unable to move his head. Eventually, the bullets from the previous attack finally hit him, but only bounced off him. "What's going on!"

"Looks like your shield has a flaw." stated Lena smugly as she detached part of her pistol and stuck it in her bag.

"What are you-"

"Talking about? It was quite easy actually." said Lena finishing for the frozen man as she dug through her bag looking for something. "All those times you took my exploding bullets, you never moved one way or the other and always stood in the same position that you stopped at. Of course, I didn't think much about it until you tried climbing that slab that crashed onto you. You had trouble at first in climbing it, but suddenly gained the mobility to do so."

"Yeah so!" said Greed/Don trying to act tough. Lena only smirked and looked at the man while pointing a finger at him.

"Your shield was two problems with it. It's heavy and it cuts off mobility." The armored man stared wide eyed at the girl in shock. "That slab broke because you were too heavy for it to support, you make unusually heavy footsteps, and only way you can move is by retracting your shield around your joints."

'How did is this girl!? How could she have figured out my weakness so quickly.' internally freaked Greed/Don as he stared at the girl with bot amazement and fear.

"Ah! Here it is." smiled Lena as she brought out a different attachment with a huge barrel and with on large round slot that could fit a tennis ball, and placing it on her pistol. She quickly put in a bullet that exact same size into her newly formed gun and returned to Greed/Don with a smug smile. "I'm guessing that your silence means I'm right."

"What......did you.....do.........to me?" asked Greed/Don forcefully as the paralysis started to fully take over.

"Well, after I set my other pistol on a timer and aimed it for where I predicted you'd be." stated Lena as she pointed towards the window revealing her other pistol barely out in the open cleverly placed and hooked up to a timer. "Then, I sneaked around and hid behind you with Sting Darts aimed for the back of your knees. You won't be able to move for at least an hour, enough time to see if this will work."

"Good......luck." forcefully smirked Greed/Don. "I....may not.......be able.......to move, but.......I can at least.......fully protect........myself."

"I figured." said Lena with a shrug as she aimed her newly formed pistol of the frozen man confusing him. "But let's see your shield handle a battleship piercing bullet."

"W-W-W-What!?"

Flashback

"Here Lena." said Vivi as she handed some rather big looking bullets with a cone-cylinder shape rather the size of a tennis ball to the young teen. Lena was amazed with what the queen offered her, much like a kid with a Christmas present. "I hear your kinda a gun fiend."

"Whoa! Are those-"

"Yes, these are what are known as Ship Piercers." said Chaka as he entered the weaponry checking on the group. Lena and Vivi turned to the tan-skinned man as he walked past the others. "With the right gun and gunner, these bullets can pierce through battleships, even Sea Kings."

"Whoa! I heard these bullets were strong, but that!" Vivi looked on the teen contently glad to be able to help her niece's crew. She then turned to hand Lena the gun that was required for the bullets.

"Wait!" Vivi stopped herself from picking up the gun and looked over to the young sniper curiously, who seemed to uninterested in the rather big gun. "My pistols can easily handle this kind of bullet."

"Really?" questioned Chaka as he glanced at the girl's pistol unsure of the girl's confidence.

"Yep." smiled Lena unconcerned about the man's opinion as she took out her pistol. "I personally made these pistol to be able to adapt to any bullet out there and yet to be."

"If you're sure." said Chaka slightly worried as he watched the girl take the piercing bullets and put them in her bag.

"Those bastards won't know what hit them."

"Speaking of which, I have one more thing to give you. For when you don't need your guns to finish your opponent." stated Vivi as she grabbed one more item on the table that greatly confused Lena.

Flash in

"Let's see that armor of yours can handle this." smirked Lena confidently as she cocked her pistol aiming at Greed/Don. However, the black armored man just forcefully chuckled at the girl's confidence.

"Do you......really think that.......will break..........through my....armor."

"Let's find out: Battleship Piercer!" Lena took her shot and with a loud bang, sounding much like cannon fire, the bullet rocketed forward knocking Lena back from the recoil. With the battleship piercing bullet colliding with Greed/Don with a heavy impact. With the explosion of the heavy impact bullet, the man was thrown backwards in his paralyzed state crashing into the building that Lena was previously hiding in. The whole thing came crashing down on top of the shield man while Lena picked herself up.

"Ugh, I should've expected the recoil." moaned Lena in pain as she rubbed her head in pain. She soon stopped her complaining as she heard the building collapsing and realized.

"Ah! My gun!" screamed Lena in fear of losing her pistol. She quickly got up, flinching in pain having done it so quickly, and walked to the pile of rubble that know lay on Greed/Don. Once reaching it, she began shifting through the debris hoping to find her pistol intact and not a still conscious  devil fruit user. Not too soon after searching, she saw a gleam across from her position.

"There you are!" smiled Lena as she crawled over to where gleam was. As she removed the rock, she found her pistol, perfectly intact though the timer she had made was beyond repair. "Oh thank Oda you're okay my precious-"

"Aw~, thanks for caring."

"Ahhhh!" screamed Lena as she heard Greed/Don's voice near her and jumped away from her spot making her to grab her pistol. A figure soon popped up from the rubble revealing the black-haired man looking none the worse though a bit tired as he smiled at the girl. "No way! There's no way that couldn't work!"

"Sorry to burst your plan, Sniper of My Heart." said the man sounding apologetic while also trying to smooth talk with her. "But I'm gonna have to-(CRACK)"

"Huh?" said both fighters hearing the sound of something that was breaking. Both looked around to see what could be breaking. However, Lena froze when she looked at Greed/Don, to which he noticed the sudden attention.

"What? (CRACK)" asked Greed/Don then hearing the noise again. Lena's expression turned from shock to a smirk as she pointed to the man. Confused, the man looked down to be greatly shocked. "Oh my Oda. (CRACK CRACK)"

"What was that about having a 'perfect' shield." smirked Lena as she grabbed something in her bag. All across Greed/Don's body, his black armor began cracking and falling off his body shocking him greatly. The man was so stunned he didn't even notice Lena running towards the man.

"This.....This can't be!"

"Don't mess with the soon-to-be Queen of Snipers." As the stunned made looked up, he saw Lena up in the air with a fairly large stone mallet, at most 20 pounds, coming right for him. "Sniper's Shield Breaker!"

***BAM***

"Gah-ahahahahaha~." With Lena slamming her hammer done onto the shield man's head, his black coating completely broke off his body while at the same time bashing his head down. The man fell hard as he hit the stones beneath him. With her attack finished, Lena dropped her mallet and fell onto the sand tired, but victorious.

"I..ah hu ah hu....I did it." smiled Lena happily defeating what probably be impossible for most gunmen besides the Sogeking himself. She was so proud of her achievement.

"Uhhh" As Lena enjoyed her victory and changing her pistol back to normal, she heard a moan from her opponent immediately freaking her out.

"Ah! Shield Breaker! (BAM) Shield Breaker! (BAM) Shield Breaker! (BAM)" Lena breathed heavily as the adrenaline wore off as she stood over the heavily beaten up and now completely unconscious Greed/Don. "Stay down!"

"Lena?" Lena heard the new voice and, once again spiking with adrenaline, she grabbed her mallet ready to strike the possibly new opponent.

"Shield Breaker!"

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Wait-(BAM)!" Unfortunately, Lena couldn't stop her swing as her mallet smashed into the side of Ryuudo's head. Seeing her nakama, Lena immediately gasped as her swing sent the half-Fishmen into the sand defeated and beaten.

"Ah! Ryuudo, I'm sorry!" Dropping the mallet, Lena ran to the aid of the unfortunate half-Fishmen.

"....Mach Gatling Gun." Meanwhile further into the ruins, another fight was taking place. As the delayed speaking man attacked with high-speed punches while the seldom speaking Nore dodged the attacks. The two men were moving away from the others fight, making Nore slightly frustrated, but kept his cool as he waited for the right moment while dodging Sloth/Yoyo's punches.

"Tayarn Dong." Sending a jump and kick combo to sky blue haired man halting his attack to dodge the kick to his face.

".............."

"Do you wish to speak?" asked Nore rather curious at the man's speech pattern.

".......Your quite good." said the boxer rather plainly and neutral. "I guess you are experienced with mach boxing since that brown-haired kid practices the same form."

"Not really." shrugged Nore receiving a curious look from his opponent. "I only joined recently, I have, however, studied the form."

"........................"

"Yoyo?"

"Interesting." stated Yoyo seemingly like he was studying the man.

"I am a practitioner of Muay Thai, Pilang Nore." stated Nore going from a casual stand to a serious fighting position raising his fists ready to either attack or defend. "And I don't appreciate your group kidnapping our friends."

"............"

"Yes."

"........Sorry, but we kinda don't have a choice." spoke the mach boxer sadly surprising Nore greatly.

"You always have a choice, you only need to follow what's right." said Nore wisely and almost like he spoke from experience. Yoyo seemed to be moved by what the man said.

"I'm sorry." solemnly said the man without the awkward silence as he raised his bare fist. "It's not my choice to make. It's Pride's."

"Who I just kicked his ass." Nore's eyes widen surprise hearing the voice of his captain right behind. As Nore turned to meet his captain, what came was unexpected. Instead of Mika waving to him with her grin, an open palm attack struck his chest with a strong force. Looking up to his attacker, he was surprised to see the green-haired mercenary Envy/Arkan, who he caught only a slightest view when the ducks ran past that group earlier. However, what caught him more was the attack itself.

'Wasn't that Drake's Scale Breaker technique?' As Nore skidded to a halt, he looked at the man who gave him a serious glare as he held his palm up.

".......Thanks Envy. Mach Jab." Nore quickly moved to the side as his first opponent launched his attack only to miss by only a hair. Nore then turned towards his now two opponents keeping an eye on both.

"You need a hand Sloth." said Envy/Arkan with a smirk speaking in Nore's voice surprising the real Nore as he looked at the skinny green-haired man. Sloth/Yoyo nodded without a second delay and the two took up their fighting positions backing Nore into a corner. Nore, however, did not seem to worry as he prepared his on style ready to fight as a single thought went through his head.

'I can't keep both of them at bay for long, I need him to make his move soon.'

TO BE CONTINUED...

Next time on One Piece: Rise of the Pirate Queen,

Lena: Look, I said I was sorry.

Ryuudo: Yeah, that was scary.

*???: Thanks for the lift Biri.

Envy/Arkan: Not so fast!

Sloth/Yoyo: ......Mach Gatling Gun.

Nore: I wouldn't say that. I've had plenty of experience, both personally and first hand.

Biri: Biri bi!

Next time: Help From Above Crashing Entrance into Nore's Fight The Wisest Fight!

Lena: Whatever Love Fish, just don't die on her account.

Hurricane Theater
Monster Tamer Mika!

"Mika's party finally made it to Castle Brock, but they were instantly wiped out by Brock. Except for the Thunderbird, Biri-Z." narrated Chibi Nicole as she recounted the events of the previous episode. We then return to the castle where the group lies defeated with Biri-Z perched above.

"Bi bi biri! Bibibibi Ri bi! (This is bad! Really Bad!)" frantically squawked Biri-Z as he flapped his wings. Brock caught the bird's actions and was greatly confused.

"What are you? Your the weirdest chicken I've ever seen." stated Were-coyote Brock. Biri-Z immediately stopped his panicking and turned to the were-coyote in anger.

"Bi Ri Bi! (I'm Not A Chicken!)" Quickly Biri-Z took off from his perch and flew down to the group all the while Were-coyote Brock watched with interest. The bird landed near the defeated Chibi Mika then suddenly laid an egg.

"Biri biri-ri biri bi! (Here Mika, it is Spark-Spark Candy!)" squawked Biri-Z as he picked up the golden egg to give Chibi Mika.

"Spark-Spark Candy is candy containing the sealed power of monsters." explained Chibi Nicole for audience sakes.

"Bi biri bi ri ri biri. (I just have to feed you this.)" stated Biri-Z as he forced Chibi Mika to eat the chocolate egg. In doing so, Chibi Mika caught one of Biri-Z's feathers and ate it.

"Bi! Biri bi bi! (Ah! She ate my feather!)" shouted Biri-Z in surprise. Suddenly, Mika had a strange aura around her that gave Biri-Z the willies as she quickly woke up and ready to fight. With Biri-Z flying away to avoid being hit, Brock looked on with surprise.

"Royal mode engaged!" stated Chibi Mika in a serious tone as her hands glowed with electricity. She then immediately charged forward to the were-coyote. "Get Ready, Brock!"

"I won't lose!" roared Were-coyote Brock as he flew forwards with a slash. Luckily, Chibi Mika was able to block the attack shocking Were-coyote Brock.

"It appeared as though they were evenly matched. But!" narrated Chibi Nicole as the monster and monster tamer held each other in a lock. Then suddenly Mika's whole body started to glow bright with electricity allowing her to morph it into a bird then throw it all at Brock, ending their deadlock.

"No way!" screamed Were-coyote Brock as he went flying.

"Biri! (Awesome!)" happily shouted Biri-Z from the stairway.

"it appears that eating the Thunderbird feather, she turned into a Spark women." stated Chibi Nicole, who had seemingly recovered, and explained Chibi Mika's predicament.

"No way!" shouted Mika unbelievably happy as she started messing with her new gained power. The next minute, the whole group has recovered and leaving the castle.

"That was fun." stated Centaur Lena rather dryly as the group exited the castle.

"You did it!" cheered Half-Dragon Drake.

"Very good." nodded Ogre Akio

"It was kinda cool." agreed Chibi Ryuudo.

"It's only because everybody helped." smiled Chibi Mika gleefully.

"We didn't do anything." sighed the monsters, minus Biri-Z, the atmosphere around them becoming depressed.

"And so, Mika slayed Brock and brought peace to the village." smiled Chibi Nicole as she looked towards you, the reader. "However..."

Back in the castle, the defeated Were-coyote Brock, now back to Chibi Brock, awoke looking furious as if his previous opponent was still there. "I'll pay you back a hundred times over."

"Mika's battle will still continue. Maybe" finished Chibi Nicole as the narrator left the decision up in the air for the readers to decide.