One Piece (Love Story) [Part One]

Chapter Thirty Three [Rewritten]

-Chapter Thirty-Three-

"So sorry, but this is the day your luck runs out!" Scorpion nervously shouted in an attempt to sound brave. "All those heroic songs and tales your supporters flatter you with ends today!" he proclaimed.

"Please stop it—turn back" the older one of the two boys desperately pleaded.

"This is so exciting" Luffy grinned. "Ace, this is a serious fight, so don't pull any punches!" he strictly ordered.

"I wasn't planning to" Ace said. "But, before we fight, there's something I want to know..." I blanked out at that moment—not really all that interested in the fight between the two men. Quietly did I fiddle with mine and Zoro's intertwined hands, lifting them up as I uncurled my fingers away from his so that our hands were now pressed flat against one another.

"Your hand's big..." I muttered, almost amazed by the size difference.

"Nah, yours is just tiny" he shook his head, though was clearly just as impressed by how much larger his hand was compared to mine as he curled his fingers until they overlapped with the tips of my own.

"Ready? Here I come!" I jolted at Scorpion's shout, now dragging my attention back towards the fight about to take place. Jumping from the ostrich's back, Luffy was quick to remove himself from the fight just as the man started digging around inside his bag. Pulling something out, he quickly began to put it together with amazing speed as Ace started to rush toward him. "You're finished—ah!

"Crap! Crap! Crap!" he cried out when the net he had shot at Ace was suddenly thrown back toward him by a burst of flames. "Ow! Hot! Hot! Hot!" he wailed, already dropping to the ground as he started to roll around in a desperate attempt to cool down the burning hot metal that was wrapped around his skin and put out the small flickering flames that littered the net. His ostrich seemingly tried to try and help him in putting out the flames by stomping on him...

That, or it just felt like stomping on him.

"Whoa! Ace just threw the net right back at him!" Usopp awed.

"I guess I should be thankful! If defeating you were easy it wouldn't be much of a victory!" Scorpion laughed, jumping back up on his feet.

"Yeah, well you have some skills yourself" Ace grinned.

"I'm glad you approve because this fight isn't over! Popo—the compressed extinguisher gun!" Scorpion demanded as the ostrich quickly brought over to him a rather large box. "Special compressed air gun filled with extinguishing foam!" he boasted as he popped open the box and pulled out what appeared to be a decently sized gun.

"Um...what...?" Zoro questioned.

"Where does one even get something like that?" I inquired with a raised brow.

"Does it work?" Sanji asked.

"Don't be fooled by the foam, this bad boy packs enough power to blow a hole right clean through you" Scorpion grinned as he took aim right at Ace who quickly dodged out of the way the minute he shot at him.

"That's a powerful gun" I whistled, impressed by the hole that was left behind in the rock where Ace once stood.

"Yeah, no kidding" Zoro nodded.

"It was a nice try, but you never had a chance, my friend" Usopp almost smugly remarked as Ace socked the older man right in the stomach, causing him to drop to the ground in agony.

"I expected as much—you lied about beating Blackbeard, didn't you?" Ace asked. "You figured using his name would draw me out into the open, am I right?" he assumed.