Luffy versus Red Eye:
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Up in the Bonsatsu Island temple, Luffy and Red Eye looked ready to get their fight underway while Nami and Sanji stood over the prone form of High Priest Nagai and watched from the sidelines.
Luffy charged Red Eye with his fist cocked back, "GUUUM... GUUUUM... PIISTOOOL!" Luffy threw a hard punch but Red Eye weaved around it. WOOSH! Luffy's arm went flying passed him but he kept stretching it out and wrapped it around a statue. SHOOM! Luffy swung himself around the station and launched himself back at Red Eye, "GUM... GUM... ROCKET!" Luffy shot out his arm for a flying punch, "GUUUM... GUUUUM... PIIISTOOOL!"
But Red Eye lashed out his arm for a punch of his own, "Red Eye... PUNCH!" POW! Their fists collided and Red Eye was sent skidding backwards while Luffy who was still up in the air went flying but managed to flip over and land on his feet. TMP!
"RAAAAH!" Luffy roared as he charged back in and threw a high punch at Y/N's face. WHAP! Red Eye raised his arm and blocked the punch with minimal effort but Luffy's punch was a feint and he quickly followed up with another punch directed at Y/N's side only for Red Eye to use his other arm to block that punch as well. WHAP! With both of Luffy's arms occupied, Red Eye lashed out and kneed Luffy in the stomach, WHAM!
Luffy doubled over and staggered backwards Red Eye wound up and lashed out for a follow up punch, "RED EYE PUNCH!" POW! Y/N's fist connected with Luffy's face and Luffy went crashing to the ground and tumbled across the floor over to Nami and Sanji.
Luffy sat up and rubbed the side of his face where Red Eye had hit him, "That hurt..."
"How could that hurt?" Nami asked, "You're made of rubber!"
"I know," Luffy replied, "but he hits like Grandpa."
"I hope you're not getting scared already," Red Eye taunted.
"NOT EVEN CLOSE!" Luffy retorted as he shot back to his feet and charged back in.
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On the mountain two levels below, Chopper had bandaged up both himself and Zoro and now the two of them both had long lengths of bandages wrapped around their torsos and backs.
Currently the partially mummified duo was trying to gather some of Usopp's remaining weapons that hadn't been soaked in greasy oil or Zoro's blood. Chopper felt bad bringing back Usopp's arsenal bag in such an empty state. It was missing two lengths of suriken, the container of caltrops, the bottle of rum, and the container greasy oil and was much lighter than normal. The only things that had been untouched over the course of Zoro's fight with Kyouken were Usopp's collection of hammers and his mini-blackboard.
"That'll be enough to keep Usopp from getting upset," Chopper stated as he dropped the last of the clean caltrops in Usopp's bag.
"Now we've gotta figure out whether to follow the others up to the temple or head back down to the ship," Zoro said.
"I haven't seen Robin yet," Chopper said, "She might be injured."
"Nami probably convinced Usopp to bring her back to the ship," Zoro reasoned, "which is probably the best place for her to recover for now."
"Then should we go help the others?" Chopper suggested.
"Knowing those four, they've already beaten the High Priest and are probably raiding his kitchen and treasure vault," Zoro remarked.
"But what if Big Brother got hurt fighting the High Priest while he was acting like Luffy?" Chopper inquired.
"Then I guess we should head up to the temple so you can treat him and bring him back to ship," Zoro decided. The two of them turned and stared up the two long flights of steps ahead of them. "I am not looking forward to this climb."
