Queen of the Pirates

Battle with a Pacifista

"Who're you!" Luffy snaps.

The man standing before us is none other than a Warlord of the Sea: Bartholomew Kuma. Except, there's something off about him. The way he's standing seems too stiff, even for him, and he's missing his Bible. And I can't really see his eyes from where we are, but there's something off about his pupils. I know that Kuma was quick from when we went head-to-head with him at Thriller Bark, but there's something different about how he just came out of absolutely nowhere.

"Stay back, Luffy!" Usopp screams as everyone gets into a fighting stance with their weapons if necessary.

Everyone except for Luffy who stands completely still staring back at the giant man, and the grip he has on my hand makes it impossible for me to move away like everyone else did. I can only get one a couple shurikens out.

"He's one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!"

Kuma slowly starts taking off his gloves.

"Warlord of the Sea?" Luffy looks around at everyone. "How do you all know!?"

"It's Kuma!" I scream. "Why's he here!?"

"Make sure you don't get hit by that attack!' Sanji shouts. "It's a shockwave!"

Kuma lifts his hand, palm facing us that starts to glow as he charges up his attack. And then he lets loose the charge that is definitely not a shockwave, but a beam of energy that explodes like a bomb.

There's a split second for Luffy and I to jump out of the blast radius. Well, Luffy is more or less flung by the blast, and he lets go of my hand in time for me to use Soru to get to safety. The blast is strong enough to have everyone else fighting to stay standing.

"Gah!" Franky grunts.

"What is this!?" Nami cries out.

"What was that!?" Usopp snaps. "I didn't know he could do that too!"

"Hey!" Luffy huffs. "You said it was supposed to be a shockwave!"

"That's!" Chopper begins before Luffy jumps in.

"A beam!" Luffy and Chopper's eyes sparkle as their mouths hang open with their tongues out like dogs.

"This isn't the time to get work up about that, you idiots!" Usopp screams.

"There's something different about him!" I shout.

"Bartholomew Kuma!" Robin exclaims. "Why is he back!?"

"That jerk!" Zoro clenches his jaw.

"Wait, is he the one who showed up at the end back at Thriller Bark!?" Luffy looks around at everyone.

"Yeah!" Usopp answers. "He's the one! He has these paws on his palms, and we almost died form the shockwave he caused using them!"

"He thought he finished us all of, but he's back because he found out we're still alive!" Chopper transforms into Heavy Point.

"And it seems like he's doing whatever he can to make sure he doesn't leave any chance of us surviving!" I pull out a couple new shurikens that Usopp helped me make after Thriller Bark.

"I'll pay you back for what you did last time!" Franky bellows, holding up his hands to aim his hand cannon right at our enemy. "Coup De Vent!"

The blast puts a dent in Kuma's chest, but he doesn't move an inch. The blast that comes from Luffy moving at speeds that make him blur is what slams Kuma against a tree.

"Huh!? Luffy!?" Brook blurts out.

"Second Gear!" Luffy shouts as he shifts his feet far enough apart to bend his knees to ninety-degree angles, placing one hand on his knee and the other clenched into a fist he sets on the ground. His body is already turning red as steam billows off him. "I know you're strong, so I'll go all out form the very start!"