One Piece: Chaos Kong

Chapter 197: Stone Diddy

Seeing the barrage of Hancock's pink arrows, instead of dashing out of the way, which would've been smarter given the danger I could sense from them, I coated my arms and hands in armament haki and lowered my posture as I used one of my seventy-two bian; swiftly, and with the fluidity of water, I diverted every single pink arrow, that threatened to pierce me, and by no means was this easy as this was my first attempt at doing something like this, but in the end, I managed to deflect every single one of her arrows that would've otherwise pierced me while Mael allowed the arrows to phase right through his body harmlessly.

"Hehe, that won't be enough to stop me!" Stated Diddy with a feral smirk, eyeing Hancock as he got onto all fours before speedily dashing towards her while she fired numerous arrows at him.

Zig-zagging across the deck, I evaded every one of Hancock's arrows before leaping into the air and kicking my leg at her, launching a wind blade towards her, which she dodged while still continuing to attack me with her arrows. Deflecting all of her arrows while in mid-air, I kicked the air and lunged toward her, evading all of her attacks before kicking her in the stomach, which she managed to block using her shin at the last second, though I still pushed her back.

Watching her do a few backflips before elegantly landing on the deck, I lowered my foot, which had now turned to stone despite coating my leg in haki.

'Ho, so, either my haki is useless against her devil fruit, or it's already offsetting the damage, and this was what managed to slip through.' Mused Diddy lightly as he looked down at his foot, which was now stone and completely paralyzed, causing him to look back at Hancock, who sported a haughty expression.

"Your beauty will be superior as a stone; don't you think so, Chaos Kong?" Remarked Hancock mockingly as she raised her leg and brushed her hair behind her head, showing off her beauty while pointing at Diddy, who simply grinned.

"Hehe, nope, not at all, Medusa." Replied Diddy with a large grin as lightning began to erupt from his body.

'Since I can't touch you, nor do I feel threatened enough to get Naga-sa yet, let's try a different approach.' Mused Diddy lightly with a ferocious smile as he clenched his fist before slamming his foot down and throwing a thick bolt of lightning at Hancock, who was too busy showing off her beauty to react in time.

"Tsk, filthy monkey; how dare you frizzle my hair!" Yelled Hancock angrily as she stomped on the deck, blowing the smoke away while her hair was now frizzled and messed up.

"Heh, you and Freyja truly are meant for each other." Said Diddy mockingly as he eyed Hancock before propelling himself through the air using his only two usable limbs, moving rather awkwardly at first, though he quickly got the hang of it.

Dodging her volley of pink arrows was slightly harder since I could only use one leg and hand, though it wasn't too difficult yet, and if need be, I could still utilize my tail. However, what I found to be the hardest part of this battle was the fact I couldn't touch her without threatening to turn that part of my body to stone, and until I figured out either how to avoid or stop her from doing that, I would be forced to stay relatively passive, something I wasn't fond of.

Seeing Hancock suddenly blow a kiss, my instincts immediately warned me of danger, and with my haki, I was able to read her intentions; quickly tilting my body, I hit the air behind me with my tail, just in time to evade a pink lip-mark that speedily flew through the air like a bullet.

'That was close.' Thought Diddy lightly while he glanced behind him before looking at Hancock, only to see her rapidly blowing kisses, causing him to divert more of his blood to his leg and arm, increasing their maximum strength output as he constantly kicked and hit the air, creating loud explosions several times a second.