(This part contains a non-canon death.)
Previously...
"Straw Hat! You're going to die!" yelled Simon.
Luffy and Chopper tilted their heads in confusion of who this man was. Zoro, Usopp, Sanji and Nami recognised him on sight. This man was Simon the Divine. He'd taken Vivi hostage on the trip from Drum Island to Alabasta, but luckily the then six of them had anticipated his move of not returning her had they fulfilled his conditions.
They'd also believed him dead, as he was eaten in an attempt to control the Shushibaruba, a creature that not only rejects Devil fruits, but also devours anyone who it comes across. His fruit was not only a logia, but if he used a spell written on a sheet of paper from his fruit, someone could be struck by lightning, poisoned, or maybe even die on the spot.
"Who the hell are you?!" yelled Luffy, which surprisingly incited a calm answer out of Simon.
"I am Simon the Divine. I was your enemy during the time you were travelling to Alabasta, and I almost killed Princess Nefertari Vivi." Luffy's pupils shrunk more and more as he started to remember who Simon was.
"YOU BASTARD! WHY CHASE US ALL ACROSS THE NEW WORLD?! YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE KING OF THE WORLD OR WHATEVER ELSE CRAP YOU CAN COME UP WITH AS LONG AS WE'RE ALIVE!" Luffy shouted.
"As long as you're alive? What makes you think I didn't consider that instance?" This confused everyone on the Sunny, but Simon, whose ship was now right next to theirs, almost seemed to disappear into thin air. That is, until everyone heard him yell.
"Shigan Chiru hanabira! "
Sabo spun round to see Koala falling backwards, profusely beeding from the several shigan holes in her body. That asshole. He's done now. Before anything else, though, he ran to the falling figure of Koala and caught her before she could hit the ground.
"Robin! Chopper! Take her in, get her looked at! We'll make sure this World Noble ripoff doesn't leave this ship alive." Sabo instructed, tuning his haki to check if he could hear Simon.
"Sabo... don't..."
What? Who the hell was tha- KOALA!
"We're not-" she took a pause and coughed, with some blood coming out, "murderers..."
Damn. She was right. Meanwhile, Luffy entered gear 2 in order to use Soru, which by now was the obvious technique Simon was using, so he would be able to see his opponent. Sabo, unable to see either of them, barely heard Simon speaking to Luffy,.
"You see, Straw Hat, when you destroyed the Shushibaruba, I survived, as my consciousness was present during the fight. The downside of my survival was that I lost my Pasa-Pasa no mi powers. But after a while, I learned Rokushiki and both types of haki, enabling my unbeatable journey through the old world. It took me a while to trace you here, but-"
"SHUT UP! GOMU-GOMU NO..."
Simon realized the impending attack but failed to dodge it due to Luffy's significantly faster movement than him.
"JET BAZOOKA!"
Simon was sent flying further than Finder's Sound itself, but the World Nobles present on the island assumed it was a bird they saw. Flying where? Unfortunately for him, nowhere but the ocean, to which he was now vulnerable.
Back on the Sunny, Luffy reentered his normal state. Everyone was rejoicing, but Luffy turned around with a worried, yet serious look on his face. What he said next almost made the world stop.
"SIMON'S PLANTED A BOMB IN THE MEDICAL ROOM!"
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