The Copyist (One Piece & OC)

Chapter 107: Lingering Problems

***3rd Person POV***

While Amaya and Sanji were leaving Black Maria's chamber, battles still raged across the island. On the Performance Floor lead by Queen, Boss Hyogoro was battling a war on two fronts all alone. 

The ice oni virus was slowly spreading throughout his body, already covering his right side. Meanwhile, he was taking on the remaining ninja and defective samurai from Orochi's former subordinates. 

Even alone, he was dismaying his opponents with a single sword and the haki technique that he taught Luffy and Ace during the prison break. 

"Bring it on, you squirts!" His elderly self declared against the whippersnappers.

 
One of the ninja laughed multiple arrows at the older man with a special straw contraction built in his hat, but Huyogoro sliced them all from the air, causing his opponent to groan in shock.

Two more with swords tried to attack simultaneously, but even with two of them, Hyogoro blasted them away with a strong wave of haki. The opponents screams and Hyogoro's strong techniques gained him the attention of the strongest enemy on the floor: Queen. 

Queen's large animal form turned his head to the sounds of chaos admits his own fight before surprise lightly colored his features. "Oi Oi, all our troops on this floor have been wiped out!" He opened his large mouth to prepare a laser attack at the old man. "Go to hell, geezer!"

Hyogoro's haki flaręd in preparation to meet the attack, but it never made contact with the samurai. Queen's former opponent took his distraction as an opportunity to strike. 

"Phoenix Brand!" Marco called his move, striking the long neck of Queen. 

Blood coated the innards of Queen's mouth from the forced stop of his attack.

Marco smiled. "You better focus, Queen."

Queen regained his former stance, looking at the flying annoyance in his eyes. 

"Marco! That hurts! Was that a shockwave? You bastard!" He snapped. 

"You're in a fight with me." The phoenix reminded. "You should attack those samurai after you chop my head off-yoi!"

"Damn! How persistent is he?" Queen gripped as he readied another laser mouth attack. "Go to hell already!"

Marco shifted in his full phoenix form as he bulleted towards Queen, dodging the attack as he did to land another of his own. 

Meanwhile, Ace made it over to Hyogoro, who was starting to pant heavily from the virus's onslaught. Ace lit his body on fire, casting a blanket of heat near the samurai to slow the effects of the ice spread. 

"Ace boy!" Hyogoro spoke is surprise before a smile touched the corners of his mouth. "You surely come at the best times." He inaudibly sighed, thinking to himself. 'I almost succumbed to this virus. For a moment there, I thought I saw Oden welcoming me to join him at his side.
Ace gave a short laugh'. 

"Hardly, Old Man. That's Ama's specialty. She's the one who sent me down here to help. I'll help keep the virus at bay until that raccoon can make the antidote." Ace acknowledged.

Hyogoro tightened his grip around his sword, preparing for the next round of enemies with the assistance of the flame wielder. "It seems you've found a good one. Hold on to her."

Ace's smile widened. "If she'll let me!" He agreed wholeheartedly as they started to swat away the next round of soldiers.

***Amaya's POV***