Opavia

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vitani leapt off of zeze and threw herself before usopp and zoro. she opened her arms to kuma, shaking violently. she panted as he looked down at her, holding his glove in his covered hand.

"vitani."

"you promised." she panted, her tail curling around zoro. she choked. "you promised.."

"move." kuma ordered. she gritted her teeth, punching his leg desperately as kierra leapt down.

"leave him alone!" vitani yelled.

kierra sprinted forward as he lifted his hand, swiping zoro's body so he completely disappeared.

kierra froze, staring forward in horror.

"no!" vitani beat against his leg desperately.

"say something damnit." usopp rose. "where did you send zoro?!"

kuma's replica opened his mouth to shoot usopp although kuma stepped infront of him and swiped his hand through his chest so the cyborg disappeared.

"stay out the way." he ordered.

"you five! get out of there!" luffy cried. vitani looked up in rage, shaking violently. usopp and kierra helped sanji up, vitani looking up as brook stepped before them.

"look out you two!" brook fretted as he threw open his arms.

"i will protect you! even if it cost me my life! oh wait, i'm already d-"

"brook!" kierra screamed as kuma swiped his hand over brook's body.

"brook!" usopp cried. sanji pushed usopp and kierra back and leapt up, turning to kick kuma although he deflected it with his hand.

"stop sanji!" luffy cried. kierra cried out as kuma approached usopp, vitani watching in horror as usopp fired a bomb in kuma's face before sprinting in the opposite direction. he reached out to swat usopp but something caught his hand.

vitani panted before him, her paints dulling as she knelt.

"kuma se scraviste!" she cried, bowing her head. he stared down at her, inhaling as he swiped his hand through her body.

"vitani!" kierra cried as zeze bellowed. she ran forward, roaring up at kuma as he pushed her aside.

"zeze!" kierra sprinted after her, eos whining and following. kierra stopped in her tracks as sanji cried out usopp's name, turning to see him gone. zeze stood shakingly as kierra ran her hand over her muzzle. zeze whined, a small whistle seeping from her neck as her paints glimmered. it landed in kierra's hand as kuma approached slowly.

"kierra! watch out!" nami cried. kierra looked over her shoulder as kuma lifted his hand. she blew the whistle desperately before his palm swiped through her.

"kierra!" luffy cried, eos roaring.