Missy

Us regular people

I don't own One Piece. If I did, I'd steal all of Shandora's gold.

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"I see..." Mello mused as Luffy sat through one of Eneru's lighting attacks completely unharmed, "He is made of rubber, and so Eneru cannot harm him with lightning."

You snorted as Eneru got fired backwards thanks to a rubber foot to the stomach. 'Bit ironic. Eneru's our natural weakness, and Luffy is Eneru's natural weakness. This fight is going to be over fast.'

"I wonder..."

Blinking, you turned to where he was twisted around your wrist. Just what did that mean?

"Lightning..." Luffy yelled, stretching his arm backwards, "AIN'T GONNA WORK!"

Eneru sucked in a breath, "Mantra."

Your heart sank. Of course. It didn't matter if Luffy could harm Eneru if he couldn't actually hit him. It was a handy trick that had served you well in the past. You couldn't believe you hadn't thought of that sooner.

Eneru seemed to think so too, dodging a Gum Gum Whip and slamming his golden pole into Luffy's back.

"Luffy!" Nami cried as Luffy flew across the deck, Eneru not far behind to pin him to the golden wall by the neck.

You should help him. You could help him. You could counteract that Mantra with your abilities after all. Kronos, you wanted to help him.

But...

Your one free hand subconsciously reached for a collar that hadn't sat there for years.

"Don't get ahead of yourself."

Who was that? Eneru, or one of your memories?

"I can cripple you with more than just lightning. Once I know something won't work, I can adapt my fighting style."

Eneru...it was just Eneru... You weren't really sure if that comforted you or not. A memory couldn't physically harm you after all. And what was more dangerous, a mere memory or something that forced you to remember them. Either way, your nerves started to fill with ice.

"Hitting me won't work either!" Luffy sent a kick forwards, but Eneru dissolved into a crackle of sparks.

"Lightning won't work." He reappeared on the railing, "Physical blows won't work. What is this 'rubber'?" Grimacing, his brow furrowed to a ridge as he started muttering too low for you to hear.

"Gloam Paddling!" You shielded your eyes from the blinding blue electricity zapping through Eneru's golden pole. "I have no time to play with the likes of you!"

"That is what he used to fuse you with the wall."

You could only nod as the once blunt staff morphed into a bladed trident.

"Just think of it as a solid form of lightning." Eneru growled, thrusting the weapon towards Luffy. Luffy yelped, twisting aside and springing up to rest on top of the golden head.

Your knees felt weak. It was bad enough that he had an electricity based devil fruit, but you'd severely underestimated how cunning he was. His arrogance wasn't just for show.

He guffawed, "As I thought, you are vulnerable to piercing attacks!"

But perhaps it was a little much. A wiser man would have kept quiet, but then again Eneru was anything but wise.