Blenny looked down at the young human and scratched his chin for a moment as he took in the flurry of questions.
"They go by the New Fishman Pirates, we hear." He remarked. "We don't know much about them but we know they really don't like humans and they hide out in the Fishman District."
Genjo's last question made Commander Blenny think for a moment. "And trust me, I would love nothing more than to get rid of these pirates but I think the king blames himself for how they turned out..."
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An ancient sunken ark that out-sized nearly any other ship in history rested in the Fishman District. It served as a landmark to those of Fishman Island, they knew never to venture too close to that lawless land.
The Fishman District was once a large area dedicated to taking care of the orphans of Fishman Island. Now it stood as a lawless den for criminals to take sprout and a haven for insurgents to plot against Neptune. A large hall made of rotten wood sat nestled in the little valley next to the colossal ark, Noah.
The decrepit hall housed Hody Jones, the leader of the New Fishman Pirates. He was a monstrous figure with a jaw lined with rows of blades. The shark fishman had heard Kasagoba's tale of the winged man entering Fishman Island. He sat in a large cushioned chair which rested high upon a table, in his right hand he twirled a large red pitchfork.
"Whatever-" Hody sneered. "I don't care about some marine on vacation. As long as our feathery friend doesn't get involved he's none of our concern."
Outside that same hall a commander of the New Fishman Pirates, Zeo, was overseeing a large group of human slaves (with bubbles around their heads) loading explosives onto the back of a sea-beast with the vague appearance of a camel.
Next to the camel a large platform with cannons on it sat untouched; Zeo lamented that he wouldn't get to see Hammond pilot his slave tank.
A large group of pirates were preparing weapons and laughing amongst themselves, rebellion was around the corner.
"Tomorrow King Neptune's head will fall in front of all of Fishman Island!" Hody cheered to his men within the hall. The crowd of pirates erupted with cheers of their own.
"They go by the New Fishman Pirates, we hear." He remarked. "We don't know much about them but we know they really don't like humans and they hide out in the Fishman District."
# Shaarib had a grim look on his face when he heard the name of the crew. The first failure of the 169th was handed to them by a pirate from the Fishman Pirates. Arlong too hated humans, it was better for Shaarib like that. If he had too fight normal revolutionaries he wouldn't be able to justify the bloodbath. #
/After the Jump/
The Shaarib's Pirates and Co finally found themselves up again on the ship finally ready to go save the country. The new recruits weren't pleased of their new uniform. Each of them of was uncomfortable and probably thought the clothes would hinder their movements. Savane's uniform were the best, even if Shaarib never wore them. From the corners of his eye, Shaarib saw how eager the Birkan was. He had two swords at his waist and he had his hands on them the whole time. Troya on the other hand made the presentation between Genjo and the others.
Their trip towards the district was long and painful. Each island had that little part were they hide the dirt. On skypiea, the people from Angel Island aways tried to threw their garbage near the Shandians. The Goa Kingdom had the Gray Terminal, they even tried to burn everything there, the bums and the garbage. How could the king let a part of his kingdom become like that thought the winged man ?
- " What is the history of this area Commander ? How could the situation became like that ? Wasn't Jimbei a member of the Fishman Pirates ? Where is he ?" said Genjo, perplexed.
Shaarib waited for an answer while he made a hand sign to his right-hand. They were getting near the district and they should began to scan their surroundings. He promised the King, none of his soldiers would be hurt and he will respect his promise. The sniper, took his weapon, opened his other eye and began searching any suspect move in the area. Shaarib had nothing to do but cross his arm and let his mantra do the work for him. He was surprised to see that the new guys were at least at the level of his guards.#
Blenny let out a sigh. "The Fishman District is where a lot of us grew up; I can't say the same for myself but a good few in this very unit have history there." He looked at the disheveled surroundings. "It used to be an orphanage of sorts, but pirates tore this place to splinters more times than any of us care to remember."
The horned blenny fishman looked down at the district, no life swam through the streets.
"Boss Jinbei?" Blenny said with a warm smile. "I haven't seen him in a good while, he makes a deal not to come home to Fishman Island whenever he can help it...If he is here he'd be at our queen, Otohime's, tomb."
A brief moment of silent surveillance went by before Blenny continued. "Boss Jinbei is indeed captain of the Sun Pirates, or Fishman Pirates for those of you from above." The commander answered.
"He assuredly helps in his own way but the people who destroyed this place don't want help. They don't want to make things better." He spoke sadly. "They just want the royal family to pay for the crimes of humans."
The district below was quiet in all but one place, a bustling tavern-like hall filled to the brim with New Fishman Pirates. Cheers and toasts echoed out into the underwater ghetto. Terrorists partied in celebration of there soon-to-be coup.
# Shaarib didn’t say a word. He was going to destroy the place one way or the another. Rokushiki wasn’t the type of art you should use when you wanted to leave your opponent alive. NOT AT All. One his side he had a Dial user. Fortunately the guy had a Heat and Fire dial, so Shaarib could cut some members and cauterize their wounds.
Shaarib suddenly yelled and pointed his right index towards the surface. It was a distraction, he quickly seized the opportunity by grabbing Zenin by the collar and jumping from the Ship walking on the air with his Geppo.#
The pirate officer's eyes widened and he quickly camouflaged himself to prepare to a sneak attack on this sudden threat. Zeo did not have to swim far to see the Skypiean man leaping through the water with another man in tow. He began looping around behind the invader.
Inside the hall, the cheering had gone silent. All of those inside were quick to remember Kasagoba's tale; they looked towards one another with masks of shock.
Hody Jones, sitting upon his chair, sneered at the audacity of this invader. He looked down to his underlings with feign shock, mocking them. "Let's all just sit around with stupid looks on our faces!" He snapped. The large fishman kicked up off his chair with force and moved out the open door to the water-logged hall.
Nearly two-hundred* fishman pirates followed out behind their captain. The great-white shark fishman swam to meet his guest. "You've got guts to show yourself here after what you did to my men." He remarked to Shaarib. "Wings apparently don't make humans any less stupid."
Swimming up beside their captain were two more officers of the crew, Dosun and Daruma.
*175 New Fishman pirates, not including the officers.
# Shaarib was smiling from ear to ear. He could feel pirates heard him and now a swarm was coming towards him and Zenon. The man with the mohawk was desperately trying to free himself from the sicko's grip but all his efforts were for nothing. Sensing the enemies getting near, the skypiean let the Birkan fall on the ground. Shaarib began stretching, he could care less about the incoming swarm, most of them were far from his level. They were probably going to die today. His mantra couldn't describe how strong Hody and the two besides him were, even the pirate that was hiding behind them ready to strike. The agent of sword stop his activity continued with launching kicks int he winds. He was interrupted by a voice :
"You've got guts to show yourself here after what you did to my men." He remarked to Shaarib. "Wings apparently don't make humans any less stupid."
The main dish was here ! Like Shaarib, his hair was white and were measuring at least 3 meters tall. A imposing figure with tattoos on his belly and arms. In particular, Arlong's Jolly Roger on his arm. Having that mark meant you were going to die if you ever meet Shaarib but the problem was the King wanted Hoody alive. The S.W.O.R.D agent lift his right knee and put his left hand in the air.
- Zenon-chan, watch out for any top guy that is going to fall towards the ground. You are going to see a masterpiece.
The Skypiean with a swift and delicate move send his right foot up while his hand came diagonally towards the ground. A razor like air blade charged in direction of Hody but instead of piercing him, went around him and began slashing the people around him forming a swirl. Our hero needed Hody alive. So he was going to let him suffer a little by watching his people getting killed. #
_ Rankyaku Hyobi !
Rankyaku "Hyobi"
Requirements: 51 Mastery, 41 strength
Destruction Potency: Since Shaarib has 100 in mastery , I will put the potency at A (+3)===> Invisible Haki (+1) + 100 in strength(+6) ==>Island Level (10)
Description: The user creates a large, powerful Rankyaku in the shape of a swirl, which is launched at the enemy like a razor blade. When it hits the opponent, he is damaged and stunned.
As the bold Skypiean kicked out a blade of air through the water towards the horde of Fishman pirates Hody's eyes widened from the sudden attack, he nimbly dodged by swimming by it, but as he dodged Hody realized the attack wasn't intended for him to begin with. Daruma ducked his head below the slash but Dosun was not as quick, the slash was sent through him as well as a group of unlucky pirate grunts.
Ten fishmen, not including one of the commanders, clutched at their bleeding wounds as they began to sink down to the ocean floor. Hody snickered at the winged-man's sneaky attack.
Hody saw something he liked in his opponent, Shaarib was a snake and it was the sign of a good fight.
Without any hesitation Hody pushed his hand into his pocket and pulled out a closed fist. He lifted his closed hand above his mouth and released his grip, letting four red-and-black capsules fall into his bladed mouth.
Gives +5 strength, +5 speed for 10 turns per pill | Currently +20, +20
The great-white shark's eyes bulged with energy, his eyes deepened into a crimson red.
"JAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Erupted chaotic laughter from the steroid-infused captain. "LET'S SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO, FLYING RAT!"
Without missing a beat, the fishman barreled towards the two winged men. He brought his arm back as he approached and threw it forward at Shaarib, aiming for his stomach. As his fist traveled, the water around his fist was pushed away due to the sheer ferocity of the attack.
Four Thousand Tile True Punch | A much-stronger version of the Senmaigawara Seiken. It is a very powerful straight punch that can send an opponent bigger than the user flying backwards.(61 Mastery, 61 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: A
Zeo watched from behind Shaarib, readying his chain and looking for an opportunity to strike; he was not eager to make a mistake against an opponent at the level he was witnessing.
Iirc 101 is the same tier as 120. If not I will just change something here and there.
# Shaarib was grinning like a mad man. His attack surprised the fishmen but didn't kill most of them. Just some of Hody's guards around him. The birdman didn't knew why but seeing the water turning red like it did previously was procuring him immense joy. He was going to paint the most beautiful fresco the people under the sea ever saw. When it was about killing or at least in their case, injuring permanently without death, Shaarib was an artist. With his left hand, he patted the head of Zenon and told him to take some steps back. The survivors were going to launch themselves at him and Daddy needed his space to operate accordingly. Hody took something out his pocket and put it in his mouth. What was he taking drugs ? Pirate had no honors... In an instant, Hody muscles bulged while his eyes went completely red. Shaarib just let out a sigh. At least the shark was going to get near his level.
"JAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Erupted chaotic laughter from the steroid-infused captain. "LET'S SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO, FLYING RAT!"
Without missing a beat, the fishman barreled towards the two winged men. He brought his arm back as he approached and threw it forward at Shaarib, aiming for his stomach. As his fist traveled, the water around his fist was pushed away due to the sheer ferocity of the attack.
Shaarib couldn't dodge the attack with Zenon behind him what was happening was beyond his level. Shaarib opened his arms and casually waited, ready to fully embrace the punch Hody was throwing his way as his body began to get sturdier like steel. The first step was to show the rebel leader that although he had the speed. He needed to back it up better. The Sword agent body was going to absorb the shock and sent it back to Hody. Then, the second step will be to immediately counteract and try to cut his throat. All the plan was going to be about how Hody was going to react. Shaarib didn't knew if the drugs were going to kill the pain enough for the shark to keep attacking even after his tekkai.
- Tekkai "Utsugi" !
Requirements: 41 Mastery, 41 strength, 41 drability
Description: This form of Tekkai is used entirely as a counter instead, where the purpose is not to absorb damage from the attack, but to transfer the shock of the attack back to the attacker, which can lead to broken bones in a normal human body.
(2 turn cooldown) Durability +20 ==> 120. ==> Island level
Shaarib surprisingly took one step back after taking the hit but tried his best to sent a hardened karate chop towards Hody's throat.
All the plan was going to be about how Hody was going to react. Shaarib didn't knew if the drugs were going to kill the pain enough for the shark to keep attacking even after his tekkai.
Hody's rippling arm smashed into Shaarib, as Hody reached out his other hand towards Shaarib he realized the lack of damage inflicted. The shark was stirred by the ache in his arm, it had felt as though he punched into a metal wall.
Hody turned his head to see Shaarib's hand streaking towards him.
Hody didn't have time to block with his arms, reflexively the shark-man opened up his maw to try and snatch off Shaarib's arm with the help of an invisible coating of haki. For a brief moment Hody thought he may have successfully blocked the attack but Shaarib's arm pushed through his teeth, shattering and knocking them out of his mouth. Hody's face caved inward and bubbles poured from his mouth as a guttural noise pushed out of his jaws.
The user grabs hold of an opponent's limb and attempts to rip it from their body in a violent head movement. (Requires 50 Brawling Mastery, 50 Fishman Karate Mastery, 80 Strength) DPR: A + 1
His officers watched in shock as their captain was sent spiraling into the seafloor. The eyes of the fishmen darted from the huddled mass on the sandy ground and then back to the skypiean. Silence fell upon them as they witnessed the horror that Kasagoba had described to them earlier.
Daruma, a small fishman officer, spoke in a struggled voice. "So, what? You're-- just gonna be fighting Neptune's battles for him-?" He managed to shakily croak out. His eyes darted from Shaarib to the ship of royal guards.
Dosun, also struggling to find his voice, turned to an underling. "--Go and wake up that slacker, Hyouzou!" He barked.
# Shaarib did not understood what happened. He tried his best to not attack Hody in a deadly area but his body reacted instinctively. What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh, the winged-man was a killer. Thankfully, Hody had the time to open his mouth and then tried to bite Shaarib's arm off. Our hero won the confrontation and broke the teeth of the shark while sending him in downwards. Hody wasn't down but Shaarib knew it would take some time before he came back up. In front of the birds stood a surprised crowd, their leader was defeated and they did not knew how to react anymore, how could a Fishman lose to a bird ?
"So, what? You're-- just gonna be fighting Neptune's battles for him-?" He managed to shakily croak out. His eyes darted from Shaarib to the ship of royal guards.
Shaarib shook his head slowly and said : " This island is going to be under my protection. I can't let y'all try to ruin it for some bullshit reasons...Are y'all surrendering or do y'all want a spank ? " the pirate still put his hand up and gave an order to his right-hand.
From the ship, Troya was already in position, his target in his line of sight. The Vice-Admiral made a quick work of the rebel leader and now they needed to fully take control of the fight. To instill so much fear into the new-fishman pirates that they will not be able to carry their weapons. All he had to do was to wait for the signal and when he saw it he fired his weapon. His target wasn't visible to the naked eye but Troya had something some hadn’t :
Observation Haki. #
Shaarib shook his head slowly and said : " This island is going to be under my protection. I can't let y'all try to ruin it for some bullshit reasons...Are y'all surrendering or do y'all want a spank ? " the pirate still put his hand up and gave an order to his right-hand.
Daruma and Dosun looked at one another nervously for a moment, without their captain they didn't stand a chance. Before they could respond a blast echoed through the water.
All he had to do was to wait for the signal and when he saw it he fired his weapon. His target wasn't visible to the naked eye but Troya had something some hadn’t :
Observation Haki. #
Zeo's eyes widened from the shock of the bullet. He looked out to his fishman brothers and suddenly sneered. "You fool. You fell for my Iron Back Bullet Block-" he murmured as life struggled to stay in his eyes. His body became visible and the purple fishman slowly spiraled downward.
The user bravely jumps in front of an oncoming bullet to potentially save a friend who was in danger. (Requires 100 Bravery, 80 Back Muscle Strength) - DPR: 0
Dosun, the hammerhead shark, scowled as his childhood friend sank down before his eyes, he reached for his hammer as New Fishman Pirate grunts swam forward toward Shaarib. Using his offhand Dosun reached into his pocket and placed four steroids on his tongue. His eyes bulged as his muscles expanded, he couldn't help but release a roar as the pills fueled his power.
Gives +5 strength, +5 speed for 10 turns per pill | Currently +20, +20
Daruma, the cookiecutter shark, bolted backward away from the intruder and grabbed a fishman under his command named, Harisenbon, he shrieked in his face. "Get your men together and kill these freaks, Neptune will just hide behind this lunatic forever if we don't stop him now!"
One-hundred pirate grunts swam in frenzy while howling with rage, they seemed hesitant however. They swam before Shaarib at all angles but didn't swim forth towards him despite their drawn weapons. All their previous screams were growing quieter and quieter until a foreboding calm. They all knew how quickly their captain was struck down and still they watched as Zeo gently his the ocean floor.
The face of the fishmen looked already defeated and drained but yet they waited grimly before Shaarib; some of them had scowls while others wore faces of poorly masked anxiety.
"GyAHHH-!!" echoed two screams that broke the calm. The screams originated from the hall that housed the pirates moments before, from within emerged a blood spattered blue-ringed octopus merman with a single sword drawn, Hyouzou.
The hired mercenary glared around at all the commotion while swigging from his gourd of alcohol he looked at Hody Jones trembling on the seafloor. He hiccuped before his eyes fell on Shaarib, he was the one ruining his drinking.
He chose to wait and see how much this winged human could do.
# Shaarib was satisfied, the plan was working perfectly. The crew was one step closer to their goal, the fishmen were completely scared and while they had numbers on their side none of them wanted to end up like Hody. Shaarib was disappointed, he wanted his blood to boil, he wanted to get in a fight were he would not know the outcome. He wanted more than they could offer, Neptune and the others talked highly about the fishmen crew but from were he stood, no one was near him. All the winged-man now wanted was to throw himself in the melee and get out fully washed by their blood; at least it would be less boring and he wouldn't had the time to think. The rebels choose dead over capitulation. He spoked clearly for everyone to hear him but pirates never listen.
At his side, Zenon couldn't believe his eyes. Everything happened so fast. He was in a fight that wasn't his. The man with the mohawk didn't saw his partner attack the fishmen, he only saw the aftermath. It was the same with Hody's counter, he closed his eyes for a second and the white shark was already spiraling towards the ground. If it was the level pirates needed to get to the New World, he was far from it. If Z couldn't help fighting the big guns, he could at least help Shaarib by opening a path towards the new big gun that arrived. Normally, alone he was probably going to get recked but the soldiers in front of him were afraid and he still had his crew members with him.
-" D-Dad-Daddy ? Let me open the way for you." said the pink haired pirate flustered for calling the other winged-guy daddy.
From his hips, he took out an abnormal tanto. Abnormal because the knife had a cuff measuring at least 60 cm while the golden pommel looked more like a gourd than anything else. After doing some moves in the winds, the man in white, thrusted the knife forward. Surprisingly, the white blade grew and grew while the tip began to spread; the blade became a fan made of white cloud and Zenon began moving it left to right to create an opening for Shaarib to go trough. The ex officer couldn't say no to an offer proposed like that. Zenon by calling him like that surely known that the priest of the goddess wouldn't say no. As soon as the blade began to expand near the fishmen, Shaarib darted forward, running towards the little fish that giving orders. The octopus that entered the arena will have to wait .
- "Eisen Fan" !
Eisen Fan (鉄の扇 (アイゼンファン), Aizen Fan?, literally "Fan of Iron"): Ohm shapes the blade if his sword into a fan-like blade and strikes against his opponent. Requires 61 strength and 51 dial and sword mastery. DPR: A(3) +1(Haki) +4(61 in Strength)=City Level at 61 speed
On the ship, Shaarib's Pirates were laughing and clapping in each others hands while preparing to get in the fight themselves. Still looking trough his visor, Troya wasn't talking, he was smirking. He hit the bullseye. Now he was going to shot two to three times in the crowd to permit the others to get to Zenon before the pirates regain confidence and attack the Birkan. He only said to the commander of the soldiers :
- "Now do you trust us ?"#
[2 shots, A Rank Bullet ==>Town Level]
[My bad I did a mistake ! 71 in sniping isn't S rank, I verified it today, so the previous attack isn't Mountain but CIty level. So sorry T^T]
The Royal Guards murmured in a quiet approval of the Skypiean's techniques. Commander Blenny looked down at the blood swirling up from the sinking terrorists, Shaarib was skirting his oath to the king very finely. Blenny nodded affirmatively nonetheless to answer Shaarib.
Dosun began spinning with incredibly speed with his hammer out. He homed in on the ship carrying the air-breathers very quickly and flew towards the ship at intense speed, ready to pulverize the ship and the fish controlling it. His hammer reflected the shimmering light off of his hammer as he imbued it with his own haki.
Dosun spins in circles to build momentum for a strike with his hammer. (Requires 60 Speed, 60 Strength, 60 Hammer Mastery) DPR: A +2
Daruma looked back in terror as Shaarib weaved through the fishman underlings and darted in his direction. He grabbed hold of the fishman he was talking to, Harisenbon, and spun behind him. Without saying a word he kicked the porcupinefish-fishman in the stomach causing him to release his sharp quills reflexively.
Harisenbon's eyes bulged in pain and anger as Daruma's tiny powerful feet knocked bubbles from his gills, his powerful quills darted out in all directions and stood in the way of Shaarib.
The user expands their armored spines out in all directions to heavily absorb damage and harm those close enough to the user.(Requires: 55 Sea Urchin Armor Mastery, 50 Strength, 55 Durability) DPR: A
From below...
Hody let loose a psychotic laugh as he choked down two more steroids. The captain's teeth were now fully restocked and far sharper than before.
Gives +5 strength, +5 speed for 10 turns per pill | Currently +30, +30
He snarled as he exploded off the ground at a speed none of his underlings could possibly perceive. As he approached Shaarib he stopped short and reeled his arm back and centered it on the Skypiean's chest. His haki-covered arm's fully extended but did not touch his opponent, instead the shock wave of the attack carried through the water and into this crazed sky person.
The user punches the water in front of him pushing it at his opponent and sending a shock wave through it. (61 Mastery, 41 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: B + 2
From below Hyouzou watched the enraged Hody Jones appear before Shaarib, suddenly letting loose a super-powered punch. He looked down at a few of his own pills that he had yet to try. While taking a swig from his gourd he contemplated the negative side-effects of the steroids.
# Shaarib was grinning madly, he's prey was scared and tried to defend himself a last time. The little fish having no honor decided his life was better than the sea urchine he launched at Shaarib. The Hassan's face became pitch black and slowly, his whole body took that color. He really wanted to make a hole into that balloon boy. He opened his arms wide to be able to deflect most of the quills that will came and try to pierce his bunble. They bounced off his arms, but they still went behind him. Approaching the fish, Shaarib formed and X with his arms and put them in front of his ready to pierce his enemy. Three steps from target, Shaarib heard a maniac laugh, it was Hody. One step form target, Shaarib felt him coming towards them. When he rammed into the sea urchin, Hody appeared at his sides. Shaarib could see the attack coming but he was going to fast to stop there, so he all he could do was grit his teeth and wait for the impact. A hit never came, the shark send a shockwave and our captain found himself propelled towards the ground like Hody minutes ago.
[Hody's Attack is Small Country, same as Shaarib durability with Koka]
Shaarib thought he was going to crash in the ground but the bubble absorbed the hit and put him on his feet. The marine’s body took back his natural brown color, the Skypiean spilled the blood in his mouth and charged towards Hody grinning even more wildly. He wasn't going to be able to let Hody live. Now all the hits will have for sole objective to kill him. The white shark deserved that the Hassan fought with all his might. Shaarib became a back blur that zig-zagged going for Hody. He opened both of his palms trying to pierce Hody's torso with his darkened fingers.
On the other side, a fight was about to began. Troya saw one of Hody's pirate, a pink-haired Fishman coming at the the ship while spiraling. He couldn't shot him from where he was. He needed to be able to help Zenon fight the horde around him and keep an eye on Shaarib. Ren, Genjo and L'homme went already to help the Birkan. He let a deep sigh a told Commander Lenny and his men to take a grip to anything they could because it was more probable that the ship will sink. He hoped something would happen and Sharib's goddess gave her blessing. While fighting he completely forgot about Zenon's crew. While they wore the same uniforms as the others they weren't officially members of the family. From the corners of his eyes, two white blurs came to meet the fish that was spinning at high-speed. The one on the left, Termi, a beautiful but lazy man casually said to the other, a black panther mink.
- " I'm going to try to slow him down, will you do the damage Baas-chaan ?" Said Termi at his partners while he got out the two juttes on his back.
Termi jumped from the ship putting his juttes in front of him forming a X and tried to block the incoming attack with his hardened weapon. The man wasn't even sure where the hammer was coming from. He just hoped to clash with it and slow it down while Baast would end it. He met with the Fishman and as expected, he lost the battle but fought enough to see his parter coming at full speed.
- Styx !!!
Styx: Could be a form of block, disarming technique, or preparation to counter an attack. The user traps incoming attacks between the shaft and prong, disarms it by twisting the jutte, then launches a quick thrust to their body using the other jutte.
- DPR A, requires 71 Strength, 71 MA Mastery
[If I'm not mistaken, the attack of Dosun is stronger by one rank.]
The mink spun on himself on his trip towards Dosun and Termi to build more and more momentum then brought all his rage on the Fishman with a downward kick. #
- "Guillotine Drop !" said Baast with a guttural scream.
Guillotine Drop: jumps into the air above his opponent and performs a downwards kick, using the momentum of the fall to increase the power behind the attack.
(51 Mastery, 61 Strength, 61 Movement Speed) - DPR A + 61 ==> Town Level
He wasn't going to be able to let Hody live. Now all the hits will have for sole objective to kill him. The white shark deserved that the Hassan fought with all his might. Shaarib became a back blur that zig-zagged going for Hody. He opened both of his palms trying to pierce Hody's torso with his darkened fingers.
The fishman captain had a bit of difficulty following Shaarib as he darted through the water towards him. Hody's eyes glimmered as he tapped into his observation haki. As Shaarib approached with his deadly attack, Hody shot sideways through the water to avoid the assault but also to retaliate with his own attack.
Hody Jones brought his powerful leg swiftly in at an upward angle. His rubbery-skinned leg shot up through the water towards Shaarib's side.
The user performs a roundhouse kick, which is strong enough to block the gigantic Wadatsumi's punch and break one of his fingers. (61 Mastery, 61 Strength) Destructive Potency Rank: A
All the while, Dosun found his spin being brought to a sudden hiccup by another scrawny air-breather. His momentum was lost and transferred into the swing sent into Termi. The hammerhead's usually calm eyes were now warped into two grotesque red orbs, both bulging and twitching; they scanned from the human that had got in his way to the sudden new assailant.
As the mink's kick shot down towards Dosun, he swung his own head up into the attack with outrageous force to meet his opponent's momentum with the pure brute force of his hammer head.
Dosun uses his inherent hammerhead talents with a powerful headbutt into his target. (Requires 80 Strength, 80 Hammer Mastery) DPR: A
Dosun's hard head and his opponent's kick met. Dosun remained still against the mink's attack for a moment, seemingly perfectly absorbing the attack, before being pushed downwards in a somersault regardless; in his spiral the pink-haired pirate officer lost grip on his hammer, letting it plummet downwards towards the sandy bottom.
He clutched at his head in frustration.
"You're all out of your element!" He snapped at his opponents.
"Destroy that ship!" He shouted to the reinvigorated pirate crew. The mass of villains roared and eagerly obeyed Dosun as they rushed towards the ship to sink the air-breathers; some fishmen charged with swords drawn and others empty handed.
With word from Commander Blenny, his (40) men rushed into position to help defend the ship, they were outnumbered yet held up their spears and sword nonetheless.
# Shaarib had expectations for Hody. He couldn't recall the last time he got hit like that. He wanted to get it again with the same force. From what he understood, piercing attacks were the only threat to his bubble so it was fine. He needed to feel some pain at least. Well... that was what he thought when he charged towards the white shark. Hody being in his element, dodged his attack and prepared to retaliate. The winged-man smiled disappeared when he realized the truth. Hody like most of the fishmen was born with an enormous strength. So he probably never had to be a master of the Fishman Karate. His strength was sufficient enough to get him where he was. If someone gave him trouble, all he had to do was to eat his pills. Sadly while they enhanced his performances, Hody's mastery over his katas remained the same. There were things in life you couldn't master without training and if only he had the tenacity to keep learning, Shaarib would've lost a long time ago... In an instant Shaarib's body liquefied and took a slimy kind of matter. The perks of using Kami-E was that Shaarib could now bend his body like the finest of contortionist. Gan Fall's grandson dodge the kick and retired the same attack he had previously launched. Hody's torso was going to get tore from everywhere.
Kami-e "Slime"
Requirements: 51 Mastery, 51 Reaction Speed
Description: Instead of the body becoming limp like paper, it stretches and moves in ways slime or sludge would move in order to avoid attacks.
Zenon was lost. He was a little afraid of the group around him but everyone of them decided he wasn't worthy enough and tired the took the direction of the ship. He couldn't stop most of them but he could tried to stop some before the rest of the guys take care of the flock. He launched his sword towards the fish and it grew bigger and bigger forming a white wall made of iron cloud.
- " Eisen Back !" said the Birkan with the mohawk.
Ren still under his coat looked at l'Homme, he wasn't needed here. The swordsman and the ex-ensign could both attack from distance so it was probably better for the biggest member of the trio to go help the Commander Blenny and his men by defeating the ones that will come for them and as the 5 meters tall wrestler went back, Ren took out one his sword and did a spiral cut; creating an air blade that took the incoming mob's direction. At his sides, Genjo already launched a Rankyaku that took the from of a bird.
- "Rankyaku Gaicho !" [Destructive Potency Rank: B ==> Town]
-"Sanbyakurokuju Pound Ho !" [ Destructive Potency Rank: B ==> Town]
Behind them, Termi and Baast took position in front of Dosun ready to attack him but someone was quicker. Troya shot the last bullet in his magazine targeting the hammerhead Fishman's left shoulder. Zenon wasn't in danger anymore so he took the best solution for them. If Dosun was incapacitated quickly, the easier it would be to deal with fishmen. They promised that no soldiers would get hurt and needed to at least keep that promise since their captain was going to kill Hody.#
Hody Jones was fast enough to see the attack and deflect the first shot or two but quickly found himself becoming overwhelmed by the persistence of the rapid Rokushiki attacks. The shark-man roared out as Shaarib's hands pierced into his arms and chest.
His head began shimmering as it darkened with armament haki. His open mouth revealed his teeth were coated as well. His jaws snapped at Shaarib's oncoming arms but his reflexes weren't quite sharp enough to grab his limbs. He pushed forward into the attack trying to block the oncoming attacks with his haki-hardened head.
With blood trickling from countless new holes in his body, Hody pushed in towards Shaarib and he snapped his ferocious blackened jaws down towards the Skypeian's shoulder-bone.
The user grabs hold of an opponent's limb and attempts to rip it from their body in a violent head movement. (Requires 50 Brawling Mastery, 50 Fishman Karate Mastery, 80 Strength) DPR: A + 2
Meanwhile Dosun was breathing heavily, plotting his next move against his opponents. His eyes drifted down to his hammer, far below him. 'No problem, I can't out-swim these weaklings-' But no sooner than the thought crossed his mind...
The flustered fishman whirled his head to the source of the shot and screamed out with drug-enhanced rage, now distracted from his fight with the other two he swam at full-speed toward the ship (leaving a ribbon of blood as he moved) preparing his head to destroy the hull of the bubbled ship.
"Hammerhead Ship Cracker!" The pink-haired brute screamed out as he charged closer and closer to the ship.
Dosun uses his inherent hammerhead talents with a powerful headbutt into his target. (Requires 80 Strength, 80 Hammer Mastery) DPR: A
Daruma watched his fishman brothers get slashed and battered from below the battle while clenching his webbed hands in bubbling rage. He looked towards Dosun and charged forward attempting to cut off Termi and Baast off from pursuing his fellow commander.
The little red cookie-cutter shark fishman stopped short of the two and released an explosion of shreds of metal and bones in line for both of Shaarib's men.
Daruma launches a stored collection of shrapnel at his target in front of him.
(Requires 70 Fido Mastery, 30 Fishman Karate Mastery) DPR: B
# Shaarib let out a guttural yell. The pain was overwhelming. At first he thought his attack was good enough to put Hody out of commission so he released his guards when he felt his fingers burying themselves into the shark’s torso. Most of the times when this type of things happened the fight was over. But Shaarib did not take into account the fact that Hody’s drugs were this strong. The rebel’s head continued his trajectory, got into the bubble and took a bite into Shaarib’s shoulder. The winged man having no time, had to choose between using Haki or Tekkai. The choice made, he tried to prevent a wound by covering his shoulder with hardening but Hody overcame his protection. Tore through his suit and then tore his Haki covered flesh. From the corner of his eyes he saw blood, too much of his for his tastes. The last time he bleed like this he was a kid on Skypiea. Images flashed and while he yelled, his body took charge. He wasn’t stronger than Hody but he could still hold the Fishman for a little couple of seconds. With his right hand, he pushed Hody’s head to bite deeper into his flesh while his other hand went for Hody’s jugular. The SWORD agent stopped wanting to cut the white shark’s throat he was going to punch an hole in it, a big one. Everything needed to go fast because when the dark-skinned man would be back, the right-arm wouldn’t be useful no more and he was going to feel little tired. It was going to be a race against the clock. He was bleeding. The more he fought, the more blood he was going to lose and with that pain in his shoulders and with all the attacks he been throwing around, the Skypiean was probably going to kill every last one of them or fall while doing it.
[Jugon S+ ==> Small Continent. Haki count -10]
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In the back, while the mass of fishmen grow fewer : Genjo, Ren and Zenon choose to separate. The flock they were fighting was more scared than anything. Zenon alone could face off with them while the others should go help the soldiers on the ship. Zenon was getting tired but he knew the more fishmen he hunted here, the less capable they would be to hurts his teammates. Ren as always, was being pessimistic. He didn’t trust the new member to to be able to fend off the opposition. The Vice-Admiral promised no one was going to get hurt so they needed to act this way. The s<ordsman in him wanted to face the Fishman with locks that calmly waited for a conclusion between Shaarib and Hody but as a soldier he needed to follow orders. Genjo head was empty, he was in his area. In the daily life he was always clumsy and timid but when fighting he was someone else. Ayol and Shaarib drilled instructions in his head and he repeated the scenarios so many times that it was instantaneous. Genjo was the fastest of the two so he knew he needed to go for the hammerhead fishman. Hitting the the bubble, ten times, he darted forward not even trying to look at Termi and Baast’s situations with the piranha. Ren slowly unsheathed his second sword and slowly reproduced the upgraded version of his previous move towards Drama not knowing he was going to send Shrapnels.
- Calibre 720 ! [( 71,71,71) Rank A ==> Town Level ]
Termi and Baast were surprised when two air slashes came to save them at least gave them enough time for them to try to follow the red trail Dosun left when he went for the King’s soldiers ship. Everything was going well, l’Homme was ready to intercept Dosun, Troya was analyzing the situation ready to strike but something unpredictable happened. Shaarib’s screamed and everyone froze in their movements and looked towards Hody and Daddy-Sama#
Hody sank his fangs deep into Shaarib's collar-bone biting with all of his strength, but as the skypiean pulled Hody Jones in to the wound he felt power leave him, his eyes dulled a bit; the pirate's steroids were wearing off. Instead of attempting to pull away he used the last of his strength to force a scream from the Vice-Admiral.
The punch met cleanly with Hody Jone's neck; while there was no visible decapitation nor even blood, it was clear Hody had died with that attack. His neck had been bent to an impossible angle.
Time seemed to loom over the two for a moment and all felt silent after the sickening crack of the shark's neck. The corpse had heft to it but all the same the blow launched the vicious pirate captain lifelessly to the bottom of the sea in a streak of energy.
As his body shot downward, his fangs were left in Shaarib's collar. Salt water and pressure suddenly closed in on the marine-pirate; with the completion of Hody's final attack he popped the Skypiean's protective bubble.
The landing spot was imprinted with an incredibly wide crater. In the center of the crater was a dead Hody Jones, now bleeding profusely from his mouth and gills.
The New Fishman pirates began looking from their assault back towards the enormous explosion of sound that accompanied Hody's violent impact into the sea-floor. Jaws hung agape from the distracted portion of the rebel army, those too focused on their mission fought on. Fishman swords clashed into the huge cloud wall; just a few at first and then a much greater force hit the wall. Fishman kick and punched at the barrier while some chose to swim around it and charge onwards to meet with the force of royal guards.
Blood began spilling left and right, with the death of Hody Jones the death toll was now rising; insurgents rushing in to sink the ship were being stabbed dead by the guards. The somewhat organized fight was beginning to fall into total chaos.
Commander Blenny locked a pirate's sword in his trident and yanked it from his arms before delivering a quick chop to the thug's neck. Blenny looked over the situation surrounding all of them and couldn't help but mourn the rising losses. Before the sandy fishman he watched bodies from both sides beginning to sink to the seafloor with Hody Jones and Zeo.
Ren slowly unsheathed his second sword and slowly reproduced the upgraded version of his previous move towards Drama not knowing he was going to send Shrapnels.
- Calibre 720 ! [( 71,71,71) Rank A ==> Town Level ]
Daruma heaved up a wicked chunk of debris only to have it blown apart right in front of his eyes. His helmeted head whirled around to meet the source of the clashing attack. He glared at a moody-looking human for a moment then sighed in defeat. He revealed four steroid pills from his clenched hand and dropped them in his mouth.
Gives +5 strength, +5 speed for 10 turns per pill | Currently +20, +20
In only a moment Daruma's muscles doubled in size, he was small but noticeably far burlier. Instead of charging after the two chasing Dosun however he turned his attention to invader with the pink mohawk, if Zenon was stopped the pirate army would wash over the royal ship and tear it apart.
Without a word the cookie-cutter shark swam with newly boosted speed at Zenon with his fangs poised to kill.
Daruma engages the target with a series of savage bites in a manner so quickly that Daruma, to a viewer, would only appear to be swimming by the target. (Requires 40 Strength, 60 Speed, 70 Fido) DPR: A
Dosun charged onward towards the royal ship. His head was a mere 10 meters from the ship now and he was moving with intense locomotion. Dosun was moving far faster than he had ever gone before, he was not even aware of Genjo rushing to stop him or those in pursuit of him.
Dosun uses his inherent hammerhead talents with a powerful headbutt into his target. (Requires 80 Strength, 80 Hammer Mastery) DPR: A
Meanwhile, below the massive fight Ikaros Much, a giant squid fishman, and Hyouzou, an octopus merman and paid mercenary, watched on with great surprise. The squid fishman had never expected to see his leader crumble beneath anyone from above the surface. Ikaros readied his spears and charged in to finish what his captain had started.
Hyouzou however was beginning to rethink his employment; with Hody Jones dead the octopus mercenary was notably no longer under his command. He looked up to the squidman charging Shaarib with each of his eight hands holding a spear. Ikaros still had a bit of distance to close before he would reach the Skypiean so Hyouzou decided on a bit of a gambit.
"So, you took out Hody..." He said, clearly a bit drunk. As he prepared all ten of his swords, he looked to the ship holding most of Shaarib's crewmates.
"How about a de-hic deal? I'm open for hire, strangers. You-you, uh, give me all the money you got and I may be obliged to help you all out of this, uh, situation." He slurred the offer as eight sheaths floated away from him, revealing eight shimmering katana. very minor edit here; I thought he had 10 swords; he in fact has eight. oops.
Taking his deal will turn Hyouzou against the remaining New Fishman Pirates. It will also cost all the beri you have (including crew coffers).
# Shaarib regained consciousness rather strangely and he could thank Richie for that. The white Ligre's fur he had on his back was completely soaked in blood. His companion wasn't pleased with how Hody's fang were stilled planted in his and Shaarib's shoulders. Shaarib, like the trained soldier he was; scanned the area and was shocked to found Hody was dead on the sea floor. Coming at him in "full speed" was one of Hody's goons. He probably wanted to get revenge for his dead captain. Did he not learn what happened with the previous guy that tried it ? His body was't at 100%, his right arm wasn't usable, he wasn't in a bubble no more. He needed to act, he couldn't hold his breath forever, his wings were wet and it was unpleasant. The skypiean was about to rush when he heard something intriguing but interesting:
"How about a de-hic deal? I'm open for hire, strangers. You-you, uh, give me all the money you got and I may be obliged to help you all out of this, uh, situation."
Thanks the goddess ! Someone finally was realizing how the situation was going. The swordsman looks like he could be trusted. Shaarib could fight with him, but with no bubble and with with the sea-salt making him wince every now and then he didn't think fighting the mercenary was the wisest choice. The first problem of his crew was most of them couldn't be able to move as fast as the fishmen in the sea. But having their second man in command joining the king's side was going to make most of them stop. The winged-man couldn't talk so he simply gave a thumbs up to the octopus and charged like most of the protagonists, towards the ship. He needed Blenny's man to survive, he needed to get in the ship's bubble. The Sword agent huddled on himself, his body became as sturdier as steel and began spinning on himself at high speed like a cannonball.
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While everyone stopped when their captain let out a yell, their morale got boosted when they saw Hody's corpse falling in a spiral of blood. Shaarib wasn't defeated, he won. But the slight worry they had for their captain created a enormous ruckus. Genjo wasn't able to get to Dosun in time. L'Homme wasn't prepared to take the hit and when Dosun's head met our 5 meters tall luchador's torso, his bubble popped, was projected on the ship and hit it before going downwards. He saved the ship at the expense of his own body. Genjo stopped again in his track and went to save his crewmate. Troya just pointed his guns at the hammerhead Fishman daring him to move while shortly afterwards came Termi and Baast. Zenon and Ren were trying to help the most but it was a chaotic situation.#
[L'Homme has 61 in durability so the attack is very effective.]
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