Win

Zoro saw that the Nyaban Brothers were trembling in front of him. She narrowed her eyes at them, not buying it at all.

Luffy told her that there are some people who act cowardly but show their true colors once people let their guard down.

Zoro didn't plan to hold back anyway. He charged towards them at high speeds. Buchi was shocked at how fast he was.

"Let's do it, Sham!" He shouted. Sham nodded and the Nyaban Brothers charged towards him too.

Zoro smirked as he saw that they quickly threw away their act and charged towards him seriously.

The two jumped up in the air while raising their claws, preparing to strike Zoro. He raised his two katanas in hand to block it.

"Neko-Yanagi Daikoshin!!!" The two shouted before they started rapidly slashing at Zoro with their claws.

Zoro narrowed his eyes as he started blocking their rapid swipes. While blocking, he started finding openings.

The Nyaban Brothers attacked him endlessly but they haven't gotten a single scratch on Zoro.

Zoro noticed that Buchi was getting tired. He found a giant opening, which was his stomach. He dodged Sham's swipe and sliced open Buchi's stomach with his katana. Zoro then looked at Sham and slashed at him.

"Nekoze!" Sham shouted before avoiding the slash attack using his strange posture and body structure.

Zoro narrowed his eyes and stepped back. Buchi growled angrily. Then he noticed something.

He saw Nami running away from the Bezan Black while holding a giant sack full of money.

Buchi widened his eyes at her. He looked at the dead Jango and noticed that there were some chakrams scattered beside him.

Buchi quickly dashed towards them and picked it up. He picked one of the chakrams up and threw it towards Nami.

Zoro widened his eyes as he expertly dodged a swipe from Sham. He can't make it in time.

Nami widened her eyes in horror as she saw the chakram flying rapidly towards her. Suddenly, someone appeared in front of her.

The chakram hit the back of his head and shattered into pieces. It was Luffy who took the attack for her.

He used a technique called Tekkai to come out unharmed. Tekkai is one of the six techniques of the Rokushiki that allows superhuman defense.

Tekkai hardens the users' muscles to the level of iron, allowing them to withstand and effectively nullify any damage they might have taken from attacks.

Tekkai can also be used to enhance the user's attacks by the increased density one gets from using it.

Nami widened her eyes at Luffy who smiled down at her. "You okay?" He asked her. Nami got mad.

"I should be asking you that question, idiot! What the hell was that?!" Nami asked him. Luffy grinned at her.

"I'll tell you later. For now, get you and your treasure out of here. I'll clear a path. But before that... " Luffy muttered and unsheathed his cutlass.

He looked at the Bezan Black. "They don't have a need for this anymore." Luffy muttered. He assumed a sword stance and swiped upwards, sending out a compressed air blade that went through the middle of the Bezan Black. The battlefield was silent for a while.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!*

Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Kaya watched in awe as Luffy cut the Bezan Black in half with his Tobu Zangeki attack.

The Bezan Black started sinking down to the sea. Luffy cradled Nami bridal style with his right hand and started using Geppo to walk in the air. He grabbed the sack of treasure Nami was previously carrying and carried it with another hand.

Nami blushed as she looked at Luffy's confident face. She still couldn't process that he could slice a ship in half. And he didn't even break a sweat after using that destructive technique.

Zoro gulped a little, his captain had been holding back on most fights he fought in all this time. He grinned a little.

"I'm gonna make you teach me that, one way or another." He muttered before focusing back on her fight with the Nyaban Brothers.

Buchi had already lost too much blood and was lying on the ground unconscious. Zoro looked at Sham who was shocked to the core.

*SHIK!!*

Zoro widened his eyes as she saw Sham being suddenly stabbed through the heart by an emotionless Kuro.

"You all are useless. I will finish this fight myself." Kuro muttered while pulling out his weapon.

His primary weapon, the Cat Claws are a pair of black furred gloves sporting a full-length katana blade at the end of each finger. They are reminiscent of claws, resulting in their name.

Kaya who was still hiding in the bush widened her eyes. "Usopp, you weren't lying after all. Sorry for not believing you....Klahadore you're..... You're the one who lied to me...." Kaya muttered and clenched her fists angrily. She didn't run out because she knew that it was dangerous and she didn't want to risk it.

Back at the battlefield, Zoro looked at Kuro stoically. "So you finally showed yourself, Kuro of a Hundred Plans. Surprised?" Zoro grinned at him, prompting Kuro to scowl at him.

Zoro pointed one of his katanas in hand at him.

"You thought you could escape a pirate's life and come back like nothing happened, huh? You're not fully committed to the pirate life, you're a coward who plans behind the scenes. And now, you're about to witness everything you worked for crumble with you crumbling with it. " Zoro declared.

Kuro smirked. He started swaying back and forth sideways in a fluid manner. He suddenly disappeared, shocking Zoro.

All of the sudden, the members of the Black Cat Pirates that were around Zoro started dying left and right.

Kuro was using Shakushi(literally meaning 'Scoop Death') which was his ultimate technique. It's a fearsome attack that utilizes Kuro's Nuki Ashi(Pussyfoot Maneuver) to the fullest, moving at a speed of 100 meters in 4–5 seconds, allowing him to sweep a large area and kill anything his claws connect with, including his own crew.

The degree to which he inflicts his attacks is so random that they range from mediocre scratches to fatal evisceration of both friend and foe alike.

He moves so fast that even he does not know what he's attacking. By now, all of his crew were dead from his special attack.

*BAAAM!!!!*

Zoro turned around to see Luffy judo kicking Kuro straight in the face. Kuro flew back and slammed into a cliff, cratering it.

Luffy landed on the ground and stared at Kuro. Kuro's glasses were already shattered and his outfit was tattered.

Kuro coughed out blood and landed on the ground. He got up and glared at Luffy. He smirked and suddenly disappeared from their sights.

Strangely enough, no one was harmed. But suddenly, Kuro appeared again while having Kaya in a chokehold. He was pointing his cat claws at her neck.

"One wrong move and her neck will be pierced." Kuro threatened them. Luffy, Zoro and Nami remained calm while staring at them. Luffy suddenly smirked, confusing Kuro.

"Don't touch my Kaya, bastard!!!!" Usopp shouted while leaping towards Kuro. He had an ordinary work hammer in hand and he raised it up high.

"USOPP HAMMER!!!!!"

*BOONK!!!!*

Usopp slammed the hammer into Kuro's skull. Kuro's eyes rolled back and he crashed onto the ground.

Usopp stood over Kuro and started pummeling his head with his hammer. Kaya watched in shock as she saw an enraged Usopp showing the already dead Kuro no mercy even after dead.

Luffy put his hand on Usopp's shoulder. Usopp widened his eyes and dropped his hammer.

He stepped back a little and realized what he had done. He had just killed someone. Usopp clutched his head. He looked at Luffy who was standing beside him while looking at him with a stoic face.

"Come with me Usopp. I need to tell you something important..."

To be continued.....