227 Chapter 227

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"Now what do we have here?" Luffy wondered looking at Bon Clay, who was knocked out.

"Hey, still alive in there!?" Bartolomeo asked, as he poked the okama with a stick. "I think we killed him, big bro."

"Sad!" Johnny nodded.

"Sad!" Yosaku nodded.

"Huh, what's sad?!" The okama sat up from his lying position, scaring the three pirates.

"YOU ARE!" All three Straw Hat pirates said at the same time.

"What?! Wait, did I almost die?" He asked, "Did you guys save me?"

"Ne ne we saved you, so you have to thank us." Luffy said, sitting down with crossed legs in front of the Okama.

"Uh… thank you then." The crossdresser said genuinely, "I didn't know what hit me, but thank you."

"Sure." Luffy waved it off, getting a bunch of sweat drops from his crewmates. "Anyway, wanna join my crew?"

"No, I'm sorry. I'm already in a crew." The Okama nodded.

"Aw… that sucks!" Luffy said, "Then can we be friends?"

The Okama blinked and nodded vigorously, "Of course."

"Then as a friend, can you do me a favor?"

"Anything!"

Luffy stretched out his hand, and Bon Clay shook it, but suddenly Luffy wrapped something around his arms. That made the Okama drop to the ground, weak and drained.

"Just don't try to get out of the cuffs," Luffy said, cuffing the okama's hands behind his back.

Bon Clay felt betrayed and before he could say anything someone cut him off.

"Is that you Mr 2?"

"Wait what are you doing here, Mr 3? They also got you?" Bon Clay asked.

"No, well kinda…" Answered Miss Goldenweek who was having tea and some snacks on a nearby table. She stretched both of her hands, "See, we have no cuffs, so the situation is a bit different."

"See, she gets it… act right and you will get out of the cuffs in no time. Shishishi…"

"That's not how it works!" Bon Clay screamed before he shed a tear. Looking down at the ground in disbelief, "I thought we were friends… wait, now that you mention it. I didn't get your name, my name is Bon Clay by the way."

"Uh-huh, name's Monkey D. Luffy. I'm quite famous around here."

Bon Clay felt his jaw drop and he looked around. This was the crew his boss had warned him about. He could clearly see Princess Vivi glaring at him. Shit.

"Pere pere pere pere pere~ Pere pere pere pere pere~"

Luffy blinked as Nami came out of the navigation room with the transponder snail.

"Ugh, get to know the crew," Luffy said, "I'm sure we can be the best of friends after the situation with Crocky is over."

With that Luffy went inside the navigation room, with Nami. After sitting on the nearby table, he finally received the call. "Moshi Moshi…"

"Ugh, Captain. I think we have a problem." It was Gin.

Luffy frowned, "What? Did Crocodile attack you guys?"

"Um… yeah, that did happen. Well, he didn't attack, but his guys did. But that's not the problem. You see it's your brother, Ace. Kuina is kind of fighting him right now."

"Pfft… Oh, I thought you said there was a problem?" Luffy asked with a smile. "I'm sure he's having a good time. I mean who doesn't like a good fight?"

A chuckle came from the other side, it wasn't Gin's. "Brothers indeed. Oh, where are my manners? My name is Masked Deuce. Ace said a lot about you…"

Luffy's grin widened.

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Kuina panted, her breath rough, she eyed her opponent carefully. She drew in a breath of air, fog coming out of her mouth, before she disappeared from her spot. Appearing right in front of Ace.

She swung downwards, her sword getting blocked by Ace's. Wado Ichimonji hummed like never before, it was as if the sword had awakened its will.

She striked, slashed. Her blade leaving an afterimage after every move, each one move more elegant than the last. Pinning down Ace's weak points and striking them. And yet the fire user avoided them without a hitch. Not even using his logia ability to do so.

Both of their blades met in the middle, drawing sparks of frost and fire.

"You are very talented, huh." Ace said, smiling. "Your moves kind of remind me of one of my crewmates. Whitey Bay? Do you know her?"

Kuina didn't say anything, focusing all of her will into her blade, before pushing Ace back.

The fire user jumped back, doing a backflip, and avoiding the flying slashes before landing. He held his hat, "It's time to get serious I suppose." He held up his blade, his blade gaining a shine of black.

He looked at his sword, it's been acting a bit rowdy lately. However, it was being rowdy in a good way. The last time it got rowdy it tried to suck all of his Haki into itself. Though at the time, it did save his life. He has been using this sword for about a year now, and yet the sword felt full of mystery.

With Enma enforced in Haki, Ace looked at his opponent and moved. He was going to get serious, but he was also having fun in a way. So why not test his opponent? It took Ace a bit of time, but he did figure out what the true identity of his opponent was.

Kuina also moved her sword shimmering white, before both of them clashed. Creating a clash of fire and ice..

Ace moved with a flurry, each strike having more force then the previous. His blade naturally sucked in his flames, gaining a simmer of red along the blackness of the sword.

Even though Ace was getting faster and faster the girl was able to match his speed. "Impressive!" Ace said, "Let's see you handle this! Flame Commandment!" He swung his sword around his body, gathering all of the flames in it before releasing a thick wheel of flames.

Kuina was astonished as the speed of the attack was too fast for her to react. She braced herself with Virf, gathering as much cold as possible.

The attack landed on Kuina, generating a large pillar of flames that expanded to the sky. Lighting up the surroundings.

Ace grinned, before his smile flattened. He didn't overdo it, did he?

The pillar of flames that stretched to the sky suddenly started shimmering, making Ace grin. Suddenly the pillar of flame was replaced by a pillar of white ice.

"Freezing Moon!" Kuina said as she stepped out of the frost pillar. Panting. That last attack took quite a bit out of her. But at the same time, she could feel something deep within her almost awakening.

Her sword was calling her to strike, to stress the boundaries. To be free.

Kuina breathed out, as the frozen pillar behind her scattered into steam and mist surrounding the general area.

"Ho… blocking my vision won't do you any good. I do have Observation Haki…" But suddenly Ace stopped mid-way as when the mist touched his body it froze his arm. Of course, it didn't stay frozen as Ace had blasted it with fire, but that got him on the edge.

He also took a few jumps back away from the mist. That was dangerous, a grin spread out on his face. And he liked danger. The hold on his blade tightened, maybe he was going to enjoy it after all.

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