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For the Future; Part 1
Topic Started: Jan 4 2013, 07:44 PM (2,611 Views)
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Claire opened her eyes to see how the others were doing; the results were… less than she’d hoped. She was hoping the meditation would calm them down, especially that overly enthusiastic mermaid who had clung to her in a manner that made her rather uncomfortable. Being raised mostly in a monastery she had been taught to temper desires and physical contact and the girls “hugging” was quite a bit too much physical contact for her. Not to mention her attempt to sate the girl’s desire for physical affirmation only made matters worse. Perhaps she had let her own history taint her perception o the concept of meditation. Every day she and the other sisters and priests would meditate however even she took some time to get used to the concept. What happened more or less is that they all started to zone out with the exception o the one that was observing from a distance and decided to join when he felt it was safe. That Leon character seemed shady, and shameless. She’d need to keep a close eye on him, for both her sake and the sake of the other women in this troop. Daniel seemed innocent and harmless enough though she’d need to keep a sharp eye out for any more surprise tackles. The more cultured young woman had given her a rather refreshing take on her new abilities that actually made her feel a bit better about her choice. While she may consider them a curse they could be used to great benefit for the world.

Claire was just about to suggest a break from meditation seeing as no one was able to concentrate properly anyway when another man walked up. He had darker tanned skin, and deep crimson eyes. Claire had to fight off an initial instinct to enter a combat stance from the young man’s devilish appearance. He walked forward with a calmness and confidence that none of these young ones possessed more so he seemed to radiate a cool aura about himself. He introduced himself as Zei Akame and referred to these kids as his comrades. Claire was no psychic but she could tell even at a glance that he was a man of great strength and fortitude, both mental and physical.

It was not a problem. As a sister and a Knight Templar I am honor bound to help those in need.” She replied calmly acknowledging his thanks and explaining her position. Zei went on to suggest a sparring match between them for the sake of his companions. It was not to far o a leap in logic to assume he was the “captain” to which they had referred. In fact now that she saw him and heard his name she finally recognized him. Being a bounty hunter herself t made sense to keep tabs on and track of other famous bounty hunters. He was quite famous, she had even heard he had acquired a devil fruit ability as well, though what kind she had no idea. Comparatively she was quite unknown, at least as far as the grand line goes. She was pretty famous around the blues where she dwelled but she knew enough that the Blues and the Grand Line were worlds apart.

Yes I see, I recognize you now Bounty Hunter Zei Akame. You are quite famous, I had heard about your accomplishments even in the Blue Seas. I’ve heard you are both a skilled and Nobel man. Though the rumors of your somewhat daunting appearance re true I can tell of the purity of your heart even at a glance. Normally I detest violence and resort to such as a last resort when diplomacy or negotiation fails… however. I can tell enough of you to know you seek only an honorable match for the sake of purifying your skills. Therefore I shall acknowledge your request. Fist to strike 3 blows to the torso wins, non lethal force of course, after low is struck rest positions to 15 feet apart. Are these rules agreeable?” She suggested as she stood up and stretched her arms and legs to prepare. She pulled the massive sword from her back and readied it in a defensive stance. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath centering her thoughts and readying herself for combat. She would not use her power here. After all it was still far too unstable and dangerous, especially if only engaging in friendly sparring.

The rest of you I beg retreat to a safe location. I wish not to endanger your lives in our battle. Now then, come I am ready.” She said as she took a deep breath and focused her ‘intent’ on her target. She’d wait and hold her position letting him make the first move and readying herself to attack as soon as he got close. Typically there was an area around a martial artist or a weapon user in which they could attack and defend nearly instantly. Generally this is considered from the arm holding the sword straight outward to the tip of the weapon for weapon users and for martial artists the maximum length of the armor leg from the body. In a fight between high level martial combatants clashes often occur when these two areas overlap. Claire had been developing swordsmanship since she was young and while she acknowledges she still has much to learn she’d recently mastered a single unique style. Her natural affinity for docility and peace had enabled her to discover the latent true strength of a sword. This lies not in its ‘force’ or ‘aggression’ but rather in ‘tranquility’ and ‘gentleness’. By concentrating her senses on the ‘breath’ of her target she can cut only the things she chooses to. This was the penultimate form of a ‘sword that protects’. She could use her blade as an almighty shield that cuts down only what she desires and spares the life of everything else in its path. As soon as he drew within the length of her sword she would move forward using her greatest speed and aim a shallow blow with the flat of her sword against his chest.

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It seems that shortly after Hunter himself had arrived the leader of their motley group found them and emerged into the clearing where Hunter and his companions, as he wouldn't go quite far at the moment so as to call them friends, were with this woman. Zei introduced himself to her in a diplomatic way that showed to her that he too was not hostile, he then proceeded to thank her for looking after Hunter and his comrades and saving them all from the beast that had attempted to assault Danielle and Leon, though secretly Hunter thought he could have taken it on if he had to.

Zei then issued a challenge of a sparring match to Claire, using the grounds of a demonstration match for Hunter and the others, though Hunter would probably get the most out of the combat as Zei and Hunter's style of fighting was very similar due to the fact that they both used the same class of weapon so Hunter could pick up some good techniques from Zei's fight.

As Hunter tried to imagine the proportions of the battle that this would be, two stron competitors, each with the power of the devil's fruit, each probably able to destroy the island single-handedly, fighting against each other, even in a sparring match such as this he had seen people go too far, albeit on a much smaller scale where there wasn't the possibility of destroying a whole island in the process, and use more of their strength than was needed which ended in disastrous consequence.

As soon as Claire accepted the challenge she dropped into a defensive stance and swiftly drew out the massive sword sheathed on her back before lifting it into a defensive position. The blade looked completely out of proportion with the rather petite figure handling it, again she was showing Hunter more of the strength she had within her that he thought would make her quite a challenging adversary for Zei in this fight.

At the advice of Claire Hunter took several steps back nearer to the relative safety of the jungle, should this fight become too intense he was ready to take cover, looking back into the much awaited fight Zei had not done anything, then again Zei was capable of moving at speeds faster than Hunter could see so how would he see most of the fight anyway, but due to the lack of reaction from Claire he was farely sure it hadn't started yet. Claire seemed to be meditating currently, using the techniques she was showing just minutes ago to further refine her senses and ready herself to strike or defend as she wished.

This was going to be one hell of a fight.

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Zei calmly listened to the rules suggested by Claire, nodding once she was done he simply replied
”They are agreeable”
He then turned to his crew
”I agree with Claire, you should all put a bit of distance to us, I wouldn’t want any of you to get hurt by mistake

He the n put a suitable amount of distance between himself and Claire, going into a stance with the spearhead of his halberd aimed low toward the ground and the blunt end high he had one foot forward and crouched slightly, staring intently at what his opponent was doing, she seemed to be preparing a move of some sort but was obviously not going to act until Zei made his move.
Letting the opponent make the first move was generally a sound strategy if you had an ace up your sleeve, otherwise it could be quite hazardous.

Well in any case Zei had no intention of just standing there, if Claire wanted him to go on the offensive he would go on the offensive. However he would be insane if he didn’t attempt to gauge her power in a more direct fashion, as was Zeis style.

Making a slight jump backward without breaking his stance he then set in a dash toward Claire, however before getting in her range he shover the spearhead of the halberd into the ground, using it like a pole vaulter uses his pole, only without it bending dangerously he shot himself f up in the air.

It was the last second for that as Claires sword hit the halberd mere moments later, sending it spinning dangerously before lodging itself deeply in a tree right next to his students.

Using his upward momentum Zei spun into a backward somersault, bringing out his foot he aimed to give Claire a fairly decent kick in the chest, he knew he was leaving himself wide open for a punch or similar but he was gambling that Claire wasn’t trained in martial arts like he himself was, if she had the reflexes for it he would be losing the first point.

Well what he was doing was a highly experimental move he had been thinking of incorporating into his regular fighting style for a while now and this spar was the optimal opportunity to test how valid it was under proper battle conditions.

As the kick was not an all in effort Zei was able to retract his foot just before hitting the ground right in front of Claire, thinking very quickly he knew he had only a split second to make a decision, if Claire had decided to punch him his next move would be redundant but if she hadn’t it might just protect him from that large sword of hers if his kick hadn’t connected.

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With all the speed his non Fenrir body could manage he attempted an open palm strike aimed directly at Claires sword, he trusted it was sturdy enough to survive the technique. Of course he hadn’t thought of what came after the sword left Claires hands but the most important part was that at least it wouldn’t be used against him, still if that first kick connected this was just needlessly showing his moves and making the woman more alert to it in the future.
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The small crowd watched in awe as the two titans stared each other down, the fight just moments away from starting. Or, it had already started, and they were currently undergoing a battle of wills. They could have been fighting too fast to see for all the others knew, which wouldn't be much of a stretch considering their overwhelming power. If they went all out they could easily destroy the island and every living thing on it, which would be bad news for the spectators and everything else. The place could be left permanently uninhabitable for a rather long time, or even sink into the depths of the ocean.

These expectations were those of relatively normal people, such as Leon. Not that he was normal, since he wasn't in any way shape or form. He wasn't even human. But at the very least he was more normal and more human than the mermaid beside him, whose imagination was going into overdrive even more so than usual. Dan could see the earth splitting with a swing of their weapons, the clouds being blown away. Their standing still to ready for the fight? That was to show off their auras and do battle with telepathic powers. The gods themselves would tremble at the thought of the battle.

As expected, it never crossed her over the top little mind what would happen to her in such a scenario. She pretty much took it for granted that the fighter's skill would allow them to direct their power away from the bystanders, and that Hunter or Leon would do something about stay rocks and energy blasts. The mermaid was completely into the experience, not wanting to miss it for the world.

"Woooooooooooo! Go Zei! Blast her to pieces like pew pew pew boom pscheew! Oh wait, but then Claire would lose! Yay Claire! Laser him to death until he dies! But then Zei would lose..." The girl was clearly very torn about her allegiances, her mind unable to encompass the theory of rooting for both of them. She was genuinely troubled about it as Leon looked at the distressed creature and sighed.

"Go for it Claire! Just don't go over the top you two, okay?" Leon was much more concerned about the mass destruction that he expected from the battle, which while was not quite on the scale Dan imagined it was still enough to concern him. When Claire advised them to stand back she probably meant a lot more than just a few metres. Then again, it was highly likely that this sparring match would be one in which they did not use their otherworldly powers and stuck to their weapons. This seemed the most sensible thing for sensible people such as them. Zei supported the idea of standing back, which prompted Dan and Leon to do so. It was just in time too, for it was then that the fighters started to move.

Zei started it off with a step back to prepare for a dash forward, which was followed by a strange pole vaulting move. The purpose of this seemed to be to disarm his opponent, continuing the flow of the assault with a kick and finally a palm strike to the sword. He was very intent on ending the match quickly by rendering his opponent unable to battle, though even without her weapon Claire was undoubtedly a powerful foe.
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This was like a literal clash of titans! The light empowered sister who had helped them out getting into a sparring match with Zei Akame, her fluffy cool knight who was apparently even more famous than she’d ever dreamed of?! Though honestly that should not have surprised her, someone as so perfectly cool and perfect as Mr Akame had to have had a long history of helping people out, stopping horrible pirates, and generally being a perfect example of a knightly hero to the seas!

Well the rules were a bit tame and not as exciting as she had hoped for but three blows from these two? From what she had seen from them they might well be doing that to not blow up the whole island! In fact she could just imagine that now, one swing from Mr Akame’s halberd setting off huge earthquakes and splitting the ground just as Miss LePue’s light beams blew open massive gorges and levelled mountains. Those two really could sink this entire island if they wanted too!

That would be overdoing it though; destruction like that would be something that both of them would have issues with and besides, Akemi would rather not have the island she was standing on sinking to the bottom of the ocean. This did not stop her from looking forward to the fight at all, in fact it was pretty much only her own upbringing that was allowing her to not go jumping about with excitement! She (reluctantly) moved away from Mr Akame when the two of them advised their spectators to step back and get out of the range of fire and although she had no doubts as to Mr Akame’s ability to keep anything dangerous away from them, she didn’t want to be hindering him in the sparring match.

“Do your best, to both of you.” She did like Miss LePue; besides helping them out she appeared to be a genuinely kind person while still being incredibly powerful herself. On the other hand, Mr Akame was Mr Akame, her knight had the person who gave her a future to look forward too. But it was just a sparring match and not a serious competition or anything, it should be fine to not root for anyone in particular here right?

The two moved away from each other, they got ready, and all of a sudden Mr Akame shot out like a cannon, pole vaulting right over Claire’s sword! She didn’t even blink when the halberd flew past her, not wanting to miss even a moment of this and not at all concerned about the near miss from that weapon; both of them were skilled enough that they’d be in no danger, she firmly believed that so she wouldn’t be worried at all.
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For I am the arm of god, his sword, and shield and I do his work on earth. Grant me foresight and the strength to prevail with mercy and benevolence in your name, amen.” Claire whispered to herself to help focus her senses. She had been taught that using her faith as a mental focus could transform her mind and body into a sort of mental and physical fortress. Claire focused her intention like a blade letting the rest of the world fade into darkness, the manic cheering of Danielle and the slightly unsubtle lusting of Leon, the cheering of Akemi and the silent observation of their stoic companion hunter vanished from her world as she focused only of Zei. He burst forward with surprising speed halberd head poised to strike. In terms of speed she gauged she was a bit faster than Zei, however his weapon was an extremely effective. The Pole arm had been the foremost in military arms for a long period of time until the rifle was invented. However it had one glaring weakness. Its length often left the user off balance, in exchange for its superior reach it often took much longer to retract a recover from a missed attack. Not to mention that unlike the spear which was a fairly balanced weapon weight wise they larger head meant it was more difficult to wield as far as balancing goes. However Zei was an exceptional example of physical fitness and using his abilities he’d likely be capable of overcoming most if not all of the weapons handicaps. As he approached her he planted the halberd head into the ground, and then pole vaulted with it in a risky gambit to get behind her. It might have worked as he had the foresight to start the vault just outside the reach o her sword however he seemed to have missed the fact that the pole tips at the peak of the vault, as such it entered her range and she was able to strike the head in such a way that it knocked the halberd out of his hands and sent it flying into a tree nearby.

That was the advantage of her weapon. Similar in function to a Zanbatou in terms of sheer size she could replicate superior strength with the ‘weight’ of her sword. It was a weapon that it surprisingly well with her defensive style. By waiting and gathering strength for a single powerful swing she could use the weapons momentum from its weight to make up for any lacking strength to wield the weapon. This made it more difficult to make successive attacks with it however its single powerful strikes could be used to apply momentum to carry her body physically into the next attack. She looked up at Zei as he back flipped over her. It would be a simple matter to tag him with a summoned light weapon however she considered such tactics to be cheating as she would not use her powers unless he used his first. Not to mention she was afraid she might not have the skills to control it and may accidentally hurt him unintentionally. While in midair he launched a simple kick to her chest. Just as she finished the follow through of her attack and swung the sword around to hold it in front like a tower shield. The other advantage of such a sword was that it allowed it function as a large shield due to its extreme width. Her shield’s blunted flat blocked the attack. I was just a simple attack and didn’t have much skill behind it however it still had a raw force that was enough to send a shock through her arms and push her back a few feet as she defended against it. She might have dodged but she likely wouldn’t be able to counterattack with her weapon at such close range before he hit the ground. He was unarmed now which meant he lost his range advantage but gained a large increase in attack speed due to the shorter length o his arms compared to that of a pole arm. In the air martial artist’s form and skills were nearly useless but on the ground their stance and form made them dangerous and formidable opponents. Not to mention Zei’s raw strength was far superior to hers. She had a slight edge in speed and coordination but in a head of fight that would mean very little. Luckily she was a master of indirect combat thanks to her recent mastery over the gentle sword style.

He managed to land and as predicted launched an immediate attack against her. It was an open palm strike and he was aiming directly for her weapon, likely in a bid to knock it out of her hands. A direct strike would easily be able t do so; however she didn’t need to make a direct strike to counter that. Using her gentle strength she swung her sword aiming at the precise angle determined through her instinct to deflect the blow rather than meet it head on. Their attacks met, Zei’s Coil Counter technique met with Claire’s Gentle Sword, her superior aiming and angle was enough that she was able to redirect most of the force of his blow upward by swinging her sword from below and nicking his wrist with her flat of the blade, however the sheer force of his strength and technique caused her sword to vibrate violently causing her whole arm to go numb. As it stood she was just barely able to keep from letting go of the sword even with her successful deflection. His momentum redirected it’s likely be difficult for him to retract his arm, in addition using her movement and momentum granted from her sword she was able to swing and rotate in close to his body. She was no martial artist so her movements were not nearly as fluid or seamless as Zei’s however she swung her fist backwards using the momentum she had gained and superior speed to attempt and land a backhand blow with her other free hand to his chest. It was a risky move of her own, if she managed to catch him off guard she’d almost assuredly land a hit, if not he would easily be able to catch or predict her unpracticed martial maneuver and counter her with a strike of his own, either way one of them was going to be struck this round.
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Well this was a pleasant surprise, Claire seemed able to somewhat deflect his strike, and she even sent a counterattack at the same time, however Zei wasn’t helpless either, bringing his other arm up he struck at Claire at the same time that she made contact with him, ensuring that both of them hit the other at the exact same time.

Stepping a few steps away from his sparring partner he did realize one thing, he had the edge in physical combat, pure and simple, it wasn’t about just the physical bit, his combat experience seemed to be higher than hers so if this continued he would probably end up the winner if none of them used their powers. However he would find no joy in such a victory when it was obvious that Claires main advantage lay in her fruit ability.

He judged that they should probably wait with the next point until Claire had been given a chance to familiarize herself a bit more with Zeis combat style, that way things would be a bit fairer he judged.

”A draw it seems, let us do the next point tomorrow to decide who is the victor, we should both get a night of rest before continuing, you are welcome to use one of the rooms on our ship if you need a bed to sleep in”

Zei spoke as he went to the tree that currently contained his halberd he grabbed the staff section before easily pulling out of despite it being stuck so far in that the entire head of it was buried in the tree, walking up Akemi again he stuck it lightly in the ground in front of her

”Mind helping me carry this again?”

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”Ladies, and leon, you may all ride me back to the ship if you..woof, wish. Might be a bit of a squeeze but I hope you do not mind”

It was obvious he was talking to his comrades since he doubted Claire wanted to get a lift to the ship, he then lowered his oversized wolf body so that they could all climb aboard if they wanted to.

once everyone that wanted a ride was on his back he got back up and calmly trotted back to the ship, taking the path that wouldn't send random branches at his riders. Any wild dinosaurs present shied away at the presence of the large wolf so they weren't bothered on the way back
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Just as Zei vaulted up in an effort to get around his opponent, his halberd was knocked out of his hands by a precise strike from Claire. This did not stop his jump as he had already gathered the momentum required to continue to soar overhead, but it still rid him of his weapon and could prove a disadvantage to him unless he recovered it. In the air the captain directed a kick towards his sparring partner which was expertly countered with Claire using her sword to shield herself from the hit. But that wasn't all, for the attack was closely followed by a palm strike that was partly deflected by a sword strike. The air seemed to shake from the force of these attacks colliding, but even so they both managed to land one more hit on each other in the form of a punch each.

Unfortunately, that would be the end of that. Zei backed away from Claire after exchanging blows and weighed his options for a moment, coming to the conclusion that they should call it a draw for the time being and continue after getting some rest. Predictably this upset Danielle greatly, since she wanted to and could watch her idols fight for an eternity. "Why did you stop?" She interrupted in a whiny voice, but just after that she heard the rest of what her captain had to say. Always listen to everything someone has to say, something that the girl could never and will never achieve due to her extreme impatience and hyperactivity. What the man said was that Claire would be welcome to use one of the rooms on the ship if she wanted to, this suggestion immediately presenting a thought to the mermaid: It's possible to stay with Claire and Zei for even even longer!

The movement was almost instantaneous (at least as far as Dan's movements went), Danielle appearing in front of Claire before anyone could blink. "Can you stay with us? Please? Pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase?" She asked, though it had a hint of forcefulness in it like a child wanting a toy. She had her arms wrapped around the poor woman's waist and was looking up at her with puppy dog eyes, eyes that only someone with a heart made of ice could say no to. She didn't even give her victim a chance to say anything before she started deciding on her own, dragging Claire towards Zei and hoisting her onto his back. "It will be great! We can play games, fish, swim, have fun, play games and do lots of good stuff!" She continued as Zei set off, Leon just barely managing to grab hold of the giant wolf's tail before he began the run to the ship. Danielle was still keeping a firm grip around Claire just in case the tried to get away, though it didn't really cross her mind that she would be able to easily shake the mermaid off if she wanted to.

The ragtag group soon reached the ship, Leon and Dan disembarking from Zei with Claire in tow. She may have thought that things would start to calm down at this point, but she was far from correct. The mermaid was still stuck in constant fast-forward and began racing down into the ship bringing along her reluctant captive, her destination being the bathroom. "I bet you want a bath after all that exercise!" She exclaimed, stripping off both her and Claire's clothes at an unholy speed and pushing her into the water before jumping in on top of her. This act helped Danielle to get hydrated again, which was much needed for someone of her species but very detrimental to a devil fruit user. But she didn't know this, and thought that the unfortunate logia user would enjoy it as much as she did.

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The masterpiece of combat taking place before him was like nothing he had ever seen, the raw power was shaking the very air before his eyes. Zei had charged up to his opponent vaulting straight over and losing his weapon, but taking it in his stride still he continued the maneuver and kicked out at Claire's head, she narrowly blocked it but still he continued on. Upon landing he had delivered what would of been a devastating palm strike, if it had hit, it again had been blocked by the flat blade of the giant sword. Both combatants launched extremely fast punches at each other simultaneously, and there the fight ended in a draw.

Zei proposed that they should allow some time before their next bout, and offered a room on the boat to Claire to stay in during the night, while he still didn't fully trust Claire as he knew next to nothing about her he knew it was right to at least offer her shelter and wouldn't argue at Zei's offer.

Almost as soon as Zei had said the words, Danielle gave Claire no time to think and half begged, half told Claire to accept his offer. Grabbing Claire and almost dragging her back towards the ship, Zei offered Akemi a ride in his fenrir form back and Hunter was left alone. Slowly, almost lazily drawing his spear he proceeded to slowly trod back to the ship, peering through the dust cloud made by Zei's departure. He slowly made his way back to the ship, following in the wake of the others with his spear drawn and his ears wide and listening out.

His new teammates seemed friendly, they had accepted him without many troubles, Zei seemed a good mentor, Akemi an eager student and follower. Danielle, something about her still bothered him, he couldn't think why but she seemed familiar to him. All of them merited further observation before he could trust them fully, and that would take time.

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The battle of the ages was raging on! After Ms LePue knocked away Mr Akame’s halberd, things didn’t look all that good for her fluffy knight since he was now unarmed against a sword wielding opponent but then, oh then Mr Akame struck with a super fast strike right for her! Oh, oh but then the light wielding sister blocked his strike but then he had time to land and strike again; oh she recognized this one! This was the same thing he used to shatter that pirate’s weapon back on Cactus Island!

It didn’t have the same destructive effect as it did back then though; no, Ms LePue deflected it! And right after both of them swung right for each other and they both hit right at the same time! At least that’s what it appeared to be, with the level those two were on who knew how many blows were traded in that moment, they might have well actually decided things already and they were just seeing a small fragment of a battle that already played out!

She was bubbling over with excitement as the two faced off again ready to….call it a draw? Wait what? Akemi couldn’t deny that she was a bit confused and somewhat disappointed that they wouldn’t get to see the end of the match, but of course she couldn’t very well bring that up and seem whiny after getting to see such a monumental occasion for free! That in of itself wasn’t a problem for her though, since Danielle eagerly gave voice to Akemi’s own concerns and – well then.

Akemi quickly turned away from the mermaid’s begging face, trying unsuccessfully to get the image out of her mind. The legends of a mermaid’s incredible charm were if anything understated; Akemi wasn’t even the target of Danielle’s super mermaid eyes and she was feeling like refusing her anything would be like kicking a newborn kitten after it came up to her, mewling for someone to bring it in from the cold. Even someone like a sister with lots of training couldn’t say no to that it seemed since Danielle was easily enough dragging Ms LePue with her.

Of course, Akemi had no problems with this beyond making sure that she got prime seating on her delightfully fluffy steed. She was never going to get tired of riding on that large, majestic wolf and with what was certainly not a very unrefined squeal of glee, she pulled up the halberd and ran and stumbled with the weapon’s weight, right to her seat on Mr Akame’s back. The ride was as exhilarating as always, this time also with commentary from Danielle, though one of her ideas sparked an odd feeling within her. There was something about what she said – the part about swimming she believed. Something about what Mr Akame had told her……ah she’d worry about that later, if it was really a problem, Ms LePue wouldn’t let Danielle drag her along right?

And anyway, she had far more immediate concerns; as fun as the trip ended up being at the end, it didn’t change the fact that she was absolutely filthy after their day on the island. Without anything to distract her she was left to focus on her utterly frightful appearance. After returning Zei’s halberd, being quite careful to keep the seastone end away from him, she took off at full speed, her thoughts focused on getting cleaned up properly before anyone got it too engraved in their mind that her appearance was anywhere near the ragged way she was sure she appeared right now. She’d just gotten her shoes off and gotten her hands on a clean pair of clothes to cane into after a shower – no, she’d need a good, long soak to get all of this dirt off of her and what if it managed to stain! She’d need to practically swim in the tub to –

Her rising horror was abruptly interrupted as that odd feeling she had earlier came to mind – thinking about it, she was reminded of when she had to quickly advice Danielle not to strip naked in the middle of a forest. That halberd kept coming to mind too at that….Mr Akame had told her about seastone and how it weakened devil fruit users because it was like the sea….if seastone weakened them because it felt like the sea, outright paralyzed them according to Mr Akame….and a couple rumours she’d heard before she found out about devil fruits being real did involve something about the ocean rejecting them. She didn’t understand what that meant then but if she put everything together, did that mean that a devil fruit user would get paralyzed in they fell in the sea?

Wait, didn’t Danielle say something about a bath?! The water on this ship comes from the sea!

If Danielle tossed Ms LePue into water, what was going to happen?! Sure, the sister should really know better but then, Akemi herself only knew because of Mr Akame! Given what her feelings were about the devil fruit to begin with, would she be aware of the potential problems?! And with Danielle’s normal energy and those begging eyes of hers, if she really didn’t know any better and decided to humour the mermaid –

Just the thought of what might be happening, Ms LePue potentially drowning at the hands of a well meaning mermaid sent her practically skating out of her room in a panic, racing towards the bathroom without any concern for proper decorum – was there even proper procedures for making sure that a companion wasn’t about to do anything potentially dangerous? What did it matter anyway, she had bigger problems right now!

She nearly ran right past the door, having to reach out with a hand and grab the handle to stop herself. Getting yanked back from the force, she tossed open the door, ingrained modesty making her automatically close it right back behind her. What her eyes caught sight of however had everything else rushing out of her head. “Danielle, pull her back up! She can’t swim!” She ran towards the tub, not knowing just how long it had been since Ms Claire got tossed in – what if she was already unconscious, did anyone here know first aid?

In the midst of her panicking, she ended up, understandably enough, not paying much attention to where she was placing her feet, and unfortunately, the reason behind one of her mother’s lessons chose this time to make itself apparent. Don’t run around or you’ll trip. Akemi was fairly certain that her mother never had tripping over a discarded bit of clothing and flailing around until she fell into a large tub in mind when she mentioned it, as much as she was certain that no one was to ever hear about this.
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Claire’s gambit had been seen through, they both managed a blow to the others torso simultaneously, however Claire knew better. She could tell from just the short exchange in terms of battle experience and combat knowledge he had far surpassed her. It was an obvious factor. Swordsmanship had been only a secondary aspect of her training. Shortly after she was left to train with her retired bounty hunter mentor he saw something dangerous inside her. Her desire for strength was impure. Grief stricken over the loss of her parents she wished for vengeance rather than justice. If left unchecked her young heart would be consumed by darkness and angry and she could one day turn into the very thing she hated. As a result the majority of training had been mental; she underwent a great deal of training in meditation and centering ones thoughts. It took a great deal of time in order for her wounded heart to let go of the grief it was holding onto. She was training in the great sword; this was so that the swords weight would remind her of the burden she carried. That the heavy heart she carried should not be abandoned, to always remember her roots and her beliefs.

Zei had declared it a draw and proposed they continue this tomorrow. He offered her a stay at his lodgings. Claire was hesitant. They were males there and she felt a bit uncomfortable with bunking near them, especially that Leon character that seemed quite shifty. However she would not get the chance to rebuke the offer before the incorrigible mermaid Danielle declared that she had to come and started relentlessly pulling on her arm while panting pouting and throwing a temper tantrum until she reluctantly gave in and allowed herself to be dragged by the energetic mermaid. Claire allowed herself to be dragged over to Zei who had suddenly transformed into some kind of giant monstrous wolf. A chill ran down Claire’s spine. So this was his power, Zoan type, mythical Fenrir Zoan. She had heard rumors of it. In terms of rarity mythical Zoan's were even rarer than logia like she possessed and often in addition to possessing overwhelming power harbored a number of secondary and tertiary powers. She could practically feel the evil waves washing over her new form. Still despite the unsettling feeling his transformation gave her she could sense no change in his demeanor, the fact that Akemi seemed so unthreatened riding on the helm of him in this form was a bit relaxing. The ride was very… bumpy… to say the least. She had only so much as ridden a horse once in her life and that was with a saddle and reigns. She was half afraid she would be thrown off at any second. However she hid her fear of riding well.

After a perilous trek back to their ship Claire was continually dragged along by Danielle. She tried to protest but the young mermaids face was just so… adorable. It was true what they said about the beauty and charm of mermaids. Though in her case it wasn’t so much charm that prevented her from refusing but rather she couldn’t bear to break her childlike whimsy. She was ragged to the bathroom where Danielle insisted she be given a fine bath. At this point numerous red flags went off in Claire’s mind. This mermaid seemed to have no comprehension of personal boundaries, she was dragging her to the bath, and this was no going to end well. As soon as she was dragged inside and Danielle let go of her to shut the door she managed to regain her composure and attempted to refute the girl’s advances.

Yes I… Look Danielle you are a nice young girl, mermaid… But I feel I must educate you on proper boundaries in terms of physical conta-“ Claire started before in an odd display of hilarious cartoon physics Danielle somehow managed to in a single movement rip off both her and Claire’s clothes. The sudden shock of being in front of the admittedly cute naked mermaid and being so embarrassingly stripped and having her personal space violated so suddenly caused her to lose all concentration. Desperately trying to cover herself with her arms and closing her eyes while looking away so as to not look at the mermaid’s nudity she found herself extremely flustered.

My lords, Danielle stop this at on-“ Again she was cut off as Danielle more or less shoved her into the bathwater and hopped on top of her. As soon as her body sunk below the water she felt herself struggling to move. Her body felt heavy and weak, she could barely move a muscle. This was bad; it was true what they say about devil fruit users in standing water. She was not powerless but her strength was all but gone. On top of that the mermaid jumped on top of her pinning her down and her head was starting to dip below the water. Panic set in, she might actually die here, and she might die in the bathtub drowned beneath a naked mermaid. How would she look the gatekeeper in the afterlife in the eyes after such an embarrassing death? The door suddenly swung open and Akemi ran in. She was shouting at Danielle to pull her out since she recognized that as a devil fruit user she couldn’t swim. She was saved it seemed, until Akemi slipped on one of their discarded clothes and then tripped over the tub and fell in as well. Now Claire was in the water barely able to move her head threatening to dip below the surface and drown her. Lying on top of her was a flail excitable naked mermaid who in her excitement and ignorance might actually kill her in the most embarrassing way possible. Now on top of that Akemi her “savior” had fallen on top of Danielle adding yet more weight and fully pushing Claire beneath the surface. She felt her body go limp, she tried to keep her mouth as closed as possible so she wouldn’t drown, they were both heavy on top of her and she felt someone’s elbow jamming into her diaphragm.

After the hilarious slapstick subsided and her head was pulled out of the water she was helped up and slipped out of the tub and glared furiously at the two of them. Ye glowing there was a blazing flash of light as a section of the wall was blown apart with a weak laser and she light warped out in a hurry. A rebounding flash of light burst through the ship reflecting off walls until it came to an empty room. Claire horridly got dressed and walked back to Danielle and gave her a very stern talking too, she had a feeling though none of it sunk in. Sighing she picked out a room and went to bed. It was nice at least to have a comfortable bed for a change. She slept rather soundly until she felt a squeezing on the right side of her body. She turned on the light and looked over. Danielle had snuck into her room somehow managing to pick the locked door and was spooning her on one side cuddling far far to close for comfort. She suddenly felt another clinging feeling on her left side and looked over to see Leon was doing the same thing. She felt she had perhaps made a terrible mistake in coming here. Clearly this crew, with the exception of Zei and possibly Akemi, was in dire need of a moral center. Though it would be quite uncomfortable she’d need to hammer the basics of personal space and proper behavior into them. She stood up, grabbed Leon and chucked him out of her room. She attempted to d the same to the mermaid but somehow she was oddly difficult to shake off of her. She had sort of intertwined her legs and or tail around her and she couldn’t really pry her off without hurting her. After flailing and trying to pry her off for 10 minutes with no luck the exhausted Claire gave up and laid down relenting and letting the inappropriate mermaid have her snuggle. She’d have to give her a very long stern lecture tomorrow, for now she was far too tired to deal with this.

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Once back at the ship Zei opted to stay in wolf form for a bit longer, he enjoyed the enhanced senses of a wolf, not to mention the incredible sense of smell and hearing, he felt that he could smell aevery person that had been on or near the ship in the latest twenty four hours and heard every creak of wood and every footstep from the crew that was tasked with taking care of the ship.

In fact his senses were so acute it felt like he was in his own domain to say the least, gently taking his halberd in the mouth he then nimbly jumped on board the ship, he was very careful as to not accidentally bite his own weapon in two.

His train of thought was interrupted suddenly by a bunch of high pitched screams coming from the ships bathroom, turning back to his human form he rushed there only to spin around in a flash as he saw what was going on inside, face red as a beet he slowly walked to his own room, he would just pretend he hadn’t just seen the entire female half of his crew buck naked in a bathtub together.

Trying to sleep proved quite difficult that night


To Be Continued…
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