One Piece: Sea Devil Sanji

With Princess Vivi safely back in Alabasta and a new crewmember, Nico Robin, on board, the Strawhats continued to laze around on deck of the Going Merry, leisurely sailing towards their next island, when a giant ship suddenly falls from the sky almost capsizing their ship.

At this point, Nami noticed to her dismay that the Log Pose started to point straight up. Robin explained that the log got "captured" by an island with a stronger magnetic field...a Sky Island.

They decided to explore the sinking ruins of the ship for clues on this Sky Island, and they came across an old map of a land named Skypiea. And through a skull and some books, in a demonstration of her historical knowledge, Robin figured out that the ship is the Saint Briss, which left the Kingdom of Breeze in South Blue 208 years ago.

They continued to salvage the sinking ship for more information, when they came across a group of pirates led by a human with ape-like features wearing an orange-yellow jumpsuit, named Masira, who claimed that he has control over the territory, and that all sh.i.p.s that sank there belonged to him. He and his crew began the salvage operation and in the process of raising the galleon, a giant Sea Turtle comes along and swallows the ship, shocking them silent.

However, that was not the end of it as out of nowhere the day turned into night and five humongous shadows appeared in the sky. Out of fear, they paddled the Going Merry, running away from of there as quickly as possible.

Luckily for them, Robin managed to procure an Eternal Pose to a nearby island called Jaya from Masira's Ship or they'd have been stranded at sea with no clue on where to sail next.

On the western shore of Jaya, there's a port town known as Mock Town. It was a place where people sing, laugh and kill each other. A lawless town far removed from the reach of any government and it was mostly inhabited by pirates despite it looking like a resort. And that's where the Going Merry had just docked.

In the girl's cabin of the ship just before disembarking...

"I want to see you in it" said Nami, handing a shirt to Sanji.

"Eh, I don't know, Nami-san" he began hesitantly "It is my size and just my style, but do you really think it's... my color?"

"Sure. Blondes looks great in pink"

'Blonde Girls!' Sanji almost cried out, but held his tongue. The last thing he wanted was for his precious Nami-san to think he's ungrateful.

"I completely trust your fashion sense, Nwami-swan!" he cooed instead, putting on the shirt.

He was sure he felt a piece of his pride break off and die when he turned to look at himself in the mirror.

"Wow, Sanji-kun!" exclaimed Nami as she came behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist "I'm glad I bought it for you in Alubarna. You look really good in this shirt!"

He stared at himself, not agreeing with her. It's not like he didn't wear pink shirts before, however those always had motifs or some other colors mixed in. This is just... baby girl pink. Well, it must be a testament to his astonishing good looks that he could make this ridiculously cherry blossom pink shirt look good.

"It's because you have such great taste, Nami-san!" he cooed once again.

She smiled and leaned up to kiss the base of his neck. "You're going supply shopping in town, right?"

"Yeah"

"Good" she said, releasing him then walked to her bed "Luffy and Zoro are going in town too, so you need to accompany them"

Sanji's face paled just a shade "That's alright, Nami-san. I can do it by myself"

She waved him off "I know you can, but those two idiots need someone to keep an eye on them. You've seen what kind of town this is. It screams trouble miles away"

"I know, but..." It's true that he would go shopping, but there's something else he had in mind that he needed to take care of on his own. Those two will only get in his way. That and the fact that if he joined with them, he would be spending unfair amounts of time with the marimo, his least favorite crewmember... with a pink shirt.

"If you don't then I will be forced to go with them to keep them out of trouble, you know. Are you going to let someone as a cute and fragile like me go into this shady town alone with them, Sanji-kun!?" Nami clutched at her heart dramatically, looking away from him "How horrible of you!?" a glistening tear fell down her cheek.

"Absolutely not!" Sanji approached her in a hurry and kneeled infront of her, gently grabbing her right hand in to his "I'll never risk harm to my beautiful princess" he softly kissed it "Leave them to me, Nami-san! Your shining knight won't let you down!"

"Hehehe, I knew I could count on you, Sanji-ku~n!" Nami cheered up instantly, her tears evaporated like they were never there.

She pecked him lightly on the lips and continued "Remember, we have to be out of here as soon as possible or our current log will get rewritten and we'll lose our only way to get to the Sky Island. The last thing we need is to be dealing with whatever trouble Luffy could get us in or searching all over creation for the other idiot"

"That's right!" Sanji couldn't agree with her more as he nodded his head.

"Go then. If you guys get back soon enough, we'll have dinner, just the two of us. Okay?" she winked at him.

He almost melted in a puddle in the ground "I'd love that, Nami-san!"

She smiled at him and gave him a little wave as he walked out of the room and up unto the deck.

'Looks like Robin-chan has left on her own' thought Sanji not sensing her on the ship. He spread his Observation Haki over the island, finding her shopping for some clothes in a store nearby 'She'll be fine. She can take care of herself. Though I'll keep my Haki on her just in case'

Usopp was doing some more repairs to the ship with Chopper helping him out. Luffy had just jumped out to the docks to head into town and Zoro was about to follow after him

Sanji sauntered towards the latter "Wait for me, moss-head. We're going together"

"Why don't you stay with your witch, ero-cook" Zoro turned his head towards him "I don't want to have to put up with you-What the Hell are you wearing!?!"

Sanji scowled at the swordman's shocked face "Asshole. I'll have you know that this was a gift from my darling, Nami-san"

"Oh, man. What did you do? It was something pretty bad, right?"

Sanji kicked him "I didn't do anything! This is just a nice shirt"

"It's pink" Zoro replied flatly, fending off the kick.

"Blondes look good in pink" the cook defended.

"Yeah, blonde girls"

'Yeah, that's what I thought too!' Sanji wanted to bang his head against the mast, but instead he kicked Zoro again "Just get moving. If I have to be stuck with your mossy a.s.s until we finish my supply run, I want to do it as quickly as possible"

"We're not helping you shop, dartbrow. We'll be looking for information about the Sky Island"

"Whatever, doesn't make a difference to me. Now let's get moving already"

Zoro looked at Sanji's shirt skeptically "Well, okay, but no one better think we're together or something like that"

Just the thought made Sanji look like he's going to vomit all over the deck "Please. As If I'd date someone us ugly as you. Besides Luffy will be with us"

"Yeah" Zoro sneered "Well on the upside, I'll have someone to join me in making fun of your girly shirt"

"IT IS NOT GIRLY!!!" Sanji yelled with shark teeth then punted him off the ship.

Zoro landed on his feet next to Luffy and was followed right after by Sanji.

Luffy looked at his cook "Hey, Sanji. You're com-" he stopped mid sentence to scrutinized him.

"What!?" questioned Sanji.

"Nothing" Luffy shrugged "I just thought you looked somewhat different for a moment. I guess it must have been just my imagination"

"That's even worst than saying something about my shirt" Sanji's shoulders slumped a little and continued to walk ahead.

"Ah, that's it! Your shirt!" Luffy exclaimed in realization "Why're you wearing a pink shirt, Sanji?"

"He's just a pansy, Luffy" Zoro supllied "Seems a fitting enough color to me"

Luffy laughed and dove out of the way as the two lashed out at each other.

When they finally calmed down and started walking again, Sanji explained as he noticed Luffy was about to question him again "Nami-san got it for me..." he was met with silence "What!?"

Luffy was staring at him with the same skeptic face Zoro had earlier "What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything, dumbass! Did it ever occur to you two assholes that maybe she just wanted to do something nice for me?"

"Well, Nami isn't exactly-" Luffy fell down to the ground as Sanji brought his foot down on his rubber head. Sanji stomped at him couple of times more for good measure before he continued to walk ahead.

Zoro walked by his side like nothing happened to his captain, and questioned "Why didn't you just tell her you didn't like the shirt, idiot-cook?"

"What, and break her heart!?" Sanji looked horrified at the idea "Nami-san prides herself on her fashion sense; which is excellent by the way. I could never tell her something she picked out for me was bad"

"In other words, you're whipped" Zoro smirked.

"I AM NOT WHIPPED!"

"Yeah, right" was Zoro's sarcastic reply.

"No! It's called being in love, peas for brain! You should try it sometimes! And you don't hurt the one you love"

"It's called needing to grow a pair. That's what it is"

"It's called I'm going to shove my foot up your ass!!"

"You two..." a sickly voice cut in just as the fuming comrades were about to clash again.

Sanji slowly lowered his foot while Zoro sheathed his sword, and the two looked to the owner of the voice.

He was a very large man, about 3.5 meters tall. His nose was slightly longer than normal, his face unshaven, and there were straight purple tattoos coming from his hairline to the corners of his eyes. He has long and ashy blonde hair. His pale skin, thin body and the his overall pallid look made him look as though he was on the verge of death.

He was wearing a black fur coat, a wide-brimmed, black beaten hat, and what appears to be a dark white hangman's noose around his neck. He also wore black, large-buckled shoes, a green turtleneck, and from under his coat sprouted what looked to be a brown robe, under which his hairy legs are visible. On his back he carried a long, cylindrical bag.

The man was sprawled on the ground next to an unusually large pale blue horse. He continued once he got their intention "I'm sorry but... could you help me get back on my horse...?" he finished by coughing up blood from his mouth.

"You just don't want to get up on your own, don't you?" Zoro sweatdropped at him.

Luffy who just caught up with them was about to help the man but Sanji prevented him "Leave him be" he said airily "Let's not waste time with him. We have shopping to do"

"I'll give you *cough*... an apple if you help me *cough*..." the man asked for help once again, presenting a basket full of red apples to them.

"Free apples? Thanks a bunch!" Luffy extended his arm, intending to pick one but Sanji prevented him again.

"I said no, Luffy. Didn't you hear me?"

"But they look tasty, Sanji!"

Sanji ignored his whining and started dragging him along, leaving the sickly man behind.

Zoro looked briefly with suspicioun at the man, then joined up with his two crewmates.

They got to the inner market and Sanji began to go from stall to stall, checking the quality of certain things and ordering crates of this and barrels of that. Luffy and Zoro trailed along behind, filling the position of pack mules.

The port town was filled with pirates and sailors, and it wasn't long before they began to notice Sanji and his new shirt. Soon the three Strawhats began to pick up on the odd looks and snickers of the other tough men in the market.

Sanji's hair slowly began to writhe around and some tongues of fire were being released under his feet leaving burnt boot imprints on the wooden pavement. He looked like he's about to raise the town to the ground.

"Just ignore them" said Luffy after a while. He was biting into an apple that Sanji bought for him.

"Ignore what?" he replied flatly, focusing intently on the condition of a bunch of bananas.

Zoro, for his part, was getting sick of it. Sure, he could rag on Sanji's shirt all he wanted, but he'd be damned if he was going to let random strangers mock his crewmember; not that he'd let Sanji know of course.

So, whenever anyone dared laugh at him, Zoro would shoot them his most demonic glare.

Sanji noticed after a while. "I don't need your help, marimo" he growled.

"Like I'd waste my time helping you" he snapped back.

Even so, the looks never fully stopped. When they were finished with the supply shopping, Zoro firmly grabbed Sanji's shoulder and steered him towards a tavern.

"Booze" he answered, seeing Sanji lift his eyebrow at him "I want some, and I think you do, too. Come along, Luffy"

Luffy hurried right behind them.

They left their crates outside and went in. The bartender, as well as many of the customers, raised their eyebrow at the blond's shirt. But they were wise enough to not comment about it, seeing the cook's deathly glare and the ominous flames trailing behind his back.

Ignoring the dead silence in the establishment, Zoro ordered the hardest stuff as they sat at the bar.

A Couple of drinks later, Sanji started to relax as his flames began to visible recede back until its last flicker went out, making the other patron's inside the tavern breath a sigh of relief.

Luffy, on his end, was sitting next to a tall man, being about twice his height. He had a massive build with a round body and relatively thin limbs. He had a big mouth with several missing teeth, a pronounced crooked nose and a very large and hairy c.h.e.s.t and torso. Long, thick, woolly black hair fell down the back of his neck, underneath a black bandana, and a small scruffy black beard grew around his jawline.

He was wearing an open buttoned white shirt with rolled up sleeves, green trousers with black line patterns, a yellow sash around his waist and classic black swashbuckler boots complete with large bronze buckles.

Luffy and the man were about to fight each other over a meaningless argument about some cherry pies being served to them. Not wanting any trouble in his tavern, the bartender gave the man the pies that he ordered and requested his departure.

After the man left, a group of eleven pirates, eight men and three women, entered the tavern.

"Seriously, no empty seats...?" commented Sarquiss, the leader of the group. He had wavy, shoulder-length blue hair and wore a purple-tinted visor over his eyes. He also wore a white-furred coat over his b.a.r.e c.h.e.s.t where a smiley with a cancel symbol was tatooed on.

He looked around the place until his eyes fell on someone in particular "Hey, you! The one with the pink shirt and his two buddies" he suddenly pointed at Sanji "Why don't you offer us your seats and leave. Gay bar's down the street" he said with a laugh.

The cook's mood soured once more and flew into a fit of embarrassed rage. He stood and kicked the barstool, sending it whistling over the heads of several snickering patrons to splinter against the wall.

"My girlfriend gave me this shirt, damn it!" he snarled, eye daring anyone to mention it again.

"I wouldn't kid him about it" said Zoro levelly, drinking his beer.

"What's a gay bar, Zoro?" Luffy asked innocently "Is it some place where you're always happy or something?"

Zoro choked on his drink. He looked at his captain's inquisitive eyes and paled. "No, it's not, Luffy! And we're not going there, ever! Got it!!" he freaked out.

Luffy pouted, having thought it'd be an interesting place.

"Protective of your bitch, aren't you?" one of Sarquiss' companions asked in derision, responding to Sanji's outburst.

Luffy and Zoro froze in place once they heard him. They gulped and robotically turned their heads towards the blond. They found him sporting a blank expression, betraying no emotion, but there was this malevolent gleam in his blue eye that made them sweat.

"That man pushed the Nami button. The idiot" remarked Zoro.

"He's totally screwed" agreed Luffy.

"I bet she's just a cheap wh-" the man continued when suddenly he clutched at his head and fell to the ground, screaming his lungs out.

Everyone else in the tavern felt a sudden change in the air and they found themselves incapable of moving. Cold sweat trickled down their backs as they started to panic, not knowing what's happening to them. Their vision involontarily concentrated on Sanji as they watched him, with unblinking eyes, exhale a plume of smoke and slowly walk towards the downed man.

Sanji stood over the man as he continued to scream out, and the smile that crossed his face at the noise, caused shivers to go up their spines.

"You're going to regret ever opening that filthy mouth of yours and disrespect my Nami-san, shit-face" Sanji's rage was boiling over at this point and his eye was glowing like a torche in its socket "I'll make you scream a hundred times over, until your voice is hoarse, before you die"

Sanji increased the pressure as he pushed more and more of his Conquerors Haki into the man's mind, pulling more screams from his throat.

Sanji watched apathetically as the man writhed around on the ground in unimaginable pain. The pain was so intense that every vein in his body seemed to pop out and his eyes were wide open with the irisis looking as though they would bleed after turning vivid red. Blood began to seep out from his every orifice, forming a red puddle on the floor.

He was pulling at his hair and scratching at his skin as he screamed and pleaded for the end but they only fell on deaf ears. He couldn't even pass out as Sanji was expertly using his Conqueror's Haki to prevent him so.

Sanji wasn't satisfied with just that as he stepped on the man with one foot and proceeded to send his Armament Haki to his insides and systematically shatter every bone in his body. As promised the man's throat was so sore by now from all the yelling that he could no longer even scream from the pain, instead only pitiful whimpers escaped his throat.

Sanji wasn't done though as next a wave of Diable Flames hit the man's c.h.e.s.t.

Long agonizing minutes passed by for the poor guy as he was slowly cooked alive, pulling some more pained noises from his broken body and mind. Until eventually he was turned into ash, leaving only a scorch mark on the ground.

Sanji stared at where the man used to be for a moment before turning to see that the other customers were still frozen in place in horrified silence. His still burning azure eye glared around at them and said "Anymore bastards got something to say about my girl or my shirt?" they frantically shook their heads "Thought so"

Sanji noticed from the corner of his eye that Luffy and Zoro were watching him as if seeing him for the first time after they bore witness to the cruelty he just unleached, but at the moment he just couldn't bring himself to care.

He turned to Sarquiss, looking at his c.h.e.s.t tattoo 'Doflamingo's Jolly Roger... They are not part of his main crew, so they must belong to one of his subbordinate crews. On this island, the only crew I know of that works for Doflamingo is Bellamy's...'

"Are you part of the Bellamy Pirates?" he asked.

"Y-y-yes" Sarquiss stuttered a response. Fear was visible in his eyes as he trembled uncontrollably.

"I see..." Sanji looked at them thoughtfully for a second then said "Well, beat it or I'll make sure the Bellamy Pirates are no more"

"O-okay" they chorused and run out of the tavern as fast as their legs could carry them.

The chef straightened his shirt and sauntered back over to the bar where he left his two crewmates.

They were staring at him as he sat down, not in fear, or terror, they just stared. The cook gave them a hard look though there was no real anger behind it "What?"

Zoro shook his head slowly "You destroyed that man, shit-cook. Though I don't blame you for it, but it was an experience"

"Whatever" said Sanji, taking a last gulp from his drink. "Done with your beer, marimo?"

"Stupid dartboard" he finished his in one gulp "Yeah, I'm done now; let's go"

The three walked out of the bar. They gathered their supplies and headed towards their ship.

"How did you hurt that man without touching him, Sanji?" asked Luffy after they walked some distance in silence.

"Conqueror's Haki" answered Sanji.

"It's that power that makes people pass out, right?"

"Yeah, but that's just its basic function. There's more to Conqueror's Haki than that. I'll teach you about it if you awaken it"

"Oh... And how do I do that?"

"You can't force it to, Luffy. I told you before, it'll simply come to you if you have it. You just have to be patient, there's no other way around it" explained Sanji then added adter thinking for a bit "Though facing strong opponents that can push you to your limits will somewhat help"

"So all I have to do is kick some strong people's a.s.s, right?" Luffy grinned at that.

"I like the sound of that" added Zoro with a grin of his own.

"Like I said it'll help, but it's not a guarantee thing" Sanji eyed his two companions 'Though if it's like my past life, Luffy and Zoro do possess it. So it's just a matter of time and experience before they awaken it. Especially for Luffy who's a natural at it'

They finally reached the Going Merry and found Usopp still nailing down some planks to close up a couple of holes on the side of the ship. Chopper was standing by him, helping him out.

Chopper was the first to notice them "Hey, guys!" he waved at them, then something caught his eyes "Oh, I like you shirt, Sanji! It's my favorite color. It makes me remember my home"

"Thanks" Sanji smiled at the first positive complement he got this day; after Nami's that is.

Usopp hammered down a last nail and turned towards them "Hey guys, what do you think of... my... repaires...?" his jaws slacked down, seeing Sanji's shirt.

After a loaded silence, the cook yelled in anger "What!?"

"For the record" Usopp said quickly as Sanji dropped his crates and stomped towards him, fire in his visible eye "I said nothing about your... really... pink... Uh, Sanji? Exactly why are you wearing that?"

He ducked partially behind Chopper who was in his human form as the cook leveled him a glare that could kill. Moments later, Sanji sighed and answered "It's a gift from Nami-san"

Usopp stared at him with the same skeptic face that Luffy and Zoro gave him earlier in the day "What did you do?"

"I did nothing, dumbass!" Sanji yelled in frustration "Nami-san bought me this shirt to show her love for me!"

"Well, Nami isn't exactly-I'm sure that's what it was, I'm sure that's it, please don't hurt me!" Usopp pleaded.

Sanji lowered his foot slowly, but kept a dangerous eye on Usopp.

At that moment they heard a sudden call from behind.

"Oh, look, Robin, there they are!"

"Looks like everyone is here"

"Nwami-swaaan! Robin-chwaaan!" Sanji cooed, whirling to face them "How has your day been?"

"Great!" Nami skipped up to him and he gave her a quick peck on the cheek. She was wearing an o.b.s.c.e.n.ely low-cut shirt and a miniskirt, and Sanji smirked as he saw over her shoulder the jealous, gaping looks of the sailors and pirates in the docks, many of whom had laughed at him back in the market. "Robin got me this dress" she happily held it up for him to see "What do you think?"

"I think you'll look s.e.xy in it, Nami-san!" his eyes exploded into hearts.

"As for me, I found some information that may help us get to the Sky Island" Robin began "Apparently an outcast lives on the eastern coast of the island. His name is Montblanc Cricket. He's a man chased out of this town for talking of dreams... Seems like we have mutual interests, doesn't it? If anyone has any idea about the Sky Island, it is him"

"Well, seems like we have a destination then" said Zoro.

"Alright let's go. I want to quickly go to the Sky Island!" cheered Luffy. Usopp and Chopper chorused behing him.

"So, is the shopping done?" Nami asked, looking at the crates.

"Yeah" Sanji handed her the change back "All that's left is getting it into the ship"

"I'm sure Luffy and the rest can handle that alone" she said lightly, ignoring their outraged protests. "Come on, Robin, let's board the ship"

"Right behind you, Navigator-san" Robin giggled at their response.

Nami smiled and took Sanji's hand, waving at the still protesting guys, as she and Sanji walked hand in hand on the gangplank. She admired his shirt "You do look good in this shirt, Sanji-kun"

"It's a surprisingly handsome look for you, Cook-san" added Robin.

"I'm glad you ladies find it appealing" Sanji felt his pride recovering from his walk of shame around town at their praise.

"Zoro didn't give you crap about it, did he?" asked Nami.

"Of course he did, the shit-head" he muttered.

"He's just jealous. There aren't many guys man enough to wear pink"

Sanji grinned "And I am?"

"Oh, definetly" Nami drifted a little closer to him, pressing her b.r.e.a.s.ts on his arm and ran a teasing finger down his c.h.e.s.t.

Sanji glanced down at the loving smile on her face and smiled back, deciding that wearing this shirt was definetly worth it.

***

Late that night, four men were walking side by side in the middle of Mock Town.

"105 million Beli..." said one of them, reading a bounty poster in his hand with Luffy's face in it. He was the same man that had an argument with Luffy earlier in the tavern. His name is Marshall D. Teach or better known as Blackbeard, captain of the Blackbeard Pirates and eater of the Dark-Dark Fruit(Yami Yami no Mi). "I thought 35 million was a little too low judging by his presence but... To think it'd be this high..."

"What should we do, captain?" asked another. He was the helsman of the Blackbeard crew, Jesus Burgess, epithet the 'Champion'. He was an unusually big, tall, broad, broad-c.h.e.s.ted, broad shouldered, tan-skinned, muscular man, with a broad upper body and a thin lower body in comparison. He has curly violet hair reaching down to his shoulders and wore a dark brown mask with orange decorations on it, which covers the upper part of his face but reveals his eyes and his nose.

He also wore a sleeveless black shirt, a pair of white pants with ruffles coming from the base then reaching up to his knees, black bands tied around both elbows and a wrestlig championship belt around his waist.

"Zehahaha..." Blackbeard laughed gleefully "This is just what we've been looking for, guys. Someone who's worth 100 million Beli or more. It appears the time for me to make it all the way to the top has come"

"Wiiihahaha! Finally time to hunt some pray, eh?" Burges pumped his fists in the air.

"Captain, are we going to chase after him. Did we not plan on meeting up Lafitte in this town?" asked another one of the four. He was the sniper of the crew Van Augur 'The Supersonic'. A rather thin man, with light brown hair that hangs down to his lower neck. He is extremely tall, standing at around the same height as Blackbeard, of over 11 feet tall. He has an expressionless face, appearing emotionless with naturally furrowed eyebrows. The left lens of the black glasses he wore is a normal, rectangular eyepiece, but the right side is circular and holds what appears to be a cross hair.

He sports a large black hat, protruding out to both sides. Van Augur wore a long black cape, under which there is a button-up, pale lavender shirt with loose sleeves, simple black pants with a maroon belt and black shoes. He carried a rifle with an extra-long barrel with a widely-flared muzzle, that he leaned against his shoulder.

"Not speaking like yourself, Augur! If we fail to meet up with him here, then that too is another act of fate, isn't it!? Zehahahahaha" answered Blackbeard.

"Exactly... Fate is what measures a man's worth at all moments... cough!" added the last of the four that was riding on a sickly horse. He is the same sickly man that Sanji and the rest met up in town this morning. The doctor of the Blackbeard Pirates, 'Grim Reaper' Doc Q.

"I guess meeting the bunch of you here is also an act of fate too. A consequence of your everyday actions, right?" said a sudden fifth voice.

"Huh!?" they turned their heads to the source of the voice, and were shocked to find Sanji balancing on one hand above Van Augur's head.

He gave them a vicious grin, and before they could react his feet caught fire and he rapidly spun around and delivered a savage kick to each face of the other three.

*Party Table Kick Course*

"Argh!!" they were sent flying, crashing through several buildings.

Without stopping in his motion Sanji sprung upwards from Van Augur's head and kicked directly downwards with one flaming leg while spinning like a drill, spearing the man below him to the ground.

*Brochette*

Sanji disappeared right after as a huge shock wave passed where his head used to be and continued on destroying everything in its path for more than a hundred meters straight.

*Hado Elbow*

"Where did that bastard go!?" yelled Burgess in anger. He was standing up and cltuching the left half of his face where severe burns were visible as a result of Sanji's earlier kick. The elbow of his other arm was extended forward sporting many visible veins on his bulging muscles and releasing smoke after sending the last attack.

As to answer his question, Sanji appeared right in front of Doc Q, who just wobbled back up. The cook was standing on one hand on the ground sideways while facing him and spun around rapidly, finishing by delivering a kick to his side.

*Concasse*

Loud cracking noises were heard as several of the doctor's ribs were shattered from the impact before he was sent skidding on the ground til he smashed into a wall on the other end of the street, bringing the whole building down on him.

Suddenly Sanji g.r.o.a.n.e.d as he felt an impossibly strong gravitational force applied on his body before he was yanked from his feet and went flying at a high speed in the ditection of Blackbeard who was extending his left arm towards him where a black smoke-like substance was spreading from his elbow to his hand ending in a spiral out of his open palm.

*Kurouzu(Dark Water/Black Spiral)*

"Zehahaha, no one can escape the power of my darkness!" laughed Blackbeard, his mouth missing another tooth from Sanji's earlier attack. He incased his right fist in Armament Haki and punched at Sanji's c.h.e.s.t when he came in range.

At the same time Sanji infused his right foot in a mix of Armament Haki and Diable Flames, making it look like a golden hot metal pole, and aimed it in a side kick towards Blackbeard's c.h.e.s.t.

The two attacks landed simultaneously with a thunderous clash that reverberated accross the whole town and caused the destruction of several other buildings from the resulting shockwave.

Sanji ground his teeth in exertion and fire exploded out the back of Blackbeard before he screamed in agony "Owaaah!!!" and went spinning like rag doll once again to the other end of town.

Sanji landed on his feet, rubbing his c.h.e.s.t where he was hit 'If I hadn't defended myself with Haki and Tekkai, I would have suffered some broken ribs from his punch'

Just then, four simultaneous bangs were heard and four bullets blasted right through Sanji's body. One through his forehead, two through his heart and the last through his groin.

However, Sanji's form blurred and disappeared, revealing that it was just an afterimage.

Seeing that he missed his target, an uncaracteristic bloodthirsty smirk painted Van Augur's usually expressionless face, relishing the challenge of a hard to hunt down prey. He was standing, holding his rifle that he just shot Sanji with in his right hand while his left arm was hanging losely by his side from a broken shoulder.

"Captain!! Captain!!" shouted Burgess in worry as he hurried towards Blackbeard. He was quickly followed by his other two companions, Van augur and Doc Q with his horse and stood over their downed captain in a protective circle in case of another surprise attack from Sanji.

"Gwah, Hot, Hot, Hot!! Hot!!!" Blackbeard was crying out in pain as he thrashed on the ground, clutching a burning hole in his c.h.e.s.t. He commanded his darkness and it oozed out from his back before it entered his wound, absorbing all the damage he just suffered. Moments later the wound was no more and he was as good as new, though he was breathing heavily.

"*Zeh*... *Haa*... Shit... *Haa*... *Haa*..." Blackbeard stood back up with some difficulty and looked at his crewmembers "*Zeh*... This guy is bad news... *Haa*..."

"Who is he, captain?" asked Burgess, his eyes darting around looking for Sanji "And why is he attacking us?"

He breathed in and out a couple of times to calm his breathing then answered "I don't know... though I think I have seen him somewhere before"

"Ahaha... ha... *cough!* I know him... He's one of Strawhat's comrades" said Doc Q as he unsheathed a giant double-bladed scythe from the cylindrical bag on his back "He refused to help me when I met him in town this morning... *Pant*... *Pant*... He must be here to protect his captain from us... *Pant*...*Pant*... We're.. Haha...*Cough!* A real unlucky bunch...*Cough!* He's a stong one haha..." he was smiling as blood dripped down from his mouth.

"Yeah, I remember him now!" realized Blackbeard "He was with Strawhat Luffy along with another one with green hair in the tavern"

"I appears we have no choice but to defeat him if we want to catch Strawhat" Van Augur said cooly "This is yet another one of fate's crossroads"

"Zehahaha, yeah it is" concurred Blackbeard with a laugh. Darkness was still being emitted upwards from his back.

"Watch out!!" suddenly yelled Burgess.

They looked up just as Sanji streaked down towards them like a bolt of lightning from the sky before he spun around slightly and delivered a strong back kick to the center of their formation.

*Bien Cuit: Grill Shot*

A torrent of flames rained down on them, engulfing a significant area of Mock Town, leaving crisscrossed grill shaped scorch marks all over the place.