A Piece Buster Falls Chapter 1 : Metropolis

• Addiden Zhao
• Short Story
• 2023

Arc's victory over Leon was met with a huge uproar. The citizens of Lileptorontea, having been tyrannised by that Emperor was hugely grateful and happy that they had been freed from oppression. The Marines and the World Government were left in complete and utter shock. The fact that their Commander-In-Chief, Kong, had mysteriously disappeared and Fleet Admiral of the Marines, Geppoux, had been killed did not help matters. The Marines elected a new Fleet Admiral : Aramaki, who had been at Lileptorontea and only just managed to escape with his life. They also scrambled to find a new candidate for a position with the Emperors but had no luck. On the other hand, civilians all over the world became frightened. They thought that Arc was to be the next Pirate King and they were scared of what he would do. The other members of the Worst Generation whooped and cheered for Arc's new $4,000,000,000 bounty, with Law and Cypher getting some glory with their $1,500,000,000 bounties for defeating Geppoux. But Arc wasn't done. In his path to become Pirate King, he must defeat the remaining Emperors : Buster, in Buster Falls, Sabre, in Hakai and Marvel, in Grand Country. And so, the Silver Knight Alliance set off to Buster Falls in order to defeat another Emperor.
30 Years Ago, Grand Country...
Flames erupted in Grand Country as a mysterious figure swept up towards a huge castle. The land was scattered with defeated samurai. This was Grand Country, the Land of Samurai. In the castle resided Rorasuke, the Shogun of Grand Country. Just a few weeks before, the Marvel Pirates had entered Grand Country, looking to make it their territory. The captain, Marvel, who had recently been elected one of the Four Emperors, had fought off the endless regiments and battalions of samurai. He just had to defeat Rorasuke and the Country would be his.
"Lord Rorasuke! Our resistance has crumbled and the Marvel Pirates are on their way here! We must evacuate you!" cried out one of the servants of Rorasuke. But at that moment, the Marvel Pirates burst into the castle. Yells resonated across the castle as Marvel stormed through and captured a squealing Rorasuke. "Please, mercy!" begged Rorasuke as Marvel held him aloft and was about to throw him off the castle. Marvel smirked and threw Rorasuke off, down the castle and never to be seen again. Now Marvel was the ruler of Grand Country. He set closed the Country's borders and enslaved every citizen, forcing them to work nonstop at his weapons factories. Marvel was preparing for war.
20 Years Ago, Grand Country...
It had been 10 Years since Marvel had killed Rorasuke and assumed control of Grand Country. A young and daring samurai, Odin, leapt from his ship and charged into the Country, wielding his dual katanas aloft. Behind him followed his loyal retainers, known as the Eight Trigram Samurai : Gunem'all, Torrafaruga, Foliage, Viper, Akazaya, Karnarnia, Gritham and Gaea. Odin had one intention in mind, to defeat Marvel and reopen the borders of Grand Country. No one knew why. Everyone knew that he had travelled with the Pirate King's crew, the Roger Pirates, and that he had the ability to use all Three Spheres of Aura. And so he marched forth to Marvel's castle. But he never got there. Halfway to the castle, he and the Eight Trigram Samurai were met with Marvel and his crew. They had gotten an anonymous tipoff on where Odin was. And so the epic battle began. Both Marvel and Odin imbued their blades with Conqueror's Aura and began to battle as the Eight Trigram Samurai battled the Marvel Pirates. Odin, crossing his dual blades in an 'X' formation, blocked Marvel's oncoming Conqueror's strike. "Conqueror's Technique : Multipotent Strike!" roared Marvel. The ground split in half as a huge rift of Aura shot at Odin. "Dual Blades : Utopia Devastation!" cried out Odin. Odin's strike hit the rift and both attacks exploded. Marvel, panting, decided to use his trump card. Harnessing the powers of his Soul Fruit, he imbibed himself with a soul of a person he had slain - Rorasuke. "Soul Pocus!" cried out Marvel. Marvel transformed into a gigantic beast with two heads and four arms. All his four arms held gigantic blades that were all imbued with Conqueror's Aura. Unfazed, Odin struck out at Marvel but Marvel blocked the attack using all his four swords. Odin focussed all his energy into one last attack. He imbued his blades with both Flow and Conqueror's Aura. He leapt into the air and called, "Unparalleled Dystopia Destruction!" The attack broke all of Marvel's blades and sliced him in half. Marvel, severely wounded, transformed back into his human shape. He groaned in agony but had one last trick up his sleeve. He used Rorasuke's soul and created a figure. The figure transformed into Rorasuke, alive and breathing. Odin immediately stopped. "But-but you're dead!" Odin exclaimed, distracted by Rorasuke. Then, immediately, Rorasuke disappeared and Marvel sliced Odin's head off. "No, you're dead!" exclaimed a triumphant Marvel. The Eight Trigram Samurai escaped, weeping at the demise of their leader. They had a plan. "Send six of us 20 years into the future, Torrafaruga! The other three must remain here undercover and guard this Land until we can find allies in the future to help us defeat Marvel!" ordered Gunem'all. Torrafaruga transported Gunem'all, Viper, Foliage, Karnarnia, Akazaya, Gritham into the future using his Time Fruit powers and he and Gaea remained behind. Not long after, the Marvel Pirates found the three samurai that were still in the present. "Run! I'll hold them off!" cried out Torrafaruga to the others. Gaea ran and hid themselves in the thick bushes in Grand Country as Torrafaruga made his final stand in front of the pirates.
"You own this place now, but the present always changes into the future... the past into the present! You are the full moon and may your sole purpose be fulfilled - casting 7 shadows - 20 years from now!" prophesised Torrafaruga as he was shot down.

TO BE CONTINUED In Chapter 2 : The Moving Country