A Piece Kanou Chapter 2 : A World Of Pain

• Addiden Zhao
• Short Story
• 2023

Kanou Island One shores...
A wrecked dinghy struggled onto the shores of the first island on Kanou. The man inside the dinghy jumped out onto Kanou and watched as the dinghy sank miserably into the depths of the ocean. "If only I still had my former crew's ship," hissed the man in anger and he set off towards the village where Arc, Oxford, Fajita, Viper and Foliage were at.
Kanou, Island Three...
"Marines!" shouted Cypher as more and more Marine Battleships approached the island. "Marines! Help!" shouted Karnarnia in fear. "There is nothing to fear! We are samurai!" roared Gunem'all and he charged into the fray. Cypher followed close behind while Karnarnia reluctantly trotted behind. "Samurai Art : Six Cuts of the Trigram!" roared Gunem'all, lifting his sword as he leapt into a batch of marines, slicing all of them in an instant before leaping again into the air. "Take this! Samurai Art : Three Thousand Worlds of Pain!" he cried as he plunged down towards the marines like a rocket. A massive slash; red, blue and green in colour, rocketed out of Gunem'all's sword, destroying the fleet of marines and sinking a battleship simultaneously as well as burning the ground where the slash hit. "Wow!" cooed Cypher as he rose into the air and called, "Rising Bolt!" Karnarnia quickly followed up, wielding his giant paintbrush like a sword and roaring, "Paint Technique : The Twelve Colours of the Spectrum!" Cypher's technique struck down two battleships while Karnarnia fired paint blobs at the Marines, knocking them unconscious. "Wow! What was that, Karnarnia?" questioned Cypher. "That was my Paint Fruit in action!" beamed Karnarnia. "Now's not the time to celebrate! The Marines are fleeing this island but another fleet of ships have arrived - ships with flags of crimson red and a fiery hawk emblem!" yelled Gunem'all. Cypher looked up at the new fleet of ships. He gasped as he only knew these ships all too well. "It's the Zoan Army!!!" he cried out.
Kanou Island Two...
"Law... I see weird ships off the coast of the third island. Shall I go and investigate?" asked Marco as the two neared the water. "If you want to," said Law and Marco flew off, leaving Law with the river. Law bent down to have a drink from the river when suddenly, the water burst alive, twisting and writhing and compressing. It flew through the air and when it landed, the water had formed a large human body. Then, the water vaporised and a large man stood where the water once was. "Wh-what?" gasped Law in shock. "Har har! Gotcha, didn't I? Now, prepare to die!" roared the large man. Law narrowed his eyes before drawing his sword. "I'm not going down without a fight!" Law growled. "Well, well, I guess you don't know who I am? Har har!" replied the large man coldly. Law frowned before calling, "ROOM!" Then, he leapt into the air towards the large man. The large man poised to strike with his arm and punched straight onto Law. Law yelled in pain from the strike but that wasn't it. Water flowed out of the man's arm and splashed Law. Fruit users like Law couldn't touch water as it made them lose their powers and were severely weakened until they were no longer touching the water. "Huff...huff...what are those powers?" questioned Law as he dried off. The large man grinned. "They are powers that you will never have! Har har!" laughed the man. Law gritted his teeth as he once again raised his sword and leapt at the man. The man, once again, punched towards Law but Law was too quick. He teleported away and behind the man before roaring, "Countershock!" Electricity launched out of Law's fingertips like a defibrillator, branching off into small lightning bolts and striking the man. The man yelled in pain and blood spurted out of his mouth and he fell to the knees in horror. Law raised his sword. "Amputate!" he roared as he swung his sword. But there was no effect. "Huh? Levitate!" roared Law as he telepathically lifted a rock to smash the man's head. However, once again, there was no effect. The large man, recovered from Law's Countershock, grinned and laughed. "Har har! There's nothing you can do!" However, Law was struck by a sudden thought. "You have water powers, don't you? Electricity is very powerful against water... that's why none of my moves but Countershock worked... hold on a minute... those water powers can't be from a Fruit as the water would weaken you... it must be another source of power or a weapon..." trailed off Law. Then, suddenly, he understood. The man who had been so confident and laughing his head off suddenly looked uncomfortable and angry. "That's it! Weapons! What did I learn in Saturn Island? The three Elders! They all use the Ancient Weapons! And I remember one of the weapons having water powers... I think it was called 'The Leviathan'? Well, whatever the weapon is called, I know who you are," announced Law as the man looked shocked and mad at the same time, "you're... you're the Elder known as... Harbor!" finished Law. The man roared in anger. "How? How do you know?! No one is meant to know about the Elders! What witchcraft has Saturn Island been using to figure me and my fellow Elders out? You - you know! I must kill you right now on this spot!" Harbor roared. Law grinned. "I call upon my Ancient Weapon - the Leviathan! Leviathan Technique : Raging Waters!" called Harbor as a massive tidal wave came out towards Law. Law teleported away and tried to do a flank attack but Harbor swivelled around and shot out another tidal wave which Law just barely dodged. Law leapt towards Harbor and roared, "K-ROOM! Anaesthesia!" Law's sword, Koko, became wrapped in blue energy as it elongated and pierced right through Harbor's body, continuing to elongate to several metres long. "Huff...huff... electricity works best against water! Shock Wille!" cried out Law. A massive electric pulse zapped through Law's sword and electricity equivalent to multiple giant lightning strikes coursed through Harbor's water body. Law teleported away, his sword back to normal size, as he watched Harbor writhe in agony, golden blood spurting out of him so much that the entire ground was soaked with golden siphons. Law's attack had created a massive hole through Harbor's body and it was bleeding really, really bad. "That confirms it. Golden blood is Elder blood," whispered Law. Harbor continued to yell in pain but he finally got up, shot a look of pure despise at Law (which Law returned), and swam out in the ocean, escaping into the sea with a long trail of golden blood in the water.
Kanou, Island One...
The Marines reached the village at the exact same time the man from the dinghy got there. A massive battle was about to begin...

TO BE CONTINUED In Chapter 3 : The Kanou Massacre