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| - Previous: Black Bone Tower Part 23 Snowbeard: Your arrogance and stature have given you the path of destruction, my old friend. Your name soars among the high seas as the destructor of evil, and a man who bows to no size, shape or form of this corrupt Government. I have waited for the day that our paths would cross once again, but I had no idea it would be like this. I demand you leave these shores at once, this is my home, and you will not have what you seek. Thomas: Enough! I told you the day that I left that I would have no more of your commands! You have said all you need! I vowed never to deter from my path, no matter what the obstacle! If you wish to be one, then so be it! Snowbeard: Thomas, stubborn as ever. [His arms, which were crossed, fell to either side of his enormous figure.] Ever since Olive died, your pig-headed qualities rose to the point of no return, and now it has come to this. You may have never been chosen as my first mate, but among my crew, you were the most tenacious and reckless of them all. While I find those to be great qualities in my crew, they have led to the mistake you have made now. Drake: So it was true what those legends say... a beast does guard the treasure of this island... Snowbeard: Marukenpo [Said in his growling, low voice.] Drake: Little did I know it was a beast from the roots! [Lunged toward Snowbeard, and with a huge swipe of his arm, came at the elder pirate with a strike from the side of his wrist.] Snowbeard: Boukyaku! KIRE!! [His hand painted with black haki, hardened stronger than any diamond and stopped Drake's attack dead in its tracks, catching his wrist in his palm with a grip that would crush solid steel.] Drake: Errrr, you haven't lost your touch! [His head jolted forward, smashing it into Snowbeard's face, causing him to recoil back with an impact that literally could be felt several yards away where Snowbeard's crew cringed at the sight of their Captain being harmed.] Snowbeard: Nor have you. [With perfect form in his arm, he chopped Drake in the face with the edge of his hand, and knocked him several feet back.] Snowbeard: Marukenpo! Sukai Genkai! [Lunged straight into the air, almost an entire mile into the sky, then wasted no time in taking a new stance.] TenKen! Drake: I must admit, I am honored that you do not hold back against me, Captain Nicholas. I will show you the same respect. [He lunged toward Snowbeard once again, who held up a fighting stance of the Marukenpo style, and as he unleashed another chop at Drake's neck, Drake surprised him with a serious elbow to Snowbeard's crook of his arm.] Earth Spire! [Smashed his elbow straight into Snowbeard's chest that drove him straight down.] Ami: Captain! [Called out from far back in the sidelines, reaching out toward Snowbeard, but then bit her lip and put her hands on her mouth.] Drake: [Looked down at the fallen elder, and then lifted up his elbow to bring it down straight toward Snowbeard.] Diamond Fall! [With the force of a hurricane he brought down his whole body into that falling blow.] Snowbeard: Marukenpo! Kujiku! [Smashed the palm of his hand into Drake with enough force to smash a stone into small sand particles.] Snowbeard: Ikusen Anaboko!!! [Suddenly stopped, and Drake very visibly began to cramp in every single muscle he had, all at once.] Snowbeard: You have no idea how much I hurt at this moment, Thomas. Thomas: I have an idea, but not as much as this will hurt! [Started to grow fine, white fur all over his body, his hair turning red and growing longer.] Snowbeard: Nanda korewa.... [Eyes widened and stared as he saw his former subject grow larger, and have a horn grow out from the middle of his forehead.] Thomas: I have advanced myself in ways that you could never begin to understand! You were always so set on staying in this vicinity, never allowing me to go out on my own to discover the riches and wonders of the world! Now I am free, and I will remain as much so long as I draw breath! [Turned five inches taller than Snowbeard then, his face turning to a horse's muzzle, and his feet turning to hooves. The horn in his forehead stopped growing to a very sharp tip, and his red hair flowed as the wind picked up.] Thomas: Behold: Uma Uma no mi: Model Unicorn! I will accept your surrender now, Captain Nicholas! Snowbeard: Insolent little brat... You have forgotten your manners as I taught you. Remember I wiped your ass when you were little more than a rascal crawling on the carpet. Now you ask me to surrender?! I would rather see you eat grass! [leaped forward at the newly formed Thomas, his arms locked into a defensive stance, but Thomas stopped him cold with newly formed strength and a very surprising grip, even by Snowbeard's standards.] Snowbeard: Maru Kenpooooo! [His aura began to shine bright then.] Thomas: Eh?! Snowbeard: Gogyou! Hono! Kyoukaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!! [All of his haki was released into a huge, concentrated rush of energy that shook Thomas to his very core, and blasted whatever was behind him, including the ground, completely away like a gust of wind to a piece of paper.] Thomas: GAAAAAHHH!!! [Was blasted straight back, but was only saved by his hooved feet digging into what was left of the ground below him.] Thomas: What manner of beast this is could not be true! [In the exact same fighting stance as Snowbeard as their instant alliance was formed, and their fight all but forgotten in that moment.] Snowbeard: Careful, my boy, this is no time to be in awe, this is a time to look through and see who the true enemy is. Dragon: Kohohohohoho! Tell me, which one of you is the one who helped that cat bastard back on Fringe?
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