A group of Blackbeard's men stumbled upon the fallen pirates.
One of them stepped forward.
"Wh-who… who did this?!"
Another shook his head, looking at the bodies.
"I don't know… but whoever it was, they're strong. Too strong for ordinary pirates."
A third man pointed toward the shore.
"Look! That ship… and that flag, where have i seen it before 🤔!"
"Just… who did this?!" One of the pirates asked.
Groaning Pirate: "…I… I heard…someone call him… Noah…"
The others froze, eyes widening.
"Wait… Noah? That…Pirate flag and that name… it can only mean one thing!"
"The Destroyer himself has landed on this island. Tell all our men to get ready, we're going hunting!"
■■■■■■ A FEW HOURS LATER ■■■■■■
"This island seems… lifeless," Emma said, scanning the empty streets.
Noah frowned. "Where are all the people. I don't like it."
Suddenly, an arrow whizzed through the air toward Noah. Amy reacted instantly, catching it mid-air and snapping it in half.
"Watch it!" she snapped, glaring at the unseen attacker.
Before they could move, pirates poured out from the shadows, circling them.
"This is getting out of hand," Emma muttered, gripping her blades.
A barrage of arrows 🏹 rained down.
"Noah! Incoming!" Emma yelled.
Amy crouched.
"They're not holding back!"
Noah smirked, cracking his index finger.
"Of course they wouldn't be. And it looks like most of them have Devil Fruit powers too."
Emma: "Stop talking and fight, Noah!"
Noah crouched and touch the ground.
"Right."
Abnormal Vector Manipulation: Deep Forest Birth🌳.
The ground exploded upward as roots, trees, and vines erupted around them.The street became a living forest, twisting and growing as Noah controlled it.
Emma drew her blades.
"Let's save this island… and kick some ass while we're at it."
Amy's aura flared.
"…Yeah… let's save it!"
Noah laughed.
"Exactly. Let's show them what happens when someone messes with us."
Emma and Amy exchanged a glance, half annoyed, half excited.
Emma: "I can't believe he just calls this fun."
Amy: "Fun? This is insane!"
The Blackbeard pirates froze for a split second, startled by the sudden eruption of trees, then they roared and charged.
Emma stepped forward, blades humming with Armament Haki.
"Here they come!"
Amy leapt onto a thick vine Noah raised beneath her feet, her beast aura crackling.
"Let's break their faces!"
Noah remained calm as the roots shifted according to his will.
"Don't let them surround us," Noah said, flicking his wrist. "Emma, right flank. Amy, left."
"On it!"
Emma sprinted toward a tall, wiry man whose body turned into swirling smoke.
He grinned, raising his hand as the smoke twisted into sharp tendrils.
"You can't touch me, little girl."
Emma attacks.
Her blades coated in Armament Haki, sliced straight through him.
The smoke man's eyes widened.
"What—?!"
"Don't underestimate a swordswoman." Emma said.
One slash, and the smoke user crashed into the ground unconscious.
Amy was already mid-air, clashing with a massive Zoan user who transformed into a hulking rhino beast. His horns glowed, ripping furrows into the ground as he charged.
"You're strong," Amy said, eyes glowing pink. "But you're not faster than me."
FWOOOSH!
She vanished in a blur. She slammed her knee into the rhino-man's jaw and kicked him across the street so hard he smashed into a fallen house.
"Next!" Amy said with a grin.
Dozens more poured in immediately.
A paramecia user with stone skin pounded his chest.
"I'll crush you brats!"
Emma side-stepped him and sliced across his torso. Her blades sparked harmlessly.
"What the—?"
"Ha! My body's harder than steel!"
Emma smirked.
"Good thing I'm used to cutting steel."
She concentrated, her blades vibrating with Armament Haki.
Slash!
The stone man drop instantly.
Amy burst out laughing.
"Emma! That was sick!"
Emma flicked blood off her blades.
"I'm full of surprises."
Noah lifted his head slightly.
"You two are enjoying yourselves way too much."
A bolt of purple electricity tore straight toward Noah. He dodged by a hair, rolling across the grass he created.
A young man with lightning powers stood on top of a nearby roof.
"Captain Blackbeard said we should capture strong fighters like you…" the lightning man said. "So I'll make sure I bring your bodies back in one piece!"
Noah wiped dust from his cheek and raised a brow.
"Not bad.You remind me of a certain god."
The lighting user smirked.
"Not bad? You should be terrified! I'm lightning incarnate!"
He fired another bolt of lightning this time it was three times thicker.
Noah raised a finger.
A thick tree trunk erupted upward in front of him, absorbing the hit.
Noah tilted his head.
"You done?"
The lightning user screamed and blasted forward at insane speed.
Before he could strike, Emma appeared in front of Noah, crossing her blades as both glowed with Armament Haki.
"Back off!" she shouted.
She blocked the lightning strike head-on.
The pirate stumbled back, stunned.
"What?! How can a human block lightning?!"
Emma glared at him.
"Our captain isn't the only monster here."
Noah smirked.
"Well said."
Noah raised one of his hand.
Vines shot up and wrapped around the lightning user like ropes coated in Armament Haki.
The lightning user's face flashed with fear.
"What—?! No, no, no—!"
The vines slammed him into the ground, instantly knocking him out.
Amy whistled.
"Nice teamwork."
Emma sheathed one of her blade.
"Obviously."
Noah sighed.
"You two blocked more attacks than I expected. I'm impressed."
"Then stop underestimating us!"
Emma hit Noah on the back of the head.
Amy nodded.
"Yeah! We're not weak!"
Noah rubbed his head, laughing.
"Alright, alright. You two are strong. Strong enough that I don't have to babysit."
More pirates appeared from behind buildings.
Amy's ears perked up.
"There's more. A lot more."
The ground rumbled as a massive man turned his arms into lava.
Emma stepped in front of Noah again.
"Noah. That one's mine."
Noah raised an eyebrow.
"You sure? Magma's no joke."
Emma grinned, blades humming with Armament Haki.
"So am I."
She dashed forward, clashing with the magma user.
His fists melted the stone street, lava spreading everywhere.
Emma danced around it, slicing at his arms and chest.
He roared.
"You damn brat!"
"Too slow." Emma said, taunting.
She ducked beneath his punch and slashed both legs, sending him crashing.
Amy roared from the rooftops.
She body-slammed a man who transformed into a python,she then punched him through a wall.
"Noah!" she shouted. "More coming your way!"
Noah sighed and stepped forward as twenty pirates rushed him at once.
Abnormal Vector Manipulation-Deep Forest Expansion.
The trees erupted higher, branches slamming down like hammers, roots wrapped around ankles flinging pirates into the sky.
One pirate coated his fists in Armament and charged.
"I'll take your head!"
Noah flicked his finger.
A tree root hit the man in the chest,sending him flipping backward into a wall.
Emma regrouped with Amy beside Noah, both panting...yet grinning.
"This is insane." Emma said.
"Insanely fun!" Amy replied.
Noah smirked.
"You two finally understand the thrill."
Emma glared.
"No, I understand that you're insane."
Amy pointed at the dozens of unconscious pirates.
"They're gonna call the whole island on us."
Noah shrugged.
"Good. Saves us time."
Emma slapped Noah's shoulder.
"We're trying to survive, idiot!"
Noah gave her a lazy grin.
"And we will."
More pirates screamed as they rushed from the deeper parts of the island.
The sky darkened with dust and smoke as the forest Noah created grew thicker.
Amy snarled.
"They just don't stop!"
Emma tightened her grip.
"Then we won't stop either."
Noah grinned.
"Let's finish this."
Emma and Amy flanked him, ready.
"So what's the plan, captain?" Amy asked.
Noah smirked.
"Same plan as always."
Emma sighed.
"Which is?"
Noah smiled.
"Wreck the island."
Amy pumped her fist.
"Yes!"
Emma groaned.
"He means save it!"
Noah laughed.
"Both."