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Chapter 40
Title: "Fire Fist" Ace…
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Kaku wasn't backing up from his threats, even knowing that the man in front of him was the 2nd Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Flames appeared over Ace's shoulder where Kaku had tightened his grip, this caused the CP9 agent to hurriedly take his hand off Ace's shoulder.
"You shouldn't try and put your hand on fire. That's common knowledge." Said Ace mockingly.
But contrary to the Pirate's expectations, Kaku didn't get mad. Instead, the assassin smirked. "So you have the Fire-Fire Fruit? That must make you a Logia, then it means that no matter what, I can't defeat you today."
"Glad we can come to an understanding," Ace agreed. "Can you take me to your King now? I kinda need to meet him about something."
"Just because I can't beat you, doesn't mean that he can't." Kaku pointed behind Ace, which out of a door created in the air, out of it came Raynare in her disguise as a man.
Before Ace could even react, she had already moved at her top speed and kicked the young pirate in the face.
Baam!
The hit was so strong that it shoved the man through a wall and into the outside melting snow.
"Hip!" Ace got up and a little blood dripped from his mouth, yet he still had a smile on his face. "That hurt, you almost broke my jaw. You have one hell of a kick, little man."
"You talk way too much," said Raynare. "Don't worry though, you will get to meet Max, of course, you will be in chains and kissing the floor when you do so."
"Or I could just beat you here, and go and meet him by myself. It's not hard to guess where a King lived." Ace refuted while pointing at the castle at the top of the tall pillar-like structure in the middle of Drum Island.
Raynare didn't say anything, instead, she attacked again, and this time Ace was prepared and his whole body burst into flames.
But Raynare wasn't as weak as she used to be, as two giant wings appeared out of her back. Those were the same-sized wings she had during her Awakening. She had retained the ability to turn her crow wings into giant constructs.
With one flutter of her wing, Raynare created a strong wind that pushed snow towards Ace.
"Heh, this is nothing <Fire Fist!!>" Ace punched forward and a giant fist made of flames shot out, it immediately incinerated the snow in front of him.
But suddenly a dark shadow had moved under him, and before he could react, a kick to his chin sent him flying in the air. It rocked his brain around his skull and Ace almost felt like he was going to pass out.
But that wasn't over as Raynare used her giant wings to fly up with incredible speeds that couldn't be seen by the normal eye. In an instant, she was above Ace.
Baam!
She kicked him atop his head, or tried to, as by now Ace had blocked the attack with his arms. Though immediately he winced, feeling some of the bones in his arm crack.
'What the hell is up with this monstrous strength?!' Ace was in quite a shock, only Marco could compare to having such strong kicks. But even then, Raynare's kicks had a ruthlessness to them that Marco would never use against Ace. It felt like his opponent was going for the kill with each attack.
Using the power of the kick, and some flames to propulse himself, Ace tried to get to the ground. There he would have a better chance at fighting. But it was futile, as Raynare had already flown below him, and kicked him in the spine, sending Ace even higher in the air.
Just like that, she continued attacking Ace midair, where he couldn't do anything. Any fire he tried to shoot out would be blown out by the wind created by Raynare's wings.
While midair, Ace was no longer fighting in an advantageous position, especially against Raynare who flew at such speeds that even a Six Powers user wouldn't be able to keep up with her.
Kaku could see the fight from below and cold sweat settled down his spine. If he was the one fighting against Raynare, he wondered if he could last even two hits against her. Even if he used <Iron Body>, it would be broken through by Raynare's beast-like power. Also midair, her small, light body, and those giant wings were a deadly combination for a huge jump in speed.
"She is monstrous," said Blueno as he walked next to Kaku. They already knew Raynare's true gender, even if she tried to hide it. "She always is within Max's shadow. But that doesn't make her weak, Ray is a monster on her own. Is that even her true name?"
"She has too many secrets," concluded Kaku, and they both stopped talking about such things. As they didn't want to be overheard by anyone.
BAAAM!!!
Ace crashed into the ground, making a huge crater around him. Raynare flew up very high and dropped down like a meteor.
BOOOOOM!!!
She dropped on Ace, and Kaku looked at this a little shocked. "She is going to kill him?!"
"You wanna try stopping her?" Asked Blueno, but as they both saw the cold look in Raynare's eyes and the dark smile on her lips, neither of them wanted to intervene on this. "Well, if she killed him, then Whitebeard will raze this island under the sea. But that isn't our problem."
Raynare bashed Ace on the ground over a dozen times, the already unconscious young man was now half dead. That was when she charged towards Ace once more, this would be a killing blow.
Fwish!
But Max appeared in front of Ace in a split second. Raynare sensed another presence appearing in front of Ace, but it was too late to take back the attack. Plus she wasn't exactly in the right state of mind and her Observation Haki wasn't good enough to sense who she was attacking.
BOOOOM!!
They clashed, Max, didn't even budge as his arm had darkened as it was infused with Haki. He didn't need to even transform into his Zoan Form.
"Raynare, calm down." He said calmly, his Haki slightly leaking out, this caused the winged woman to stop in her tracks.
"Sorry," she apologized and withdrew her wings. "I was just making sure he wasn't faking unconsciousness, and it… got out of hand."
"No, no, I understand." Max didn't dwell too much into it. "Sometimes us Zoans have a hard time controlling our instincts. But make sure this doesn't happen again, I thought you were better than this."
Raynare looked down in shame. "It won't happen again."
Max nodded, he knew that due to having entered an early awakened form. She still had some of the residue instincts of the creature when she enlarged her wings.
Kaku and Blueno looked at this from afar and both shook their heads.
"Here comes the bigger monster," joked Kaku. "For a second there I started thinking that Raynare might be stronger than him. Seems like I was wrong…"
"We should never be found out as spies or else…" Blueno said fearfully, and that was when Max suddenly turned his head and looked directly at them. It immediately made the two CP9 agents' bodies clench in fear.
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