"What! You can Stretch too!?" Leroy said as he leapt backwards, Effortlessly dodging out of the way as Putt not only had extended reach with his additional bone, but then, the muscles stretched and elongated like they dislocated themselves to extend further!
The Crater form was impressive. "Did you eat a Gum Gum fruit too?!" Leroy asked in a snarky remark as he landed.
"A devil fruit? No, I would never eat a wretched fruit such as one of those. I've trained in acrobatics and meditation with stretching exercises that has left my entire body and its joints under my control!"
Strethcing his body to its limits, he redirects the punc in mid air to grind across the ground and try and go for an uppercut!
And then right after, he was turned around, twisted his body around like he was cracking his back, and allowed his bottom to spin around, facing Leroy again and sending a dislocated elongated long leg kick to Leroy!
"This must be what it's like to fight me heheh!" Leroy gave a snicker as he jumped into the air! And while in mid air, he reeled his fist and shot it forward! "GOmu Gomu No! Slug!" The harsh hook slammed into putt! Sending him flying backwards and slamming through trees! He made sure it was just a knockout punch
With a graceful landing, Leroy shifted his gaze to the shipwright, who was in the middle of fighting loup, what much like his contemporary Putt, was doing acrobatics thought the air, barely evading any of the attacks that Calliope was barely trying to throw!
In his hands he held two Kusarigama. Spinning them at 10,000 rpm! The wind Generated caused gust to cut into the ground, and the air to be sent for in strong gust, while not extremely strong, it did cause Cali to raise her hand to block it
"Damn! Enough!" She grit her teeth and extended a hand as the man attempted to swing the weapon! Only for her magnetic powers to grab it out of the air!
"Get Over Here!" She yelled, tugging on the chain in anger, causing the man to be lifted off his feet and go soaring towards her! His eyes widening as he let out a shout!
"Rocking Fist!" She grew her metal arm into a large fist, slamming it into the man's face! Much like Putt, Loup was sent reeling away, blood spewing from his nose and slaming into a large jagged rock where he fell to unconsciousness
"Damn…" The crew all walked and gathered around, each of them was in a varying state of being covered in dirt and grime mixed with dried blood.
Jeanne leaned on her knees, huffing and puffing. Dezzi had a look of sadness from the events, a slight frown against their white furred face. Blue nose turned up in a wrinkle
Even with their resolve, and reassurance that such an act wouldn't turn them into something they didn't want to become, especially with the determination and staying true to their true self, the freshness of it could keep them from feeling…a tinge of grief.
"Everyone…Everyone okay?" Kirk asked as he too gave a few sigh and huffs of frustration.
The crew gave a variations of affirmation. "Yeah. Just wish I didn't have to end up in shit like this." Leroy asked as he looked to the blood on his hand, the limb shaking slightly. It was a horrible feeling. The smell of the blood, feeling of the soft bone rending under his fist.
There was a reason why all of them held back against weak people. And it wasn't just that they weren't murderers
"Ugh, yeah." Cali groaned loudly. "It has been decades since I last felt blood on my hands…" Eddie said, looking to his hand. The bone covered in blood as if it were freshly taken from flesh, and not over 100 years old "Can't say I missed it."
"I guess thats a good thing." Dezzi gave a soft chuckle "Speaking of. Did you guys have to be so rough on the poor guys?" Dezzi asked. "Yeah, a bit rough huh you four?" Jeanne asked to the Trio of Monsters along with Cali
"Honestly…" Leroy said, falling onto his butt. "I feel bad. But…There was no other way to deal with them in a more humane way." Leroys eyes shifted around, looking as the bodies for the most part looked hollow and like husk now. Like dried bags. Others in varying states of skeletonization
"With the help of Eddie. It seems that their souls are back where they should be. No matter how we end them, it releases them. But, some of them will just keep going even if they're destroyed…."
"Yeah…Put into a hard corner. Its the only way to treat them with dignity and put them back to rest…" Dezzi said barely above a whisper. The crew was able to hear nonetheless.
The crew all gave vague murmurs of confirmation of a similar feeling of 'Not the best, but it's what we had to do for them'
Squatting down, the Mink hugged their knees close. But a voice caught their attention "Dez." Leroy said, The Doctor looking up "I'm proud of ya. You did good."
Leroy, despite being occupied, and been well aware of what the mink had done. The Words of affirmation caused their lips to turn up into a small smile "Thanks Cap'n"
"Oi. Kirk" Noir said, wiping a smudge of blood from his chin with a thumb. "Ya think you can whip up a quick shower?"
"Yeah…I can. Anyone that wants to be cleaned, I can say for certain that we'll just end up dirty and bloody again anyway…" The Navigator said
"We can just wash up. Dont need full cleans. At least get the grime off our hands." Raven said. "Real quick, lemme make a bowl." Cali said controlling metal through the air, and letting it form into a raised bowl on a stand. Kirk summoning a small rain cloud to
The crew all took quick turns, washing their hands and arms, wiping their faces and slicking their hair with the water and removing some of the grime, but as Leroy was the last one, using a small bar of soap from Dezzi's bag. He asked
"Hey, where'd uh…Where'd those other two go?" He stood straight, rubbing his forearms and giving his hands a flick to rid them of wetness.
"Yeah Where did they go?" Eddie said as he began to focus his powers, only for a sudden rustle to catch his attention!
Then! From the Canopy above, the Twins came crashing through! Dee and Dum with their weapons raised high and chainsaw revving loud!
"What! Didya think we were just gonna stand around like wax statues!" Dee said, crashing into the ground and the wash bowl, catering the ground
"Yeah if we were you'd have to pay!" Dum said, both of them rising to their feet.