13 Terrible Battle

Their Captain's shout completely energizes the crew. Seeing a bunch of women they had briefly lowered their guards, forgetting the dangers of the sea.

"Fuck these bitches!!" The words bellowed from the entire crew and the momentum completely suppressed the girls.

Compared to bandits and thieves, whose only goal is to rob from the weak, Pirates fight for life and death on the open seas. Ravaging towns and fighting off the navy is a common thing.

"Not good!" Jasmine notices a few pirates are already moving to surround Eileen. Just as she takes a step forward, a sharp pain erupts from her right arm along with a flower of blood.

Eula and Krista jump to the pirate ship with their swords to join Eileen. "We have your back, Eileen!"

The girls split apart to stab two pirates in the back, but they easily deflect their attacks. "Stupid girls!"

Lifting their blades high they chop down with righteous fury. Eula and Krita parry the attacks but have to watch on as seven pirates surround Eileen.

"Stupid!! How'd you go and get yourself shot!" Vivian yells when she sees Jasmine clenching her bleeding arm.

Vivian jumps towards the ship. Bullets constantly hitting her body and send ripples through the mud. "Only I can defeat that stupid woman!"

Landing on the deck, her entire body collapses into mud. "Swamp Flow!"

A river of mud sweeps across the deck and surrounds ten pirates. Tentacles rise from the mud and begin flailing around.

They try to cut them with their swords and shoot with their guns, but they just become more entangled as time passes.

Eileen glances at the Captain and pirates surrounding her. Holding her swords to her side she takes a few breaths. "Let's dance."

"Dance?" The Captain cracks his neck. "This will be a massacre!" Lunging forward, his chest puffs up as he lifts his club high.

At the same time, six more pirates rush from the side.

The wind howls as the club swings down. Eileen moves forward and steps toward the side to dodge. The club passes right in front of her and crashes to the ground.

She can feel the deck shake beneath her feet. Her eyes gleam as Soyokaze slashes through the captain's waist.

The brute force swing has completely left him open. Sol told them to never attack with full force, always reserve some strength to better move.

Her sword easily slices through his waist like it's made of grass. Even if her attack succeeded, she doesn't celebrate; Remembering she's still surrounded.

Spinning around, her sword confronts a blade slashing at her back. With a little force, she guides the oncoming blade towards her side. Completely opening the pirate's guard and allowing her other blade to enter his chest.

She doesn't linger for long, pulling out her sword to continue dealing with those around her.

"Captain!!" The fire pirates start attacking more vigorously but they can't take down Eileen.

Nora finishes reloading her sniper and shoots another one of the pirates surrounding Eileen.

Seeing everyone fighting, Jasmine grits her teeth. The tips of her hair burn with anger and she covers her arm in wax to stop the bleeding.

"Wax!" Her hands turn into sharp points as she locks onto two pirates. "Harpoon!!!"

Two harpoons made of wax fly through the air before impaling two pirates. Jasmine pulls at the wax chains still connecting her arms and the harpoon, pulling the pirates to the ground.

The chains break and her hands reform. Looking at the battlefield, she sees there aren't many pirates left.

Most have been shot down by Nora or slowly absorbed into Vivian's swamp. The remaining pirates are locked in battle with Eileen, Eula, and Krista.

Just when she is about to go and help, she hears Sol's voice in her mind. [Don't help them.]

Jasmine turns her head to see Sol still laying there before looking up and realizing Nora isn't shooting anymore.

The three of them are the only ones still fighting. When the pirates realize everyone else is dead, their determination begins to falter.

Eileen still dances around their blades, her movements becoming more proficient as she fights. Even if her body is full of wounds, the light in her eyes shines brighter by the second.

Deflecting another blow, her blade cuts through the air and splits another pirate's waist.

Sol watches as her swordsmanship improves. Being outnumbered, she had to or die.

"Haaaaa!!!" Eula barely avoids the pirate's sword as it slashes across her cheek. Stepping forward she plunges her sword into the pirate's chest, exhausting the last of her strength.

The pirate falls back, dragging her forward as he does. Collapsing to the ground her vision is blurry from exhaustion. She barely lifts her eyes to see Krista.

She constantly gasps for air and sweat drips from her face like pouring rain. Covered in bloody wounds and with trembling hands, she continues deflecting attacks the best she can.

The pirate looks around and sees most of his fellow crew members are dead. "Fucking hell!!! If you want us all to die, let me take you with us!!"

His sword chops down and Krista barely blocks the blow. She staggers backward as her arms feel like they're about to break. She can only watch as the pirate lifts his sword again.

Seeing the blade chop down she can barely hold her sword. Using everything she had left she lifts her blade one last time. The blade is knocked out of her hand and clashes to the ground as she drops to her knees.

The pirate once again lifts his blade and chops down.

"Krista!!!" Eula screams but no one can move forward to help on Sol's orders.

Sol already knew the attack would come, he could sense it the moment the pirate decided to move.

This is the moment he was waiting for, the moment when one of his girls' lives was in danger.

He doesn't want to needlessly put their lives at risk, but he had no choice. He needs the pressure to take that step forward. His hand is already on Cruel Barb, his mind exploding.

He already has the ability to cut through everything, but what's the point if he can't cut what's beyond his reach!! Either cut him down or she dies, it's as simple as that.

The sword has already cut out before Eula could even finish her scream. A bloody red arc flying past their ships and splitting the sea, cutting the pirate and his ship in two.

His sword still hangs in the air, clad in red haki.

Water begins pouring into the pirate ship as it slowly starts to sink.

Thanks to Sol's attack, Eileen quickly finishes off the pirates as they lost their balance.

"Everyone back on the ship!" Jasmine rushed over to help Krista back to her feet. Grabbing her sword, she helps her back to the boat.

Eileen helps Eula even though her wounds appear to be worse. Holding on by sheer willpower alone.

Vivian shrugs as she hops back, expunging dead pirates from her body and into the sea.

When everyone gets back on the ship, they're all injured except Vivian. "I can't believe you guys were injured by such weak pirates. All of you are scum, except for Nora."

Vivian's words sting worse than their wounds, especially Julie and Diana who couldn't even join the fight due to lack of skills.

"Don't listen to her." Sol shakes his head. "That group was actually stronger than you. Nora killed four of their strongest members before the fight started and Eileen killed two. Eula and Krista's opponents were also strong while the rest was mostly fodder."

"Everyone did well, usually you're stronger than your opponents. This was your first equal fight." Sheathing his sword he eases their turbulent emotions.

"My leadership was still bad." Jasmine's head hangs low as she clutches her bleeding arm.

"Then learn from your mistakes." Sol lifts her chin and kisses her lips. 

Turning towards Vivian, a smile hangs on his lips. "Since you, Nora, Julie, and Diana are the only ones not injured, you can keep watch while I heal everyone's injuries."

Wrapping his arms around Jasmine and Krista's necks, he leads all the girls inside the cabin.

Vivian watches with her mouth wide open before stomping her foot. "How is that fair?!? Shouldn't I be rewarded for doing so well?!?"

Nora shakes her head as she watches her tantrum. Keeping her eyes open for any possible attacks, she starts hearing moaning coming from below deck.

As time passed the moaning only becomes louder and more plentiful.

Vivian seethes in anger as she looks at the night sky, still hearing the moaning from below. "It's been five hours!"

The words squeeze from between her clenched teeth.

As though her words had an effect, the sounds finally stopped. Sol walks back to the deck with sweat glistening on his muscles.

Feeling the night breeze he spreads his arms wide. He realizes this is the life he wants.

Relaxing with his women as the waves rock the boat. Traveling the world to enjoy different things. Listening to them argue and fight for attention. All of this puts his heart at ease, giving him a sense of belonging he never had before.

But he knows better than anyone in this world. Happiness is the greatest sin.

As long as you have something, someone else will want it. He used to be the blade that pried away others' happiness.

Now, he finally knows what it means to have something to lose. Even if this life is built on a lie, propped up by his own ability. He will fight to maintain it nonetheless.

His head lowers as Vivian walks in front of him. Feeling her turbulent emotions, he places his hands on her shoulders and pushes her to her knees before she can even talk.

His tail pulls his moist rod out of his pants and he thrust it into her open mouth as she tries to speak again.

"Agg." She chokes slightly as he slides right into her throat.

Wrapping his tail around her waist, he spins her around while still inside her mouth. He slips her pants off and spreads her legs. Seeing the feast before his eyes he digs right in, slurping up the juices and licking the bean.

Nora sighs when she sees this, realizing she is the only one keeping watch now. Both Julie and Diana have fallen asleep.