Battle of Light and Fists
" Ahhh, it feels good to be done with all those reports. I hate coming back to this place." Stepping out of Fleet Admiral Kong's office, Brago gave a sigh of relief as he stretched his long arms out across his body.
" Well, now I must admit it has been a rather arduous journey this time around. Sorry to have you take care of me this time." Stepping out alongside him, with a head that would make any man look three times over, was none other than the brilliant scientist of the Marines, Dr. Vegapunk.
" It's no problem, doc. After all, this is a job only reserved for the best." Brago exclaimed. " Though I do wish Borsalino-San and Little Sentomaru didn't run off without us."
" Oh, it's no problem at all. After all, how much trouble can they get into?" Vegapunk asked.
*Kachboom!"
Suddenly, as if called on by God, a thunderous explosion rocked the Marineford HQ.
" Wow! What was that?" Brago wondered. ' What the hell is going on? Is it an enemy attack? This close to home? No way. Something else is going on.' Brago said to himself.
Brago stood close to Vegapunk as a squadron of armed soldiers started running by.
Wanting to know what was happening, Brago reached out and grabbed one of the young Marines.
" Hey, what's going on?" He asked.
" There was an explosion coming from Instructor Zephyrs compound. A massive beam of light just exploded out of nowhere." The Marine explained.
" An explosion of light?" Brago muttered. He turned and looked at Vegapunk. " Borsalino? But who would he be.... Oh shit!" Brago grabbed Vegapunk and started running with him.
..........
A little earlier.
" Ohhhhh! You're getting quite fast, Markus-kun." Borsalino stated.
Markus jumped across the hall, dodging continuous fire as Borsalino rained down beams of light on him.
" You're doing an awful lot at trying to keep my far away from you. What do you think that means?" Markus asked the man.
Markus looked back at Borsalino as he dodged another beam of light and noticed that the man was gone from his position.
" I think it means; you need to pay attention." Borsalino muttered into Markus' ear before kicking him.
Or at least, that's what he meant to do.
As Borsalino brought his leg close to Markus' head, Markus ducked under Borsalino's long leg and grabbed it with his hands.
He then proceeded to swing Borsalino around like a twig before tossing him off into the distance.
Borsalino recovered enough to face Markus once more.
He raised his hands upwards, pinching together hir pointer fingers and thumbs on both hands and light started glowing.
" Hooo! Yasakani Sacred Jewel!"
A barrage of tiny light balls exploded from Borsalino's hands and fired at Markus.
Seeing them coming, Markus was forced to dodge each and every single projectile, or at least tried his best to do so, but even with his haki, dodging the tiny explosions proved a challenge.
Markus dodged, jumped, and ducked each little blast that flew his way, however, what he didn't notice was, that right behind him as he evaded the blasts, Borsalino began reforming from them.
" Hoooo, where are you looking?" Borsalino asked the man.
" Damn?" Markus cursed.
He was trapped, Borsalino behind him and more explosions in front of him. He had to think fast. He quickly jumped as high as he could, launching himself into the air to avoid the blasts.
Borsalino leaped into the air after Markus.
" Coming to me for once? Let's go!" Markus exclaimed. He repositioned himself in the air and launched himself right at Borsalino.
Borsalino's leg started glowing, and Markus' leg turned black.
The two men swung their legs at one another, and the colliding energies exploded off of them at great speeds.
" Ohhhhh? How scary, Markus-Kun. You're getting quite good at this ya know?" Borsalino remarked. He stared at Markus with a faint smirk on his face, though whether or not that was from amusement or because he was having fun he wouldn't admit.
" Shut up! I can tell you're still holding back!" Markus shot back. He was grinning as well, but there was a bit of resentment in his tone. " You keep messing around, Borsalino and you're gonna end up regretting it!"
" Oh? Show me something then." Borsalino spoke playfully.
The two of them landed back on the ground and before Borsalino could recover Markus launched himself at him.
" Oh my. Yata Sacred Mirror!" Borsalino shouted. He quickly brought his hands up and formed a beam of light before teleporting away from Markus' attack.
Markus quickly turned around and jumped into the air, just as Borsalino was reforming, and lashed out at him with a strong right forcing Borsalino to block it with his forearm.
" Ohhh, this is quite impressive." Borsalino remarked. ' He's catching on fast.' Borsalino remarked. The space between his forearm and Markus' fist was quite large, yet the force of his attack was great.
His Haki was growing.
" It's still not enough. HAGH!" Markus followed through with his punch, and in a surprise event, he sent Borsalino flying.
Crashing into a nearby wall and blowing it apart, Borsalino was left slightly stunned. Even if he was holding back, to be sent flying in such a way was unheard of.
Borsalino reformed his body in an upright position with a look of slight disbelief on his face.
" Well, I didn't see that one coming." Borsalino stated.
" Ha!" Markus wiped his nose of blood and flashed a toothy grin at the man. " I told you, if you didn't get serious, you'd pay for it." Markus told the man.
Borsalino sighed and rubbed the back of his head.
" Fine, if you want to play, that badly, let's play!"
" BRING IT ON!"
Markus and Borsalino both exploded from their positions, racing straight towards one another.
Their arms, clad in haki, clashed with one another before their physical bodies even touched, resulting in the blast previously heard by the Marines of HQ.
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Now!
Marines began surrounding the rubble of Zephyrs compound as the smoke, filling the area, began to clear.
Brago arrived, with Vegapunk close in tow, and started parting the way to the scene of the problem.
It was quiet for a moment, but then two figures started to become visible through the smoke.
" Oh man, we really did it this time. Old man Zephyr is going to throw a fit."
" Ohhh, this is going to cost us quite a bit to repay."
" You do realize I'm blaming all of this on you."
" Ohhh, how cold Markus-Kun."
" Well, it was your beam that blew the place up. I'm innocent." Markus responded.
Markus and Borsalino both stepped out of the smoke covered in small wounds, though the extent to which they were injured was completely different.
Markus was bleeding from multiple scrapes and scratches, while Borsalino was simply dirty and had few scuffs on his face.
" Huh?" Markus looked at the Marines surrounding them and was stumped. " Uh-oh. We might really be in for it, after all." Markus stated. " YOOOO! Brago! Hey man, how's it going?!" Upon seeing his friend, he called out and waved at him. A smile on his face.
Brago looked at Markus and Borsalino and hung his head. He just knew there was going to be no end to the yelling he was about to be dragged into.
" You idiots!" Brago yelled.
" Hahahahaha!" Markus laughed cheerfully, disregarding the utter chaos around him and marched forward.
Borsalino, however, watched him walk.
' Hmmm, he's a fast learner. Now that's quite scary.' Borsalino thought to himself. He looked down at his arm, and noticed how damaged it was from that last collision.
' At the moment we collided, it was if his Haki had suddenly just exploded outright. It was even stronger than it was we first clashed. His level of growth is frightening for someone his age. In the future, he's going to be quite the beast.' Borsalino remarked. He looked at Markus and pushed up his hat. " Hmmmm, guess I better not get sloppy."
Things seemed fine for the moment, however, the moment a certain purple haired man showed up, all hell broke loose.
" WHAT DID YOU TWO IDIOTS DO TO MY HOME?!"
" Oh Shit, it's Zephyr." Markus cursed.
" MARKUS, BORSALINO!!!!!!!"
Markus and Borsalino both took off running, with half of Marineford chasing after them.
" I'M SORRY!!!!!!!!!!"
*Doom!
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