Victory

"Poison Gas Bullet... MH5" Don Krieg shouted as he aimed it at the Baratie.

Bang~

"Here it comes!" the Krieg's pirates warned as they put on the gas mask.

Zeff and the other chefs on the porced ran towards the Baratie as they entered inside to avoid the gas while the chefs on the seas dived down.

Luffy seeing that he wouldn't be able to stop it, dashed towards two Krieg's pirate as he stole their masks and threw it at both Sanji and Kaito.

"Eh...? I don't have a mask... w-what am I gonna do!?" Luffy said with a panicked look.

Then in the corner of Kaito's eye, he saw Gin threw his mask towards Luffy with a look of relief as he closed his eyes waiting for the gas to kill him.

"Tch... I wanted to finish this battle without using my powers but I guess I have no choice" Kaito grumbled as he rushed towards the poison bomb.

Both Sanji and Luffy saw him as they shouted in worries as Gin opened his eyes due to the commotion and saw Kaito put his palm towards the incoming bomb.

Poof~

All of them were shocked in disbelief as they saw the poison bomb turned into a single poker card.

The one who was shocked the most were Don Krieg and his crew as they all expected that the bomb would kill all of their enemies.

...

'Nice, another card added in my arsenals' Kaito thought as he named this newly acquired weapon [MH5 - Poison Gas Card] and hid it away inside his sleeves.

"WOW!! How did you do that?!" Luffy asked with glistering eyes as he appeared right in front of Kaito.

"Oh that... now that I think about it, I haven't formally introduced myself" Kaito said as he took out a white top hat and grabbed a cape inside it as he covered his entire body with it.

Now his appearance have changed, he now wore a white suit jacket on top of a blue shirt with a red tie and white dress slacks as the white cape drifts behind him as white top hat with a blue ribbon band sits atop his head with monocle on his right eye.

( N/A: pretty much phantom kid outfit... just look at the cover of this fanfic if you really want to see it. )

"Kaito Kuroba, a magician as well as a devil fruit user at your service" Kaito stated as he tipped his top hat while bowing like a gentleman does.

Clap~ Clap~

"WOAH! that's so cool!" Luffy applauded in excitement with his eyes turning into stars.

"Tch... show off" Sanji clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"Another devil fruit user huh..." Don Krieg commented.

While Luffy started questioning Kaito, the chefs finally realized that they are safe and looked at Kaito in shock as they didn't expect another devil fruit user to appear.

Gin was dumbfounded as he stood still and tried to processed what just happened.

"You were holding back... you didn't even use your powers when you were fighting me" Gin said as he felt offended that his enemy didn't think much about him.

"I wasn't holding back... I used every skills and tricks I had in our battle" Kaito answered.

"The reason I didn't use it is that I respect your prowess as a fighter and I wanted to defeat you in your own game" Kaito said as he looked at Gin with determination

"If I had used my powers then the fight would have been over immediately... and that would be no fun at alll" Kaito added in a dull tone.

"..." Gin just stayed silent as he didn't know what to say.

"Oh that's right... Luffy you should thank Gin as he was the one who gave you the gas mask" Kaito suggested as he looked at Luffy.

Then Luffy thanked Gin as Sanji told him how he followed the wrong person and they continued their talk as they ignored Don Krieg.

Don Krieg popped a vein in his forehead as he aimed at them and shotted several stakes.

Bang~ Whoosh~

Kaito and the others jumped backward as they avoided the stakes.

"So what if there are two devil fruit user... I'll still be the one who will win in the end and become the King of the Pirates" Don Krieg announced in an arrogant tone.

"I told you that I will be the one who will be the King of the Pirates, you don't have even a tiny chance" Luffy refuted him as he looked like he stated a fact.

Kaito saw as the two of them started arguing at each other as Don Krieg had enough already and they both started fighting.

...

Luffy rushed towards Don Krieg as he dodged the stakes and appeared in front of him as he stretched his arm backward for a punch

Everyone saw as spikes emerged in Don Krieg's armor as it covered his whole body.

"Gomu gomu... Bullet Punch" Luffy shouted and punched him in the face as he ignored the spikes that covers Don Krieg.

Everyone gasped in shock and disbelief as they saw Luffy bloodied arm

...

"Take a close look at him Sanji" Zeff said as he appeared besides Sanji.

"... It's hard to find someone who wont give up until death" Zeff added with a smirk.

"What are you trying to say?" Sanji questioned as he looked at him.

"I'm saying that kid will win..." Zeff stated.

"What... how?" Sanji asked as he saw that Luffy seems to be in a disadvantage.

"In a pirate fight, you can either die or survive... the moment you fear for your death for even a second is the moment you will be crushed" Zeff stated while watching the fight calmly.

"But that kid... is not afraid of dying" Zeff added with a smirk when he saw Luffy stretched his arms back as he dashed towards Don Krieg.

...

"Gomu gomu... Bazooka!" Luffy shouted as he slammed down his arms at Don Krieg's armor as it shattered into pieces.

"Don't be sure so soon!!" Don Krieg stated as he threw an iron fishnet at Luffy.

Don Krieg started rambling about how he won't be able to escape as he pulled him down towards the ocean.

"Gomu gomu... hammer" Luffy shouted as he twist his body and slammed Don Krieg away at the front porch which knocked him out unconsious.

Boom~ Thud~

"H-he d-defeated Don Krieg, the greatest pirate of the east blue" the chefs stated as they celebrate their victory.