The Eustass Pirates VS The Big Mom Pirates

[Atop the Whole Cake Chateaux]

A few minutes after the conflict started, all the guests were evacuated from the castle, leaving only the Big Mom Pirates and the Eustass Pirates who confronted each other.

With the absence of Kai and Kid, Killer is now the one leading the crew and giving orders. While Katakuri is the one in charge of his siblings.

"Those red-haired bastards pushed Mama away. Do they think they can handle her themselves?" Cracker fumed as he eyed the Eustass Pirates.

Smoothie chimed in and said "They're so full of themselves. They'll soon learn their true worth."

"Do not underestimate them, their captains are dangerous enough that the government put two billion berries prize on their heads" Katakuri warned everyone while on guard.

"We can't let them interfere in the bosses fight..." Saga said, unsheathing his katana and calmly scanning the enemies in front of him "...we have to stop them right here"

"Emperor's crew or not, I will beat up anyone that get in the way!" Bonney exclaimed with enthusiasm while cracking her knuckles

Wyper was smoking a cigarette between his teeth while resting his rifle on his shoulder, a cocky grin stretching across his face "I'll show them what the proud and mighty warriors of Shandora are capable of"

Killer spun the sickles of his Punishers at high speed as got into a fighting stance, his entire body crackled with lightning "Faffaffaffa!!..."

"...Let's go to hell together!"

Just as Killer said that the two sides charged towards each other in a loud battle cry.

"CHARGE!!!"

"HAAAAA!!!!"

The current lineup is the following...

Killer VS Katakuri.

Bonney Vs Smoothie.

Wyper VS Cracker.

Saga VS Snack.

Krieg VS Oven.

Gin VS Daifuku.

Heat VS Opera.

Wire VS Counter.

...

FWOOSH!! Katakuri proceeded to dash towards Killer, closing on him with blinding speed while launching a strike.

While holding his trident Mogura, Katakuri tightly twisted his mochi arm and then untwisted it while thrusting the trident forward, creating a very powerful drilling stab.

"Mochi Thrust!!"

Katakuri aimed to stab Killer in the torso. The latter quickly reacted, stepping back and crossing the sickles of his Punishers in front of him, attempting to block Katakuri's blade.

Clang! Though the force of the attack pushed him back, he managed to stop Katakuri's weapon from piercing his body.

However, the latter swiftly retracted his weapon, spun around, and kicked Killer to the side with his Haki-coated heel.

Killer was caught off guard and hurled to the side, crashing through several walls and nearly tumbling off the castle's edge. "—Ugh..." he groaned, gripping the edge with one hand before hoisting himself back up.

Killer felt immense pain at his right shoulder and arm "His Haki is strong!"

"I will say this to you, I am not underestimating you. But you have absolutely no chance against me...I'm superior to you in both Armament and Observation Haki, I'm faster and more skilled in terms of Devil Fruits mastery and I have more experience than you" Katakuri stated, gazing at the masked pirate with a menacing look.

"You say that, but you're still underestimating me. If there is one thing I'm 100% sure of beating you at...its speed!"

"Lightning Flow!!" Killer proceeded to gather a large quantity of lightning in his Punishers' blades and then struck the ground, engulfing Katakuri in a torrent of lightning and destroying much of the surrounding ground in the process.

BOOOM!!

"..." There was a moment of silence, and as the dust settled Katakuri simply walked out unscathed.

"Hm?..." Killer was a little surprised by that as he was sure that Katakuri was caught in his previous attack "...I'm sure that last attack hit him, yet he didn't suffer any scratch, is he a Logia?"

*Footsteps*-*Footsteps* Katakuri majestically walked towards Killer with cold expressions "Looks like I have to beat you up to understand"

Katakuri swung his leg upward and sprouted multiple long tendrils of mochi from it, giving it an appearance similar to a willow tree, the ends of the tendrils being shaped to mimic his foot and used it to repeatedly stomp down Killer.

"Willow Mochi!!"

However, with a burst of electrical discharge, Killer leapt backward, executing somersaults and dodging the barrage of attacks at lightning speed before striking back.

"Lightning Blitzkrieg!!" By charging up electricity in one palm, Killer generated a small orb and then from it, he fired a barrage of lightning bullets at extreme speed that pierced through Katakuri's body.

"It's useless" Katakuri charged at Killer with incredible speed, appearing unfazed by the previous attack.

"I'm sure of it now, he must be a Logia user. If that's the case then Haki imbued attacks should have an effect" Killer assumed as he got into a defensive stance, ready to clash with Katakuri head on.

The latter closed the distance between them in an instance before he transformed his right arm into a giant mochi arm, then he imbued it with Armament Haki and threw a mighty punch.

Instead of running, Killer proceeded to mimic Katakuri and did the same thing with his lightning power and threw a punch back at him.

CRACKLES!! CRACKLES!! Bolts of lightning surged and crackled between their fists as they collided, producing powerful shockwaves in the process.

The clash only lasted a couple of seconds before Katakuri surprised Killer by further enlarging his arm and then overpowering him, crushing him into the ground with a mighty blow.

"--AAUUGGHH!!" Killer gasped in pain as he received that attack.

Katakuri didn't leave him the time to recover and swiftly descended upon him with a forceful kick to the stomach.

"Owarida!" Katakuri raised his trident and was about to stab Killer in the heart before he saw the future that prompted him to back away.

Killer was trying to cut off his leg with his Punishers.

'Did he sense what I was trying to do? Was it instinct, or maybe a special ability?' Killer pondered. Rising on his feet again.

"Huff...Huff...this is going to be harder than I expected"

...

Nearby, Wyper was confronting Cracker. He was standing in front of a large, Brutish looking warrior with a prominent nose, a large, pointed beard, disproportionately thin limbs and a prominent scar on his right side of his face.

This wasn't the actual Cracker but a puppet, biscuit armor that he pilots from the inside. The soldier is carrying a large sword on his right hand and a square shaped shield on his left.

"What kind of Devil Fruit does he have? He suddenly shaped up that large human looking armor in mere seconds" Wyper pondered while gazing at the towering figure before Cracker attacked him.

In a quick motion, he rushed towards Wyper and swung his sword in a downward swing aiming to slice him in half.

The latter was alert and using his Observation Haki, he predicted Cracker's move and swiftly reacted by tilting his body to the side while sidestepping to his left, gracefully avoiding the blade.

BAAAAM!! That simple attack from Cracker was enough to shatter the floor.

Wyper immediately aimed his rifle at the biscuit soldier's head afterwards and fired a Haki-imbued bullet. But Cracker was quick to react by raising his Haki-imbued shield and easily deflected it.

Wyper narrowed his eyes after he saw that before he remarked "Tsk…not even a scratch"

Cracker proceeded to sweep his sword sideways, targeting Wyper's torso but the latter jumped upwards and avoided it before he pushed himself with superhumanly strong kicks, allowing him to seemingly fly.

<Sky Walk>

Afterwards, Wyper proceeded to use a variation of Rankyaku by kicking multiple times at very high speed and strength, which resulted in four large, compressed projectiles that he imbued with Armament Haki, each in the shape of a spear, launching them straight at Cracker.

"Kalgara's Mighty Spear!!"

BOOOM!! BOOOM!! BOOOM!! Because of their unusual shapes, the air projectiles exploded upon contact rather than cutting the biscuit soldier. The impact of the explosion managed to push Cracker a few feet back and created a moment of distraction that Wyper took advantage of.

Seeing that Cracker's puppet has tough external defenses since he coats it with his Haki, Wyper sought to deal internal damage and bypass all defenses with his Reject Dial. He proceeded to propel himself forward using his Shooters while using Soru to close on Cracker at high speed, and then he located where he was exactly seated inside the puppet with his Observation Haki.

With a smirk Wyper placed his right hand at the puppet's torso, smoke bellowing from his cigarette before he used the Reject Dial equipped on his hand to unleash a powerful blast at the real Cracker hiding inside the biscuit armor, bypassing all external defenses and causing internal damage to him.

"REJECT!!!"

"--AUGH!! This bastard!--" Cracker groaned in pain before he controlled his puppet to raise its shieled and slammed down Wyper into the ground with a powerful blow, causing him to gasp in pain as well.

Cracker looked momentarily shaken so Wyper shrugged the pain away and while still lying on the ground he aimed his rifle at Cracker and fired several Haki-imbued bullets, prompting the former to use his shield to block them, however a couple of them managed to slip past his defenses and destroyed his right arm that was carrying his sword.

"Got you!"

Cracker wasn't bothered by that and in a display that surprised Wyper, Cracker, while still inside his Biscuit Soldier Armor, he grew the arm and sword back and made a duplicate of them, then imbued his biscuit swords with Armament Haki. The Biscuit Soldier then rotated its hands at high speed and thrusted them at Wyper.

"What?!"

FWOOSH!! Wyper's instincts screamed at him to retreat, prompting him to leap aside swiftly. Despite his rapid reflexes, one of Cracker's swords still managed to graze him, leaving a small cut on Wyper's left arm.

"Huff…Huff…If I was just a split second late, I would've died right there…I can't drop my guard around this guy"

…

Nearby, Bonney was distracted by all kinds of delicious foods that filled the tables around the place. But she quickly shook her head and focused her attention on Smoothie, the towering women standing at almost 5 meters tall and carrying a large sword on her hand "I really want to eat all this food so badly, but we have to kick your ass first"

"Impudent brats, this stupid attack that your captains pulled off today will cost us a lot. You will pay for it with your blood!" Smoothie lunged towards Bonney while swinging her sword horizontally towards her neck.

"--Whoa!" Bonney was taken aback by the sudden attack, and she barely dodged it, avoiding Smoothie's sword by a few inches "That was pretty close!"

"Hmph! You're pretty agile, however…" Smoothies quickly retracted her sword before she aimed its tip towards Bonney and fired a barrage of juicy bullets forward.

<Smooth Criminal>

Bonney swiftly crossed her arms, imbuing them with Armament Haki to deflect Smoothie's attack. With a graceful leap backwards, she widened the gap between them.

However, Smoothie allowed her no respite, swiftly closing the distance with sword thrust toward Bonney, followed by an unleashed liquid sword beam.

"Juicy Saber!!"

Bonney showed her agility once more, swiftly dodging the beam by tilting her body to the side. However, Smoothie caught her off guard with a swift follow-up attack. She spun around and delivered a powerful kick to Bonney's face, sending her tumbling across the ground until she collided with a nearby wall.

"AGHH--Ouch! That hurt…this woman is the real deal, as expected from an Emperor's commander" Bonney commented as she rose to her feet, adopting a defensive stance "I'm ready, bring it on!"

...

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[Kai, Kid and Big Mom's Battlefield in Sweet City]

"You're in an Emperor's territory, don't even think that you will be holding an advantage during this fight!" Big Mom stated as she chuckled gleefully, casting a quick glance toward the shores of the island.

Scores of pirate vessels, each carrying thousands of soldiers, made landfall. These ships constituted the formidable fleet of the Big Mom Pirates, complete with their officers.

More of Big Mom's children came to Whole Cake Island to support them after the news of the Eustass Pirates sudden attack.

Charlotte Amande, Compote, Custard, Mondeé, Mont-d'Or, Cinnamon and more are coming.

"--Our targets are the Eustass Pirates and Crocodile!!"

"--Support Mama and the others!!"

"Shit! We'll be overwhelmed by their numbers at this rate" Kid frowned as he sensed their arrival with his Observation Haki.

"There are some pretty strong individuals amongst them, everyone's hands are full. We can only hope our fleet make it in time" Kai remarked turning to Big Mom "Let's trust that the rest can handle themselves"

Kid balled up his fists, gripping them firmly "In the meantime, we'll deal with this overgrown hag"