Hunting Pirates

__________ POV Narration__________

The Gorilla Pirates were travelling the seas, merrily singing and dancing on the deck of their ships.

Their spirits were high, they had just managed to ransack another island, getting their hands on plenty of gold and women.

Right now their captives were all in cages, awaiting their fates among the cargo on the ship.

Many of them were crying, wailing. But their cries weren't heard by anyone, as the pirates partying above made even more sound.

Slave-Trafficking was one of their main businesses, but that didn't mean they didn't get to sample the goods from time to time...

Their good mood wasn't even affected by the storm they had just left behind, nor the Marines they had escaped from recently.

This time they also did something... Special.

"I can't believe we were able to pull this off, captain!" One of the pirates said to the man known as Branton Kimberley, his nickname was 'The Gorilla'.

He had eaten a Zoan devil fruit that gave him the abilities of a Silverback ape, and he put it to good use, becoming a pirate and doing whatever he wanted in life.

"Heh, so what if the territory was protected by the Whitebeard Pirates?! No one was there to defend it anyway!" Another of the pirates present on deck said with a laugh.

"Hehehe! There's no reason to worry about it now. They have no way of finding us on the high seas." The pirates continued talking among themselves, with the captain just listening.

In the end, Branton smacked down the bottle he was drinking from on the deck, making it creak in response.

"Who cares about Whitebeard! He's nothing more than an old man, even if he were to come I wouldn't be afraid of him!" The captain boasted without any regard for who could hear him.

The crew started laughing in response, whether it was the alcohol or the high they were riding on, they all trusted their captain's words.

"Hoh?~" A calm voice descended upon them, a cold tone that managed to make their spines shiver.

"I didn't realize I was hunting down a bigshot... Woe is me." All of the pirates looked above, a man sitting on a golden throne, looking down at them with a bored expression was what greeted them.

His most prominent feature was his long earlobes, which he twirled in boredom.

"The plot thickens... So you all decided to attack Whitebeard's turf. This complicates things a bit..."

"Would you look at that, a marine! You must have some balls, coming to us with that much gold on you!" One of the pirates shouted as he took out his sabre.

The Captain also looked up, his eyes filled with greed as he noticed the ship Enel was on. He was a bit startled by Enel's unexpected appearance, but he calmed down when seeing that Enel was just a Rear Admiral.

"It seems the newcomer wants to donate some gold to us!" The captain said as his body seemed to start transforming, growing hair as his muscles became more defined.

'I wanted to just destroy the ship and watch them fight the sea, but I can't with hostages aboard. I don't want to further harm the people Whitebeard is supposed to protect...'

Enel thought to himself while stroking his chin in contemplation, completely ignoring the rowdy pirates below him.

With a sweep of his hand, the ship below him was completely absorbed into his staff, as he landed on the deck of the ship, among the pirates that had already drawn their weapons.

Enel could see that some of them were actually using Haki, albeit only around 3 or 4. So they could technically injure him... If they got the chance.

A shout was heard, and before any of them could react, the golden staff in Enel's hand hit the deck of the ship, impaling itself in it.

Branton looked at Enel warily, unfortunately, no one in his crew had any proficiency in Observation Haki, so they were unable to find out what was about to happen...

"Got you!" One of the pirates shouted as his haki-coated sabre was cutting the air, going for Enel's head right away.

Just as the pirate's blade was about to reach Enel, dozens of golden tendrils broke through the deck of the ship, impaling all of the pirates that were close to the Rear Admiral.

The fight soon turned into a frenzy, with the pirates now being impaled and thrown around, pushing many of the crew into the sea.

Enel didn't move from his landing position, he just spread his Observation Haki around the ship and prepared for the actual fight to start.

Branton was panicking, he wasn't expecting to run into such a powerful Rear Admiral, but he wasn't about to lose all of his crew to just one man.

He quickly rushed at Enel, fully transformed into a Silver-back Ape, as the wooden deck underneath him cracked and broke.

With his great force, he tore through the golden tendrils shielding Enel with excessive ease. Branton's entire body was completely coated in a thick coat of Armament Haki, the gold didn't have any chance of stopping that.

Enel smiled when sensing this, he twirled to the side, narrowly dodging the punch of the pirate.

Branton didn't stop there though, missing the punch, he quickly swiped towards Enel. The Rear Admiral jumped backwards, the golden tendrils parting ways as he passed through.

A small golden thread tied to one of his wrists allowed him to continue controlling the gold around Brenton.

The other pirates were quick to try and take advantage of Enel's retreat, many of them trying to stab at his turned back.

Now... This would be a good time to mention the fact that Enel's accessories were all condensed with enough gold to be turned into anything in case his staff wasn't in his hands.

With a flick of the wrist, Enel's rings turned into spikes, impaling the people that had gathered around him.

Branton was quick on his tail, his Haki-clad arms tearing through even more golden tendrils to reach him.

Enel just smiled at that, his golden rings quickly turned into a set of ornate golden gauntlets with spiked knuckles, which then turned completely black.

Branton's fist was met with Enel's in that instant. He smiled as he was completely confident in his strength.

What he didn't expect was the sickening crack, followed by a feeling of numbness spreading throughout his arm.

He was sent flying backwards into the golden tendrils, which quickly turned into spikes. Branton managed to cover his back in haki in time, but not before he was impaled by one of them.

With a grunt, he broke the spike and looked at Enel with hate. Looking to his side, he could see his arm limply hanging there, broken and bent at an odd angle.

"Sorry if I went too hard, sparring with Garp so often somewhat skewed my expectations for others as well..." Enel said as the blackened gold gauntlets he wore didn't even seem to have a dent on them.

Brenton realised, at this moment, that he was dealing with an actual monster. And the pirates that were under him had about the same reaction.

Unfortunately, they didn't have anywhere to run. Enel appeared in front of the captain at blinding speeds.

Bernton was about to open his mouth to attempt some type of bargain, but he was silenced by something. Enel's fist delivered a straight shot, right into Brenton's face, caving it in and sending him flying through the golden wall behind him.

The rest of the pirates didn't last long either, Enel just stood there with a smile on his face as he hummed his way towards the fallen figure of the Pirate Captain.

He had already taken his staff back, and with a thought, he turned that staff into an executioner's spear, swinging it down and beheading the pirate without any hesitation.

"I don't feel like carrying the entire body back to Marineford... This is a good start for the contest though!"

__________ POV Enel__________

It was nice fighting someone other than Sengoku and Garp for a change.

At this point, I've gained a lot of proficiency in fighting without just throwing around lightning beams everywhere.

Some might argue that throwing around lightning beams is pretty effective, and they'd be right, but I feel that diversifying my skillset would prepare me for any situation down the line.

I've also managed to put my lack-lustre MMA skills to good use, they were fun when fighting Garp, but the old Vice Admiral is quite impossible to catch in a hold, as he can brute force his way ot of it at any time.

It's a bit odd, having to carry around a pirate's head, but at least I was able to find a sack to hold it in...

Now, I've reached an issue, on this ship of the Gorilla Pirates are around 30-40 hostages, all being held in cages. I can't exactly just leave them to die down there, so I should probably head there and free them, at the very least.

At least that's what I wanted to do until I felt a figure quickly approaching the ship. Looking in the distance, I can see a blue flaming bird flying toward me at breakneck speeds.

Of course, someone from Whitebeard's crew would appear...

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