Chapter 4- Cursed Blade, Alex fights Gol D Roger

Alex followed Rayleigh onto the ship and waited outside the captain's cabin as he brought out the sword in question. It was a beautiful blade, its edges sharp enough to cut iron and steel, The sword was blackened, and it was exposed to armament Haki. Its handle was white with a long red dragon winding around it, with a circular plate separating the two parts of the blade. 

"It's a great-grade sword, on par with Roger's sword Ace, but It won't even listen to me, But if Roger thinks you can do it, he's probably right." 

Alex reached forward grasping the blade, Every inch he lifted the blade, it got heavier, his will was not defeated yet though. A wave of purple met with the blade and Alex felt the weight of the katana decreasing. 

"What is its name?" queried Alex.

"It is unnamed but Roger had it checked, it is a great-grade sword," said Rayleigh. 

"Then I shall name it here and now, Soul Reaper!" 

"Soururipa (Japanese) what a thoughtful name!" chuckled Rayleigh before leading Alex off the ship where he was met with a confident-looking Gol D Roger.

Alex grinned at the challenge, and in a second both his arms were coated in armament, and Roger was quick to follow suit, "Wahahaha! This should be fun Drakon san" 

"I agree, Captain," said Alex surprising the pirate and using his lack of attention to charge, but his fist was knocked to the side by Roger and palm to the chest, returning Alex to where he was before he attacked. This should be very interesting. Smirking at the difficulty of the challenge, Alex unsheathed Soul Reaper and got into a sword stance while leaving his right foot behind. Soul Reaper's edge glinted in the orangey tinge of the afternoon sun, and flames sprouted up the sword as Alex's devil fruit abilities came to his aid. A similar thing happened on his left fist which was now black and orange with armament and flame. Alex grinned as he thought, let's see how Roger keeps up with this. 

Roger looked at him wearily before laughing, "Wahaha, so you wanna join my crew eh? Let's see if you are strong enough!" With that, he drew his blade Ace which blackened feeling the presence of Roger's strong armament Haki. "Bring it on Kid!" 

Alex charged, his katana trailing behind him, while Roger just stayed put, Alex brought u the blade and slashed upwards, his sword meeting Roger's The emission haki from both, throwing the men back from each other. "So you are strong then? Wahahhahaha!!!!" 

Alex's fierce grin turned into a grimace of focus as he felt his armament haki reaching every part of his chiseled body. And his muscles tensed as his mind started working overtime, picking up on even Roger's breathing. But Alex knew Roger was doing this too. Like cats ready to lash out they circled each other, eying each other before a cascading wall of crimson met with another wall a shade of lilac, and there was a soft boom as the conquerors haki met but neither man would give up, beads of sweat glistened in the sunlight as they carved rivers down the wax-like faces, melting in the sun's powerful gaze. Alex, knowing that it was not wise to deplete his strength too much, decided to charge, Roger doing the same, and terror filled Alex's eyes as he rolled under the arc of Roger's sword, slashed back, and wasn't too shocked to find his slashing move was parried.

Breathing carefully and lightly to show no signs of weakness, Alex got up off his one knee and managed to find himself in an unorthodox position, with his katana's tip digging slightly into the earth and with a great wooshing sound, the blade was emerged in flames, and the ground it's black blade touched was dancing with flames too, with a great effort Alex ran, dragging his blade behind him and with a great swiping movement, the soul reaper collided with Roger's Ace and there was a great clanging noise as Alex's flames and haki surpassed Roger's sending him flying back around 30 metres or so. 

Sounds of shock and murmuring arose from the Roger pirates, and Alex's grin returned, but he guessed it was too soon, because when he turned around, Roger was gone, and the next second he found himself on the floor.

"Come on Roger that's cheating," complained Alex

"Wahahahah kid, you have potential, even if you hadn't asked i would have asked you to join my crew Wahahahahaha Rayleigh what do you think of our new crew member?"