The Copyist (One Piece & OC)

Chapter 53: Poof!

In retaliation, fake Kuma started to blast lasers with both arms and its mouth, trying to hit Luffy. Luffy dodged each attempt with his speed boost from his second gear.

One of the blasts aimed for Luffy, made Brook, Usopp, and Franky all run away for cover. Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy then attacked together, each sending off some of their most powerful moves. Fake Kuma went flying into the next building.

Robin, Nami, and Chopper were hiding off behind a large rock. Meanwhile, I was slightly behind the monster trio who just sent Kuma into the bricks.

"He's that different huh?" Luffy states after hearing Sanji's take on the situation. "Maybe he's his twin or something."

"Yeah, it's a possibility!" The huffing Sanji replied, holding an unlit cigarette between his teeth.

"Anyway, the real one would've teleported and dodged our attacks...more than that, he doesn't use shockwaves and doesn't have paws, either." Zoro assessed.

"But if this is a fake, then that's the real problem. That'd mean there are two guys who are this strong." Sanji concluded.

Fake Kuma returned with a vengeance. The only damage was the wires and exoskeleton that were visible on his shoulder. The trio kept attacking, making almost no benefit for their large amount of effort.

Sanji kicked at joints, hoping to destabilize the machine. Luffy was avoiding beams while Zoro sent flying slashes that had no results. Kuma aimed a beam at Zoro who bent down in pain grabbing his chest. He seemed like he couldn't move.

"You idiot! What are you doing?!" Sanji yelled at the unmoving man.

Seeing my chance to join, I turned into electricity, my fastest means of moment to reach the swordsman. Before I made contact with him, I returned back to my normal state to grab his shoulders and pull him out of the way in time to avoid the blast.

The impact from our fall onto the ground was rough on the man as he was still unable to move. Zoro was down. Was he still this injured from Thriller Bark?! I didn't know he got this injured?! What on earth happened?!

Luffy was worried about Zoro's condition, foucing on the green-haired man until Snaji reminded him to focus on the enemy. Everyone else started to join in on the attacks of the Fake Kuma, everyone plumbing the machine with everything they had. Nothing was effective and with Straw Hat got in danger of being beamed another would step in to either rescue them or redirect the shot.

After a major hit from its own beam inside of its mouth, courtesy of Robin, Fake Kuma started to shoot off random shots as if its targeting system was no longer functioning.

The others started to panic as I held Zoro up as he still gripped his swords.

Sanji started to rapidly spin on one leg, letting it light up like lava. "Give in to despair and the fight's all over!" He states with an even voice, staring at his target.

Zoro pushed off of me, standing on his own and tying his bandana on his forehead in the process. "Hey! Knock him this way!" Zoro ordered the chef.

Sanji started to run at the menace. "I'll teach you to be stubborn! Diable Jambe! Flambage Shot!" He planted a heavy kick on the machine, making it burst into flames as it fell backwards towards us.

"Demon Aura, Nine-Sword Style! Asura!" Zoro called as he appeared to multiply both his arms and heads. "Nine Demonic Flashes!" He slashed the hand that was about to send a beam at him at point blank.

Falling from a large height from the tree, Luffy was about to join in on the onslaught. "Gear Third! Here goes!"

Fake Kuma started to prepare a beam from its mouth towards Luffy.