*bang*
Clashed Sabo and guy's fists. Then guy raised his other fist to punch sabo in the stomach, Sabo dodged it but that was already seen by guy, and he kicked sabo in the waist with his right kick and sent him flying at some boxes nearby.
"Not bad kid. I would say you are around as strong as an average vice admiral at least. No wonder you were so carefree confronting pirates and didn't think you would lose. But that is gonna cost you now." said guy
Suddenly sabo jumped from the pile of boxes and came towards guy at full speed, and swung his metal pipe as fast as he could, but to no avail since guy dodged every single one of them with ease. He then tried to grab Sabo by his wrist, but Sabo ducked down and gave guy a low kick, which made guy trip a little, seeing this opening Sabo fully coated his pipe with haki and went for a big hit, but was unable to since Leon hit him in the back with full force, which threw him a good few meters away.
"Augh"
"I hope you are not complaining about this not being a fair one on one or something, since you came at us prepared to take all 3 of us anyway right?" asked Leon
"Looks like I really underestimated you a lot. I don't think I can defeat you right now" declared Sabo
"Well its good that you at least realize that. but its too late to back off now kid. Your actions have consequences, and you should be prepared for them." said guy
"Can we go all out guy?" asked luminas
"Yep no need to hold back anymore." declared guy
As soon as he said those words, all three of them went at Sabo all together, and what happened after wasn't even a fight. It was downright torture. Sabo tried to struggle with all his might, but was unable to even so much as touch a single one of them. If he tried to punch one of them, he would get punched twice and would fall. If he tried to dodge their attack, another one would come even faster and stronger than the previous one and hit him hard. What seemed like an endless struggle for survival to Sabo, was mere entertainment for the demon lords. Finally after 5 minutes, Sabo fell on the ground, unable to fight anymore.
"Looks like this is it for him." said guy
"I m impressed though. He is very tenacious. I never thought he would last more than a minute against us with his current strength. But he managed 5 times more than that" complimented leon
"He is one of luffy's brothers afterall. I would have been disappointed if he would have fell any sooner" said Luminas.
"Alright. Lets start round 2" said guy
"Are you sure? Won't he die at this rate?" asked Leon
"Just follow my lead" said guy and the called Rimuru.
"Hey Rimuru. Are you done yet?"
"Yep guy. I took the devil fruit from that noble, and also there were 2 members of revolutionary army here trying to get that devil fruit as well, so I took care of them and took their devil fruit"
"Good. Now come here with those revolutionary army people. I will explain later"
"Alright. I m on my way"
And with that, guy grabbed sabo with his arm, and said "See how weak and pathetic you are. What made you even think you could stand a chance against us?"
Sabo, unfazed by guy's words, tried his best to fight again.
"Well then lets show you how hopeless you are" and with that the he played with him for some time, till Rimuru came.
"Yo guy. what's up?"
"Yo Rimiru, you came at the right moment. Now hand them over to me"
"Ok here. Now I m curious as well by what you are up to" said rimuru with curiosity as he handed koala and hack, who were unconscious, over to guy.
Meanwhile Sabo was laying on the ground, half conscious.
"Now look here kid. These are the consequences of your actions. You attacked us thinking you are strong. And now its going to cost your subordinates your life." said Guy in an evil tone.
Sabo tried his best to stand up and fight again, but his body had already given up. "L-let t-em go" As soon as sabo uttered these words, guy released his conqueror's haki to its full extent. Following his lead, Leon and Luminas did the same.
*
Sabo's perspective-
'What is this intense pressure all of a sudden? Don't tell me is it, Conqueror's haki! And not one but all 3 of them can use it! Not only that, every single one of these is as terrifying, if not more, than dragon san himself. Actually it feels terrifying in an entirely different way. Dragon san's haki felt like a manifestation of his undying intense will putting a pressure on you which will knock you out if you are not strong willed, like any other colour of kings' user. But this, this feels as if, as if I m in front of an ancient legendary being, capable of destroying the world on his whim, and he is looking down on me as if I m a little insignificant bug standing on its path! Such a terrifying aura! Just what are these pirates? How can mere pirates posses conqueror's haki on par with the legendary dragon?'
"Look here kid. This is what happens when you are weak. You are unable to protect anyone and your friends die" said guy and then held koala's neck with his hand, and then a sudden *crack* noise came. And then guy threw koala on the ground, and she fell down as lifeless as a corpse.
'NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Koala! He broke her neck and killed her!'
"Right now the next one" with that guy held hack by his neck as well
'No I have to save him. Get up get up get up get up get up.........'
Sabo tried his limit best to gather the strength in his body to fight, but to no vail. He was totally decapacitated by body due to his severe injuries, and by mind due to guy, leon and luminas's haki. His body was filled with pain, his mind with intense fear, anger and sorrow. One moment his fear would take over, making him unable to act, next moment his anger would persuade him to get up and fight, and the other moment his sorrow of losing his friend would make him depressed. Sabo's head was a jumbled mix of emotions flowing intensely, from one direction to another, like the waves in an intense sea storm. And his inability to move made it worse. Then suddenly he heard another noise.
*crack*
And with that, unable to take this torture and trauma anymore, both his body and his mind gave way. He was feeling as if he was on death's door, a second time, but much worse than before. As if the gates of hell were open right in front of him, and he was being pushed inside there to suffer for the rest of eternity. With all these thoughts and emotions, and an intense fear of death, he heard some last words before finally falling unconscious 'Get stronger you fool, if you want to avoid this in the future'
*
3 days later on a revolutionary army ship-
"ACEEEE!" Sabo suddenly got up from bed, covered all over in bandages, and breathing heavily as if he was having a nightmare.
"Are you feeling well now Sabo?" came a voice in his ears, which made all his fears and worries fade away temporarily, and gave him peace
"You are alive! Thank goodness" and then he started crying
"Yep I m all alive and well. But it looks like you are not crying just because of that. So did you get your memories back?" asked Koala
With a happy and cheerful face, Sabo nodded "Yes. I remember it all now. But more importantly right now, what happened there? How did we get out of there? How are you still alive?......" like this Sabo bombarded Koala with questions.
"Offff one question at a time sabo, jeez. I will just explain to you everything from the beginning."
........
"So you had to face a monster like those guy as well. And the result was, she just decimated you all and took your devil fruit. After that you were unconscious and when you woke up, you and hack were with me and I was lying down on the ground, injured and unconscious. And the blue haired girl was the one who woke you up, and then helped you carry me to the ship safely."
"Yep. You summed it all up perfectly" said Koala
"So it is safe to assume that that girl was also a member of that pirate crew. And their intension wasn't to kill us from the beginning since we are still alive and well after all that." said Sabo
"Right. What their motive was behind letting us go is unknown to me, but it is true that all of us would have been dead if they had wished so."
"Whatever their motive was, I m now indebted to them. Because of them I have got my precious memories of my family back, before it was too late" then sabo suddenly remembered the last words he heard before passing out "Get stronger you fool, if you want to avoid this in the future"
"What are you mumbling about?" asked Koala
"Looks like he was trying to warn me about something in the future through all this. That I will have to get stronger, or I will have to face this in reality. I have made up my mind. Now that I have my memories back, I want to get strong enough to be able to protect my brothers. I will train hard. I will work hard. I WILL get stronger. I m going to talk to dragon san about this" said Sabo and got up.
"At least wait until you he- Ah and here he went away already. What an idiot!"
*
"So this is the reason Dragon san. I want to take a break from everything and focus on getting stronger. I promise I will do my utmost best for your cause after that. I just need some time to train to be able to protect my brothers."
"Alright. If that's what you truly wish for, I will allow it. Fulfil your heart's desire. And then once again I will welcome you when you are fully prepared to devote yourself for our cause."
"Yes sir dragon I m fully in your support and I promise I will even give away my life if it is for that cause. Thank you sir for letting me be a little selfish this time"
"Hohoho You are something else Sabo. You are the only one worthy enough to succeed me. Come with me. I will give you a little present to help you in your goal"
With this dragon took Sabo to a room. It had a table on which 3 boxes were kept.
"These are the devil fruits we managed to acquire recently from the black markets all over the world. Choose one of them that you want." said Dragon
"Hai sir" with that Sabo came forward and looked at each one of them carefully. After a few minutes, he finally chose one.
"I will take this dragon san."
"Ho and why would you choose that?"
"Just a feeling"
With that dragon cracked a smile and said "Alright. Now go and train. I have high hopes for you"
"Thank you dragon san. I will be sure to live up to your expectations"
*
After the whole incident, when Rimuru alone stayed back to look after the revolutionaries, the three of guy, luminas and leon left the black market area.
"Why did you do that guy? You even went as for as to break your own fingers in order to trick him?" asked leon
"Well its just that my entire life I have doing everything to 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 the balance of the world, being the mediator appointed by Veldanava. So just this once, since I don't have to do that job here, I wanted to do something to 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 it. And this just seemed a very interesting way to do it." said guy with excitement written all over his face
"Are you sure this will give Sabo his memories back?" asked luminas
"Ah right. Since originally he get his memories back by experiencing a severe mental trauma upon hearing of ace's death. So I thought if I give him an even more severe trauma, It will not only get his memories back, but drive him to get stronger. And I m pretty sure it will work" said guy
"Well with that our work here is over. So what's next?" asked leon.
"Right. I will go and give this to Dagruel. It reminds me of him the most. You two go and help diablo, if he needs it. And rimuru is still there, making sure Sabo won't die, and will come back as soon as he ensures their safety."
"Alright then. Lets meet at the cosmos at the end." said leon
"Right. We will come as soon as we get that eternal pose. It won't take long. And then finally, we will enter the grand line." said luminas with a smile.
And then they all went their way.
"This time, summit war is going to be really fun!"
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Author's note: As the title says, this is the end of the North blue arc. Now it will be the Grand line arc! Are you excited to see what antiques are going to happen in the grand line? Leave your thoughts and reviews in the comments below, about how you like this arc, what do you think are it weak points and strengths. I will be taking all reviews into consideration to further better my story.
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