One Piece: Blackbeard's Plan.

"Well, my brother and I were both playing on the beach just outside my hometown, and while he had me in a headlock I-" Henry's story was interrupted by Max asking if he heard anything.

"Uh sure, it was kinda a whooosh noise right?"

Henry started to grow suspicious at Max's insistence for him and his friend to go check it out. It would be the perfect oppurtunity for an ambush by a group hidden in an alleyway or outside the door. Henry seemed to coil in on himself, his whole body seeming to tense up as if ready for a fight. His voice gave little away. "Sure, I'll go check it out."

Gathering up his stuff, Henry placed it back in his bag and walked towards the door, strangely enough tying his hair with several bands as he did so. Stepping outside, Henry was immediately paying attention to every little detail.

Itsuki nodded to Max, and began to follow Henry outside. He couldn't stop wrinkling his nose, there was a smell in the air that was driving him nuts. It smelled like... milk, of all things.

Maybe it's just Charlotte, come to share one of her new desserts with us, Itsuki thought. Koya was sent out to fetch her, after all.

But when Itsuki stepped out outside just after Henry, Charlotte was nowhere in sight. The milky stench was overpowering, now.

edited 14th Oct '12 7:03:36 PM by Saiga

Calcia

The milky maiden finally discovered where her targets where. A small bar, out in the middle of town. The first mate and Captain of the Taiki Tiki pirates would soon be fighting her, and of course, she would emerge the victor.

She kicked open the door, loudly announcing her entrance. "I'm looking for Itsuki and Max Saccharine. You bastards are marked for death by Greenbeard. I'm here as an executioner,"

She noticed that her targets had gotten up. She used her Logia to move right in front of Itsuki. "Milky Road!" She arrived right in front of Itsuki, her legs morphing into a propeller of sorts, shoving her forward. "Milk Serving!"

A blast of milk came out of her right hand, headed right towards Itsuki's face.

edited 14th Oct '12 6:15:36 PM by jcw3

"Are you coming along, or would you rather receive your fee and leave before the trouble starts?"

"Oh, come now! How much trouble could one island hold? I'm not going to cut and run when we find just the tub I was looking for! Let's get aboard her and get comfortable!"

Oscar took a quick run up and leaped to the ship's mooring line, climbing quickly to the deck. Where he was mildly surprised to find a luscious carpeting covering the deck.

"Huh. Like to live a high life, don't they?" He muttered to himself before calling down to Remy to come up. He was taking a closer look around when he heard a news from the fore...

The instant the door to the bar opened, Henry instinctively darted to the side, acting as casual as possible and pretending to be deciding on a drink to order. His mind was doing the exact opposite. It was obvious this woman was a pirate, and a devil fruit user to boot. Drawing his book from his bag, Henry began watching the woman from the corner of his eye, waiting to see if he'd be able to take notes or have to fight.

Itsuki staggered back, clutching his face. "Jeez, that smarts", he gasped. The smell was almost as bad as the pain. He wiped the milk off his face, then stared at his attacker.

"Who the hell is Greenbeard, and why do we have to do this inside?"

Calcia

"Eh? You've got a smart mouth? Well, if you want to take this outside, then sure. Your resting place doesn't matter very much to Boss anyway,"Calcia sneered, preparing another barrage of milk.

edited 14th Oct '12 7:21:10 PM by jcw3

Ah, crap. She's not going to knock me through the wall, is she? Itsuki though. He moved towards the entrance as briskly as possible, ducking outside and out of her line of sight. So it seems like she's a logia... physical attacks will be useless against her. This is going to be tough.

"Uh, Henry? You wouldn't mind giving me some back up out here, would you?"

Calcia

"Good boy. Back towards the entrance,"Calcia cackled. "Milky Fingers!"her ten fingers disjointed, hurling at Itsuki like miniature bullets. For extra measure, she fired her entire left arm. "Three Daily Servings!"

Her arm separated into three missiles of milk, and hit Itsuki at nearly point blank range.

"Don't call for help just yet. I'm enjoying your screams,"Calcia laughed.

Itsuki snarled, and caught himself so that he didn't reel back as far as before. He couldn't let her catch him off guard. I don't know if I can hurt her, but if I blast her to bits I should disorientate her, he thought, and he inhaled sharply before unleashing a mighty gust of breath towards her. He couldn't let himself be worried about the collateral damage if he was going to get out of this alive.

Henry was taking notes on Calcia's powers as he watched, also briefly sketching down what she looked like. So far he had:

- Milk milk fruit? -Logia- ability to turn into milk -Fires milk as projectiles and hand-to-hand - Weaknesses- Sun? Milk curdles in heat. Possibly inhibits combat. -Smell of milk easily detectable. Could be disadvantage.

He was also watching Itsuki to see how his powers would come into play. He was doing a not too god job of hiding what he was doing. He poked his head out the door when he heard his name. "Uh, what? Why me?"

edited 14th Oct '12 7:38:43 PM by Alleydodger

Calcia

Calcia shrieked indignantly as she was thrown backwards by the gale force winds. "You little bastard! You'll pay for that!"

"Expiration Date!"

The same tsunami that had swept away the Marines earlier rushed at Itsuki. Calcia panted, desperately trying to catch her breath. How was this man with a bounty 16 million smaller than her managing to fight her off?

Shit, I'm going to have to really push myself for this one. Itsuki drew a deep breath, and exhaled into the oncoming tsunami, barely freezing it in time.

"Artic breath!" Itsuki said, huffing, "See? You're not the only one who can call attacks!"

I'm going to exhaust myself faster than her like this, he thought, but my Devil Fruit is the only thing I can use against her.

It was then he noticed that Henry at the door, holding his notes. "Seriously? Now is not the time for writing!"

edited 14th Oct '12 7:44:40 PM by Saiga

Calcia

To Calcia, Itsuki was getting more and more frustrated. Then again, so was she. He was calling out for help from the person at the door, so he was probably a subordinate to Itsuki. Couldn't hurt to blast him.

Turning towards Henry, Calcia pointed her hand at him. "Milk Serving!" The powerful gush of milk spiraled towards Henry rapidly. However, Calcia was losing power fast. The cold was restricting her movements. She didn't know how long she could keep fighting if Itsuki kept that attack up.

"Milk Serving!"she repeated, firing the same attack at Itsuki.

edited 14th Oct '12 7:48:28 PM by jcw3

This time, Itsuki threw himself out of the path of the attack. He felt like thanking the woman for attacking Henry, at least now the bastard should be inclined to help him. Instead, he saw a loose stone in the pavement and pried it out, then launched it at her head, hoping it'd connect if she wasn't paying attention.

edited 14th Oct '12 7:57:17 PM by Saiga

Calcia

Calcia, after striking both Itsuki and Henry, was suddenly hit by a rock. It hurt. A lot. She stumbled backwards, sporting a heavy bruise. She could swear she saw a grin on Itsuki's face.

"You. Little. Shitbag. I'll kill you. MIRUKU! TSUNAMI!"

Her entire body became solid milk. She plunged forward, a tsunami about ten feet tall heading right towards Itsuki. "DIE! DIE! DIE!"she chanted madly.

edited 14th Oct '12 8:17:43 PM by jcw3

Henry was about to answer Itsuki when he saw Calcia attack him.

"Shit!" Ducking behind the doorway Henry dodged the milk, and quickly shoving his book into his bag and stepped back out.

"You're a pirate huh? You know, I don't really like pirates. Especially ones willing to endanger people without care."

Henry then pulled his arm back as if to punch, and brought it forward with all his strength. As he did that, Calcia would feel as if she had just gotten punched directly in the gut very hard.

Kicking open the door to the bar, Max wielded several molotov cocktails and a lighter as he entered the battle. "Hey" he yelled, about to do some badassery before he saw the tidal wave of milk and ducked back into the bar. It crashed past him and then he cleared his throat, trying a second time. "Hey! Milk maid" he taunted, lighting the cocktails and swinging them around his head, the three bottles attached by some string. "I'm... Lactose intolerant!" challenged Max as he threw the two bottles forward after lighting them. They smashed into the ground behind Calcia and exploded, sending lemon juice, sugar and alcohol all over Calcia, the heat extreme and the lemon juice sharp.

He wasn't really lactose intolerant, but it was the best thing he could think of. It might slow her down a bit, though. He took up two more and a lighter, joining his comrades in battle properly. A board with a nail in it wouldn't do much against a logia. He missed his pen.

"Hey you there, stop!" called out Tropical, spotting Howard sneaking around. "This is restricted property, you have no right t-wait, I know you! You're the Gnome hunter! Marines, to me! Raise the alarm!" In the meantime, Tropical created and fired several barriers in front of exits, except the one behind him. "No escape, pirate" he said, and got into a savate combat stance.

edited 15th Oct '12 7:06:31 AM by BigDaddyP

Calcia

The milk maiden opened her eyes in fear as she stopped her tsunami attack. Max's attack hit dead on. Calcia curdled violently, losing her liquid form. Not to mention that bastard with the notebook hitting her in the back of the head. Calcia collapsed to the ground.

"You bastards! I don't need my Devil Fruit! I'll shoot you!"she screamed, bringing out her old Marine rifle, and pointing it at Max.

Henry reacted on instinct, using his devil fruit power to grab Calcia's hand with his own invisible one and twist it in a way it shouldn't be twisted.

"I can't believe you guys dragged me into this!"

Calcia

AGGGHHH! Her hand! That bastard! Good thing she was left handed. She still had Rokushiki, even if two of her greatest assets were useless now. "Soru!"

She appeared right in front of Henry. Her Soru wasn't up to the level of CP 9 or a Vice Admiral, but it did its job. "Shigan!"

Her left index finger headed straight for the Devil Fruit researcher.

edited 15th Oct '12 8:38:47 AM by jcw3

"I've done my part, bye" said Max suddenly, moving his head to avoid the fire. He threw another molotov cocktail and a bullet hit it, causing an explosion that handily hid his escape. "Good luck guys!" he yelled, running past Calcia quickly towards the ship. He had left one molotov cocktail for Itsuki to use for some fire breath and another for Henry to grab with his hands.

Loguetown was in sight for Greenbeard now, and he himself was getting ready for battle. Calcia had not responded, which meant she was either obsessed with battle again (She was battle crazy most of the time when not calm) or she was defeated. If it was the latter, then his crew was dealing with some formidable pirates. Around him, his crewmates were making their own preparations. They knew that if you lost a battle, even if you survived it, Greenbeard would use his powers on -you- and not look back.

edited 15th Oct '12 8:38:03 AM by BigDaddyP

Henry, having never encountered the technique before, chose to instead of moving out of the way to try and grab Calcia's wrist on instinct. But not before the attack had just penetrated. Henry cried out in pain at the brand new hole in his chest, and stomped his foot while trying to hold back her hand. This stomp would cause one of his invisible feet to hit Calcia directly in the face.

Calcia cursed. These pirates were more trouble than they were worth. Greenbeard would kill her if she failed. That was her motivation. That was her reason for winning.

"Soru!"

She appeared right above Henry. Using two fingers on her left hand, she descended. She was really out of options besides Rokushiki at this point. Her right hand was broken, so no rifle. That explosive had ruined her Logia for at least twenty minutes. So, this was her only option. "Shigan!"

Gazbiyya

Bullshit. That's what it was. Throw some bounty posters her way, half of them for pirates way out of her league, then wish her luck? This wasn't the way things went in Loguetown. It hadn't been this bad since Eustass Kid came through town, years ago. And just like then, Gaz felt...

What was the word she was looking for? Redundant? Useless? Something. Something totally out of its league in Loguetown, which didn't usually see quite this many Paradise-level pirates.

She went walking aimlessly down the street, vaguely in the direction of the blacksmith's where she'd seen pirates before, reviewing each bounty in her head. With all the trouble these kind of pirates would stir, she'd run into one sooner or later.

And was that sour milk she smelled?