The Strangest Duo! Attack On Mirrorball Island!

[RK]

Asta had quite the story to tell to Devlin, she had been through so much. She was someone Devlin deep down had to admire. She however wanted to hear his story. This was something he was a little bit too cautious about. He had his dark brooding past and all, and wasn't really willing to share it. He had to tell her something though. "I'll just give you the quick version. I was abandoned at a young aged, worked in the circus, escaped and made it here, then i was trained to be a chef by the greatest chef to ever live." Devlin was still quite anti-social, he was talking with Asta so much because it was polite, but otherwise he would be quiet as a mouse. Devlin excused himself from the conversation and went into the bathroom. He was tense, having to remember what he's gone through. He splashed water on his face and went back outside. He was a bit more calmed down now. The stress often got to him whenever he was reminded of his past. He returned to the bar. Asta was still here. Devlin would be sad when she would leave, this little scamp was breath of fresh air to him after a long life of pain. Devlin poured himself another shot and downed it. Alcohol wasn't something Devlin often drank, he was probably having more than he ever has had in his life at this moment. Devlin stood at the bar with a distraught look, he was aching for something to take his mind off of his past. Perhaps a fight, or cooking something.

Devlin stepped outside once more. He noticed something so blatantly obvious out on the street. Two large men were walking towards the restaurant. They were massive, and appeared to be armed. They were funny looking too, big fella's to say the least. One of them didn't even look human. Devlin stood back as they entered the restaurant. This place serves everyone. Devlin walked in with them. They had an odd glow about them, Devlin approached Asta and sat down next to her. "Who the hell are these guys?"

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[RK]

(1076 goddamn words just for you Haru!)

"Where is this Asta lady! I want her now! *Hyuk* Ha *Hyuk*"

This large brute was looking for the girl, and Asta must of known them, as she warned Devlin to be ready for a fight. Devlin was never not ready.

Devlin watched as the two large men entered his establishment. Large was an understatement actually. These two were massive individuals. They had to be at least 7' each. The first one looked extremely grotesque, looking like he had a bell attached to his head...or was his head at that. the other one was essentially a brute, and had the physical appearance of a bull dog. He wasn't wearing a shirt either, like he wanted to show off his muscle's to everyone...compensation.

Devlin watched as Asta was trading insults with the bell head guy. She had apparently given them both monikers. Blue Bell, and Dorky Headphone Goon. These names were entirely appropriate and Devlin approved highly of the young girls decision.

"What the heck do you want 'Blue Bell.' I just finished off some idiots and I'm a bit tired. But if you want to fight, me and my friend can..'dance' with you guys. Cuz' I think the 'Dorky Headphone Goon', Atsa pointed her finger to the quiet idiot, seems kind of slow paced in mind." She walked up to 'Dorky Headphone Goon' and talked slowly. "Un-der-stand-en-ga-lish?"

The next thing that happened was that the Blue Bell guy got very embarrassed and was about to attack Asta. This spelled trouble for her, while Devlin had no doubt that she could take on the Blue Bell man, hell she could take them both on no sweat, Devlin didn't want conflict in the restaurant.

"Don't fight at the table." Devlin said as he jumped forward and kicked both of the large men out of the restaurant, through the window and out onto the street. This seemed all too familiar. Devlin looked over to see the crater he had made not even an hour ago. "Oh yeah."

The one marked, "Dorky Headphone Goon", was the one he was told to fight, and fight he would do. Devlin began running at DHG, this guy would take a lot of effort to take down. He only hoped Asta's devil fruit could match the strength of the other guy.

Devlin moved in closer for the assault but before he could attack, DHG was behind him and punched him in the back, sending Devlin flying a few feet forward. "Gah, how is he so fast?" Devlin assumed a man of his size would be a slow target, he thought wrong. Devlin crashed onto the street. He couldn't leave himself as an easy target for long. He needed to get up. Devlin sat up and looked back, DHG wasn't there anymore. Looking around he was out of site. Devlin noticed his Shadow was getting bigger and bigger. Looking up he saw a silhouetted figure dropping down. Oh boy. Devlin rolled out of the way and did a cartwheel into a safe zone. He watched as DHG slammed down on the stone streets of Mirrorball, the impact caused the ground to shatter. This guy was no joke. Devlin saw this as an opportune time to strike. Entering a mad dash Devlin jumped up and brought his right hand down on DHG's head. Devlin could have sworn that it hurt him more than DHG but nonetheless he felt it. "Ouch you little twerp im gonna squish you like a bug now!" Devlin had lost his blank expression he had not so long ago. He was a tiny bit afraid of this guy, twice his size and probably triple his weight. Devlin needed a plan. DHG was gone with a blink and punched Devlin in the face. That hurt. A lot. Devlin was flying back but managed to regain his footing.

He was tired of this. "Dammit im tired of this lumbering oaf knocking me around like a rag doll. You're gonna be sorry you messed with me." DHG was chuckling a bit. "What do you think you can do against me puny man?" Devlin growled in anger, he began his assault."Im knock out all your teeth, one at a time, and make you eat them!" This caused DHG to stagger, he was getting angry too, and began charging at Devlin. Things were different now however, Devlin was on the offensive.

"Antipasto: Purè di Cavolfiore (Appetizer: Mashed Cauliflower)" Devlin began a barrage of kicks while in the air, assaulting every part of DHG's body. Devlin did a front flip and Karate Chopped DHG over the head. This wasn't over yet. He hasn't even served the main course yet. Pasto: Capesante(Meal: Fried Scallops) Devlin summoned all of his might and forced DHG into the air and leaped up again slamming him back down with his elbow. Devlin landed again, all he was doing today was making craters in the road. He also broke most of the windows in the restaurant. This was just turning out to be a bad day.

DHG got up, Devlin could see him heaving for air, but couldn't tell if he had even taken damage. That giant stature made him a brick wall to blunt force. Devlin needed a new tactic. Looking over at Asta, he remembered he fruit, she could manipulate the "skin" of an object. Devlin could try asking her to make his shoes made of iron. Hell the at was a great idea. That would work perfectly. "Asta i need you to use your ability for me!" He yelled. "I need you to make my shoes harder!" That sounded a lot better in Devlin's head than it did out loud.

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Antipasto: Purè di Cavolfiore (Appetizer: Mashed Cauliflower): Devlin jumps and begins a barrage of Kicks at the foe, after which he ends with a Karate Chop.

Pasto: Capesante(Meal: Fried Scallops): Devlin Kicks the enemy in the air then jumps and slams them back into the ground with his elbow.

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Asta gritted her teeth for a moment, but then it turned into a grin. "Just getting started!
She reached into her coat and pulled out her boomerang. She seemd to be looking above her opponents head. And right where her eyes met, was a sign for a shop, sticking out of the building. A wooden rod being the only thing keeping the sign up. She smriked as her boomerang turned silver and she chucked it at him.
It went straight then curved about ten inches from his face. *Hyuk* HA *Hyuk* YOU MISSED!" The weapon curved up and slit the wooden bar in half, causing the sign to bash him in the head. He fell to the ground with a THUMP!, and a giant bump on his head was left behind.
She grabbed her boomerang as it came back to her, then started to run away. Not because she was scared or because Bluebell would wake up any moment. But because she needed to see if Devlin needed help. And sure enough, as she reached him, she heard his asking her,
"Asta i need you to use your ability for me!I need you to make my shoes harder!"
Asta ran towards and on the last few steps, went into a cartwheel. As she span towards him, her face went red. But she kept going untill she touched his shoes and they shone in a a silver glint. From there, she hopped off her hands and onto her legs. "Kick DHG's ass Devlin." Then she went off, hearing the roar of Bluebell as he woke.
She ran, but the brute followed her, completley ignoring Devlin. His eyes were now shining blue. "KILL KILL KILL *HYUK* HA *HYUK*" He seemed to be going into a frenzy of rage and craziness. This wasn't going to be fun.[/ul]

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"Bloody hell." Jon muttered as he tried again and again to push against the sudden flow of people.
"Wait a minute." he said, grabbing a passerby and turning him around to face him; "What's all the hurry? Is somebody distributing free food or something?"

The passerby stared at the adolescent navigator like he had gone mad.

"Free food? Are you mad?!" he said, voicing earlier suspicions, "There are a couple of thugs out there fighting and causing havoc. You'd better get out of here as well, you don't wanna get caught in the crossfire between these guys."

Jon didn't really see that as much of a problem; he could handle himself, and if worst came to worst he could always make a speedy escape. So what if some guys were slugging it out?
The teenager simply shrugged- confirming his dementia in the passerby's eyes- and went on his way.

"Fine, on your own head be it!" the passerby called after him.

Shrugging again, Jon continued, taking time to mimic the ominous warning given to him in a high pitched voice for laughs. He was walking along perfectly fine, musing on the overcautious attitude of people in general when a silver boomerang nearly clipped him around the ear.

Swearing he felt his head to make sure of the fact that he had not been hit. Tom had tried long and hard to teach him caution, but he had failed miserably. Even now Jon could recall several of the choice swears that the old coot would fling at him if he ever found out about how he got into this situation.

Having made sure of the fact that he was all hunky-dory he turned his attention to the people fighting. Promptly they were labelled Green Hair, Big'n'Dumb 1, Big'n'Dumb 2 and Angry Feet.

Jon's attention was particularly drawn towards Green Hair as the possessor of the boomerang that had nearly nicked him. AS he watched she cartwheeled all the way from where Big'n'Ugly 1 was down over to Angry Feet.

Where she proceeded to turn his shoes shiny.

Okay. He had heard of 'The Golden Touch' b but he hadn't thought it to be literal.
Or to apply in regards with other metal for that matter.

Once again foregoing his sense of caution for his curiosity, Jon jumped into the fray. Literally.

Quickly freeing the locks on his skates, turning them from normal shoes into skates, he gained speed, tucked his legs underneath him and jumped a few feet straight into the air towards where Green Hair was standing panting.

Once again his knack for missing details came into play and on landing he noticed that he had managed to plunge his steel toes shoes into the back of Big'n'Ugly 1.

Right, this was going to turn ugly if he didn't do something to alleviate the situation. Jon racked his mind for something to say and blurted out the first thing that came into his mind.

"Yo"

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The Shackles were too tight on her wrists and legs. She was sold off the day before to a group of Bounty Hunters who wanted a women on there arm. She yelled remarks at them such as "Ha! You guys are so f****** sad! You needed to pay twenty thousand to get a girl on your arm!" A few reacted angrily, some just laughed. What was common from both was the beating that followed each remark, but her spirit wouldn't be put down. They left her in the clothes she was sold in. Her blue bikini and brown paints showed off her hardly forgettable figure. She supposed thats why she was taken in the first place. It flattered her, and stung like a wound at the same time. The fools had made a mistake though. The "harmless" girl was left with a deck of cards. An added bonus. This beauty could see the future. This of course boosted the price substantially.

What they didn't know is they left a very dangerous girl with her most powerful weapon. Her Tarot-Tronic deck lay comfortably at her side. She just needed the opportune moment to throw down a King of Flames card and break out of there, breaking the faces of her captors in her exit. She was brought ashore on an island that day. It was warm here, she wasn't in the south blue though. Being unsure of her location left the gypsy queen wary about escaping here. She was lead to restaurant and kept outside with the gang as a few members went inside. The aroma was enchanting. Val had been eating the leftover scraps of various animals for a few days now. This was the bounty hunter's was of "keeping her thin and pretty". They put her in very small, unnoticeable, shackles on her wrists and feet. This was to avoid any type of scandal that could occur from a woman chained up. These chains were also much more delicate and breakable than the ones before.

She then got caught up in her head, planning. She got so caught up in her own world that she didn't realize what was going on around her. She head some type of commotion in her ear, but honestly didn't notice anything. Her eyes stayed fixed to the sandy ground, and her mouth moved as she formulated her plans in her head. She imagined making a run for it, then breaking the chains with a card. As soon as her captors would have their attention on something else she would do this. She focused hard on the ground bellow her. She didn't look up for a second, waiting for the right time. There was more commotion, a few bangs and yelps. She really had no idea what was going on around her. She looked up and her captors were scattered. A crowd was gathering, watching the spectacle.

"I really should pay attention more." she said quite loudly. A few members of the crowd looked at her, clearly noticing her for the first time. "Hello!" she said with a huge smile. She raised her hand up to wave, jiggling her chain. She looked at it "Oh yea!" and with that she began her trip down the road to freedom. She took out a King of Flames card from her belt and placed her chain down in the sand. With that she threw the card with a flick of her wrist. *BOOM*. "WAAA!" the crowd yelped. The chain snapped in half. She then whipped out five razor card in each hand, expecting the bounty hunters to take notice. They didn't. Apparently they had gotten themselves into a little scuffle. They were getting their a**es handed to them. A girl with green hair, a boy with bright red hair and one on skates were really giving it to them. She laughed and pointed, and with that she took off toward the few remaining bounty hunters. She threw her cards side ways, five landing in two of the members backs. They crashed to the ground. She jumped high and landed on one of their heads. She kicked hard, pushing his face in the sand. "Wish you could see that coming huh!? Well you should have bought a better gypsy!"

She smiled big and waved to the other vigilantes. "Hi! I'm Val!" she said in a child-like voice, clearly not taking into account what she had just done, or the fact thats she was standing on a body.